[GT] US election - It's 2020, what could possibly go wrong?

[MRCboicgy]

I enjoy dripping sarcasm once in a while https://www.chicagotribune.com/colum...lly-story.html

I feel bad that I have yet to begin my search for common ground with the people who chanted breathlessly for jailing Trump’s political opponents, but I guess I was waiting for them to first accept the results of the presidential election. That was rude of me to think acknowledging reality should be a prerequisite for me to feel deeply concerned about the emotions of people who think Democrats rigged an election but forgot to rig it well enough to win back the U.S. Senate.

[TorqueDog]

That was glorious.

Your feelings are extremely important to me, person wearing a pro-Trump T-shirt that says “(EXPLETIVE) Your Feelings.” It is up to me to understand you, and I will be happy to start on that as soon as you’re done composing an email that calls me “the enemy of the people” and shouting “FAKE NEWS!” while trying to intimidate my colleagues.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

And soon it will be them leaving Twitter en masse for Bitchute now that Trump keeps getting "censored" and others like Bannon banned completely.

For those having trouble keeping track:

Fox News -> NewsMax/OANN

YouTube -> BitChute

Twitter -> Parler/Gab

Facebook -/> (No Generally Accepted Replacement...Yet)

The latters in each case being very extreme versions of the former.

[Flashpoint]

Edit - beaten to it!

[Biff]

Originally Posted by 3thirty

How does the lifetime of Secret Service protection work if you are in jail?

Considerably easier, cheaper and with a far more manageable logistics burden. It seems like a winner solution, to be honest.

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

For those having trouble keeping track:

Fox News -> NewsMax/OANN

YouTube -> BitChute

Twitter -> Parler/Gab

Facebook -/> (No Generally Accepted Replacement...Yet)

The latters in each case being very extreme versions of the former.

Can you imagine how great these platforms are gonna be finally once these idiots are all gone!

[calgaryred]

According to AP PA is now 102,904 Biden

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[devo22]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

For those having trouble keeping track:

Fox News -> NewsMax/OANN

YouTube -> BitChute

Twitter -> Parler/Gab

Facebook -/> (No Generally Accepted Replacement...Yet)

The latters in each case being very extreme versions of the former.

Telegram as well. At least that's what the tinfoil nutcases use in Europe apparently.

[Flashpoint]

One of the real silver linings of this is that it's now going to be much more mail in and early voting across the US.

Having elections on a workday that isn't a holiday always played into the hands of the slave states - the impoverished can't take the time off work to vote.

With states like California mailing ballots to every registered voter, the approach is going to spread throughout the US. Republicans know that the more votes that get cast, the less likely it is that the GOP can win (see Georgia and Stacy Abrams).

Now that early voting is going to be a norm, it's going to be harder and hard for Republicans to ignore and openly suppress the will of the American people (Background checks for guns, support of abortion rights, civil protections for refugees).

It's a bright day.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

One of the real silver linings of this is that it's now going to be much more mail in and early voting across the US.

Having elections on a workday that isn't a holiday always played into the hands of the slave states - the impoverished can't take the time off work to vote.

With states like California mailing ballots to every registered voter, the approach is going to spread throughout the US. Republicans know that the more votes that get cast, the less likely it is that the GOP can win (see Georgia and Stacy Abrams).

Now that early voting is going to be a norm, it's going to be harder and hard for Republicans to ignore and openly suppress the will of the American people (Background checks for guns, support of abortion rights, civil protections for refugees).

It's a bright day.

One thing that always blew me away was the concept of manual voter registration. As long as I have been able to vote the process has been automatic in Canada. I guess I really take that for granted.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Yamer

One thing that always blew me away was the concept of manual voter registration. As long as I have been able to vote the process has been automatic in Canada. I guess I really take that for granted.

According to Trump, it's cheating to help new voters register.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by calgaryred

According to AP PA is now 102,904 Biden

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That’s a lot of dead people!

[calgaryred]

Originally Posted by edslunch

That’s a lot of dead people!

I was trigger happy i thought it was PA that was RI numbers oops

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[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

One of the real silver linings of this is that it's now going to be much more mail in and early voting across the US.

Having elections on a workday that isn't a holiday always played into the hands of the slave states - the impoverished can't take the time off work to vote.

With states like California mailing ballots to every registered voter, the approach is going to spread throughout the US. Republicans know that the more votes that get cast, the less likely it is that the GOP can win (see Georgia and Stacy Abrams).

Now that early voting is going to be a norm, it's going to be harder and hard for Republicans to ignore and openly suppress the will of the American people (Background checks for guns, support of abortion rights, civil protections for refugees).

It's a bright day.

Biden needs to make it a priority to beef up security around mail-in voting. Not that it needs it, but to remove any shred of doubt. If mail-in becomes the norm that’s a huge boost to the Democrats and democracy in general.

Somehow I don’t think McConnell will support that though....

[AltaGuy]

I think Trump wants to leverage his lawsuits and intransigence into some sort of deal, consisting of pardons and maybe a little financial benefit too.

Seeing as being unreasonable and belligerent has always led him to success, I bet he's holding out for one last deal. Hopefully, none is forthcoming and he's being met with threats from the Biden camp and Democrats instead.

[direwolf]

Here are Biden's current leads, which continue to increase in PA, GA, and NV.

I think AR might actually flip back to Trump when all is and done, as Biden's lead keeps slipping.

PA: 45,595
GA: 10,676
AR: 16,976
NV: 38,186

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

For those having trouble keeping track:

Fox News -> NewsMax/OANN

YouTube -> BitChute

Twitter -> Parler/Gab

Facebook -/> (No Generally Accepted Replacement...Yet)

The latters in each case being very extreme versions of the former.

Whatever happened to the Tea Party version of Facebook? Can't remember the name of it.

[direwolf]

Lost in all the election and lawsuit nonsense, Trump just fired his defense secretary.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/polit...per/index.html

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting secretary "effective immediately."

The President jettisoned Esper two days after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden was declared the projected winner of the presidential election, a conclusion that Trump has refused to accept.

Esper's increasingly tense relationship with Trump led him to prepare a letter of resignation weeks ago, an attempt to fashion a graceful exit in the widely expected event that the President decided to fire him, several defense sources, including one senior defense official, told CNN.

Esper had been on shaky ground with the White House for months, a rift that deepened after he said in June that he did not support using active-duty troops to quell the large-scale protests across the United States triggered by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. Esper also said military forces should be used in a law enforcement role only as a last resort.

His remarks from the Pentagon briefing room were seen by many as an effort to distance himself from Trump's threats to deploy the military to enforce order on American city streets and went over poorly at the White House, multiple people familiar with the matter said.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Whatever happened to the Tea Party version of Facebook? Can't remember the name of it.

Stormfront?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Whatever happened to the Tea Party version of Facebook? Can't remember the name of it.

The Facebook?