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The question becomes, how would the Federal government ensure that the ballots are watermarked, if the states control
I looked into printing, it\u2019s done all over the country at many different printers, counties handle own printing. The security paper is the only possibility I can think of but I\u2019m no expert.
— \u2764\ufe0f\U0001f90d\U0001f499Ali11111\u2764\ufe0f\U0001f90d\U0001f499 (@AL233111) November 10, 2020
This truth! "I donât know how to convince someone how to experience the basic human emotion of empathy. I cannot have one more conversation with someone who is content to see millions of people suffer needlessly in exchange for a tax cut that statistically theyâll never see..."
This is why, fundamentally, we can't "come together." The left and the right in America really do fundamentally disagree on what it means to live in a society. There is no calm and fruitful debate that can bridge that gap. You either give a damn about other people or you don't.
To make matters worse, so many of our constitutional and legislative structures make much easier to do evil than to do good. Think about how onerous a lift it's been to get anything close to universal healthcare or to save the environment and how easily Trump has savaged both.
Trump has freely abused immigrants, rolled over human rights compacts, the Hatch Act, the Emoluments Clause and the separation of powers, even stealing money from military schools to put towards his dumb wall and our representatives in congress are seemingly helpless to stop him.
On his way out the door, Trump is charging up the electric chair, reinstating firing squads and turning over Native lands to developers with a Thanos snap while we all sit here and watch. Voter disenfranchisement? Easy! All it took was a 5-4 SCOTUS ruling in Shelby v Holder.
I think about this headline every single day on this site https://t.co/RotTCU4yCm
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) November 27, 2020
This is why, fundamentally, we can't "come together." The left and the right in America really do fundamentally disagree on what it means to live in a society. There is no calm and fruitful debate that can bridge that gap. You either give a damn about other people or you don't.
To make matters worse, so many of our constitutional and legislative structures make much easier to do evil than to do good. Think about how onerous a lift it's been to get anything close to universal healthcare or to save the environment and how easily Trump has savaged both.
Trump has freely abused immigrants, rolled over human rights compacts, the Hatch Act, the Emoluments Clause and the separation of powers, even stealing money from military schools to put towards his dumb wall and our representatives in congress are seemingly helpless to stop him.
On his way out the door, Trump is charging up the electric chair, reinstating firing squads and turning over Native lands to developers with a Thanos snap while we all sit here and watch. Voter disenfranchisement? Easy! All it took was a 5-4 SCOTUS ruling in Shelby v Holder.
Iâm just going to lay this down now so itâs on record:
Trumpâs campaign has used the exact same strategy it used in 2016: smear his opponent; attempt to demotivate their base; and actively attempt to prevent or obstruct them from voting.
It is a push-down strategy.
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In 2016, didnât win because he made a winning case to a big enough population.
He won because his opponentâs turnout was pushed down by a full-court press that tapped everything from misogyny to poll tampering.
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He is trying to run the exact same playbook against Biden.
But it isnât working because:
1) We now understand it
2) Many who were effectively suppressed last time have had four years to see what that cost
3) Biden isnât susceptible to the same illegitimate biases
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And 4) Many people who first engaged with politics because of Bernie are now well past the â...or Bustâ vibe of 2016 and are now solidly active progressive voters
The media, pundits and analysts never fully reckoned with the extent to which Hillaryâs vote was just suppressed.
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Instead, they overestimated Trumpâs strength.
Trump only won by smothering just enough of his opponentâs support.
Some of the voters who that succeeded with in 2016 are vehemently un-smotherable this time.
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Trumpâs campaign has used the exact same strategy it used in 2016: smear his opponent; attempt to demotivate their base; and actively attempt to prevent or obstruct them from voting.
It is a push-down strategy.
1/
Striking finding from NYT/Siena: Biden has big leads among those who didn't vote in 2016. And they make up non-trivial portions of the electorate.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 1, 2020
Here are Biden's leads, followed by their vote share:
WI +19 (11%)
FL +17 (18%)
PA +12 (18%)
AZ +7 (22%)
It's a new electorate.
In 2016, didnât win because he made a winning case to a big enough population.
He won because his opponentâs turnout was pushed down by a full-court press that tapped everything from misogyny to poll tampering.
2/
He is trying to run the exact same playbook against Biden.
But it isnât working because:
1) We now understand it
2) Many who were effectively suppressed last time have had four years to see what that cost
3) Biden isnât susceptible to the same illegitimate biases
3/
And 4) Many people who first engaged with politics because of Bernie are now well past the â...or Bustâ vibe of 2016 and are now solidly active progressive voters
The media, pundits and analysts never fully reckoned with the extent to which Hillaryâs vote was just suppressed.
4/
Instead, they overestimated Trumpâs strength.
Trump only won by smothering just enough of his opponentâs support.
Some of the voters who that succeeded with in 2016 are vehemently un-smotherable this time.
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