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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Some more coverage of the event.
- White evangelical pastor Doug Pagitt led a group of 34 religious leaders on a 130-mile walk from Charlottesville, VA, to Washington D.C. all in the name of racial justice
- speech by NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
- Covid precautions
- Charlie Booker Speech
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley speech
- Black medical students at Howard and Georgetown colleges
Edited by megaeliz on Aug 28th 2020 at 12:28:38 PM
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it connects to the office of Trevor Noah and associates and sons, where you get an automatic message that tells you, it you are the president of the United States press one, and everyone else should press two. If you press two you get a reminder to check your voting registration and vote, but if you press one, you get a message from Trevor Noah himself about how Trump should really think about visiting Uganda, a beautiful country with a strong goat based economy, and most importantly, does not Extradite to the united states. If you press the wrong keys a few times, it assumes that you are the president of the United States and directs you to the first message.
Apologies if this has been posted here already, but 538 wrote an article talking about how democrats being much more likely to vote by mail may make for a weird election night
. They claim that it could lead to ridiculous looking results like Trump winning certain states at first until all the mail-in ballots are counted which is why it's important not to panic when the initial results are coming in. It may take until mid november until all votes are counted. They also mention that Trump may try to claim an early victory based on these results and while it's unlikely the mail-in ballots will be just thrown out altogether it's not great that trump has repeatedly tried to undermine the postal service's credibility.
Or showing up to your actual polling place, worst case scenario. Mine is right around the corner from where I live, and I'm heading there to vote to not only because getting an absentee ballot in SC is hard, but because I want to make sure Trump's little gremlin brown shirts aren't causing any mischief.
As with so many of these discussions, worrying over what would cause Trump to declare fraud (or whatever) is missing the point. He'll find an excuse.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Not exactly. He tried to prove the popular vote was rigged. He had won solely through the electoral college, but that was not enough for him; he wanted to be able to say he won, period. Losing the popular vote gave his victory the stain of illegitimacy.
Trump is a sore winner. Who knows what he will do when he loses?
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesTrump is a sore winner. Who knows what he will do when he loses?

Jim Gaffigan is one of my favorite comedians of all time. I've been to several of his shows in person and I've watched every bit of material he's released. I always got the impression he was fairly liberal, although he doesn't discuss politics directly in his work. The rant was unexpected but welcome.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"