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Correct me if I am wrong, or even if you just think I am wrong.

This presidential election was decided before the first mail in ballot was counted?

Harris dropped out before even half of the votes were counted?

Is that not hasty? Did we not decide this one before votes were counted? Dems have no problem with this?

Yeah, bear.

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It looks a lot like cheating. If Democrats refuse to even look at it, it looks a lot like they were in on it.

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Did you ever wonder if the reason you are not seeing TFG is that he is in hiding? I have the feeling TFG is going to have to spend the remainder of his days hiding out in bunkers like his god, Putin. I think his golfing days are over unless he can find an indoor, armored golf course. I find some solace in thinking that he spends the rest of his rotten life living in fear. But, he spent his entire life living in fear anyways, he is probably used to it.

Imagine...
Some old white men got really concerned because the USA started to not be majority white.
They freaked out.
They started to do everything in their power to make sure that the USA was ruled by white men, no matter the cost.
They recruited people from all over the white world that felt the same. All of them agreed that white men must rule.
They decided to get that majority back by forcing people to have babies and deporting all non-whites.
Sound familiar?

The US government has been for sale for decades. This isn't a new thing. This collapse that is happening now is unavoidable. The "good guys" are completely outnumbered and the "bad guys" are completely bought off. The rich will flee this country long before the poor can.

This isn't the beginning of the collapse of American society, this is the end of it.

Shut down the economy, allow the government to collapse. Rise up and take it back once it does. Eject the ruling class.

Your emotions, including those of anger and despair are ok. They are normal and natural. Avoid the Toxic Positivity trap just as much as you avoid the Toxic Negativity trap.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/toxic-positivity

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-8-2024

If you haven't read Heather Cox Richardson yet today, she is well worth the read.

I wonder if we could have a hand count of one district in one swing state to reassure Americans that they had a free and fair election. People would be convinced that the election was legitimate and that there were no shenanigans. It seemed to be no problem when republicans lost, so it should be no problem when they win. I know the Democrats are all "high road" people, but it might be a good idea to at least hand count one district. You know, to unify the nation or whatever.

@kismatt Yeah, the right seems to still think they are the only ones with guns. Weird world we live in.

Now that MAGA thinks they have removed a woman's right to consent, watch how quickly they start with concerns over the 2nd amendment.

In the next couple of years, I am doing my best to avoid laughing hysterically when I tell people "you voted for this".

If you haven't seen the South Park episode "About Last Night" (Season 12, Episode 12, originally aired in 2008) maybe give it a watch.

And if you don't want to watch it, here is a little synopsis of it from Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Last_Night..._(South_Park)

@Alfred approximately how much money was spent on election related ads during the 2024 election?

I am honestly surprised I haven't seen any campaign fundraising for the midterms yet. I mean it's the USA's newest mega-industry. Campaign fundraising. Unlimited, untraceable, unaccountable, tariff proof income.

Canada friends:

I am looking for Programmer jobs in Canada, especially around Saskatchewan as I am looking to possibly relocate or immigrate. Looking at the Job Board shows me that I need a work permit / visa to apply for most positions. Any tips on how to find positions that will assist with work permits and / or visas?

You might want to stop consuming American News media. It is obviously state media and its primary purpose is the distribution of extremist propaganda. Maybe tune out of it for the next bunch of years.

Ever wonder if that secret the repubs were giggling about before the election was to have billionaire donors pay off the right people to make sure that mail-in ballots never got counted so that election results wouldn't accurately reflect the vote and MSM would convince people that the repubs won exactly like they predicted?
They could even convince a candidate to concede early doing such a trick.

Ok, I know that one is out there. Just spitballing here.

So did we go from an oligarchy masquerading as democracy to an oligarchy masquerading as christian nationalism? I am confused.