I fail to find fault in seeking out communities in which you feel safe. Especially in a sea of humanity that has shown indifference at best to both your safety and humanity. Communities can be safe harbor and give you backup when you choose to go out and try to engage that indifferent sea.

I have good friends, and at least 2 cousins, for whom key provision of the ACA could be life or death. Preexisting conditions with hefty treatment cost (for life) means insurance would be unfindable, and cost unsustainable to an individual.

I left my office early so I could go for a walk in the park while there's still sunlight, since it will be fully dark after I finish with my last meeting of the day.

I'm cycling through being livid and heartbroken and numb and being afraid for others more than myself. I donated to Planned Parenthood today and I'm going to continue donating and getting a corporate match for food banks and civil liberties and climate change orgs. I need to figure out what else I can do.

First, though, a walk.

There were walkouts at High Schools in the East Bay, my phone tells me. Berkeley and Oakland.

UT students have shut down a bridge in Austin.

They are marching in Chicago & in NYC.

But I guess my immediate thing is when the ACA is repealed does that mean everyone loses insurance right away...or is it an unknown thing. I'm trying not to panic but I need to figure this out and I don't know what to do...apply,don't bother

I'm guessing there's a whole lot of contract law involved. I mean, I've already applied for next year so essentially they've made an agreement with me. Plus, while the House has voted umpteen times to appeal, they did that knowing that it wouldn't get anywhere. So I'm very interested to see what happens with the razor thin Senate margin when actual constituents in swing states are involved. I would assume there are a lot of negotiations ahead of us on this one.

David, not all mid-westerners are evil. I'm only a little evil. And my white-middle-aged brother was a big Hillary supporter.

Oh, I totally recognize that my reaction was irrational and unfair.

I'm just ready to dig in and fight like crazy against the massive teardown the Republicans are going to attempt.

For fuck's sake, they want to gut the EPA and sell off the National Parks. It's insanity.

Some useful summaries on Vox.

A nightmare for white working class economics: [link]

askye, it's not clear how they'll tear down the ACA. They probably won't stop it all at once.

One of the bigger problems is that Paul Ryan's been advocating all these horrible shitty changes to Medicaid including doing block grants to the states which was disastrous (for poor people) the last time that happened.

Attack on healthcare: [link]

Also they'll strip all the federal protections for LGBTQ people that Obama put forth. So it will be thrown back to the States and they will probably institute some Religious Freedom bullshit which allows companies to discriminate against LGBTQ.

War on LGBTQ: [link]

I'm planning on being as obstructionist and civilly disobedient as possible for two years and taking back at least one house of Congress then. Maybe both.

Two years of digging in and No Fucking Healing and No Fucking Coming Together and fuck you Vichy shits that want to.

If I lose Medicaid, I'm so screwed.

Thanks for the support, everyone.

I'm happy to be back at home with my family safe and sound.

Just physically and emotionally exhausted between the car BS and the election and worry about my wife and child.

Now that the adrenaline and shock has worn off the child is being overly-dramatic and whiny. But that's not surprising.

The tow truck driver that hit my wife actually had the nerve to offer to tow her back to his shop. She understandably told him to go fly a kite.