GET OUT: US politics November 2020

someone else's brave, wild talent / in sixth grade watch fascinated as the bully abuses the vulnerable before his parents transfer him to a military school

social security for all
medicare birth -> earth

eat shit heirs of wealth

http://thomaspaine.org/aboutpaine/was-thomas-paine-a-socialist.html

have to say Biden was about as good as he's ever been today at that presser

he was so sharp accepting the presidency saturday night

iirc first step of the transition is gaining access to the presidential adrenochrome supply

Biden's answer about what an embarrassment all of this is was great, the theatrical pause about finding the most tactful way to say it (referring to the preservation of Trump's "legacy" with a straight face must have been tough).

I do remember one night in the early days of 2017 where Trump seemed so weirdly still fixated on claiming that there were so many illegal votes and that his win should have been bigger. So I kind of freaked out to my husband, saying this had to be for the long game of delegitimizing future elections, real doom panic moment. He got irritated like I was overreacting and said it could never happen. I think I’m owed an apology there.

i feel less freaked out than i was earlier but goddamn it i don’t know if i can handle 2 months of this

Diamond Joe’s dealwithit.gif vibe in the presser was v v good

honestly my bar for him is so low that the press conference p much clears it lol

the way he repeated "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo" with a grin was amazing

just so relieved to have an actual president again.

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What I can't understand is why thousands of elected Republicans would feel the same kind of desperation

They're just as afraid of stochastic terrorism as we are. More, because they'll rise to the top of lists should they acknowledge reality.

They, and all of right wing broadcast/social media, created a monster in the basement. It's a real Little Shop of Horrors moment.

Re: Esper and Haspell.

What's worse for your career: getting fired by these guys? Or... NOT getting fired by these guys?

Do you really want to go down in history as the last person to leave the fuhrerbunker?

Arizona continues to be closer but at a slower pace for Trump. Latest from Maricopa:

Maricopa county has posted 5,291 ballots.
Breakdown
Biden: 2,213 (41.8%)
Trump: 2,982 (56.4%)

This was a net gain of +769 for Trump.

Biden leads Trump by 12,813 in Arizona.

— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 11, 2020

Decrees? Decrease, rather.

Also, recommend giving this article a read as it details, in one place, the exact deadlines and procedures for certification for each of the states we've all been paying attention to. Very informative! And a big reminder that each state really does do things differently:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-challenges-state-count/2020/11/10/45148fac-2378-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

let's let unearned superiority complexes rot in hell

https://basicincometoday.com/thomas-paines-centuries-old-argument-for-ubi-as-a-right/

Arizona going for Biden would be the ultimate coup de grâce. With its resolute republican history - Barry Goldwater, libertarianism, Sandra Day O’Connor, John McCain - most republican states haven’t created such an identity or produced figures of that importance, so the result there would be especially good

Maricopa, copacabana

I oscillate between worry and relaxation. anxiety wore me out so much i was barely able to stay awake while driving.

but I did remember that I did this to myself in January and February of 2017 and that the more you read about things, the more you can convince yourself the worst is coming, and back then, it never did.

if there weren't so many depending on me I might put myself in a coma just to wake up past January.

Biden is winning in AZ now by 12,813 but the ballot drops have been so all over the place that it's hard to tell how the remaining 40,565 votes will split. Trump would have to win those by 66%

Seeing some rumblings on Twitter where folks are theorizing that all of these personnel changes Trump is working on right now are either to a) obscure his overall tracks for later investigation for shit he's already done/tried or, b) a prelude to war with Iran so he can claim he can't be replaced during wartime.

“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change,” one unnamed senior Republican official asserted to the Washington Post. “He went golfing this weekend. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on January 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll leave.”

lol yes that's all perfectly, normal Presidential behavior

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Agreed, but there were some blue checkmark people* theorizing b) and, honestly, at this point I've lost any frame of reference for which of them are even worth paying attention to at all anymore.

* - can't remember who the others were, but Sarah Kendz1or was def one of them

that Iran speculation sounds like straight up Eric Garland shit

No, it's a coup attempt. Plus moving toward a possible Iran war, judging by the replacement hires.

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 10, 2020

this was one of her tweets about it

i don't know if this is tying into one of the things she's written about or what, but she's pushing it in multiple tweets

Starting a full-scale war with Iran would not fit Trump's past M.O. and claiming he can't be replaced in wartime is a nonsensical claim completely contradicted by the entirety of US history. It would barely represent a speed bump to Biden's taking office.

xp SK alarmist as usual

yeah it's brainworm shit

Let's not talk about a war with Iran as a "speed bump."

can believe he wants to shred the evidence of his crimes and wants his most sycophantic supporters around him now

Like pretty much the ONLY positive thing you can say about Trump's presidency is that he didn't start any wars.

It would be a horrible event and a war crime, but in terms of Biden taking office on Jan. 20, it would not halt the transfer of power.

xp SK alarmist as usual

yeah, I don't know a lot about her but people love to retweet her shit

It isn't a question of legally halting the transfer of power but that it would be cover for the military to step in and secure his coup.

Also it's The Bailiff Of The Supreme Court Is Preparing To Arrest Trump brainworms.

Pretty wild disconnect today between the president and his campaign lawyers in one PA case. The lawyer said that "accusing people of fraud is a pretty big step," and said repeatedly that he wasn't doing that in this case.https://t.co/pjtD7Cu5x1 pic.twitter.com/DU4PTl10qD

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 11, 2020

Sarah Kendizor is scrambling to convince her followers that all her prophecies came true now that it's becoming apparent that the majority of them didn't. She built a career on this and now it's coming to a close.

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The follow-up wasn't any better. pic.twitter.com/K6bLnV8i7d

— Kᥱᥣ 🦋 (@wordygrrrrl) November 11, 2020

Kendzior is a kook

because the Mueller report didn't go as she wished, she decided it was a false flag

I've been blunt about my concerns about the efficacy of the Mueller probe from the start. This outcome was unfortunately what I predicted on @gaslitnation.

Here's the DM version of my thoughts in January, once Barr joined. I toned it down a bit for the public, but no point now. pic.twitter.com/ZiXUv2WLZv

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 24, 2019

when prophecy fails

it's gratifying reading these court cases

You're not alleging fraud?

No, not to my knowledge.

What are you alleging?

THEY VOTED WRONG

Has Hal Blayne tweeted anything of interest today?

Nothing is going to come of the “voter fraud” lawsuits. This is Mickey Mouse stuff. This is the Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

I don’t think starting a war with Iran at this point makes sense as a strategy so I doubt it will happen. Sarah Kendzior is being alarmist.

M-I-C

C U in jail!

K-E-Y

Y? Because you did stuff

The fact that he has been playing golf everyday basically is a good sign.

If Trump was going to maintain power with war, “Iran” would have attacked LA in October, assisted by MS-13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho
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This is the Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
So Buddy Saltzman has weighed in?