longer.blue

Hello Bluesky! Ever since the midterms, a realization has been brewing. I don't think blue voters can take all the credit for this massive win. For about a decade, we have all been in a bad place mentally and emotionally. Daily shocks at the blatent crimes and cruelty the orange pedo and his crew of sycophants have committed have worn us all down to the bone. I think it's safe to say we were all exhausted in the extreme. Anger and depression at what this country had become had begun consuming us alive. Then something wonderful happened. The World Cup brought almost 400,000 overseas visitors to our country. I have to tell you, I was hoping like crazy that Fifa would cancel or move the World Cup to another country because of the evil maggot shit. The orange turd didn't deserve to host the event. I was also afraid for our visitors. I was afraid ice goons would be waiting at airports to arrest any and all brown visitors as they stepped off the plane. Considering that they are arresting people following the law by showing up at immigration hearings, that fear was not unrealistic. I was also didn't want them to see how messy our house was. Seeing it on the news is one thing. We all know that there is serious bias in our news. But seeing the disarray in person... I was embarrassed for outsiders to witness it with their own eyes and ears. So I crossed my fingers and prayed that the World Cup would be moved to Mexico or Canada, the perfect trump rebuke. My wish was not granted. And so I nervously waited for the news stories to roll in about some unlucky soccer fans being tazed, arrested or (God forbid) shot. I waited for the insults and derision. I waited for us to become an even bigger joke on the world stage. And then the videos started appearing. Fans from all over the globe reveling in America. The joy of trying ranch dressing and Texas BBQ for the first time, the excitement at the size and variety of our grocery stores, and the wonder at seeing a school bus up close (seriously, I don't understand that one at all). The positivity was explosive and it rained down Hope all over the country. I did not realize the mental and emotional weight holding me down until all of you gathered around us and lifted that burden. Do you understand the level of self loathing, anger, and hopelessness sane Americans have been feeling for the last decade? World Cup visitors only needed 39 days to turn that around (congrats to Spain!). You made us remember who we are! You made us remember how awesome we are! You gave us hope that we could easily overcome and crawl out of that pit of dispare. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You gave us ourselves back! And I firmly believe that you are the ones that gave us the momentum to generate the Blue Tsunami. Please come back soon. We have so much more we want to share with you.