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5 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
i realize they can't mention it each time, but really wish TV reports re: PA would emphasize the reason vote counting taking so long is because ***GOP legislatures refused Dem request to allow early votes to be counted as they came in.***
the delay **is by design**
seems like Journalism 101
more here; pressrun.media/p/media-remind…

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5 Nov
1. quick thread on why Trump's dishonest attempt to stop voting isn't working the way W. Bush's dishonest attempt did in Florida
2. Trump's trying to stop vote counting, Bush tried to stop a *recount.*

it's virtually impossible to find a judge anywhere in America would who order votes not be counted on the first pass through.
3. Trump is targeting many states, Bush focused on just one and had one message.

in some states today Trump want's voting to stop, in others he wants it sped up.

it's messaging mess
Read 4 tweets
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5 Nov
simple. accurate.

why can’t see this *regularly* in US commentary
“this is not American democracy as people normally see it”
it's all become so normalized for the American press.

and frankly, that's what they preferred
Read 5 tweets
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1 Nov
CNN airs Trump unfiltered for many minutes LYING NONSTOP ABOUT VOTING LAWS

why?
that old definition of insanity, doing same thing over and over, expecting different result
Gov’s don’t count votes!!

stop giving madman a platform
Read 4 tweets
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30 Oct
crucial: lots of media got it wrong 2018. CNN at 9 pm announced “no blue wave”

they got it wrong bc they ignored early votes. weeks later after counting done Dems flipped 40 seats.

pressrun.media/p/can-trump-bu…
this cannot happen again Tuesday night. if it does, staggering implications for our democracy
“To avoid confusion and to make sure they don't play into Trump's hands, TV news needs to break away from its decades-long tradition of marketing Election Night as one big game show that culminates with a late-night winner being announced and prizes handed out.”
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28 Oct
just to put a pin in how insane/awful/radical this is...Penn, my a law passed by ***GOP legislature,*** is not allowed to count early ballots until Election Day, so of course they’re going to be counting after Nov 3
Trump isn’t talking abt not counting votes that **arrive by mail** after Nov 3. he’s talking abt not counting **any** votes after Nov 3

states have been counting votes after Election Day in US for 100 years
He’s talking abt throwing out US military ballots from overseas
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26 Oct
my latest—lessons learned, too late for her; pressrun.media/p/hunter-hilla…
different rules for women
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