The Guardian's grim roundup:

Racism & misogyny defeat joy & hope

Democracy at crossroads

World order set on fire

Climate deniers back at the controls

Quackery to replace public health

Mass deportation  and immigration crackdowns

Specter of national abortion ban appears

Supreme court extremism sealed for a generation

Billionaires’ bonanza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/07/trump-election-win-10-key-takeaways 

 A bright spot tonight, Hakeem Jeffries is projected to become Speaker of the House that we've flipped. 

 Kamala Harris is a stellar candidate, and the United States of Mommy Issues is barely letting her squeak through. It's all the He Man Woman Haters Club has to run on, and Vance is their mascot. 

 I'd like to see a lot less "We need to reach out to disaffected young men and find out why they don't care how Trump treats fellow people" analysis and a lot more more: "These assholes sure vote like assholes." 

 Elon Musk is joining Trump at Mar-a-lago tonight. Best case scenario, two grown men weeping into the fondue fountain. 

 From making Brett Kavanaugh cry, to making Jeff Sessions scream that he's nervous, to making Donald Trump act even more whackadoo - happy birthday to this particular badass and our next president ⤵️

https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/340/870/511/402/581/original/4ab60eb875de644f.jpeg 

 RIP to James Earl Jones, and that astounding voice. 

 A lizard, and the Flower Moon it's looking at.

https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/494/411/905/948/716/original/c7acac710babc009.png 

 Mrs. Dalloway said she would edit the photos herself. 

 "So you're saying I can't hunt them? Like in The Most Dangerous Game?"

https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/111/162/163/824/577/769/original/b2d70343586ac94f.jpg 

 Russell Brand, Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson walk into a bar. Everyone runs out of the bar. 

 If you say Beetlejuice three times fast, Lauren Boebert gets kicked out of an audience and vapes in your face. 

 "Musk is losing, too. Every day, he becomes a bigger punchline. Someday, the outsize tab he’s run trying to keep hold of Twitter will come due. I hope that when it happens, the expats of Twitter will have settled in a new place where we can watch his downfall together." Andrea Grimes, Dame Magazine
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/09/12/when-twitter-died-so-did-independent-journalism/