The Morning After

Jeanne d’Arc, Emmanuel Frémiet, 1874

Keisha Lance Bottoms (D), first female African American elected governor—Deb Haaland (D), first female Native American elected governor—Peggy Flanagan (D) from Minnesota, became the first indigenous woman to win election to the Senate—Amy Acton (D) for refusing to take Vivek’s Ramaswamy’s (R) concession call—Over 100 women will now be serving in Congress at the same time for the very first time in American history.

Choosin’ Texas with a slate wiped blue—Senator-elect Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (D), first Muslim senator—Senator-elect Adam Hamilton (D), first Democrat elected senator for Kansas in a century—Both Tesla and Trump Media stocks are down this morning as the stock market rockets upwards on Democratic victory.

Oh, dammit just realized I’m not gonna get that $5000—Speaker Mike Johnson (R) will not run for minority leader—Susan Collins (R) is no longer concerned, may she rest in peace—Scott Colom (D) currently holds the narrowest of leads. If elected he would be the first African American senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. The previous one was a former slave.

In Japan the phrases Blue Wave and Tsunami have entirely different cultural contexts; the Japanese press is referring to last night’s US Election as the “National Scolding”. This morning, I am sipping coffee while reading the news. I feel extremely fine. Where we go from here, I do not know, but now at least we are turned around. I am joyously living in the moment.

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