Luna Bliss

I apologize, @Janet Voxel, this is the first BLACK woman vice-president....not JUST the first woman vice-pres. *nod to all the intersectionalists too

California is always overwhelmingly Democrat. I think they reached a point where they knew even if every single subsequent vote came in Republican the total count would still not supercede all the Democrat votes. So they called it for the electoral count as there's no way Repubs could get enough to win. But according to articles I see they are still counting ballots...just to get the popular vote.

dancing and merriment in San Francisco ....

Thanks for your demographic CONCERN.

Whenever I encounter an extreme conservative I always get the image of a misplaced corn cob. I get the image after only a few words sometimes, accompanied by a certain constrained look to the face.

With respect - for a few brief hours I do not care. Only one promise was made by my Sisters and Brothers across the pond and it was kept. Te salutant Thank you, and I understand. I bring it up because so many think it doesn't matter whether Dems or Repubs are in power....but it does. Those who say the parties don't matter use the excuse that campaign promises are not kept...but many are. It's when the population thinks the 2 parties don't matter, are totally corrupt, and that the process makes no difference, that fascism arises.

Joe just won Nevada.

BTW, contrary to some of the opinions I've seen expressed, Obama was able to complete 47% of his promises and compromise on 27% more. So we should never dismiss their promises made when running for office, as they are the intent of the party platform and fulfilled fairly well, although Mitch McConnell certainly won't make that easy. But, senate majority is up in the air atm and if Dems win he won't have such ability to obstruct https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

A president can do a lot of damage though via firing the officials who created the platform and hold higher positions in the party, and then filling the positions with his cronies who follow his will. Hello authoritarianism.

Honestly, I never thought it was going to be about him.. From the get go I always thought it was going to be about whoever he picked for VP.. I mean he looks pretty tired compared to when they were in the primaries.. Being President takes a toll on a person.. Young men check in, Gray haired men check out.. Just look at how gray Obama's hair got by the time he was done.. I thought Biden was too old when he started..As the campaign went on he was just looking more worn out along the way..I just think he'll step down and it will be Kamala.. It's all really about the platform created by Democrats, and they then nominate the ones that they both think will win and follow the platform. Joe & Kamala were also involved in developing the platform. In other words, it's as much about the platform as the people they nominate to represent the party. That's why I don't vote for a person -- I vote for what the party is attempting to accomplish -- even though I feel a sense of pride that a woman will finally be holding the second highest office in the land. If Biden became frail no doubt others would step in to assist even more than they do. I've thought too that perhaps Kamala will ascend either due to death or incapacitation of Joe. But you never know, 78 might be the new 58!

Well why don't you share what you feel is his best point as I am not likely to be reading it as my list is already way too long, Somehow it made me feel more at peace knowing we've had such horrific times before and overcame them -- that this period we've been in isn't really so unique and, like the past eras, we can overcome via appealing to 'our better angels' (our better nature, or side). Here's a review by someone: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels "The Gist: It’s no secret that we are living in one of the most divisive, chaotic, confusing periods in American history. Since the 2016 election, partisanship seems to be at an all-time high, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. This doesn’t mean that all hope is lost, however. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Jon Meacham believes that we can confront some of our more contemporary evils by examining America’s past. If we don’t arm ourselves with some understanding of the complexity of our own history, we’re doomed to fail in saving this country. And this complex history is exactly what Meacham dives into over the course of The Soul of America‘s 1 hour and 17 minute runtime. While we get many clips of Meacham at various speaking engagements and insight about his upbringing and spirit from people close to him, the real heart of the documentary lies with the brief but thorough dives into specific historical periods. There’s the discussion of just how brazen the Ku Klux Klan once was, marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1920s, an eerie mirroring of the horrifying events in Charlottesville just a few years ago. Women’s suffrage and their fight for the right to vote is also explored – and it’s made clear that this fight wasn’t for all women, just white women – and this is an issue that remains today, some 100 years later. The parallels go on and on; the Japanese internment camps of the 1940s with children in detention centers today, the sensationalized headlines and fake news of McCarthy with our current administration (Meacham jokes that Senator McCarthy would have loved Twitter), to name just a couple. Above all, Meacham believes that we have the most to learn from the Civil Rights Movement and the unrelenting fight and collaborations that made it successful. With the help of fellow historians, authors, activists, and renowned names like John Lewis and George Takei, Meacham makes the case for America’s redemption and what it might take for us to make a better world for everyone."

It will be interesting to see if Joe can indeed bring back the middle class to a degree and tamp some of the deprivation and anger down.

And yet the dems were incapable of fielding a candidate capable of beating him in 2016 and are just scraping by for this term even with all we know of Trump. Therein lies the real horror for the American people in my opinion. This movie (and book), both by the Historian Jon Meachem, helped me understand this problem a bit better, and even feel a sense of peace with the issues: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-soul-of-america

Probably a male feminist. Or a friend from the festival ? A conservative Republican...they want us to go back to how we were...

Indeed...and red lips like a baby or more youthful person..

Do many have dreadlocks between their anckles ? More than a few bearded women. Personally, I don't like to be hairy, but there's something to the feminist objections in the way society often attempts to infantilize women, to the point of valuing them more when hairless, as are babies. I imagine much has to do with the overvaluing of youth and fear of death. Big eyes via make-up tricks, flawless skin via make-up.

Not before you shave those armpits.. 🙄 You wouldn't believe all the hair at these lesbian music festivals.

Dance free diverse peoples of the US!!!

Thank Goddess this won't be repeated:

I hope that things go back to normal, like the normal that bill burr was talking about before Trump got elected.. He said something like, Does it really matter who wins? I mean you never see the president but ever 6 months when he decides to interrupt the game I'm watching.. hehehehe And in the background without most people's awareness, my Social Work friends will report increased capacity to help the hungry kid, the homeless vet lying on the street with the frosty beard, and the ill person needing health care.......because the Democrats consistently fund programs for "the least among us" to a much greater degree than Republicans.

less people will die due to lack of health care!!!!!!!! (I had to add this because I don't think anyone knows this is a big concern for me)