People were complaining about inflation and taxes.

1. Have fun with Trump’s 20% tariffs, which will jack up all your costs and appear as… inflation.
2. Your tax increases are courtesy of your pals Paul Ryan and Donald Trump, who passed permanent tax cuts for the ultra-rich and temporary tax cuts for the middle class, timed to sunset during the Biden administration, making your taxes go up. Neat trick, eh? Ready for more? Ready for Zimbabwe-style government finances?

[Update: why didn’t you say something about this earlier, John? I figured it was more or less obvious, but, yeah, given the stupidity just demonstrated, I should have.]

I definitely don’t agree with everything in this article, but:

«There’s no one way to plug in to today’s interconnected struggles. The Palestine solidarity movement, which also challenges U.S. hegemony and colonial power structures, is a rich terrain for culture workers, researchers, and workers of all trades — not only students and professors. Those on the front lines ensuring continued access to abortions and trans health care are always in need of greater support. If you’re a tenant, you could join or organize a tenants union; if you’re a worker, even precariously employed, there’s always room to join or build upon unionization and organizing efforts. Mutual aid groups abound in every city. Local governments nationwide are building cop cities in need of fierce opposition.

I left my great friend’s apartment late on Tuesday night, heavy-hearted but unsurprised that Trump would likely return to power. I first met this friend during Occupy too. “We’re not starting from scratch,” she reminded me, as we hugged goodbye. Movement politics — long and painfully aware that there can be no robust reliance on the Democratic mainstream — is where we must turn and further build.

We are not starting from scratch.»

https://theintercept.com/2024/11/06/trump-harris-election-results-action/

Ok… I’m not going to reply to any particular posts, because I know people are hurting and angry and Do Not Want some white reply guy sailing in, but…

Can we now agree it’s about race and gender and stop with the “it’s not racism, it’s classism!” DSA bullshit?

Trump won by 4.5 million votes. Can we stop with the “if only Democrats had made this tactical adjustment” nonsense?

3rd party voting does not seem to have made a difference, really. All that nonsense about Muslims voting 3rd party in Michigan over Gaza is just that.

Moving forward, can we focus on the real issue now? It doesn’t do any good to run around calling people “racist” to their face, but can we at least strategize around it? Speak to their fears, maybe, stuff like that? Maybe face it in ourselves, even?

https://abcnews.go.com/538/donald-trump-won-presidency/story?id=115556511

«While we can’t be sure until we can review records of who actually voted (states will release those over the next few months), the drop-off in turnout is currently greater in the most Democratic counties across the battleground states. That is something that would uniquely hurt Harris; if you’re a Democrat, then lower turnout in the suburbs is bad, of course, but not so bad as missing the mark in Philadelphia or Milwaukee, where you’re relying on a lot of votes to carry you to victory.»

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article294894479.html

«In another close contest, Rep. Tricia Cotham led her opponent, Democrat Nicole Sidman, with all precincts reporting.»

This is the woman who switched parties shortly after her election last time, giving Republicans a supermajority in the NC legislature.

How is this even possible?

(N&O says we might have broken the supermajority this time anyway, in the House.)

Will be nice if state election boards have already had adversarial tabletop exercises to anticipate as much of this as possible.

«Days before the election right-wing activists lodged thousands of baseless challenges to mail ballot applications — sowing more confusion ahead of the election and likely delaying the counting of any ballots submitted by those voters.»

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-ballots-swing-state-election-20241105.html?clickText=politics/election_1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest_headlines_11_5_2024&int_promo=newsletter&utm_term=Latest%20Headlines

https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/04/i-went-a-trump-rally-curtains-closing-circus-21926419/

I like the idea that Trump has done more damage to his own campaign than I could have done by canvassing poorly.

«Suing monopolies. Banning noncompetes. Challenging Big Pharma. Making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Clamping down on fake reviews. Helping fix the ice cream machines at McDonald’s (seriously).

All done by the FTC under Biden-Harris.

It’s government working for the people.»

https://masto.ai/@rbreich/113430492660334532

Science fiction! Years ago, a relative did Actual Research (lab and all) on a particular fungus (cryptococcus, I think), and I knew melanin was an ionizing radiation and oxidation absorber used by fungi as a defense mechanism, but this….

«Further research discovered that C. sphaerospermum and some other black fungi species, like Wangiella dermatitis and Cryptococcus neoformans, possessed melanin, the pigment responsible for human skin color. However, in these fungi, the melanin served a different purpose: it absorbed radiation, which was then converted into usable energy, allowing it to grow in areas with intense radioactive exposure.»

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/11/02/this-black-fungus-might-be-healing-chernobyl-by-drinking-radiation-a-biologist-explains/

Local folks: Erika and I will be here:

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/717429/?referring_vol=7910427&rname=John&share_context=schedule-event-chaining-modal&share_medium=copy_link&timeslot=4927532