Open Thread: Fascism Isn't Going Anywhere
As of right now, we have retained control of the Senate, and we're only a handful of seats away from maintaining control of the House. I think we'll get it. And for now, I'm so relieved.
So talk up our wins. (I mean, Big Gretch? John Fetterman? Whoa.) Let people know you're excited about being a Democrat.
But we haven't solved anything yet.
Despite the inspiring turnout of GenZ, that fact is that about 27%-31% of young voters turned out -- and that was with abortion as a rallying issue. Once we codify Roe, we won't have that anymore. So Democrats need to keep doing things for people -- and doing a better job of crowing about them.
Assuming we have the House and Senate, we must get to work shoring up democracy. The Voting Rights Act should be a priority, but unless we get rid of the filibuster, I don't know how we do that. Maybe some Democratic senators will see the writing on the wall and vote to kick the filibuster to the curb, but that's a pretty big if. (Don't kid yourself it was just Manchin and Sinema. There were a significant number of Democrat senators using them as a firewall.)
To get rid of the filibuster, every single one of us has to contact our senators and tell them how strongly we feel about this.
This is not business as usual. It can't be.
I have my own personal fascism barometer: The more worried I am about democracy, the more I watch Hallmark Christmas movies -- and I absolutely hate them! I'm watching them a lot this year.