Shadow, and other tweets

• The shadow behind this election, and every election since the Citizens United election in 2010, is money in the electoral system. Without it, the cranks would be reduced to screaming in corners.
• The only way they can make Dobbs stick is to disenfranchise women.
• There do seem to be an awful lot of fash on Mastodon. Pushed into dark corners, but they're there. And the limited filtering tools means you can't entirely shush them.
• The Democrats pulled off a historic upset. Yay Democrats! But Congress is still balanced on a knife-edge, and the Supreme Court is still dominated by religious fanatics. // Gonna be a rough few years. // Oh, and shout-out to the women and young people who made it happen!
• Headlines we will never see: TRUMP JOKES ABOUT ASSAULT ON OPPOSITION LEADER'S FAMILY, THREATENS VIOLENCE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS.
• Many of the fascists we call idiots are just playing dumb. They’re perfectly competent at taking over things and trashing them.
• Exactly how does this work? Businesses aren’t going to pay money to be advertising next to Nazi propagandists, even if the House harasses them.
• Would they rather have smart people who are at least decent if a bit clueless or dumb people who hate them in charge? // American anti-intellectualism is a mighty thing and a mighty stupid thing.
• Why would blacks vote for a racist party? Well, if one looks at German history, there were Jews who supported the Nazis.
• I suppose there will be a lot of unhappy men who can’t find girlfriends and wives in Ohio.
• I wonder if Twitter is even going to last the year. If it just turns into gab or whatever who is going to come here?