The 2018 Mid-Term Elections
Well... I woke up this morning, looked at Twitter, and saw that Beto had won in Texas, and that made me very happy. I also saw that several of the younger, more liberal, candidates also won. And in Illinois, it was called a "Big Blue Wave" - which made me very happy.
Sadly, when I got to work, I re-checked on the Texas Senate race, and Beto lost. And that really made me sad. But in the end, the Democrats took the House, and that's hopefully enough to stop the insanity that Trump and the GOP have been doing.
Once again, John Oliver had a story on the family separation, and the cycle of hate that seems to be so easy for some to buy into. Immigrants aren't evil. They are people. The ability for so many to see other people as less than a person is really making me uncomfortable about the country.
This is a phase - like Germany in the 30's and while some will say that's an unfair comparison, but I submit it's all too similar. Nationalism, tariffs, hate... they all come from a very dark place, and we can't give into those feelings.
I have hopes that 2020 will be an amazing Presidential Election. Maybe Beto will run. That would be neat.