The Election Day Thread

[lizkat]

NOW the endgame begins...
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324852450109624322/

Yeah I dunno, Condé Nast must have come up short on ad pages last quarter, they're running a lot of clickbait lately. I glanced at that piece but felt like I was back in a supermarket checkout line without a smartphone and so stealing a quick riff through the National Enquirer while I waited.

Trump is not going to be hauled kicking and screaming out of the White House. He'll just leave. He'll do all the kicking and screaming from now until someone gets the brass to tell him it's over and how about figuring out if he wants to pardon himself and risk being unable to make it stick, or just let Mike Pence do it and if the latter then "here's a way to resign without having to say it on television... sign this letter, sir and we'll take care of the rest and then we're ready to roll on out and have some good times for a change sir, there ya go."

But It's what Trump tries to do between now and then that could be a matter of concern.

And what he does with his big mouth to try to run some kind of shadow government after he leaves if he's really stupid.

Still, I suspect he'll just end up trying to stay outta prison and otherwise play golf and kvetch to his friends if there are many left... and try pathetically to get airtime to maintain a following.

Twitter will drop a ban hammer on Trump at the speed of light if he tries to run shadow governance from his private-citizen account on their site, that's for sure.

I won't mind if I never hear Trump's name again really.

 

[Alli]

On MSNBC just now explaining how advisors are trying to deal with 45

"They are trying to get the president to a place" to accept he may have lost.

"Get the president to a place"? Is that what we are dealing?

And he won’t give a concession speech. Period.

But It's what Trump tries to do between now and then that could be a matter of concern.

That has always been my fear.

 

[lizkat]

And he won’t give a concession speech. Period.

Yeah he won't concede. They're gonna finesse that part because of the risk of the post-script ramble, geez.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Sometimes, the simplest explanations are the best ones
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324912788226015232/

Yeah I dunno, Condé Nast must have come up short on ad pages last quarter, they're running a lot of clickbait lately. I glanced at that piece but felt like I was back in a supermarket checkout line without a smartphone and so stealing a quick riff through the National Enquirer while I waited.

Trump is not going to be hauled kicking and screaming out of the White House. He'll just leave. He'll do all the kicking and screaming from now until someone gets the brass to tell him it's over and how about figuring out if he wants to pardon himself and risk being unable to make it stick, or just let Mike Pence do it and if the latter then "here's a way to resign without having to say it on television... sign this letter, sir and we'll take care of the rest and then we're ready to roll on out and have some good times for a change sir, there ya go."

But It's what Trump tries to do between now and then that could be a matter of concern.

And what he does with his big mouth to try to run some kind of shadow government after he leaves if he's really stupid.

Still, I suspect he'll just end up trying to stay outta prison and otherwise play golf and kvetch to his friends if there are many left... and try pathetically to get airtime to maintain a following.

Twitter will drop a ban hammer on Trump at the speed of light if he tries to run shadow governance from his private-citizen account on their site, that's for sure.

I won't mind if I never hear Trump's name again really.

Yeah, I am seeing a lot of emphasis on the fact that concessions are courtesy not law.

The concern though is with this guy he still will only worry about himself. He won't help with a transition, probably for fear of the real depth of the problems he avoided. He'll continue to denigrate the guy who did win, meaning his followers will still NOT want to wear masks or do their part to fix things.

Basically 45 will do his best to muck up things for Biden before he gets in, in the hopes of saying "See I told you so".

 

[lizkat]

Heads up from the NYT

Thomas Kaplan, in Wilmington, Del. 2m ago

Biden’s motorcade is en route to the Chase Center in Wilmington, where he is expected to speak shortly.

 

[Alli]

Biden’s motorcade is en route to the Chase Center in Wilmington, where he is expected to speak shortly.

Just came to say that. I can’t believe they’re doing it this late, but it’s so exciting!

 

[Joe]

On MSNBC just now explaining how advisors are trying to deal with 45

"They are trying to get the president to a place" to accept he may have lost.

"Get the president to a place"? Is that what we are dealing?

That’s what happens to someone who has never been told No in his life.

 

[dogslobber]

Damn, that was some speech. We've missed that for the last 4 years.

 

[Yoused]

Starbucks every day? The only thing that could top this off is if they made the rich pay for it.

Starbucks? Utter crap. Emergency coffee. The only one that is worse is any place that serves that Seattle's Best bile.

No, I want my taco trucks on every corner. Bring those back.

And he won’t give a concession speech. Period.

Heh. When I first saw your post (I guess I need better glasses) I thought it said "concession screech".

 

[Clix Pix]

Seriously, Donald Trump needs to be quietly transported to a private psychiatric facility (he can afford that) and be thoroughly evaluated and given some "time out" to recover from this major loss he is experiencing.....

Get him well and truly out of everyone's way and let this country move forward with a real president, a real leader, in the way we've needed to do for so long!

 

[Yoused]

Seriously, Donald Trump needs to be quietly transported to a private psychiatric facility (he can afford that) ...

Are you sure? With DeutscheBank running the other way and the ridiculous debt load he has from freaking everything, does he even have any money?

 

[lizkat]

Seriously, Donald Trump needs to be quietly transported to a private psychiatric facility (he can afford that) and be thoroughly evaluated and given some "time out" to recover from this major loss he is experiencing.....

Get him well and truly out of everyone's way and let this country move forward with a real president, a real leader, in the way we've needed to do for so long!

Yeah Trump is heading for full on decompensation and it won't be pretty. We could briefly end up with a President Pence in the time frame of this transition to the 2021 inauguration.

As unrelated side note, WaPo just popped a notification on to my phone that chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for covid. Way to start a weekend that already promises to be pretty stressful.

 

[lizkat]

Are you sure? With DeutscheBank running the other way and the ridiculous debt load he has from freaking everything, does he even have any money?

Well if Lindsey Graham has $500k to throw into the pot for Trump's erstwhile attempt to get some court to live up to Trump's expectations of "stopping the voting"... maybe Graham can throw a few crumbs Trump's way for old times' sake.

 

[lizkat]

Has anyone calculated the risk of these provisional ballots in PA? What Trump percentage would he need to surpass Biden?

Provisional ballots are not likely anywhere enough to get where Trump would need to get...

 

[lizkat]

File under "Election supervisors gettin' tired of the BS"... a Republican clerk in Rochester Hills MN calls out the head of the RNC for lying about voter fraud there.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324868768342962183/

 

[JayMysteri0]

People are certainly enjoying themselves making memes

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324875624150863872/

With this nugget thrown in
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324936217465597952/

People intentionally spreading coronavirus could be charged with terrorism, DOJ says | CNN Politics

Individuals who intentionally spread the novel coronavirus could be charged with terrorism for the "purposeful exposure and infection of others," a Justice Department memo says.

www.cnn.com

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1324944102287405056/

 

[hulugu]

So I guess Alaska is the Hunter Biden’s laptop of this race. Still hasn’t announced a winner and nobody gives a shit.

We were having problem with an election database matching the graphics, and then we realized that it's because Alaska wasn't in.

 

[MarkusL]

Ok, so I cannot listen to the subhuman for a second. Can you explain to me the deep state connection with Starbucks? Then again, maybe I don't want a popsicle headache...

I also refuse to watch it so I will just guess it revolves around that time Starbucks banned Christmas by printing "happy holidays" on their cups.

 

[Thomas Veil]

@PearsonX two things: Could you please start a thread on this so that we can discus it elsewhere?

New thread about Putin started here.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Check this out...

Report: Armed men arrested in Philadelphia were trying to deliver fake ballots

...Both men were carrying loaded handguns, and police found an AR-type rifle in the Hummer, authorities said at a news conference Friday. About 160 rounds of ammunition were found in the weapons and the vehicle, authorities said.

Stickers and a hat with logos of the QAnon conspiracy movement were found in the vehicle, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said.

I love that these two geniuses were right wingers. Trump’s Antifa boogeyman fearmongering looks dumber every day.

I also like that the one guy is involved in security. Looks like he’s pretty much blown his career.