With Trump off the board now, barring some insane last minute victory, it looks like we face a President Harris timeline.
I shouldn't need to explain why that's the worst possible outcome, but I will anyway. She will use the power and resources of the United States to push the "future is female" agenda worldwide and crush their opponents both domestic and foreign.
Do we just lie low and hope to blend in? There's nowhere to go and nothing to stand behind.
Dems can't clear the filibuster. They're not likely to railroad weapons-grade faggotry through the legislature without ten extra votes in the Senate. Instead we'll just get regular faggotry that both parties already gladly support. Maybe a new stimulus for gender and women's studies in Turkey! Hurray!
Trump is planning his next moves. He's not going away and he'll be building a coalition. If he's smart he'll dump some money into communications platforms since you can bet his ass is off Twitter for good.
Get engaged wherever you can. Know your candidates top to bottom, and yes, that includes city dog catcher. Support good candidates with money or time. Actually communicate with them. Boomers were always good about this and my generation is a total failure at engagement, likely because we were too busy holding our dicks and playing Smash Bros.
A lot of organization starts at the county level. You can reach out to your county Republican Party chairman (ahem, chairperson) and find out what the lay of the land is, what's needed, etc. Most chair...people...? I've worked with exist to support anyone who is currently in office, so if you strongly feel that elected representative needs to be primaried, avoid the party.
We're not moving to a three party system. We have two parties that are so institutionally entrenched that a viable alternative isn't allowed to exist. I hate the Republicans but they're the best we've got to work with, unfortunately.
Lastly, and most importantly, election reform is a state by state issue. I would loooove to see some right-wing thinktank draft some ideal, transparent, and secure election processes, that every state could model and institute. I've seen that happen with gerrymandering reform - though with very little adoption, it's hard to get people motivated about gerrymandering. There's a lot of anger about this election and if you live in a fucky state, ie GEORGIA, the pressure needs to be on your legislature to fix this shit.
Read books, work out, meditate, don't let the bastards demoralize you.
What can they really do? It's pretty clear now that the courts won't stop politicians from doing whatever the fuck the want when it comes to elections.
Our election security (pathetic as it is) was totally compromised by unlawful changes to the voting and counting processes, and the courts did nothing to stop it from happening or to rectify the obvious fraud.
Mandate more transparency, institute higher penalties, change mail-in ballot restrictions, lobby for voter ID (even fucking Mexico has it!), mandatory audits triggered by certain odd situations; the list goes on. Laws aren't worth shit if they aren't enforced, so identify who is failing to uphold the law (Secretary of State, judges, etc) and campaign like hell to have them replaced.
This isn't the first time this has happened and it won't be fixed overnight. But it will never get fixed if we don't take action.
Higher penalties only matter if they're actually administered. You can make election fraud carry the death penalty, they'll still do it because nobody is stopping them and nobody will ever actually hold them accountable.
Really? You think nobody will be held accountable, ever? That doesn't track with history.
The Heritage Foundation actually maintains a database of election fraud, going back to at least the 70s. It's not complete, just a sampling, but there are zillions of cases of people criminally prosecuted for various means of fraud, and a great many of these cases are actually prosecuted in some of the most institutionally corrupt corners of the country (East St. Louis, Cook County, Atlanta, etc.). Lots of cases from as late as 2018. Did every criminal prosecutor in those areas suddenly die or change their minds about pursuing fraud? I expect there will be hundreds of such cases pursued this year. It'll be far too late to change the election outcome, but people will be punished.
But more importantly, mail-in balloting probably made this election the easiest to steal since 1888, an election so egregiously stolen that by 1889 huge election reforms were being implemented across the country. No, we're not done. I know it feels that way but it's simply untrue.