tomorrow we will pick up and fight. tonight we cry.

[jeliza]

So barring a miracle, Trump is winning.

All the kids Muslim and Latinx school friends are going to go back to being terrified, and with cause. We've got Republican majorities in the Senate and House, so they'll probably manage to get the ACA repealed, which means half the people I know lose their insurance. Trump said he would have a Roe V Wade litmus test for Supreme Court justices, so outside of those states (like ours) where abortion is a protected right things will get really fucking dicey.  The number of LGBTQ legal protections that were by executive order rather the federal law are presumably toast. Let's not even talk about the "bathroom bills". And since Trump is a lazy asshole who was upfront when he asked Kasich to be his running mate that he wants the VP to do most of the work, we get Pence. Pence who tried to mandate that all fetuses who did not come to term for any reason must be given funerals. Pence who is pro reparative therapy including electroshock for lgbt kids. Pence whose eagerness to cut public health spending led to a massive spike in HIV infections in Indiana's poorest counties.

And we'll bomb the middle east EVEN MOAR that we were going to (continue) to do under Hillary.

And the already existing increase in hate crimes will likely mirror the Brexit phenomenon and massively spike.

Washington will be relatively insulated on most fronts. Except maybe if Trump follows through on the leaving NATO thing.  And my inherited nest egg (which I need becuase it's not like I can sock away a retirement fund from the not-very-much I make now) is already worth at least 10% less, and the market hasn't even opened yet.

I am so fucking sick right now.

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[garpu.livejournal.com]

I got family in Texas I'm scared shitless for. (My uncle and his Latino husband and my aunt, who needs health insurance to live.) I think we in New England and the west coast are going to be relatively OK. Not so sure about everyone else.

[boonedog.livejournal.com]

We don't know that any of that is going to happen yet.

So far Trump has proven to be a complete liar and blowhard. We have no idea what he'll do. Pence is horrid and I worry about his theocracy shit too but they are only one of three branches of the government.

And the good news is, all three branches are Republican and they are all about state rights over federal control. And our state has voted in our same progressive government again this election. Bottom line is NO ONE is going to hurt our kids. We won't let them.

And try not to imagine all the horrible things that will happen because if they do actually happen we will all be so spent from panic we won't be affective against it.

We are stronger than this and let's focus on what we can control which is our immediate community and make sure that is a safe place for our kids.

=big hugs=