~~November 6, 2-25~~
THE MORNING AFTER
“This morning, for the first time in a year, I actually wanted to read the news. For the first time since the darkness dropped again and Comrade Donald Trump slouched back into the White House, I actually looked forward to reading the news.
Because the news was good.
Not just because Democrats won, and not just because they won by larder-than-expected margins, and not just because they won from coast to coast. The news is good because of the way they won. The ways they won, I should say, because the way they won in New York City was different than the way they won in New Jersey and in Virginia. That confuses the pundit class.”
Today there will be a LOT of pundits claiming Zohran Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party. Nope. He’s the face of the Democratic Party in New York City.
Mikie Sherrill is the face of the Democratic Party in New Jersey, and Abigail Spanberger is the face of the Democratic Party in Virginia.
We don’t have–we don’t need or want–a single face to represent the Democratic Party. We want a variety of faces and a medley of different voices all dedicated to civil rights and the needs of working people.
This morning, we have more of that.
Greg Fallis
(full post)
The results of this one election isn’t going to turn the nation around. The US is still massively fucked up. It will remain massively fucked up for the near future. But this morning we see evidence that, with hard work, we can begin to unfuck the nation.
That’s what I call good news.
So, in the words of the philosophers Kool & the Gang,
“Let’s all celebrate and have a good time.”
It Is What It Is 