The Resistance 2.0!

[Abbot Mythos]

The Secret Handshake activists, Goddess Eris bless them, are still in the game:

D.C., New York, St. Paul: 'Iran War Participation Trophy' for Trump goes on tour, gets Instagram page

As per this article:

"A plaque traveling with the trophy provides a possible blueprint: "We hereby award President Donald J. Trump this participation trophy for his enthusiastic involvement in the Iran War. While some concern themselves with military strategy, diplomacy or measurable outcomes, President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score.""

I love these guys.

[Doktor Howl]

So.  How's this resistance thing coming along?

[Abbot Mythos]

I think the Resistance 2.0 has earned the right to take a victory lap today.

[Faust]

Im not sure how much of a victory they earned. Tarrifs, new wars and more expensive costs of living handed it to the them because the part of the republican party that isnt onboard with the MAGA cult has only had one message for the last 2 years:

"The republican party is bad for business"

That is the biggest sin their party can perform against their supporters, its possibly the only sin against their supporters.

[chaotic neutral observer]

I don't think one election means much, not from a country that elected Trump twice.

It would be nice if the democrats started handing out impeachments like so much leftover halloween candy?  Y'know, actually hold the criminal elements in the republican party to account?  But that would be the absolute bare minimum required to start earning back trust, and I'm not sure they've got it in them.

Im not sure how much of a victory they earned. Tarrifs, new wars and more expensive costs of living handed it to them [...]

Yeah, the republicans didn't lose because they were trying to do a fascism and got caught at it, or because the democrats really brought the bacon this round, they lost because of sheer incompetence.

[Abbot Mythos]

On September 17, 1787, upon leaving Independence Hall on the last day of the United States' Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin was asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"

Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it."

On November 3, 2026, although most probably didn't realize it, "We the people of the United States, ..." voted to keep it.

So, I'm celebrating the win, knowing full well it's only one battle in the current war to keep the United States a republic.