Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did.
As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet.
It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.
I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all.
I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation.
I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever.
We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be.
There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will.
I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me.
I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.
Can @MTA tell the R train conductors to STOP LEAVING EARLY from 95th in Bay Ridge? It’s infuriating to rush to make a train that leaves a minute earlier than scheduled and then your whole commute is fucked! 😡🤬🤬🤬🤬
fav thing in a dual pov romance book is when one chapter ends with something like:
"If he left her alone, how much damage could she possibly do?"
and the next begins with:
"She hadn't meant to set the ship on fire."
Check out what our family thought about Unsound by @Ash_Finley_
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"Main character is excellently drawn. She is going to be interesting and multi-faceted."