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Maybe it's been mentioned in the CA thread, but the fact that Kamala Harris' BIL is head of legal for Uber and that one of their main labor consultants is an ex-Harris staffer does not inspire confidence.

oof.

Very real chance that Trump will be appointed Prime Minister of Florida.

Yeah I mean Kamala Harris (looks around for Shakey) is a cop and she sucks let’s be real

Do you think he’s yelling at the TV, is yelling from the toilet, or both

I'm 100% certain of little in life, but I am absolutely certain Trump has at least one TV in view from his shitter.

I am more happy about the symbolism of Harris than the candidate herself, sure, but I'll take it

He's probably yelling *at* the toilet. "Why won't you flush!?!??!?!"

Who needs a secdef, really

NBC reporting that @EsperDoD has prepared a letter of resignation.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 5, 2020

this is absolutely true btw

Trump lost Arizona because he's scared to be too far away from the Home Toilet. https://t.co/wYIMukLzMh

— man it’s a hot zone, (@Mobute) November 5, 2020

Aw, a shame.

Hard to overstate how angry Trump's advisers are at Fox right now. Just incandescent.

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 5, 2020

So Trump will not concede, right? The presidential race, at least. He's already lost the plumbing race.

re: NV/AZ Fox

In 2004 Fox called Ohio for Bush long before anyone else did, and then held off on calling FL even though everyone else had called it, just so they wouldn't be the first to call the election for Bush.

So I get the psychological impact of the early Fox call on Arizona, but they do realize that didn't change any actual votes, right?

What the hell is going on with az? Why is it so up in the air?

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Caek, I was told there would not be any math on the test

Yeah I mean Kamala Harris (looks around for Shakey) is a cop and she sucks let’s be real

― all cats are beautiful (silby), Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:40 PM (twenty-one seconds ago)

at this point "sucks" is relative ... she sucks less than Biden, or rather, their hazard level due to sucking is much lower than those of Trump and the toxic waste of his administration... though a sliver of hope remains with the prospect that someone more progressive gets to take over her senate seat.

Gotta say just waiting around for Trump to officially lose is giving me a weird feeling I haven’t felt in years

I am more happy about the symbolism of Harris than the candidate herself, sure, but I'll take it

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:41 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

I too am overjoyed that our overlords are becoming more diverse. The rainbow flags on cop cars parked while they beat the shit out of peaceful protestors is especially inspiring.

so T, tell me more about this nice radical landshare spot with the chill lake/river

You've got a lot more faith in Newsom than I do, Sarahell

hire more female prison guards etc

Sarahell, I'm working on it.

You've got a lot more faith in Newsom than I do, Sarahell

― Fetchboy, Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:49 PM (thirty-six seconds ago)

I said "sliver" ... like barely any really ... but it's not over until it's over ... and geez, Dianne can't you retire soon?

What the hell is going on with az? Why is it so up in the air?

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― @oneposter (✔️) (sic), Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:45 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah tbh it looks like he's going to lose arizona. so does that mean he needs another state besides nevada? it's looking like pa is good. nv and pa and then he wins? sorry i'm so bad at math

This is what keeps me nervous, everyone seems to have been insistent that AZ was a given and now it's.... not?

Honestly, my sliver of hope is more like "appoint someone like Libby Schaaf or London Breed" and then Oakland or SF can get a better mayor

I for one appreciate sarahell's sliver

xp to map
yes, NV is not enough to clinch it without one of: PA, AZ, or GA (or NC I guess)

This is what keeps me nervous, everyone seems to have been insistent that AZ was a given and now it's.... not?

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:52 PM (forty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

right like i don't care that fox/ap called arizona.. it's not looking good there atm

god this really is a pants-wetter lol

I'm sure both Schaaf and Breed are grooming themselves (and being groomed) for eventual replacement of Feinstein and Pelosi tbh

https://www.reuters.com/live-events/election-2020-15-id2942501

this is the vote-count tracker I use from the UK, so it is probably no good!

winning Nancy Pelosi’s seat doesn’t make one speaker of the house fortunately

So I get the psychological impact of the early Fox call on Arizona, but they do realize that didn't change any actual votes, right?

Maybe it's been mentioned in the CA thread, but the fact that Kamala Harris' BIL is head of legal for Uber and that one of their main labor consultants is an ex-Harris staffer does not inspire confidence.

― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, November 5, 2020 4:38 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I mean, maybe, but not necessarily, lots of people have inlaws who suck

(to the brother-in-law part)

just to remind everyone (as Ned has many times), if he wins PA, it's over. and it's very very likely he's gonna win PA (maybe even tonight?)

he's probably winning NV as well, though we may not know until tomorrow. so even if you throw PA out, he could still win with AZ, NC, or GA. Arizona isn't looking great and I think the wonky way mail-ins are being counted caused Fox and AP to call it prematurely. But he's still alive there. NC, I dunno, looks like it'll be close but Trump will probably win. GA on the other hand is looking quite good for Biden right now

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yes, NV is not enough to clinch it without one of: PA, AZ, or GA (or NC I guess)

Yup. NE-2, doing the business.

Breaking: as expected, Biden just took the lead in Lehigh Co. (Allentown) by 4k votes (2.8%) and his lead there is poised to climb much higher w/ subsequent batches.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2020

Dem centrism worked with Clinton and Obama, two incredibly gifted politicians

Depends on what you mean by worked. For them personally, absolutely. But they cost a lot of other centrist Democrats their jobs and made it impossible for centrist Democrats to govern because of those losses.

Oh wait sorry Arizona. Right.

i agree, and i also think we're not going to have the chance to find out for a few years because he's going to try to stay involved, which is in many ways worse news for the GOP than the fact they've lost their (unique, unrepeatable) leader.

Yes, once the Tump is out of power, I'm like "oh by all means, GOP, hitch your entire strategy on the personality quirks of this one disgraced, sad, tired, and flawed individual."

So Trump will not concede, right?

Why would someone who has won an election concede?

He wins by one vote with Nevada and Arizona. Sorry I’m trying to delete it.

Trump freaking out about Fox calling PA suggests he knows it’s happening tonight

Oh and for sleeve

gotta admit I am really enjoying the slow motion steamroller aspect of all this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NmO4HFSr1g

Dem centrism worked with Clinton and Obama, two incredibly gifted politicians
Depends on what you mean by worked. For them personally, absolutely. But they cost a lot of other centrist Democrats their jobs and made it impossible for centrist Democrats to govern because of those losses.

― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:58 PM (forty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

milo OTM. It also didn't work for a lot of the US populace.

He wins by one vote with Nevada and Arizona. Sorry I’m trying to delete it.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:59 PM (thirty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah but again - doesn't look good in arizona. so he needs pa. which he's currently behind in. quite a bit! but it looks good.. in the future.. the next few hours.. hopefully *bites nails*

Here's a county-level map of swing in vote margin* toward Biden (blue) or Trump (red) versus the results of the 2016 election. The story is: urban-rural polarization + Dem suburban gains + GOP Latino gains

*Numbers are projected for counties that aren't fully reporting results pic.twitter.com/r9G0bo5NO6

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) November 5, 2020