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What's some good news from election night in the US? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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I know we're all feeling doom and gloom but can we get a thread of some wins/good news from last night?

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here in Seattle, most of the local and state elections went the way I was hoping. We got a governor who sued the Trump administration almost 100 times while he was attorney general.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

who sued the Trump administration almost 100 times while he was attorney general.

Well I now worry for them since the DOJ will now be the arm of Trump to go after "political opponents" who "unfairly persecuted" him. :(

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup. The shit is gonna hit the fan quick. The blue states will hang on for as long as possible, but shit can fly from DC all the way to the west coast.

[–] pdxfed 5 points 1 month ago

Corporate media will be ever more obsequious to get access. Military presence for "safety" in certain cities labeled "dangerous" which all happen to be progressive. Then the self-censorship starts. Then people stop being able speak freely, let alone thinking a rule of law exists. Then it's "underground" to have an honest conversation about politics. We'll be in Putin's Russia level of legal system and political speech within a few years.

[–] MojoMcJojo 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny we were just looking at Seattle as a place to move to. Know anyone who's hiring?

[–] Odelay42 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not currently. Except for starvation wage retail. Tech hiring is still mostly frozen and smaller companies tend to just copy larger ones.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most manufacturing jobs are hiring actually.

[–] Zirconium 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Will manufacturing jobs keep the same Safety regulations? I'm gonna assume yes because QC but I'm still worried

[–] Olhonestjim 5 points 1 month ago

No, they intend to kill OSHA.