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

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.”

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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

Who will tell him?

Give him a chance!

Warning signs for Kamala with massive pro-Biden turnout!

"People are turning out in record numbers in Pennsylvania to vote for Harris, and here's why that means a Trump victory is certain."

Republicans are pushing some bullshit fraud story about Allegheny County. So you know they're probably cooked in PA.

Are they alleghening fraud?

do we get to throw tomatoes at trump if he loses

Tinned tomatoes preferably.

Best Fruit To Throw At Trump Poll

Coconuts are technically fruit, right?

Horseapples obviously

I just call them testicles

CNN has a reporter named Veronica Miracle!

That's all I've got right now.

Updates to follow.