GET OUT: US politics November 2020

:D

As someone that mostly lurked for 11 years before posting regularly, I get it. This place is intimidating until you read the luna thread and realize everyone here is as dumb as you.

― the colour out of space (is the place) (PBKR), Tuesday, November 3, 2020 10:56 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglinkp

wait what's up with luna? she ok? haven't heard from her since i donated to her last gofundme

I just Paypal-ed her a quick hundo to see if she's alright.

OnlyScams

My take as a lurker is that people tend to want to know who someone is before responding to them, as that sort of feeds (maybe unconsciously) into how they react to someone. If a lurker posts and people are not sure whether it’s someone they respect or not, it seems there is less willingness to engage. And on my end, I’m not willing or able to put in the time it takes to overcome that (small) obstacle and become an active member of the community. So I mostly lurk and occasionally chime in if I feel the urge. You guys are a part of my life and I appreciate you, but I don’t feel the need to force myself into your lives. Unless I can somehow contribute, which isn’t often.

― epistantophus, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:14 (four minutes ago) link

I've had the same experience, and I'm not a lurker as much as I am just relatively infrequent. But either way I feel any of my bigger thoughtful posts have been a bit more overlooked than the more established ilx blue checkmarks around here. Another ilx observation: people cannot resist typing "Ned" in their response to Ned posts. It's an understandable thing to do in a reply to someone specific, but still- it's irresistible for all ilxors.

I want to believe, but there's no way.

https://i.imgur.com/34vyB1r.jpg

xpost A mysterious thing! But hey.

hey hey it's the raggett

Re: PA, my mom is a PA voter and told me voting was a particularly onerous pia this year. She requested a mail-in ballot that took so long to show up she decided to just drop it off in person rather than risk another mail delay, and even finding a dropbox to do that was a pain in the ass. fwiw.

hey hey it's the raggett

― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Tuesday, November 3, 2020 12:35 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Barely a loophole!

luna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAMfa33hbwQ

Going to work until 11:30PM tonight and monitoring the results on my phone.

In a neighborhood in Roseville, California, people with Biden signs on their yards discovered blue dots had been spray painted on the road in front of their homes sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. No other houses reportedly had the dots.

One of the neighbors told KCRA-TV that the markings were “pretty creepy” and made him feel “targeted and intimidated a little bit.”

perhaps these blue dots are marking the locations where special thank you notes should be dropped off

Amy and Eric check in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8RhqO7YOs

people cannot resist typing "Ned" in their response to Ned posts

so now the gantlet has been thrown! #resist

xpost amy rigby and wreckless eric are such the ultimate archetype of an older hipster rock couple i love them so much

than the more established ilx blue checkmarks around here.

lmao

i'm just biden my time till tonight. i think i'll get some pink champagne.

there's nothing wrong with getting verified

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C36ODzqUAo

if you know how to add your own checkmark, you're verified on ilx imo

BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan orders USPS to sweep facilities for remaining mail ballots and immediately send them for delivery pic.twitter.com/pBvJRmzcqi

— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) November 3, 2020

Has anyone done more to counteract Trump admin chicanery than this guy?

great timing, election day

I am not buying champagne on Election Day ever again, because that went really well last time. At least I could take it back and get a refund.

i was going to buy the champagne to celebrate karl's verification on ilx

you've come a long way bb!

I'm watching right wingers flip out over "voting irregularities" in Philly. Mostly the same video over and over of a maskless GOP poll watcher being rejected from a polling station.

isn't "poll watching" illegal? volunteer to run a polling station if you're so worried about it.

i hope he got beat up by beanie sigel

“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.” - Patrick Henry.

Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their Nation, reject socialism and censorship, and preserve our American way of life! pic.twitter.com/na7fX2uv96

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) November 3, 2020

jesus

lmao what a fucking dope

the whole crew is fast on their way toward the dustbin of history

NEW: Harris County has now crossed 1.5 million votes, with 83k votes at 11:30am. Keep it coming! We now have more votes cast than 11 states have people. We’re coming for you next, Idaho.

— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) November 3, 2020

so blue texas is happening?

poll watching is legal. the watcher must be a wholly neutral presence. they are not allowed to interfere with the process of voting in any way, especially anything resembling intimidation. there are probably other requirements set by state laws. things like taking a training in what you are allowed to do and what is prohibited and being assigned to a polling place, not just showing up freelancing.

yeah, the latter point is my issue.

xp, yep, multiple friends of mine received said training and are serving as “observers” today

in an official capacity, that sounds good

i was specifically talking about the guys just goin' out and "watching," working completely independent of the actual operation of running the polling station. that sounds indistinguishable from intimidation

i mean, it's absolutely intimidation that's their intent

Listen my children and I'll tell thee
The lunchtime tweet of Rudy G.

where is the socialism anyway? where?

Listen my children and I'll tell thee
The lunchtime tweet of Rudy G.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, November 3, 2020 6:26 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

shit I’m not working today. maybe I’ll ride out to Kennesaw and just Watch.

guys this thread is blurring together, can someone confirm if I have these latest developments right:

*Luna ordered USPS to gather up any undelivered ballots, and promised to drive by and get them
*Harris County, Texas has been invaded by Neil Patrick Henry
*Rudy Giuliani is going to watch some poles
*Karl is now President-elect of ILX
*A few lurkers are attempting to start a coup to subvert the results

am I close?

I just talked to a conservative guy I know, who of course I disagree with on most things, and he was saying how many conservatives he talks to — mostly middle-aged, white conservatives, especially women — who don't like Trump personally but say they are genuinely afraid that if Biden wins somehow that means BLM and Antifa are going to be coming for them and their families. The guy I was talking to does not share this concern and thinks it's nuts, but he said people seem sincere about it.

(This guy also prides himself on not watching Fox News, so I suppose that could be the main difference.)

these would probably be the same people I knew who called John Kerry "dictator material"

he was saying how many conservatives he talks to — mostly middle-aged, white conservatives, especially women — who don't like Trump personally but say they are genuinely afraid that if Biden wins somehow that means BLM and Antifa are going to be coming for them and their families.

My parents aren't MAGA, and this is why they voted for Trump again.