quellthesparkle:

Are you scared? Are you pissed? Take that second one and
hold it close because it’s gonna be a long four years. If you don’t remember
Bush, well, this is worse. A lot worse. And shit is going to get dark. I’ve
seen a lot of posts going around about donating and volunteering for various
organizations. Do that! But that’s not the only thing you, as an American, need
to do.

The Democrats have not disappeared. The republican majority
in the Senate is small. And the republicans have just given us a playbook of
exactly how to stall from the opposition.

Write your senators and representatives. Tell them that you
want them to play dirty.

Tell your senators that you want them to be obstructionist
and filibuster every bill that would take away hard earned rights.

Tell them to filibuster any repeal of Obamacare.

That man they elected is a thin-skinned bully who has no
idea how the system works. Do you think he understands that there’s no such
thing as a line item veto?

Make sure that Democratic senators and representatives
attach poison pill amendments that will cause him embarrassment.

Attach riders compelling him to release his taxes.

Attach riders declaring the Michael Bloomberg is richer than
him.

Attach riders saying that his hands are smaller than the
national average.

And then tweet at him to make sure that he and the entire
world knows. Make sure he understands that every bill he attempts to pass
contains a minor blow to his ego.

And then, you fucking vote in 2018. Get the Senate back. Get
the House back. And in 2020 you vote for whatever incredibly cautious,
incredibly moderate, incredibly white man that the Democrats put forward.

This sucks. Build up the armor again if you lost it or never
had it in the first place. You don’t need to pretend you’re okay. And remember
that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. It’s the only thing that might help
a bit in the years to come.