U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

Voted in WI, much longer line than usual when the polls opened at 7AM. My wife and I are used to being first and second to vote from our ward, today we were eighth and ninth!

Right-wing blowhard friend of mine is confidently counting on WI to elect both Trump and Hovde, plz prove him wrong Badgers.

so Nate has a 25% of Trump winning the popular vote. sure

A woman I know at my polling place got interviewed by This American Life. I guess they’re doing a story on a local race.

It does not bode so well. They had voted 5-0 Biden in 2020...

― Nabozo, Tuesday, November 5, 2024 3:19 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

apparently all 6 voted Haley in the primary so I'd say a 3-3 split (with 5-1 going for the R governor) is maybe a good sign. you got at least 2 defectors

remember, the polls have been showing Trump running ahead of virtually every downballot candidate

Anyway, tonight I’m either watching “Kill Bill I” or “Polite Society”

No line at my polling place in Chicago this morning. I remember long lines in 2016 and 2020, but this is the first time I have voted at this location, so maybe it's a smaller precinct. Or maybe people around here are more likely to have voted early.

Not directed at you, frogbs, but I did laugh last night when the CNN guy asked, in earnest, if there was anything that could be extrapolated from Dixville Notch's six votes. In baseball circles, we call that a small sample size.

The civil war will begin in Dixville Notch

well yes I assume anyone who chooses to live in Dixville Notch does not represent the broader United States

still my ongoing theory is that Trump's underperformance in primary polls and the fact that a significant # of folks voted Haley even after she dropped out is gonna be a difference maker, there's nothing to indicate that he's won enough of those voters back

Are there any psychic dolphins doing predictions this year?

i had forgotten about this. how Trump and his people put Trump's name on all the stimulus checks. it all makes sense now. why people thought he was so great and Biden sucks. i really do think people are that dumb. and Biden didn't put his names on the checks when he became President. that was his fatal mistake.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/inside-donald-trumps-stimulus-checks/story?id=77534116

sounds like biden is the dumb one

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1mN82gBRyL._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7CB13THvahbGS.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_UY1000_.png

you all don’t get your sweatshirt?

Having Trump and Johnson's little "secret", whatever it is, floating out there as well isn't helping my election anxiety. I've been surprised to see so many smart people shrug that off as meaningless bluster, I mean, really? This fucker has already tried, openly and repeatedly, to undermine the election process in multiple different ways. To suggest he doesn't actually mean it this time seems... ahistorical.

Which isn't to say I think, whatever it is, it will be successful, but it will be obnoxious and frustrating to face, nonetheless.

i think they could get up to some stuff with the supreme court and whatnot obvs weve seen that before but it would have to be very close

Having Trump and Johnson's little "secret", whatever it is, floating out there as well isn't helping my election anxiety.

I know it fired up my group when we canvassing this weekend. I reminded a couple voters of what Johnson said and had the YouTube clip ready to go.

nice

Right-wing blowhard friend of mine is confidently counting on WI to elect both Trump and Hovde, plz prove him wrong Badgers.

― Blitz Primary (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, November 5, 2024 8:14 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

maybe don't be friends with right-wing blowhards idk

sometimes you gotta have shithead friends thats just life

and tipsy is not the guy to use that line on

Having Trump and Johnson's little "secret", whatever it is, floating out there as well isn't helping my election anxiety.

I just think since Jan 6, and specifically when no-one disqualified Trump from running after Jan 6, some kind of shitty anti-democratic shenanigans are an inevitable Chekhov's gun component of this election. But I don't think they would succeed. They can't be allowed to.

for a lot of people, the friend wasn't a right-wing blowhard until 2016-ongoing.

Trump broke a lot of previously normal people's brains

wild shit happening in this country the last x number of years

“I think with our little secret we’re going to do really well with the House, right?” Mr. Trump said, addressing Mr. Johnson directly. “Our little secret is having a big impact. He and I have a little secret — we will tell you what it is when the race is over.”

This is like actual comic book supervillain dialogue.

good chance trump is just making stuff up but who knows

At a polling site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.”

Debbie Probus, a retired 61 year old, said she was undecided but ultimately decided to vote for Trump.

“Because of what’s going on overseas. I figure he’s a lot more authoritative. Even though he’s not classy. He’s a lot more authorative and trying to keep people in line. I think Kamala is, in my opinion, too sweet, just from her way she projects on TV, she’s always laughing like it’s a game. It’s not a game. And what’s going on is terrible,” she said.

Going well

What if the 'little secret' is they're friends on that porn tracker app?

Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.” Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.”

JD says there’s a movie that is extremely influential to his entire political worldview and I promise you with a thousand years of searching IMDB you’re never guessing this one pic.twitter.com/j7Qh0qhCdD

— Brad Batt for TN State House (TN6) ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 (@bradbatt) November 5, 2024

good chance trump is just making stuff up but who knows

yeah that's what I thought, but then Johnson seemed to confirm its existence when asked about it

hes not gonna be like whats that guy talking about

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4958318-mike-johnson-donald-trump-secret/

the secret is that Johnson is going to leave a back door unlocked for the Trump rioters to enter the House on 1/6/25.

unfortunately there's a Ring doorbell

maybe don't be friends with right-wing blowhards idk

tbh I'm using "friend" loosely, he's a Facebook friend. I met him when I interviewed him when he was running for office a few years ago. (He lost fwiw.) But I keep him in a loose orbit because I think he's interesting — he's a very smart guy whose dayjob is running a religious nonprofit that does legitimately good work with an afterschool program for low-income kids. He's also more or less an aspiring theocrat. I don't mind keeping tabs on him, I don't have much direct contact with people of that mindset, it's kind of interesting to me. But I also think he's wrong about most things and want him to lose!

Re back door

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwykvrwvWW4

JD & Da Boyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNFo5lL4iw

Remind me! Never visit Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, or North Carolina

those are all perfectly nice places except for ohio

yeah fuck Drew Carey

dujour means friendship

No secret. They do not have to win the election. They have to disrupt the Electoral College enough to toss the solution to the House of Representatives, where the rules of selection are different. Thats the plan and they have been very non-secretive about it.

that's a much bigger task than you're making it out to be.

Lol I know it wont amount to anything, but it’s somewhat true. The only mission here is not to actually win but to cast doubt in the electoral process.

like Trump saying what he's saying isn't exactly a head fake, because we already know he's gonna try shit cos he's already tried shit. the nice thing now at least is he's not in the White House, stopping the transition

At a polling site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.”
Debbie Probus, a retired 61 year old, said she was undecided but ultimately decided to vote for Trump.

“Because of what’s going on overseas. I figure he’s a lot more authoritative. Even though he’s not classy. He’s a lot more authorative and trying to keep people in line. I think Kamala is, in my opinion, too sweet, just from her way she projects on TV, she’s always laughing like it’s a game. It’s not a game. And what’s going on is terrible,” she said.

how many "undecided voters" were ever actually undecided? like 20%?

it's the new House that certifies the election, right?