We’re at the mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium to get my mom the vaccine. The anti–vax protestors have approached the entrance to the site. The LAPD have now closed the gate. We have been sitting here for about half an hour. Nobody is moving.
There has been no communication from the LAPD as to how long the entrance will be closed. They closed the gate as the protestors approached, presumably to stop them from entering the facility itself. Now nobody is going in. This is the largest vaccination site in the country.
There appears to be only about 30 protestors total. It’s not clear why they’ve shut off the whole facility.
Sheriff’s helicopter now circling the scene.
UPDATE: The police have arrived.
UPDATE: The police arrived in force, opened the gate, the anti vax protestors stepped aside and we are inside the facility. with a line of hundreds of cars.
FINAL UPDATE: My 69 year old high risk mom Bonnie got the jab! She said she could hardly even feel it. We teared up. We’ve waited a year for this. Get your vaccine. My love to all of your families.
I remember the day Trump was sworn in, I had a lump in my throat of fear and dread. I've had it every day since. I've carried it like a tumor.
4 years later our system is in shambles, our Capitol was attacked by his supporters and 400,00 are dead.
But...it's over in 87 hours.
Trump did something important though, he revealed many of the lies America tells itself about itself: that America is somehow a post-racial meritocracy, that we are not susceptible to fascism, that America is somehow less selfish or stupid than other countries. It isn't.
And yes, of course, many of us have been saying these things for years, writing about them, researching them, marching for them. But Trump made them plain and tactile.
An obvious example: a great democracy is not attacked by the supporters of an outgoing imbecile autocrat.
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The entire game for Republicans is to slow the counting of early votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin-- then pretend that counting these legal votes is somehow cheating because they take a long time to count.
Most of you know this by now, but IF Trump holds Florida, NC and GA:
1. When we go to bed on Nov 3rd he'll be AHEAD in PA and MI by 10-15%.
2. Early votes are counted LAST in these states and lean heavily Dem.
3. Trump will claim that COUNTING these legal votes is cheating.
To be clear, it's more likely than not Dems will pick off GA, NC or FL -- and that's probably the whole ballgame.
But if that does not happen, the Republican game is to try to discount as many LEGAL MAIL-IN BALLOTS as possible thru courts, disenfranchising MILLIONS of people.
If Trump loses and tries to hold onto power, would you take to the streets for a General strike?
That’s a yes for me, by the way.
I don't think people understand how likely it is that Trump will be ahead on election night, proclaim himself the victor and take it to the courts to find various pretenses by which to invalidate votes in different states.