SHORT STORY FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
Many rural counties are >95%+ done counting.
Montgomery County is only at 50% so far & all the Philadelphia Suburbs still have *hundreds of thousands* of votes to count.
This is gonna take time. Patience, people.
In 2020, there were 6.8 million votes cast in PA. So far, 5.9 million counted. So, another 900,000+ still to come, at least. And mostly in urban Philly/suburbs. #Election2024
No offense intended, but Latinos and Muslims who voted for him are going to get exactly what they deserve if Trump wins. Sadly the rest of us are screwed too.
Looks like I overestimated the American people.
This election isn’t over, but this should have been the biggest electoral landslide in history.
It’s like people are actively voting for America to fail.
Pennsylvania: 15 minutes ago, Trump was ahead by 225,000. Now he's ahead by 175,000. The margin will shrink some more as Philly and suburbs report. Yes, it's white knuckle time. But stay calm... #Election2024
NOW HEAR THIS:
Good morning, America.
I am speaking to you as a Native Philadelphian, blocks from where the American Experiment was founded.
I love this country with my whole heart. I’ve risked my life repeatedly to protect … with pride.
But I must report …
We are under attack.
We may not survive … except for your effort TODAY.
I am proud to stand next to you.
I am not afraid. You must be not be afraid.
We will win this.
All of you who voted to protect & save our constitution … I salute you.
Leave it all on the field today.
Fight with your heart.
America will be free or a dictatorship.
It is up to us.
I’ll see you on the beach.
#VoteForKamalaToday
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner:
"Anybody who thinks it's time to play militia, F around and find out. Anybody who thinks it's time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people, F around and find out. We do have the cuffs, we do have the jail cells. We do have the Philly juries, and we have the state prisons. So if you're going to try to turn an election into some form of coercion, if you're going to try to bully people, bully votes or voters, you're going to try to erase votes, you're going to try any of that nonsense: We're not playing. F around and find out."
URGENT BREAKING: The FBI and National Intelligence Agencies have just confirmed that this video which was shared by MAGA voters on X claiming that Haitians are voting in Georgia, was produced by the Russians.
Here is their FULL Statement:
The IC assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple counties in Georgia.
This judgment is based on information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. The Georgia Secretary of State has already refuted the video's claims as false.
Russian influence actors also manufactured a video falsely accusing an individual associated with the Democratic presidential ticket of taking a bribe from a U.S. entertainer.
This Russian activity is part of Moscow's broader effort to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the US election and stoke divisions among Americans, as detailed in prior ODNI election updates. In the lead up to election day and in the weeks and months after, the IC expects Russia to create and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and divide Americans."
This passage from Michelle Obama:
"I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Donald Trump's gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn. I hope that you'll forgive me if I'm a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior. His obvious mental decline. His history as a convicted felon. A known slumlord. A predator found liable for sexual abuse. All of this while we pick apart Kamala's answers from interviews that he doesn't even have the courage to do, y'all."
This is the text of the Post columnists' statement, for those hitting the paywall:
The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love. This is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them — the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trump’s opponents in 2016 and 2020. There is no contradiction between The Post’s important role as an independent newspaper and its practice of making political endorsements, both as a matter of guidance to readers and as a statement of core beliefs. That has never been more true than in the current campaign. An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution.
Signed by: Perry Bacon Jr., Matt Bai, E.J. Dionne Jr., Lee Hockstader, David Ignatius, Heather Long, Ruth Marcus, Dana Millbank, Alexandra Petri, Catherine Rampell, Eugene Robinson, Jennifer Rubin, Karen Tumulty.
"Are you trying to say 2 people didn't die in Butler"
No, I'm saying that a dude who said he was shot in the ear walked in and out of a hospital without a medical report or statement from any doctor there, then a week later his pal who lost his medical license wrote up some wonky report that his ear was "blown off at the top leaving a 2 cm wound". That did not happen so why cover it up for 3 days of the RNC?
Michelle Obama: "Can someone tell me why we are once again holding Kamala to a higher standard than her opponent? We expect her to be intelligent and articulate. To have a clear set of policies. To never show too much anger. To prove time and time again that she belongs. But for Trump, we expect nothing at all."
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