I hope my sister loses her home

I hope they all get what they deserve.

With her constant poor mouthing. Shes insane over immigrants. I put up a pro-harris thing she ha ha on fb she started it

Hatred is a soul-depleting waste of time and energy.

Scalding hate and rancor over their assholish hate and hurt towards the other - women, minorities, LGTBQ, Democrats as well as any country not led by a fascist dictator - which now includes us.

Never thought I would say such a thing but I feel no sympathy for tRump voters.

I am usually not vindictive but I gotta say, I hope they all - each and every one of them - suffer and I hope I get the opportunity to tell them I don’t give a damn!

Hate them AND hope they suffer. A lot.

There really is no excuse for handing the entire country over to fascist dictators because you can't handle being "ruled by the wimmen folk." Just no excuse.

Yet here we are.

The first thing out of my mouth will be, did you vote for Harris? If not, shrug, and save my compassion for those who did.

Not handling it well at all.

I live among Magats and I am going to search them out and harass them when things turn bad. I am not hateful I am pissed, and I am going to fight them.

The line I used on them pre-election was that I cannot vote for someone who raped little girls at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion and then I walked away, I learned to never debate with them because they are zombies.

I'm thinking that we need to complain more. Republican policies have hurt me personally, but I don't complain about it. When my MAGA BIL pisses and moans about how he doesn't feel safe (he's a huge Latino man terrified of crime that never affects him), I'm going to mention how Trump's tax law cost me a lot of money with my mom's inheritance. I'm going to start mentioning that to my tax preparer, too. Before, I've been too polite.

When the price of everything goes up due to Trump's policies, I'm going to complain. Loudly. And blame Trump.

Someone posted a video here earlier of a Trump supporter who sells Trump T shirts and hats made in China. He was being interviewed and he had the wrong idea about how tariffs work. He believed that tariffs would lower inflation. A passerby stopped and explained it so he could understand. He asked the Magat, you buy T shirts from China for 10 dollars and sell them for 20, right? Magat says right. Guy says, with tariffs it is going to cost you 15 dollars for T-shirts are you still going to sell them for 20 dollars. Guy, hesitates then says no I will pass the costs off to the consumer. Passerby throws his hands up in the air and grunts and walks away.

Made a complete fool out of himself. Bunch of fucking idiots!

I'm not going to search anybody out, but I'm going to stop censoring myself from mentioning whose policies are causing me problems.

And by the way, the price of gas is so low today that I thought the pump was malfunctioning. I couldn't believe my tank was full at that price. Thank you, Joe Biden!

Or maybe it was talk radio. Trump said he is going to drill, drill, drill. Well there will be so much oil that OPEC will cut back until they raise the prices really high! Trump is such an idiot.

I just want to be able to say, "I told you so."

We were asked to "give him a chance" when he took office in 2017...how did that work out? And, I just heard someone say let's "give him a chance" this time. To do what? It's the old saw, "fool me once, your fault; fool me twice, my fault.

I'm just hoping we end up with enough Senators who will put the country before Trump...

Can’t use the original meaning of TFG so we’ll use That Fucking Guy.
Thank god I’m retired as there were quite a few RWNJ teachers in my building. I managed to swallow my tears 8 years ago but not now. How teachers can support a party that hates them, hates public schools and hates unions is totally beyond my comprehension.

I have never understood a public school teacher who supports that piece of trash.

And I'm cautious of these types teaching school children, especially when today's student body is diverse as ever. They do not need to be teachers.

The American right wing nut is a strange creature.

Union members for union busting. Christians for the Anti-Christ. Seniors for gutting Social Security and Medicare. Racial minorities for racism, women for misogyny, immigrants for xenophobia.

Hate and fear and ignorance trumps their own self-interest and lived experience. (Except for the small percent who make enough for their taxes to go down.)

Hate eats you up inside and I don't want to make my own soul as empty as theirs. I'm sad in an existential way because any remaining illusions I ever had about my country being fundamentally good and decent were finally shattered once and for all. That so many of our neighbors and families and co-workers weighed Harris against Trump and found Trump - the convicted felon, con man and habitual sex pest more worthy than an accomplished, experienced, rational, decent human being who happens to be a woman tells me that those neighbors and families and co-workers are ignorant, hateful, racist, misogynistic, easily-duped fools. I really hoped and believed that we, as a nation, were better than this, but we aren't. And that makes me very sad.

… and perfectly captures my thoughts on the matter.

I am dismayed that I live in a country where a majority of voters chose a corrupt, convicted felon, sexual assaulter, morally deficient man to be our leader and to serve as a role model for our children. I am dismayed that women in states like Missouri voted to enable abortion rights and then voted for the people who promise to take away their rights out of ignorance that federal law takes precedence over state law. But what I am most trying to come to terms with is the sense that we have lost our country to religious fanatics, tech oligarchs, racists and homophobics who want to enact laws to hurt all minorities, and misogynists who see women as nothing but incubators with no rights to economic independence or a successful career. This election has been a giant slap in the face by our neighbors who have not put up a big sign telling us to go die, this is their country now and we are not wanted here.

Actually, I worked the concert. Sold out. 14,000 fans. 90% women between the ages of 12 and 30. This in VERY blue Seattle. Their happiness and good spirits gave me hope and lifted my gloom. Harris may have lost this battle, but not the war. Trump and MAGA will over-reach. The GOP always does. Times may get tough, but the pendulum swings both ways. So let the 'bros' pound their chests all they want, ultimately it will be women who control their vote.

Where were all of the Swifties? I was so hopeful that young women were going to make an impact. They obviously didn’t.

Taylor Swift had a tough decision to make because publicly endorsing and campaigning for Kamala would have resulted in death threats and would have affected her career. What they did to the Dixie Chicks would have paled to what they would have done to Swift.

I agree that if Taylor Swift had campaigned with Kamala she could have led a movement of young people to the polls. She just wasn't brave enough but I understand.

So, those young people registered and then just didn’t show up?

showed up and voted for Trump. All most all Trump voters I know are under 40, and their problem, even if they don't realize it is they don't remember the bad things about Trump that I remember from the 70s, 80s and 90s and maybe even the 2000s.

I honestly thought when I heard she was registering all those young people, they included Trump voters. I don't hold it against her, though.

She did another support thing right before election day

But that wasn’t enough for you?

To my knowledge, she never mentioned Kamala again. Either in public or at one of her shows.

And unlike other endorsers, like Bruce, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, she never once appeared alongside Kamala.

But don't worry, she'll be just fine. Probably better than fine, once DT cuts the top tax rate.

Then she challenged her fans to send pics to her that showed they voted….did a hashtag thing

She’s been out supporting democrats for years but go ahead and hate her

We're all fucked. But as I said, she'll be fine.

It didn't make logical sense to me, but I walked out of the movie (I didn't see Mama Mia and I am not even an ABBA fan) thinking, if we can still make art like this that makes people feel this good, we'll prevail in the end.

Of course they were happy. Ignorance is bliss.

a hard time with the anger I feel toward family who I know voted for Trump.

This is even worse than 2000 for me because at least I could take comfort in the fact that we actually won that election. Plus even though I knew W. would be a fuck-up I didn’t have the hard evidence in hand like we all do with Trump.

This feels like 1984, as in a fair amount of the country is getting away from us. Hating them won’t solve the political problem we face and it won’t make me feel any better in the end.

Even though Biden was president, Trump still ran the country. 12 years of Trump

This is out of my control. Whatever happens after January 20, it’s all on Trump, Bannon, Vance, Musk and whatever sewer rats Trump brings into the fold. MAGAs were rooting for failure for America. They managed to convince half the population it was in some downward spiral only Trump could fix. They asked for this and will reap what they sowed. Tariff induced inflation, agricultural disaster due to deported work force, insurance nightmares. It will be on them.

I don't give a shit about them just as they don't about us.

Indifference is better than hate - bonus is it really pisses magat men off.

Of course, the downside is that those most impacted will be those most vulnerable, as everyone knows and expects. Unfortunately, all we can do is try to help protect them from the worst of it and try to survive until the likely backlash to the GOP arrives. We'll have to take advantage of that, but not much we can do about it now.

we will be okay. The difference between now and Trump's first term is I don't have much faith in that happening, either.

Was middle class, set of events resulted in poverty.

(not destitute, but now depending on what they do? who knows. Trying keep fears at bay. Concentrate on the gokd, and deccent situations I have right now. Enjoy them, while keeping an eye out)

n/t

but now? I hope they all reap the consequences of their votes.

I hope that all the terrible things that are going to happen make them wonder what happened and that I can be there when they discover that it was THEIR ACTIONS that ruined them.

Sadly, they are the least self-aware people who exist, so they will blame...anyone else.

Me, too!!!

Might be their first visit, but they'll remember it for damned sure.

I feel just like you do.

I cannot even say how I feel really. I did on another thread but it wore me out just putting it down.

Beware the little jokes made just so, to put you in your subservient place but sounding like a ribbing. They will apologize all over the place and then tell another one. I cannot stand the superiority of those men, oh come ON it is just a joke, and there are thousands who think we are too dumb and will accept that justification. If you were "joking" with misogyny just stop, NOW, really.

My husband and I are the type of people who always jump in to help others. We talked about this yesterday morning. How do we know the person we are helping isn't an ahole who voted against our Country, against it's people, against our allies and voted for bigotry and cruelty.

but it is hard. It's going to take awhile to get over the hurt I feel.

Don’t help the other side. There are plenty of Dems who will need help. Spend your time wisely!

Easy example.

If someone’s car is broken down along the road and they have Dump stickers, you just keep driving.

If they ask just say sorry I can’t help you.

Same with anyone with the hat, the shirt, anything cult related.

I was slashing my spending anyway, now is time for the machete.

Over the past few days I’ve removed at least $2000 in appliance related spending.

If we all did that, we could exact a little revenge.

I plan to get off social media, DU, and the news for the next 3-6 months (however long it takes to restore my mental health) and focus on reading, hiking, binging some new shows, discovering new music, maybe traveling, etc.

political with them.

we'll never change that.

They killed our democracy. Because of them we will all suffer.

I do feel great anger and even hate, but I am inspired by better people.

I had to have a spinal x-ray today. I was checking in and the nice woman behind the desk asked how I was. She is Black, so I answered that I was unhappy with the election results. In my community, it's a very safe bet that a Black woman did not support Trump.

She said, paraphrasing, "We survived this before and we'll survive it again. We have to pull together for the good of our country. I will work for the good of our country."

It was a calm, stoic acceptance of fact and message of resilience. It was "when they go low, I will live through this and protect my loved ones by going high and supporting a higher ideal, this country."

That message from a Black woman whose ancestors were probably enslaved people, whose grandmother struggled for the right to vote in the Jim Crow south, kind of put me to shame. Her underlying message might have been, "Buck up, white lady. You ain't seen nothing yet. Watch how survival is done."

Already rumblings about it.

I'm not going to let others control me and my emotions.

I knocked on 700 doors. I have a real hilly part of my precinct where it's so hilly a standard transmission would be in trouble. The houses are large , the driveways are long and doors have 10 feet of stairs going up. Kills my back! Then I did poll greeting for a candidate for two days, then on election day, I poll greeted at the library.
On Tuesday night, I was so tired, I couldn't believe what I was reading. Then I fell asleep. Woke up on Wed with a big headache snd backache.

I had a bad experience with s MAGAT at thr library. Other than that, they don't bother me.

I need some "me time" , then I will work on election data.

THEY are the haters

Time to step away from the daily intake of the political shitshow, listen to more music, appreciate art, embrace creativity, encourage smiles.

as I feel up to it. Folks that I didn't know well or are especially gloating with their Trump train photos. I just can't and I've already blocked them. With family members I've put them into "restricted" on Facebook for later sorting.

I've never been a person with a big circle, I tend to be a loner who spends more time in books than anywhere else! I did have a strong tie to family and old friends, though, even after going to college and moving away. This time is different. I can't find it in me to forgive people that are willing to trade their daughters for cheaper butter and eggs. I just can't do it.

I’m just curious as to why you are doing that now if you didn’t do it in previous elections. I immediately got rid of all of them in 2016. I knew there was a fundamental difference between them and me. It was one of the first things that I did.

Just curious. Not making a judgment.

how bad Trump could be, and I feel embarrassed about that. I didn't vote for him, and I thought he was a joke. At that point I had started culling out the gun humpers for example but not every republican. But with this election I had the advantage of remembering how bad his first term ended up being - through his mishandling of the pandemic, overturning Roe, and finally the Insurrection he instigated. That alone should have been enough for anyone. To actually see Congress under siege? Anyone who says "it wasn't that bad when he was in office" is willing to set all of that aside.

I appreciate it!

They have shown all of us who they are. They identify as criminals. They are selfish and no thought past themselves. They will turn on each other eventually.

So I'm staying off most social media lest I shoot my mouth off.

Eventually this so-called red wave will implode. The Repubs will overreach like Newt Gingrich in the 90s, & I'm here for it. They won't be able to help themselves.

I don’t think we will ever see a free and fair election again. I think the country is gone.

Maybe that’s why I hate them as opposed to being disappointed in them.

…but to say I deeply despise trump voters is a huge understatement. Expelling all known trump admirers and voters from my life starting back in 2016 helps now because I have none close to me.

She also cut off her maga best friend.

This what the orange hate monster has brought upon us.

I wish her an easy and speedy exit.

Luckily she is a flight attendant and hasn’t been home since the election. She travels almost mostly overseas for longer layovers.I feel so sorry for her. I would have been gone years ago and her kids are all grown up and none of them wanted to live home anymore even when one was unemployed. He camped on a friends couch instead, so it must be toxic for them.

venting with my like-minded circle. We're all venting and expressing our hatred for the moronic idiots we are surrounded by. It's helping for now, but this is no way to go through life. We are all fearing what is to come, especially how our gay and trans loved ones will fare.

For now, anyway, until I get over the shock.

If this turns out to be as bad as I fear it will, I don't think I will ever forgive anyone who voted for him.

FU if you voted for the convicted mob boss. It has further divided us and "No one is above the law" is just darkly laughable.

I'm 75 and I refuse to spend 4 years of what's left of my life obsessing about that miserable orange shitstain. This morning, while doing some chores in the kitchen, I watched the British Antiques Roadshow instead of MSNBC. I got myself thinking about the value of George Harrison's guitar instead of all the federal workers who are going to be screwed over and the continuing threat to women. It worked for about 5 minutes.

I feel frustration at all the efforts at progress over the last four years laid to waste. Frustration at how much harder it is going to be to get society back on a democratic, green, fair, pro-science and egalitarian path.

Frustration that megalomaniac billionaires are making a mockery of the democratic process and projecting (that moron Musk).

I have retired the more heated mood of the preceding weeks and settled on a forward thinking path. It is better for my mental health.

I prefer to have this reaction as long as it is possible over other ones .

I just can’t afford depression and fear anymore. I am trying to be as aware as anyone but I am a scientist and I find that when I can avoid it I prefer to avoid emotion.

Frustration I can handle and work with. Look at all the stuff Dr Fauci has dealt with. And yet he carried himself through it all with dignity and professionalism. He is a role model.

I am only protecting ME & MINE from here on out. I am still trying to figure out contingency plans, don't know if living in CA is going to be better...or worse.

I spent yesterday in bed, I think I slept for about 20 hours... but now the tears are turning into burning RAGE.

And if ANYONE says "we can agree to disagree" or "it's a difference of opinion" to me...I WILL SNAP!!

Differences of OPINION don't put people in cages, and try to hurt my trans kid, or relegate me to death by losing my healthcare... I think I will be fine. Channel that toxic rage into kicking some ASS.

I am in the throes of cleaning out my ex's stuff after a huge DV blowup 2 weeks ago. I have been in grief and shame about that too..and procrastinating handling her stuff because it made me feel so bad. Now I am using my collective anger at ALL of it and TAKIN' OUT THE TRASH!!!

I vow to take all my fear, sorrow, and anxiety and put it into righteous anger for the betterment of MY LIFE!

If I did I would certainly have them at the top of my list.

Instead, I see this as an opportunity in a mutual abuse relationship. The other just hit me really hard and is threatening my existence, now it's MY turn to strike back. But the best part...


They'll never see it coming.

Happily my remaining time in the universe cannot be long, but I am concerned for my sons.

And it's not screaming, raging hate. Just a focused, intense coldness, like a moon of Saturn or Neptune, where methane and ammonia freeze solid.

I basically had before, but now it is complete. Not only do they not care about us, they will cheer if we are hunted down. They cannot be helped, whether they hate, have been brainwashed or are just ignorant. I do not want to interact with them or have anything to do with them. They are hateful and hate eats away at your soul. I have decided the less I have to do with them, the better it is for me.

One without breaks for real world news.

And no more tv news or front page of the newspsper( it goes into recycling immediately) only news I will accept will be from here

I was angry for about 24 hours after I saw that Trump had won, and the Republicans had the Senate.
But, I was able to let go of a lot of the anger before it moved into hatred. I just feel a sense of sorrow now.
I'm not going to play the blame game, but I realize that there are a whole lot of people who can't get by their belief that a women is somehow not worthy to lead this nation.
The also can't get by their racism, and false religious beliefs.
Between the sexists, racists and religious fanatics, there were too many Americans who were willing to elect a white male, regardless of how morally depraved and spiritually bankrupt he is, over a black female who is a truly an honest, decent, compassionate, very well qualified person.
I'll never understand how these people think. They ignored history, and the obvious truths of where their decision will lead this nation, and chose someone who will never be there for them down the road.
Trump is a loveless man; except for love of self. He is addicted to money, power, and control, and will do what he wants, with no regard for the people who elected him. It's too bad that the whole world will suffer as a result of his election.
This is a harsh lesson for humanity to learn.
Elect a loveless person and you'll get exactly that; a person who has no concern for you, and will do whatever he wants, no matter what the expense to the rest of us.
Don't waste your time hating him, that only fuels your own misery.

emotional capital. I'd rather reserve positive emotional capital for people I love and people, things, and issues that I like.

So I pass a car that has his and their bumper stickers all over it, and it has a flat tire, and it has pulled off to the side of the road. Do I decline to stop to assist as a result of hate or do I decline to stop to assist as a result of indifference? Indifference doesn't get my blood pressure up.

RESOLVE god damnit!

Not giving up. I'm declaring TRUTH MATTERS.

A world class con man with a lifetime of appeasement and successful bullying has easily beaten the best presidential candidate I have seen in my lifetime. That's not ok.

As Rachel and Kamala are saying, we need to stay engaged.

I am going to subscribe or donate regularly to ACLU, The Guardian News, CREW, DU, and probably AOC.

Be well. Be safe.

Reading "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Steven Hassan, PhD is helping.

Went from terribly pissed off. To no I’m going become more unfiltered any time I’m around a maga idiot.

i went to bed early on tuesday night with a sinking feeling of gloom. seeing 2016 happening again. but i had to be up early to take my wife to the hospital the next day.

i woke up early and checked. the race had been called. and i was devastated. my wife - facing a scary surgery - didn't want to know. she found out not long before she went off to the OR where, thankfully she was unaware of anything for several hours.

the cat haus of khaos is in a funk.

my feelings? in the latest edition of The Scathing Atheist, the opening diatribe summed up how i feel. i've heard noah be angry before, but never this angry. that is where i am right now. (link to the whole podcast: https://audioboom.com/posts/8604591-recrudescent-edition)

angry as us. angry at them. angry at the folks that could somehow look past what has been promised (threatened) and think "this guy can bring back the days of $0.99 eggs.