"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

It's getting just sad at this point.

Fox News "hard news" anchor Trace Gallagher on mail-in voting: "If I give a ballot how do I know somebody didn’t steal it? ... I read some of these things about gangs that lie in wait at these blue post office boxes and grab them and they are very good at this kind of stuff." pic.twitter.com/vB22JN2V51

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 19, 2020

Was thinking they'd maybe do a collabo-wabo

looool

ilx hall of fame

A+

I can't drink . . . oh point fiiiiive!!!

Just voted. 20 person line just to drop my ballot in a box, probably because so many people were taking selfies. Anytime somebody voted for the first time people cheered. Pretty inspiring. The actual line to vote in person stretched down and around the block, hundreds of people long. People had lawn chairs, like they were waiting to buy concert tickets.

xpost lol there's another debate!?

Allegedly, bet you are sorry you voted already, aren't you?

i'm curious to hear more about these candidates and their positions on the issues

by the way, I've always voted in every election since I've been eligible. I've never thought too much about it. but this time was the first time I actually felt kind of emotional. a weird mix of sadness and euphoria. the stakes just see him so serious and real, and I like a lot of people have years of pent up anger and feelings of hopelessness, with this the first real legal means of expressing that that doesn't involve yelling or alcohol.

i'm curious to hear more about these candidates and their positions on the issues

Debate is nothing but tequila rankings.

go 100% agave or go home

honestly the last debate should just be that one youtube show where celebrities try different hot sauces

label Trump's all something different but make all of them Carolina Reaper sauce

nothing like no buzz marg with my taco salad. the taco trucks on all the corners in my neighborhood don't seem to offer either of them, it's weird.

more shocking evidence of the deep racism of the republican party:

When protesters are specified as “Black Americans” vs. “Americans,” support for protests DROPS by ___ points:

Republicans who most trust Fox News: 37
Republicans overall: 25
White evangelicals: 20
All White Americans: 14
Democrats: 0

Read More: https://t.co/ECZn9E4Guk pic.twitter.com/UzsbzkduRg

— PRRI (@PRRIpoll) October 19, 2020

i mean, anytime you ask questions like this, you get this split. but this one in particular, i mean come the fuck on.

when they asked republicans if it was a good thing when "Americans" protest against unfair treatment by the government, 49% agree. but if you specify "Black Americans", it drops in half, to 24% support. apparently about half of republicans change their mind about protest when they remember that black people can be Americans too.

(democrats were 71% on both versions of the question, regardless of whether or not race was mentioned)

apparently the poll findings are so racist that it knocked prri.org down

"I think Joe Biden has a scandal coming up that's going to make him almost an impotent candidate," Trump also told his staff during the call.

“We found stuff yesterday we gave it to the press," he said. https://t.co/E9G5ijNrmd

— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) October 19, 2020

oh boy here we go

I don’t think Trump can hold a scandal to Biden.

Biden sex tape

these motherfuckers don't know any other play

the best part is that nobody seems to care about this shit

It's just a copy of the Access Hollywood tape with Biden's head ineptly pasted over Trump's.

When you're doing well:

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Passed on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Over Credibility Concerns https://t.co/4iTrdqIoJ2

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 19, 2020

was juuust reading about that

news corp part of the adrenachrome celeb paedo cult? jfk jr is going to assassinate tucker carlson and replace him with a clone

It's just a copy of the Access Hollywood tape with Biden's head ineptly pasted over Trump's.

"I moved on CITIBANK like a bitch... I didn't even wait."

This is probably an obvious point, but doesn't Trump's (and Giuliani's) transparency about the smear campaign ("We found stuff, we gave it to the press") render the smear campaign less effective?

Meanwhile, news organizations across the country are wondering why the White House sent them boxes of rotting Trump steaks

WSJ: BREAKING Hunter Biden did something or other in Ukraine

That settles it, Hunter is definitely not getting my vote.

Laptop is devastating!

(not linking the tweet but guess who said that)

Fake palindrome: "Laptop is devastating, pal."

If they had anything on Biden, it would've been made public months ago. They have nothing but the promise of another scandal, just you wait... my healthcare plan and the new Biden scandal will be released in a few days.

Every RALLY is BOFFO.

They have nothing but the promise of another scandal, just you wait...

I said oppo drop. O oppo! O yeah, oppo gonna drop real soon.

Laptop is devastating!

(not linking the tweet but guess who said that)

Cilizza?

i feel like if they had good stuff on biden they would not wait until 25% of the 2016 turnout had already voted, just throwing that out.

538 still gives him a 1 in 7 shot, I'm still worried

Switching back to that Fauci phone call for a second...This was with campaign staffers today? Wow, that's a fast leak.

i think right now it's 1 in 8 (12 out of 100), but yep, i will never be comfortable, and i want to see that go down to 1 in 20
xp

NYT: Among some of Mr. Trump’s lieutenants, there is an attitude of grit mixed with resignation: a sense that the best they can do for the final stretch is to keep the president occupied, happy and off Twitter as much as possible, rather than producing a major shift in strategy...

a couple years ago someone on Twitter said it's possible for Trump to lose the popular vote by 6-7 million in 2020 yet still squeak out the EC, that's the thing that haunts me

BREAKING: Trump's puppet DNI John Ratcliffe says that HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP is not part of a Russian Disinformation Campaign!!!!111

Holy moly, this was the blockbuster October surprise that we never expected.

keep the president occupied, happy and off Twitter as much as possible

Considering he caught COVID-19 very recently, perhaps they should consider keeping him... increasingly isolated. (bada-boom)

Grit mixed with resignation

Wrapped in an enigma

With a gooey nougat center

Election poetry blows

'Grit mixed with resignation'? Sounds like someone needs a laxative.

Reporter writing up that story knows that when you have anonymous informants feeding you juicy bits you want to cast them in the best possible light. Ergo, "grit mixed with resignation" instead of "hating to go to work each day knowing its going to be a bloodbath and desperately seeking for some way to protect their future careers by deflecting the blame to the president, who deserves it anyway."

Switching back to that Fauci phone call for a second...This was with campaign staffers today? Wow, that's a fast leak.

― clemenza, Monday, October 19, 2020 2:07 PM

the tape is out now

For a second I thought I was on the New Yorker thread and you scared the shit out of me.

Anyway. It took my friend 4 hours to vote this morning.