One of the local NPR commentators was saying that a lot of these voters are going to get buyers' remorse sooner than you might think, there are already businesses that are anticipating high tariffs starting Jan 21, buying up goods in anticipation (because the price is going to go way way up) and cancelling Christmas bonuses because of the anticipatory spending.

If I didn't know it was going to hurt me, and my dear friends and family, I'd be more gleeful about the coming recession.

Twenty years ago this week: [link]

I feel like a goddamned Cylon: All of this has happened before ...

I saw a post on Tumblr (via Steph) which reassured me (somewhat) about the ACA. They said a lot of stuff, but basically, even if Trump tries to get rid of it on day one, there would be a ton of pushback, including from the insurers, and the bureaucracy would ensure that nothing would happen quickly.

Or I could just link the whole thing instead of trying to sum up:

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I saw a post on Tumblr (via Steph)

I get so much genuinely useful information from Tumblr, in between vampires and aliens and firefighters.

Timelies all!

What you all said, with an added FUCK for emphasis.

Reminder to self: schedule shingles and TDaP vaccines asap. Also schedule passport application.(My passport was in the purse that got stolen) Not that there's any country I could move to that I'd want to live in. I'm third generation American. The only country I could do birthright citizenship is Israel, which: hell, no.

I use fb just by going to the website, not by the app and it has stopped loading. I hate them changing things all the time.

I found out that my favorite couple is breaking up (they’re both huge in our dance group, so this may be awkward even if they end on good terms, plus I’m sad about it) and the local ballroom (which I can walk to) is going to close in about 5 months, after 28 years in existence. Not sure where we will end up dancing. Crap.

I think ACA is safe until the GOP can figure out something to replace it.

My big concern with health is Kennedy getting any kind of control. I'm really hoping he does something to get on the outs with Trump soon. Even if he doesn't get an official job (please God don't let him get an official job) he would still have influence over Trump.

They came within one vote of cancelling the ACA, back then, and 'they' have more control now.

I suspect a lot of what happens in the next few years will depend on how much money lobbyists transfer to Trump and other Republican bank accounts. If the insurance profession likes the ACA and is will to pay enough, they may get to keep it. Industries who need foreign goods will need to pay to get their exceptions to tariffs in to law, etc. It's really going to be about who has the best lobbyists and deepest pockets.