Fearsome is a liberal Beard. He leans left, way left. Although the first he was ultimately hoping for didn’t happen, he is heartened with the following firsts from 2016:
1) Nevada elected Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, the nation’s first Latina Senator, to replace outgoing minority leader Democrat Senator Harry Reid.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
2) Illinios elected Democrat Tammy Duckworth, the nation’s first disabled woman Senator, defeating incumbent Republican Senator Mark Kirk.
Veteran & US Senator Tammy Duckworth
3) Oregon elected Kate Brown as the nations first ever elected openly out LGBT governor.
Governor Kate Brown
4) California elected Democrat Kamala Harris as the first freshman Senator from the state in 24 years and the state’s first black Senator. She becomes the second ever black woman Senator and replaces outgoing Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer.
Senator Kamala Harris
5) Minnesota elected the first ever Somali-American member of congress as they selected Democrat Ilhan Omar to a house seat when she won with more than 80% of the vote to represent her district.
Representative Ilhan Omar
These little tid bits of good news brightened our day. If your leanings are similar to ours, hopefully they brightened yours a little as well.
Fearsome Beard 
you mean there ARE bright spots out there?
Thank you for pointing out some of the positive outcomes of the election.
I didn’t know that there were any bright spots. Thank you for bringing them to our attention. This week has been hard, I’ll take any good news I can get.
I hope they make a difference.