Joe Biden has won the Presidency. Celebrate today. Heck take the weekend. We've all earned it.
Things to remember for Monday:
1) This is a big one for Georgia voters: Democrats currently do not control the Senate, and if Mitch McConnell is in charge, he'll blockade everything like he did during the Obama administration. There are two races going to run off. A liberal controlled House/Senate and Presidency will work a lot better without McConnell. VOTE IN THOSE RUNOFFS. GET YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE IN THOSE RUNOFFS. GET OUT THERE AND SAVE AMERICA LIKE YOU GOT OUT THERE AND SAVED IT FROM TRUMP.
2) We're not out of the fire just yet. The Electoral College meets December 14th, and as we saw in 2016 in Washington, you can have faithless electors vote for a person other than the winner of the race, as designed by the Constitution. While Biden likely has enough votes to negate this threat, it wouldn't hurt to keep an eye on the process to make sure you make your voice heard if the chosen electors look to be against the winner of your state.
3) There are two months between now and January 20th. A lot of damage can be done in two month by outgoing administration bent on "If I can't have it, no one will." SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. Talk to your representatives. Talk to your senators. Often. It's their job to listen, even if they're not in your party. Do it anyways. Even if they're on record that they won't listen to opposing voices.
4) After January 20th, the destructive elements of the Republican Party will still be there. They may cause trouble, they may rise up. Likely, though, they'll go underground. THEY ARE STILL THERE. A wise fictional philosopher once said "The danger is the danger is never over." Keep vigilant. Stamp out fascism where you can see it, wherever it may be.
5) This one is personal for me. Remember to thank your friends and neighbors for voting Democrat, especially if it went against their normal Socialist/Liberatarian/Other party affiliations. Lives depended on it and they are heroes.
6) January 21st? Start pushing the government left. We have forty years of right-wing policies and laws to start deconstructing. We will not become a Star Trek Post-Scarcity Socialist Society (or even the Democratic-Socialist governments on the level of our European Union friends) overnight, in these four years of a Biden term, or perhaps even in our lifetimes. But we must make the moves back to the left. Take and hold every inch no matter how long it takes.
But for today and tomorrow? Relax, enjoy the victory, and party safely and healthily.
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