GET OUT: US politics November 2020

let me ignore him for the rest of his life as I've ignored Rush Limbaugh.

exactly. i mean, i hate rush limbaugh with a burning passion, and i was so happy when i learned he was getting closer to dying, at some point i think i just told myself he was dead. so i had to check wikipedia just now to check. still alive - for now. anyway, i hate his fucking guts, but that's for personal reasons, not because i actually have to listen to him or see him that often, if ever. somehow he is widely heard and emulated and respected by the worst people, influential in his own way, but his toxic bullshit is bottled up inside cars and the headphones of that one guy in the office who fucking sucks. for trump to stuff himself into that same bottle would be so satisfying

xp, you'd think, but he lost money running a casino

NYS charges seem to be the most likely knife; this headline piece in the New Yorker covers most of the post-election permutations and should be non-registration accessible?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/09/why-trump-cant-afford-to-lose

Early vote at 97 million.

A grisly thought

“Love me women of the suburbs. Love me.”—President Trump in Scranton, PA.

— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) November 2, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1pW7T7MbZQ

*chef kiss*

In less guarded moments, the president over recent weeks has told advisers he is worried about new prosecutions, including by federal prosecutors, if he loses https://t.co/egobOGceFl

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 2, 2020

I know there are so many more important things at stake right now but seriously I'll be pissed if we'll be deprived the opportunity to watch this worm spend the rest of his life in court, slowly going broke

but everyone knows that the casino business is the most rigged against the owners, the owners are treated the least fairly. it is very hard to make money running a casino, the odds are stacked against you from the second you make the deal

In a statement sent Monday morning after the order was published, Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald said the ruling "should send a chill down every Nevadan’s spine" and that the party was evaluating an expedited appeal to the state Supreme Court.

gotta love this literal appeal to people's lizard brains

I know there are so many more important things at stake right now but seriously I'll be pissed if we'll be deprived the opportunity to watch this worm spend the rest of his life in court, slowly going broke

man i definitely fake it to some degree at my job but reading this kind of thing almost makes me break a sweat

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El2CEaXW0AEyhWa?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/upshot/needle-election-forecast.html

It’s back (for Georgia, Florida and North Carolina only).

hell no

god fuck that

avoid used needles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49M10VIXPk4

Has anyone mentioned Sam Wang in 2020 or is the name too traumatic?

needle + dread

Whomp whomp

BREAKING: Judge Hanen holds the plaintiffs don't have standing in Texas drive-thru voting case.

GOP challengers lose.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 2, 2020

nice

Needles are good. They are better than the running vote tally, which basically tells you nothing unless you pay attention to which precincts have reported, which is exactly what the needle is doing.

I’ve seen the needle and the damage done...

As I understand it from lawyer friends, the lack of standing was crystal clear. What's a little scary is that it make me feel better about Pennsylvania to hear a clear rejection of the legal theory for throwing out votes that were legally cast at the time of casting. But I think from a legal standpoint, it is correct that you judge standing first, and if you decide there's no standing, you don't reach the merits of the case.

Having a regular radio show seems too close to actual work for Trump to actually want to do it

yeah definitely nice to see their most overt attempts at voter suppression fail

Having a regular radio show seems too close to actual work for Trump to actually want to do it

A Trump radio show would be three hours of him talking about what he saw on Fox News the night before.

Reporters & activists spent a primary year portraying Democrats as moving left & embracing ideological politics. But Biden has run a decidedly non-ideological campaign. If he & moderate Senate candidates win, unclear why they would learn a different lesson than they normally do

— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) November 2, 2020

In governance, Dems may encounter similar internal difficulties as 2009 (even with many of same issues, eg health & climate). But the left traditionally concedes if the alternative is passing nothing. It’s unclear why that changes now. & Red state Dems may get cautious quickly

— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) November 2, 2020

Nothin but good times ahead!

A Trump radio show would be three hours of him talking about what he saw on Fox News the night before.

Ah, so literally Talking Dead.

The Lorem Ipsum Audiobook

maybe he could become a twitch streamer and just watch Fox News and talk about it live?

Having a regular radio show seems too close to actual work for Trump to actually want to do it

totally. limbaugh's show is three hours long, five days a week, and you can't just repeat the same rally speech over and over. trump likes to ramble, for sure, but i actually think he'd run out of steam pretty quick. would be kind of hilarious if he got the show and then was dumped after like six weeks as even his fans got bored and the ratings collapsed.

Has anyone mentioned Sam Wang in 2020 or is the name too traumatic?

― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, November 2, 2020 3:27 PM bookmarkflaglink

think he took the mistake well, he's been more humble. I read his page, but admittedly i'm never gonna fully trust him again.

The hell is this?

The New York Times is using this as their election graphic and I don't know what's real any more. pic.twitter.com/TnyVg8kXwc

— spankybackpack (@spankybackpack) November 2, 2020

sonic screwdriver to the rescue

PA's polls from today = more of the same, Biden +5-ish. only outliers are mostly Republican polling firms (i.e. liars):

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/pennsylvania/

can we stop fantasizing about giving Trump a post-Presidency job and continue fantasizing about trying him for treason

also should I start a "TS: Sam Wang vs Ken Bone" poll y/n

Hello from the Bucks County Courthouse! These PA voters have been in line here on a frigid morning to correct issues w/ their absentee ballots. They had been notified to come in and fix. Voters tell us they’re willing to wait as long as it takes to make sure their vote counts. pic.twitter.com/64NBk1LlZU

— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) November 2, 2020

they're masked and unarmed, can't be Trump voters

maybe he could become a twitch streamer and just watch Fox News and talk about it live?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, November 2, 2020 3:42 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

"RogStoneZone thanks for the tier 1 subscription for 14 months! Least you could do I guess. Appreciate the support. Enjoy the MAGA emotes buddy"

(and likely are just gonna settle for 3 million dead Americans)

Trump 2024: 3 Million Dead Americans Can't Be Wrong

That K9 graphic is the happiest the NYT has made me since hiring one of my friends

Here's how I roughly think about the map. If Biden wins popular vote by...

3% or less: Trump probably wins AZ/PA, wins w/ 279+ EVs
4-7%: Biden flips AZ/MI/PA/WI/#NE02, wins 290 EVs
8-9%: adds some combo of FL/GA/NC/TX/#ME02, wins 305-389 EVs
10% or more: adds IA/OH, wins 413 EVs

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 2, 2020

can we stop fantasizing about giving Trump a post-Presidency job and continue fantasizing about trying him for treason

the best thing about this would be that he will likely have been convicted of several high financial crimes already, and be sitting his treason trial in orange scrubs with natural hair.

plus his debt will have come due so he might conduct his own defense to save money



wait holy wau @ K-9 graphic

Just a few baseball bets gone wrong, somebody will help cover it, I'm sure.

The November Surprise is Slim Shady.

https://youtu.be/5p3iMZBzW7M

But I think from a legal standpoint, it is correct that you judge standing first, and if you decide there's no standing, you don't reach the merits of the case.

I spoke too soon, sounds like Hanen totally decided to weigh in on why he'd stop election-day curbside voting if he thought GOP had standing to ask him to (BUT: my impression is that he in no way countenanced throwing out ALREADY CAST curbside votes which is the key point and was the place I was worried he would break out into full vote-stealing mode.)

it's a very strong sign that PA should be OK

Pennsylvania should be Oklahoma?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OQVi5Rvxu8