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[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

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.

[Dani 🩷🧸🎀 @yourrrfavdani]

And what’s gonna be yalls excuse if Trump wins and things are still expensive, rent is still ridiculously high, and crime increases?

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

I thought this would hurt more than 2016 but it doesn't.

That was a shock. This is just confirmation.

We now know that 2016 wasn't a fluke or an aberration, that this is what the majority wants: whiteness, patriarchy, nationalism, hatred, nihilism.

Whether I want to spend the rest of my life in such a place is something my mind isn't prepared to consider.

Right now, I just know that I'm seeing the nation with my eyes fully open and there is no mistaking what so many people I Ioved and once respected, actually value.

As heartbreaking as that is, I now know where they stand, and I know it's nowhere I want to be.

[Brian J. Karem @BrianKarem]

Never underestimate the power of large groups of stupid people.

He was the worst POTUS in history.
Impeached twice.
Convicted felon.
Tried to stage a coup.
Sold state secrets.

But hey …at least he isn’t an intelligent Black woman.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

It’s insane to me that we now live in a world where Democratic polling locations are being targeted with fake bomb threats in order to suppress turnout.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

For her.
For all our daughters and sons.
For America. 🇺🇸

[Velodus✨ @velodus]

The single worst thing about Trump to me will always be how much he's changed people. I've watched friends and relatives become entirely new, worse people in the wake of his political rise. Like it's not merely that he's a terrible guy, it's that he's ruined people.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

This Law and Order video at the DNC went hard

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Hillary Clinton ends her DNC speech: "I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to know that I was here at this moment. That we were here. And that we were with Kamala every step of the way. This is our time. This is when we stand up. This is when we break through."

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

HOLY HELL!!!

Donald Trump fell asleep at his own trial, and when he woke up, he made his own kind of history: the first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions.

Hillary didn't come to play tonight...

[MM  @adgirlMM]

My boomer parents had never heard of Project 2025. They also aren't going to read 900 pages to learn about it. But you know what they do care about? Social Security. Which Project 2025 plans to cut.

Forget the existential fascist threat to democracy. Talk to people about the basics.

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

You made us dream.
You made us believe.
You made us cry.
And you made us proud.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent:

"When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

I guess the format of the debate is trump lies and everyone lets him lie and then we go to the next question

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Is CNN going to explain their decision not to fact check? Because it’s entirely unexplainable for a news network to allow a flood of lies to propagate unchecked.

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

We kept the receipts 🤫

[NBA @NBA]

DEUCE'S DAD: NBA CHAMPION 💚☘️🏆

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Believe in yourself like visitors who believe they can pet a bison.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

President Biden: “As I said last week, I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today. So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling of pride seeing someone you love come out the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery. As I also said last week, I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that.”