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7 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
CNN has projected that Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States.
NBC AND CBS JOIN
ABC joins
New York Times. AP.
FoxNews now projects Joe Biden will win Nevada and Pennsylvania and become 46th President of the United States.

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8 Nov
Some people seem to think “back to normal” means that we will revert to where we were. That is impossible. Too much has been lost, and I’m not even talking about the 238,000 who died of COVID-19.

What returning to normal means is the ship has been turned in the right direction.
“Back to normal” has little to do with policy, which will in all likelihood be hindered by an obstructionist Republican Senate led by Mitch McConnell.

It instead has to do with tone, decency and values, which transcend politics in ways that aren’t always exactly clear.
Joe Biden cannot fix all of our problems just by becoming President. Our disagreements are too entrenched, our opinions too hardened by algorithms that are designed not to challenge those beliefs, but to reinforce them, no matter how detached from reality they may be.
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3 Nov
As we head into an election night that has more uncertainty than anyone would like, I think it is a good time to take stock of what we know and what we don't know, and how to be good consumers and conveyors of information at a time where America is on edge and simmering.
Here's what we know: There will be massive numbers of early voters, but some states have not yet begun to count those votes. As such, we will have large vote totals for some states early, and other states will take much longer to count the votes.
WE KNOW: that the demographic for absentee ballots, early voting and day of voting are different, politically.
WE DON'T KNOW: Exactly what those numbers are and how they will be reported state-by-state.
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5 Oct
So, tonight I'd like to talk about James A. Garfield. I realize that isn't a statement that is said very often, but I think there might something we can learn from his life, or, more accurately, his death.
And I'm not talking about his assassination by an entitled charlatan who demanded a position he was not qualified for, and became convinced that the only way to stop infighting from his political party. Instead, I'm going to talk about what happened AFTER he was shot.
After Garfield was shot he was taken to an office where he was laid on a mattress, before being moved back to the White House at Garfield's request. The doctor who took charge was not using sterilized equipment or hands when he began exploring the wound.
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26 Sep
So, tonight I'm going to talk about abortion, because it is clear that abortion is going to be a major topic through election day and perhaps beyond, even more-so than usual.

This thread is going to look beyond the moral debate into policy and facts surrounding abortion.
We often talk about abortion as a moral absolute, either it's an inherent right or it is literally child murder, with very little gray area. But when you dig into the statistics American opinions on abortion are varied and often counter-intuitive.
You may have noticed I've turned off @ replies for this thread. This will not be a normal thing, but because of the nature of this topic and the ease at which it can go off the rails, I thought this was best. Once I finish I will have a post for people to share their thoughts.
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19 Sep
You have to have beliefs in order to have disagreements based on beliefs, and the Republican Party no longer has any beliefs aside from “fuck liberals”, so I honestly don’t know what the hell you’re going on about David.
Like, I can disagree with people about issues, but the current Republican Party doesn’t have any issues they actually believe in. All they care about is getting power, keeping power, and keeping liberals out of power, that’s literally it.
I know because I used to be a Republican. But they don’t believe in anything except fuck liberals, which is why McConnell has that statement announcing they were going to have a vote already written and just waiting to hit send.
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27 Aug
Facebook is just one example of the reinforcement loops that dominate the news intake of the modern conservative. It started with talk radio and then FoxNews, who both claimed that they alone were providing their audience the truth, which led to the tuning out of other media.
What makes Facebook so dangerous is that the selection to only get views that agree with you is done entirely in the background. It’s not longer a choice that the consumer is aware of, but rather one that is made for the user—so they assume the dissenting voices are the others.
This is complicated with younger, more liberal users either abandoning the platform or removing, blocking or muting their more conservative family members to avoid arguments, family drama and/or embarrassment. Which means those voices are heard even less.
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