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salinger3@diaspora-fr.org
Salinger 3

This is #america

Four years after launching an unprecedented attack on democracy and leaving the White House in disgrace, the convicted felon and twice-impeached politician will return to Washington, DC, as the 47th president of the United States.

#trump #vanityfair #election #usa

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Vanity Fair on Instagram: "Donald Trump has won the 2024 election. Four years after launching an unprecedented attack on democracy and leaving the White House in disgrace, the convicted felon and twice-impeached politician will return to Washington, D...

1M likes, 34K comments - vanityfair on November 6, 2024: "Donald Trump has won the 2024 election. Four years after launching an unprecedented attack on democracy and leaving the White House in disgrace, the convicted felon and twice-impeached...

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diggers@diaspora-fr.org
Diggers

#USA #Election

Some #statistics that I find very interesting

1. #Jill #Stein reached 0,4% --> 611,492 votes

source: https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024

I would have hoped for significantly more votes here.
At least there was the opportunity to make a statement against the war. But in this choice between the bigger devils, people were somehow very willing to vote for this devil instead of choosing an alternative.

2. Astronomically high #fundraising and #spending on candidates.

It's funny that there is so much more money behind the Democrats, despite Musk's support for Trump.
It's funny that despite this fact, some Democrat supporters still define themselves as left-wing and anti-captilastic, when of course they never were.

source: https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_campaign_finance,_2024

#politics

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

Jimmy Kimmel, on the #USElection results (10/6/2024)

 

“Let’s be honest. It was a terrible night last night,. It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard working immigrants who make this country go, for health care, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech.

It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for truth and democracy and decency."

#TrumpVirus #election #truth

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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

Trump Wins, Cory Doctorow Has Cancer

Cory will be OK, but I'm worried about the USA.

If Trump accomplishes half of what he says he wants to accomplish, we're in big trouble.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/06/us-second-trump-term-threat-rights-us-world-0 President Trump vs human rights
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/05/carcinoma-angels/ from Cory about his cancer
https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5181315 The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election

This vindicates all the things I wrote about the Democrats screwing up, but that's small comfort now.

First the Democrats were the party of slavery.
Then they were the party of racial segregation.
Then, for a short time, they were the party of labor rights and black civil rights.
Then Bill Clinton took over, and they became, and still are, the US equivalent of Tony Blair's New Labour Party.

So what should progressives do? Migrate to the Green Party en masse? Start a new Progressive Party? Try to do to the leadership of the Democratic Party what Trump did to the Republicans?

I favor a new Progressive Party that would be built around the few real progressives in Congress. The new party should be a labor party. It should be a populist party, fighting the wealthy elite (Musk, Bezos, the mega-corporations, etc.). It should advocate buying locally produced products over imports. It should advocate more local production, especially of semiconductors and other items essential to economic survival. It should advocate international partnerships and treaties designed to end discrimination against certain ethnic and national groups (e.g., Russia should stop trying to end Ukraine, Israel should stop trying to end Palestine, Turkey should stop trying to end the Kurds, all former colonial empires should stop trying to "assimilate" indigenous people, etc.). It should stop attempts to worsen the on-going climate catastrophe. It should oppose government involvement in anything to do with sexuality and reproduction. It should oppose misogyny. Most of all, it should oppose rewarding greed.

Why did Trump win?

I would say, he appealed to blue collar workers more than the Democrats. Think about what that says about the Democrats.

He also appealed to misogynists who can't stand the idea of a female President. Why weren't we expecting this?

He appealed to all kinds of xenophobes, including racists and Christian Nationalists.

#election #politics #trump #democrats #democratic-party #xenophobia #misogyny #progressives #progressive-party #progressive-politics #ultra-wealthy #musk #bezos #racism #genocide #human-rights #christian-nationalism #conservatism

US: Second Trump Term a Threat to Rights in US, World

Donald Trump’s second term as United States president poses a grave threat to human rights in the United States and the world, Human Rights Watch said today. These concerns reflect Trump’s rights-abusing record during his first term, his embrace...

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