A reminder about the "red mirage:"

Tomorrow, early results will likely suggest that Trump is leading. This is not because more people overall voted for him; rather, because rural districts have smaller populations than urban or suburban districts, and they tend to vote red. Later, votes in areas with higher populations will be counted, and these tend to skew blue.

Trump will likely demand that the vote counts cease while he's ahead. Just remember where this is coming from: The man who said that we shouldn't test so many people for COVID so it wouldn't look like it was running out of control wants to stop counting votes so it won't look like he's getting his butt kicked.

@mishacollins

I mean honestly I don’t hate Harris. or Biden, who has actually done a lot of good in the last four years especially considering the mess he had to clean up. but whatever gets the “my imaginary moral high ground is more important than peoples’ lives” fucks to vote.

like she will probably be on the whole a legitimately good president and I think at a certain point the “ugh I know every option SUCKS but just hold your nose and vote” thing is just feeding the doomerism. things won’t just not get worse under a democratic president, they will improve. just because Harris does not hold the exact same views as a 20 year old tumblr socialist doesn’t mean she won’t make life tangibly better as long as we can get the house and senate squared away.

also Trump losing to a nonwhite woman might piss him off enough that he dies of rage like a sim so I think we should try it just in case.

"Elon Musk is literally bribing voters in swing states. Isn't that illegal!?"

If this thought has crossed your mind, then I'm sorry. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this.

But it will be the election this November that decides if it's illegal or not.

This year, we are at the breaking point in the intersection of law and politics where whether or not the President's team can outright commit crimes to consolidate his power and destroy his enemies is on the ballot and up for vote.

Important commentary by @aniseandspearmint

I was looking at the news and feeling stressed, said “Fuck it, I’m gonna do yoga and try to relax,”. Ten minutes in I am interrupted by the sound of literally every neighbor leaning out their window screaming and banging pots and pans.

And that’s how I learned Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the presidency 🥳🥳🥳

My favorite was this guy above me who kept screaming the actual news “PENN CALLED. BIDEN WON. BIDEN 2020,” I felt shocked back into 1902, hearing big news from the shouting newsboy on the corner. It was beautiful.

I learned the results of the 2012 election from a security guard at the Victor Hugo Museum in Paris. I didn’t have a smartphone yet and was traveling alone. I asked for an English language guide at the front desk and the security guard nearby was like, “American??? OBAMA!!!!” It was a surreal and fascinating moment.

omg I love this

@sapropel i spent 20 minutes on this, enjoy

Its slightly off beat you should have just killed me instead

why don’t you hop in adobe premiere and make a better version, biophysics boy

I have no rebuttal for this that doesn’t make me sound like a loser

the republican protesters demanding the count be stopped in michigan while biden is in the lead may be the stupidest people on earth.

It's weird cause, I went to bed on Nov 3th feeling very serious, anxious stressed. It's now Nov 6th and I feel like I've snorted cocaine

my fellow americans, if you have not already done so, then please destroy all expectations you have that we will know any results on election night. upwards of 40% of voters plan on voting by mail. many states do not allow counties to even begin counting mailed ballots until election day. it’s very likely will not know who is president, who will take the senate, or even who your city’s mayor will be until mid to late november. internalize that now.

Analysts are calling it the Red Mirage. Election night will almost definitely look like a win for Trump, which will be terrifying, since so often election night is the decider. Don't be discouraged by the red haze, don't fall for the mirage.

Vote 👏🏼 in 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 2018 👏🏼 Midterm 👏🏼 Elections 👏🏼

SERIOUSLY

If you vote in Democrats, they’ll be able to block Trump’s policies

It’s not just that they’ll be able to block Drumpf’s policies for the (hopefully only) remaining two years: the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018. Whoever wins the House in 2018 will still control it in 2020, when we have our next census. This means we voting districts will get to be redrawn and if Republicans retain control of the House in 2020, they will make gerrymandering even worse than it is now, which already favors them.

But the odds are severely in favor of Republicans for 2018. The election is ridiculously lopsided: 23 Democrat seats and both (there are only 2) Independent seats (who Caucus with Dems) will be up for the taking compared to only 8 Republican seats. Not to mention midterm election turnout is always far less than POTUS elections and Republicans consistently turn out for midterms while non-Republicans fail to show up worse than they normally do.

It gets worse. This is the Senate race in 2018:

All of the states in bold were awarded to Drumpf, 11 of which are currently held by Democrats. Republicans hold a 52 seat majority right now. If they can maintain the 8 seats they have to defend, they only need 8 Democrat and/or Independent seats to have a 60 seat supermajority and the power to pass basically anything they want under Trump for two years.

If you think it’s catastrophic now (and it is), imagine Drumpf and the Republicans with a 60 seat supermajority for two years plus a Republican House with the power to redistrict in 2020.

And that is why organizing now is critical. Getting people to run against every GOP House Member and tying every action by Trump to them. Make the 2018 elections ALL ABOUT TRUMP. This is also about taking back Governor’s Mansions. 

It is NOT impossible, but it requires effort. 2018 elections efforts SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERWAY!

THIS IS WORSE THAN WATERGATE

Just in case NPR, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and every other major news organization isn’t enough for some of you, Snopes has also confirmed that Russian government interfered with the US election. Not just that, but the CIA knew about this all the way in October, and the GOP controlled Senate sat on the information. 

This is in fact far, far worse than Watergate.

Vladimir Putin ordered attempt to influence US election, declassified report says

just in case you’re like me and prefer sources that aren’t twitter or tabloids

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/politics/intelligence-report-putin-election/

 http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/russia-hack-report.html?_r=0

Can someone just fucking put the brakes on this how many more times will he get caught doing illegal shit before it’s enough

That’s what’s getting me. We have PROOF that shit was hacked and it’s still like, “but he’s the president now.” HELP??

^^^^^^^^ EXACTLY. Why is he still being allowed to take office

Wherein Teen Vogue runs circles around the NYT in journalistic integrity.

Teen Vogue and Cosmo aren’t pulling any punches on reporting on Barron’s Dad. Remember when Cosmo also tried to ask tough interview questions to Ivanka and she hung up on them?

Who says young women’s magazines are still useless and trite?

Fuck the NYT, I might subscribe to Teen Vogue instead.

According to secret CIA assessment, Russia interfered with the election for Trump

According to the Washington Post, a secret CIA assessment found Russia made efforts to sway the the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor. In a “closed-door briefing” detailed by the Post, agency officials told senators Russia aimed to put Trump in the White House. Here’s what the agency found.

Update: Trump denies Russia hack, John McCain urges “the facts are there”

Excuse me but you’re going to have to check out these memes of Joe Biden plotting booby traps in the White House before Trump takes office

Enough said.

A final response to the “Tell me why Trump is a fascist” by marisam7 on Reddit.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughTrumpSpam/comments/4teoxl/a_final_response_to_the_tell_me_why_trump_is_a/

I’m pretty sure no sane human needs more information to vote for someone else and prevent the next dictatorship.