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Covid-19 is forcing states to adopt vote-by-mail.

Once voters experience vote-by-mail, they'll never accept anything else.

Vote-by-mail eliminates racist/partisan polling place closures, long lines, + hackable/unauditable computerized voting.

Covid-19 may save democracy. #QED
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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This is the last six months' CBOE Volatility Index, aka the Wall Street "fear gauge." It's... high. cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol…
Like, higher than it ever got in 2009.
Here's the CBOE stock volatility index ("VIX"), aka the Wall Street "fear gauge." It reflects traders taking out "insurance" against uncertainty. (Also see tweets above.)

Over time, it's fairly stable. But over the past year, under "businessman" Trump? it's up over 400%.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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10%. My God.
And it's down another 2% since closing. There are no bulls out there hoping to buy the dip. It's just bears all the way down.
For folks who don't understand epidemiology or finance, here's a brief thread explaining today's events using images from science fiction films.

Coronavirus and the stock market are attacking Trump's reelection chances. Last night, Trump tried to talk his way out of it:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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Sanders' supporters have some good policy ideas. Those humble + hardworking enough to get involved in their local Dem organizations have made the party better. If they'd only rallied behind an actual Democrat for the Democratic nomination, we'd have a progressive nominee.
I mean, I'M a Progressive. I WANT universal healthcare. I WANT America to lead a radical transformation of the world economy to combat climate change. I WANT to "eat" the uber-rich so everyone can have a share of the American dream.
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But Duverger's Law explains that we'll ALWAYS revert to two major parties. Right now, the Democratic Party is the ONLY vehicle by which we can accomplish meaningful change against the tide of American fascism.

I don't like that. But being a grown-up means accepting reality.
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ONE Arizona
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THREAD: Tuesday's presidential primary election is 100% still happening. Here's what you need to know about voting in the age of coronavirus! @LUCHA_AZ @ChispaAZ @case_az @AZadvocacy @AllVotingAZ @IndivisibleofAZ
@LUCHA_AZ @ChispaAZ @case_az @AZadvocacy @AllVotingAZ @IndivisibleofAZ 1) Live in Maricopa County? The bad news: 80 polling places have been shut. The great news: You can now vote at ANY polling place in the county. Go to onearizona.org/vote to find one convenient for you.
@LUCHA_AZ @ChispaAZ @case_az @AZadvocacy @AllVotingAZ @IndivisibleofAZ 2) Live outside of Maricopa County? For the most part, your polling place has not changed. Yuma closed one polling place (the health department, for obvious reasons). Apache County moved a few. Go to onearizona.org/vote to find where to vote
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PeriodsforPence
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Yesterday I came in contact (6 feet maintained!) with a woman whom I do not know. We were discussing the insanity of “the #COVIDー19 “ “thing.”
We were not having the same conversation.
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“This is so crazy!” she said. I agreed, thinking she means just the overall, general insanity of actually living through a pandemic.
“I know,” I said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. I just hope everyone who is buying all the stuff actually stays home and uses it there.”
She waved her hand. “Oh, honey, this isn’t anything but a bad flu. A few people will get it and it’ll be fine.”

“Unless, like me, you’re immunocompromIsed. I’m the one who will get it and it won’t be fine.”

She got a little uncomfortable.
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Jay Porks 67680 🌊 🇺🇸
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Ignore the polls and get out there and #Vote on November 6th. Relying on polling is a relic of a time gone by.
I’m not saying looking at @FiveThirtyEight’s model and charts and stuff isn’t cool, because it is and provides some insight. But no matter what the numbers say, it’s most certainly NEVER an excuse to not #Vote because you feel your peeps are a “lock”
Need nothing further than to point to 2016. Which by the way, @FiveThirtyEight didn’t really have wrong, but the “selected not elected” mindset existed before 2016. Why else would over 100 million people choose NOT to participate in their civic duty to choose their leaders.
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Frederick C. Trump
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💥IMPORTANT VOTER INFORMATION💥

If you show up to the polls and you are not registered to vote, here is what you can do.

Please retweet this to spread the word.

@jonlovett @jonfavs @TVietor08 #vote #VoterRegistration #BlueWave #BlueWave2018 #VoteSaveAmerica #VotingMatters
17 states plus the District of Columbia offer same day registration (SDR), any qualified resident of the state can register to vote and cast a ballot all in that day.

ncsl.org/research/elect…
Provisional Ballot Laws are laws that require a provisional ballot upon verification of the identity of the voter if a voter fails to present proper identification at the polls or when registering before voter registration deadlines.

ballotpedia.org/State_by_State…
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Victoria Brownworth
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.@NPRWeekend just interviewed @KSPrior, because we can never highlight enough far-right extremist views. Prior actually claimed Trump and @HillaryClinton were equivalent in their treatment of women (!!!) and applauded her students being disenchanted with the electoral system.
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.@KSPrior teaches at Jerry Falwell's #racist @LibertyU where last year graduates returned diplomas en masse due to Fallwell Jr's grotesque support of Trump.

Prior is touting #BrettKavanaugh to overturn #RoevWade.
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It was an instructive interview for the utter lack of pushback by @NPRWeekend, which replicated the same MSM trend of allowing the alt-right free range spew.

@KSPrior didn't vote for Trump, but she does, clearly, support his choices, like #BrettKavanaugh.
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Alyssa Milano
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It’s happened again in Florida. At least 4 dead. At least 11 injured.

Florida’s primary elections are Tuesday. #Vote.

Honor these victims by voting for candidates that reject the @NRA.

Be a hero.

#JacksonvilleLanding #NoRA
Florida voters: find your polling place and check your voter registration here: dos.myflorida.com/elections/for-…

#JacksonvilleLanding #NoRA
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