The Trump Presidency Is Over

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40. Welcome to DU, GeorgiaPeanut.

All we can do about it is try not to become disheartened to the point that you throw up your hands in disgust, and give up.

Whenever I start thinking like maybe I'm feeling a little discouraged, it helps me to remember that such a glum feeling is EXACTLY what the republi-CONS want. They want us dispirited and disheartened. They want us feeling hopeless. They figure we'll be less likely to go vote, to fight back, to keep pushing back. And that will make it easier for them to steal it again. Remember, that's the only way the opposing team can win: by CHEATING. By trying to rig the game. Because their numbers are shrinking and ours aren't. And they know it. Why else do they go to such lengths to tilt the playing field via gerrymandering and voter suppression of all kinds? Because they know they can't win fair 'n' square. The numbers aren't there anymore.

It'll be another close election, and Vladimir Putin will undoubtedly try to help putting a thumb on the scale. But if WE turn out to vote, in whatever way we can in our states, if ONLY we turn OUR numbers out to vote, we'll have this. And we'll send him off to face the crimes for which the statute of limitations in New York holds til 2022.

Don't lose hope! If for no other reason, THAT'S what THEY are hoping you'll do.