Anti-America’s Top Ten Countdown - Week 1 (10-7)
Today I’ve decided to do something different, which I intend to do every Sunday from here on out. I’m going to call this Anti-America’s Top Ten Countdown, because I will count down the ten most important stories that everyone reading this blog needs to know each week. You can consider this BlueSky’s Top Ten Countdown with Saclux Gemini, because let’s be honest, most of you probably found this article from my BlueSky. Here we go! Let’s get to the countdown!
A weather map showing the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States with unseasonably hot temperatures.
10: THE 80-DEGREE HALLOWEEN
I’m old enough to remember when children needed to wear jackets over their Halloween costumes because it was chilly at night. What the hell is wrong with this planet? Actually, I’ll tell you what’s wrong, and it’s climate change. Much like our failure to do anything about the epidemic of gun violence in this country, we have failed to do anything about climate change. The only difference is that by doing nothing about gun violence, we’re only hurting ourselves, whereas our inaction on climate change is costly for the entire world. If you don’t want to have more 80-degree Halloweens, you need to make sure Trump does not become President. Countdown number nine!
A screenshot of r/Pics taken at about 5:20 AM Eastern Time on November 3, 2024
9: REDDIT’S OBSESSION WITH US POLITICS
Take a look at this screenshot. Literally every post on Reddit is now about the U.S. election. Now, I’m well aware that this election is extremely important - you don’t need to constantly remind me. Maybe some people need to be reminded like those selfish leftists (see below), but not me. Other countries have elections too, but nobody talks about those! Every single day, someone posts a picture of the January 6 insurrection on the Pics subreddit, and again, people need to be reminded of that before they vote. However, I bet our neighbors to the north (and across the pond) are really sick of us. I’m honestly sick of being a laughingstock too. Countdown number eight!
A county map of Nevada, courtesy of SunCatcher Studio.
8: NEVADA’S EARLY VOTE NUMBERS LOOK ABYSMAL
Vegas, what are you DOING? Early voting in Nevada has ended, and the Republicans are sitting on a lead of 50,000 registered voters. I’m well aware that comparing 2024 to 2020 is apples to oranges given that everyone’s forgotten about COVID. I’m also aware that Democrats can still vote on election day, but there had better be a lot of Democrats voting on election day! Polling has mostly had Senator Jacky Rosen ( D ) with a comfortable lead over challenger Sam Brown ( R ), but that lead is going to evaporate if her voters don’t show up on Election Day. We shouldn’t forget that the last Nevada US Senate race was decided by less than 1 percentage point. Please bail us out again, Vegas! Countdown number eight!
Abortion legality map by state (taken from New York Times website)
7: ROE, ROE, ROE YOUR VOTE
This past week we’ve learned about two young women who lost their lives in Texas when doctors did not perform life-saving procedures for fear of legal retribution. I’ve been saying it for weeks, but Amber Nicole Thurman was the tip of the iceberg. For each of these women, there are possibly a couple thousand others whose families didn’t feel comfortable sharing their loved ones’ stories. For frame of reference, in Ireland it took one highly-publicized death due to lack of abortion access to immediately legalize abortion with basically no restrictions. Here we have at least four cases of women dying due to inability to access necessary abortion care, and we’re instead debating if the man responsible for these tragedies is going to return to the White House. It’s infuriating and disheartening, but perhaps not very surprising given countdown number six.
