The language my friends and I are using to describe the outcome of Tuesday's elections combines astonishment, outrage, and a large dose of despair. Astonishment that a convicted felon, a twice impeached politician, a vicious misogynist, a racist, homophobe, liar, and cheat, who is a stated enemy of democracy, managed to secure the popular vote for a Republican presidential candidate for the first time since 2004 and—against so many predictions—win all of the states required to carry the electoral college by a significant margin. Along with his victory came control of the Senate and also—at this moment—likely the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court is already stacked with his allies, having ruled in his favor in many of the legal cases brought against his last acts as president. All branches of the government, in other words, are now in the hands of the neo-fascists who have extensive plans to dismantle what remains of American democracy. And make no mistake, they will implement their Project 2025. Even those of us in relatively comfortable positions, who live in “blue” states, will feel the impact of the abolition of the Department of Education; the assignment of health services to the vaccine-denying Robert Kennedy Jr.; the cost-cutting mania of Elon Musk; and the deregulation of what climate controls have managed to be implemented during the Biden administration.

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