>.> At least some good is coming out. Like I read that it's being said that Rudy knew ahead of time what was going on with the FBI case before it hit news just recently and that the Trump side is being rigged by his side of course.

And a Ohio judge made it aware to people it's not allowed to do exit polling. It's supposed to be for Trump's damn morons but to make it even it's for people who are supporting Clinton, of course make it even. But haha losers you just got told off by a judge. Yes some might not follow but at least it's being said out loud by someone in power.

Yah, there's a whole mix of rulings coming down over these last few days. Some are good, some aren't.

Sigh.

Canvassing went well today. We were talking to Democratic voters, making sure everyone knew where their polling place was and if they haven't already registered how to make that happen (New Hampshire has same-day registration). It went perfectly until I was walking down Main St in Keene, going back to the Democratic office, when some asshole driving down the road leaned out the window of his pickup truck and screamed "SUCK MY BALLS CUNT!" before speeding off. Ugh. I don't think he knew what I was doing there, so I don't think he was doing that for political reasons, and this is hardly the first time some douche has shouted obscenities at me from a car window (the weirdest one happened a couple years ago at 8 in the morning in the center of a town, I had just gotten my coffee and was waiting for the walk signal at an intersection when a white van drives up, a guy leans out the window and just screams "Vagina!" before speeding off. Hands down the weirdest street harassment I've ever had to deal with) but it's impossible not to associate this behavior with the Trump campaign. This stuff has always happened, but now it feels allowed.

Dear god, we must win on Tuesday. We have to. We can't let these assholes feel entitled to behave like this.

Wow those really are weird things to happen to you. Sorry you have to deal with stuff like that. I guess I'm lucky. No one ever shouted anything to me. It could be the areas I am in though. You don't normally hear stuff like that coming from Wisconsin in the rural areas or in weird ass Ohio.

I really do hope we win. This is getting sick. Not sure if it was the actual Clint Eastwood who tweeted this, but someone using his name with the handle of his name and USA afterwards, said thanks to the secret service for getting Trump out of a rally after he had to be rushed out. No idea why and don't care since it's Trump. Just know things are not where they should be this election and I rather hate it.

Oh god. Right. THAT thing.

So last night was kinda crazy. Tim Kaine's bus got into a minor accident with a police car (no one was injured, thankfully) and there was a stupid brawl at a Trump rally in Nevada. A protester was holding a sign saying Republicans Against Trump, Trump asked the protester how much he was being paid (which is an internet hoax) and them crowd began to beat him. Then someone shouted gun (the protester did not have a gun--he had a sign) and SS rushed Trump off stage. There was never any actual danger to Trump, but here's what the protester said:

"When I pulled out the sign, people around me were trying to grab the sign," Crites told reporters. "And so all that was occurring was booing, of course; that's what you would expect."

He continued: "All of a sudden, because they couldn't grab the sign, or whatever happened, bam, I get tackled by all these people who were just, like, kicking me and grabbing me in the crotch and just, just beating the crap out of me.

"And somebody yells something about a gun, and so that's when things really got out of hand," he said. Crites told reporters he thought he would have been killed if law enforcement hadn't quickly responded.

http://nbc16.com/news/election/donald-t ... ly-in-reno

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Voting starts at midnight in three little towns in New Hampshire.

May the people choose hope over fear. May god have mercy on our souls.

2 hours left before voting begins.

Fired up.
Ready to go.
Deal me in.
Yes we can.
This is what democracy looks like.

God. I'm such a mess tonight. I've reached the calm on the other side of freaking the fuck out.

My world view is primarily shaped by my family stories. I was the kind of kid who always liked sitting with the old folks and listening to their stories. My whole sense of identity is shaped around my family history. And I'm also the kind of person who mostly lives inside her own head, so stories are incredibly important to me. I understand the world through story, by which I mean whenever I learn new information I form it into a story and that's how I understand it. And I communicate through story, which you've probably noticed over the last year.

Tonight it feels like all my stories are happening at once.

I'm remembering the story of how my great-grandparents fled Eastern Europe. I'm remembering the story of how my mother's family hid in the attic while the soldiers searched their house, but I'm also remembering how my great-grandfather came to America first and found work at a synagogue before he told his family to follow him, how my great-grandmother was worried about her 10 kids getting sick on the sea voyage across the Atlantic and so she bullied the sailors into holding a jumprope so that her children would have fresh air and exercise every day while the other refugees and immigrants stayed below deck and how that act kept the family healthy enough to get through Elis Island, how cousins and siblings left behind either vanished without a trace or were confirmed dead in the Holocaust. And on my father's side, I'm remembering my great-great-grandfather who fled Eastern Europe in the late 1800s because he didn't want to fight in Bismarck's army, a conscientious objector before that was a thing. I have a great-grandmother who marched in white to get women the right to vote. My grandparents marched on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr.

I feel like all of that is on the line. Both sides of my family came to this country seeking refuge from war and hate, and I am the product of their sacrifice. All of that hangs in the balance.

I hear he's gonna try and make it to where women can't vote and that they're stay at homes. That is such bull. We women won't put up with such crap! Luckily it's all crap. Because Trump can't do that.

Well, it's official: Donald Trump is President Elect. If nothing happens between now his swearing-in the guy who was previously known for his terrible hairpiece and "YOU'RE FIRED!" is going to be the head of state in one of if not the most powerful country in the world. This might have been tempered if the Senate and/or House of Representatives had a Democrat majority, but no: Both are overwhelmingly Republican.

This is a guy who proudly admitted to sexually harassing/assaulting women, accused his political opponents of vaguely-defined "crimes" while committing bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion, doled out negative platitudes about everyone from religious and ethnic minorities to members of the US Armed Forces, and openly and repeatedly stated that his immediate goals are to end Obamacare, Medicaid, and the EPA (Environmental Protective Agency). He'd also like to make abortion all but illegal and we can bet that gun control is off the table, plus god knows how someone with zero political experience and little ability to play nice, or even play civil, will do in the international diplomacy scene. Add the fact that his cabinet is stuffed with old white guys who share his views and that Pence, his Vice President, thinks you can "fix gays" by sending non-heteronormative people to conversion camps and I don't know how this can get much worse.

Someone, please, give me a reason not to give up right now, because I'm feeling angry and disappointed and just... hollowed out by everything. How the hell is this happening? I feel like it's the fall of the Roman Republic and it's all downhill from here.

As a not-American I genuinely feel for you guys. That, and I worry for the rest of the world once this clown gets his greasy fingers on the "'nuke everything not USA" button lmao. If he is gonna pick fights left, right & center, Europe might just become the theatre for drama and that makes me so very anxious, because I kinda don't wanna die yet. Honestly, who thought it would be a good idea to put this misogynist in charge of pretty much the whole world?

Telos wrote:Someone, please, give me a reason not to give up right now, because I'm feeling angry and disappointed and just... hollowed out by everything. How the hell is this happening? I feel like it's the fall of the Roman Republic and it's all downhill from here.

Oh no, please don't give up :( Your post had so many valid points and while I, too, am very anxious to see what will happen next, giving up is not going to help. I'm pretty certain there's also a big part of America/Rest of the world that do NOT support clownlord Trumpy and his ways and there'll always be someone to stand and say "NO MORE" I don't know enough about American voting and white house for that matter, but I'm sure they can't just let him do as he please.

Sending a big virtual hug your way, friend.

Telos wrote: Someone, please, give me a reason not to give up right now, because I'm feeling angry and disappointed and just... hollowed out by everything. How the hell is this happening? I feel like it's the fall of the Roman Republic and it's all downhill from here.

Where do you live? I'll send myself, some anti-depressants, and chocolate.

Please don't leave me to face him alone. *puppy-dog eyes*