I'll believe it when they are out of the White House at the end of January.
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
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Re: Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
#22> Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump Not a true statement I'm afraid. Look at the number of votes he got. Trumpism isn't going away any time soon.
Yep. Absolutely disgusting what the Republican party has become. They would gladly auction off our democracy for more flags on their F-150s. At least they can't go any lower, right?
Re: Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
#23What's more surprising is how close this was given the past four years.
Close in the Electoral College, where it matters; quite distant in the popular vote. The gap is estimated to be about 4 million more votes for Biden at this time, it is also the most votes for a president in US history.
e: I will concede that it is not "quite distant", though it may not end up close in the EC when it's all said and done either.
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#24Trump has been a cancer of the America. He has deinstitutionalized pretty much any institution, sowed deep hatred in the country and did absolutely nothing good in last 4 years. He is and was unfit for any public office, let alone presidency. HN loves to be neutral and thoughtful, but Trump needs to be condemned in the strongest way possible. It is orthogonal to say "Oh the people voted him in", in the same way we don't say "Hilter rose because of the people, so blame the people". Unchecked broadcasting of hatred, misinformation, lies and breaking down the republic bit by bit with deception needs to be reviewed.
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#25Voter suppression. Voting in a working day. Need to register for voting. Legal battles. Inconsistent rules. A refusing to leave president. Is this the model of government that the USA bomb other countries for?
We just had an election with widespread mail in voting with extended deadlines and historic turnout. And if anything Trump’s support among non-white voters went up. What does that suggest re: the scale of voter suppression?
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#26If people agree it was tumultuous why was the race still so close?
I really think adding little adjectives like that undermines the respectedness of the NYT
Re: Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
#27What's more surprising is how close this was given the past four years.
As if 50% of the US population is going through some kind of collective psychosis. Just looking at how a significant portion of his fans act and look on those rallies. Dressing up with jumpsuits having flags and his face allover or wearing stupidly huge hats with a motto printed on it. As if they are on some comic con where Trump is some sort of super hero. Carrying assault rifles like they can't wait to save the world from imagined threats, dressing up like Romans with shields and helmets. Totally delusional. This level of celebrated infantilism I've never seen anywhere else so far. There are nuts everywhere but that many?
Re: Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
#28Trump has been a cancer of the America. He has deinstitutionalized pretty much any institution, sowed deep hatred in the country and did absolutely nothing good in last 4 years. He is and was unfit for any public office, let alone presidency. HN loves to be neutral and thoughtful, but Trump needs to be condemned in the strongest way possible. It is orthogonal to say "Oh the people voted him in", in the same way we do…
he's not even done yet. he has two months now to smash things up. he is absolutely the kind of asshole that would sabotage the whole country to make Biden look bad.
Re: Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
#29Voter suppression. Voting in a working day. Need to register for voting. Legal battles. Inconsistent rules. A refusing to leave president. Is this the model of government that the USA bomb other countries for?
We just had an election with widespread mail in voting with extended deadlines and historic turnout. And if anything Trump’s support among non-white voters went up. What does that suggest re: the scale of voter suppression?
The GOP actively sought, across the country, to handicap or prevent mail and absentee voting to suppress votes that typically fall to Democrats. The president tweeted about unproven voter fraud and to stop counting votes. If that isn’t attempts at brazen voter suppression, I don’t know what is.
Democracy was stress tested, and it still worked.
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#30First thing I am going to do is submit my resume for open tech leadership and policy positions in the new administration. If you are in a position with experience and financial comfort to serve your country with regards to science and technology, the Biden administration will almost certainly be a great place to land. Look for policy and leadership positions in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.…
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