GET OUT: US politics November 2020

if he wasn't campaigning who sent those 50 emails a day asking me for money

you just can't talk to these trumpers. one of them tweeted @ me "How can you not believe what you are seeing with your own eyes and hearing with your own ears? You are brainwashed. Facts matter". it was this beautiful time capsule of irony that didn't require response.

lol EEPHUS he's still doing it!

I think it's less that you just can't talk to Trumpers and more that you just DON'T talk to Trumpers. If they're incapable of or unwilling to interface with basic reality, they should be actively shunned.

Like there needs to be some social consequence for behaving as they fo, and at present there really isn't much of one. They're the truth-tellin' underdogs!

fo = do

i agree. some of you probably saw my multi-platform rager last night (no apologies for that one; that was about the most productive way i could funnel my anger and angst and disappointment of the moment), but i'm doing a last name switcheroo due to my racist parents. i've had enough, i want nothing to do with them, and i don't anyone to associate me with them.

it won't happen, because changing your name is a pain in the ass, but i plan on posting my new name/paperwork etc with a clear message that i'm doing so because of my racist parents, and then encouraging anyone else in the same situation to change theirs as well. 2021 should be the year that a whole bunch of people formally dissociate from their racist parents. it sounds like a joke (like my life?) but i actually want that

rare John Bolton OTM:

NEW: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton urges GOP leadership to "explain to our voters... that in fact Trump has lost the election and that these claims of election fraud are baseless." https://t.co/z6SZ06zbP3 pic.twitter.com/GyXya7xYAv

— ABC News (@ABC) November 15, 2020

wow Karl. that takes some stones. i really sympathise. hang in there.

Bolton got fired by Trump with the usual ceremonial kick in the groin on the way out, so he is persona non grata among Trump crazies, who make up such a large part of the party now. His only path back into power is via the neo-con never-Trumper wing of the party. I'd be thrilled if he never got another sniff at power, but spent the rest of his life pitifully knocking on doors that will never open for him.

donald j trump otm

John Bolton was one of the dumbest people in government that I’ve had the “pleasure” to work with. A sullen, dull and quiet guy, he added nothing to National Security except, “Gee, let’s go to war.” Also, illegally released much Classified Information. A real dope!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2020

one of the dumbest people in government

Trump is also otm that there's someone in government who is even dumber than Bolton.

one of the dumbest people in govenment ~with a mustache~

The blind squirrel found his nut.

Blind squirrel and nut is a good description of the Trump-Bolton relationship.

"I'm not sure who creates the uh... content on his twitter account but after today, I think the disinformation machine may not be him, at least not wholly."

Scavino has had full access for the entire administration, and probably has an underling or two tweeting also.

So, from the looks at recent retweets, the staffer(s) who diligently and respectfully curated the @POTUS account has either quit or has been sacked over the weekend. Or, @realDonaldTrump just got the password to it. Sad either way.

— Michael Wilkins (@thatwilkinsguy) November 16, 2020

bad news everyone

I WON THE ELECTION!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2020

OFFICIAL SOURCES HAVE CALLED THIS ELECTION DIFFERENTLY

that sad sack is literally the president right now, my rage has turned to a deep shame

I know it's kind of silly to complain about this for the 100th time but the "we report, you decide!" tone to that disclaimer is maddening. he's wrong. he lost. there's not two different sources here.

it's just so pathetic, I have issues with American governance but it's so sad seeing the president tweet in all caps with a disclaimer about official sources disagreeing below it like some old dog pawing at a can of Alpo in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas

I WON THE ELECTION pic.twitter.com/BGIpy34w4T

— HATWONTHEELECTION (@Popehat) November 16, 2020

when kanye is handling things better than you are

I know it's kind of silly to complain about this for the 100th time but the "we report, you decide!" tone to that disclaimer is maddening. he's wrong. he lost. there's not two different sources here.

― frogbs, Monday, November 16, 2020 12:23 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Would be a nice if it was a bit more Ron Howard narrator yes

Someone made a gag Lego Four Seasons Total Landscaping set pic.twitter.com/O75AGYHa8a

— Adam Rawnsley (@arawnsley) November 15, 2020

i trust the q people will understand this anagram is code for

I NOW ELECT THE ION!

xps

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/15/politics/scott-atlas-coronavirus-michigan/index.html

Scott Atlas is a late but worthy addition to the list of Trump admin folks who need to be dropped into a well headfirst (although we need to spread this out across multiple wells, as we don't want to risk anyone climbing over their heaped coworkers and escaping).

A treat

Good morning!

Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger went on a Facebook misinfo debunking-spree last night on everything from signature match lawsuit (blasting "Failed candidate Doug Collins") to Dominion voting ('Merica)... these are only some of the posts. #gapol pic.twitter.com/bEDmZJyomI

— stephen fowler covers Georgia's election! (@stphnfwlr) November 16, 2020

Man when you’ve got even these two going “Look, give up, you’re being ridiculous.”

Monday 11/16 vote totals: President-elect Biden beat President Trump by 11,024 in AZ; 14,151 in GA; 20,467 in WI and 63,577 in PA. There’s a recount underway in GA, but nowhere else. There’s no lawsuit pending that would change any state from Biden to Trump. GA runoffs are 1/5/21

— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) November 16, 2020

This outrageous toxic rhetoric has got to stop.

If you need to blame someone for your loss, blame the guy who turned White House press conferences on covid into daily 90-minute nationally televised campaign ads for Joe Biden. (Hint: Same guy who raged in first debate.) https://t.co/ackYwiz4yO

— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) November 16, 2020

this seems notable

https://m.startribune.com/trump-aide-promises-very-professional-transition-to-biden/573089701/?clmob=y&c=n

How could/why would anyone ever promise that Trump is likely ti demonstrate normal adult human behavior, regardless of the circumstance? And particularly wrt this circumstance?

yes but rumors are circulating that ivanka is breaking through to him, and he is beginning to understand that he may have lost

I was wondering what would happen if he just refused to pack up and leave. I don't mean install himself as a dictator or anything like that, just literally refuse. Would they actually have to physically remove him? Chuck all of his belongings on the front lawn? Would they just start packing his shit up whether or not he was OK with it?

Basically just get in a bunch of people to recreate the To Pimp a Butterfly cover art.

The sergeant at arms of the senate would clap him in irons and haul him to the stocks on Pennsylvania Avenue

I wish.

If ever there was a guy that deserved to be pelted with rotten fruit and vegetables, it would be this guy, who has probably never eaten a fruit or vegetable.

they would escort him out via a tunnel, out of public view, which trump would claim was the "least fair" he could have been treated even though it was actually a great favor to him

They should escort him into a pit and leave him there.

it sucks that he'll always have SS protection (secret service, not the nazis), because it would feel real nice to throw some produce at him and get a misdemeanor, but a felony is not worth it

Ridiculous

🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs DISMISS Wisconsin lawsuit claiming election officials included illegal results in certain counties and seeking to to stop the certification of election results from these counties.

Trump and allies are now 1-24 in court.https://t.co/hyZPz3wW6A

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 16, 2020

Wow, the lawyers who filed that case voluntarily dismissed their complaint on the MORNING of oral arguments.

Live-tweet canceled. Case dismissed.https://t.co/0Ys3j9tG2F

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 16, 2020

This is beyond performative, this is just stupid.

Vexatious, abusive lawsuits often survive and even thrive. The swift, conclusive failure of such a large number of Trump lawsuits is an outlier. Trump’s lawyers lack the savvy or staying power of the most marginal pro se litigant. Kool-aid is not the drink of legal champions.

— HATWONTHEELECTION (@Popehat) November 16, 2020

A Trump lawsuit in three parts:

1. We PROMISE we will find evidence

2. Where is the evidence?

3. Ok we're dismissing

||https://t.co/hHxzAjm1DQ pic.twitter.com/Usfv3veuBj

— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) November 16, 2020

BTW this applies to the questions upthread re if any of these useless lawyers can suffer consequences:

Here's the text of Rule 11.

These lawyers promised these suits were legitimate and that they believed evidence would arrive to support those suits. They probably were not being truthful. pic.twitter.com/B7MO4KHD3K

— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) November 16, 2020

disbar them all, IMO

yes but rumors are circulating that ivanka is breaking through to him, and he is beginning to understand that he may have lost

Save us, Ivanka, you're our only hope. You fought with my father in the clone wars.

Cue the speculation that she intends to run in his stead next time, blah blah blah ;lwakjre;oiwhg don't care.

I was wondering what would happen if he just refused to pack up and leave.

The Presidency is a role, not a building. Leave him in place surrounded by rotting hamberders, I don't care. The new President can work from any number of buildings. Truman used Blair House during WH renovations; we will still have Camp David etc. The whole thing is stupid.

Really the biggest obstacle is that idiot Emily Murphy of the GSA right now. Biden should file suit soon.

Like the idea of "wait til the lawsuits play out" is such bullshit. He can keep filing them and filing them all the way out to Dec 14, to prevent them from ever being settled

No mention here yet of Sidney Powell? MAGAworld seems to think she's got the goods to overturn the election!

The Presidency is a role, not a building. Leave him in place surrounded by rotting hamberders, I don't care. The new President can work from any number of buildings. Truman used Blair House during WH renovations; we will still have Camp David etc. The whole thing is stupid.

This, exactly, but at the same time it would be so fucking stupid to just give up the White House to him because he is stubborn and pouty. Which means there is a 65% chance of this actually happen.

Sidney Powell is just Rudy with better hair. She knows exactly as much as he does.

Which is that Trump only wants fIghTing fiGhtErs wHo fiGHt, and they are willing to step into that role.

Meanwhile, the real lawyers are noping out, because they can see there's nothing probitive there. But what Trump wants to happen is for his partisans to see that he is FIGHTING, and therefore conclude that it's not over, so that they hang on to ever-more-desperate doses of hopium.

The endgame for Powell and Giuliani is "well, at least we tried to save the republic, unlike those eeyore pansies who gave up early."

MAGAnauts will go to their graves believing Trump won but it was stolen by Dominion and by corrupt Dem judges, and by Roberts stabbing him in the back by not taking up the case and reversing the results. Sad!