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I am sad to say that it is likely not over; the people who voted for Trump didn't wink out of existence. The Democrats barely won the presidency and lost ground in Congress. It's really a tremendous slap in the face for them by the public, given how unfit his opponent and those who aligned with him were.

Things could easily flip the other way in 2024, particularly if the economy goes south as it's been projected to do in 2021.



> particularly if the economy goes south as it's been projected to do in 2021.

"As you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump." -- Lisa Simpson


I know you said it in jest, but I am continually impressed how relevant Simpsons were/are in the areas of politics. I don't know whether it is the question of the human condition ( robot radio host saying "can you believe these clowns in Washington?" ) or just some careful time travel, but it is fascinating.


You're overlooking the most chilling explanation of all: The Simpsons are bending reality to make their predictions come true.

Seriously though, "The best way to predict the future is to create it" as Alan Kay once said, and there are cases of science fiction inspiring technologists to create actual products and inventions.


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What? Is this Stalinist Russia?


European here, I do not understand your comment. What are you calling Stalinist Russia exactly? The only thing I can think of is Biden but that seems weird so I don't get it.


Parent has a link to a website (https://www.trumpaccountability.net/) where people are gathering lists of people associated with the Trump presidency. I don't know if it will include his doctors.

AOC said the following on twitter:

"Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future"

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324807776510595078


Democrats made a website to register every Trump supporter to punish them in the future.

The website apparently isn't working anymore (404 error).

What I don't understand why people pointing this out are being down voted. You can't have a civil discussion like this.


I'm being down voted for saying something that is happening right now.

Here's an example: https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1324792225260253184

Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20201106194139/https://twitter.c...


Aaaaaaaaaaaand powered by someone who was funded by YCombinator.

https://twitter.com/McAdooGordon/status/1324907788146008065

https://twitter.com/McAdooGordon/status/1324907989745233922

So sad to see this is what tech people do.


Oh, I see. Thanks for responding!


I get a Google 404 page...


There's also this https://www.trumpaccountability.net/.

Plus this Washington Post writer who is keeping a list of Trump supporters to keep them from being able to participate in society, hold public office, faculty positions, or be on company boards.

https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1324792225260253184


I think it was just a google sheet. This obviously goes against google's policies about doxxing.




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