Post Election Week Posts
Veterans Day, Election Fault, Mapcap Cabinet Choices, D‑D‑Diagnoses, Explanations, Blame, Oh My

Many of us can relate to personal mourning from personal experience:
@whiskeywhistle98 gets serious, wondering how even God will explain the loss of a loved one:

Wisdom from our usual internet gurus:

  • As many of us honored Veterans this week, libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara explains who the real heroes are:

    Not those who put themselves in the line of fire, but rather, as his headline says,
    the Productive Americans Who Support the greatest military in history.
    (Productive meaning the most wealthy among us).

  • Vagabond Scholar Batocchio agrees with late Walt Kelly in wishing we had kept the original name Armistice Day, as a hope as well as to honor veterans. The wish was that the War to End All Wars had done exactly that.

  • The Propaganda Professor sees the election as a pivotal American moment rivaling 9/11, JFK assassination, and the March on Washington.

    Key reasons (a few out of many):
    White supremacy will be seated at the head of the table. Fundamentalist Christian doctrine will dictate the law of the land. Billionaires will plunder the pockets of the masses. Schoolchildren will be indoctrinated to accept right-wing fantasy as unquestionable fact. Women will be shuffled to the rear of the pack, and reproductive choice will be criminalized in the most draconian terms. And there is more.

  • In The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser, Bruce explains the next administration of former and future President Trump as the fault of Harris mistakes, Biden errors, Democratic missteps, and voter depravity.

  • Ant Farmer’s Almanac has The New York Times change it’s masthead slogan from All the News That’s Fit to Print to Resistance is Futile.

  • driftglass reads The New York Times as they seek those responsible for the election loss, which search driftglass reduces to an orgy of hippy punching.

  • CalicoJack in The Psy of Life reads the reviews and wonders why so few look to one obvious reason Harris lost: anti-democracy tactics by opponents, foreign and domestic.

  • In Scotties Playtime, ali redford notes the inclusion of Native Americans in voting rights legislation (1924 Indian Citizenship Act), and local official resistance ranging from foot-dragging to outright obstruction in Montana’s Big Horn County.

    Key quote:
    The Voting Rights Act is a bad thing… [T]hings were fine around here. Now they (Indians) want to vote. What next?
    – County Commissioner Ed Miller

  • The Onion provides eight important lessons Democrats can learn from defeat

    Key favorite:
    One more fundraising text would’ve done the job.

  • Says current MSNBC host, former Biden Press Secretary, Jen Psaki in reaction to the election Democrats should stop diagnosing and start listening.

    Tommy Christopher listens to Democrat Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who listens to constituents on why so many who voted for her also voted for Trump. Seems they were mad as hell about tax cuts for billionaires.

    To someone tempted to diagnosis (sorry, Jen), that sounds like a failure in political messaging.

  • Dave Columbo is confronted with evidence of voter misinformation on important issues and has an idea of whom to blame.

  • Julian Sanchez, on Threads, sees flaws in election reporting

    View on Threads

    But Sanchez is not willing to ascribe to media exclusive responsibility for the result:

    View on Threads

    The final responsibility for misinformation belongs to the misinformed:

    View on Threads

  • Juliet at Decoding Fox News says there is celebration at the network as Trump becomes President-elect, but with an undercurrent of rage.

    More detail is offered by Juliet in additional podcast form.

  • At The Moderate Voice, history professor Elwood Watson posits that, while mainstream media was guilty of a massive double standard, most of the election loss was because Harris was Black, Asian, and a woman.

    Key social defect:
    As is the case with race, America is a nation with sexism deeply etched into its social fabric.

  • Infidel753 suggests a more empathetic approach, tentatively proposing that the main issue resulting in the election of President-elect Trump is immigration, specifically the potentially changing ethnic character of the nation.

    Key fear:
    And, yes, I believe most white Americans — even most liberal, abortion-supporting, union-friendly white Americans, who voted for Obama and would be fine with their son or daughter marrying somebody of a different race — would prefer, in their heart of hearts, that the country remain majority-white. You can call them all the names you like for feeling that way. It won’t stop them from feeling that way, and it won’t stop them from voting on the basis of it, when push comes to shove.

  • Noted author John Scalzi writes the post-election reaction he didn’t expect with an ironic twist. He is disappointed, while many of his neighbors are gleeful

    Key paradox:
    I got a pretty massive tax cut, whereas they got the satisfaction of owning the libs, which, while nice for them, I guess, is not all that useful for bills or groceries.

  • North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz looks at published plans and initial Trump actions. He suggests that, when they finish dancing with glee at beating libtards and new policies take effect, MAGA folk will slowly discover they didn’t win the election after all.

  • Disaffected and it Feels So Good suggests we not hold our collective breath waiting for MAGA Buyer’s Remorse. Everything that goes wrong will be blamed on Democrats, so we should save our strength for the deserving.

    Key guidance:
    So, unplug from the day-to-day indignities and outrages; pet a dog, rake some leaves, eat a pie, lift some weights.

  • Dave Dubya goes to the late Carl Sagan to explore a possible alternate reason Americans often do not learn from history. Human nature pushes us, once fooled, to reluctance to become unfooled.

  • Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger lists the promises Trump is likely to keep, and what voters knew and voted as they did anyway.

  • Clickbait satirist Reductress explains that Trump doesn’t really mean what he says “unless I agree with him“.

    Key emotional kinship:
    It’s actually embarrassing that you didn’t understand he was joking, because he clearly was. How could I tell? Because Trump and I just have that sort of connection.

  • Max’s Dad contrasts candidate behavior in loss (no insurrection this time) as indicators of character, then sees Project 2025 as an indicator of coming policy.

    Key Fact-O-Life:
    …with the election of Trump, and the drooling vampires and vultures who know how to manipulate a nitwit, the future is bleak.

  • The Borowitz Report conducts a thought experiment on how last week could have been worse.

    Key proposition:
    Well, what if, instead of 51 percent, the Republican nominee had won 59 percent? Or 61 percent? And what if he had won 49 states?

    Those aren’t hypotheticals.

    Andy Borowitz goes to semi-recent history (as within my lifetime memory) to seek perspective and hope.

    Key bellwether:
    As Massachusetts Goes, So Goes the District of Columbia

    Key bumper sticker:

  • Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire News Group are back in podcast with the incoming Trump administration, and how reproductive rights will likely be affected.

  • Vixen Strangely visits the madcap world of Trump personnel, finds that Kristi Noem of Dog-Shooter fame, having no related experience, is chosen for Homeland Security (Keeping us secure from terrorism), thinks it can’t get any worse, and discovers it sure as hell can, with
    Fox News personality Pete Hegseth considered for Defense Secretary,,
    Tulsi Gabbard as Intelligence director
    and
    Matt Gaetz (Matt Gaetz) as Attorney General.

  • Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson notices a few Trump cabinet choices:



  • News Corpse finds another candidate inner Trump consiglieri are considering.

    Mike Davis was once known as a legal assistant to a legal assistant to Dubya, then as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, then as a Senate Aide to Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley.

    That’s when he started pushing Trump’s nominees through to confirmation, then expanded to attack dog extraordinaire.

    And, boy howdy, did he attack. Still does. He attacks:
    Trump political enemies,
    prosecutors,
    and little kids separated from immigrant parents.

    Now he is considered for Attorney General.

    Key message to New York State Attorney General Letitia James:
    Listen here, sweetheart, we’re not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison.

    Key gleeful anticipation:

  • In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson sees evidence of a rift in a secret vote as Senators reject Trump-backed Rick Scott as their leader.

    Key motive:
    …establishment Republican leaders understand that some of our core institutions cannot survive MAGA’s desire to turn the government into a vehicle for culture war vengeance.

    The same analysis is now available in audio format, as Richardson narrates in podcast.

  • M. Bouffant at Web of Evil reacts, as only the Great Bouffant can, to Gaetz as AG, and Huckabee (the dad) as ambassador to Israel.

    Key moral:
    Life Is A Joke, & You Are The Punchline!

  • tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors has what could end up as a smart maneuver by those surrounding Trump, as Elon Musk is put in a new, very new, non-government department for finding waste.

    In other words, he will be in charge of opinions and advice.

  • Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit brings a glimmer of bright side as Kari Lake gets rejected by voters yet again. Losing and protesting the loss is an evident Lake addiction.

  • PZ Myers has the story as feminist Marla Rose figures out the location of Nick Fuentes and knocks on his door. Nick opens the door and OH WOW!.

    Key police response:
    Well, you went to his door.

  • Juanita Jean finds irony as The Onion purchases Alex Jones’ Infowars from the ashes as Alex goes bankrupt.

  • Iron Knee at Political Irony carries The Onion account of its Infowars acquisition and adds a reminder of what a poor excuse Alex Jones has become.

    Key glee:
    Jones remains an asshole, and vowed to challenge the sale and auction process in court, but it isn’t clear how, since he is now dirt broke.

  • In Happiness Between Tails da-AL hosts blogger and writer Sally Cronin with thoughts on some of the opportunities and detriments that come with aging, including memories, life lessons, and age discrimination.

    Key writing benefit:
    Sharing them can be cathartic for the writer but can also offer those reading it a form of comfort. For anyone who has suffered from physical or emotional trauma or devastating setbacks, there is a sense of isolation and of carrying the burden without support.

  • The Journal of Improbable Research goes to Portugal for a study on the effects of caffeine vs decaf vs water on mice.

    Results are encouraging for those of us who drink coffee, and especially for those of us who are rodents (Don’t judge!).

  • In Georgia baseball, The Savanna Bananas show how to win by confusion

  • SilverAppleQueen has cats.

Burr Deming

3 responses to “Post Election Week Posts
Veterans Day, Election Fault, Mapcap Cabinet Choices, D‑D‑Diagnoses, Explanations, Blame, Oh My”

  1. Infidel753 Avatar
    Infidel753

    I’ve got it. Trump is going to put Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge of NASA

    Who else would be better qualified to deal with the Jewish space lasers? At this point I’ll be happy if Trump doesn’t pardon Ghislaine Maxwell and put her in charge of the school system.

    Thanks for linking to me, as always.

    Reply
  2. Da-AL Avatar
    Da-AL

    I have yet to gain my bearings. Feeling utterly devastated. Every news mention of trump feels like a call to “brace for impact”. Thanks for all the great work you do, Burr, and for including my site here

    Reply
  3. Ali Redford Avatar
    Ali Redford

    Thank you, Burr-I’ve got some pages still up for reading over lunch. I appreciate these. Also, thank you for linking Scottie’s Playtime!

    Reply

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