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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[josh]

In the ongoing consideration of unfinished Congressional races, Maine's 2nd District is perhaps the most interesting one that doesn't involve mail-ins, provisionals, or recounts:

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/22/poliquin-indicates-he-might-challenge-election-results-if-he-doesnt-win/

Poliquin is winning, but has below 50% of the vote. Unlike Mississippi's special election, which will get a run-off, or Georgia's governor's race which may, Maine will be decided by Ranked Choice Voting, in which first the lowest (4th place) candidate's voters' ballots will be redistributed among the 3 remaining candidates and then, if there is still no greater than 50% leaders, the 3rd place candidate's ballots will be redistributed between Poliquin (GOP) and Golden (Dem).

The 3rd and 4th place finishers, when asked, indicated that they would prefer the other or, failing that, Golden. If their voters heed the recommendations, then Golden could well pass Poliguin and land in first place, winning the seat.

But not so fast!!!

Golden and his less successful competitors all indicated, back in October, that they would accept the results of the election, even if it came down to RCV. Poliquin refused to commit to it and might well sue to overturn the public's twice-approved new (since 2016) method.

After all, says Poliquin, he's the best prepared candidate, so why would he say otherwise?

[luee]

---Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history---

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerWCVpXTr8

Landslide for Hillary video

[facilitatorn]

It took some extraordinary ratfuckery to get trump razor thin margins in pivotal states against the clear will of the electorate.

He was -3 million to Dems in 2016, -7 million to Dems in 2018, and will be between -10 and -12 million in 2020 if he hasn’t been drummed out of office or up and quit before then.

His growing unpopularity is driven in good part by what you like best about him, his crappy, stupid, and mean immigration policies and chauvinistic xenophobic world view.

[bambu-wisdom]

Trump won the election fairly and squarely...under the same system that saw Obama elected President.
It was the "take our country back" era...First Brexit, then MAGA.

[bambu-wisdom]

My no1 morning radio host in action;

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/if-you-dont-like-it-here-nick-off-ray-hadley-slaps-down-a-muslim-leader-who-blamed-the-police-for-the-melbourne-attack-despite-the-terrorist-coming-from-his-own-islamic-centre/ar-BBPDSTE?li=AAgfYrC&OCID=AVRES000

'If you don't like it here, nick off': Ray Hadley slaps down a Muslim leader who blamed the police for the Melbourne attack - despite the terrorist coming from his own Islamic centre

Broadcaster Ray Hadley has blasted a fundamentalist Muslim leader for blaming police for Melbourne's Bourke Street terrorist attack.

Sydney 2GB presenter Ray Hadley was incensed at how the spiritual leader of the hardline Hume Islamic Youth Centre claimed Australian authorities were responsible for Somali immigrant Hassan Khalif Shire Ali's knife rampage.


 

[facilitatorn]

Trump won the election fairly and squarely...under the same system that saw Obama elected President.
It was the "take our country back" era...First Brexit, then MAGA.

When you are manipulated, do your news people insert a hand and control you manually like a sock puppet or use strings to make you dance like a marionette?

[bambu-wisdom]

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/morrison-visits-bourke-st-urges-muslim-leaders-to-keep-wolves-out/ar-BBPDShG?li=AAgfYrC&OCID=AVRES000

Morrison visits Bourke St, urges Muslim leaders to keep 'wolves' out

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on his comments that Muslim communities must take greater responsibility for preventing radicalisation following Friday's deadly attack in Bourke Street.

Mr Morrison visited Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar on Tuesday morning to pay his respects to Sisto Malaspina who was stabbed to death in the attack.
The Prime Minister said religious communities must “keep the wolves” from coming in among the sheep.

He insisted Hassan Khalif Shire Ali who was killed after he went on a violent rampage on Friday had been radicalised in Melbourne.
“He wasn’t radicalised in a suburban mall. He wasn’t radicalised in a school room. He was radicalised in a community here in Melbourne,” he said.

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Too much radicalising going on.
Yes, time to keep the wolves out.
The govt has the power to keep the wolves out...and should use that power.

[facilitatorn]

You are radicalizing. You don’t know what wolves your words reach. Under your own terms you’d be out.

Are you trying to relocate yourself to sunny Nauru?

[kiiidcarter8]

For those that like to call out, "LIAR!"

:Republicans in Washington urged McSally to continue to churn up conspiracy theories and contest the results....."

- MS's Mika B..

Nice bit of fiction.  But she did do a nice job slobbering over Martha's concession...up until she had to say that EVERY Republican male in Washington was incapable of such thought.

Mika gets away with shit because of her gender.  Had this been a man attacking women from behind a news desk all hell breaks loose.

[Yankguy1]

Turn off the TV. Go outside.

[kiiidcarter8]

Been out twice already

Nasty day.

[whiskeypriest]

So counting the early voting seems to have changed four races here: Sinema as Senator, the Superintendent of Public instruction, one of the members of the Corporation Committee (regulates utilities) and possibly Secretary of State. Since Republicans still have the governor, and majorities (albeit only two votes or so) in both houses of the legislature I look for legislation restricting early voting. "Embarrassing to have to wait days for results! We have to do something (other than updating equipment and computer equipment because that costs money!)"

Interesting. I had.to show ID and sign for a signature match when I voted in person. My wife just had to sign her early vote. I could have given an early ballot to someone else and had them drop it off at a polling place and no one would have cared if the signature matched. If the only ID required for.early voting is a signature match, why do I need an ID to vote in person?

[kiiidcarter8]

You know that's a state thing, right?

[whiskeypriest]

You know that's a state thing, right?

Do you show an ID to vote absentee in the Great State of Denial, or wherever it is you live?

[whiskeypriest]

No State will ever make it difficult to vote absentee, regardless of the obvious risk of fraud, because it would disenfranchise the military. Neither party will do that, especially not Republicans who rely on the military vote in close elections.