GET OUT: US politics November 2020

The partners were known to hate Giuliani. His job was literally to smoke cigars with clients. https://t.co/MPFZcL0uPC

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) November 17, 2020

*sheds a tear for Dr Morbius*

BTW the right-wing "it's 6D chess" line is that they always intended to lose these initial cases, and lose them quickly; the objective is to lose in lower courts so that you can appeal to higher ones, presumably ending with the Trumpian Supreme Court.

Narrator: that's not how this works; that's not how any of this works

"losing = winning" is a remarkably consistent philosophy for them

It's kind of funny how "Throw out all Joe Biden's ballots" isn't quite the winning legal strategy they envisioned.

Rudy Giuliani is among the worst people alive afaic.

I've read that at this point, it's solely about putting an asterisk next to Biden's name... like, they know they likely won't win but they just wanna sow doubt about the legitimacy of the new administration.
Not sure I believe that 100%, these guys are pretty delusional.

Losing is Winning
Ignorance is Certainty
Hate is Tolerance
Poverty is Freedom
Count All Votes, Stop the Count, All Lives Matter, Lock Her Up, Build The Wall, Fuck Me Dead

lmao at the number of people angry that Harris didn’t set fire to Lindsey Graham on the Senate floor

Like, have any of them ever had a job before? Or even interacted with more than one human being who wasn’t obligated by blood to love them?

there might be an asterisk next to Biden's name but only in the heads of a minority of Trump acolytes, plus, the presence of said asterisk in people's minds (like with Bush 2's first term) means precisely nothing.

Andy the Grasshopper

I've read that at this point, it's solely about putting an asterisk next to Biden's name... like, they know they likely won't win but they just wanna sow doubt about the legitimacy of the new administration. Not sure I believe that 100%

Honestly? I do believe that 100%. Like, that is all this is.

The MAGA heads will go to their graves with "of course, that election was stolen by Dominion, and corrupt Democrat judges helped them steal it, and then Roberts STABBED US IN THE BACK by not taking up the case."

Ad infinitum forever.

They don't even really want the win at this point, they just want the righteous victim/Lost Cause points when they lose.

I've read that at this point, it's solely about putting an asterisk next to Biden's name... like, they know they likely won't win but they just wanna sow doubt about the legitimacy of the new administration.

I totally agree with this read, and the sad fact is, it'll work.

The partners were known to hate Giuliani. His job was literally to smoke cigars with clients. https://t.co/MPFZcL0uPC

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) November 17, 2020

I interviewed at Bracewell when it was Bracewell & Giuliani. I saw him - surprisingly small. Even just from my junior interviewer I got the vibe that he didn't actually do anything, she kind of tactfully hinted at that.

Saw my first “Trump Is MY President” flag while out on a walk in the ‘hood today. An outlier, because this is a very liberal area. I wonder how long those flags will hang on. Trump is obviously counting on there being a deep and lasting well of passion for him, but I don’t know.

eephus otm, for certain values of "work."

And yeah, once Bush was in office, it mattered exactly not at all when people said he was "selected, not elected."

Saw my first “Trump Is MY President” flag while out on a walk in the ‘hood today. An outlier, because this is a very liberal area. I wonder how long those flags will hang on. Trump is obviously counting on there being a deep and lasting well of passion for him, but I don’t know.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, November 17, 2020 4:47 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

How long did "Obama is my president"/"Hillary is my president" last? Maybe it will just be your own personal president from here on out.

I heard no one say "Hillary is my president" after, say, the Women's March in 2017.

I heard Jon Stewart call McCain 'my president' several years after he lost the primary to bush though.

LOOOOOOL

No results found for "mondale is my president"

In the future everybody will be president for 15 people.

(but all of them went on to become presidents)

Looking forward to getting that "World's Greatest President" coffee mug.

Would be cool if we could have occasional guest star presidents. Alas, Charo wasn't born in the U.S.

This is a somewhat interesting development
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-for-the-federal-reserve-fails-amid-covid-quarantines-gop-defections-205834096.html

Would be cool if we could have occasional guest star presidents. Alas, Charo wasn't born in the U.S.

But Kanye...

Rudy keeps yelling “throw it in the bin” about ballots.

— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) November 17, 2020

Next Q: “why are you suing the defendants for things that different counties did? The defendant counties didn’t hurt your individual clients at all.”

— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) November 17, 2020

doesn't seem like it's going real well!

rudy's already made $100K today

Trump's Fed nominee not being confirmed is good news

I am crying. pic.twitter.com/62DZLnCu1c

— 🦃Ricardo Duran Burner 🇲🇽🦃 (@Ricardohhhh) November 17, 2020

This country is so screwed.

I saw that on Twitter last night and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to convince myself that it was a deep bit.

Update from U.S. district court in Williamsport, Pa., one of the Trump campaign's last stands:

GIULIANI: “I’m not sure what 'opacity' means. It probably means you can see.”

JUDGE BRANN: “It means you can’t.”

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) November 17, 2020

i did that with "indemnify" once but tbf i was in my early twenties and it was not in front of a judge

...Rudy has no idea what the judge is talking about. He thinks the judge is asking about the standard for deciding a motion to dismiss. After blundering around he eventually sort of eventually kind of understands partially, I think, but does not answer incoherently.

— LastThanksgivingHat (@Popehat) November 17, 2020

Rudy, at one point, accidentally suggests a FAR MORE LENIENT TEST FAVORING THE STATE because he doesn't understand what's going on. The judge, who is honest, corrects him and gently redirects him to the general vicinity of what he should be talking about.

— LastThanksgivingHat (@Popehat) November 17, 2020

“If I conclude that rational basis applies, why don’t they satisfy that standard?”

Rudy: “how is this rational?”

That isn’t the answer Rudy.

— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) November 17, 2020

both melkonian and popehat's livetweets are v v entertaining

xps Can't Shelton's nomination be put forward again once Grassley and Rick Scott return from quarantine? Then McConnell could change his vote back to yes and it would be 50-50 with Pence as tiebreaker. Or is there not enough time?

Sorry last one

Rudy: how is it "RATIONAL" to have different standards?

Jesus this is like a bad Death Wish remake where a feeble old man is getting beaten up by hoodlums

— LastThanksgivingHat (@Popehat) November 17, 2020

he's really gone isn't he -- is it dementia? WTF is wrong with Rudy?

Coup alert https://t.co/fHXJa3Weqj

— 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎 (@resisterhood) November 17, 2020

Rudy has moved past failing the "adequate advocate" test and is rounding the bend on failing the man woman person camera tv test.

— LastThanksgivingHat (@Popehat) November 17, 2020

lol this is very enjoyable to follow itt, thanks all

Xxxpost Doesn't this suggest that the certifying is going to happen regardless?

A county board that fails to canvass within 14 days after the election must give all of its documentation to the Secretary of State's office and Board of State Canvassers, which then has 10 days to complete the work and canvass and certify the results, according to the board’s canvassing manual.

Thanks Neanderthal, was just trying to find out more about what happens next with that.

Yeah from the articles I read, it's another punt. A temporary "win" that really does nothing but delay inevitable.

Also WI finished their canvass without issue...woohoo!

as Chuck Grassley (87) announces + test for COVID, a fellow gerontocrat tempts fate:

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), without a mask, walks through the corridor before today's Facebook/Twitter CEO hearing. pic.twitter.com/lYTVMEa3Dw

— The Recount (@therecount) November 17, 2020

there were another 2755 votes found to be not uploaded in Fayette County GA that shifted the vote slightly in Trump's direction, but Biden is still winning by ~13,000, and most of the recount has been completed now