Thread: 2020 US Presidential Race

I turned on Brighton-Burnley but it was even more boring than this.

I think I'll go and have a beer.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I turned on Brighton-Burnley but it was even more boring than this.

I think I'll go and have a beer.

Wise move,might have one myself.

Southampton v Newcastle might be more interesting.

Good idea

Sort of related ...

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Steve Bannon lawyers want off his criminal case after ex-Trump advisor discussed Fauci beheading



Key Points

• The criminal defense lawyers for ex-top Trump advisor Steve Bannon filed court papers saying they would seek to withdraw from the case, a day after Bannon discussed having FBI Director Christopher Wray and coronavirus fighter Dr. Anthony Fauci beheaded.
• “Mr. Bannon is in the process of retaining new counsel, and Quinn Emanuel intends to move to withdraw,” wrote Bannon’s lead attorney, William Burck, in the filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
• Bannon is free on $5 million bond in the case, where he is accused of defrauding donors to a nonprofit group set up to supposedly fund building a wall on the U.S. southern border.

Steve Bannon lawyers want off case after Fauci beheading comment

Some of the commentary as to why the major networks have not 'called' the election is that they are waiting for margin lead to beyond that which would require a recount.

They are just being prudent.

In Georgia, for example ...

Less then 2,000 votes split the candidates


Georgia Election Results 2020 | Live Map Updates | Voting by County & District


There still about 8,000 potential Military votes which can still be accepted if they were post-marked by the Election Day

First female Vice President

Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman vice president-elect - Business Insider

^ Not a bad choice, despite my support for Bernie. I wish her well.

^^ She does it for me

BBC only showing 253 to Biden not 273.

^as if I care

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Jumping ship


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JUST IN: Pennsylvania Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to segregate ballots that were received after election day

JUST IN: The Attorney General of Utah is set to join the legal team of President Trump


https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/s...780434945?s=20

Originally Posted by Backspin

JUST IN: Pennsylvania Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to segregate ballots that were received after election day

JUST IN: The Attorney General of Utah is set to join the legal team of President Trump


https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/s...780434945?s=20

Sorry to rain on your parade. you have so litle to be happy about this election outcome it pains me to take this away from you
-Not really!!
" the Supreme Court let election officials in two key battleground states, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, accept absentee ballots for several days after Election Day."
Supreme Court to Let PA, NC Accept Absentee Ballots After Election Day - The New York Times

and Pennsylvania has voluntarily being segregating these ballots in case of legal challenges anyway..
-Famous Republican Lawyer Benjamin L. Ginsberg, who has litigated many republican election issues said on TV that trump is grasping at straws. trump is trying to delay the inevitable, trying to find something else to hung his hat on,
-He said that they are not really concerned with segregation because these ballots are already being segregated, but do not want these ballots counted, but he said the Supreme Court would never Disenfranchise voters that voted in good faith and based on a court decision, but would never even hear this case because even if they did, it would not change the outcome because there are not enough of those ballots to have an affect, and they will never hear a case that has no affect.

^ No I am supporting Biden. I only mentioned those news items because they are relevant to where this thing is going. There was a point on post election day where it looked like everyone except maybe Don Jr. was going to hang Trump out to dry. Even Mike Pence hardly uttered anything in support of him.

But its tightened up since then and Republicans are starting to get behind Trump on contesting it.

Where are the trumpanzies ? Bowie , Deeks, tommyB , airportwo, who else..

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a key state in the US presidential race, results data show.

Mr Biden is leading by more than 14,000 votes, with 98% counted. If he takes the state, he will win the election.

US Election 2020: Biden overtakes Trump in Pennsylvania as Georgia heads for recount - BBC News

Good to know that the Orange one will soon go away.

@buckaroo - I remembered your post about the USA being a handful of states on the east & west coasts, then it's all blah-blah states in the middle. As a foreigner looking in, I found that to be true, especially when I was younger. In movies or TV shows, you just hear about NY/NJ and California, Las Vegas and maybe Seattle (home of Starbucks!). In TV shows like Buffy & Sabrina or movies like American Pie, USA just looks like general suburbia. When I visited the US, I stayed mainly in suburbia - it didn't disappoint. Cheers!

Is he nearly gone yet?

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Is he nearly gone yet?

One joke going around is that major networks are not calling it for Biden is that they want Fox to have to be the one to call it..

Originally Posted by aging one

One joke going around is that major networks are not calling it for Biden is that they want Fox to have to be the one to call it..

Forcing Fox News, Trump campaign headquarters, to call it would be a finishing touch to the reign of the menace and tyrant. It would be a Hindenburg event.

Winning!!!

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Is he nearly gone yet?

Soon. He's getting "done" slowly and satisfyingly.

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters have unwittingly found themselves in a Facebook group called “Gay Communists for Socialism”, after being tricked by its creators into joining what they thought was a pro-Trump election group.

On Thursday, a Facebook group called “Stop the Steal”, a reference to the president’s false claims that Joe Biden is “stealing” the US election, was disabled by the social network for misinformation after gaining more than 350,000 members. Other groups emerged in its place, including a second “Stop the Steal” group that attracted more than 40,000 castaways from the original group.

But less than 24 hours later, an administrator for the group changed its name to “Gay Communists for Socialism” without explanation, confounding the new members.

Dozens of posts from angry and confused Trump supporters asked, “What happened to stop the steal?” and, “Why is this group called gay communists for socialism?”, while others demanded, “Get me off this page !!!!!!”

Using Facebook-owned data analytics tool CrowdTangle, the Guardian confirmed the group was created on 5 November as “Stop the Steal” before being renamed. One administrator, whose real identity could not be verified, told the Guardian the group was a planned operation to troll conservatives with a fake “Stop the Steal” group.

“We had no idea it would take off like this or suck in as many clueless people as it did when we made the switch,” the administrator said. He said the group, which now has 60,000 members, has an additional 20,000 member requests.

Another group administrator further trolled its members by telling them the name change had been done to keep Facebook from cracking down on it, and later said the group may have been hacked by Facebook itself. “We’ve been on the phone and messaging with Facebook trying to get to the bottom of this” – a clear joke, as Facebook does not have a public customer service phone number

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US election 2020 live: Biden edges toward victory with leads over Trump in Pennsylvania and Nevada | US news | The Guardian

Holy shit this just smacks of desperation:



"According to the fine print in the donation request, 60 per cent of all donations will go to offsetting debts in Trump's election campaign."