Bjorning: I'm still going to crawl across broken glass and worse to vote, even in my solidly blue state. I'm just feeling a lot of despair - not that things won't ever get better, but that they're going to get a lot worse first, and that I don't know if I'll get to survive to see things improve.

The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?

A biden win this election probably results in a 5-4 liberal court

Very big if, though. Especially when we can expect this SCOTUS to declare any win by a Democrat invalid because rules don't matter anymore.

I'm still going to crawl across broken glass and worse to vote, even in my solidly blue state. I'm just feeling a lot of despair - not that things won't ever get better, but that they're going to get a lot worse first, and that I don't know if I'll get to survive to see things improve.

Don't just vote, then. Volunteer. Phone or text bank, travel to neighboring states to knock doors, whatever it takes. I was out knocking doors this Saturday in Philly, and we had a guy up from DC helping out. DC will vote blue, but PA is a battleground. You can do that, too.

This. It's not a spectator sport. Gotta do what you can, for any worthy down ticket candidates. (I canvassed for the state Senate and Assembly candidates on Saturday. Hotter than hell out but we made an impression. I'm ready to do more this week.)

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