US election 2020 thread

[spring-peeper]

...and so it begins

Boarded-up stores are another sign of election anxiety

Businesses across the country are bracing for the possibility of violence in an already volatile year.

www.vox.com

Boards went up over windows around the country over the past week as businesses anticipated the potential for election-related unrest.

Media outlets reported plywood going up in cities from coast to coast: Retailers in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Long Beach, San Francisco, Charleston, Indianapolis, Dearborn, Boston, Sacramento, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Portland, Dallas, and Washington, DC, all took part.

But store preparations go beyond boarded-up windows. The New York Times reported on October 30 that in a videoconference held by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, 120 representatives from 60 retail brands learned how to de-escalate customer tensions, including election-related situations. The NRF has hired security consultants to help its members predict which cities may be most volatile on Election Day and prepare accordingly.

Boarding-up windows once would have seemed extreme on an Election Day eve, but now it seems reasonable, especially nearing the end of a year of heightened conflict and politicization. Perhaps the best evidence of this comes in the fact that the NRF de-escalation training was originally developed to help retail employees deal with belligerent customers who refused to honor store policy and wear a mask. So whether the precautions are necessary or simply the product of an extraordinarily jumpy year and toxic political climate, they’re far from surprising.

 

[spring-peeper]

I'm linking this because it exposés the lies being spread by the Trump family.

Fact check: Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. spread false information in run up to election

As two of his top surrogates, President Donald Trump's eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have spread a significant amount of false information this campaign season on topics ranging from the coronavirus, to their father's alleged successes, to attacks against his Democratic opponent...

www.cnn.com

As two of his top surrogates, President Donald Trump's eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have spread a significant amount of false information this campaign season on topics ranging from the coronavirus, to their father's alleged successes, to attacks against his Democratic opponent former Vice President Joe Biden.

On the eve of the election here's a look at some of the false and misleading claims from Trump's sons.

 

[strung out]

The first town in America has declared its results, and it's a landslide to Biden! (they announce them as soon as they get to 100% turnout)

 

[bimble]

Dixville Notch ! it seems to contain 12 whole people but well done them.

Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[two sheds]

Is that 5 out of the 270 needed or 5 out of 140 million?

 

[maomao]

Dicks ville. Lol.

 

[bimble]

crazy shit this, their postal service is broken and they all know it but still if your ballot is delivered too late it won't count?

Judge orders US Postal Service to take 'extraordinary measures' to deliver ballots on time

Several battleground states are experiencing severe mail delays as the election looms

www.theguardian.com

 

[platinumsage]

The first town in America has declared its results, and it's a landslide to Biden! (they announce them as soon as they get to 100% turnout)

Interestingly four people there voted in the Democratic primary, but one voted in the Republican primary.

 

[bimble]

My nutty Florida aunt texted to say that she has bowed to pressure from her 13 year old grandaughter and voted for biden, against her instincts but to keep the peace. I'm not entirely sure i believe her tbh but thats what she says.
Old people shouldnt have a vote, imo, past a certain age, they should just hand them over to the 13 years olds.

 

[Badgers]

The first town in America has declared its results, and it's a landslide to Biden! (they announce them as soon as they get to 100% turnout)

Joe Biden has won the first vote on Election Day, taking all 5 votes in the small community of Dixville Notch, NH. The last time one person won every vote in Dixville Notch was in 1960

 

[JTG]

I'm going for none whatsoever. Tbh I think it's going to be hugely counter-productive from their perpective.

Yeah, honestly think it's going to turn out to be something of an own goal. American democracy is clapped out, easily diverted if you use certain traditional methods and not fit for purpose. But there's a limit beyond which people won't tolerate it being fucked with and that's where we are. I think

 

[JTG]

The first town in America has declared its results, and it's a landslide to Biden! (they announce them as soon as they get to 100% turnout)

However, Millsfield NH has gone 16-5 for the President

 

[petee]

The first town in America has declared its results, and it's a landslide to Biden! (they announce them as soon as they get to 100% turnout)

one year i heard an exit interview with a voter there, and it was very hahd for a flatlahndah like me to understawnd a wuhd 'e was sayin.

 

[JimW]

However, Millsfield NH has gone 16-5 for the President

Does this mean they're now at war with those commies in Dixville Notch?

 

[JTG]

Hearing it's a Pappy O'Daniel landslide in Ol' Miss?

 

[JTG]

Does this mean they're now at war with those commies in Dixville Notch?

Well it's a substantial lurch to the left for Dixville, whose 2016 votes split: Clinton 4, Trump 2, Gary Johnson 1 and, er, Mitt Romney 1

 

[JimW]

Well it's a substantial lurch to the left for Dixville, whose 2016 votes split: Clinton 4, Trump 2, Gary Johnson 1 and, er, Mitt Romney 1

Looking at the drop in total voting numbers looks like they purged the class ranks.

 

[strung out]

However, Millsfield NH has gone 16-5 for the President

However 5 voters who voted for the republican in the gubernatorial election went for Biden in the presidential vote, so a moral victory for the Dems imo.

 

[JTG]

Just so you all know how it's going at HQ, Trump appears to cranked up on industrial amphetamines and tweeting about how Joe Biden is going to steal toilet paper and Christmas

 

[JTG]

However 5 voters who voted for the republican in the gubernatorial election went for Biden in the presidential vote, so a moral victory for the Dems imo.

Swingometer doing so many revolutions it's more like a wheel of fortune

 

[JTG]

 

[JTG]

 

[existentialist]

Nice poke in the eye for the dynastic delusions of Trump's tribe, there

 

[existentialist]

Oh, wouldn't it be delicious...?

 

[JTG]

Texas, Hawaii, Washington & Montana have all gone over their '16 turn out now

If you want a dark horse tip, keep an eye on Montana. I don't think it'll flip, but it'll be closer than you think

 

[flypanam]

This is a long read. It's from n+1, and it's an interview with the Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager. They ran a very interesting series with him about the 2008 crash in 2010. Anyway underneath all the hedge fund bluster the guy makes two interesting predictions. The first is that Trump will lose an will exile himself to Saudi Arabia and try to muscle in on their Neom project. The second is that retail is dead, especially in the states.

Lastly in a kind of throw away comment which is quite chilling "To be fair and balanced politically, yeah there are crazies out there who don’t want to wear masks and guns, and then there are people throwing bricks through windows and burning stuff down, and you know, police who refuse to enforce order, so it’s just like a general breakdown of norms and institutions, rather than a particular ideology, I would say."

Return of Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager

The most salient factors that we’re dealing with are really difficult to model because we’ve never had an election like this. We’ve never—I’ve never lived through a pandemic like this and so my degree of belief in any of the trades that I have on has to be lower than it would be under other...

nplusonemag.com

 

[frogwoman]

crazy shit this, their postal service is broken and they all know it but still if your ballot is delivered too late it won't count?

Judge orders US Postal Service to take 'extraordinary measures' to deliver ballots on time

Several battleground states are experiencing severe mail delays as the election looms

www.theguardian.com

What sort of an impact could this have JTG?

 

[Sprocket.]

I wouldn’t be surprised if that Skyjack was Canadian.

BTW. This was a dig at America relying on the Canadians for support. Not aimed at the quality of Ontario based engineering companies.

 

[bimble]

JTG hope you realise you're not allowed to log off or sleep for the foreseeable, thanks.

 

[teqniq]

Hahahahaha