Laine Woolcock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[Laine Woolcock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @LaineMW2001]

F**k you, America. F*ck, you.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

For the people. Always.

[Al Gore @algore]

For climate advocates across the country, the outcome of this election means that all of us must find ways to redouble our efforts and find bipartisan solutions to the climate crisis that create jobs, promote prosperity and safeguard the future of humanity.

In a moment such as this, it is important to remember that all major reform efforts, from civil rights to the climate movement, suffer dark days. And this is surely one. We can mourn a loss, but we can’t linger in despair. Our planet doesn’t have time for that. Now more than ever, this movement needs engagement and leadership from all corners of the country.

During a down moment in the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. said something about overcoming days like this: “If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.”

We know the line to solutions is never straight or easy. But we have won major victories in tackling the climate crisis and reducing climate pollution in our country, and we will again.

My greatest source of hope comes from the courage and commitment of grassroots leaders and advocates in the U.S. and around the world who are relentlessly pushing for progress. Onward.

[Ian Timbrell @ITimbrell]

We are seeing huge increase in ‘That’s So Gay’ used as an insult, especially in primary schools.

I’m in a primary school in Cardiff today working with all of KS2 to develop understanding of what gay means, through the lens of family, to raise empathy & stop its use as an insult.

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

🚨 We need to have a conversation about how to de-radicalise a generation of vulnerable young boys who’ve been groomed into believing violent misogyny is a legitimate political goal.

Jon doesn’t need a conversation, he needs fed to sharks, but you get the idea.

[Jorge Peláez @elgeorgepelaez]

@actingliketommy @thatonemaddy It’s amazing seeing you guys talk about gen z the way boomers talk about you! I guess it really is a natural cycle.

[Jordan @JordanChariton]

Of course, the limousine liberals on Morning Joe are concluding Harris lost bc Dems went too "woke" & push "cancel culture." REALITY why she lost:

🚨75% voters said inflation had severe or moderate impact
🚨73% voters said dissatisfied or angry about way things are going

A 🧵

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

And now begins the most pointless & inefficient several hours of the parliamentary week, as MPs start voting (aka walking round in v slow circles) on ten motions, mainly insisted on by the Conservatives. Sigh. This is no way to run a country. Electronic voting is long overdue.

[Laine Woolcock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @LaineMW2001]

This is absolutely terrifying. I hope the CDU and SDP are able to form a coalition. It’s the only thing that will stop the AfD.

[DW Politics @dw_politics]

+++BREAKING+++

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked Christian Lindner as finance minister after he proposed snap elections as a means of ending the crisis in Germany's governing coalition.

[Laine Woolcock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @LaineMW2001]

This is terrifying.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Meanwhile, in Berlin, the German government has just collapsed.

The Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed he will seek a confidence motion in the new year to trigger a snap general election.

Starmer’s Labour may quickly find itself pretty lonely on the social democratic front…

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

Really not trying to stoke conspiracy, but is it really feasible that Dem enthusiasm at near Obama levels, an insurrection, the fall of Roe, Trump’s SCOTUS immunity deal, and Project 2025–really yielded 15 million fewer Blue voters?

Help it make sense.

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

The @KamalaHarris defeat I understand. Anti incumbency, economy, perhaps lack of clear message etc etc. But 14 million fewer votes than Biden 4 years ago? That represents astonishing failure for Democratic Party

[J. @_Wilsonpilled_]

@BNHWalker Dems lost in 2024 for the same reason Callaghan lost in 1979: ppl would rather their neighbour lose their jobs than a period of high inflation

[Dan Cavanagh @cavanagh_danny]

It’s gonna take a team effort to defeat Canada’s Trump, Pierre Poilievre.

We can do this. 🇨🇦

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Rory Stewart stuck his neck out and made a bold prediction. Good for him. He got it wrong. Hardly the end of the world.

[Laine Woolcock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @LaineMW2001]

Shut up.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

2020
Biden: 81 million votes
Trump: 74 million votes

2024
Trump: 71 million votes
Harris: 66 million votes

These numbers do not match up with either the empty Trump rallies or the packed Harris rallies, and she should definitely not too quickly concede.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Darkly comic to see so many Trump acolytes lecturing Harris about the importance of conceding the race.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

If you’re on Twitter right now, you are not the kind of person who is going to miss out on big picture analysis long-term.

I think the thing to do today is focus on stuff that’s close, stuff you believe in, stuff you’ve gotta do, and stuff that brings you joy.

[Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 @DawnButlerBrent]

I agree with our Mayor. London and the UK is a special place.

We have to be vigilant to ensure that hard-won rights are not eroded.

Take care everyone and look after your neighbours.