Today is a day of despair for America. We are plunged into an anticipatory grief | Moira Donegan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : This was the aim of the Women's Marches, of #MeToo, of Black Lives Matter, which were in part rebukes to Trumpism, and symptoms of the desire for a different America, one that is less cruel to its citizens and more worthy of its stated ideals of liberty and justice for all.
46% : Trump himself even has the promise of broad criminal immunity, a recent gift from the supreme court that will enable his authoritarianisms in ways we cannot yet anticipate.
37% : Does America deserve Trump?
28% : The historically marginalized among us - those who are Black, or trans, or female - have struggled to make their worthiness and citizenship meaningful in spite of the hatred and hierarchy that Trump has championed.
25% : They have pledged vast cuts to social security and Medicare, the persecution of dissidents and violent suppression of Trump's political enemies.
24% : For those of us aware of what Trump is capable of, this morning has plunged us into a cold kind of anticipatory grief.
24% : In this version of the story, Trump is not merely a morbid symptom, but something like America's comeuppance, a punishment for our sins.

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