Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

After roe, women are no longer free.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

In my day, never was longer.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Come on, man.

A dilettante blog from the great progressive state of West Virginia.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

All your base are belong to Tunch.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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    Adria McDowell (formerly LurkerExtraordinaire)

    My escape is the latest from Norah Jones. Her voice is really soothing.

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    Bobby D

    Yep, music helps. So does the new legal mj…not that it being illegal ever stopped me before. About to get off work, head home and roll a giant doobie, put on The Sword’s Warp Riders album on vinyl, turn the knob to 11, and raaaawwwwwk!

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    Elizabelle

    @MattF: Yea Maryland! And Virginia! And DC!

    Devastated. Admire Hillary and Tim K and PBO for their composure and gentle words. But this is about the worst political moment I’ve ever lived through. All the institutions that might have protected us? Co-opted or ignored.

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    MattF

    @Elizabelle: Just got off the phone with my sister who, sensibly, says I shouldn’t make any sudden moves (like retiring right now). As long as I still enjoy what I do. So, back to work, tomorrow.

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    laura

    I’m going dancing with a group of friends tomorrow. Moon Hooch! 2 saxophones 1 drum. Crazy improvisational jazz funk dance hall music.
    It will make the hurting stop for a couple of hours.

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    MomSense

    @Baud:

    I’m semi awake and trying to do laundry. About to help quiz kid for a test. Not able to do much more. How about you?

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    Mnemosyne

    @laura:

    I’ve seen Moon Hooch! They opened for They Might Be Giants at the House of Blues in Anaheim a few years ago. The hypnotic thing doesn’t really work on me (ADHD), but they were pretty cool.

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    Mnemosyne

    I did not sleep last night. Pretty much at all. Thank God I live in Southern California and didn’t have to pretend I wasn’t utterly fucking devastated along with most of my coworkers. Then I got to go have my dentist prep one of my teeth for a crown — whee! It was comforting to be there, too, with my Russian immigrant dentist, his Filipino-American dental assistant, and the Latina receptionist, all of whom were also still reeling.

    Now I have a German Chocolate cupcake for when the numbness wears off, my Balloon-Juice jackals, and I’m going to watch Blazing Saddles later, because I need it.

    Seriously, I have no idea how I would have gotten through last night without you guys. It was rough, but not as bad as when I was alone with it in 2004.

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    MomSense

    @Baud: @schrodinger’s cat: @Mnemosyne:
    I couldn’t sleep at all last night. Nothing was comforting. I couldn’t listen to radio, music allowed my mind to wander to horrible trump places, and I didn’t even want to listen to the farm podcasts I like. I kept reading here and Watergirl was a huge help. My kids were texting and calling all night. They are so distraught. We just have to figure out how to get through this.

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    opiejeanne

    @MomSense: Me too. Still not ready to play on Facebook. Had to mute a dear friend today because her mother was crowing about how we all need to bow down to It, and It was going to bring us all together.
    Friends on Twitter are shutting down, deleting their accounts for a while.
    Right now I’m reacting as if I have the flu: very upset stomach, knots in my stomach, and all of the other attendant delights of that malady. Haven’t thrown up… yet.

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    opiejeanne

    @schrodinger’s cat: That’s about what I got, 3 hours of sleep. Fell asleep this afternoon reading a DCI Banks mystery so I feel a little better. People in town walking around like zombies; the ones who weren’t made me want to hiss at them. The racist idiots next door sounded like they were having a party this afternoon.

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    WaterGirl

    Awake in the night, crying and shaking again and feeling despair. It is a comfort, though, to see all the nyms and be reminded of all the good people here.

    I cancelled all my appointments yesterday and spent the day in my PJs watching TV to escape the reality of what happened, just trying not to think. Not so successful at trying not to think. I accomplished one thing, I did pick my peppers before the big freeze tonight and took some to friends who love them. I did one load of laundry and managed to eat something.

    I have one work appointment a few hours from now that I can’t get out of, and I arranged to drop off some more peppers to another friend. I don’t know how you guys who have 8-5 jobs are managing to go to work and get anything done.

    If the 5 stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, Where is profound sadness on that list? I guess I’m not even at the first stage yet.

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