The United States moved right on election night. My neighborhood in blue AF, D.C. moved right.

Virginia right across the river moved right. Even California moved right. What is up California?

California.

A deep identity crisis, perhaps. I mean, Lord knows the rest of the country sees us as kind of like the land of hippies.

But I think those of us who live here know that there's always been a little bit more nuanced.

I mean, California is a deep blue state.

It's a state that's dominated by Democrats.

But that doesn't necessarily mean that it's sort of all Democratic Socialists of America all the time.

I mean, there's shades of blue, and it seems like now maybe some shades of purple and even some red.

If everyone's moving to the right, what does that mean for hashtag resist and the hashtag resistance?

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