Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:
Election 2020 Special — [Explicit Language] Bob is joined by the great Kimberley Johnson from the Start Me Up podcast to discuss where we are with the vote counting and Trump f*ckery.
Trump just fell below 50% in Georgia.
Shoutout to these election workers in Georgia (and everywhere.)
Masks and gloves on, risking your health in the middle of a pandemic, TV cameras pointed at you, the nation’s collective stress hovering over your shoulders. Can you imagine the stress?? They deserve so much praise. pic.twitter.com/kcjkbHAkd9— Travis Bubenik (@travisbubenik) November 5, 2020
re: #4 Alephnaught
Ah, hence the lawsuit.
Yeah he seems to be bleeding out support. I really think of the five states left: He’s up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina as well but trailing in Arizona and Nevada that NC will be the only he holds on to but it’s possible that NC could go to Biden in a squeaker.
• SC: Jaime Harrison raises $109m — loses by ~11 points
• KY: Amy McGrath raises $90m — loses by ~20 points
• ME: Sara Gideon raises $70m — loses by ~9 points
• TX: MJ Hegar raises $24m — loses by ~10 pointshttps://t.co/ZxAD7ThMMd— Axios (@axios) November 4, 2020
You knew the Downfall parody was coming. And likely pretty accurate to what’s happening at the Trump bunker at present… pic.twitter.com/S4vQhqDoSV
— Mikko Alanne (@MikkoAlanne) November 4, 2020
Let me just say that Trump has lost and he knows it. This isn’t 2000, where Bush had the presumption of having won. This is Trump throwing shit against the wall but like the wall on the border, he never built it and it’s a mirage.
The Democrats may not have captured the Senate, but we’ve removed the stain of Donald Trump, and the prosecutions will drop on Jan 20th at 12:00pm.
re: #4 Alephnaught
Ah, hence the lawsuit.
Indeed.
Freepers are not happy campers at the moment and I do hope it stays that way.
I also claim, for my own personal purposes, a pre-CBS ‘63 Telecaster and ‘65 Vibrolux amp, an entire Park Slope brownstone, two months rental on a private beach in Fiji, a bottle of Double Eagle 20-year and a regenerated-DNA fascimile of the Butterfield 8-era Elizabeth Taylor. https://t.co/RHDC6jgBkE
— David Simon (@AoDespair) November 4, 2020
re: #8 Unabogie
Let me just say that Trump has lost and he knows it. This isn’t 2000, where Bush had the presumption of having won. This is Trump throwing shit against the wall but like the wall on the border, he never built it and it’s a mirage.
The Democrats may not have captured the Senate, but we’ve removed the stain of Donald Trump, and the prosecutions will drop on Jan 20th at 12:00pm.
We’re gonna be okay. I’d prefer to have the Senate obviously but if any Democratic candidate could deal with Mitch, it would be Joe.
re: #6 Dread Pirate Ron
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God.
Do we really have to wait for the occupants of those seats to finally resign or pass away to have a chance for any of them? Are they really that fucking politically invincible?
re: #10 gocart mozart
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The Tele’s good, the amp special & the whiskey sublime. Just make my facsimile Cass Elliot…
re: #14 Citizen K
Are they really that fucking politically invincible?
Cut to Republican voter in Kentucky, sans healthcare, sans job, about to be evicted:
“McConnell really brings home the bacon, and he gives those D.C. libs fits!”
re: #14 Citizen K
God.
Do we really have to wait for the occupants of those seats to finally resign or pass away to have a chance for any of them? Are they really that fucking politically invincible?
Outside of Maine, those are three very Republican states. Increasingly the Senate vote seems to be correlated to the Presidential vote.
Just a little shout to all the people I love in Lackawanna County, you can do it, fuck Trump.
(The first time I heard of Scranton I was living on 1960’s London and it was being launched into space by James Blish, the next time I was trying to visit the railway museum, which was closed).
re: #14 Citizen K
God.
Do we really have to wait for the occupants of those seats to finally resign or pass away to have a chance for any of them? Are they really that fucking politically invincible?
Show no mercy to Republicans
Start—Indict Perdue for insider trading and if Loeffler gets back in indict her too. Indict Ron Johnson for colluding with Russian agents. Indict Rudy for election tampering. Indict every fucking Republican judge that allowed voter suppression. Indict Nunes as well. Investigate McConnell’s finances and indict him.
Indict Kavanaugh on charged of tax fraud. Indict Thomas on bribery charges.
Leave the Trumps to Tish and let her can their asses. Also let Tish pull the plug on the NRA.
Dear Cubans in Miami,
The guy you voted for is the one acting just like Fidel Castro.— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 5, 2020
“CNN reporting that Trump is giving up on the Wisconsin recount. My sources say that budget to fight in court is a potential factor.”
CNN reporting that Trump is giving up on the Wisconsin recount. My sources say that budget to fight in court is a potential factor. However- it may be that Trump is seeking a general system addressing vs state assessment for vote counts. Someone hide the nuclear codes.
— Rain Dove (@raindovemodel) November 4, 2020
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
Yep and he’s coddled more communists than Biden has.
Next. pic.twitter.com/AN6IJll83j
— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) November 4, 2020
re: #8 Unabogie
Let me just say that Trump has lost and he knows it. This isn’t 2000, where Bush had the presumption of having won. This is Trump throwing shit against the wall but like the wall on the border, he never built it and it’s a mirage.
The Democrats may not have captured the Senate, but we’ve removed the stain of Donald Trump, and the prosecutions will drop on Jan 20th at 12:00pm.
On we still have a shot at the Senate, if both Georgia seats go to a runoff.
I hereby claim Florida’s electoral votes in the name of the God-King Biden.
re: #2 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump just fell below 50% in Georgia.
Fuck, if it’s Atlanta that does it I might cry for a week.
“Oh, hey, there, f*gg*t, you need to get back in the closet because there is likely NO time that will be comfortable with you being openly in a non-het marriage. Hey, trap, YOU don’t even get that—start living as the gender associated with your birth sex.” https://t.co/D6PxOnaqON
— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) November 5, 2020
If you had told me 20 years ago that one day I’d see a US president suing states to stop them from counting legitimate ballots because he was so afraid of losing I’d have said “go on, yer nutz.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 5, 2020
I picked 20 years at random, folks, but thanks for letting me know I should have thought more carefully about my random numbers when tweeting.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 5, 2020
I immediately got five or six replies from people telling me what happened 20 years ago and why that made my tweet bad.
The Secret Service enters the chat https://t.co/cPsNnQW9sP
— Craig Hooper (@NextNavy) November 5, 2020
re: #36 Charles Johnson
Twenty years ago doesn’t mean talking about the 2000 election even if someone told you back then.
re: #8 Unabogie
The stain of Trump will be with us for a long time.
The Republicans are not mad at Trump. He did them a favor. He’s wildly expanded their base. Trump has kept the Senate in the hands of the Republicans.
Republicans are being rewarded for Trump’s hateful malfeasance.
Repeat: The Republicans wildest dreams - of locking the Dems out of the Senate and thus opening the door for a right-wing supreme court to wreck havoc on modernity - has happened.
This election was more terrible than some are willing to accept.
Fine, look for the silver lining in a Biden win. But Biden is starting off as the equivalent of a lame duck.
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The stain of Trump will be with us for a long time.
The Republicans are not mad at Trump. He did them a favor. He’s wildly expanded their base. Trump has kept the Senate in the hands of the Republicans.
Republicans are being rewarded for Trump’s hateful malfeasance.
Repeat: The Republicans wildest dreams - of locking the Dems out of the Senate and thus opening the door for a right-wing supreme court to wreck havoc on modernity - has happened.
This election was more terrible than some are willing to accept.
Fine, look for the silver lining in a Biden win. But Biden is starting off as the equivalent of a lame duck.
The Senate isn’t lost yet. It’s a long shot, but there’s still a chance.
re: #2 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump just fell below 50% in Georgia.
My bookmaker just made Biden a -200 (66%) favorite in GA.
re: #7 gocart mozart
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OMG, “don’t cry Jared, dictators still love him.” Hahahahahaha!
Assuming Biden is indeed the winner, what does that accomplish?
The end of the hate-tweets from the White House - yes.
Putting competent people in positions to serve the American public - yes.
Neither of which, though, will be remembered by the next election, which are the midterms in two years.
re: #41 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The Senate isn’t lost yet. It’s a long shot, but there’s still a chance.
How much money can we throw at two senate candidates in two months?
re: #14 Citizen K
God.
Do we really have to wait for the occupants of those seats to finally resign or pass away to have a chance for any of them? Are they really that fucking politically invincible?
Normally I’d be against vindictive legal actions, but I suspect every one of those people has some sort of weak spot, probably financial in nature, and I’d be looking for it.
re: #8 Unabogie
This is Trump throwing shit against the wall but like the wall on the border, he never built it and it’s a mirage.
Dude, he built three miles of the wall.
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re: #41 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The Senate isn’t lost yet. It’s a long shot, but there’s still a chance.
Willy Wonka is out of golden tickets.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Assuming Biden is indeed the winner, what does that accomplish?
The end of the hate-tweets from the White House - yes.
Putting competent people in positions to serve the American public - yes.
Neither of which, though, will be remembered by the next election, which are the midterms in two years.
No more children separated from their parents.
re: #35 Chrysicat
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LOL yeah stop talking to them about these things as if they are the most important issues…
While they vote as if those the most important issues, otherwise they wouldn’t be Trump voters in the first place.
If Joe Biden is president facing a plus 1 GOP majority Senate, he offers Susan Collins secretary of state and the Democratic governor of Maine appoints a Democrat to replace her. Problem solved.
— Washington Monthly (@monthly) November 4, 2020
and then fire her
no mercy
re: #45 Belafon
How much money can we throw at two senate candidates in two months?
A whole Fucking lot.
re: #48 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Willy Wonka is out of golden tickets.
If I remember correctly, there was a time in the book when people thought that was true, until it wasn’t.
re: #49 Belafon
No more children separated from their parents.
For now.
It can’t undone those who’ve been damaged already though, including those dead.
And the next Republican now knows to run on a fascistic platform, and the next Republican may be capable of effectively implementing things done poorly or undone by the incompetent Trump.
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Trump now is a loser and will be cast aside into the Republican’s rubbish bin. He was a useful tool for their nefarious agenda and nothing more.
The next Trump will be much more calculating and nuanced. I have a few Rethuglican candidates already in mind but it will be up to Republican voters to decide which one is evil enough to carry the tiki torch and effort to diminish and eliminate lots of people during the next election.
The U.S. just surpassed 141 million votes counted and Biden’s popular vote lead is up to 3.4 million (2.4%). https://t.co/9dMmSHHdVa pic.twitter.com/7tqXPNebUI
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2020
re: #48 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Willy Wonka is out of golden tickets.
Just wait for the votes to be counted before burying Ossoff and Warnock.
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
One of the things I learned when I started hanging with Iranian refugees in Paris in the 90’s. Some of them were fleeing Islamic repression. Some of them were MEK cultists and some of them were actual no fucking joke SAVAK.
I doubt it’s much different in the long-term Cuban exile community.
re: #30 NO SMOCKING GUN!
On we still have a shot at the Senate, if both Georgia seats go to a runoff.
If Trump loses, you will see Loeffler become the biggest moderate Republican for her runoff in a half-second flat.
re: #52 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A whole Fucking lot.
Didn’t help Amy McGrath or Jamie Harrison or Mary Hegar.
Hundreds of millions flushed down the toilet. There needs to be more done here than just throwing money at election followed by a surprised pikachu face when they lose by 20 points.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Assuming Biden is indeed the winner, what does that accomplish?
The end of the hate-tweets from the White House - yes.
Putting competent people in positions to serve the American public - yes.
Neither of which, though, will be remembered by the next election, which are the midterms in two years.
No more immunity for Trump.
No more Bill Barr, Mulvaney, Kushner, etc. Rational covid19 response. NATO good, Putin bad again, executive orders.
re: #51 dangerman
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Damn skippy. Brutal.
I think it’s a valid idea.
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The stain of Trump will be with us for a long time.
…
The Republicans wildest dreams - of locking the Dems out of the Senate and thus opening the door for a right-wing supreme court to wreck havoc on modernity - has happened.
You got that right. And the dems, starting with Obama/Scalia, rolled over and showed their bellies all the way through Barrett. I will NEVER forgive them for the lack of fight.
re: #62 Jack Burton
Didn’t help Amy McGrath or Jamie Harrison or Mary Hegar.
Hundreds of millions flushed down the toilet. There needs to be more done here than just throwing money at election followed by a surprised pikachu face when they lose by 20 points.
Agree, but it’s still going to take money to do those runoffs, and it’s going to take quite a bit, because Republicans will be sending money.
I know we talk about the money, but I can tell you that lots of people phone banked, wrote post cards, sent texts, and just about everything else. There’s a whole lot of suck in this country, but there has to continue to be a whole lot of fight on our side or it will get worse.
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
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You think they fucking care? They are the ones that idolize Augusto Pinochet and Fulgencio Batista. The dictator they cherish fled to fucking fascist Spain after the revolution.
Not a good look.
re: #55 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
For now.
It can’t undone those who’ve been damaged already though, including those dead.
And the next Republican now knows to run on a fascistic platform, and the next Republican may be capable of effectively implementing things done poorly or undone by the incompetent Trump.
Trumpism is a cult of personality which may not transfer to mere politicians. If it was that easy, Germany could’ve produced another Hitler and the GOP another Ronald Reagan.
re: #33 Belafon
I loved it. LOVE the production. She’s badass also.
re: #62 Jack Burton
Didn’t help Amy McGrath or Jamie Harrison or Mary Hegar.
Hundreds of millions flushed down the toilet. There needs to be more done here than just throwing money at election followed by a surprised pikachu face when they lose by 20 points.
Oh? Warnock was actually the leading vote getter in his contest. If that’s not worth a few bucks, I don’t know what is.
Local election results: The incumbent Republican mayor of Scottsbluff has been ousted. He came in third; the top two candidates are both Democrats. The race was for two city council seats.
On the six-seat Scottsbluff school board, another Democrat has been elected, ousting a Republican. The board is now 3-3. Of note, in the yard sign war in Scottsbluff, area printers noted school board signs were the most ordered signs.
For my school board in Dalton, six candidates ran for three seat; another Democrat was elected, expanding control of the board to five.
For my village board, the count is not yet in.
County ballot proposition to replace the position of elected County Surveyor with an appointed one overwhelmingly passed.
re: #63 JC1
No more immunity for Trump.
No more Bill Barr, Mulvaney, Kushner, etc. Rational covid19 response. NATO good, Putin bad again, executive orders.
Paris accords
re: #62 Jack Burton
Didn’t help Amy McGrath or Jamie Harrison or Mary Hegar.
Hundreds of millions flushed down the toilet. There needs to be more done here than just throwing money at election followed by a surprised pikachu face when they lose by 20 points.
Georgia isn’t Kentucky; Biden is going to win there or come damn close.
Source tells me Biden plans to announce his transition team tomorrow.
Was planned for today at noon, but got pushed back, so could happen again.
But for now, tomorrow is the plan.— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) November 5, 2020
re: #64 BigPapa
Damn skippy. Brutal.
I think it’s a valid idea.
Biden is too decent to do that. But offering Collins a Cabinet position is a damn good idea.
“It’s easy for us to place this all on Donald Trump’s shoulders. It’s easy for me to put Pittsburgh on his shoulders. It’s easy for me to place Charlottesville on his shoulders. It’s easy for us to place El Paso on his shoulders. This is US! And if we’re going to get past this, we can’t blame it on him. He is a manifestation of the ugliness that’s in us.”
Powerful words from Eddie Glaude from last year, but I think it goes a long way to explaining why Trump was elected in the first place, and why, in the face of his incompetence with Covid that has killed more than 200,000 people, along with too examples of his general awfulness that are too numerous to mention, he and his political party ended up doing as well as they’ve done in this election when they should have been blown out 1980 style.
Incredibly powerful, must-watch moment.
Thank you, @esglaude.pic.twitter.com/rT5CIGJU9O— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2019
re: #53 jaunte
She might go for it.
I believe it would cause a big bump in her federal pension if she accepted it.
What about Ambassador to the Court of St James? Even leave her there, it’s not that important these days thanks to Brexit.
re: #71 gwangung
Oh? Warnock was actually the leading vote getter in his contest. If that’s not worth a few bucks, I don’t know what is.
I heard for weeks that Jamie Harrison and Mary Hegar were in toss up races and it looked good.
They both got their asses handed to them in the election.
Were are doing something wrong. There’s problems with polling. Problems with messaging (even with Lincoln Project help). Problems with where the money is going.
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Let’s start with what Biden can do: he can solve the COVID crisis. That, he can do without Republican help and despite their efforts to stop him. There’s a TON of funding he can tap into to start helping the country actually try and slow the pandemic. Second, and this is not to be minimized, he can unleash the hounds of the law on the Trump criminal enterprise. Make no mistake, this is important. We need to see a reckoning, and I believe we will. Finally, he can set up Kamala Harris to run and win in 2024 (hopefully with a Democratic Senate). But although this was a huge blow, it was vitally important to remove Trump. And we did it. We did it.
re: #82 Jack Burton
I heard for weeks that Jamie Harrison and Mary Hegar were in toss up races and it looked good.
They both got their asses handed to them in the election.
Were are doing something wrong. There’s problems with polling. Problems with messaging (even with Lincoln Project help). Problems with where the money is going.
And I’m talking VOTES. IN AN ELECTION.
Take note of that. Still might not win. But I’m not talking polls…I’m talking election.
I’m sure as hell not giving up.
re: #82 Jack Burton
I heard for weeks that Jamie Harrison and Mary Hegar were in toss up races and it looked good.
They both got their asses handed to them in the election.
Were are doing something wrong. There’s problems with polling. Problems with messaging (even with Lincoln Project help). Problems with where the money is going.
The big problem with our messaging is that it involves helping blacks, women, and other groups the GOP hates. Georgia leaning towards Biden means that message isn’t having as big a problem as here in Texas.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Assuming Biden is indeed the winner, what does that accomplish?
The end of the hate-tweets from the White House - yes.
Putting competent people in positions to serve the American public - yes.
Neither of which, though, will be remembered by the next election, which are the midterms in two years.
Competent COVID response that maybe gets us approaching normalcy in ‘21 with decreased lives lost.
COVID stimulus of some sort.
Halt to the climate damage from Trump.
No handicapping the ACA.
As long as black folks can vote, 45% will vote Republican even if the nominee is Satan.
A crucial win for Democrats: Sen. Gary Peters wins reelection in Michigan, @DecisionDeskHQ projectshttps://t.co/bjpUKAZ7IG
— Eliza Relman (@eliza_relman) November 5, 2020
re: #86 William Lewis
Unless the puppet SCOTUS says otherwise…
It warms my heart to think of Trump’s #2 bff Kim Jon Un sticking up for him like that.
— BlueButterfly VOTED!🦋 (@DonnaBlue88) November 5, 2020
Holy Mic Drop batman. And it looks like black folks in Atlanta could deliver a coupe de grace to Trump in the South.
Chaplain in Detroit on the “stop the count” protests:
“We’re not deterred … The Black vote in Detroit is higher than it’s ever been and we will determine the outcome — because we’ve gone from picking cotton to picking presidents.” #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/J4CLPf21yL— The Recount (@therecount) November 4, 2020
re: #89 Ace Rothstein
As long as black folks can vote, 45% will vote Republican if the nominee is Satan.
You mean 45% of White people I assume.
If GA is called tonight for Biden, I’m assuming Biden makes his victory speech shortly afterwards, yes?
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re: #74 Nyet
Require Senate?
No. It was done by executive order.
When Obama’s team negotiated for the accords, the US team specifically asked for a three-year delay if a future president wished to withdraw from the agreement, based on the failure of the Kyoto Protocols.
However, there is a penalty for rejoining, in that we cannot participate in the next round of negotiations regarding climate targets, scheduled for December 12.
Someone’s worn out their act, sounds like.
NEW via @Acosta : Source close to WH said it’s apparent GOP officials losing patience w/Trump’s behavior as he baselessly claims fraud is robbing him of presidency. Trump “bleeding GOP support” said source, who likened Trump complaints to an “ambulance chasing routine” #CNN
— lisa mirando (@LisaMirandoCNN) November 4, 2020
You knew he was a snake when you took him in. Womp womp, motherfuckers.
re: #100 makeitstop
Someone’s worn out their act, sounds like.
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You knew he was a snake when you took him in. Womp womp, motherfuckers.
Like the orange buffoon, they drop their tool when no longer needed.
As noted above, the orange buffoon delivered more to their evil cause than they ever could have dreamed.
re: #100 makeitstop
Someone’s worn out their act, sounds like.
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You knew he was a snake when you took him in. Womp womp, motherfuckers.
Yeah so all that hand wringing about BUT BUT BUT WHAT IF HE REFUSES TO LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE?
Secret Service gonna haul out his lard ass on a handcart like Hannibal Lechter.
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
Don Winslow @donwinslow
Dear Cubans in Miami,
The guy you voted for is the one acting just like Fidel Castro.
I think Trump is more like the type of Cuban president/dictator who ruled Cuba prior to Castro. He represents (in their mind) the strong leader (at least until he is disposed).
Unfortunately in Cuba, it led to corrupt figures like Gerardo Machado prior to Fulgencio Batista, then Carlos Prío Socarrás. then Bastista again.
FWIW in the 1930s, Bastista worked for a period of time for my grandfather in Havana as a car salesman until he quit and rejoined the Cuban military. Then Bastista fomented the coup against Machado to become de facto leader of Cuba’s military, and then president for his first term.
re: #100 makeitstop
Someone’s worn out their act, sounds like.
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The first throes of the GOP Civil War. They know they have a future beyond Trump but they know their base will love him forever.
re: #82 Jack Burton
i actually don’t blame the DCCC for the money spent… the polling showed the races as being competitive, to ignore that would be to not make the GOP fight for what was perceived to be a winnable seat. Hindsight is good and all, but why are we pissing about SC and KY? We also lost Iowa and Me, which also appeared to be gettable, we could have thrown more money at Montana and Alaska or even Mississippi… choices were made based on the information that was at hand.
If the information at hand sucked, then you have to figure out why… why would act blue designate support to races if the polling didn’t show it as worth the effort? It strikes me that if the DCCC wants to, then they should eschew public polling (if its this misleading) and develop their own more rigorous methodology to determine what is getable and what isn’t.
Also, the messaging has to be adjusted, I believe it was Bitcofer’s thread earlier that re-informed us, that these people are fucking stupid, low effort, low engagement voters who have their societal identity tied up with the GOP. You have to find a crack in that bubble, exploit it and break them into the real world, to have them understand that No, Donald Trump did not support a mask mandate and here are the fucking words out of his own mouth, with a date and time as to when he said it. If your source is Fox News or ONN, even better, these folks BELIEVE those sources.
Out on Facebook, I’m sure you can STILL find trogdolytes that never believed that Grabbing women by the pussy because your famous and can get away with it is nothing more than locker room talk… yet you need to bring them home, can you say that to YOUR wife? If Donald Trump grabbed your wife’s tits and ass because he wanted to, is THAT really how you think things should be?
I have no idea if any of this makes sense, but I think if there’s a lesson learned, its that DCC doesn’t rely on public or media entities that apparently suck at their job and do a better job of understanding what their message needs to be for the audience that its intended for.
It’s sort of reversed the old adage. Republicans fell in love while Dems fell in line though I concede I genuinely do like and admire, Joe Biden.
re: #100 makeitstop
I don’t buy the Republicans-are-now-the-good-guys claims.
This is just an attempt at retcon.
The GOP got what they wanted. They are not upset.
re: #38 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Now it’s real, Mofos.
Happening right now at the White House. pic.twitter.com/OmYIRJUZo9
— 🌊 Karen C 🌊 (@DewDropInn222) November 5, 2020
Newly Elected QAnon Congresswoman Worried She Selling Out By Working With Pedophile Cabal https://t.co/HcEcwB4nhU pic.twitter.com/GU0znxng1S
— The Onion (@TheOnion) November 4, 2020
My new congress critter is part of the QAnon caucus. Fucking embarrassing.
re: #62 Jack Burton
Didn’t help Amy McGrath or Jamie Harrison or Mary Hegar.
Hundreds of millions flushed down the toilet. There needs to be more done here than just throwing money at election followed by a surprised pikachu face when they lose by 20 points.
Alternative view: You can’t win if you don’t run.
Texas statewide races are always going to be expensive. Beto O’Rourke started when he went after Ted Cruz, paving the way to rebuild the Democratic Party.
That made it possible for MJ Hager to mount her challenge. She lost. That happens in elections. There will be more elections, and Texas seems to be trending blue (by the way, how did the Texas House come out in this?)
Wendy Davis came within 7 points of Chip Roy, a seat the Republicans held for forty years.
Ousting entrenched Republicans is going to be expensive. The alternative is not to try.
In Mitch McConnell’s race, because he is the majority leader, every person in the country is affected by his decisions.
Jamie Harrison has done the same thing for South Carolina as O’Rourke did for Texas.
This will be a long slog.
re: #44 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Assuming Biden is indeed the winner, what does that accomplish?
The end of the hate-tweets from the White House - yes.
Putting competent people in positions to serve the American public - yes.
Neither of which, though, will be remembered by the next election, which are the midterms in two years.
So what then? Should we just sit in the corner and suck our thumbs?
JFC—if Biden didn’t/doesn’t win, we’re fucking headed for a crash landing of astronomical proportions. But hey, let’s drain every ounce of joy out of a win.
I think I’ll go suck my thumb and watch a movie.
The downfall has come. pic.twitter.com/WdAUHCvlJi
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) November 3, 2020
Only Democrats can win and fucking bitch about it.
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re: #100 makeitstop
How is Trump bleeding GOP support? They’ll walk over coals to steal the election for him. They’ll do everything they can to stop the vote counting that’s going on now. Please!
— Sean Golden (@disciple_sean) November 5, 2020
re: #112 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Alternative view: You can’t win if you don’t run.
Texas statewide races are always going to be expensive. Beto O’Rourke started when he went after Ted Cruz, paving the way to rebuild the Democratic Party.
That made it possible for MJ Hager to mount her challenge. She lost. That happens in elections. There will be more elections, and Texas seems to be trending blue (by the way, how did the Texas House come out in this?)
Wendy Davis came within 7 points of Chip Roy, a seat the Republicans held for forty years.
Ousting entrenched Republicans is going to be expensive. The alternative is not to try.
In Mitch McConnell’s race, because he is the majority leader, every person in the country is affected by his decisions.
Jamie Harrison has done the same thing for South Carolina as O’Rourke did for Texas.
This will be a long slog.
Yeah, that thing about never winning the elections you don’t contest is kinda relevant; softening up Texas is not a bad thing.
That’s something to think about if you’re talking longer term strategies. Another thing to think about is your battleground. Georgia is no longer a gimme for Republicans. It’s rapidly turning purple, with Hollywood and other liberal leaning industries moving the Atlanta.
That means it makes TOTAL sense to throw money at contests there. The presidential race, no matter how it turns out, means there’s something there to harvest.
When I hear that the Trump campaign is filing a suit to stop counting voting in Georgia, more than any other place I think: “they’re wondering what is going wrong with their suppression tactics and software.”
re: #117 Patricia Kayden
How is Trump bleeding GOP support? They’ll walk over coals to steal the election for him. They’ll do everything they can to stop the vote counting that’s going on now. Please!
Hey, I’m just posting it! :)
Quote this man in your stories! https://t.co/kSksK7Ru4D pic.twitter.com/WRJJLlqogT
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 4, 2020
The bold and perceptive (though fake) comrades at DPRK News have once again trumped their timid American counterparts for accuracy and journalistic innovation:
Supporters of failing Warlord Donald Trump demand entry to voting facility to prevent counting of votes by dissidents, revolutionaries, peoples of color, and others deemed “sub-human” by ruling republican junta. https://t.co/ganuifG4zm
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) November 4, 2020
re: #117 Patricia Kayden
From the way that’s phrased, it sounds like some insiders testing messaging for when they pretend they were not for Trump all along.
re: #119 gwangung
Yeah, that thing about never winning the elections you don’t contest is kinda relevant; softening up Texas is not a bad thing.
That’s something to think about if you’re talking longer term strategies. Another thing to think about is your battleground. Georgia is no longer a gimme for Republicans. It’s rapidly turning purple, with Hollywood and other liberal leaning industries moving the Atlanta.
That means it makes TOTAL sense to throw money at contests there. The presidential race, no matter how it turns out, means there’s something there to harvest.
Money spent on a losing fight is not a total loss—it makes them spend money that could do mischief elsewhere.
Trust me—Alabama Democrat, losing causes since 1864.
re: #118 Dave In Austin
So he’s suing to stop the Black votes from being counted. That’s pretty rich.
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Why can’t the police arrest them. They’re obstructing democracy. Every vote needs to be counted. This isn’t 2000 Florida.
TBH Trump’s no longer of any use to them so they’re perfectly okay kicking his ass to the curb. This applies to Fox News too. https://t.co/oh8jWsA3aE
— Wakandan Brand Ambassador (@Kennymack1971) November 5, 2020
More local election results: The incumbent Democratic mayor of Bayard has been reëlected.
If and when Biden is declared the winner, it’s a walk over hot coals until inauguration with the pending lawsuits, insane tweets, and renegade MAGAs. I suspect at least a few incidents of domestic terrorism, while our outgoing POTUS fans the flames.
And I hope that kind of lawlessness and outright treachery is not ignored. I want every lying fuck that tried to undermine the democracy of this country on trial for their life. I want the IRS so bogged down in forensic accounting they have to hire more staff to send out stimulus checks. I want their mansions gone, their golddigging wives making off with the good silver, their offshore accounts exposed, all their embarrassing and illegal behavior front and center of every country newspaper.
This isn’t just a difference of opinion, it’s a difference of fact. Make treason a bad thing again.
re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The stain of Trump will be with us for a long time.
The Republicans are not mad at Trump. He did them a favor. He’s wildly expanded their base. Trump has kept the Senate in the hands of the Republicans.
Republicans are being rewarded for Trump’s hateful malfeasance.
Repeat: The Republicans wildest dreams - of locking the Dems out of the Senate and thus opening the door for a right-wing supreme court to wreck havoc on modernity - has happened.
This election was more terrible than some are willing to accept.
Fine, look for the silver lining in a Biden win. But Biden is starting off as the equivalent of a lame duck.
In some ways this is true, and I have always enjoyed your analysis.
But it’s also better than some are willing to accept. Republicans have been endlessly rewarded for bad faith and bad behaviour, because that is how America is designed - to protect one class of people, and modern Republicans have chosen to embrace this philosophy more or less openly. America will continue to reward bad faith from its protected caste because that is what it is. It is the way it is meant to be.
It is also awful that millions upon millions refuse to share reality. That our neighbours continue to double down on bigotry and hate because they have caught a disease. The ability of modern media to control the minds of people and alter their reality is staggering and appalling.
On the other hand, a cultish leader, backed by the most powerful mind-control apparatus in human history, and enjoying a systemic advantage designed to protect minority rule above the lives of its citizens, still lost power. Millions doubled down on him, but millions more did not. A generation of leaders is forming who have only ever seen Republicans as the cartoonish evildoers they are. I still don’t trust my neighbours, and I still talked to a fucking doctor today who insisted Covid is a hoax, but America did everything it could to keep its mad king in power - cheating, voter suppression, media manipulation - and some American people still denied America itself.
America is still doomed if it cannot change its fundamentals. It still has no answer to right wing media. Minorities will not save it. Its systems and norms will not save it. It made the worst human on earth its king, and tried to keep him there, but for now, it has failed. That, if nothing else, is reason to smile.
And maybe soon that day will come when I never have to think about Donald fucking Trump again.
Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania has dropped below 200k. Waiting for a big dump in Arizona.
re: #129 jaunte
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This is actually in a way the best we could ask for. Trump’s people aren’t going to forgive the pre Trump GOP hacks.
Polling industry got some ‘splainin to do.
This October Biden-vs.-Trump poll captured the basic outline of the race pretty well. It was October of 2019. https://t.co/DBlx1rM9XG pic.twitter.com/uAQFB88cIZ
— The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) November 5, 2020
re: #133 NO SMOCKING GUN!
That is good news but I doubt that PA will turn blue. :(
re: #105 piratedan
Also, the messaging has to be adjusted, I believe it was Bitcofer’s thread earlier that re-informed us, that these people are fucking stupid, low effort, low engagement voters who have their societal identity tied up with the GOP. You have to find a crack in that bubble, exploit it and break them into the real world, to have them understand that No, Donald Trump did not support a mask mandate and here are the fucking words out of his own mouth, with a date and time as to when he said it. If your source is Fox News or ONN, even better, these folks BELIEVE those sources.
Out on Facebook, I’m sure you can STILL find trogdolytes that never believed that Grabbing women by the pussy because your famous and can get away with it is nothing more than locker room talk… yet you need to bring them home, can you say that to YOUR wife? If Donald Trump grabbed your wife’s tits and ass because he wanted to, is THAT really how you think things should be?
I have no idea is any of this makes sense, but I think if there’s a lesson learned, its that DCC doesn’t rely on public or media entities that apparently suck at their job and do a better job of understanding what their message needs to be for the audience that its intended for.
Changing that messaging will not work. These people cannot be convinced, in much the same way you cannot cure someone of cancer by convincing him he doesn’t have it. They have a disease. The treatment is to remove their source and deprogram. Rachel Bitecofer’s idea of engaging with them in a similarly lowbrow fashion will not work, though by and large I think her analysis is good. These people do not have agency. They are unable to help themselves, even if Republicans maim them personally. They can only do what they are told.
Two of the biggest metropolitan areas in the country are still pouring in. That’s Phoenix-Maricopa, Philly County and its burbs, & Atlanta Fulton metro. Record turnout. And Biden has looked steady in all three especially Atlanta metro and Philly. That’s your story. These are the modern cities. They’re intimately connected
Frothy sounds worried as hell.
Thank you Thulasendrapuram!
Whatever you did it seems to have worked!— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) November 5, 2020
Drop by the India Today twitter and show the people of Thulasendrapuram some love.
Senate could be decided in the Georgia runoffs. Wow.
Well, I’m going to “do an Anymouse” and take a nap.
Still waiting to hear on how the US House elections came out.
122K left to count
Trump Georgia lead now down to 38K
(from @DecisionDeskHQ) pic.twitter.com/aDuGcir03y— Steve Lookner (@lookner) November 5, 2020
re: #140 jaunte
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Drop by the India Today twitter and show the people of Thulasendrapuram some love.
How cool. The people of Balina, Mayo, Ireland have embraced Biden whose great great grandfather was born there. The world is watching.
— You’re Fired 2020 (@youre_fired2020) November 5, 2020
Current mood. pic.twitter.com/P9qIn9BhQJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 5, 2020
re: #36 Charles Johnson
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I immediately got five or six replies from people telling me what happened 20 years ago and why that made my tweet bad.
Go ahead and be pedantic right back - bush wanted a recount stopped, not the original count, which is what tubby anusface wants.
re: #147 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Not Susan, Maine fills vacant seats by special election.
Honestly, that’s the way it should be.
re: #136 PhillyPretzel
That is good news but I doubt that PA will turn blue. :(
There are hundreds of thousands of votes still left to be counted, and mostly from Philly, the Philly suburbs and Pittsburgh.
Why wouldn’t it turn blue?
re: #136 PhillyPretzel
That is good news but I doubt that PA will turn blue. :(
Philly look at where the votes are coming in from. Your metro area has been one of Joe’s best. He’s shaved a lot off Trump’s lead in Pa and it’s far from over.
re: #151 i(m)p(each)sos
Going back 4 years to when this horrible mistake was first made I have become a bit cynical. That and a punk who decided to walk on the El tracks so I was late in getting home have made me a bit angry.
re: #151 i(m)p(each)sos
There are hundreds of thousands of votes still left to be counted, and mostly from Philly, the Philly suburbs and Pittsburgh.
Why wouldn’t it turn blue?
As I said, Philly and the burbs will likely be the margin of victory. My grandparents county is gone to Trump but Philly metro is killing Trump.
re: #151 i(m)p(each)sos
There are hundreds of thousands of votes still left to be counted, and mostly from Philly, the Philly suburbs and Pittsburgh.
Why wouldn’t it turn blue?
Well, there’s the old saw about “Pennsylvania” (still likely true):
“Pittsburgh in the West, Philly in the East, Alabama in the middle” …..
re: #154 PhillyPretzel
Going back 4 years to when this horrible mistake was first made I have become a bit cynical. That and a punk who decided to walk on the El tracks so I was late in getting home have made me a bit angry.
I hear ya. That was a tough day for us all.
Is senate control still in reach? Runoffs in Ga, James Carville says dems have a chance at Alaska seat.
re: #100 makeitstop
Someone’s worn out their act, sounds like.
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You knew he was a snake when you took him in. Womp womp, motherfuckers.
I’m not sure I believe it. What have they not taken from him in the past — and amplified?
re: #147 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Not Susan, Maine fills vacant seats by special election.
Still be worth the play - without an incumbent, it’ll be an easier seat to win.
Excellent news from my home state. Pomaika’i, Kai. https://t.co/EaFpp2uyyJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 5, 2020
Limbaugh today asked why do the networks get to call who wins the states, and wanted to know when it started.
Trump supporters protesting… *checks notes* …democracy pic.twitter.com/cOMlkPfdwD
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) November 5, 2020
re: #159 VegasGolfer
Is senate control still in reach? Runoffs in Ga, James Carville says dems have a chance at Alaska seat.
I think I see why Carville said that now.
The numbers that were reported for Alaska last night/this morning (roughly 2-1 for Dan Sullivan, the Republican) are ONLY in-person voting, early and in the precincts.
There have been NO absentee ballot counts reported, and won’t be until Tuesday.
What’s the breakdown of those absentees? Beats me… but we have no choice except to wait and see.
re: #103 BeenHereAwhile
I think Trump is more like the type of Cuban president/dictator who ruled Cuba prior to Castro. He represents (in their mind) the strong leader (at least until he is disposed).
Unfortunately in Cuba, it led to corrupt figures like Gerardo Machado prior to Fulgencio Batista, then Carlos Prío Socarrás. then Bastista again.
FWIW in the 1930s, Bastista worked for a period of time for my grandfather in Havana as a car salesman until he quit and rejoined the Cuban military. Then Bastista fomented the coup against Machado to become de facto leader of Cuba’s military, and then president for his first term.
I think trump is more like Baby Doc (Jean-Claude Duvalier.)
Biden currently trails 39,911 votes in Georgia with 122,000 votes outstanding.
The remaining votes are from the Atlanta area.— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) November 5, 2020
re: #163 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh today asked why do the networks get to call who wins the states, and wanted to know when it started.
I am very pleased that Rush has lived to see the Fall of Trump. He should hurry up and die now.
Trump campaign is telling supporters to “FIGHT BACK” and obviously they don’t mean by casting a vote. https://t.co/2qh47vmCwj
— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) November 5, 2020
re: #169 jaunte
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re: #163 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh today asked why do the networks get to call who won the states.
Why are these pesky “reporters” always finding things out first?
Question: why did all the Democrats vote early, and all the Republicans vote day of?
re: #169 jaunte
I got the same email. He’s asking for money like every other politician. Stop inciting fear. pic.twitter.com/dtYMs4TJ61
— Buff Daddy 🇭🇹 (@MojoMoe) November 5, 2020
re: #160 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
I’m not sure I believe it. What have they not taken from him in the past — and amplified?
Dunno, to me it looks like they’re looking for an excuse to cut him loose.
Self-preservation has finally, finally kicked in. Ain’t gonna help, though.
re: #172 Ace Rothstein
Question: why did all the Democrats vote early, and all the Republicans vote day of?
Trump told them to vote day of (probably because he hoped to find a way to remove all early votes) and Democrats voted early and especially heavily by mail because we’re worried about COVID.
Had that thought earlier. What are the odds he tries to sneak out of the country. Direct flight to Russia. Maybe Turkey.
— Ashley Paskalis (@Ash_Pask) November 5, 2020
If he does somehow manage to flee, he will not need a passport.
re: #173 Belafon
Waste more of your hard earned money to rescue your favorite billionaire.
re: #163 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh today asked why do the networks get to call who wins the states, and wanted to know when it started.
He’s got some shuffling to do.
re: #176 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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If he does somehow manage to flee, he will not need a passport.
I can just see him trying to escape on Air Force One. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Last night I was anxious wanting a quick victory but now, in hindsight…this slow drawn out beatdown is so much more satisfying…trump is in AGONY…a slow painful agony towards defeat.
This is sooooooooooo much better.— Pragmatic Obots (@PragmaticObot) November 5, 2020
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
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I would have preferred a quick knockout if only because then I wouldn’t have had to spend the last 36 hours watching people lose their fuckin’ minds…again.
I laughed way too hard. pic.twitter.com/TRdsS1RXYz
— Maggie Klaus (@Maggie_Klaus) November 5, 2020
re: #180 The Pie Overlord!
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And I’ve aged 5 years in 5 days. It’s not worth it. He would be in more agony in the coming months either on trial or in hiding.
Can someone do a pat down of Trump and Ivanka on the way out? Silverware, historical maps. There are actually many historical and valuable objects in the White House.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 5, 2020
All kinda this stuff at Breitbart.
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Individuals need to start taking matters into their own hands. Silently.
cerebral ballsy Obama bin Biden • 33 minutes ago
You mean use silencers? 🙂
Dekef cerebral ballsy • an hour ago
You can let loose with whatever you got. Just wear a hoodie.
It’ll be a while before they figure it out. DemocRats don’t believe
in self defense and cops want a little payback. And cops voted for Trump.
re: #184 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
And check what they mail out of the White House too.
STATE FINANCIAL CRIMES INCREASINGLY LOOM OVER TRUMP AS PRESIDENCY SLIPS AWAY FROM HIM https://t.co/nCOS3pYhkz
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 5, 2020
I think the only way to make this kind of headline more fun would be “PACKS OF RABID LLAMAS, EXPLOSIVE FLATULENCE, INTERPOL RED NOTICES RANK AS TRUMP’S WORST PROBLEMS - FORECAST TO BECOME EVEN MORE DIRE LATER THIS WEEK”
🤣— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 5, 2020
re: #185 Amory Blaine
All kinda this stuff at Breitbart.
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sounds just lovely
re: #185 Amory Blaine
All kinda this stuff at Breitbart.
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Individuals need to start taking matters into their own hands. Silently.
Dead terrorists coming up. Sucks to be them.
re: #185 Amory Blaine
All kinda this stuff at Breitbart.
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Their assumption that liberals won’t defend themselves is hilarious.
re: #173 Belafon
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“I’m going out ‘gathering’ with the guys; if you could just go ahead and dress whatever you get and make a good stew by the time I get back, that would be great.”
9,000-Year-Old Burial of Female Hunter Upends Beliefs About Prehistoric Gender Roles https://t.co/GVS8nX9M0U via @gizmodo
— John Biggs (@johnbiggs) November 4, 2020
re: #185 Amory Blaine
All kinda this stuff at Breitbart.
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Individuals need to start taking matters into their own hands. Silently.
Tell them they need to wear their brown pants.
re: #191 Sir John Barron
They hired the best writers from the MLM supplement world.
re: #173 Belafon
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So my sucker family members kick in $5 and Putin launders $995 to Trump.
Damn, I wish I could get away with scams like this!
re: #194 jaunte
They hired the best writers from the MLM supplement world.
“get a friend to donate 5$ and you get an all expense paid cruise. believe me.”
re: #190 Belafon
Their assumption that liberals won’t defend themselves is hilarious.
There’s 100 million gun owners in the country. Trump got 60-70 million votes. Do they think there’s 30-40 million Trump nuts out there who didn’t vote?
2.
Sen. Rubio: “The result of the presidential race will be known after every legally cast vote has been counted.”
Rep. Kinzinger: “The votes will be counted and you will either win or lose.”— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) November 4, 2020
4. Gov.-elect Cox: “There is nothing nefarious about it taking a few days to count all legitimate votes.”
Former Gov. Huckabee said counting votes, no matter how long it takes, is fundamental in a democracy.
“If the president loses on that front, then he loses.”— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) November 4, 2020
re: #198 Dread Pirate Ron
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Yeah but I should get to count all the votes. OK? That’s the Law. I hereby claim it.
re: #198 Dread Pirate Ron
“We want fascism with the populace believing we’re still a democracy.”
One really nice side effect of watching these Trump leads slipping away is that the Twitter & Youtube MAGAts that were pumping out stories about how Trump would be destroying “globalist” leftists and other juvenile crowing have fallen completely silent.
You think that’s bad, in 1824 the election wasn’t decided until the following February. Remember it like it was yesterday. https://t.co/Aeg5efHLiK
— Jonathan Myerson Katz (@KatzOnEarth) November 5, 2020
.@vanitaguptaCR says she’s “not optimistic” that Attorney General William Barr “will be the voice of reason upholding basic democratic norms at this moment.” https://t.co/TaDeSX3kZl
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) November 4, 2020
Let’s be clear: this is posturing. You can imagine Trump calling Barr at midnight freaking out after Fox called AZ saying do something for me and Barr willingly obliging. Time for a new DOJ.
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) November 5, 2020
📈Latino Voters in Georgia 📈
In Gwinnett County, GA, a suburb of Atlanta, Biden got 75% of the vote in precincts with high concentrations of Latinos. pic.twitter.com/gcTDtjszlW— UCLA LPPI (@UCLAlatino) November 5, 2020
re: #201 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!
Scrambling for a new business plan?
re: #205 jaunte
Scrambling for a new business plan?
I’m pretty sure the “White guy ranting in videos about ‘SJWs’ in media and video games” business plan is safe.
re: #203 Dread Pirate Ron
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Bill Barr is a scourge. https://t.co/E5BL2KZBUO
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 5, 2020
There’s also the ever lucrative “genre” of bitching about Women and Black People destroying Star Wars.
There’s plenty of opportunities for Youtube MAGAts to move into. Hell most of them are already doing these on the side.
“Am really upset and now I’ll need to work in a Pizza Hut - I will offer Hunter Biden a Square go” #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/x9lp9uXX3l
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) November 5, 2020
Remember this. American politics - like everybody’s - is very weird and capable of change faster than you might think - for good and bad. Obama was barely imaginable in 2004, so was Trump in 2012. A constitutional gay marriage ban seemed a possibility in the 2000s. https://t.co/4xFk8LPmuz
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) November 4, 2020
Trump officials driving down to Philadelphia to declare a fake, completely made-up victory will be laughed about for a very long time.
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) November 5, 2020
Or… my personal favorite. White dudes complaining about how new Star Trek is too political and tainted by cultural marxists.
LOL have they ever watched “old” Star Trek it before?
DEMOCRATS. I want you to practice saying the following four words: “Fuck You, We Won.” https://t.co/ReIkDPXNOE
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) November 4, 2020
re: #213 Jack Burton
Or… my personal favorite. White dudes complaining about how new Star Trek is too political and tained by cultural marxists.
LOL have they ever watched “old” Star Trek it before?
The Federation and Roddenberry were the original Social Justice Warriors.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
The White House just posted their own Electoral Tracker. pic.twitter.com/IjTJgtLhHP
— Travis Allen 🇺🇸 (@TravisAllen02) November 5, 2020
I know we’re not part of the ICC… but can we in US courts try Stephen Miller for crimes against humanity?
re: #213 Jack Burton
Or… my personal favorite. White dudes complaining about how new Star Trek is too political and tained by cultural marxists.
LOL have they ever watched “old” Star Trek it before?
Wasn’t that the show where the captain gets to make out with all the alien women, but only had one son?
re: #218 Belafon
Wasn’t that the show where the captain gets to make out with all the alien women, but only had one son?
That he knew of.
re: #217 sagehen
I know we’re not part of the ICC… but can we in US courts try Stephen Miller for crimes against humanity?
I hope so, and all the ICE and CBP people who made it a reality.
re: #217 sagehen
I know we’re not part of the ICC… but can we in US courts try Stephen Miller for crimes against humanity?
I have no problem whatsoever in shipping Herr Miller out to the Hague in chains.
re: #215 gwangung
The Federation and Roddenberry were the original Social Justice Warriors.
But Captain Kirk was a total chad just look at him…. taking part in the first interracial kiss on American television….
re: #208 Jack Burton
There’s also the ever lucrative “genre” of bitching about Women and Black People destroying Star Wars.
There’s plenty of opportunities for Youtube MAGAts to move into. Hell most of them are already doing these on the side.
I really think a lot of this cultural stuff was a trial balloon by the Russians to see how they could stir up shit in the US and a lot of it was online.
re: #218 Belafon
Wasn’t that the show where the captain gets to make out with all the alien women, but only had one son?
To go where no man has gone before…
Playable Women characters video games? Did none of these gamer bros ever play Tomb Raider or Resident Evil?
It’s basically just a matter of finishing the count but Biden is over performing big time in PA. https://t.co/XGXu8ODFYa
— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) November 5, 2020
re: #218 Belafon
Wasn’t that the show where the captain gets to make out with all the alien women, but only had one son?
that makes sense. after all what are the chances a human would be able to successfully procreate with an alien species. I mean, would they even have dna? Seems like a good side benefit of hooking up with aliens, no paternity suits.
Edit: of course, counterpoint… Spock
Sick of these Christians!
Kick these Pulpit Pimps off of the Tax-Exempt Gravy Train!
TAX THE CHURCHES!— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) November 5, 2020
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
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keep in mind that many of the cubans here are perfectly happy with a clown in a military uniform running the country—they just bet on that clown being batista rather than Castro.
re: #217 sagehen
I know we’re not part of the ICC… but can we in US courts try Stephen Miller for crimes against humanity?
Henri Wirz was tried and convicted for war crimes but it might have been a military court.
re: #215 gwangung
The Federation and Roddenberry were the original Social Justice Warriors.
I view Jean-Luc Picard as somewhat of a father figure. I can’t say everything I know I learned from Star Trek, but damn did it teach me a lot.
I just wish it would have remembered it when 9/11 fucked my judgement up for about 5-7 years.
re: #228 PhillyPretzel
I got home too late last night to show these off. These are the new voting stickers. One for adults and one for kids.
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Those are awesome! We have very generic ones here… which is too bad, because we have a nice tradition here in Susan B. Anthony’s hometown of decorating her grave marker* with those stickers after voting.
*except that to prevent damage to the stone, the city now has a plexiglas cover that goes over the stone, and we put our stickers on that instead.
re: #223 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I really think a lot of this cultural stuff was a trial balloon by the Russians to see how they could stir up shit in the US and a lot of it was online.
I’m sure they were involved. Even the antivaxxer bullshit was force-multiplied by the Russians.
re: #227 jaunte
until the numbers are posted, the rest of us are simply fucking writhing out here hoping that this will be fucking OVER
Stacey Abrams is boss and deserves ALL the credit for the work she did/doing in Georgia. Amazing. #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/oeWa37sqJV
— Raquel Cepeda (@RaquelCepeda) November 5, 2020
re: #235 Jack Burton
I’m sure they were involved. Even the antivaxxer bullshit was force-multiplied by the Russians.
So much of our shit I think has been. Obviously not necessarily started but fueled by this.
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really surprised GA is this close.
Texas, too, relative to many past cycles.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So, so true.
And because Stacey Abrams will be a key player in the GOTV machine, I have at least a glimmer of hope that the Georgia Senate race(s) just might go our way in January when the runoff(s) happen(s).
re: #213 Jack Burton
Or… my personal favorite. White dudes complaining about how new Star Trek is too political and tainted by cultural marxists.
LOL have they ever watched “old” Star Trek it before?
I expect you know this, but what it boils down to is they don’t want all those girls in it. (Roddenberry cast three women in TNG — and six men — and was going to drop Marina Sirtis because too many women.)
*Denise Crosby left the show, so the Counselor stayed.
**Also, too many faces aren’t white, but that’s harder to calculate.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Madam DNC Chairwoman if I say so myself. I think she’d be great at it or if she wishes, a rematch against Kemp. I’d donate to her. Just one of our many Democrats who have shown multiple talents.
re: #238 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
So much of our shit I think has been. Obviously not necessarily started but fueled by this.
Russia should be held accountable for the shit it has been pulling, but the fact remains that without ongoing Republican corruption and treachery, nothing Russia could do would make a difference.
This just in: The Knicks just declared they are NBA champions..
— Irishrygirl (@irishrygirl) November 5, 2020
re: #240 🌹UOJB!
Dear DNC:
FIRE TOM PEREZ
HIRE STACEY ABRAMS!
Relax. They’re not gonna fire Tom right now. Let him get the win. Hell I’d even consider him for the cabinet- Perez is a better civil servant than he is party man. Then we’ll vote on a new chair- agreed Stacey.
re: #242 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
I expect you know this, but what it boils down to is they don’t want all those girls in it. (Roddenberry cast three women in TNG — and six men — and was going to drop Marina Sirtis because too many women.)
*Denise Crosby left the show, so the Counselor stayed.
**Also, too many faces aren’t white, but that’s harder to calculate.
Gene Roddenberry was more progressive than many, but still had his “issues”.
Meanwhile Star Trek: Lower Decks has the first Black Woman Captain that’s a regular and not a rando-1off-guest. Even though it’s an animated comedy, it’s still great and I love her.
Trump stole hundreds of babies away from their families forever because Stephen Miller thought it would be funny. He abused refugees and sterilized them in camps. He kidnapped parents on their children’s first day of school. I don’t know what a just punishment would look like.
— Yam Thielman💭 (@samthielman) November 5, 2020
wonder if its worth waiting up for NV; nothing’s changed on the AP tracker.
re: #247 Jack Burton
Gene Roddenberry was more progressive than many, but still had his “issues”.
Meanwhile Star Trek: Lower Decks has the first Black Woman Captain that’s a regular and not a rando-1off-guest. Even though it’s an animated comedy, it’s still great and I love her.
I enjoy Discovery, which I know some people hate, but it does have a black female lead.
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re: #250 BigPapa
Kornacki is killing me.
Here’s the thing to remember: PA is coming in bluer than expected. That alone gets Biden to 273.
And I still believe we’ll see NV and GA come in for Biden, which will get him to 295. At that point, AZ (if it holds) and NC (if…) would be gravy.
re: #229 danarchy
that makes sense. after all what are the chances a human would be able to successfully procreate with an alien species. I mean, would they even have dna? Seems like a good side benefit of hooking up with aliens, no paternity suits.
Edit: of course, counterpoint… Spock
Originally, Spock was supposed to have been the result of some sophisticated lab work — not a “natural” conception.
Also, there was some much later backstory about several major humanoid species being originally descended from “seedings” of a vanished elder race — but I agree. That’s one of the places where I needed an extra set of pulleys to suspend my disbelief.
re: #251 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I enjoy Discovery, which I know some people hate, but it does have a black female lead.
I think season 1 was bad, but I liked season 2. I’ve only seen the first episode of season 3.
Lewandowski looked exhausted and frantic on Hannity. Whomp Whomp.
This is the worst cover of WAP that I have ever seen. https://t.co/hDfI3JnsPz
— Blueberry Pie (@Pie_Overlord) November 5, 2020
re: #253 teleskiguy
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Black voters in Georgia are being flagged at a disproportion election rate. Please track your ballot and “cure” it if need be. Or it will be tossed out. There’s only a finite amount of time to do this. https://t.co/wKhPCGrj08
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) November 5, 2020
Llre: #254 i(m)p(each)sos
Here’s the thing to remember: PA is coming in bluer than expected. That alone gets Biden to 273.
And I still believe we’ll see NV and GA come in for Biden, which will get him to 295. At that point, AZ (if it holds) and NC (if…) would be gravy.
The only one of those five I have some cynicism is North Carolina but even that one might surprise in the end. This is turning into a nice little win. It’s not epic but it’s looking solid.
re: #249 Sir John Barron
wonder if its worth waiting up for NV; nothing’s changed on the AP tracker.
I think nothing is scheduled from NV until noon (eastern) tomorrow.
re: #248 jaunte
The long and disgusting history of capital punishment includes any number of things that Trump richly deserves.
re: #254 i(m)p(each)sos
Here’s the thing to remember: PA is coming in bluer than expected. That alone gets Biden to 273.
And I still believe we’ll see NV and GA come in for Biden, which will get him to 295. At that point, AZ (if it holds) and NC (if…) would be gravy.
I want all of them. All of them would be a teensy bit of repudiation. Better than 270.
re: #262 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I think nothing is scheduled from NV until noon (eastern) tomorrow.
that was the original line but then they said something about how due to the “level of interest” they would announce something sooner. But maybe they were just fooling with us and won’t come out till tomorrow as they originally planned anyway.
re: #256 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
I think season 1 was bad, but I liked season 2. I’ve only seen the first episode of season 3.
I could just never get past the mushroom drive. Stopped watching halfway through season 1
re: #266 Sir John Barron
that was the original line but then they said something about how due to the “level of interest” they would announce something sooner. But maybe they were just fooling with us and won’t come out till tomorrow as they originally planned anyway.
I saw something later that they were going back to the original line.
re: #247 Jack Burton
Gene Roddenberry was more progressive than many, but still had his “issues”.
Meanwhile Star Trek: Lower Decks has the first Black Woman Captain that’s a regular and not a rando-1off-guest. Even though it’s an animated comedy, it’s still great and I love her.
I’m also very fond of that show — much more than I thought I’d be. And TWO WOC are the principal characters, which is nice.
re: #251 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I enjoy Discovery, which I know some people hate, but it does have a black female lead.
I have issues with Discovery that have become less a problem as it’s gone on. Since they jumped 1000 years into the future and have no “stepping all over canon” problems to deal with I think it’s going to be even better.
That said none of my issues with Discovery were: “Oh no women!”, “Oh no brown people!”, “Oh no gays!”, or “Oh no they said ‘Fuck’!”
More like “Oh no you completely changed the Klingons for no reason” and “oh no there’s some serious plot holes here”… those kind of issues.
re: #163 Ace Rothstein
My only wish as far as Limbaugh is concerned is that he lives long enough to witness Kamala Harris take the Oath… and then die the next day.
The End.
Live look at the White House bunker where Trump is trying to stop the counting of ballots.
The internet remains undefeated… pic.twitter.com/nd79MMYSuS— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 4, 2020
re: #251 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I enjoy Discovery, which I know some people hate, but it does have a black female lead.
So far I like the characters a lot, but the story lines suck, IMHO. I haven’t looked at the third season yet, hope it’s better.
re: #242 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
I expect you know this, but what it boils down to is they don’t want all those girls in it. (Roddenberry cast three women in TNG — and six men — and was going to drop Marina Sirtis because too many women.)
*Denise Crosby left the show, so the Counselor stayed.
**Also, too many faces aren’t white, but that’s harder to calculate.
Well, to be (somewhat) fair, Crosby left for two understandable reasons: She feared being type-casted and she felt that the character wasn’t going anywhere because the writers didn’t know what do with her. Hell, Sir Patrick has admitted on more than one occasion that he spent the first 3 seasons expecting at any moment to be back on his way to Britain to resume theater work due to the series’ cancellation.
re: #251 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I enjoy Discovery, which I know some people hate, but it does have a black female lead.
I watched the first season, didn’t make it far into the second season.
For me, ST:D is too dramatic, too dark, too much the embodiment of our current cultural dystopia.
I prefer my Trek to be more escapist.
Btw with Georgia in play, the Senate ain’t gone yet.
Election interference https://t.co/1LRReegijt
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) November 5, 2020
re: #276 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I watched the first season, didn’t make it far into the second season.
For me, ST:D is too dramatic, too dark, too much the embodiment of our current cultural dystopia.
I prefer my Trek to be more escapist.
I can’t make any promises about the third season, but as of now it looks like they’re slowly trying to get back to that “optimistic future” vibe. You just have to wade through a ton of shit to get to it.
re: #277 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Btw with Georgia in play, the Senate ain’t gone yet.
Ossoff brought it to that evil bastard. I’m keeping my expectations low, but that would be sweet.
re: #215 gwangung
The Federation and Roddenberry were the original Social Justice Warriors.
Yep.
I am tempted, from time to time, to get Bellator Iustitia Socialis engraved on the side of my sword.
Trump’s GA lead is now 32k and some change.
re: #268 danarchy
I could just never get past the mushroom drive. Stopped watching halfway through season 1
I had a talk about that with a biologist at one of the conventions — he was a presenter on the science of Star Trek. We agreed that it had to be a metaphor. 😉
re: #279 Targetpractice
I never liked DS9 either. It felt too much like a soap opera trying to portray tribal warfare (of humans, cast upon other species) in a way that was too… I don’t know, too mushy I think.
re: #282 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
How many GOP African Americans are in the House anyway?
I’m expecting to be able to count on no hands. Maybe one.
Accosta says they’re worried about Georgia.
re: #233 Jack Burton
I view Jean-Luc Picard as somewhat of a father figure. I can’t say everything I know I learned from Star Trek, but damn did it teach me a lot.
I just wish it would have remembered it when 9/11 fucked my judgement up for about 5-7 years.
If it makes you feel better look at how much Wolf 359 f**ked up Picard for a bit (most obviously directly after it, but he’d carry that scar with him all the way to First Contact… he went through on a personal level much like what we as a country did on a national level.
re: #248 jaunte
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Life without parole at Levenworth making big rocks into small rocks.
re: #286 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s bleeding out.
I don’t think a Dem prez candidate has won GA since….Bill Clinton, 1992?
re: #277 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Btw with Georgia in play, the Senate ain’t gone yet.
Just imagining how painful it is going to be if we have these TWO races in the same state to grind our teeth over until January.
re: #287 Jack Burton
How many GOP African Americans are in the House anyway?
I’m expecting to be able to count on no hands. Maybe one.
Will Hurd but he’s retiring.
— JayStayDafuqHomeHo ©️ (@JayHoOfTheRocks) November 5, 2020
re: #291 Sir John Barron
I don’t think a Dem prez candidate has won GA since….Bill Clinton, 1992?
Oui
re: #288 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Accosta says they’re worried about Georgia.
Accosta says WHO is worried about Georgia?
re: #292 bratwurst
Just imagining how painful it is going to be if we have these TWO races in the same state to grind our teeth over until January.
Leave it to the African American voters and Abrams. We’re seeing the beginning of Georgia’s return to the Democratic fold.
re: #295 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oui
And just for fun, one of the Dem prez candidates in 1988 was…Joe Biden. 32 years ago.
re: #292 bratwurst
True, but it gives us a chance!
re: #298 Sir John Barron
And just for fun, one of the Dem prez candidates in 1988 was…Joe Biden.
My first one. No idea who I’d support that year.
re: #302 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
My first one. No idea who I’d support that year.
that was the first election I paid attention to.
re: #271 Jack Burton
I have issues with Discovery that have become less a problem as it’s gone on. Since they jumped 1000 years into the future and have no “stepping all over canon” problems to deal with I think it’s going to be even better.
That said none of my issues with Discovery were: “Oh no women!”, “Oh no brown people!”, “Oh no gays!”, or “Oh no they said ‘Fuck’!”
More like “Oh no you completely changed the Klingons for no reason” and “oh no there’s some serious plot holes here”… those kind of issues.
I’m glad they let the Klingons grow their hair back. And I wish they’d lose the profanity — not that I’m offended, but really colloquial language ages really fast. If you want to create something for the ages, it’s best to be a bit conservative in your language (what JMS called speaking like earls and didn’t approve. But I think he was wrong.)
AZ is… a little up in the air. Going to be surprised if the result goes Trump but the first batch of data in the remaining batch looks like it’ll be a squeaker.
NV probably should prove out, but again we need to see what’s in the remaining ballots.
Alaska is… kinda wild. I don’t expect it but there’s no data to argue anything.
I think NC has gotten away. Something amazing will have to come out of late mail to change it from Trump.
GA looks like it should probably be Biden as apparent winner tomorrow morning.
I’m genuinely surprised that no one has called PA yet. It’s a little bit of a black box, but at this point it’s just a countdown with no drama.
Lllre: #306 NetworkKed
AZ is… a little up in the air. Going to be surprised if the result goes Trump but the first batch of data in the remaining batch looks like it’ll be a squeaker.
NV probably should prove out, but again we need to see what’s in the remaining ballots.
Alaska is… kinda wild. I don’t expect it but there’s no data to argue anything.
I think NC has gotten away. Something amazing will have to come out of late mail to change it from Trump.
GA looks like it should probably be Biden as apparent winner tomorrow morning.
I’m genuinely surprised that no one has called PA yet. It’s a little bit of a black box, but at this point it’s just a countdown with no drama.
To me the countdown is the drama. Trump is sweating like hell right now.
Any concerned about the military votes that will be coming in?
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I never liked DS9 either. It felt too much like a soap opera trying to portray tribal warfare (of humans, cast upon other species) in a way that was too… I don’t know, too mushy I think.
DS9 is my favorite series after TNG, mostly for the big reason that there’s visible continuity and character growth as the series progresses. They didn’t really go full serialization until the last two seasons, but even early on there was a very real effort to make actions have consequences greater than throw-away lines or small callbacks to past episodes.
re: #275 Targetpractice
Well, to be (somewhat) fair, Crosby left for two understandable reasons: She feared being type-casted and she felt that the character wasn’t going anywhere because the writers didn’t know what do with her. Hell, Sir Patrick has admitted on more than one occasion that he spent the first 3 seasons expecting at any moment to be back on his way to Britain to resume theater work due to the series’ cancellation.
I wasn’t really talking about whether she stayed or not. The point is that Roddenberry cast three women in a cast of nine and thought that was one too many. And I believe Stewart only took the role after his agent assured him that it could never last more than a season or two.
re: #292 bratwurst
Just imagining how painful it is going to be if we have these TWO races in the same state to grind our teeth over until January.
Without Trump on the ballot, maybe winnable!
pupper got mad at his own hiccups😭😂 pic.twitter.com/o2XhTlbn2C
— Puppies 🐶 (@DaiIyPuppy) November 5, 2020
re: #294 makeitstop
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re: #309 GlutenFreeJesus
Any concerned about the military votes that will be coming in?
After his expressed contempt for the generals, and dismissive insults about wounded servicemen and women, plus the gold star family thing…? Nope.
re: #111 Ace Rothstein
Not for lack of trying on the part of you and your colleagues, Tucker.
Why a drug dealer like you has the power you do is beyond me,
re: #312 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Without Trump on the ballot, maybe winnable!
Trump off the ballot hurts Republican turnout guys.
re: #309 GlutenFreeJesus
I have a feeling most military votes will be included in states already in Trump’s column (Big military in Texas and Florida) or not enough to sway a Biden state (California).
re: #280 BigPapa
Ossoff brought it to that evil bastard. I’m keeping my expectations low, but that would be sweet.
I think I’ve phone banked for every campaign of his since 2017 — and sent money too. It would be nice to see him finally win something.
At least one woman a know member of the AZ Patriots Movement, a well known valley extremist group. They’re asking questions about #SharpieGate, and whether county elections are still accepting votes.
They’re not.— Nicole Valdes (@NicoleValdesTV) November 5, 2020
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I never liked DS9 either. It felt too much like a soap opera trying to portray tribal warfare (of humans, cast upon other species) in a way that was too… I don’t know, too mushy I think.
Sir, you blaspheme.
But to each his own flavor of Trek.
Georgia is so close but I’m not sure Joe can come out ahead. Razor thin. NC I don’t think so either. PA? I don’t know. So Joe needs AZ and NV, correct? I’m feeling much better than I was last night, but damn.
re: #322 GlutenFreeJesus
Georgia is so close but I’m not sure Joe can come out ahead. Razor thin. NC I don’t think so either. PA? I don’t know. So Joe needs AZ and NV, correct? I’m feeling much better than I was last night, but damn.
Trump is panicking. He’s calling Republican governors to complain.
The nutbags are coming out all over tonight.
I love seeing a bunch of losers upset that all the votes are being counted. https://t.co/2hQsqw1eCp
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 5, 2020
re: #320 jaunte
What an incredibly stupid era of history we have all just lived through. It is hopefully drawing to a long overdue end. https://t.co/JPnmaugOKw
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 4, 2020
re: #310 Targetpractice
DS9 is my favorite series after TNG, mostly for the big reason that there’s visible continuity and character growth as the series progresses. They didn’t really go full serialization until the last two seasons, but even early on there was a very real effort to make actions have consequences greater than throw-away lines or small callbacks to past episodes.
Root beer!
re: #304 Sir John Barron
that was the first election I paid attention to.
In California the primary was so late that we almost never made a difference in who was selected. So I made a habit of paying as little attention to the early race as I could, to avoid being sad about who I couldn’t vote for.
re: #324 makeitstop
The nutbags are coming out all over tonight.
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Geee.. I wonder why no violence from the police…
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