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I'm not sick at heart: I'm tremendously relieved that enough sane, pro-democracy voters turned out in November (and, in GA, again in December) to keep the Senate and minimize Republican gains in the House. I remember much too well what happened when just enough petulant "progressives" stayed home in 2016 and the country got stuck with Tr…
I'm not sick at heart: I'm tremendously relieved that enough sane, pro-democracy voters turned out in November (and, in GA, again in December) to keep the Senate and minimize Republican gains in the House. I remember much too well what happened when just enough petulant "progressives" stayed home in 2016 and the country got stuck with Trump.
We USians have plenty of reasons to be skeptical about voting, especially since the Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to dark money. In many places we have to do it on faith. But I'm glad enough of us did it this time.
In time, hopefully I will regain some of my happiness about the Senate wins. Last night was so gruesome, I am having to process it.