1. To know the results of an election, you have to count the votes.
2. It would be nice if we could look at polling to know who won in advance, but it doesn't work that way.
3. Alternatively, it would be nice if the votes were counted quickly. After all, many people were waiting for this day for four years. But there isn't an infrastructure in many states to do so.
4. It's very natural, at this point, to convince yourself that you "know" the outcome. But the outcome is uncertain until the counting ends.
5. Trump's strategy is to make this process as unpleasant as possible so people give up hope. Stay focused.

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5 Nov
1. The Trump campaign has filed a bunch of lawsuits generating headlines like this one from the AP.

It sounds very ominous.

But I went ahead and read the lawsuits.

And it's all smoke and mirrors.

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2. In Michigan, Trump has one guy it says was unfairly prohibited from being an observer. (No details provided)

It also wants access to VIDEOS OF DROPBOXES. Unclear what it would do w/the videos.

It wants the count stopped but Trump trails by 150K

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3. In Georgia, the Trump campaign as a guy who says he saw 56 ballots that weren't processed appropriately

The campaign is asking that ballots that arrived after 7PM on Election Day be segregated but that's likely already happened

Just very little to it

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Read 9 tweets
4 Nov
1. I just read the complaint the Trump campaign filed in Michigan and it’s a doozy.

The Trump campaign made it sound like it was about observing vote counting but its really more about dropboxes.

Let’s dig in
2. The campaign cites a new Michigan law that requires dropboxes to be under video surveillance

It doesn’t allege that didn’t happen. The Trump campaign want access to the videos.

We are talking about hundreds or thousands of hours of videos of boxes
3. What authority does the Trump campaign cite to prove they are entitled to this video? None. They just assert its part of the process of observing the count

The statute however specifically says observers can watch mail ballots be processed

Nothing about video
Read 5 tweets
3 Nov
Election Day should be a national holiday.
DC should be a state.
The winner of the popular vote should be the next president.
Read 5 tweets
2 Nov
BREAKING: Texas federal judge rules that plaintiffs don't have standing, 127,000 ballots will be counted
Judge says plaintiffs didn't articulate a specific injury, which is required for standing.
Even if the plaintiffs did have standing, the judge says he would still count the votes.

He says the tents qualify as structures.
Read 7 tweets
2 Nov
1. This thread is a list of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in charge of the Senate

I'll be updating throughout the day

Follow if interested
2. Last-minute corporate contributions to @LindseyGrahamSC:

@Deloitte (5K, 10/31)
@CaterpillarInc (5K, 10/31)
@KraftHeinzCo (2K, 10/31)
@RollsRoyce (3K, 10/29)
@akin_gump (2.5K, 10/29)
@Microsoft (2.5K, 10/29)
@LillyPad [Eli Lilly] (1K, 10/29)
@Delta (2.5K, 10/26)
3. Last-minute corp $$$ to @Perduesenate:

@TheHartford (5K, 10/30)
@akin_gump (2.8K, 10/30)
@Transamerica (2K, 10/29)
@AmericanAir (5K, 10/27)
@KPMG (5K, 10/26)
@MotorolaUS (4K, 10/26)
@HSBC (4K, 10/26)
@WellsFargo (2.5K, 10/26)
@Barclays (1.5K, 10/26)
@Dell (1K, 10/26)
Read 10 tweets
2 Nov
1. This AM in Texas a federal judge will consider a motion to THROW AWAY OVER 125,000 VOTES in Harris County, a Democratic stronghold

It's a joke of a case, and the fact that a hearing has been scheduled is a worrying sign

Follow along if interested

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2. There are counties all over Texas that have set up temporary structures (tents) for voting. But the Republicans didn't sue those counties. They only sued Harris County, which constructed tents that allowed people to vote in their cars

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3. This plan for drive-thru voting was announced in JUNE and APPROVED BY TEXAS' REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE.

But the Republicans didn't sue until OCTOBER 13, hours before voting has begun.

It's nuts.

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