So what do we do now?

For a start, we must be brutally honest.

Several Democrats, including many on this site, will tell you working class people voted for Trump because they liked his racism and/or misogyny. They are largely wrong and need to be told as much.

Back in March, I published a diary: Pivoting to the center doesn't help if you've been surrounded. It got some play back then, but I had sort of forgotten that piece. Eight month feels like a lifetime ago.

So last night, Trumpy Boy won the presidency via the electoral college (Clinton barely won the popular vote, but that didn't stop certain folks from blaming already marginalized 3rd party voters for the loss). I'd like to thank The Simpsons for predicting yet another clusterfuck in world events.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hzRnwLTMfM]

if history repeats itself, as Karl Marx once suggested, first as a tragedy and the second time as a farce, there is nothing to laugh about.

I'm operating on the assumption that Trump will be strive to act out as the reincarnated Raygun. "Make America great again." Right out of a Raygun playbook: "...It's morning again in America, and under the leadership of President Reagan, our country is prouder and stronger and better."