🇺🇸 Hope

I keep going back to stare at the map shown above in Apple News. It's wonderful to see how dramatically most of the country shifted their stance in the recent election. Opening the News app and smiling is a strange sensation, but a welcome one! Zooming in, look at this list of amazing things: Democrats will control both the House and the Senate Many states that have been run by Republicans for decades flipped significantly or entirely Most AI and crypto super PAC money was wasted on losing candidates Elon Musk spent about $224 million for a red Texas but it came out blue Data center construction measures met a huge backlash and failed almost everywhere they were on the ballot First openly-trans person elected to the House in Michigan: Joanna Whaley First openly-trans person elected to the House in Alabama: Allison Montgomery First openly-trans person elected to the House in Washington: Jaelynn Scott First openly-trans person elected to the House in Wisconsin: Dina Nina…

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