spadetheartist:

micdotcom:

Tammy Duckworth wins Senate seat in Illinois

Democrat Tammy Duckworth has won the Illinois Senate race, beating out Republican incumbent Mark Kirk, the Associated Press reported at 9:03 p.m. Duckworth’s lead surged after Kirk attacked her family’s history of military service. Duckworth, an Army combat pilot who lost both of her legs in Iraq, talked about her Thai heritage and pointed out that her family’s military service dated back to the American Revolution. Read more

@jacensolodjo

mega-weenie-hut-jrs:

If anyone wonders why I’m so upset that trump is winning I’ll explain it to you.

I’m upset for the hispanics whose families could be deported.

I’m upset for the muslims who could be blocked from entering the us or segregated like Jews were during the holocaust.

I’m upset for the LGBT+ community whose marriages could be voided, and whose young people might have to endure conversion therapy.

I’m upset for the women who could possibly be legally fired/turned down for a job, and who will have to deal with the sexism that the leader, the FACE, of our country obviously has.

I’m upset for anyone who isn’t a straight, white, male. They might have to deal with a president who could easily ruin their entire lives.

the-sama:

I don’t know the amount of times I have sat in history class and wondered how someone like Hitler could have ever gotten far enough in government to have that kind of power, but now I’m watching it happen live in the U.S and I’m terrified.