#election #usa #fraud #crime #politics #math #statistics #knowledge #vote

#Biden managed to do what #Trump never could: secure both the electoral #vote and the popular vote.

With any luck and a strong legal team to fight interference, the United States will have a new president-elect shortly

There's the question of what happens to the trash once it's been removed. Some fear that "if he loses the presidency, he doesn't lose his voice or influence."

That's certainly a risk.

More likely to me though is that he'll prove to have been a useful idiot and fall from sight.

I'm not banking on this. But it's pretty obvious he's far less an inspiring or savvy leader than a useful and pliable tool. His usefulness spent, the true puppetmasters will discard him as they do anything else past its useful life.

The bad news is that they, and those susceptible to their sway, will remain.

An open investigation of political crimes, interference, corruption, foreign manipulation (or worse), and more, must follow. As must a restrengthening of institutions (the press, media old and new, courts, education, rehabilitation, public health, politics and their parties), and of civic mindedness and civic values --- liberty, equality, justice, fraternity.

#politics #uspol #Vote #BidenHarris2020

Remember that #SelfCare is part of the fight. If you're a General, you don't send your troops out into the jungle without their shots.

But seriously, #Vote.

Doh!! Vote! Stay Safe. #MakeAmericaSaneAgain

‘The Simpsons’ showed us the fiery dystopia we could cause if we don’t vote

#simpsons #election2020 #vote

Forty-Five: A Republic, if you can keep it (2016)

I don't like commenting on current politics, I don't think I'm good at it, things move far too quickly for my preference of considered commentary, the topic itself (and the inevitable discussions) tends to annoy me, and there's far too much superior competition.

Still, with many others I'm absorbing in a state of shock the news of Donald John Trump, 45th president-elect of the United States of America. And am wondering, how did we get here? ...

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5c88gg/fortyfive_a_republic_if_you_can_keep_it/

A piece from four years ago. I had my doubts when I hit "publish", though it seems to have weathered well. And be worth revisiting.

Here's to a 46 in 2021.

#vote #election2020 #BidenHarris2020 #uspol #politics #dreddit

Don't boo! Vote!

#Halloween #Obama #Biden2020 #vote #2020election

Kentucky Postal Worker Charged For Throwing 111 Ballots In Dumpster

#riggedelection #fraud #vote #ballot

Amid USPS delays, election experts and campaigns weigh in: Don’t mail your ballot

... “If you haven’t requested a mail ballot yet, it’s too late,” said David Becker, executive director at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research. “I don’t care about the legal deadline; it’s just too late in terms of getting it processed, getting it mailed to you and you being able to fill it out and return it. You’re just putting too much pressure on yourself. At this point, if you haven’t requested a mail ballot yet, plan to vote in person and vote early, if possible."

Voters who requested but have yet to receive a mail ballot should vote in person, Becker said. They may be required to fill out a provisional ballot, but it will count as long as they do not also submit a mailed ballot. Voters who have received their mail ballot but have not turned it in yet should do so in person or at a ballot drop box. ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/27/usps-delays-election-day/

#election2020 #vote #BidenHarris2020

For the first time in its 97-year history, Time magazine is removing its logo from its cover. In its place, a directive: “Vote.”


#time #vote

Well, I voted. I had to drive to three different polling locations to find one with a wait less than 90 minutes (even though the County Clerk's precious wait time page said under 20 for all of them). So I spent more than two hours and drove more than 42 miles to vote. This is straight-up voter suppression.

#vote #voter #suppression

Aaargh!

Meanwhile, borrowed from Evita (turned 'Covita') ....

"Don't cry for me, White House Staffers...."

This is different. There sure won't be tears to see the end of #trumpvirus! Only voters can do this, with massive turnout. #Vote !!

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain #TrumpVirusDeathToll215K #brainspurs, #hate, and #delusions on steroids!

"Mike Pence, all he can do is look backwards, and attract flies"

- Caroline Randall Williams / Vanderbilt University , tonight on "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell.

My quote of the day, along with an observation that on the same day Trump managed to call for Biden's indictment, refuse a sanctioned (safe) debate, and challenge Biden to a non-official debate. (A cage-match without masks?) All this as Trump's cultists are caught in the midst of a plot to kidnap a governor and massacre people. Just another day in the life of the #trumpvirus.

"They come within an inch of my face.... and I'm not telling them to not do it" - also today, on his disregard for spreading COVID. SMH

#TrumpDeathToll211K #brainspurs #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #Vote #Election2020

Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him

-- Joe Biden

#BidenHarris2020 #VOTE

Joe Biden leads President Trump 57%-41% in new national CNN poll

President Donald Trump continues to trail Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden nationally, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll released Tuesday.

Fifty-seven percent of likely voters support Biden while 41% support Trump, the survey found. ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/06/trump-trails-biden-covid-economy-and-health-care-cnn-poll-says/3635336001/

#BidenHarris2020 #VOTE #Election2020

Joe Biden Gains Big With Swing Voters After Debate, Trump's COVID Diagnosis, New Polling Shows

... Biden also appears to have the advantage in the key battleground states of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to the polling averages compiled by Real Clear Politics. Trump trails the Democratic nominee by 5 or more percentage points in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In Florida and Arizona, the president is down by more than 3 percentage points. Although the margin is narrow in North Carolina, Biden leads by an average amount of 1.2 percentage points. ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-gains-big-with-swing-voters-after-debate-trumps-covid-diagnosis-new-polling-shows/ar-BB19Lfcf

#BidenHarris2020 #VOTE #GetYourBootyToThePoll

Joe Biden ramps up efforts in Texas with $6 million ad buy

... Biden’s advertising blitz comes days after Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso congressman who came within 2.6 points of defeating U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018, made the case for increased spending in Texas in an op-ed for the Washington Post with Tory Gavito, president and cofounder of Way to Win, a national coalition of Democratic donors, and former executive director of the Texas Future Project.

The two urged the campaign to invest big, late money in Texas, which they said could “put an end to the suspense about whether President Trump will concede defeat Nov. 3.” ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/06/election-2020-biden-ramps-up-efforts-texas-6-million-ad-buy/5900472002/

#BidenHarris2020 #VOTE #Election2020

Joe Biden calls for unity and racial justice at Gettysburg speech

The Democratic presidential nominee says there could be both support for racial justice and law enforcement in his Gettysburg address.

...

After all the years we have stood as a beacon of light to the world, it cannot be that here and now, in 2020, we will allow the government of the people … to perish on this earth … we have in our hands the ultimate power— the power to vote

https://thegrio.com/2020/10/06/joe-biden-calls-for-unity-and-racial-justice-gettysburg/

#BidenHarris2020 #VOTE #GetYourBootyToThePoll

Re: U.S. "Presidential Debate" last night.
A melee and bullying/blocking exercise, all the pundits and those who could watch agree, a disaster.

Once again, bottom line, Bette Midler nailed it!

Fingers crossed. Recap of my 3 predictions over a year ago:
1. Trump will never participate in an actual debate ✓
2. Trump's lifetime of crime and victimization will be settled in NYSD Court, and will go down via Tish James, not Mueller.
3. We'll hear discussion of whether Trump might plead "not guilty by reason of insanity" or lack of competency to understand....

Stay tuned....
#MakeAmericaSaneAgain Stop the #trumpvirus before it takes us all! #TrumpVirusDeathToll206K #StaySafe #Vote #debate

Make your house great again


#vote on their #record

Google will learn how much they can get away with and abuse their position even more.

That's their now-fashionable use of "machine learning". ;) Sadly.

Yes, we all need to be wary... And need to focus. Right now, on our survival.
Social justice, equity, fairness, etc., are on the ballot; Google is just on the take.

#StaySafe #Vote (once)

#blog #vote

Vote like your life depends on it

It does.

FYI
This is the August 14th letter from House and Senate Oversight Committees to Postmaster General / trump surrogate deJoy.

Letter from House and Senate Committees to Postmaster deJoy

Followed up by a letter to demand a response by this Friday- and appearance before the Oversight Committee on Monday.
Should be interesting to see

a) if he comes - or says no - "politics! I won't come, I exert privilege..."
b) Will he say he came up with this genius reorganization-during-pandemic plan completely on his own, solely due to his own business skills (investing in USPS competitors!), and without consulting with the Postal Board of Governors OR with Congress - and will take the Trumpian bullet (treason?) or..
c) Maybe, just maybe he was instructed to clog up the Postal Service, or even just scare/confuse people? "Just following orders". Deja vu.... Interesting how the latest round of Trump's campaign crew includes the Christie (close the bridge down) tacticians.

End the #trumpvirus ! #MakeAmericasaneAgain #DeJoy #USPS #treason #corruption #accountability #StaySafe #Vote

Meanwhile....

Michael Cohen releases excerpt and cover on Trump tell-all book: ‘I know where all the skeletons are buried’

I'll bet! And how much was paid to make them disappear...

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain #StaySafe Cure the #trumpvirus #Vote

Today's Live Virtual Town Hall from Lincoln Project

You've seen some of the ads, and some of the authors of pithy, well-researched books ("Everything Trump Touches Dies", e.g.).
Here's the entire 83 minutes - like a purified talk show with some of the sharpest minds on one panel. Fresh today, with today's news and charts in the mix. And timeless / timely observations about all the attacks on reason, values, ideals, and the American Dream, pre-

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain #StaySafe Stop the #trumpvirus #corruption #lies #trumpism #vote

Trump Just Removed the IG Investigating Elaine Chao. Chao’s Husband, Mitch McConnell, Already Vetted the Replacement

In yet another assault on checks and balances, President Trump abruptly removed the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) independent watchdog late Friday – the same night he announced plans to fire the State Department Inspector General (IG). At DOT, the acting IG was overseeing a high profile investigation of Secretary Chao’s alleged favoritism benefiting her husband Senator Mitch McConnell’s political prospects, but has now been replaced with a political appointee from within the agency. The acting IG’s ouster calls into question the future of the Chao-McConnell investigation, other critical oversight, and whether the watchdog was dismissed for unearthing damaging information.

This move is the latest salvo of Trump’s assault on oversight. And it looks like the President made sure to cover all his bases to block accountability, not only nominating an IG to succeed the experienced watchdog who held the post, but also demoting the acting IG who was investigating Chao, and installing a political appointee to serve in his place while the Senate considers a permanent replacement. To make matters worse, Trump’s pick to be the new acting IG, Howard “Skip” Elliott, already has a job overseeing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), an office he will now also be in charge of policing.

Trump’s decision to sideline DOT acting IG Mitch Behm (who has 17 years of experience with OIG) was lost in the shuffle of outrage following the announcement that Trump planned to fire the State Department IG, but potential conflicts of interest abound. The most high profile is the DOT OIG’s review of allegations that Secretary Chao gave Senator McConnell’s constituents special treatment and helped steer millions of federal dollars to Kentucky as he is facing low approval ratings and a tough reelection bid. ...

https://www.citizensforethics.org/trump-removed-watchdog-investigating-elaine-chao-mcconnell-vetted-replacement/

#politics #USPolitics #TheOrangeTurd #Trump #ShootTheMessenger #FridayNightMassacre #MoscowMitch #MitchMcConnell #ElaineChao #Corruption #RetaliatoryFiring #DepartmentOfTransportation #InspectorGeneral #GOP #MitchBehm #Kentucky #vote

Schneier Gets It Exactly Right

California's new privacy law was actually a compromise to get a much better law off the November ballot.

We can do better, and we may!

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/05/another_califor.html

I don't know why they accepted the compromise in the first place. It was obvious that the legislative process would be hijacked by the powerful tech companies. I support getting this onto the ballot this year.

See also https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2018/07/23/sullivan-cromwell-discusses-california-consumer-privacy-act-of-2018/

#schneier #bruce-schneier #privacy #surveillance #vote #ballot #initiative #measure #liberty #freedom

If you live in a Super Tuesday state, please VOTE.

#election2020 #SuperTuesday #VOTE