2020 USA Election Day

[Huntn]

It’s come to my attention via NPR that the Texas State law passed several years ago (subsequently blocked and now unblocked) removed straight party voting...and I have to ask WTF WHY? What advantage for the Republican Party is perceived?? Last election my wife helped a confused fossil get her vote for Trump accomplished. I can see this hurting them as much as Democrats. It’s been stated that this will make the lines longer. Here in Harris County, Texas early voting starts 13Oct.

 

[Eric]

This is an excellent question. One also has to wonder how much Trump is hurting his chances with his own voters when sowing doubt into mail in voting while at the same time energizing Democrats even that much more. Republicans are surely not happy about his approach here.

 

[Alli]

The point is the cruelty. Trump doesn’t care if he hurts Republicans as well as Democrats. That’s not even the point.

 

[lizkat]

2020 in a nutshell thanks to covid-19 and our swell prez:

 

[SuperMatt]

This is the exact reason the Republicans eliminated straight-ticket voting:

Meet 'Black Girl Magic,' The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges In Texas

Harris County, Texas, took a giant step toward representation this month when it sat 19 black women judges to the bench.

www.npr.org

This picture truly disturbs Republicans in Texas apparently:

PS - I think this is the same county they are targeting by removing all voting drop-off boxes except one. And they won’t tell anybody where it is. And they will randomly move it around in the middle of the night... because why even try to pretend they care about Democracy?

 

[lizkat]

This is the exact reason the Republicans eliminated straight-ticket voting:

Meet 'Black Girl Magic,' The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges In Texas

Harris County, Texas, took a giant step toward representation this month when it sat 19 black women judges to the bench.

www.npr.org

This picture truly disturbs Republicans in Texas apparently:

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PS - I think this is the same county they are targeting by removing all voting drop-off boxes except one. And they won’t tell anybody where it is. And they will randomly move it around in the middle of the night... because why even try to pretend they care about Democracy?

Yep, it's Harris County they're doin' that dropbox reduction. Wow.

Blue wave, meet repression by resentful folks heading to minority.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I've determined I don't want to know who wins the presidential race until at least December 2024. So please try to not talk about it for the next 4 years. Thanks.

 

[Eric]

I've determined I don't want to know who wins the presidential race until at least December 2024. So please try to not talk about it for the next 4 years. Thanks.

I'll start closing threads straight away then.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I'll start closing threads straight away then.

Good man.

 

[lizkat]

I'll start closing threads straight away then.

Hah! Leave some open for entertainment... and food? I can do without the pols at this point, and there's always the local paper for that, although they've moved politics to page 8 of 12 ever since Trump started looking like a serious loser.

 

[lizkat]

Well looks like people aren't just talking about turning out to vote, they're doing it in 2020.

More than 4 million Americans have already voted, suggesting record turnout

Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

www.reuters.com

 

[lizkat]

Trump in 2020? Nah. It's already game over. Not complacency. Early voting.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1313211667807899648/

 

[SuperMatt]

The Texas governor got smacked down by the courts for limiting ballot boxes in his state.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/judge-blocks-texas-governors-restriction-on-mail-ballot-drop-off/2020/10/10/70b70cfc-0aff-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

 

[Huntn]

Project 2025 has a plan for the Naval Academy. You should worry.

Deep within Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 925-page roadmap for the next Republican president, its authors say they want the service academies scrubbed of anything and anyone deemed insufficiently pure of thought.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com

From a Twitter post:
Rep. Nick LaLota, running for reelection in up-for-grabs NY-01, was one of the signers of this letter, demanding an explanation from the Naval Academy for inviting NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat to give a history department lecture, after pressure from Heritage Foundation

 

[GermanSuplex]

Very happy I have no issue saying The Heritage Foundation means as much to me as bungee jumping or diving into a Florida swamp.

Time to stick these pious heretical hypocrites into obscurity and irrelevance, starting November 5th.

 

[shadow puppet]

Not sure where this belongs but the Russian media is having a field day debasing next First Lady Melania’s god awful nude T & twat pics. The pics are everywhere. Wonder what Rump thinks of Putin now.

 

[Eric]

Not sure where this belongs but the Russian media is having a field day debasing next First Lady Melania’s god awful nude T & twat pics. The pics are everywhere. Wonder what Rump thinks of Putin now.

I see two takeaways from this, first is that it's a reminder that she was a popular butt model and that's the only reason she has citizenship in this country. The other is Putin is reminding Donald of who he answers to on the world stage.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Not sure where this belongs but the Russian media is having a field day debasing next First Lady Melania’s god awful nude T & twat pics. The pics are everywhere. Wonder what Rump thinks of Putin now.

it is just one of his employees and it can't get in the way of his love affair with Putin.