Notices by Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai), page 4

I’m right there with you all, fuck George W. Bush.

Laura & I are grateful to the #ElectionOfficials, #PollWorkers, & #volunteers who oversaw a free, fair, safe, & secure #election.

We join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government. May God continue to bless our great country.

- Fmr President #GeorgeWBush statement

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#USpol #RIPdemocracy

#Trump just won #Michigan.

#RIPdemocracy

#RFKJr told MSNBC that he intends to clear out entire departments of the #FDA.

#PublicHealth

About 21 million fewer #POTUS votes were cast compared to 2020 when 158.4 million Americans voted.

"Don't care" grew its base after the one-time reversal in 2020.

#USpol #RIPlaw #RIPdemocracy

#Michigan #Republicans claim to have won a majority in the state #House in Wednesday's #election to break a 2-year Democratic trifecta in Lansing in which #Democrats held both #legislative chambers & the governor's office.

Unofficial vote totals show vulnerable House Republicans were able to retain their seats, while up to 4 House Democrats - state Reps Nate Shannon, Jaime Churches, Jim Haadsma & Jenn Hill - appeared headed for defeat.

#USpol #MIpol

#Democrats currently hold a 56-54 majority in the state House. House #Republicans' presumptive wins Tues mean they'll enter 2025 w/a 58-52 majority.

Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate of Detroit said in a statement Wednesday that Democratic candidates "left everything on the field" in their bid to keep the majority. He said the caucus would “look for every opportunity" come January to work in a bipartisan manner & to provide a "voice of reason" in the lower chamber.

#USpol #MIpol

#ElonMusk’s presence at #Trump’s side Tuesday night marked an inflection point in an unprecedented metamorphosis, as the world’s richest man vowed to turn his erratic but *visionary* ethos more fully to the nation’s #politics. Since endorsing Trump in July, #Musk — once known primarily for pushing boundaries in electric vehicles & rockets — has become a prominent force in the *#conservative* political movement set to return to the White House.

#bourgeoisie #kleptocracy #tech #USpol

#Trump’s campaign against #Harris, the sitting VP, featured a torrent of attacks steeped in #sexism, #SexualViolence & #vulgarity.

Harris’s loss is disheartening enough, but for the country to elect someone who has made his #disrespect for #women clear is basically kicking you when you’re already down.

Surveys conducted before the election pointed to a wide — & perhaps historic — gender gap in the support for the two candidates, w/most women supporting Harris & most men supporting Trump.

#Trump ran a campaign heavy on domineering rhetoric that reveled in displays of strength & supposed masculine prowess, veering at one point into a discussion of male genitalia.

Trump called Harris stupid, lazy & weak; he shared lewd insults about her & said world leaders would treat her “like a play toy” if she were elected. In the campaign’s closing days, he proclaimed that he would protect #women, “whether the women like it or not.”

#sexism #racism #MaleSupremacy #ToxicMasculinity #USpol

Nicholas Valentino, a political scientist at the U of Michigan & colleagues Carly Wayne & Marzia Oceno studied the attitudes of voters in the 2016 race. They found something unusual that didn’t appear in any of the previous 3 presidential elections: People who scored higher on an index of subtly #sexist attitudes—including that the push for #gender equality was overdone — were more likely to vote for #Trump, even controlling for variables such as partisanship & ideology.

https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/82/S1/799/4963814

In the 2024 contest, "#Harris didn't play the #gender card; #Trump did," said Susan Faludi, the noted feminist author of "Backlash," a book on the counterreaction to advances in #WomensRights. Harris was "pretty pitch-perfect" during her abbreviated campaign, Faludi said, making her defeat "so much worse for future generations of aspiring #female politicians."

#women #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #sexism #misogyny #USpol
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-real-backlash-never-ended

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#ElonMusk says #Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions

Trump called the #billionaire a ‘new star’ during his victory speech & #Musk announced plans to push #GOP candidates in the 2026 midterms & beyond.

#bourgeoisie #kleptocracy #RulingClass #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #megalomania #tech #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/06/elon-musk-trump-victory/

#Google searches for “easiest countries to #move to from the USA” & “can I move to Canada if #Trump wins” have spiked in the #UnitedStates in the past 24 hours.

Europeans are also wondering if they might attract disgruntled Americans. The Local Denmark, an English-language news website, published a checklist on residency rules for #Americans thinking of upping sticks to the Nordic country.

Moving to #Denmark is easy for EU citizens, who can live and work in other EU countries. But #American citizens would need to apply for a permit on the basis of special qualifications or for jobs where there is a shortage of workers.

The majority of Europeans would have preferred a Harris presidency, acc/to aggregated public opinion polling, but that is especially true in #Denmark, where polls found that only 4% of people said they would vote for #Trump over Harris, if given the choice.

#Trump win in #Wisconsin puts him over the top. The full count is not over, but Trump appears on course to win the #PopularVote. He would be the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004.

Vice President #KamalaHarris’s defeat marks the second time in 8 years that a #woman became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee only to fall short of a barrier-breaking victory. #Harris’s campaign said she would address the nation on Wednesday.

#sexism #racism #USpol

For many American #women — most of whom appeared to be supporting #Harris — it was a defeat infused w/despair: A #female candidate lost for the 2nd time in 8yrs & just 2yrs after #AbortionRights were stripped away in many states.

Particularly brutal was the victory of an opponent w/a long & troubling history on #gender: #Trump was held #liable for #SexualAbuse & has bragged about groping women on tape. At least 17 women have accused him of #SexualAssault.

#misogyny #MaleSupremacy #rape #law

#Trump said he will let #RFKJr, a #vaccine skeptic open to removing fluoride in drinking water, run federal #health policy. And Trump & congressional #Republicans have said they’ll get rid of the #ACA.

Trump has said #ClimateChange is a “hoax” & campaigned to end the #Biden admin’s #climate initiatives & rules aimed at lowering #emissions that contribute to #GlobalWarming & extreme weather. Trump instead has said he will expand #oil & #gas #drilling in the US, including in protected lands.

His agenda got a boost because #Republicans also won back the #Senate, which is increasingly filled with #Trump loyalists. The #GOP, however, is still fighting to keep control of the #House of Representatives. If #Democrats win it, they could block legislation with a simple majority.

#Trump is also likely to appoint 2 new justices to #SCOTUS, if #ClarenceThomas & Samuel #Alito retire.

On #ForeignPolicy, #Trump could further disrupt the world order by leaving #NATO or severely weakening the 75-year-old transatlantic military #alliance. He has also expressed skepticism at continuing #US aid for #Ukraine to fight back #Russia’s invasion. He has said little of the #war in the #MiddleEast but has privately told #Israel’s PM #Netanyahu “to do what you have to do”.

#geopolitics