I legit could not believe they accepted that endorsement at all, much less ran with it as hard as they did.

Conservatives want their women to be able to get abortions while also being able to tell everyone they oppose it. It's a phenomenon you can look up called "the only moral abortion is my abortion".

Biden has talked about ceasefires for a year now, and proven it's just talk. Israel has crossed so many red lines it's impossible to keep count, all with no consequences. Harris said she wouldn't change a thing and her campaign made sure people knew she didn't support an arms embargo on Israel. You can gaslight yourself all you want about her intentions, but her actual words -promised- more of the same.

Trump is awful, but telling people the Dems presented any meaningful opposition to ethnic cleansing or that Harris made it clear she'd be better is propagating a convenient lie.

I loathe the comments saying some version of "I hope everyone who didn't vote for Harris gets what they deserve". Dem bullying and refusal to stop 100% support of war crimes (including domestic protest suppression/condemnation) alienated a crucial part of their base, but apparently it's still not their fault. Now there's bitter folks here taking a sick satisfaction telling people they're going to suffer and consoling themselves by viciously insulting everyone who didn't fall in line.

Apparently when the horrors happen it's not because Harris ran a shit campaign courting conservatives, didn't listen, and promised more of the same (or even a slide right) as Biden, a president with an approval rating in the 30-40% range. It's not because she refused to promise an immediate stop to support of war crimes as per America's own laws. It's the fault of everyone who refused to vote against their conscience because a "lesser evil" platform didn't convince them to support a party of unrepentant war criminals.

Downvote me all you want and tell me how idiotic I am. I told people urgently to vote Harris right up until the election, but I also always spoke out against bullying on Lemmy and it's only gotten worse post-election. The people in this thread talking about how others are going to get what they deserve are abusive people and I don't want to be associated with them anyways. Their disapproval is something I'm proud of.

The USA elected the wrong Ol' Dirty Bastard so you best protect ya neck.

A lot of people did in fact set aside Gaza until Trump was stopped. As for those that didn't, they should have listened to Bernie Sanders. I did months ago and went all-in on Dem support. There were multiple times when I wrote up an angry post about US support of Israel and then didn't post it because I didn't want to turn a voter into a non-voter or worse a Trump supporter.

I understand their position of never rewarding ethnic cleansing and war crimes though. They chose to make sure the Dems know they would never "settle" for the illegal killing of civilians. The support for Israel made it especially hard for Arab Americans to vote Dem. It's difficult to support a party that has been in power during the whole conflict yet gives unconditional support for the internationally condemned murder of Arabs.

I'm sure a lot also felt disenfranchised by the bipartisan protest suppression and condemnation. Even in Dem states peaceful protesters were punished, and sometimes pro-Israeli protesters who attacked got away with it. Then there was the whole "vote with us or else" pressure that went on for months. Dissenters like the "uncommitted" voters were insulted by the party that wanted their unconditional support.

So it's not like it's completely insane. But as Sanders points out that position only makes things worse and has done so.

Not positive, but I think AOC is the closest thing right now in terms of message and visibility.

Policies should be passed at a governmental/institutional level to reduce inequality as it's identified by data. No one should be at a societal disadvantage because of how they were born or choices that are their personal right to make.

That said, I think some problems to avoid are:

• On case-by-case scenarios, assuming that broad trends apply to every individual. I don't like automatically assuming everyone of a certain demographic is a victim. Also, some people in disadvantaged groups will use very real discrimination to excuse bad decisions and behaviors. Everyone is fallible, and sometimes justice requires punishment even for these folks.

• Gatekeeping suffering. It's hazardous to society and individual mental health to tell people of "advantaged" demographics that their suffering/problems aren't valid because of who they are. I'm talking about "what do you have to complain about, you're not X or Y". We can acknowledge discrimination and work to reduce it without dismissing the concerns of other groups.

There are indications that things like abortion bans will affect the number of present and futures doctors/specialists in particular in places like Texas. Perhaps if doctors and dentists come to the table in large #'s with meaningful pushback the damage can be mitigated.

I sincerely hope RFK's promised position proves to be largely ceremonial, because his proposals could really impact nation-wide quality of life. Especially for kids who have no choice or voice.

I wonder if that disconnect is a hazard of not having a primary. Even if Kamala had still been nominated from the get-go, splits in the voting and ratios might have indicated what Dem voters were thinking and provided campaign insight.

Anyone who opposed him, and especially those who have/had a lawsuit against him, are now in the crosshairs.

As a foreigner looking in, I'm worried about how things like widespread protest suppression and union-busting will affect the called-for attempts at change. Some of that stuff was bipartisan, and it's unlikely to get better now that the far right has control of the Presidency, Senate, SCOTUS, and perhaps the House.

Source appears to be an Onion article from 2021.

We'll see. As an Albertan I'm hoping other voter pools will even recognize the harm for what it is. I have family members who would be absolutely thrilled to have abortion made illegal, forced Christianity in schools, homophobia/transphobia/Islamophobia, anti-immigration and hostile foreign policies, etc. There's a reason Alberta is called Canada's Texas.

Lots of reasons. Left-leaning Canadian's take on Kamala's loss:

• Biden/Kamala have acted against the American majority for months now in Gaza. This isn't a sabotage take, it's as close to fact as can be determined of national attitude. Look at my post history before you accuse me of "both sides". A lot of Dems and especially young people are very vocal about hating support of the ethnic cleansing of Occupied Palestinian Territory. Millions of people chose to stomach it, but I think other millions felt unrepresented and betrayed by protest suppression/bipartisan condemnation.

• I don't want to insult anyone, but even moderately detailed political plans may not work in America. Trump's campaign was run on vague promises and angry rhetoric that was emotionally engaging. Clearly people don't know how much Trump's policies like tariffs are going to hurt them personally, but like "America for Americans". Kamala ran on a detailed platform that took effort to understand and clearly it failed to motivate enough voters.

• "Try to please everyone and you will please no one." Instead of solidifying support and inspiring hope among the Dem base, Kamala's campaign assumed their support due to fear of Trump and went after undecideds and Republicans. Republicans aren't going to switch and many undecideds are that way due to apathy.

• No Dem primary meant people couldn't choose the candidate they might actually want to support. They were given Biden then Harris without being asked for input.

• Related to that: Biden's campaign soured voters, and Kamala wasn't able to climb out of the hole left to her. His low approval rating didn't help given Kamala felt like a younger version of more of the same.

• Misinformation and propaganda by foreign and domestic right-wingers kept a lot of people from switching sides.

Oof, I thought the states were more independent than that regarding healthcare in their borders. If that happens you folks are looking at some hard times ahead. All that stuff I edited into the end of my posts will become inescapable. I would find a silver lining in the fact that finally Republican women would be unable to get away with their "the only moral abortion is my own" BS, but I hate the thought of any woman dying or being forced to make desperate choices.

I'm Canadian, so maybe I don't understand US state vs. feds as well as I could. That said, what bit I know points to a federally-mandated nation-wide abortion ban being a mess that would take longer than 4 years to sort out. If Trump individually could stall most of his cases for a year+ then the states, some of which likely enshrined abortion rights into law tonight, will drag it out past this Presidency. Turns out I didn't understand, and reproductive rights in the US are looking VERY tenuous right now.

My guess is the next 4 years at least will see a big surge in "abortion tourism", unsafe amateur abortions killing women, punitive reproductive lawsuits, and more horrific cases of women dying in hospitals or being forced to carry rape babies. Especially among the poor who can't afford to take a quiet trip like the middle class/rich to do the very thing they voted to make illegal.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz, known for his hawkish stance, is set to replace Gallant.

If Katz is even worse, that's bad news. It's not like Gallant was a kind or just man. Gallant is the one who announced a "complete siege" on Oct. 9th, 2023 with no electricity, food, or fuel allowed into Gaza. He said the Gazans were "human animals" and would be treated as such. He set the stage and attitude for many of the Israeli war crimes of the last year.

That's such a Philly headline - DA set to go full Broad Street Bullies. Philly is also celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest hockey brawls ever this year.

Well, on the bright side at least we now know Trump thinks he's losing Philly.