GET OUT: US politics November 2020

if you voted against Trump, you made that free throw in my opinion.

Mark Price is the god fearing patriot this country needs, but does not deserve

i'm listening to Painkiller's "Guts of a Virgin" rn and it sonically encapsulates what my head sounds like right now

I really do hope he eats shit in Texas, and not just bc of electoral implications. Might even go to thamksgibing at my parents’ house this year—which is apparently still happening, even if the usual 30 or so attendees will be whittled down to about 10.

Don’t want to miss my rich Texas chud extended fam and hear my aunt do a really passive-aggressive prayer before we eat. she really fouled the air with one out last year and it was 😙👌

A Biden admin might not offer much but at least I’ll have this.

I am sadly beyond really even caring about the Biden admin, it's just pure hate of Trump and his followers, not admirable I guess

if Trump wins, somebody is going to drop off a huge box that says REPUBLICAN BALLOTS TO BURN with a Beau Biden sticker on it and a nametag that says "Hi My Name is Hunter Biden" to that laptop repair guy

i care more about giving our country a chance to heal, even if Biden will be rife with problems. we don't even have a fighting chance right now.

.@realDonaldTrump reacts to the cold weather during a campaign rally at the Michigan Sports Stars Park in Washington, MI. pic.twitter.com/bMzqcL7yO0

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) November 1, 2020

nah, he's rapping

On Election Eve, Biden is going to....Ohio. pic.twitter.com/qpup4rCyJf

— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) November 1, 2020

If he sees his shadow it means 4 more years of winter

maybe he's picking up some laptops hunter left behind at the cleveland apple store

BREAKING: Texas Supreme Court DENIES petition seeking to toss out almost 127,000 Harris County votes cast in drive-thru lanes.
Denial is without comment.

— Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) November 1, 2020

Separate I believe from the federal case tomorrow but I suspect that's not a good sign for said case.

Good news

Yeah even if - IF - a court ruled that the jurisdiction acted improperly, disenfranchising those voters would be the wrong remedy - they simply believed what their jurisdiction told them.

On the other hand, a decision on the federal case will be worse than useless if it comes too late for the voters to remedy it by voting again, so... back to nail-biting

When have republican courts ever been deterred by the wrong remedy? They'll do as much as they can get away with.

I've seen a lot of stories about business boarding up their windows in anticipation of mass riots on Tuesday. What exactly is the scenario they are expecting that would lead to this?

Scary brown and black people?

Run on toilet paper. Again.

give people ideas when you consistently play into that narrative

Feels like the whole world needs a chillout lounge for the next couple days.

Trump advisers said their best hope was if the president wins Ohio and Florida is too close to call early in the night, depriving Biden a swift victory and giving Trump the room to undermine the validity of uncounted mail-in ballots in the days after. https://t.co/IMVciQtWJC

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 1, 2020

What exactly is the scenario they are expecting that would lead to this?

The president has said for months that if he doesn't win it's because of election fraud. He told the Proud Boys to stand by. He has a lot of well-armed and fanatical supporters. If the Proud Boys and those supporters turn out in force, so will counter protestors. Shit, if it looks like Trump went down in flames there will be plenty of street celebrations the Trumpist thugs will want to disrupt by breaking some heads.

It doesn't take a very large percentage of the US population for there to be several hundred thousand people surging around. From both sides. But tha police are not exactly a calming influence or even a neutral one.

https://i.imgur.com/OxmyAMl.gif

https://media.tenor.com/images/6963d20d7b183c1f9f5ce2ac6de1039f/tenor.gif

Good work K-man :)

He came to get down
He came to get down

jesus that's like a horror movie

he's hugging Barron (unseen)

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thething/images/0/04/Split-Face-Thing_-_Profile.png

i think he looks nice

President so nice
He ate us twice

I love Ned's early voter updates and appreciate Alfred's "don't be an irrational bedwetter" reminders but I have to accept I have this magical thinking that no matter what Trump has some secret miracle he's going to pull out

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

Nah. What magical power?

The not-so-secret miracle is an attempted democratic coup, which I doubt/hope they'll be able to pull off. Don't think there's some surprise waiting, these fuckers telegraph the move way in advance.

these fuckers telegraph the move way in advance

Axios Scoop: Trump plans to declare premature victory

President Trump has told confidants he'll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he's "ahead," according to three sources familiar with his private comments.

That's even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges on large numbers of uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania.

Behind the scenes: Trump has privately talked through this scenario in some detail in the last few weeks, describing plans to walk up to a podium on election night and declare he has won.

For this to happen, his allies expect he would need to either win or have commanding leads in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Iowa, Arizona and Georgia.

Why it matters: Trump's team is preparing to falsely claim that mail-in ballots counted after Nov. 3 — a legitimate count expected to favor Democrats — are evidence of election fraud.

Details: Many prognosticators say that on election night, Trump will likely appear ahead in Pennsylvania — though the state's final outcome could change substantially as mail-in ballots are counted over the following days.

Trump's team is preparing to claim baselessly that if that process changes the outcome in Pennsylvania from the picture on election night, then Democrats would have "stolen" the election.

Trump's advisers have been laying the groundwork for this strategy for weeks, but this is the first account of Trump explicitly discussing his election night intentions.

lol declare victory all u want bruh

it'll just make for another clipping for the self-own reel

For this to happen, his allies expect he would need to either win or have commanding leads in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Iowa, Arizona and Georgia.

lol none of those are givens either

God this week is gonna suck so bad

i need more drugs than I have

someone email me an edible

Trump: With 1% of votes in Nationwide, I am proud to declare myself re-elected, 13-0

Nate "Woke" Silver:

Tired of people framing "Trump will declare victory prematurely" as a media story. Most likely—in part because the White House has telegraphed it so much in advance—the media will be fairly well-prepared. Instead, it's a story about Trump seeking to undermine faith in democracy.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 1, 2020

KM's gif should get hatcatted into some mystery word imo

I've seen a lot of stories about business boarding up their windows in anticipation of mass riots on Tuesday. What exactly is the scenario they are expecting that would lead to this?

lolol, supermarkets and pharmacies and Starbucks and Amazon shops have been boarded over (while still open) for almost six months in Seattle. welcome to the anarchist jurisdiction!

convo itself is fine and valid, just...we have threads where it might be better suited when we're kinda anxious about the current election.

tbftttittitt, he was just reacting to the guy from the movie after which this thread is titled saying "I am going to masturbate multiple times to this 12-second video of a former president boasting," which we'd probably not applaud if it were Vince Vaughan saying it about the current president

tbftttittitt?

Virginia has a lot of boarded up windows since summer too

#Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa, announced early votes have exceeded the votes cast in the entire 2016 election. #2020Election https://t.co/emvDvbXYGO

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) November 1, 2020

ahh, Arpaio country

tbftttittitt?

to be fair to the table is the table i think that ?

lol that's awesome

We’re on Ilx to feel good(?) not advance causes tho xp

these days I'm on ILM to find Chris Rea remixes.

Keep the mutants out of power first and foremost.

The corporate Democrats have a terrible record at this, though. Seems like they’re more comfortable sharing the stage with the mutants than social democrats or progressives.

Harping on Joe Biden being a bad person or "racist sack of shit" or whatever doesn't advance any particular cause that I can see, though I'm sure it feels good.

it does not

(though personally those aren't the terms/lines of attack I would focus on)

When the Republicans get even an inch more leverage they use it to do the worst shit possible. Trump’s presidency set us back decades. That kind of shit has to be prevented at all costs. Look at our fucking Supreme Court now.

(not mad at anyone here, just getting a little worked up)

more than 1 xp

Karl are you currently attempting a 420 unlock on Havin' A Roni

― huge rant (sic)

holy shit that is a vanilla ice DEEP CUT

This fucking discussion again huh

look, i understand that everyone already knows havin' a roni. it's not a "deep cut". but i was a kid when vanilla ice was huge, and we only knew ice ice baby. this may be the millionth time for you, but i've been waiting to talk about havin' a roni for 30+ years now

i'm skipping over the rest of it because i saw a glance and yes, it's this fucking discussion again

we are in hell

minimal judgment, there; i've been in that discussion a hundred times, and i will probably be in it next time

that's how hell works

“we are in hell” for December thread title

You have to get past the Better Things Aren’t Possible corporate Democrats before you can even take on the mutants.

Progressives are 0 for 2 in the last two Dem primaries - 0 for 0 in the general. Try harder?

I donated to and supported and voted for Bernie in the primary. I thought Trump was so hated that 2020 was the golden opportunity for progressives - if not now, then when?

Now I seriously question whether anyone other than Joe Biden was going to win this election.

oh shit, it's Dec 1? wtf are we doing in this thread?!?
GET OUT!!

GET OUT!!!!!!!

"we are in hell" is basically the one statement we can all agree on

here we go
US Politics December 2020: an uneventful month, overall

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