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

One thing we know about gambling is that bettors never lose.

Trump is a memestock anyway

BREAKING NEWS

#IVotedRyan pic.twitter.com/1MhTwsKUPQ

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 5, 2024

lmao what a guy

When we see the single votes for Paul Ryan and Rashida Tlaib we will know the culprits

I miss posting about NRO:

https://i.imgur.com/YIDosp1.png

Potentially big development: If the Philly turnout tracker is accurate, Puerto Rican turnout, which is traditionally very low, may already be reaching total 2020-level turnout... at 11:30am

Is the hype real? pic.twitter.com/jepdUFxmrY

— Zach from Ohio (@zachp_25) November 5, 2024

Given that a Trump win in Florida was inevitable, this is actually good news for Dems, in that it strongly suggests that the GOP Electoral College coalition is not going to be as efficient as it was in 2020 or 2016 https://t.co/7cqUXCokrG

— Scott Lemieux🥥 (@LemieuxLGM) November 5, 2024

xxpost Dougherty's really huffing fumes there.

probably no needle to freak us out tonight

As a result, I do not know whether we will be able to publish the needle. There are good reasons to bet against it, though perhaps there are scenarios where things are running super smoothly; alternately, we hit bugs at the start and there's no chance.

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 5, 2024

if the nyt workers are able to successfully prevent the needle from being published it will be one of the greatest achievements for organized labor since the invention of the weekend https://t.co/bYK2PS89ZH

— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) November 5, 2024

ha xp

voted this AM in Brooklyn, longest line i've experienced at any election since Obama in '08, and certainly since moving to NYC in 2012. not a crazy wait, and everything ran smoothly --- was in and out in probably 25 minutes total. but that's with 2-3 times the staffing i've usually seen at this location, and a lot more tables/booths. based on this, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH: Trump is going to get clobbered in New York State. you heard it here first!

i turned on CNN and they were interviewing a Republican guy who had just voted for Harris and one big reason was that he didn't want Musk or RFK Jr. in the White House. I turn on MSNBC and a DIFFERENT Republican guy says the same thing.

Hey, that’s as good a reason as any

impressive for trump to find two guys more off putting than he is

Mr. Trump arrived with his wife, Melania, from his private club and residence, Mar-a-Lago. Pressed by reporters on whether he might concede if he lost, he said, “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I’m going to be the first one to acknowledge it, and I think it’s — well, so far, I think it’s been fair.”

....

It’s really striking how hard that campaign leaned into the absolute worst, they really went for it

Nevada SOS tells @StephanieElam two crucial things: #ElectionDay Nevada is seeing a surge in young voters … which is causing signature curing issues bc young voters aren’t used to signing names.

— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) November 5, 2024

young voters should be able to verify their ballots with a captcha instead

gotta use blockchain

https://i.imgur.com/6wutrrm.png

https://bsky.app/profile/gbbranstetter.bsky.social/post/3la7vs6zipd2s

young ppl otm. I've never been able to settle for a standard signature - different every time is living correctly imo.

me too, but maybe i am young

Isn't that wild? I remember signing something--maybe a student loan doc?--with my parents and my mom was horrified that my sig wasn't legible letter for letter. She thought it was legally necessary...??

Hoping the entire NYT front page is a wildly spinning needle, maybe with Yakety Sax auto-playing

My signature has devolved into a weird scribble that might be my first and last initials or might be a star.

I sign my name like Sarah Jessica Parker in L.A. Story

I've had to accept that the sequence of letters in my name, in cursive, will never amount to one of those beautifully gestural combinations of loops and lines that's instantly recognizable despite being utterly illegible. But I think if I ever learned how to use a fountain pen, it might still amount to a decent midcentury swirl of ink.

i do two wavy lines

mine is illegible other than maybe my first initial but looks more or less the same every time

i sign like possessed theoden https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Theodens-decree.jpg

Electronic signature boxes were the culprit IMO. They never registered more than a scribble why put more effort in than a scribble.

Anecdata from the north side of Chicago. Talked to two different early rising contractors that get to the polls before they open at 6:00 am on the way to work, because "they never have to wait". Except this year. They both said that even arriving 10 minutes prior to poll opening today, there was already 15-20 people in line ahead of them.

My PDF signatures look so beautiful when I'm in the act of signing them, and then the software takes over, recrunches them, and drains out all the soul.

only ever sign on veriphone screens anymore and it's a single line lol.

big A small l small f big R small e big D oh and there's a little star at the end

xxp I sign for my monthly Sudafed allotment at CVS with an X.

If we're looking for any kind of market indicator

Shares in Trump's social media company have been halted amid a sudden and steep selloff https://t.co/ZOAdQLEfVB

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 5, 2024

good news from Philly

https://i.imgur.com/CEjhQC7.jpeg

Not to get ahead of myself, but I'm going to laugh so fucking hard when he loses specifically because of that dipshit comedian.

Tim Heidecker needs to make a movie about it immediately

I miss posting about NRO:

Esoteric Jeff going Full Trumper a few years after offering a heartfelt eulogy for Talk Talk's Mark Hollis was really disappointing

Such a shame

esoteric jeff is such a funny name

a character in a Joni Mitchell song

god help us if this turns out to be the winning strategy

The Trump campaign spent $134.38 on anti-trans ads per trans person that actually exists https://t.co/lcFs5DGsDR

— Gillian Branstetter (@GBBranstetter) November 5, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HVejEB5uVk

more good news from PA

This Pittsburgh city precinct voted for Biden 89% and 9% to Trump. It is already at its 2020 turnout levels. https://t.co/BwPSBoSUGr

— Ryan Deto (@RyanDeto) November 5, 2024

but how does this hurt Joe Biden?

I don't think he's going to be reelected