Healthcare for millions is at risk, especially those with pre-existing conditions, and those
who are on Medicaid
The Supreme Court is very close to turning hard right.
Any progress made on Civil Rights, workers rights, women's rights, and the environment are now being dismantled.
Social Security and Medicare are next on the chopping block.
Those false prophets who told us that there was no difference between republicans and Democrats were wrong in 2000 and wrong in 2016.
The issues and differences were never more clear, yet in those critical swing states every Democrat running for Senate lost to the incumbent, "establishment", republican, and a good number those Democrats were quite progressive.
The view that people only act when they are adversely affected is going to be tested in 2018.
There is a story about a farmer wanting to sell his mule, talked to a prospective customer who asked if the mule was a good worker, and the reply was that the mule did a day's work. The next question asked was did the mule obey every command, to which the owner replied, yes.
The prospective buyer wanted a demonstration so the owner hitched up the mule and said "giddy up". The mule just stood there. The owner tried a few more times, and still the mule didn't budge.
The buyer looked at the owner and said, "I thought you told me this mule obeys."
"He does," says the owner, who then picked up a 2x4 and walked to the front where he was facing the mule. He then hit the mule with the 2x4. He then walked back and said "giddy up", and the mule obeyed. The owner said, "This mule always obeys, but you have got to get his attention first."
Has everybody's attention been aroused?