I feel like someone punched me in the stomach

[bif]

I'm usually a positive person. But I don't want to see anyone. Don't want to go out of the house. I just want to climb into bed and watch some uplifting tv shows. I don't know why this election is hitting me so hard. Wow!

[Skittles]

1. why are you taking it so hard

oh right, finding out just how many Americans approve of fascism

[bif]

4. Exactly

I not only feel betrayed, I feel like I'm surrounded by the enemy! And here I thought Americans were better than that.

[Skittles]

8. I hear you

I have ZERO DOUBT what side Trump voters would have been on during WWII. And how about this - I've asked conservatives I know to name ONE THING that helped them, one thing - they can't - all they have is hatred for "THOSE PEOPLE". That is IT.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Welcome To The Tens Of Millions Of Us

I have been very short and curt with everyone I've come in contact with since yesterday. I pretty much am assuming everybody is an Asshole MAGA.

[Trailrider1951]

3. Me too

[live love laugh]

5. You're okay .... Today. We don't know what is coming but we are all okay at this moment.

Stay in the present. 🎁

[Skittles]

9. oh come on

we know what is coming

FASCISM

[live love laugh]

12. Fascism is here already. When and how it will grow remains to be seen.

I don’t expect lollipops and rainbows but I try to remember that people have survived ugly times like these.

My very life and how I choose to live it under these circumstances is at stake. I will not fold … though I may have to …. it won’t be today (Satan )and probably not tomorrow either.

[Attilatheblond]

7. Had to run some errands & pick up some things from 3 stores yesterday. Did NOT want to go out among people

What I noticed was EVERYBODY was being unusually polite, thoughtful, obliging. Well, everyone but that one asswipe in a big old GM cluncker of a tank who damn near drove over me trying to get to the left turn lane first. And yes, he DID have a Trump bumper sticker.

I think it likely most people I observed yesterday were in a state of stunned depression too. There was an aura of thoughtful kindness and real attempts to make eye contact, say kind words.

[2naSalit]

22. Similar situation...

I did go grocery shopping today and there was no shortage pendejo bumper stickers and hats. But few were making eye contact and the hat wearers were kind of smug. I did my best to avoid everyone.

[M_o_o_n_dust]

10. Despair in the 4th Reich

I've never felt overwhelmingly bad about losing an election because I was always confident that the ship of democracy would right itself. But I can say with certainty that I haven't felt this terrible about anything, since my mom died of Covid back in 2021. She was a Trump supporter and an anti vaxxer.

For the past 48 hours, I've done nothing but doom scroll. I have no motivation to do anything.

I just got a phone call and found out that I'm finally hired on at a VA Hospital, after applying months ago. I start working there in a couple of weeks. I'm a little scared Trump is going to take a blow torch to every single agency in the government and I'll wind up without a job. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought my financial destiny would ever be in the hands of Elon Musk.

[COL Mustard]

16. Congratulations!!!

The Federal workforce, for all its faults, is a pretty good place to work. Just remember that your oath is to the Constitution! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[johnnyfins]

35. Until this orange asshat wrecks it with

loyalists. Sorry, but EVERYTHING is on the table. They are coming after EVERYTHING and everyone who doesnt bow down to orange.

[COL Mustard]

39. I'm a Fed. My job is on the table.

People who work at VA hospitals probably will not see much difference. Even a Shitgibbon knows not to screw with patient care.

[johnnyfins]

41. We'll see.

As I said, they are out for EVERYTHING. The existence of "White America" is their motivation.

[carpetbagger]

26. Congrats .

I've been a VA doctor for about 25 years in Texas and Florida. It's got its ups and downs, but it's better than the private sector for sure.

I will probably retire in February for a few years and then do some part-time, laid-back GP type work in Canada. Or not.

[niyad]

31. Welcome to our DU family. The only words of comfort I can offer is that

you are amoung friends here. We are all feeling varying degrees of shock, horror, anger. . .everything.

[joshcryer]

11. It's going to be OK, I pinky promise.

Our system is designed to handle this bullshit. It's going to suck kinda for 4 years, but we will rebound. Just shut it off. And don't think about it. No more media bullshit. You are going to be OK. I promise!

[BlueKota]

56. I really don't mean this as anything more than

a genuine question. How is our system designed to handle it? They have the Presidency, the Senate, and likely the House. While some of the lower courts may uphold constitutional rights it's astronomically unlikely the Supreme Court six, who are in the right wing billionaires pockets, will allow those rulings to stand. The military will have to follow his orders as Commander in Chief even if it is to use lethal force against any U.S. citizen who resists him? So what's left?

All I am hearing from our leaders is we have to accept the election, congratulations, and concessions, and while still claiming they will stand up to him, but no concrete answers about how they will do that by insisting on playing by a rule book the tsf has aleady ripped to shreds and stomped on.

[La Coliniere]

58. I'd like to pose the same question.

I’m not sure our system can handle the onslaught.

[LiberalLoner]

13. I'm so sorry. But I feel that way too. 🤗🤗🤗

[Mike 03]

14. I'm with you

I live in a very red area and I'm just not in the mood. I'll probably have some groceries and supplies delivered next week.

[Becky_MN]

25. I relate to this

I always felt I lived in a blue stronghold but learned today my county (Carlton) in Minnesota flipped red for the first time since 1928. I felt comfortable at work up until Tuesday. New member and glad to be among likeminded people here.

[niyad]

32. Welcome to our DU family.

[M_o_o_n_dust]

44. WTH

I heard that the county Walz lives in voted for Trump. SMH

[niyad]

46. Did you respond to the wrong post?

[Lulu KC]

50. It was always very conservative

I remember reading about that when Walz was nominated. I don't think he won for governor there, but I need to do some digging to remember the facts.

One would think they'd turn out for the coach. Theme of the week: Surprise!

[cilla4progress]

55. See, that just doesn't make sense to me

What does your intuition tell you about this? Esp. with Walz being your guv...

[COL Mustard]

15. Yesterday I felt stunned

Each day I will feel a little more hopeful, as we move closer to the 2026 midterms. I know that’s a long way off, but I think the Senate map is a lot more favorable to Democrats.

Hang in there, there’s really only so much chaos even Trump can impose. We will survive.

[Liberal In Red State]

17. Today was the first time I ventured out of the house. The gray in my life is overwhelming!

[ffr]

18. Because the reality of knowing our furture is going to be dark for an uncertain amount of time, perhaps

indefinitely is hard to fathom, when it could have been bright for everyone.

[JMN1958]

19. AJ

Me too. 😢 😢

[byronius]

20. I live in the most liberal town in California.

And I’m right there with you. I’ve been through a lot of bad elections, but this is the worst.

A bunch of really stupid Americans voted for a rapist criminal goon.

They’ll suffer for it. We all will.

This guy is way worse than Nixon.

And Stupid. Cunning, yes — but Stupid.

[Magoo48]

21. I joined a resistance group and feel better already.

[bikes and bunnies]

23. Me Too

But going out and talking to your neighbors helps.
(As long as they aren't MAGA, of course. None of my neighbors are.)

[BigmanPigman]

24. I have felt this way since 2016

That is why I am down to 83 pounds. Fortunately I'm a realist and expected it to a degree. It is a form of self protection and has kept me from jumping off a very tall building, for now.
I have also become a misanthrope and that has helped me to prepare for anything.

[Sparkly]

45. Please take care of yourself!!!

[BigmanPigman]

47. This is how I do take care of myself.

My dad was a realist and so am I. People often find this as being pessimistic but I do not.

That's why I am not as depressed as I would be/should be. I see it as it really is with America and it has become even more crystal clear since 2016. It isn't pretty or "pie in the sky" nonsense of trying to change anyone else. It is futile and a waste of time and energy.

I am a fighter and have a lot of energy and have been my whole life. I'm pooped out.

[Beacool]

27. I feel like someone i loved died.

I hardly slept on Tuesday, and I haven't been hungry. It's tough to realize that my fellow countrymen voted en masse for an amoral lowlife, with the brain matter of a gnat, as president for the second time. Right now, I despise all of them. I don't want to be around anyone who voted for the POS. My hope is that they get screwed as much as the rest of us when Trump f***s up the economy, and everything else. A pox on all their houses!!!

[paleotn]

29. I've faced the fact that much of my beloved country is rotten.

Rotten to its core.

[Beacool]

30. Yes, I agree.

[BigmanPigman]

48. You're being too kind.

Most of this country is rotten to the core and it will not change. I'm a realist.

[paleotn]

28. Rest assured. It passes.

Mine has turned into rightous anger with the heat of a 1,000,000 suns. Any and all horrors that befall magats fills me glee!

[Xavier Breath]

33. When Trump won in 2016 I basically went into a news blackout mode.

I stopped watching cable news, and I stopped reading the first two sections of the newspaper, which contain the national and world news. I just skipped to the Life section and read that and sports. It was a good year before I even ventured back to Rachel's show.

Today I read the comics and the sports. It just happened, so it's still raw. I just need some time to process.

[nikatnyte]

34. It's the letdown after a huge high

I, too, felt like I was kicked in the stomach. Lots of reasons for that, of course. But I remembered what a rush I got when Kamala came forward as the candidate--which was reflected by what seemed to be a universal outpouring of joy and love. This continued, and even built, during the campaign. Such a stark contrast to the hate and fear on the other side!

Then, instantly, that huge bubble of joy was pierced and deflated. It was like watching the death of a loved one. It will take me some time to get over it.

[LiberalArkie]

36. It hit me hard as it destroyed everything my dad had taught me as a child in South Arkansas.

My dad was a Republican. He was fighting the fascist racist system of government that was the Arkansas Democratic Party at the time. My dad worked really hard to try and bring about what he called a "2 party system". He really believed that if everyone had the ability to cast a secret ballot, and he believed everyone. The more people who freely voted, the better things would be.

That is why I believed that once everyone at the convention voted, without any backroom deals (like the old days), everyone voting their conscience that the correct decision would be made.

I have lived under that guiding principle for 76 years.

I think it is wrong.

[pat_k]

42. The kicker is "freely voted"

Perhaps we would have lost anyway, but an election in which people -- based on where they live (usually populous areas) are subjected to long wait times in excess of and hour or two to vote, the election is not free or fair. 5 to 10% leave or don't join the line. Numbers are higher for longer lines. And when a person does wait in a long line the are less likely to vote in the next.

There are those among us who cheer long lines as a sign of high turnout when the opposite is true. When there are lines in an area turnout is suppressed. Lines are the result of poor administration and a failure to prioritize our most sacred right, the right to vote, the cornerstone of our constitutional democratic republic.


Add that to the fact that populous areas with lines are overwhelmingly in Democratic leaning, or Democratic strongholds, so lines disproportionately suppress the vote of one party.

And, when you through in ballots being rejected for meaningless technicalities, ID requirements, purging voters from rolls, allowing challenges from random citizens, our elections have been neither free or fair for decades.

Don't give up. Reconnect to your ideals and find ways to lobby for truly free and fair elections for every American.

(BTW, i, a 65 yo white lady, cannot produce a birth certificate that matches my social security card, license, or anything else because my mom put the name of my step-father, who had not legally adopted us, when she got my sister and I SS cards. Yes, I need a legal name change but that costs and depending on the state, takes serious time.)

[Arthur_Frain]

37. It's a tough wake up call

to who you have around you. I'm dealing with it too.

[pat_k]

38. A Dog's Purpose

Finally had the good cry I've needed since PA was called.

[Dem4life1234]

40. Same here

I have been cussing on here more than I want.

It's because we really thought she would pull it off, and that it would rival 2008 numbers or surprass 2020!



I didn't expect this to happen. How could someone this evil crawl back? Plus these assholes have the three branches so no checks. No damn checks and balances with these freaks.


They did something to those votes, I feel it, this isn't right.

[johnnyfins]

43. It makes no sense

Let's vote Trump out in 2020 in RECORD numbers. And let him back in by not voting.

BULLSHIT!

[bif]

49. Nailed it!

[Hassler]

51. Take the time to care for yourself and your family. Let the reality sink in

That half the people around you are assholes. So find allies, plan for the worst, and decide what you want to do when the shit storm commences.

[wcmagumba]

52. I feel somewhat the same as OP but as Neil Young said, "Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning,

find someone who's turning and you will come around". Not really sure what Neil meant here but it sort of sums up my feelings today...May Dog help us all...

[cilla4progress]

53. I posted some awesome uplifting shows.

Penelope on Netflix.

Films: Perfect Days. Also Poor Things.

[Basso8vb]

54. Self care is a priority in trying times.

Do whatever you need to do to calm your soul. This is also a good reminder to myself.

Afterwards I plan to fight.

[BlueKota]

57. You are not alone.

I understand feeling that way. Disappearing into music, television books, helped me survive Catholic School and bullying. You don't have to feel guilty for taking care of yourself.