Hands Across The Water - Trump thread #135

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There's only one floating pile of garbage in this story and it lives in Mar a Lago.

To Kamala Harris and all the other Democratic candidates on the ballot - May your courage, determination and hard work bring you the success you deserve. ❤️
To Donald (Jessica) Trump - May you get everything you deserve... and then some.

Community Notice
This won't be the last thread in this bigly nightmare and these threads may fly by over the next week so anyone who is up for continuing them please feel free to do so as I may not be awake all the time!

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5164974-whats-true-pussycat-trump-thread-134?page=10

Is it insane to take a day of annual leave to watch CNN without cease 😂

Why do big celebrity names wait so long to endorse? Is it because they get more engagement the closer it is to the vote? Taylor Swift endorsing feels like it happened last year.



Margaret Atwood - making a comment for women

I love the fact that supporters of both candidates think she is on their side

If you're in the UK, I'd work Tuesday and take Wednesday off to recover. There won't be anything to really know until about 2am GMT.

I've made a fundamental mistake and somehow ended up scheduling an important, in-person meeting at which I have to do a presentation and pretend to understand budget figures on Wednesday at 10am. Seriously, seriously kicking myself.

List of the times swing states were called last time - some were only finally declared days later

Arizona Polls open at 8 am and close at 9 pm. AP first reported Arizona results at 10:02 pm ET on Nov 3 2020, Election Day, and declared Joe Biden the state’s winner at 2:51 am ET on Nov 4.

Georgia Polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm. In 2020, the AP first reported Georgia results at 7:20 pm on Nov 3 and declared Biden the state’s winner at 7:58 pm ET on Nov 19, more than two weeks later.

Michigan Polls open at 7 am, most close at 8 pm, with the rest at 9 pm. In 2020, the AP first reported Michigan results at 8:08 pm on Nov 3 and declared Biden the winner at 5:58 pm on Nov 4.

Nevada Polls open at 10am and close at 10pm. In 2020, the AP first reported Nevada results at 11:41 pm on Nov 3 and declared Biden the winner at 12:13pm on Nov 7.

North Carolina Polls open at 6:30am and close at 7:30 pm. In 2020, the AP first reported results at 7:42 pm on Nov 3 and declared Donald Trump the winner at 3:49 pm ET on Nov 13.

Pennsylvania Polls open at 7 am and close at 8 pm. In 2020, the AP first reported results at 8:09 pm on Nov 3 and declared Biden the winner at 11:25am on Nov 7.

Wisconsin Polls open at 8 am and close at 9 pm. In 2020, the AP first reported Wisconsin results at 9:07 pm on No. 3 and declared Biden the winner at 2:16 pm on Nov 4.

Good interview with Raffensperger from Georgia about when they expect to get result in. Relevant part starts around 4.30 into the vid

<Sniff> I’m part way through a rewatch (If I say Sam just got his ass kicked by a girl, you’ll know where I am).

Maybe it's because I've paid attention to UK issues & scandals that Trump's new slogan amuses me with its tone deafness. I suppose to the rank and file American Citizen it means nothing beyond the actual words

Note: I'm not trying to diminish the Saville scandal at all by saying I'm 'amused'.

Trump will fix it could be read in a number of ways. Given past performance, “it” could be “the election.”

Trump will fix it - Saying the secret out loud

Me too @CaveMum. I’m halfway through S3.
You have one of the saddest moments coming up.

A question regarding abortion and how it's legislated for in the US:

As I understand it, once Roe v Wade was overturned, abortion was no longer considered to be a constitutional right. Regulation of it was instead a matter for each state (similar to how is it's a matter for Westminster to legislate for in the UK).

If that's so, would the presidential election be less important then elections to state legislatures?

Actual federal legislation is proposed by Senators and Representatives in their respective Congressional Houses. And federal law supersedes state law. A POTUS can have great influence on whether or not federal legislation passes. And what we need is legislation to 'enshrine' a woman's right to choose within federal law. A Harris presidency can lobby and 'push' both sides for that legislation. And can communicate the need for that legislation to the American public at large.

The POTUS is a powerful tool to push a political agenda, any party's agenda. So voting for your candidate not only helps get legislation 'done', it can prevent it too.

The thing to remember, too, is that although right now we're fighting for a woman's right to choose what to do with her own body, by extension at some point it may also affect a man's right to direct his own healthcare.

Ds is taking the whole week off to follow the election.

He's got a PIR degree and did a white board to follow the electoral college while he was at Uni 4 years ago: this was at 3:50am on 4 November 2020, with the comment "This is still worrying" - fortunately ultimately it worked out but not for want of Trump attempting shenanigans and he'll be worse this time

He now works in Public Affairs - fortunately there isn't too much going on in the UK at the moment

Watch this whole video and enjoy
https://x.com/AntiquarianMuse/status/1853070980878352810

That's great @Talkinpeace very funny

I wonder whether the ones who got bored and wandered away whilst he was talking will still bother to vote for him, or will they just go in to work instead and not go to the polling booths?

@prettybird Wow your son is clever! Will he do the same next week?

That's great @Talkinpeace but ye gods am I sick to death of him droning on and on... I can't believe we are going through this again...

Yes @BustingBaoBun - I think he's buying a new white board especially

@BustingBaoBun I watch most videos with the sound off. I put that one on loud for the few seconds needed and then enjoyed the panning in silence

@prettybird Does your boy have a gut feeling ?

Gotta love that whiteboard, @prettybird

@AcrossthePond55 - funnily enough, I only spotted that slogan yesterday and immediately made the same correlation as you. We were living in the Middle East when the Savile news hit the headlines, and noticed that a maintenance company whose vans were seen all around the city, very quickly changed their name from "Jim'll Fix It" to something a bit more innocuous..

Is your son Steve Kornacki!!??? 😂

Just joking - that's great, @prettybird. Please share any conclusions- as you can tell, we're all desperate for good news here.

That video is hilarious @Talkinpeace. The people who are there look almost comatose, too. When I turned the sound on, the dog, who was napping on the sofa next to me, got up, glared at me and left to join DH and sons watching the Chelsea match in the tv room. I think it's safe to say she was not impressed.