Update for Everyone VII: Insert Something Philosophical Sounding Here

[Mr. Smith]

Finally got my absentee ballot, will be filling it out when I get home after finishing my homework.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Will be voting tomorrow.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Grandma died five minutes ago. I want to tear my teeth out.

I'm very sorry, I know how you feel too, very awful, I hope it gets better.

[Mechavada]

Watching the sun set over Waikiki from my hotel room. Rented a convertible, driving around the island tomorrow, and then catching up with some old classmates on Monday.

Damn.  Nice car bro.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Following the recent attempted attacks against demonized symbols of leftist globalism and liberalism, as well as Jewish figures demonized by the far-right, as well as the entire Kavanaugh affair, I have decided that I can no longer continue with an I-IL avatar, at least for the time being. While I'm still willing to compromise on the actually important issues, economics, as long as a few core values (like universal coverage) are kept, I've come to realize that it is no longer possible to ignore the aggressiveness of the GOP, running over traumatized women, and more importantly, the fact that my form of ideology has just come under attack, and reactions by populist GOP figures who incited against them, like Trump and Gingrich, only made it worse. This doesn't mean, of course, that my ideology changed in any way. I'm still the same guy, but I just can't see how a green avatar makes sense for me at this point, despite my previous reluctance to participate in American partisan divides.

Hopefully, I can one day return to the green avatar.

I sympathize with you. Republican craziness is precisely why I changed my avatar from green to red in mid-2016.

[YE]

I'm considering going back to a red avatar as well. Anyone here who knows me knows I'm not very partisan and my opposition with Trump is more geared towards economic policy rather than mean tweets. I switched to green after Maxine Water's bullsh**t and how all the red avatars here reacted, which made me realize culturally, I'm not on the same page as many urbanite Dems, but at the end of the day, I, with a few exceptions, do not support Republicans plain and simple.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

I just voted for Ben Jealous and did my part to help remove Larry Hogan from office.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

My uncle, who is a fairly accomplished guitar player in a local duo, wrote and recorded the most beautiful song about my grandma and I completely lost it.

[Alabama_Indy10]

I just voted for Ben Jealous and did my part to help remove Larry Hogan from office.

Eww

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

I managed to get absolutely nothing accomplished at work today and it was horrible. I hate trying to write code in R.

[PSOL]

Just got back from D.C., honestly one of the best experiences I’ve done vacationing.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

I'm considering going back to a red avatar as well. Anyone here who knows me knows I'm not very partisan and my opposition with Trump is more geared towards economic policy rather than mean tweets. I switched to green after Maxine Water's bullsh**t and how all the red avatars here reacted, which made me realize culturally, I'm not on the same page as many urbanite Dems, but at the end of the day, I, with a few exceptions, do not support Republicans plain and simple.

I'm switching for the same reason.  I never really changed my registration anyway, but I'm a little less frustrated with the Dems than I was since Hillary won the nomination.  The anti-establishment wing is growing and even though it will probably take a few more cycles before progressives become the norm, generational shifts pretty much ensure that it will happen, and this year wasn't a bad start for those types of candidates.  Florida's more likely than not to elect a grassroots-based governor and my favorite Democratic congressman is about to be Colorado's next governor.  I've also seen Democrats at least act like they give a sh!t about rural communities this cycle.

I've also never voted for a Republican and I'm pretty sure I never will unless it's county or local.  The Democrats may be dumb, spineless, too uptight, politically correct and "woke" to the point of insanity, but they're the only legitimate party that can govern and doesn't represent an ideology that's morally displaced at best to downright nihilistic at worst.

[Lord Admirale]

Idk why but I've been super happy since the NJ-Sen debate.

[Skunk]

Sought help from a trans support group at my college and it's nice having a place to talk about my feelings regarding the recent news (and other things) with people who can relate to my concerns. Decided to come back to the forum, mostly because this forum always has been my primary news source for specific races, though from here on out I'm probably going to avoid any threads relating to transgender people for obvious reasons.

[Kleine Scheiße]

I just voted for Ben Jealous and did my part to help remove Larry Hogan from office.

Thank you!

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

In other news, somebody in my school got shot and despite the suspect being in custody, we're still in lockdown for some reason.

EDIT: Well, I guess we're not doing the midterm today.

[Cold War Liberal]

I voted for the first time the other day. The precinct was packed which makes me happy because I like to see high voter enthusiasm regardless of the election outcomes. Hesitated to vote for Jealous, but ended up voting a pretty much straight D ticket, and in favor of both amendments.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

In other news, somebody in my school got shot and despite the suspect being in custody, we're still in lockdown for some reason.

EDIT: Well, I guess we're not doing the midterm today.

Was the shot lethal? I hope that the victim survives.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

In other news, somebody in my school got shot and despite the suspect being in custody, we're still in lockdown for some reason.

EDIT: Well, I guess we're not doing the midterm today.

Was the shot lethal? I hope that the victim survives.

He'd already died by the time you replied.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Jesus Christ that sounds awful, stay safe Peebs!

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Jesus Christ that sounds awful, stay safe Peebs!

I got pulled out of school an hour and a half ago (and for some reason, school's still technically open), so while my mind's been going 100 miles a minute all day, I've technically remained safe.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Jesus Christ that sounds awful, stay safe Peebs!

I got pulled out of school an hour and a half ago (and for some reason, school's still technically open), so while my mind's been going 100 miles a minute all day, I've technically remained safe.

So did this happen on campus? Because if so, there are definitely going to be changes at your school for at least a short while.

Hell I remember when I was in high school after Sandy Hook. The next day, each school in Palm Beach County had a Sheriffs Deputy outside all day. Ours was a woman of at least 70 years of age; she had a huge puffy giant Afro that was the height of one third of her body. I told my mom "we're f--ked" if a shooter came in because she'd probably have broken a hip if she tried to confront him.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Jesus Christ that sounds awful, stay safe Peebs!

I got pulled out of school an hour and a half ago (and for some reason, school's still technically open), so while my mind's been going 100 miles a minute all day, I've technically remained safe.

So did this happen on campus? Because if so, there are definitely going to be changes at your school for at least a short while.

Yeah, it seemed to happen where my second block was gonna take place.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

One of my pet cats died earlier today

[Illiniwek]

One of my pet cats died earlier today

Very very sorry. Our pets are our treasures.