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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#337852: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:26:49 AM

People are partying in the streets of D.C.

It's a Twitter link but there's a vid so I thought it's be okay.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#337853: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:27:45 AM

I wonder what Russia's reaction is.
Probably happy to see so many people mistrusting the results of American democracy? As I recall sowing the seeds of polarization was more important to Russia than any particular president.

Edited by Clarste on Nov 7th 2020 at 10:28:35 AM

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#337854: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:31:35 AM

I'm more happy about Bolsonaro being left without any major allies in South America.

Here's hoping Biden sticks to his promise of putting some heat on him about the situation in the Amazon.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#337855: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:32:28 AM

Its not the best case scenario for Moscow, but they got a lot of their objectives advanced. They got their investment back and then some.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Scarecrow4774 from In Wonderland Since: Mar, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#337856: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:44:09 AM

Ok these crowds are making me a bit nervous. At least they're wearing masks but still.

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” - Lewis Carroll
ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#337857: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:49:49 AM

[up] If it makes you feel better, during the protests across the country against police brutality, the crowds all wore masks and did social distancing, with less than 5% of them total getting COVID due to that.

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#337858: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:52:02 AM

I feel like I should go outside and party with the rest of the partiers. But it's so comfy here.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#337859: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:56:39 AM

So apparently Trump's team meant to book a Four Seasons hotel or something for an announcement/speech? Instead they got... a landscaping company's parking.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337860: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:58:28 AM

This morning on the radio I heard a Dutch politician say he sees optimism as a duty. I think that is a good mindset to have. So lets stay optimistic.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#337861: Nov 7th 2020 at 10:59:12 AM

I am optimistic that the video of Trump getting dragged down the steps of the White House bawling will be absolutely hilarious.

It's been fun.
Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#337862: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:00:19 AM

[up][up][up]It gets even more funny. The landscape parking has a porn store right next to it named Fantasy Land. The store owner just comments after the idiots showed up I don't get it, he lost.

Edited by Wispy on Nov 7th 2020 at 11:01:00 AM

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#337863: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:04:47 AM

The landscaping company also apparently had awful reviews BEFORE the joke reviews started.

So Trump is going to hold a conference... in the parking for a bad lawncare company... next to a sex shop. I can't stop laughing.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#337865: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:09:34 AM

Trump just keeps writing his own bits on the comedy talk shows.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337866: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:11:10 AM

I believe the Tyson Zone needs to be renamed the Trump Zone.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#337867: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:13:01 AM

It's finally sinking in for me. We did it, everybody. We did it.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#337868: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:13:46 AM

The world's most low-budget president. Good. He deserves to be remembered as a laughingstock - a dangerous, stupid, vicious, un-American monster, but in the end, a laughingstock, giving a rambling, lie-filled speech to an uninterested trickle of reporters in a cracked-asphalt parking lot next to a sex shop on the outskirts of Philly.

It's been fun.
raziel365 Anka Aquila from South of the Far West (Veteran) Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
Anka Aquila
#337869: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:26:43 AM

@ Red Savant

Make no mistake, Trump is many heinous things but not un-American, the USA as a whole is going to need time and effort to make Trump un-American in the public memory, but for now, he's as American as Andrew Jackson was.

Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#337870: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:45:15 AM

Anyone's got that short list of Biden's platform handy? Need to show it to someone who thinks he'll just be an establishment democrat.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#337871: Nov 7th 2020 at 11:50:19 AM

I mean, he literally is an Establishment Democrat. However from said establishment centrists' perspectives, he's one who is willing to compromise with progressives and adjust his platform to the Overton window, all the same.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#337873: Nov 7th 2020 at 12:00:40 PM

Yeah, but he needs the Senate to get any such legislation passed.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#337874: Nov 7th 2020 at 12:05:50 PM

Really depends if Mitch is able to keep the Senate Republicans in total lockstep anymore.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Alycus Since: Apr, 2018
#337875: Nov 7th 2020 at 12:06:03 PM

I'm incredibly glad to hear the news. After everything that has happened this year, it's finally a Throw the Dog a Bone moment for America and the world.

Now though the fight continues for the two Senate runoffs in Georgia, and Democrats have to start working there literally right now to fully win. They have got to heavily emphasize how it will be difficult if not impossible for Biden's agenda to come true if the Senate remains controlled by Republicans. Since Stacey Abrams is rightfully getting a lot of credit and attention now for her excellent work, this is a good opportunity to remind voters of this battle.

Edited by Alycus on Nov 7th 2020 at 12:06:59 PM


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