From Daily Kos.

Yesterday was one of the worst days ever seen for the American republic. But as Democrats, we should all be happy about one thing that we have today, that we did not have yesterday.

We won the Presidency and the majority in the Senate and House of Representatives.

We have the Judiciary Committee, and all of the other committees that decide and implement what our priorities as a nation will be.

Which also means, we will get the Supreme Court appointments we want. And the federal judges we want; and the environmental and social policies we want.

We also can advance legislation to help the American people, without worrying that it will be blocked or not put to a vote Mitch McConnell (at least up until the point where GOP of the filibuster prompts Joe Manchin to have a change of heart). That $2000 of relief to working Americans? It’s coming.

We control the legislative agenda, and we can force Republicans to take unpopular votes that damage their chances in 2022.

We have the Justice Department. We can appoint the U.S. attorneys throughout the country, decent people who will work for actual Americans, rather than corporations or some theocratic ideology.

We also have a few Republican Senators who we can work with on “some” matters.

Biden’s cabinet appointments will now be confirmed. That means Democratic policies on climate and the environment, civil rights, voting rights, housing, health care, education, and foreign policy will be forthcoming without Republican interference or dilution.

The Affordable Care Act is safe (no, the Supreme Court is not going to invalidate it based on that Texas case), and can be strengthened.

We wipe out all of Trump’s destructive regulatory malfeasance he intended to pollute our environment.

We can re-establish treaties and alliances that Trump destroyed. We can rejoin the international community.

We have control over every federal agency, and the vast regulatory apparatus that comes with it.

We control the bully pulpit, and messaging (if, God help us, we learn how to use it).

We have the tools to immunize the entire population against COVID-19 and get us out of this pandemic nightmare.

We have the tools and the means to aid the American people in this economic crisis.

We will no longer be subjected to rule “Tweets” tapped out a malignant sociopath.

But most of all, we have intelligent leadership which now has the ability to work for the American public.

Yes, this was a sucky day. But there is a silver lining to it.

(I’m sure there’s a ton of things I missed, but this is what initially came to mind).

[dailykos.com]