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

(Turns out he's been talking to a mirror.)

(Or Kellyanne.)

(Or their daughter.)

will no one stay awake with me?

Biden
Peters
James

Even Wasserman's starting to hedge a bit on the 'don't interpret volume of early vote as a sign' stance in this thread -- in a very specific circumstance, but even so, one wonders.

In Sumter Co., FL, as of this morning 72,695 out of 105,612 registered voters (69%) have already voted - which I believe is the highest turnout rate outside of auto-VBM states.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 28, 2020

anonymous, isn't that the person who said all those quotes?

anonymous, isn't that the person who said all those quotes?

probably refers to whoever wrote that notorious NYT op-ed saying that high administration officials were actively but secretly working to undermine, delay or bury Trump's most dangerous decisions, because they feared for the nation if he were allowed to exercise the full power of his office without restraint.

Aimless is correct -- Conway links said op-ed in his tweet.

That person will host the Project Lincoln Hour on Starz, coming in January.

Anonymous wrote Shakespeare's plays

I bacon to differ

xxp I think voodoo chili was making a joek

Anyway, someone's nervous

The Texas election "could be tighter, only because you've had so many more voters..." - Lt Gov @DanPatrick, who reads polls better than any other politician in the state #TxLege

— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) October 28, 2020

anonymous is the 4chan guy

so, wait, Peters then is doing better than we thought?

MUCH better, yes.

And if that's the case and he holds, then assuming Jones loses in Alabama as is likely, there'd have to be four Democratic victories to tie in the Senate, five for a majority.

Just read the NYT story in full, thanks.

And if that's the case and he holds, then assuming Jones loses in Alabama as is likely, there'd have to be four Democratic victories to tie in the Senate, five for a majority.

― Ned Raggett,

Isn't it three wins + VP Harris tie breaking and four for the outright majority?

Well yes but that's why I mentioned Jones -- that changes it from 53 GOP to 54. Collins, Gardner and McSally all appear to be toast one way or another at last check, so add in any one of Ernst, Tillis, Graham, Perdue and Loeffler (though runoffs likely in the latter two cases) and things are at least even/tiebreak. Two of them, excellent, and run up the score from there if possible.

I mean, if Jones gets reelected, great! I'm just not hopeful.

Senator Tuberville, fucking hell

I have no idea why everyone still thinks Kellyanne was the author of that piece. Show me one shred of evidence that she did anything but serve as a facilitator and mouthpiece of Trump's horrible ideas.

Plus the thing where George Conway describes Anonymous in glowing terms. No way it's her.

Tuberville won't win, it'll be called back for holding

I always assumed Jon Huntsman was Anonymous.

daaammn

Absentee ballots counted after election day do not ‘flip the results of an election,’ as Justice Kavanaugh claimed. They are the results of the election. Period. pic.twitter.com/jgnHZCxoSw

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 28, 2020

maybe. he was only ambassador for a little while though. and that doesn't strike me as being 'in the administration' to the extent that article implied.

Trump just wants the convenience of knowing he won two days earlier. you can bet he'll suddenly flip on absentees the moment he realizes he's fucked.

Trump doing his best to kill off his Nebraska voters: For hours, attendees - including many elderly Trump supporters - stood in the cold, as police scrambled to help those most at-risk get to warmth.
Thirty people needed medical attention over the course of the rally, Omaha police spokesman Michael Pecha told The Washington Post on Wednesday. Seven were taken to local hospitals "with a variety of medical conditions."...

the quotes in the articles from Trump attendees all suggest they'd gladly die at one of his rallies.

there is a Trump and it never goes out

And if a speech by the POTUS
Kills the lot of us
To die like dumbfucks
Is such a heavenly way to die

the quotes in the articles from Trump attendees all suggest they'd gladly die at one of his rallies.

If you're a New York Times reporter assigned to cover a Trump rally, do you quote the "I'm sure Mr. Trump didn't mean for this to happen, he probably wasn't briefed on the logistics" guy or the "MY LIFE FOR YOU!" guy? "MY LIFE FOR YOU!" makes it into the paper every single time.

Real shame ol' Ron isn't up for reelection this year, the way the state is looking:

Sen. Ron Johnson is so angry about this obviously satirical tweet about him, he just read it at the Senate tech hearing. Johnson says he wants the tweet taken down— "That could definitely affect my ability to get re-elected." https://t.co/Kx7782yBM7

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 28, 2020

Said tweet:

Sen Ron Johnson is my neighbor and strangled our dog, Buttons, right in front of my 4 yr old son and 3 yr old daughter. The police refuse to investigate.This is a complete lie but important to retweet and note that there are more of my lies to come.

— Mary T. Hagan (@marytherese5) October 18, 2020

Lol @ lunch

Meanwhile if you want to hear from the unhinged "all polls are wrong" contingent, here's a tidy distillation of how that thinking works. Feel free to tear it apart at your leisure

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/522957-dont-believe-the-polls-trump-is-winning-bigly

i lold

https://thenib.com/are-you-prepared-to-lose-the-election/

For example, the recent revelation of Hunter Biden’s hidden emails on his laptop, coupled with the link to his father, has come at an opportune time for the president. Moreover, if the economic recovery continues, the good news may continue putting wind in Trump’s sails.

Absolutely delusional.

Speaking of delusional

Kushner told Woodward: "The most dangerous people around the President are over-confident idiots." https://t.co/WR8s5KeKut

— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) October 28, 2020

Wait, didn't that quote come out a while ago? because i definitely remember thinking "more like YOU'RE the dangerous delusional idiot around the president, you jerk" about Kushner pretty recently

pure uncut Trump

Why isn’t Twitter trending Biden corruption? It’s the biggest, and most credible, story anywhere in the world. Fake Trending!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2020

Guess he really is losing

"Fake Trending??" WTF?

After his son Eric, the only child still willing to visit the old man on his birthday, had wheeled his chair into the corner, so as to better avoid the stomach-churning sight of the balding lump of orange flesh slurping the lumpy tapioca pudding, the old man began to weep and muttered plaintively into his lap, "fake... pudding... fake.... pudding."

They clearly placed all their hopes in Rowdy Rudy's laptop scheme, and there is no Plan B.

"has come at an opportune time for the president."

Lol yeah amazing that a bullshit attempt to smear his opponent that his team fabricated came at an opportune time!

The fact that most people in the media didn't fall for the EXACT SAME BULLSHIT he pulled with Hilary's emails is encouraging. "Oh gee just weeks before election a scandal about his opponent's emails surfaces, far enough out to effect election but not enough for it to be formally discredited. Again. What are the odds??" Jfc of that had worked…

also we've had 4 years of "this guy met this other guy at a hotel in Prague" shit that mostly went nowhere

OK, it's Miles Taylor, I'm told.

— Ben Smith (@benyt) October 28, 2020

this guy

poor google ahahah

BREAKING: Trump does not know Miles Taylor, but he should be in jail.

No major revelations in his statement, but here it is:
https://milestaylor.medium.com/a-statement-a13bc5173ee9