I almost didn’t do one this election. I was simply tired. Tired of the propaganda. Tired of partisanship. Tired of a process which takes close to two years, when it should only need six weeks. Tired of candidates who, for the the third election in a row, have me thinking, “These two are really the best their party could find?” But the historic nature of last night’s result felt like it deserved to be marked: for Trump regained the position of President, becoming the first person to do so since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Americans don’t like losers, especially in politics, and when you lose an election, you’re typically done. But Trump is hardly your typical politician, is he? And this was certainly not your typical election either.

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4th February. I’m not sure what I’m even doing here. I’m writing things down as much as a coping mechanism, as well as a record of my emotions. It’s unexplored territory, because this will be the first funeral I’ve ever attended. There have been deaths, of course: aunts and grandparents, cousins and uncles, but for one reason or another, they were always distant enough to matter only in the abstract. I’m not even a person who feels particular sadness at celebrities passing. Death has been an almost entirely abstract concept, up until three hours ago, when my sister Pat called and told me my mother passed away today.

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Liberal blue checkmark Twitter exploded last night, after an apparent shocking incident in the late stages of a baseball game in Denver, Colorado.

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My main thought this morning is, thank heavens its over. Because it feels like this election campaign has gone on for four years, ever since the tumultuous events of November 2016, when Trump shocked the world. Looking back to what I wrote at that time, what stands out now is my concern about the media’s role, because those worries have proven completely accurate. I no longer have confidence in any American media outlet. What we have seen since is a press which is dedicated, not to representing the views of the people. but manipulating them. It’s ironic to see all the think pieces about “What if Trump does not accept the results of this election?”, because the media has collectively spent the last four years not accepting the results of the last one.

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