Cautiously Optimistic
I, like many others in this country, can breathe a little easier today for the first time in several years. Last night’s Blue Tsunami election returns were “too big to rig,” and actually represents what an authentic mandate for change looks like. I am cautiously optimistic. For those Americans who don’t identify with MAGA — but for whatever reason thought that many of us on the left have been overreacting to the government platform that has been adding names to the burgeoning list of “domestic terrorists” over the last two years — perhaps you’re not aware of how dangerously close we came to following in the footsteps of fascism. This administration has in no way been clandestine about following that blueprint to a tee, even down to their recent slogans and printed propaganda. We honestly dodged a huge bullet last night, and there are many well-meaning, compassionate, empathetic Americans breathing a sigh of relief today — realizing that, in fact, perhaps we won’t have ICE or CBP knocki...
