Refesher re-read.
I hope his words are heeded during this inevitable and essential reckoning: Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss | ABC News
Pissed off as I am (with more shades of 2004 than 2016), I’m trying to look at the outcome as "Biden was a remission, now it's back to work,” like when cancer comes back. I remember the oncologist saying that when my mother's came back: "We just have to get back to work."
Rye, Godzilla glass, Powerwash Simulator: let’s do this, Election Night 2024.
My election day coping mechanism is buying carded Penguin Commandos on eBay.
It is just past 1500 in Ohio and I have cracked the first of my election day beers. Turnout seems relatively lackadaisical (hardcore Cheeto Tumor ‘burg – though it might be worth noting that, in 2020, there were 16 Cheeto Tumor / Pestilence signs on my running route and one Biden / Harris sign while this year there are three Cheeto Tumor / Couchfucker signs and one Harris / Walz sign) and, while I’m mentally prepared for any eventuality (though my prediction is that Harris wins and the House and Senate swap majority parties) the only things I will be truly shocked by are a.) a Harris/Walz win in Ohio and b.) a Cheeto Tumor concession speech.
Always a useful refresher: Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism | Open Culture