people mistake this for being a doomer, when it's really just "bad shit is going to happen. knowing that, what do you do when it does?" very pragmatic. but some people can only function with total and complete born yesterday faith, because even a little negativity/doubt would shatter them.

I am constantly reminded of just how much Boehner and McConnell were able to stall when the dems had a MUCH more solid trifecta in 2009

If cable won't have dems on or news sites won't have democratic pieces, then there's little to be done other than post. But if they have the option to, Dems should be going on news programs and writing opinion pieces. Defend the marginalized. And when Trump's recession starts, do the same

Literally just hammer home that Trump's presumptive cabinet is full of rapists and pedos. Letting the GOP control the conversation - especially around gender - has never done anything good, yet dems have been doing it for decades.

And here we are.

Granted, people were always going to get more nervous closer to election day, but compare the energy surrounding her campaign after she announced Walz vs after she replaced him with the Cheneys

Maybe it was impossible for her to win, but she definitely didn't have to lose this badly

it's stunning to see people not realize that this safety net being in place throughout 2020 - trump's entire final year - and expiring during the end of Biden's first year in office clearly impacts the opinion of many lower income people about the economy