All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[El_Gato]

Not funny.

It isn't funny but its a very real possibility especially if Hillary wins the popular vote (which is a real possibility given CA). One thing is clear is that this is a very divided nation and that division is only increasing as the years go by.

[Pinsir]

It's over girls and guys, Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States!

[Atlanta96]

Goodbye America as we knew it. Goodbye nation of hope, unity, freedom, and all those other nice sounding things we thought we had but never really did and this just proves it. It's over.

[Gryphon]

So the GOP controls all 3 branches right now? I did not see this coming

[Paradox]

El_Gato pushes it:

It isn't funny but its a very real possibility especially if Hillary wins the popular vote (which is a real possibility given CA). One thing is clear is that this is a very divided nation and that division is only increasing as the years go by.

We've only turned the clock back to 2000 (which is bad enough), not 1860. When you look at the electoral map, it seems like a lot of division, but most races are fairly close, so it's not like red states only contain red voters or vice versa.

[Chrysalis_Changling]

what would batman think of trump?

[somacula]

Goodbye America as we knew it. Goodbye nation of hope, unity, freedom, and all those other nice sounding things we thought we had but never really did and this just proves it. It's over.

It'll only turn into that if people sit back and let it happen

[numberthirty]

The one really interesting thing about this is just where Kellyanne winds up.

She sorta shocked the world(Well, some of the world.).

[Iron Maiden]

So the GOP controls all 3 branches right now? I did not see this coming

Me neither. I was hoping for more gains in the Senate at least to close the gap.

Starting to think that Mike Pence is really going to do the heavy lifting while Trump lords over everyone.

[Billy Batson]

I betted on Hillary and it looks like I'll be losing money. Should have believed in MAGA more.

[numberthirty]

Me neither. I was hoping for more gains in the Senate at least to close the gap.

Starting to think that Mike Pence is really going to do the heavy lifting while Trump lords over everyone.

Seems like the best that can be hoped for if it goes that way.

[Sacred Knight]

Mike Pence could go down as one of the most important vice presidents in the history of this nation considering Trump won't know what he's doing.

[Chrysalis_Changling]

so tell me this....was it all a lie that diversity was important? because we're about to elect someone who is willing to threaten anyone who isn't white

[Len Ikari145]

Me neither. I was hoping for more gains in the Senate at least to close the gap.

Starting to think that Mike Pence is really going to do the heavy lifting while Trump lords over everyone.

Impeachment looks like our only salvation at this point and given all of the charges against Trump, that may happen. At least Pence is more survivable and competent than Trump, so we all won't be thrown under the bus for the next four years.

[Angilasman]

It'll only turn into that if people sit back and let it happen

Basically. A lot of bad stuff can happen, but the fact is that every American citizen has it in their power to effect positive change. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure what a solitary fella like myself can do to help stop global warming or help Syrian refugees, but I'll be damned if I'm not schoolin' up on it tomorrow.