dailykos--2020-11-03--If people were REALLY Pro-LIFE, they would elect DEMOCRATS.

I don ’ t support abortion .
I believe it should be an absolute last resort .
However , while I am Anti-abortion/Pro-life , I am also Pro-CHOICE and no , this is not a contradiction .
It may or may not have started out differently , but the most vocal “ Pro-Life ” advocates are actually just Pro-BIRTH .
In many cases , being anti-abortion is a means to be legalistic and punitive toward women who dare have sex outside of marriage and flaunt Christian values .
It ’ s not about saving lives , it ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To many , they see making access to birth control and education as giving permission to sin .
They see giving food assistance as letting sinners escape the consequences of their actions , and refuse to extend grace and mercy to people who have fallen short .
If they were actually about reducing abortions , they wouldn ’ t be anti-contraceptive .
This also has links to white genocide groups , but we don ’ t need to go there .
Instead of supporting women and families to make sure they have food @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to properly use them to be able to choose when they get pregnant , time after time these “ Pro-Life ” people support candidates who are against this .
They complain about their taxes supporting lazy welfare queens and the devil ’ s work because candidates wrap their opposition to these things in biblical verses and noble sounding phrases .
“ Life is important .
Children are a gift from God .
Abortion is a sin.
” Then , as soon as the baby exits the birth canal , the mother is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and kept her legs closed .
Now she needs to to work and get off the government teat .
She made her bed , now she has to lie in it .
She needs to learn her lesson .
They can ’ t wait to see the woman punished for not living right and saving herself for a Godly marriage union in the first place .
After all , how will others learn the lesson of what not to do if a woman does all the wrong things , and still prospers or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to throw up Margaret Sanger and try to shame me for being Black , Christian and Pro-Choice .
White evangelicals act like there are no Christian democrats .
Technically I consider myself independent , but if people were TRULY Pro-Life , they would elect democrats .
Democrats want to make the entire American life experience better and attainable , from birth to death , with dignity .
Democrats want you to have a living wage to be able to afford to take care of a family without working so many jobs you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tired to spend time with them , educate , raise and guide them properly .
Democrats want you to have affordable healthcare so you can afford to have your baby and get quality medical care before , during and after birth .
Democrats want you to have paid family leave , so whether you are a man or a woman , you can spend time with your family if a crisis arises , and have time to bond with your child when s/he is first born .
Democrats want women to have workplace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after giving birth and affordable childcare so they can work and have their children looked after in a safe environment .
Democrats want people to have affordable contraceptives and to be educated about reproductive health to know how to use birth control properly and have it available to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place .
Abortion should be rare .
Democrats want quality public schools and affordable colleges so people have a quality education leading to better quality jobs to support oneself and ones family .
After one retires , Democrats want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives , but may not have a savings , to be able to eat and have an income to survive via social security , medicare and medicaid , and when the time comes , to be able to die with dignity .
Each objective supports the others .
Each objective supports life and family .
If republicans really wanted to reduce abortions , they would also support Obamacare , yet they are in court right now , fighting to have it eliminated .
Obamacare has helped to reduce abortions to the lowest rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated goal , right ?
If pregnancy can not be prevented for whatever reason , would I prefer someone to put their child up for adoption or given to a family member to raise ?
Yes .
Though they still would have medical bills , the work and medical leave issues etc.
, which I mentioned above , so support democrats to make this the more likely outcome .
We know from the time before Roe vs. Wade that women were having unsafe abortions with coat hangers and in unsafe/unclean places which often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ child , but the mother as well .
I don ’ t want to go back to those times .
This will always dis-proportionality affect poor people , because the wealthy can always discretely pay to end their “ problems.
” Until all these issues are mostly resolved , I am going to remain Pro-Choice and trust the mother and her doctor to make the best decision for her own situation .
In some families , one more child is the difference between being slightly food insecure , to everyone starving .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m not condoning this reason , but women have made this calculation at times . )
Yet I am still not “ Pro-Abortion.
” NO ONE is PRO-abortion .
I ’ m just realistic .
People used to hit hard times , get on welfare for a few months and get off .
Then GOP propaganda made Black people and other people of color the face of abuse of the system and talked people into standing idly by while they made the system difficult transition away from , and even navigate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perception was they were stopping Black people from “ getting over ” on the system .
There was a time one could start working and then end assistance .
Now , I ’ m told , if one wishes to get off assistance and try to start working , they end benefits immediately , including health care .
This is not a PRO-FAMILY policy .
I don ’ t know if that changed after Obamacare passed or not .
The same thing happened with COVID-19 .
COVID-19 has revealed that the most vocal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many can ’ t even bring themselves to utter the phrase “ Black Lives Matter.
” When Black people and blue states became the face of the pandemic deaths , many no longer saw it has a true public health emergency and several states and politicians wanted to open back up immediately .
Their lack of compassion is their own downfall .
Red states are now being hit hard with COVID-19 .
In the past , mainstream America led on by the GOP , voted to cut their own safety nets .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of work , people navigating the system for the first time are finding out that things are not set up for living large , only to barely survive and that the systems that are in place to make it harder for Black people and other PoC , are making it hard for them , too .
Pro-Lifers weren ’ t worried about death panels , like they claimed when congress was trying to pass Obamacare .
The same Obamacare which , after voting to repeal it numerous times , GOP congress members are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as so many have lost their employer healthcare recently .
We know they aren ’ t Pro-Life because as soon as COVID-19 ended their ability to get hair cuts , go to bars and gather in large numbers , Grandma and Grandpa became expendable .
Then as they pushed to have the schools reopened prematurely , we learned their children are expendable , too .
If the country had actually listened to President Obama , passed and strengthened the polices he wanted to put into place , we would have better weathered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a much stronger place .
If you want actual POLICIES that support LIFE and FAMILY , not just the RHETORIC , vote PRO-FAMILY , which means to vote for DEMOCRATS .
Put the policies in place that eliminate the “ need ” for abortion outside of rape or incest , and I ’ d actually support anti-abortion legislation .
It ’ s been several years , but I ’ ve voted republican in the past .
I also know Black Trump supporters exist .
I have some in my own family .
Two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became involved in following politics and is getting fed a bunch of right wing nonsense and conspiracy theories .
So I am not anti-Trump or anti-republican as a knee-jerk reaction .
The republican officials who are still supporting Trump are not the run of the mill republicans .
Either they have drunk the Kool-Aid or their political futures are so intertwined with his that his win is the only way they stay in office .
They are learning their lessons they hard way also , because after all of Trump ’ s demands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has screwed any and everyone except maybe Michael Flynn and Roger Stone , they still thought he would financially support their re-elections like past candidates , and are finding out the hard way he can ’ t and won ’ t .
Any of the sane republicans , like the ones behind the Lincoln Project , have left the party and are working to take down Trump and his enablers .
They are now democrats or independents .
They are also putting aside any Pro-Life or economic policies because they have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been done in several other areas , which will continue to be done , here and abroad , until Trump is out of office .
There is a conversation to be had later , about their influence upon and inclusion in the democratic party and policies .
We disagree on just about everything policy-wise but , for right now , the enemy of my enemy is my friend .
I know it ’ s just a matter of time before all that media magic gets turned back on democrats , though .
Being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one is good , and being a republican doesn ’ t automatically mean one is evil , but looking at party principles , one party overall stands up for people and doing the right thing , and the other party is happy to let the country burn , as long as they get to stay in power and make a few money grabs while it happens .
That may not always have been the case , and it may change again in the future , but for right now , democrats are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of winning .
Not third party .
Not Mickey Mouse .
Don ’ t listen to pro-Trump white evangelicals , Kanye , Ice Cube , 2 quarters or anyone else that tells you otherwise .
We can ’ t afford to split the vote and end up with another 4 years of Trump .
Choose the party that is PRO-FAMILY .
Elect democrats .

Re-post from my blog.
I don’t support abortion. I believe it should be an absolute last resort. However, while I am Anti-abortion/Pro-life, I am also Pro-CHOICE and no, this is not a contradiction.
It may or may not have started out differently, but the most vocal “Pro-Life” advocates are actually just Pro-BIRTH. In many cases, being anti-abortion is a means to be legalistic and punitive toward women who dare have sex outside of marriage and flaunt Christian values. It’s not about saving lives, it’s about controlling behaviors such as premarital sex. To many, they see making access to birth control and education as giving permission to sin. They see giving food assistance as letting sinners escape the consequences of their actions, and refuse to extend grace and mercy to people who have fallen short. If they were actually about reducing abortions, they wouldn’t be anti-contraceptive. This also has links to white genocide groups, but we don’t need to go there.
Instead of supporting women and families to make sure they have food and healthcare, affordable contraceptives with knowledge to properly use them to be able to choose when they get pregnant, time after time these “Pro-Life” people support candidates who are against this. They complain about their taxes supporting lazy welfare queens and the devil’s work because candidates wrap their opposition to these things in biblical verses and noble sounding phrases. “Life is important. Children are a gift from God. Abortion is a sin.” Then, as soon as the baby exits the birth canal, the mother is a sinner who should have made better choices and kept her legs closed. Now she needs to to work and get off the government teat. She made her bed, now she has to lie in it. She needs to learn her lesson. They can’t wait to see the woman punished for not living right and saving herself for a Godly marriage union in the first place. After all, how will others learn the lesson of what not to do if a woman does all the wrong things, and still prospers or has a decent life?
People always want to throw up Margaret Sanger and try to shame me for being Black, Christian and Pro-Choice. White evangelicals act like there are no Christian democrats. Technically I consider myself independent, but if people were TRULY Pro-Life, they would elect democrats. Democrats want to make the entire American life experience better and attainable, from birth to death, with dignity.
Democrats want you to have a living wage to be able to afford to take care of a family without working so many jobs you never see your kids or are too tired to spend time with them, educate, raise and guide them properly.
Democrats want you to have affordable healthcare so you can afford to have your baby and get quality medical care before, during and after birth.
Democrats want you to have paid family leave, so whether you are a man or a woman, you can spend time with your family if a crisis arises, and have time to bond with your child when s/he is first born.
Democrats want women to have workplace protections so they can return to work after giving birth and affordable childcare so they can work and have their children looked after in a safe environment.
Democrats want people to have affordable contraceptives and to be educated about reproductive health to know how to use birth control properly and have it available to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. Abortion should be rare.
Democrats want quality public schools and affordable colleges so people have a quality education leading to better quality jobs to support oneself and ones family.
After one retires, Democrats want people who have worked hard all their lives, but may not have a savings, to be able to eat and have an income to survive via social security, medicare and medicaid, and when the time comes, to be able to die with dignity.
Each objective supports the others. Each objective supports life and family.
If republicans really wanted to reduce abortions, they would also support Obamacare, yet they are in court right now, fighting to have it eliminated. Obamacare has helped to reduce abortions to the lowest rate since 1973. That’s the stated goal, right?
If pregnancy can not be prevented for whatever reason, would I prefer someone to put their child up for adoption or given to a family member to raise? Yes. Though they still would have medical bills, the work and medical leave issues etc., which I mentioned above, so support democrats to make this the more likely outcome.
We know from the time before Roe vs. Wade that women were having unsafe abortions with coat hangers and in unsafe/unclean places which often caused not only the loss of the child, but the mother as well. I don’t want to go back to those times. This will always dis-proportionality affect poor people, because the wealthy can always discretely pay to end their “problems.” Until all these issues are mostly resolved, I am going to remain Pro-Choice and trust the mother and her doctor to make the best decision for her own situation. In some families, one more child is the difference between being slightly food insecure, to everyone starving. (Don’t come at me. I’m not condoning this reason, but women have made this calculation at times.) Yet I am still not “Pro-Abortion.” NO ONE is PRO-abortion. I’m just realistic.
People used to hit hard times, get on welfare for a few months and get off. Then GOP propaganda made Black people and other people of color the face of abuse of the system and talked people into standing idly by while they made the system difficult transition away from, and even navigate in the first place, because the perception was they were stopping Black people from “getting over” on the system. There was a time one could start working and then end assistance. Now, I’m told, if one wishes to get off assistance and try to start working, they end benefits immediately, including health care. This is not a PRO-FAMILY policy. I don’t know if that changed after Obamacare passed or not.
The same thing happened with COVID-19. COVID-19 has revealed that the most vocal Pro-Life advocates really aren’t Pro-Life. Many can’t even bring themselves to utter the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” When Black people and blue states became the face of the pandemic deaths, many no longer saw it has a true public health emergency and several states and politicians wanted to open back up immediately. Their lack of compassion is their own downfall. Red states are now being hit hard with COVID-19.
In the past, mainstream America led on by the GOP, voted to cut their own safety nets. Now that millions of people are out of work, people navigating the system for the first time are finding out that things are not set up for living large, only to barely survive and that the systems that are in place to make it harder for Black people and other PoC, are making it hard for them, too. Pro-Lifers weren’t worried about death panels, like they claimed when congress was trying to pass Obamacare. The same Obamacare which, after voting to repeal it numerous times, GOP congress members are now telling their constituents to enroll in, as so many have lost their employer healthcare recently. We know they aren’t Pro-Life because as soon as COVID-19 ended their ability to get hair cuts, go to bars and gather in large numbers, Grandma and Grandpa became expendable. Then as they pushed to have the schools reopened prematurely, we learned their children are expendable, too.
If the country had actually listened to President Obama, passed and strengthened the polices he wanted to put into place, we would have better weathered this entire pandemic and come out in a much stronger place.
If you want actual POLICIES that support LIFE and FAMILY, not just the RHETORIC, vote PRO-FAMILY, which means to vote for DEMOCRATS. Put the policies in place that eliminate the “need” for abortion outside of rape or incest, and I’d actually support anti-abortion legislation.
It’s been several years, but I’ve voted republican in the past. I also know Black Trump supporters exist. I have some in my own family. Two for religious reasons, one who recently became involved in following politics and is getting fed a bunch of right wing nonsense and conspiracy theories. So I am not anti-Trump or anti-republican as a knee-jerk reaction.
The republican officials who are still supporting Trump are not the run of the mill republicans. Either they have drunk the Kool-Aid or their political futures are so intertwined with his that his win is the only way they stay in office. They are learning their lessons they hard way also, because after all of Trump’s demands for loyalty, and after witnessing how he has screwed any and everyone except maybe Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, they still thought he would financially support their re-elections like past candidates, and are finding out the hard way he can’t and won’t.
Any of the sane republicans, like the ones behind the Lincoln Project, have left the party and are working to take down Trump and his enablers. They are now democrats or independents. They are also putting aside any Pro-Life or economic policies because they have the wisdom to see the damage which has been done in several other areas, which will continue to be done, here and abroad, until Trump is out of office. There is a conversation to be had later, about their influence upon and inclusion in the democratic party and policies. We disagree on just about everything policy-wise but, for right now, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I know it’s just a matter of time before all that media magic gets turned back on democrats, though.
Being a democrat doesn’t automatically mean one is good, and being a republican doesn’t automatically mean one is evil, but looking at party principles, one party overall stands up for people and doing the right thing, and the other party is happy to let the country burn, as long as they get to stay in power and make a few money grabs while it happens. That may not always have been the case, and it may change again in the future, but for right now, democrats are the only sane choice that has a chance of winning. Not third party. Not Mickey Mouse. Don’t listen to pro-Trump white evangelicals, Kanye, Ice Cube, 2 quarters or anyone else that tells you otherwise. We can’t afford to split the vote and end up with another 4 years of Trump.
Choose the party that is PRO-FAMILY. Elect democrats.


dailykos--2020-11-03--It's Here!  It's Election Day! - Good News Roundup, Bluesday, November 3rd, 2020

Today is Election Day .
The Election Day .
The one we ’ ve been waiting for , for the last four years .
The day we dump tRump .
The day we finally take the country back .
No biggie .
Just another Tuesday in November .
We are done with that whiny never-ending lame excuse on a loop .
It ’ s time to reclaim the color orange from the dark side .
There ’ s not much left to say .
All the profound words have been spoken .
All the rage has been vented ( well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with dumbass relatives has been pled .
There ’ s still some anxiety and mystery about some states , about the final margins , and about what ’ s happening down ballot .
But , the outcome at the top is locked in .
tRump failed to make his case and he no longer has time to shift enough of the electorate to make a difference .
The fat ladies ’ chorus is backstage doing their vocal exercises .
Yeah , ok , I won ’ t fully relax until tRump is fitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent residence in his new home at Dannemora .
We still have to be vigilant and work hard to stamp out the pernicious influences of tRumpism , racism , xenophobia , misogyny , homophobia and general assholeitude .
But , we are taking a big step today .
I ’ m going to enjoy it .
Even though more than 100,000,000 people ( 100 million ! )
have already voted these last 15 hours are still important .
Please call around to your circle and make sure everyone you know that leans toward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if they haven ’ t ask if you can do anything to help them get to the polls .
The wider we can make Joe and Kamala ’ s winning margin , the stronger the message we send .
By the time you read this , I ’ ll be gone — to the polls to attempt , with Pressley ’ s help , to convince a few more soft tRump supporters that any vote for tRump is a vote against America .
We ’ ll be masked and socially distanced , politicking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pawliticking ) right up until the polls close this evening You can help me with one other thing .
Which of these terms should I use to describe tRump ’ s upcoming reaction to his loss ?
Here are some warm up acts to get you going .
And it ’ s on to the news ( I ’ m avoiding horse race coverage as it ’ s mostly a ratings/clicks ploy rather a reflection of what the numbers are telling us — besides you ’ ll get enough of that everywhere else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In The rout is on .
CNN : Joe Biden takes all 5 votes in tiny township that is one of the first to announce results on Election Day His ultimate comeuppance lives in out votes .
Our votes will set us free .
We ’ ve got this .
Mother Jones : Biden Got It Right : The 2020 Race Is About the Soul of the Nation It always sounded hokey , but it was an accurate description of the 2020 election : a fight for the nation ’ s soul .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ when he entered the campaign .
But whether he were in the race or not , this shorthand would have aptly framed the contest .
Since moving into the White House , Donald Trump , the first reality-show president , has debased the country with his bigotry , divisiveness , and demagoguery .
And to make literally everything worse , his brazen incompetence , willful ignorance , and pathological narcissism shaped an inept response to a national disaster that has resulted in over 230,000 American deaths and widespread economic calamity affecting millions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be : would the voters of the United States accept this ?
What would it say about the country if they did ?
Trump has been a power-abusing , corruption-embracing , mean-spirited , racist president who has sought to inflame partisan anger and anxiety .
He has ruled by resentment .
He has governed by grievance .
He has whipped up hatred .
He has lied constantly and excessively .
He has exhausted the country .
His list of offenses can and does full entire books .
Our individual memories are insufficient to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Praising the “ very fine people ” at a white supremacist rally .
Attacking journalists as the “ enemy of the people.
” Aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin ’ s attack on American democracy .
Retweeting a “ white power ” video .
Pardoning accused or convicted war criminals .
Encouraging violence .
Inciting fear .
( Hordes of immigrants , Antifa , BLM protesters , low-income folk—take your pick—are invading the suburbs ! )
Promoting nepotism .
Exploiting and personally profiting from government service .
Covering up conflicts of interest .
Trashing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution ( see the emoluments clause ) .
Demanding the arrest of political foes .
Obstructing investigations .
Undermining the legitimacy of elections .
I ’ ll Be Talking About This at the Polls He doesn ’ t cross lines .
He lives on the other side .
Fifteen hours and then some time for counting .
Bye Don !
I Might Mention This as Well tRump is literally killing his followers to massage his ego .
He makes yet another damning indictment of himself .
Vice : Trump Rallies Linked to More @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Study And There ’ s Still More Being Uncovered Look for this one to get some heavy attention after he loses .
The smell of corruption is heavy in the brisk Scottish air .
Mother Jones : We Asked Finance Experts to Explain Trump ’ s Odd Business Methods in Scotland .
They Were Mystified .
The New York Times series based on Donald Trump ’ s tax returns has revealed a lot about the president ’ s finances , but so far it has yet to illuminate one of the biggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : his Scottish golf courses .
The clubs—one at Turnberry , located outside Glasgow , and one in Aberdeenshire , situated on a remote stretch of coastline along the North Sea—have been a main focus of the Trump Organization over the past decade .
Trump has poured more money into these properties than any other part of his business .
Yet neither club has ever turned a profit .
In fact , together they have lost as much as $ 6.2 million annually over the past 14 years .
Trump has other failed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a losing venture for so long .
That ’ s not the only strange thing .
Instead of putting money into the business , in exchange for equity , the way an investment usually works , Trump has been lending himself the cash needed to develop the properties and keep them afloat .
And he has dramatically overvalued the courses—and not just in his typical braggadocios way , but in detailed corporate filings made annually in the UK .
I ’ m not crying even one tiny tear for this bigoted cretin .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer Over COVID Orders Scared Of Getting COVID In Jail In early October , Kaleb Franks was one of several `` Wolverine Watchmen '' militia members arrested for plotting to `` Liberate Michigan '' by kidnapping Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer .
It was one of several planned governor-nappings thwarted last month , because apparently it is just a widely held belief among Republicans that if you kidnap the governor of your state , all of the COVID-19 restrictions they put into place become null and void .
Especially if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing so .
Then it 's really official .
US Magistrate Judge Salley Berens said at the time that Franks posed a danger to the community and denied him bond based on his participation in staking out Whitmer 's home ; his statements that he was `` in for anything as long as it 's planned '' ; and his participation in procuring illegal and untraceable firearms .
Franks was one of the men who thought he was going to pick up explosives and tactical gear only to find themselves arrested by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last week , Franks 's lawyer filed court documents arguing he should be let out of jail because he 's not a real threat and `` has diabetes and high cholesterol , takes insulin daily and fears contracting COVID-19 in jail . ''
To be clear — this guy and his friends were going to kidnap the Governor of Michigan because they were mad about the COVID-19-related restrictions she was enacting .
They were so mad at Whitmer for trying to keep people from getting COVID-19 that they were plotting to go to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a thing they had to know was a crime .
And now this guy wants to not be in jail because he has underlying conditions and is afraid he will get COVID-19 .
I really , really , really hope someone told Donnie about this .
A Little Bit of Andy to Settle the Nerves I don ’ t know about the rest of you , but satire is one of my opiates .
I want to be like Andy when I grow up .
Have you started drinking yet ?
The New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shows Most Democrats Have Taken Advantage of Early Drinking Finally , a Use for My Lawn It will be wonderful to get back to a science based approach to the future , won ’ t it ?
GoodNewsNetwork : Natural Organisms in Soil Can Power Lights With This Bio Battery , Which May Be World ’ s Most Disruptive Technology Our resident history professor ’ s always interesting history lesson will appear here as soon as I get back from the polls for a quick lunch break and chance to thaw out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ comment section .
Take it away WineRev Yosef 52 has been working very hard to keep track of all the ways we can help to get out the vote and end the tRumpmare .
Here are some last minute tips from the eve of the election : The Last Day : Here 's What You Can Do Last night the Shade : All Hell Breaks Loose Eve ( or NOT ) - Evening Shade , Monday There will be a Shade tonight .
It is already mostly written and queued .
I won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until well after it goes live .
The lads played this up in Goodie ’ s neck of the woods back on Independence Day , 1989 .
It ’ s been one of my rocks these last four years .
It was pretty much the only song I considered for closing out the GNR today .
Disclaimer : It ain ’ t over till it ’ s over — but it ’ s over .

Today is Election Day. The Election Day. The one we’ve been waiting for, for the last four years. The day we dump tRump. The day we finally take the country back. No biggie. Just another Tuesday in November. We are done with that whiny never-ending lame excuse on a loop. It’s time to reclaim the color orange from the dark side.
There’s not much left to say. All the profound words have been spoken. All the rage has been vented (well, mostly). All the pleading with dumbass relatives has been pled. There’s still some anxiety and mystery about some states, about the final margins, and about what’s happening down ballot. But, the outcome at the top is locked in. tRump failed to make his case and he no longer has time to shift enough of the electorate to make a difference. The fat ladies’ chorus is backstage doing their vocal exercises.
Yeah, ok, I won’t fully relax until tRump is fitted with his new jumpsuit and takes up permanent residence in his new home at Dannemora. We still have to be vigilant and work hard to stamp out the pernicious influences of tRumpism, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia and general assholeitude. But, we are taking a big step today. I’m going to enjoy it.
Even though more than 100,000,000 people (100 million!) have already voted these last 15 hours are still important. Please call around to your circle and make sure everyone you know that leans toward truth and justice has voted, and if they haven’t ask if you can do anything to help them get to the polls. The wider we can make Joe and Kamala’s winning margin, the stronger the message we send.
By the time you read this, I’ll be gone — to the polls to attempt, with Pressley’s help, to convince a few more soft tRump supporters that any vote for tRump is a vote against America. We’ll be masked and socially distanced, politicking (in Pressley’s case, pawliticking) right up until the polls close this evening
You can help me with one other thing. Which of these terms should I use to describe tRump’s upcoming reaction to his loss?
tRumper tantrum
temper tRumptrum
tRumper tRumptrum
Tyrannis sedito. Sic semper tyrannis.
Up the Resistance
GOTMFV
Here are some warm up acts to get you going.
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And it’s on to the news (I’m avoiding horse race coverage as it’s mostly a ratings/clicks ploy rather a reflection of what the numbers are telling us — besides you’ll get enough of that everywhere else),
The First Returns Have Come In
The rout is on.
CNN: Joe Biden takes all 5 votes in tiny township that is one of the first to announce results on Election Day
(CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known. The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming some of the first cast and counted on Election Day By tradition, all eligible voters gather in the storied " Ballot Room " at The Balsams resort in Dixville Notch to cast their secret ballots once polls open at midnight. Once every ballot is cast, votes are tallied and results announced -- hours before anywhere else, making it a favored spot for reporters and observers eager for any hints of what is to come on Election Day.
David Corn Sums It up Nicely
His ultimate comeuppance lives in out votes. Our votes will set us free. We’ve got this.
Mother Jones: Biden Got It Right: The 2020 Race Is About the Soul of the Nation
It always sounded hokey, but it was an accurate description of the 2020 election: a fight for the nation’s soul. Joe Biden adopted this as his catchphrase when he entered the campaign. But whether he were in the race or not, this shorthand would have aptly framed the contest. Since moving into the White House, Donald Trump, the first reality-show president, has debased the country with his bigotry, divisiveness, and demagoguery. And to make literally everything worse, his brazen incompetence, willful ignorance, and pathological narcissism shaped an inept response to a national disaster that has resulted in over 230,000 American deaths and widespread economic calamity affecting millions. The driving question of 2020 had to be: would the voters of the United States accept this? What would it say about the country if they did? Trump has been a power-abusing, corruption-embracing, mean-spirited, racist president who has sought to inflame partisan anger and anxiety. He has ruled by resentment. He has governed by grievance. He has whipped up hatred. He has lied constantly and excessively. He has exhausted the country. His list of offenses can and does full entire books. Our individual memories are insufficient to hold the full catalogue of outrages. Praising the “very fine people” at a white supremacist rally. Attacking journalists as the “enemy of the people.” Aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin’s attack on American democracy. Retweeting a “white power” video. Pardoning accused or convicted war criminals. Encouraging violence. Inciting fear. (Hordes of immigrants, Antifa, BLM protesters, low-income folk—take your pick—are invading the suburbs!) Promoting nepotism. Exploiting and personally profiting from government service. Covering up conflicts of interest. Trashing transparency and avoiding accountability. Violating the Constitution (see the emoluments clause). Demanding the arrest of political foes. Obstructing investigations. Undermining the legitimacy of elections.
I’ll Be Talking About This at the Polls
He doesn’t cross lines. He lives on the other side. Fifteen hours and then some time for counting. Bye Don!
Rolling Stone: Trump Brags About Supporters Harassing Biden Campaign Bus
With his devoted cult-like followers cheering him on during a Sunday rally in Michigan, Trump reveled in an incident in which his supporters in cars and trucks dangerously harassed a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas, prompting an FBI investigation. The president mocked the Friday incident to the glee of rally-goers by saying the trucks and cars littered with Trump flags were “protecting” Biden’s campaign bus. On Saturday night, the president tweeted, “I LOVE TEXAS!” along with a video of his supporters in their vehicles with Trump flags waving apparently attempting to surround Biden’s bus.
I Might Mention This as Well
tRump is literally killing his followers to massage his ego. He makes yet another damning indictment of himself.
Vice: Trump Rallies Linked to More Than 30,000 COVID Cases and 700 Deaths: Study
The coronavirus has infected millions of Americans, resulted in almost 330,000 coronavirus-linked deaths in the U.S., and ground the world to a halt, but President Donald Trump has insisted on holding big campaign rallies. Those rallies may have led to more than 30,000 cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of more than 700 people, economists from Stanford University concluded in a new paper. Economists built a statistical model to estimate the effects of 18 Trump rallies held between June 20 and September 22 in cities including Phoenix and Pittsburgh. Three of those 18 rallies were held indoors. They analyzed the demographics, policy measures, and levels of COVID-19 in the counties where the rallies occurred, compared to similarly situated counties. The working paper, which has not been peer reviewed, estimated that the rallies “increased subsequent confirmed cases of COVID-19 by more than 250 per 100,000 residents.” The people who died of Trump-linked coronavirus cases were not necessarily rally attendees, according to the paper.
And There’s Still More Being Uncovered
Look for this one to get some heavy attention after he loses. The smell of corruption is heavy in the brisk Scottish air.
Mother Jones: We Asked Finance Experts to Explain Trump’s Odd Business Methods in Scotland. They Were Mystified.
The New York Times series based on Donald Trump’s tax returns has revealed a lot about the president’s finances, but so far it has yet to illuminate one of the biggest mysteries of Trump’s business empire: his Scottish golf courses. The clubs—one at Turnberry, located outside Glasgow, and one in Aberdeenshire, situated on a remote stretch of coastline along the North Sea—have been a main focus of the Trump Organization over the past decade. Trump has poured more money into these properties than any other part of his business. Yet neither club has ever turned a profit. In fact, together they have lost as much as $6.2 million annually over the past 14 years. Trump has other failed investments, but he rarely sticks with a losing venture for so long. That’s not the only strange thing. Instead of putting money into the business, in exchange for equity, the way an investment usually works, Trump has been lending himself the cash needed to develop the properties and keep them afloat. And he has dramatically overvalued the courses—and not just in his typical braggadocios way, but in detailed corporate filings made annually in the UK.
Karma Has a Wicked Sense of Irony
I’m not crying even one tiny tear for this bigoted cretin.
Wonkette: Guy Who Wanted To Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Over COVID Orders Scared Of Getting COVID In Jail
In early October, Kaleb Franks was one of several "Wolverine Watchmen" militia members arrested for plotting to "Liberate Michigan" by kidnapping Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. It was one of several planned governor-nappings thwarted last month, because apparently it is just a widely held belief among Republicans that if you kidnap the governor of your state, all of the COVID-19 restrictions they put into place become null and void. Especially if you declare yourself the Governor of Ohio before doing so. Then it's really official. US Magistrate Judge Salley Berens said at the time that Franks posed a danger to the community and denied him bond based on his participation in staking out Whitmer's home; his statements that he was "in for anything as long as it's planned"; and his participation in procuring illegal and untraceable firearms. Franks was one of the men who thought he was going to pick up explosives and tactical gear only to find themselves arrested by the FBI in a sting operation. But last week, Franks's lawyer filed court documents arguing he should be let out of jail because he's not a real threat and "has diabetes and high cholesterol, takes insulin daily and fears contracting COVID-19 in jail." To be clear — this guy and his friends were going to kidnap the Governor of Michigan because they were mad about the COVID-19-related restrictions she was enacting. They were so mad at Whitmer for trying to keep people from getting COVID-19 that they were plotting to go to her vacation house and kidnap her, a thing they had to know was a crime. And now this guy wants to not be in jail because he has underlying conditions and is afraid he will get COVID-19.
Takin’ Out the Trash
I really, really, really hope someone told Donnie about this.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV star-turned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday, a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesday’s presidential election. In what seemed a further calculated insult, the statue of his predecessor and nemesis Barack Obama, who counted Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel among his closest allies, remained in place, beaming and besuited. “Today’s activity is rather of a symbolic character ahead of the elections in the United States,” said the museum’s marketing manager Orkide Yalcindag. “We here at Madame Tussauds Berlin removed Donald Trump’s waxwork as a preparatory measure.”
A Little Bit of Andy to Settle the Nerves
I don’t know about the rest of you, but satire is one of my opiates. I want to be like Andy when I grow up. Have you started drinking yet?
The New Yorker: The Borowitz Report: Poll Shows Most Democrats Have Taken Advantage of Early Drinking
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (The Borowitz Report)—A new poll indicates that the vast majority of Democratic voters have taken advantage of early drinking ahead of the 2020 election. In contrast to 2016, when many Democrats did not begin drinking in earnest until well into Election Night, the poll indicates that these same voters started consuming alcohol days and even weeks before November 3rd. “By the time I started drinking in 2016, it was too late for me to fully anesthetize myself,” Harland Dorrinson, an Arizona Democrat who started drinking last Thursday, said. “That’s why I went for the early-drinking option.”
Finally, a Use for My Lawn
It will be wonderful to get back to a science based approach to the future, won’t it?
GoodNewsNetwork: Natural Organisms in Soil Can Power Lights With This Bio Battery, Which May Be World’s Most Disruptive Technology
Described as the world’s most disruptive startup in 2016 by Google, Bioo (pronounced Bee-oh) creates batteries that utilize soil microbes to generate electricity in a simple yet ingenious way. When the ground in which the battery is set is irrigated or receives rain, nutrients and microbes in the soil that feed on decaying plant matter leach into the battery where their feeding activity creates protons and electrons. When combined with oxygen flowing in through holes in the battery, the process generates enough electricity to power lights, screens, or small appliances. The goal of Bioo is to scale up their technology until their soil-powered units could generate power for an entire house, which might not be so difficult since the manufacturing doesn’t require any toxic or rare earth minerals like some PV solar panels do.
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WineRev’s History Lesson
Our resident history professor’s always interesting history lesson will appear here as soon as I get back from the polls for a quick lunch break and chance to thaw out. Until then look for it in the comment section.
Take it away WineRev
>>>>>>>That story from Berlin? The Wax museum putting the Trumpfenveruckt Wachspuppe into Der Dumpsterhoffen? (I love practicing my German (although my German friends are either hiding under rocks or can’t stop laughing.) I saw that the other day and if I caught the story right not only did they Dump(ster) Trumpf, they brought the dumpster around front by the entrance…..subtle as a Tiger Panzer…….well-played, Herren und Frauen, well played!
>>>>>» Day ZERO. At last. (I know, a 78-day coda but I’ll start grappling with that tomorrow (“flee into exile” has an oddly attractive scent to it) 95 million already voted.
WineRev’s predictions: Democrats gain +15 net new seats in the House/ Democrats flip the Senate from 53-47 GOP to AT LEAST 53-47 Democratic/ Electoral Votes: 350 baseline for Biden. Total turnout (“There’ll be time enough for countin’, when the dealin’s done”) I’m sticking with my summer prediction: 160 million (up from 2016’s 137 million.)
In a landslide (and this will be) the close calls mostly fall one way (like NC, GA, FL, OH, TX). There are (pleasant) surprises, both Presidential and Senatorial: (My picks: GA, TX, KS, MT, AK) and at least one more “something” west of the Mississippi. Invoking the “Putin Rule” (AKA “close enough to steal by cheating”) GA is a prime candidate, along with FL (Fortunately, Biden doesn’t need either one.) In 2016 45* got 62 million in the popular vote; will he go over or be under this? I am leaning toward UNDER, due to everyone he’s alienated so savagely offsetting the trickle of “hell, yeah” beard-faces drifting to him in those stupid car parades.
November 3rds of the Good and Goofy in the Past that may pale into insignificance once THIS November 3rd goes into the history books…..and YOU were part of it TODAY, my Friends.
1503 Florence, Italy Francesco del Giocondo was a well-to-do Florentine and very much in love with his wife, Lisa Gherardini. She had borne him two children and so, when she was 23, Francesco wanted to always remember her like this. On this day he commissioned a local artist with a good reputation to paint her portrait. Leonardo DaVinci began work; X-Rays reveal he painted her in three different poses until he was satisfied by the fourth layer in about 1507. DaVinci moved to Paris and may have worked on the portrait of Mona Lisa as late as 1517. It was later acquired by French King Francis I and has hung in the Louvre since 1797.
1587 Halle, Germany Birth of Samuel Scheidt, composer. A very skilled organist, trained in Amsterdam, he stayed in Brandenburg most of his life, despite the interruption called the Thirty Years War. Northern Germany was Protestant, while the southern sections remained Catholic and organ styles emerged along this line as well. In the south there was still a heavy Italian influence, but in the north Scheidt developed a very different, trend setting style that paved the way for Bach in particular and helped invent the entire Baroque period in music. Many works for organ and many chorales as well.
1801 Essen, Germany Birth of Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, author and publisher. He came from a line of publishers and booksellers. In the 1830s he established himself in Koblenz, on the Rhine, which was acquiring a rising tourist trade. While there had been earlier versions of ‘traveler’s guides’ both in German and English, Baedeker decided to try his hand. His “Travel on the Rhine” (1835) was written so a traveler could get everything they needed from the guide: routes, transportation, accommodations, places to eat, tipping customs, sights, theaters, museums and places to visit, walks and prices. It was a smashing success and he invented a new genre; the Michelin guides, Frommer’s ‘Europe on $10 a day’, the backpacker’s “Let’s Go Europe”, all owe something to Baedecker.
1817 Montreal Canada’s oldest chartered bank, the Bank of Montreal, opened this day.
1838 Bombay, India Under British rule this day sees the first issue of a broadsheet newspaper called The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. It grows into The Times of India, becoming the world’s largest circulation newspaper in English.
1892 LaPorte, Indiana You know how you pick up your phone and dial/punch in/ tap a set of 7 or ten numbers and in a few seconds your call rings through? (And goes straight to voicemail, but that’s something else.) When phones got started, you rang up the operator, gave them the number and they put through the call. On this day Almon Strowger’s invention goes into service, the first automatic telephone, the start of dialing your own calls and pushing your own buttons.
1908 Detroit, MI Henry Ford is putting America on wheels. His company started using an assembly line to build the “Model T” and it looks like automobiles are here to stay. More important, there’s money to be made. On this day, Ford picks up a legendary competitor: William Durant sees the advantage of mass production and economies of scale, and several smaller automakers lack these. Durant assembles Chevrolet Motor Car, Oakland Motors (which built a model called Pontiac ), RE Olds Motors and Cadillac under the umbrella name of General Motors.
1936 Across America. President Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected for second term in the greatest landslide of the 20th century. Republican challenger, Kansas governor Alfred M. "Alf" Landon ’s platform called FDR’s deficit spending, and alphabet soup agencies as a “wrong-headed" economic program. Roosevelt received 60.8% of the popular vote and carried 46 of the 48 states (Vermont & New Hampshire). (Kansas reacted by swearing never to elect a Democrat to the Senate again……a vow they’ve kept for 88 years. Go Bollier! Break the curse!)
1992 Springfield, IL On this day the Illinois Secretary of State’s office announced that Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun had won election to the United States Senate. She became the first black woman to be a member of that body.
May all your News (ESPECIALLY TONIGHT!) be Good, comforting, inspiring, and relieving.
Shalom.
On the Lighter Side
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To all of our fellow resisters, rounderuppers and gnusies recovering from illness or injury lots of hugs, including {{{{oldhippiedude}}}}, {{{{Msdude}}}}, our Tuesday partner {{{{niftywriter}}}}, {{{{karij}}}}, {{{{ElizabethinNYC}}}}, {{{{Arel1}}}}, {{{{Crankylib}}}} and to our entire {{{{Gnuville}}}} community during the interregnum.
Yosef 52 has been working very hard to keep track of all the ways we can help to get out the vote and end the tRumpmare. Here are some last minute tips from the eve of the election: The Last Day: Here's What You Can Do
Last night the Shade : All Hell Breaks Loose Eve (or NOT) - Evening Shade, Monday
There will be a Shade tonight. It is already mostly written and queued. I won’t be back from the polls until well after it goes live.
The lads played this up in Goodie’s neck of the woods back on Independence Day, 1989. It’s been one of my rocks these last four years. It was pretty much the only song I considered for closing out the GNR today.
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Disclaimer: It ain’t over till it’s over — but it’s over.


dailykos--2020-11-05--Biden Will Win Nevada by 1%

Biden Will Win Nevada by 1%

Nevada has 86 % of its votes reported and won ’ t announce additional results until later today .
But it ’ s pretty easy to crunch the numbers because it has only 22 counties .
Nearly all of those counties are red except for Clark and Washoe , which are by far the largest in population .
All you have to do is extrapolate the remaining votes , on a per county basis , to break the same way the existing votes have gone .
One pitfall here is timing bias , i.e.
, the later counted votes within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those counted earlier .
That ’ s quite possible if they are comprised of a differently distributed category ( e.g .
mail-in vs. in-person , early vs. later received absentee ballots , etc. )
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According to the New York Times , “ Remaining votes include mail ballots received on Election Day , those that will arrive over the next week and provisional ballots. ''
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So they ’ ll likely skew a bit but it ’ s not obvious in which direction .
And 86 % is a pretty good sample size @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per-county extrapolation .
My projected shares of the total may be off a bit due to excluding the effect of the two other party candidates , but the relative difference should be the same : Biden will win Nevada by about 1 % .
I can ’ t seem to embed the spreadsheet in DailyKos but check my original post to see the calculation details : https : //mco.dev/biden-will-win-nevada-by-1/ .

Nevada has 86% of its votes reported and won’t announce additional results until later today. But it’s pretty easy to crunch the numbers because it has only 22 counties.
Nearly all of those counties are red except for Clark and Washoe, which are by far the largest in population. All you have to do is extrapolate the remaining votes, on a per county basis, to break the same way the existing votes have gone.
One pitfall here is timing bias, i.e., the later counted votes within a county may be distributed differently than those counted earlier. That’s quite possible if they are comprised of a differently distributed category (e.g. mail-in vs. in-person, early vs. later received absentee ballots, etc.).
According to the New York Times, “Remaining votes include mail ballots received on Election Day, those that will arrive over the next week and provisional ballots.". So they’ll likely skew a bit but it’s not obvious in which direction. And 86% is a pretty good sample size.
The calculation below does this simple per-county extrapolation. My projected shares of the total may be off a bit due to excluding the effect of the two other party candidates, but the relative difference should be the same: Biden will win Nevada by about 1%.
I can’t seem to embed the spreadsheet in DailyKos but check my original post to see the calculation details: https://mco.dev/biden-will-win-nevada-by-1/.


dailykos--2020-11-05--To the oligarchs...a message

To the oligarchs...a message

Ok , this diary is directed to the oligarchs that control the nation , the true power behind aberrations like Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell .
The message is that you won the war .
Anything from here on out will only be counterproductive to your aims of wealth and power .
Over the decades you ’ ve eroded trust in government , freed yourself from regulations which cut into your profit and power .
You ’ ve bought the entire media and they spread your disinformation effectively and can stave off or substantially reduce any threat to your stature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s resources as we were all distracted by war , natural disasters brought on by your pollution and rape of the forests , unchecked disease and political dysfunction on a scale we haven ’ t seen since the Nazi days .
You ’ ve destroyed environmental and pollution safeguards , annihilated worker rights and benefits , and stolen our nation ’ s resources so that all the pots are pretty much empty .
The only things you have left really are Social Security and Medicare and they are both weakened .
My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the point of diminishing returns and there ’ s an enormous amount of historical data to back up my assertion .
What more is it you want ?
To make us all brain dead worker drones subsisting on crumbs ?
Lots have speculated that is exactly your goal but to what end ?
How will that better your lives ?
If you destroy the middle class of this country you destroy the very customers you need to keep the money flowing to your vaults .
And what good is that money if all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dens of starvation and misery with diseases unchecked ?
History shows that humans can indeed be treated as willing farm animals but only to a breaking point and when that hits , it hits with a fury that is unstoppable by wealth or private armies .
The human race will always balance out power imbalances and , even though the suppressed suffer the most losses during those events , when they do get the upper hand ( and they always will ) , they will have no mercy on the leaders of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the demise of Mussolini to see how this ends .
And looking at the lives of the historically powerful shows incredible depression and dysfunction .
The “ golden life ” simply amplifies life ’ s emotions both good and bad .
That bad part is particularly grueling .
So here ’ s a suggestion .
Declare victory and go off and enjoy your ill gotten gains now and call off this Donald Trump charade .
Show him and his closest cronies the door .
Ship him off to Russia or Saudi Arabia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the con men you use when they ’ re used up .
Stop this election madness and have your bought and paid for media end this .
Let us get back to at least somewhat restoring the country so you have something of value for future robbing and pillaging .

Ok, this diary is directed to the oligarchs that control the nation, the true power behind aberrations like Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell. The message is that you won the war. Anything from here on out will only be counterproductive to your aims of wealth and power.
Over the decades you’ve eroded trust in government, freed yourself from regulations which cut into your profit and power. You’ve bought the entire media and they spread your disinformation effectively and can stave off or substantially reduce any threat to your stature. You’ve stolen the nation’s resources as we were all distracted by war, natural disasters brought on by your pollution and rape of the forests, unchecked disease and political dysfunction on a scale we haven’t seen since the Nazi days. You’ve destroyed environmental and pollution safeguards, annihilated worker rights and benefits, and stolen our nation’s resources so that all the pots are pretty much empty. The only things you have left really are Social Security and Medicare and they are both weakened.
My appeal is that you’ve reached the point of diminishing returns and there’s an enormous amount of historical data to back up my assertion. What more is it you want? To make us all brain dead worker drones subsisting on crumbs? Lots have speculated that is exactly your goal but to what end? How will that better your lives? If you destroy the middle class of this country you destroy the very customers you need to keep the money flowing to your vaults. And what good is that money if all the places you could visit would be dens of starvation and misery with diseases unchecked?
History shows that humans can indeed be treated as willing farm animals but only to a breaking point and when that hits, it hits with a fury that is unstoppable by wealth or private armies. The human race will always balance out power imbalances and, even though the suppressed suffer the most losses during those events, when they do get the upper hand (and they always will), they will have no mercy on the leaders of the subjugation. One only has to look at the demise of Mussolini to see how this ends. And looking at the lives of the historically powerful shows incredible depression and dysfunction. The “golden life” simply amplifies life’s emotions both good and bad. That bad part is particularly grueling.
So here’s a suggestion. Declare victory and go off and enjoy your ill gotten gains now and call off this Donald Trump charade. Show him and his closest cronies the door. Ship him off to Russia or Saudi Arabia or do with him as you do to the con men you use when they’re used up. Stop this election madness and have your bought and paid for media end this. Let us get back to at least somewhat restoring the country so you have something of value for future robbing and pillaging.