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  3. 3.

    mali muso

    All up in my feelings today. In 2016, I was pregnant with my daughter and due to deliver in late November. I remember being so happy that she would be born into a world in which a woman was president. Then the unthinkable happened just a few weeks before she arrived. I have memories of holding my infant in the middle of the night while she nursed and I dooomscrolled on my phone absorbing all of the horrors that were being unleashed. For the entirety of her young life, there has been a shadow over us. To see a woman that looks much like my daughter may look when she grows up being sworn into office as Vice President and all of the other strong women in power…well. Yeah, I’m pretty verklempt.

  4. 4.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    What’s the opposite of doom-scrolling? Hope-scrolling? Joy-scrolling? Whatever it is, I’ve been doing it nonstop for 24 hours and will likely keep doing it till who knows when.

  8. 8.

    Gin & Tonic

    I’ve gotten numerous messages in the last 12 hours or so from friends outside the US: happy, relieved, delighted, congratulatory.

  9. 9.

    mali muso

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Thanks.  I have a lot of gratitude for this space and the community here as we’ve all tried to navigate the past four years together.  And now looking forward to some brighter days for my kiddo!

  10. 10.

    MisterForkbeard

    @mali muso: Very similar experience. Our second daughter was born on election night 2016 – I had to had the ongoing election results from my wife as she was going through labor.

    The weeks after that were really rough, seeing what our daughter would have to put up with. But having her also made those first few weeks bearable.

     

    As it is now, I’m so happy that she gets to grow up without Trump as president and with a female VP.

  15. 15.

    Nicole

    @mali muso: It’s so good for boys to see this, too.  It’s very important they grow  up in a world where they don’t see only men front and center in positions of power.  And hey, as your daughter is 4 now, she’ll likely have some memories of Harris as VP!

    My son’s school (Wednesdays are a remote day) had their classes log on to Zoom to watch the Inauguration together.  I’m glad they took the time to do so.

  17. 17.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Nicole: The first and until 2017 only US President my daughter remembered was a black man. She sees Trump as the aberration. (But the lack of women was keenly noticed.) This is similar.

  18. 18.

    Hildebrand

    Ugh – progressive twitter is already kvetching about Biden not doing enough, screaming about holding his feet to the fire, and wondering if he really was a good choice with all his ‘unity’ talk.  Can they give us one bloody day to enjoy this?  Just one day?

    Of course, if you ask them about just one day, they scream at you for being a sell-out.

  19. 19.

    Nicole

    @Matt McIrvin: My son, although he could recognize pictures of Obama from age 3 or 4, doesn’t have any memory of him as President (he was 6 in 2016).  While I’m not thrilled that Trump is his first political memory, I’m really happy that he’ll be seeing a woman as VP as he moves into adolescence.  Maybe until 18!  That would be dandy.

  20. 20.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: I’ve been revenge scrolling. It’s been quite delicious listing to the agonies of the Q-Anon scum. I don’t recall taking the same delight in the pain of conservatives back in 2008.

  22. 22.

    Betsy

    I hate to keep being a downer. But I’ve been crying much of the morning.

    I think one thing would help me and maybe others here who are having a hard time processing the trauma of the last four years and before, is maybe we could have thread for those who are having trouble even feeling joy at this moment?
    My own experience has been so much trauma, hate, discrimination, disappointment, grief, loss, empathetic sorrow, and shock and bitterness at the

    stupidity corruption dishonesty and general malice, and loss,

    that I’m just having a really really hard time getting back to a sense of joy or relief or hope

    Think what would help is if I heard from others about how they’re experiencing this trauma and loss

    and just some thoughts on how to process it all and what others are doing.

    I’m not so much in need of advice, or to be told that I shouldn’t feel this way (which is kind of a normal automatic response when people hear that you are hurting,)

    But I guess more I’m hoping to hear from others who are struggling to look forward.
    And to  understand how those of us who are in this place are coping or maybe not even coping but just hanging out together in trauma.

  23. 23.

    Baud

    Hillary continues to prove she’s the emotionally strongest woman person alive.

    Shout out to Amy K., who wins the best supporting Democrat award for the whole inauguration (and the seditious challenge to the electoral vote count before that).

  24. 24.

    cain

    @Hildebrand:

    These folks are all doing performative art for their supporters on twitter. It’s just like the right – except I dont think anybody makes any money (eg it isn’t as big a grift op)

    Their promotion of M4A as some kind of panacea that must be accepted without any changes is just like how conservatives believe that conservatives cannot fail it can only be failed.

  26. 26.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Ooh yes. I enjoyed the snapshots of QAnon tears yesterday. I believe I could get used to a daily high dosage of schadenfreude, but I wouldn’t know where to find it first hand, nor do I think I want to. As long as somebody is sampling it and reposting it, I’m good.

    Speaking of which, how is 3-Name-Marjorie doing? Is she participating in the meltdown?

  30. 30.

    dmsilev

    @Hildebrand: The Very Online Left only knows how to carp and criticize people. Ignoring them was one of the best decisions Biden made during the primary.

  31. 31.

    Hildebrand

    @cain: I saw some of our progressive betters freak completely out over Jen Psaki’s response to the Hyde amendment question at the press conference.  They are now convinced Biden will sell out women completely.   Unreal.

  32. 32.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @matt: I like it. It reminds me of the New York City subway system post 9/11, and the posters from the MTA describing how they were going to use the horrendous events as an opportunity to completely revamp the subway system in lower Manhattan.

    The old WTC stop was buried under tons of rubble. Somebody had the vision to look at that rubble and think about how to, well, build back better.

    Also, you can forgive a lot for the sake of a good alliteration.

  33. 33.

    coin operated

    +1 on revenge scrolling. After years of “Suck it, Libtard!” I don’t mind giving what few conservative friends I have left a little grief.

  34. 34.

    Leto

    @Hildebrand: there’s nothing he can do that will satisfy them, short of stepping down and directly appointing Bernie as president. That doesn’t solve the House/Senate problem (not to mention R controlled states), but as they’re incapable of rational thought it doesn’t really matter. I’ll let them continue to soak in the dipshit echo chamber while I enjoy Leslie Jones comedy tweets.

  35. 35.

    mali muso

    @MisterForkbeard: Wow, I can’t quite imagine having to go through labor at the same time as the election results.  Agree with you that having a little baby to love on and focus my attention on during those dark hours was definitely a blessing.  Here’s to our little ones’ futures being brighter. :)

  36. 36.

    Immanentize

    @Betsy: 
    I was thinking to myself this morning — I am someone who has always considered myself super lucky. My life has been generally charmed. But the last few years have been rough, to say the least.

    But I’m still incredibly lucky and my life actually has been charmed. I just have let all the horrors that is included in this “life” deal pile up recently. I need to work on being optimistic where before it came naturally. But, I also know that optimism is a strategy and it will be easier to work on that strategy now that a huge barrier has been removed.

  37. 37.

    cain

    @Hildebrand:

    @cain: I saw some of our progressive betters freak completely out over Jen Psaki’s response to the Hyde amendment question at the press conference.  They are now convinced Biden will sell out women completely.   Unreal.

    They want failure so that they can browbeat all of us with “WE TOLD YOU! SEE! SEE!” but it also serves to push people down the rabbit hole of grievance.

  38. 38.

    Immanentize

    Also, the world is filled with fun stuff and life lessons, like — don’t fuck with Greta:

    So happy that USA has finally rejoined the Pittsburgh Agreement. Welcome back!— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 21, 2021

  39. 39.

    cain

    @Immanentize: Last year was good work wise (stable employment / good money) – but before that it was a shit show for 3 years. 2016 – 2019 have been challenging.

    But 2020 was emotionally painful with the kind of shit that has been happening. Trump had some shit going on every single goddam day.

  42. 42.

    cain

    @Immanentize:

    Ted Cruz is such a moron – I mean were the people of Versailles consulted in the treaty of Versailles? Someone should ask him stupid shit like that.

    We know that he is smart enough to know – fuckin panderer. He thinks he can step into the Trump mold. But he’s got none of the characteristics that made Trump – Trump.

  43. 43.

    Spanky

    @Betsy: I get the sense from your comments that you think you should feel different than you do. But you really don’t. We as individuals need to heal, and healing takes time. We’re not going to flip some internal switch and immediately feel better.

    Take it from someone who beats himself up all the time – you’re beating yourself up. Allow yourself to feel this way, and give yourself some time for yourself.

  44. 44.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Betsy:

    We’ve had four years living under the thumb of an abuser.  Four years of constant fear and random, senseless pain.  Everyone here is scarred by that.  Most are having the celebration and relief reaction, but being unable to immediately feel that is not a strange reaction.  Emotions are as much habit as anything else.  The ruts of fear and pain are carved deep into your brain.  Don’t worry, they will get replaced by something better, and it’s okay that you’re one of the many for whom it takes time.  I assure you that many celebrating here are going to notice how they are still wounded in the next few weeks, but better days are here.

  46. 46.

    Geminid

    @Hildebrand: Most of those lefties can’t be satisfied because they won’t be satisfied. I’ve seen a few evolve some, but these don’t get the attention as do the purists.

  52. 52.

    Ken

    @matt: Am I the only one bothered by the slogan “build back better”?

    No, though for me it’s a slight feeling that it’s ungrammatical.

    I will give them kudos for “build back”, which at least for me has an unstated “he broke a lot of stuff, we all know that”.

  53. 53.

    Ken

    @Immanentize: So happy that USA has finally rejoined the Pittsburgh Agreement.

    I don’t follow that.  Did the moron-in-chief refer to the Paris Accord that way once?

  54. 54.

    MazeDancer

    @Betsy:

    The body cannot even start to process trauma until you are safe.

    So emotions can flood you.

    For a long time.

    One of the worst aspects of trauma is this monster is in charge of you. So one can shift this “authority” to the overwhelming feelings. When it is not true. You can talk back to your feelings.

    “I don’t believe you!” is a start.

    Trauma recovery is a lifetime job. Where you have to try to be good to yourself without ever having been taught what really good really is.

    So, just be generous with yourself. Deeply generous. Smile at yourself. It is a start.

  59. 59.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Ken: I vaguely recall it was a standard RW talking point around the time the agreement was negotiated. “Obama needs to worry less about Paris than Pittsburgh”. The mayor of Pittsburgh had some fun replying, as I recall.

    Amusing to see Mr First-Tier-Ivies-Only trying on a metaphorical hard-hat. Goes well with his new This-will-hide-my-growing-double-chin beard.

  60. 60.

    Immanentize

    @Ken: No, T. Cruz complained that Biden, in rejoining the Paris Climate Accords, cared more about the people of Paris than the citizens of Pittsburg.

  61. 61.

    Mo Salad

    @Ken: It’s referring to a moronic Ted Cruz tweet saying that Biden cares about the citizens of Paris more than Pittsburgh due to rejoining the accords.

    As if the treaty was made with the citizens of Paris?

  62. 62.

    MJS

    @Immanentize: I just thank God for the Dayton Accords, which kept the horrific war in Dayton, Ohio, from spilling over into Pennsylvania. And that the Good Friday Accords give peace to Northern Ireland for one day each year.

  63. 63.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @Ken:

    By rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, President Biden indicates he’s more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh. This agreement will do little to affect the climate and will harm the livelihoods of Americans.

    — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 20, 2021

  65. 65.

    Josie

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    I love Rick Wilson’s comment about Cruz.  Almost as good as the one by Al Franken.

    “We all know Ted Cruz is sort of a political force of nature. He is what he is. You either hate him or you hate him.”

  68. 68.

    Josie

    @Josie:

    Franken’s quote:

    “Here’s the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.”

  69. 69.

    narya

    @Betsy: I’m sorry you’re feeling that way–others here have pointed out that years of trauma and abuse can’t be undone in a day. Much as I”m enjoying the past two days, I also know that there’s a ton of work to do, that, as Galadriel noted, our quest is on a knife’s edge. I’ve been gifted with several spectacular sunrises this week on my morning runs; I’d send them to you if I could, just for the (transient! ephemeral!) beauty and joy of it.

  70. 70.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Andrew Stroehlein @astroehlein ·7h
    When a politician says something he knows is a lie, he is announcing his contempt for the general public. He’s saying he considers you so stupid that you’ll believe the lie. Cruz knows full well the Paris Agreement is not about Paris. He just thinks his followers are idiots.z 

    Most people outside the MAGAt bubble recognize that trump despises his most fervent supporters– they couldn’t afford dinner for four at one of his steakhouses, much less the annual membership fees at Mar a-Lago. What isn’t remarked enough is the contempt of Cruz and Hawley for those same people is even greater.

  71. 71.

    Skepticat

    @Gin & Tonic: I too have heard from international friends (and actually am in a foreign country), and the relief and joy are palpable. Several have said they believe America is back where it ought to be. Let’s hope!

  74. 74.

    gene108

    @cain:

    He thinks he can step into the Trump mold. But he’s got none of the characteristics that made Trump – Trump.

    What the Trump wannabes like Cruz, Hawley, etc. do not understand is as much as Trump is a shameless liar, his resentment, racism, etc. are 100% genuine.

    The white supremacist contingent knew they found a kindred spirit in Trump.

    You just cannot fake being the one honest thing about Trump.

  77. 77.

    Skepticat

    @Betsy: I still fear more violence, which keeps me from being carefree and happy, and I know I won’t be thrilled with every decision the new administration makes. We all have PTSD, and that isn’t easy to escape. Nevertheless, we have to start somewhere, and this seems like a great place. I’m trying to suppress my natural pessimism and reach cautious optimism. There’s no magic cure, and all of it will take time, so try to hang on (and vent to jackals as needed).

  78. 78.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @gene108: also, as absurd as it is, the carefully coiffed and made-up trump feeds a certain idea of machismo that Cruz, for all his recently affected swagger– I swear a week doesn’t go by lately you don’t see a tweet from Ted in an orange vest holding a gun– can sell. The blow-dried lad from Missouri by way of Stanford and London, even less

  79. 79.

    Bluegirlfromwyo

    @Betsy: I hear you. I vacillate between joy and your kind of pain. It’s like I can’t quite believe things have changed. I also think how there is so much left to be done to undo all the damage. And it is overwhelming. Be gentle with yourself.

  80. 80.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Josie: I am not one to advocate untargeted violence, but:

    When Raffy Crooze gets up on a debate stage in early 2024, one of his opponents could do the nation an inestimable service by walking over to him and in full view of the cameras, belting him hard as s/he** could in the nose. Crumpling to the floor, cowardly bawling his eyes out as blood pours from his schnozz, it would be Crooze’s Greg Stillson-&-the-baby moment & rid the body politic of that boil on its arse for good.

    ** Extra credit cravenness if it’s a woman. Slug him, sister!

  81. 81.

    rikyrah

    @Betsy:

     

    Your feelings are valid because we have been abused for the past four years.

     

    Not only have we been abused, but, there are 70 million+ folks who enjoyed seeing us abused.

    Because of their lack of character, I have no interest in unifying with them. They’ve already told me what they think of me, and what they’d do to me given the chance.

    I don’t think anyone is trying to minimize your feelings. I completely understand them.

  82. 82.

    Betsy

    @Betsy: @Nicole: @Immanentize: @Spanky:

    @MazeDancer: @narya:

    @Skepticat:

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    @Bluegirlfromwyo:

    Golly.  Thanks y’all.  A lot of sympathetic and kind words.  Lots for me to think over and process.  All of these thoughts do help.

    I watched the National Prayer Service (google “Inaugural Committee Live stream national prayer service”) and it helped.   A lot.  Cried a lot.  It really did a lot to help me process grief and feel together with others who might be struggling to move from sorrow to hope.

    The principal text was from Isaiah “Sorrow is in the night, but joy comes in the morning.”  And the sermon by Rev. Dr. Barber was 10000005%%%%% on point, as always.  So I feel encouraged.

    I’m sure I will continue to feel a mix of things and it is good to know the Jackals are here for that  :)

    Thank you all <3

  87. 87.

    MisterForkbeard

    @mali muso: Absolutely. It’s amazing how your kids drive you to do better, too. My two girls were a huge motivator to getting rid of Trump, and it was really gratifying to see women step up in such huge numbers in early 2017. Gave me a lot of hope, and I’m going to be pointing them out as role models to the kids for a long time.

  89. 89.

    matt

    @Ken: “slight ungrammatical feeling”. That’s exactly it. Build what back? I guess the problem is that the broke so much that saying what would render it not a slogan.

  90. 90.

    Fair Economist

    @cain:

    These folks are all doing performative art for their supporters on twitter. It’s just like the right – except I dont think anybody makes any money (eg it isn’t as big a grift op)

    According to Imani Gandy, aka ABL, some make tens of thousands per month pushing fake leftist propaganda to prop up the Republicans. It’s not the millions available to the openly pro-right propagandists, but it’s pretty good money.
    @Geminid:

    Most of those lefties can’t be satisfied because they won’t be satisfied. I’ve seen a few evolve some, but these don’t get the attention as do the purists.

    The purists pouring out invective on the Biden administration are 100% fake. Any genuine lefty would be delighted with a bunch of the EOs from yesterday no matter how inadequate they thought Biden’s agenda was.

  91. 91.

    Feathers

    @matt: I think better is the most important word. So much of the US’s problems are due to leaving old systems in place because it would be “too hard” to get rid of them. We are now seeing clearly how the US Constitution is both the source of our strength and the main thing holding us back from being truly great in the future. We can’t just rebuild what was, we have to reimagine. Alex Steffen calls what the right has been doing “predatory delay,” pretending to be reasonable and looking for sensible solutions. What they actually are doing is trying to gobble up all the money (power), so that they will be rich and can afford a gated community when all the shit they know is coming arrives. We need to re-build the world so we all survive.

  93. 93.

    latts

    @mali muso:

    @MisterForkbeard:

    My son was born four weeks to the hour after the 2016 election was called, and around two months after we were in London assuring American and Australian expats that there was no way Trump could win. I can’t remember crying that hard in my adult life, and I was 47 at the time with both my own parents already gone. I did manage to avoid reading about the transition, but was just coming up for air at the six-week mark, right around the inauguration. My son has autism, and I’m still not sure I want him to be trapped in a country with the potential for Trumpian cruelty.

    On the plus side, @Mandarama filled out the form for his presidential new-baby note, and we got one with Barack and Michelle’s auto-signatures, postmarked January 19. I don’t even want to know what the Trump form said.

  94. 94.

    Feathers

    @cain: The tell is not acknowledging that things are different and need to be adjusted to when changes occur. Being an angry ass on Inauguration Day is also a tell.

    Somewhere back in time (Oricinus blog?) I read something that stuck with me. Beware of anyone who says they want a blank slate and to be able to start over. This means nothing but danger and bloodshed. Saying capitalism has to end is foolishness. Whatever will replace capitalism has yet to emerge. Calling for there to be something else isn’t activism, but pure performance.

  96. 96.

    Mandarama

    @latts:

    On the plus side, @Mandarama filled out the form for his presidential new-baby note

    Yep, I jumped right on that! (I’m latts’ sister.)

    I had a hard time explaining to my teens at the time how this could’ve happened (Trump’s election). They’d only ever known Obama. My oldest was thrilled to cast his first vote for Biden / Harris! All of these little jackal babies will have a much better world soon; we just have to keep hanging on.

  97. 97.

    Feathers

    @Betsy: PTSD sucks. I’ve done a round of DBT therapy and really recommend looking into it. It’s intensive* and thus usually hard to find and expensive, but there are workbooks to introduce you to the concepts.

    The best one is the idea of stage 0, which you have to reach and remain at before trying any future therapy. Namely that your physical needs for food, shelter, sleep, and safety are being met. That you prioritize your emotional needs, setting healthy boundaries with people who might harm you, arranging your life to support your emotional health (cutting out stressors**), and making sure you do things that support you (exercise, good friends, creative expression).

    All the well wishes.

    * One of the reasons why it’s harder to find than CBT is that it is done in groups, with education. It goes beyond CBT to recognize your needs, but also to build recognition that other people have boundaries as well, which must be respected (when healthy).

    ** One of the hard truths we got was that if you are not feeling safely at level 0, you really shouldn’t be doing activism, at least not beyond the “doing things with others in a warm and friendly environment” level. Beyond being faced with the awfulness of the world, activism can really bring out narcissism and abusive behavior in some people. Sometimes we need to be away from all toxicity and heal so that we’ll be ready for the next battle.

  98. 98.

    J R in WV

    @gene108:

    Ted Cruz does understand Pittsburgh’s big industries are health care and tech?

    No, he doesn’t… he obviously thinks steel is still the major driver of Pittsburgh.

    I doubt climate agreements will impact them much.

    You’re correct, and Rafael Eduardo Cruz is still an ass ~!!~ A braying, lying ass ~!!~

  99. 99.

    Mel

    @Betsy: I understand; my emotions are all over the place as well: relief, grief, hope, fear, exhaustion. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s joy, but am also sure that bottling things up is the least effective way to move through the crapton of baggage that the last four years have gifted us, compounded by the horror of the pandemic.

    I can see the glimmer of progress at the edge of the horizon, but how do we repair the enormous visible and psychic damage done to individuals and the country and world at large?

    It’s been a year so filled with fear and loss and pain and isolation for so many of us, it’s not surprising that seeing a few rays of sunshine isn’t enough to convince our brains that it’s safe to do more than just peek outside the gopher holes we’ve had lodge in just to survive 2020.

  100. 100.

    J R in WV

    @J R in WV:

    And one more thing

    Rafael Eduardo Cruz attempts to adopt an ordinary American nickname kin order to conceal his Cuban Fascist heritage.

    Never forget that the regime replaced by Castro’s militarized Socialism was also a militarized Totalitarian Fascist regime dedicated to protecting the wealthy owners of Cuba from the huge  and poor working class people.

    The first wave of Cuban refugees were those rich fascists, like Rafael Eduardo Cruz’s parents. Which is why they will never forgive the Socialists now ruling Cuba, it was their wholly owned playground, and will never be that again.

    Cruz wants to create that kind of ruling party here in America, where the rich own and operate the government for their personal benefit, and with their foot on the neck of everyone not in the fascist ruling  Republican party. Especially those not eligible for membership by virtue of their heritage or back ground — being of color to be specific!

  101. 101.

    Richard

    @joel hanes: she is a badass. I’m so happy she is there. As a resident of Utah, I’m more than happy we can restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Of all the horrible things #45 did, what he tried to do there really hurt.

  103. 103.

    Betsy

    @Feathers:

     

    @Mel:

     

    Thank you, Feathers, and Mel, for those apt and helpful observations.  You may be able to guess just HOW APT and helpful they are for me right now.

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