Election Fallout

Now that the worst that could happen has happened, here’s a place for keeping track of how the US and the world are (already) changing as a result. New, often awful things are happening, and tracking them might help us deal with them.

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For example, many men, and even boys, are saying the same awful, disgusting, traumatizing phrase to women, and girls.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/your-body-my-choice-women-report-rise-in-online-misogyny-following-donald-trump-s-victory/ar-AA1tGLF9

https://archive.ph/Tp5t2

A meme, perhaps inappropriate, and at any rate violent, created in reponse.

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That link was heartbreaking.

hug

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Cruelty is the point

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"The unfortunate reality of electing a president who, historically, has embraced and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,” NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson said. “These messages represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many of us are feeling after Tuesday’s election results.”

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That gives me very brexity vibes…

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-suppliers-importers-prepare-promised-trump-tariffs-2024-11-06/

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Relatedly–

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Apparently Lone Skum sat in on Trump’s call with Zelensky, today. I can’t even…

(But what’s the betting his satellite network’s use by Ukraine was under discussion? I wouldn’t put it past those two fuckers to be starting the blackmail.)

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