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Le Sigh. Post Election Ups and Downs

Bright points: Joe Arpaio was finally defeated.
Prop 64 will have an outsize impact on marijuana "offenders", while legalized weed in Nevada, Massachusetts, and medical use in Florida, North Dakota, and Arkansas expand the map on common sense reform. Fingers crossed that Obama pushes the FDA to move the drug from Schedule 1 in the twilight of his administration.
Lower points: Where's the Democratic bench for POTUS? Clinton is done, so who will face off against Trump in 2020? We have nothing to lose in the Senate, but I'm not sure Warren can get it done (even with Sanders).
Trump will select Scalia's replacement... And probably Ginsburg... and Kennedy... and maybe Thomas (if he's looking to bounce).
Public option is done for a decade at least. ACA is probably toast. Good luck on holding your insurance if you've had to use it.
Glimmers of hope: There will be no wall. That will be the biggest promise Trump will break.
There's a slim chance that the prospect of breaking ACA will give Congress pause. Throwing out lifetime limits, pre-existing condition protections, and the other good aspects of the law may be a bridge too far.
Then there's the lawsuits. If Bill Clinton was playing defense over manufactured scandals, one only imagines what a President facing 75 active, criminal, and civil suits will be dealing with in the coming months. Being convicted of fraud (Trump University) would be new for a President-Elect, no? And then, there's his active IRS audit.
Le. Sigh.

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