In this Patreon-only episode, Alexis takes you through the evening’s results. Kentucky elected a Democratic Governor, as Trump’s last minute rally didn’t save Republican Matt Bevin. Virginia now has a Governor-State Senate-State Leg trifecta. Danica Roem and Lee Carter were both re-elected. The Mississippi’s Democratic vote share went up by double digits. That and more election night news from your friendly neighborhood queer. Get it for a buck over at Patreon.
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2016 election post-mortem, and what we do now (E15)
Humorless Queers tackles post-election 2016. We talk action: What are we going to do now? And what is the future of surveillance and financial reform under the weight of a Donald J. Trump presidency? And we also dive into what just happened. How on earth did we get here? And how can we learn from this recent history?
LOOKING FORWARD: ACTION
THINGS WE CAN ALL DO RIGHT NOW
- The “Oh Shit! What Should I Do Before January?” Guide
- Support the Louisiana Senate runoff race for Foster Campbell – on December 10th, 2016
- Download Signal! What are you waiting for? Do it now!
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- Student Immigrant Movement
- Families for Justice As Healing
- Council on Islamic-American Relations, especially CAIR-Arizona, which runs the “Hate Hurts” project
- Empower DC
HUMORLESS QUEERS READING CIRCLE:
- Taylor Branch: Parting the Waters. America in the King Era, 1954-1963
- Eric Foner: Reconstruction – America’s Unfinished Revolution
Credit where due:
The theme for this show is the song “Missing You” by Jahzzar, also know as Javier Suarez. You can find his work at betterwithmusic.com.
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