The US 2020 Presidential Election & Attempts To Overturn It

[surfgun]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Called it.

Well done there Surfgun, exactly according to the script.

I'm positive that your cult leader would be proud of you.

So you have no idea either? Well, you were no help.

[TopHatter]

So you have no idea either? Well, you were no help.

Disingenuity. What a shock.

What's it like being a parrot for a loathsome pile of shit like Donald Trump?

[surfgun]

Disingenuity. What a shock.

What's it like being a parrot for a loathsome pile of shit like Donald Trump?

Wild accusations appear to be your thing of late.
Seriously, I watch regular old network evening news, and not once have they explained this group that you go on about.

[TopHatter]

Wild accusations appear to be your thing of late.
Seriously, I watch regular old network evening news, and not once have they explained this group that you go on about.

"I watch regular old network evening news"

Seriously dude, do you have any moral fortitude whatsoever? God knows you lie just as easily Trump does.

You consistently post links from places like The Blaze, Glenn Beck and Breitbart and your post history clearly shows that you're a conspiracy theorist

"Wild accusations"? Holy shit dude, you are deranged!

[surfgun]

"I watch regular old network evening news"

Seriously dude, do you have any moral fortitude whatsoever? God knows you lie just as easily Trump does.

You consistently post links from places like The Blaze, Glenn Beck and Breitbart and your post history clearly shows that you're a conspiracy theorist

"Wild accusations"? Holy shit dude, you are deranged!

In addition to the websites you cite and the regular big three networks have failed to inform me of the nefarious acts of the organization that you appear to fear?
I am starting to worry besides a case of TDS, that you may have lost other segments of the plot?
Hopefully, after the election you can try to pull it back together?
Try to take care of yourself.

[TopHatter]

In addition to the websites you cite and the regular big three networks have failed to inform me of the nefarious acts of the organization that you appear to fear?

Wait, what happened to "I watch regular old network evening news"?

"Failed to inform you"? Uh, yeeeeah....https://www.breitbart.com/tag/qanon/ https://www.theblaze.com/tag/qanon We all know that you usually don't read the actual content of the links you post...but now I'm suspecting that you might be functionally illiterate.

It's pretty obvious that besides a case of TDS, that you may have lost other segments of the plot. Such as honesty, morality, decency, honor, respect, conscience, character and integrity.

[TopHatter]

Jacksonville seeks $150K from GOP convention host committee

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville city officials are seeking reimbursement for more than $150,000 in expenses for law enforcement costs, consulting fees and other funds spent preparing to host the National Republican Convention that never took place in their city.

The festivities, which were to be held in Jacksonville in August to formally reanoint President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president, was scuttled because of concerns over the coronavirus.

City officials told the Florida Times-Union that they have been assured by the 2020 Jacksonville Host Committee that it will be repaid.

Jacksonville had been selected to host Trump and other Republicans in late August after a disagreement over social distancing with North Carolina’s Democratic governor prompted the party to scale back festivities in Charlotte.

Jacksonville officials, including Mayor Lenny Curry, had openly sought to host the event. Curry had assured residents that taxpayers would not be on the hook for the convention.

Jordan Elsbury, chief of staff for the mayor, said the city and the host committee have been “working together over the past couple of weeks to resolve any balances the city had.”

He said the city has been assured “timely payment.”

An invoice dated Oct. 6 shows the city's itemized expenses, including: $69,974 in overtime costs for the Sheriff’s Office, $9,862 for the Fire and Rescue Department and $69,777 to a consulting firm that was assisting the city secure more than $30 million in federal grants to help pay for security during the multiday event.

In a report to the Federal Election Commission, the host committee did not show any payments to the city, the Times-Union reported.
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Time for Lenny Curry (Gullible Idiot Republican Mayor of Jacksonville) to learn why you don't do business with a con man like Donald Trump.

[TopHatter]

Reporter Refused to Put Name on Hunter Biden Story

“The New York Post’s front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly by a staff reporter who refused to put his name on it,” the New York Times reports.

“Bruce Golding, a reporter at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid since 2007, did not allow his byline to be used because he had concerns over the article’s credibility.”

Many Post staff members questioned whether the paper had done enough to verify the authenticity of the hard drive’s contents, said five people with knowledge of the tabloid’s inner workings. Staff members also had concerns about the reliability of its sources and its timing, the people said.

The article named two sources: Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump now facing federal fraud charges, who was said to have made the paper aware of the hard drive last month; and Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, who was said to have given the paper “a copy” of the hard drive on Oct. 11.
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[TopHatter]

What early voting can (and can't) tell us about the election

Democratic strategists think the early numbers show a 2020 electorate that's bigger, younger and more diverse than in 2016 — and not just shifting forward votes that would have otherwise arrived on Election Day.

The big picture: Early voting data signals strong Democratic enthusiasm in key battleground states. But strategists in both parties say Republicans could still overtake that advantage with a surge of in-person turnout on Election Day.

Details: So far, first-time and infrequent Democratic voters are outpacing registered Republicans with larger margins than in 2016, according to data from TargetSmart, a Democratic firm.

• “In North Carolina, nearly 1 in 5 ballots cast so far come from those who didn’t vote in 2016," said Greg Speed, president of America Votes.
• 24.9 million ballots have already been cast. In key states like Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Iowa, more than a quarter of the total number of ballots that were cast in 2016 have already been received.
• More than six times as many Democrats have cast ballots than at the same point in 2016 — and Republican early voting has nearly quadrupled.

Pennsylvania and Florida are key to watch.

• 59% of first-time voters who already cast ballots in Pennsylvania are registered Democrats, compared to the just 15% who are registered Republicans. Democratic first-time voters were just barely outvoting Republicans (40% to 38%) at this point in 2016.
• In Florida, registered Democrats' lead over registered Republicans among first-time voters has grown by nearly 10 percentage points compared to 2016.

What to watch: 2020 is an election like none other, and comparisons to 2016 should be taken with a grain of salt.

• "I can't help but look at this data with the lens of Trump telling Republicans so consistently that vote-by-mail is a scam," Josh Mendelsohn, CEO of Michael Bloomberg's data firm Hawkfish, told Axios. "That distrust — it bears out in this data."
• "There's less of an imperative for Republicans to vote early," said Mike Meyers, a Republican and president TargetPoint Consulting

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[tbm3fan]

Wait, what happened to "I watch regular old network evening news"?

"Failed to inform you"? Uh, yeeeeah....https://www.breitbart.com/tag/qanon/ https://www.theblaze.com/tag/qanon We all know that you usually don't read the actual content of the links you post...but now I'm suspecting that you might be functionally illiterate.

It's pretty obvious that besides a case of TDS, that you may have lost other segments of the plot. Such as honesty, morality, decency, honor, respect, conscience, character and integrity.

I would add ethics and principles. When you associate with a flea bitten dog, like Trump, you end up covered in fleas also making anything you say as worthless as Trump's lies. Once you make that willful choice there is pretty much no going back and regaining any sense of integrity. So no complaining...

[TopHatter]

Time to vote, come what may. The lines are moving along quickly here. Regardless of the outcome, this will be a distinct pleasure.

Edit: In and out in 6 minutes. Glad I didn't come first thing in the morning, apparently the line was wrapped around the building.

[Albany Rifles]

Person who said that comes from CA

Did anyone expect PA to go for Trump in the last election ?

Why then are you precluding any surprises this time around.

If you knew anything about Pennsylvania that was the least surprising outcome in that state. I was a PA resident for 18 years. Once steel and coal collapsed there was nothing for the Union workforce to hold on to. The State House when GOP. Pittsburgh went from steel and coal to high tech & medical research....Philadelphia banking. The entire middle part was kept Democratic only through Union work in steel & coal. Fracking has allowed some Union work to reappear but nothing like it was.

But what PA has seen is the hollow shell that is Trumpism...which is why Joe Biden leads in almost all polls.

[TopHatter]

If you knew anything about Pennsylvania that was the least surprising outcome in that state..

Hey cut him some slack there. He knows as much about Pennsylvania as he does California....not to mention the rest of America.

[Albany Rifles]

Hunter Biden article is....."questionable"?

It is utter bullshit.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...n-stories.html

[TopHatter]

Hunter Biden article is....."questionable"?

It is utter bullshit.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...n-stories.html

Utter bullshit? Didn't you hear?

In regards to the Hunter Biden laptop, in addition to the unscrupulous business and corruption implications, is that Special Agent Joshua Wilson is reportedly working on this case. An FBI Agent that is named Joshua Wilson is a specialist in child pornography.
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-...source-2020-10

Smoking gun if I ever saw one. I mean, even Fox News has gone after this one....oh, wait:

Fox News Reportedly Turned Down Hunter Biden Laptop Story First

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani apparently first approached Fox News with the trove of emails he claims came from Hunter Biden’s laptop, but the network passed on the story over credibility concerns, per a report by Mediaite. According to Mediaite’s sources, “the lack of authentication of Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop, combined with established concerns about Giuliani as a reliable source and his desire for unvetted publication, led the network’s news division to pass.” The network’s so-called Brain Room, for its part, has warned Fox News hosts that Giuliani has a reputation for “amplifying disinformation.”

Giuliani eventually went to Fox News’ sister publication the New York Post to run a story on the largely unverified emails and Giuliani’s assertion that they were pulled from a laptop that Hunter Biden left at a Delaware computer repair shop. The shop owner, meanwhile, has given conflicting accounts on how the laptop supposedly came into his possession.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that the Post had a hard time convincing reporters to add their bylines to the email story, with the reporter who did the bulk of the writing outright refusing to be attached to the story. One of the bylines on the report, who was barely involved in the story, only found out her name was added after publication. While Fox News may have initially passed on the story, the network’s opinion hosts have devoted hours of coverage to promoting and disseminating the Post’s reporting, even as some of the channel’s “hard news” anchors label the story “sketchy” and “completely unverified.”
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Even Fox News knows that Rudy Giuliani is full of Russian shit.