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Winners and Losers

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I am typing these words at about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and it seems utterly evident that Trump and the GOP in general are going to control the government. Besides the obvious winners and losers, I’d be curious as to your thoughts in general as to what people or entities are going to win or lose from this result. Off the top of my head, just a few:

Winners

  • Elon (and Tesla, SpaceX, and X.ai)
  • Aileen Cannon
  • Right-wing of Supreme Court

Losers

  • Illegal immigrants
  • Ukraine
  • China
  • LGBTQ+
  • Jerome Powell

What are some of your own suggestions?

Califindia

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Here’s a map showing how big the economy of each of the 50 states is compared to a similarly equipped country. California, for instance, has about the same GDP as India (and with vastly cleaner air and water). As a Californian, it’s kind of amusing to me that by far the most populated and rich state out of all 50 is rendered meaningless in this election, whereas some punk-ass little burghs in a few flyover states control who wins the White House.