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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 10/16/20, 7:28 am

Tim Eyman’s latest garbage car tabs initiative is unconstitutional. At this point he must know not to do a multiple issues initiative. Like have a lawyer look it over. Or don’t, since Eyman gets to keep fundraising on the same initiative and agencies get to keep their car tab money.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Tuesday, 10/13/20, 9:50 pm

King County is mailing ballots today. So you should get yours within a few days. Same give or take for the rest of the state. So if you don’t have a ballot by next week, you can bug your country official. In King County, you can drop it at one of these boxes. Or mail them.

Anyway, use a sponge instead of linking your envelope. And wash your hands right now.

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Election 2020: Stable race with a solid lead for Biden

by Darryl — Monday, 10/12/20, 8:58 pm

Biden
Trump
> 99.9% probability of winning
< 0.1% probability of winning
Mean of 363 electoral votes
Mean of 175 electoral votes


Electoral College Map

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusettes Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Electoral College Map

Georgia Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Connecticut Florida Mississippi Alabama Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Some 31 new polls have come out since last Thursday’s analysis of the race between Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. The new polls don’t really change much of anything. Biden leads. It isn’t even close.

After 100,000 simulated elections, Biden wins all 100,000. Biden received (on average) 363 to Trump’s 175 electoral votes. In an election held now, Biden would have a greater than 99.9% probability of winning. Trump would have no chance of winning.

The long term trends in this race can be seen from a series of elections simulated every seven days using polls from 12 Oct 2019 to 12 Oct 2020, and including polls from the preceding month (FAQ).

Since July, Biden’s lead has been solidly above the 270 electoral vote victory threshold, generally bouncing a bit between 350 and 400.

Here is the distribution of electoral votes [FAQ] from the simulations:
[Read more…]

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 10/10/20, 12:43 am

Amber Ruffin explains 2020 to a time traveler from 1793

Trevor: Columbus Day

Really American: Two-faced Lindsey.

Biden—Harris 2020:

  • Songify the News (with Blondie): One heartbeat away – Kamala vs. Pence
  • Americans for Decency: Kamala the MAGA slayer (& friends)
  • The Daily Show: Mail-in voting dos and don’ts
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп refuses to do a virtual debate with Joe Biden!!!
  • Our Cartoon President: COVID-positive Cartoon Трамп watches the VP debate
  • Roy Zimmerman and Laura Love: My vote, my voice, my right:

  • Seth Meyers: Hey! Kamala Harris and Mike Pence’s 2020 VP debate
  • Robert Riech: Four key takeaways from the Harris-Pence VP debate
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Jaime Harrison on Lindsey Graham’s hypocrisy & helping the community
  • Meidas Touch: Трамп devastation
  • Stephen: Washington, confused about voting in the 2020 election? “Better know a ballot” is here to help!
  • SNL: Presidential debate
  • The Late Show: Taylor Swift backs Joe Biden in her new single
  • Jimmy Fallon: Mike Pence prepares for his debate against Sen. Kamala Harris
  • The Daily Show: Scowls, smirks, eye rolls
  • Randy Rainbow with Patti LuPone: If the Dotard got fired:

  • John Oliver: Election 2020
  • Trevor: Трамп refuses a virtual debate
  • Now This: Fact-checking the 2020 Vice Presidential debate
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп has election meltdown as White House covers up COVID-19 outbreak
  • Larry Wilmore: What the fuck, undecided voters?
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel breaks down Pence Harris VP Debate
  • Jonathan Mann: Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking
  • Really American: Man of the moment
  • Roy Wood, Jr: Are harsher vote-by-mail laws really just voter suppression?
  • The Foundation Singers: The fly song:

  • Lauren Mayer: Has Mike Pence ever let a woman finish?
  • Trevor: Pence’s fly and Harris’s expressions steal the debate
  • Meidas Touch: I’m speaking
  • J-L Cauvin: Mike Pence discusses his new friend, debate fly
  • Seth Meyers: Late night’s October surprise predictions

Stephen: Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a message for Justices Alito and Thomas as they attack marriage equality.

Bruce W. Nelson: Moscow Mitch revisited

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Grifters, Scofflaws and Tax Cheats:

  • Stephen: Like flies on what?
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and miracles
  • Robert Reich: How you can stop America’s slide toward tyranny
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп attacks the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Amber Ruffin: I’ve got $20 more tThan the President:

  • Americans for Decency: Donald and smoke—Coronavirus, wildfires, and protests
  • The Daily Show: Won’t you help an American President in need?
  • Stephen: Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Pence’s debate performance, “He’s pretty comfortable telling a total lie”
  • Bruce W. Nelson: No one tells me what to do
  • Keith Olbermann: Трамп’s holy grail just disappeared
  • Robert Reich: Empathy for the world’s least empathetic person?
  • The Daily Show: Melania Трамп Hates Christmas
  • The Parody Project: End of the world:

  • Meidas Touch: Трамп is not America
  • Sarah Cooper: How to drugs
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп furious over plot to kidnap Michigan governor!!
  • Americans for Decency: Abuzz with GOP hypocrisy—Flying under the radar with Mike Pence
  • Stephen: John Brennan—Трамп’s failure to denounce White supremacist groups has fueled their rise
  • Keith Olbermann: Трамп’s plan to nullify the election

Vox: How US schools punish Black kids

Amber Ruffin: The week in review

Trevor: Facebook bans QAnon & Instagram hides negative comments

Typhoid Трамп and Other Super Spreaders like Melanie:

  • Stephen: Трамп expected to resume hosting indoor mask-free campaign rallies
  • Trevor: The Dotard has coronavirus & the White House does damage control
  • Bruce W. Nelson: A get well song for The Dotard
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп updates the nation from Walter Reed on his car ride
  • Jonathan Mann: Getting COVID to own the libs!
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and Delirium—Walter Reed melodrama
  • Mark Fiore: Get well soon, Mr. President
  • Foundation Singers: I’m so sorry (Трамп apologizes!)
  • Meidas Touch: Трамп Virus
  • Now This: GOP lawmakers are possibly spreading COVID-19
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп leaves hospital, says “Don’t be afraid of COVID”
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп announces a cure for COVID
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Superspreader Трамп is ready to rally again!
  • Stephen’s Zoom interview with Трамп
  • The Late Show: Secret Service agent irate over Трамп’s joyride
  • James Corden: Maybe I’m Immune’:

  • Stephen: Трамп sends stocks tumbling with hostage-style threat to block covid stimulus package negotiations
  • Seth Meyers with a corona-monologue
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard’s Трампumphant return to COVID infested White House
  • The Late Show: Is Трамп tripping on Dexamethasone?
  • Trevor: Трамп is home and back to comparing COVID to the flu
  • Don Winslow Films: #TrumpIsPatientZero
  • Stephen: John Brennan—A reckless President taking covid drugs is a dangerous cocktail for the White House
  • The Late Show: Achoober—The ride sharing service for contagious covid patients
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп on no COVID relief bill
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп stages maskless photo op while still infected with COVID-19
  • John Di Domenico: Трамп 4am post hospital press conference on steroids
  • Jordan Klepper: Трамп’s COVID rally
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and losing—Let us remember
  • Keith Olbermann: Worst Person No. 1. The Dotard Трамп—Mass murderer who will kill 150,000 more of us this year
  • Bruce W. Nelson: A song of Hope (Hicks)
  • Stephen: Трамп says “Don’t let it dominate your life,” returns to the White House still infected with covid
  • act.tv: Трамп has a loaded COVID gun
  • SNL: Weekend Update
  • Trevor: Coronavirus spreads rapidly through the White House
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s inner covid monologue as he returns to the White House
  • Jonathan Mann: Is Tucker Carlson ok?
  • Seth Meyers: Bob Woodward says Трамп was confident he would not catch COVID-19
  • The Late Show: Трамп’s new roommate, covid-19!
  • Francesca Fiorentini: How COVID is weaponized to kill public schools

Larry Wilmore with Bomani Jones: Why are police exempt from the consequences of killing people?

Trevor: Alex Wagner on why Americans feel anxiety and heartbreak.

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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Open Thread Friday, October 9

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 10/9/20, 7:32 am

I listened to the gubernatorial debate while doing dishes. Now, a day late, here’s my impressions.

Jay Inslee was a bit off his game on a few issues. Western State Hospital desertification in particular. But he was pretty good overall.

Culp was something else. From flirting with conspiracy theories about the wildfires to saying he would have sent the National Guard with guns to the East Precinct protest, Culp was scary. Please don’t vote for him.

And please do wash your hands right now.

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Election 2020: Biden still leads

by Darryl — Thursday, 10/8/20, 8:06 pm

Biden
Trump
> 99.9% probability of winning
< 0.1% probability of winning
Mean of 366 electoral votes
Mean of 172 electoral votes


Electoral College Map

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusettes Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Electoral College Map

Georgia Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Connecticut Florida Mississippi Alabama Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

For my previous analysis (on Monday) Vice President Joe Biden had a solid lead over President Donald Trump with an average of 363 to 175 electoral votes. Since then, there have been 52 new polls released. Most are state polls, but we do have a new polls for each of Maine’s congressional districts and Nebraska’s second congressional district.

Now, after 100,000 simulated elections, Biden wins 100,000 times and Trump wins 0 times. Biden received (on average) 366 to Trump’s 172 electoral votes. In an election held now, Biden would have a greater than 99.9% probability of winning and Trump would have a less than 0.1% probability of winning. Biden’s small bump is pretty meaningless—such shifts are normal variation as old polls “age out” after they are more than a month old and new polls drop into the analyses.

Trump has made gains in three states, including a new poll in Arkansas bumping him from a 57% probability of taking the state to a 75% probability of taking the state. Trump cuts into Biden’s lead in Maine’s 2nd congressional district, where Biden drops from 90% to a 82% probability of taking the state. Finally two new polls in Montana, including a remarkable Trump+13.4 Emerson poll, brings Trump up to a 98% probability of taking that state.

Biden made gains in five states. Two new polls gives us a total of eight current polls for Iowa, and Trump’s 63% chance has flipped into a 65% chance Biden would take the state today.

Biden also gains ground in Nebraska’s second congressional district with a new Biden+11 poll joining two other recent polls with Biden leading to boost his chances from 87% to 98%. This district went Republican in 2016 and 2012, but narrowly went for Obama in 2008. Two new Nevada polls give us a total of six in the Silver state, and Biden leads in every one of them. His chances have increased from 98% to 100% probability of winning an election held today.

North Carolina is close, but most of the polls are in Biden’s favor. There are twenty current polls and Biden leads in 16, Trump in 2, with two ties. Here is what the last month of polling looks like in North Carolina:

Ohio is even closer than North Carolina. A new Biden+1 poll gives us eight in all, with Trump leading in three, Biden leading in four, and one tie. The margins are small, and each candidate has a 50% chance of winning an election there today:

Here is the long term picture made from a series of elections simulated every seven days using polls from 08-Oct-2019 to 08-Oct-2020, and including polls from the preceding month (FAQ).

For an election held today, here is the distribution of electoral votes [FAQ] generated by the simulated elections:
[Read more…]

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 10/7/20, 7:30 am

Are you ready for debates tonight? Well tough shit, we’re going to have Vice Presidential and gubernatorial debates. I already know who I am voting for, but I will probably tune in. Will Culp manage to sell himself in any way, or if he comes across as awful as his policies.

But before the debates, in fact right now, you should go wash your hands.

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Election 2020: Senate Races

by Darryl — Tuesday, 10/6/20, 5:40 pm


Senate Democrats*
Senate Republicans
greater than 99.9% probability
less than 0.1% probability
Mean of 54 seats
Mean of 46 seats

Electoral College Map

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusettes Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

My previous analysis, just over a week ago, showed control of the Senate going to Democrats with, on average, 53 seats going to the Democrats and 47 seats going to the Republicans. After 100,000 simulated elections, Democrats won 97,022 of them, Republicans only won 42 times and there were 2,936 ties. Since then, about 38 new polls have been released.

Today, after 100,000 simulated elections, Democrats have a Senate majority 99,919 times, Republicans control the Senate 21 times, and there were 60 ties. In other words, the results for Democrats have improved a bit, with the average number of seats going up by one to 54. Democrats would almost certainly take control of the Senate if the race was held today.

This week, we got the first polls in several races, including Tennessee, Oregon, Massachusetts, and the Georgia-2 special election. In fact, that poll is largely responsible for the one-seat bump from last week. Georgia’s special election has no primary. Instead numerous candidates will be on the ballot on November 3rd, and a runoff election will be held in the almost certain event that no one candidate takes 50% of the vote. The Civiqs poll conducted heat-to-head contests between different combinations of candidates. At this point it looks like the runoff is between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, who holds the seat by appointment. The poll puts Warnock up over Loeffler 49% to 39%. Of course, this is only one poll, and an unconventional one at that, but it has totally changed my perception of this race, which I assumed would go to the incumbent Republican.

Democrats make progress in several other races, as well, including the GA-1 Senate race (from 16% probability last week to 33% probability of winning the state in an election held today), Iowa (45% to 70%) and Montana (30% to 43%). Republicans gained in Kansas (from 50% to 82%). I should note that only a few of the twenty North Carolina polls were taken (or partially taken) after Democrat Cal Cunningham’s “sexting” scandal broke. We’ll need more polls to see how that race develops.

Here is the distribution of Senate seats from the simulations:*

[Read more…]

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Election 2020: The Post Debate Picture

by Darryl — Monday, 10/5/20, 10:24 pm

Biden
Trump
> 99.9% probability of winning
< 0.1% probability of winning
Mean of 363 electoral votes
Mean of 175 electoral votes


Electoral College Map

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusettes Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Electoral College Map

Georgia Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Connecticut Florida Mississippi Alabama Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia D.C. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

It has just been one week since my previous analysis—just before the Debate. But, man, it feels like it has been a year! That analysis had former Vice President Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by, on average, 377 to 161 electoral votes. Biden won all of the 10,000 simulated elections. We have new insight in the form of 66 new state head-to-head polls.

Now, after 100,000 simulated elections, Biden still wins 100,000 times and Trump wins 0 times. Biden received (on average) 363 to Trump’s 175 electoral votes, so Biden’s lead has shrunk by 14 votes. In an election held now, Biden would have a greater than 99.9% probability of winning and Trump would have a less than 0.1% probability of winning.

What are the big changes? First, Trump’s chances in Alabama increase from 75% to 100% probability on account of an old mid-August poll being replaced by a current poll with a large sample size from Auburn University. Smaller gains come from Iowa (58% to 63% probability) and Kansas (92% to 99%). The two most important gains are in Ohio, where newer polling take Trump from a 5% to a 54% probability of winning—changing Ohio from Blue to Red on our map, and Texas, where the newer polls increase Trump’s changes from 63% to 91% chance of taking the state. Finally, in Virginia, a Biden+15% poll drops out leaving only a small Biden+5 poll, raising Trump’s chances from less than 1% to 16%.

Biden has made some gains, as well. In Georgia, five new polls coming in and three polls aging out have upped Biden’s chances of taking the state from 41% to 76%, switching the state from red to blue. A new Trump+5 poll in Mississippi replaces an older Trump +10 poll, dropping Trump’s chances from 97% to 87%. Likewise, in Montana, an old poll dropped out leaving behind one smallish poll, so that Trump’s chances drop from 98% to 91%. Clearly, for Mississippi and Montana, we badly need some new polls. We have the opposite situation in New Hampshire, where we went from one current poll to four current polls, all with Biden in the lead. Consequently, Trump’s chances drop from 33% to 0%. Another big change is in North Carolina, where six old polls age out and three new polls weigh in. Out of 19 current polls, Biden leads in 14 of them, Trump leads in three and there are two ties. These boost Biden’s chances from a 69% to 88%.

The long term trends in this race can be seen from a series of elections simulated every seven days using polls from 05-Oct-2019 to 05-Oct-2020, and including polls from the preceding month (FAQ):

Back to the analysis for an election held now, here is the distribution of electoral votes [FAQ] from the simulations:
[Read more…]

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Open Thread October 5

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 10/5/20, 7:00 am

It’s not medieval or early modern Europe. You can notice that the leader is sick. And that it’s still possibly deadly. Nobody wants the President to die,but jeez, he might be dying.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 10/3/20, 12:05 am

Stephen: Lindsey Graham is on the ropes in South Carolina as Republicans struggle in several red state races.

John Oliver: The Supreme Court

Now This: What you need to know about the Proud Boys

Samantha Bee: How the school choice debate is failing our public schools

Americans for Decency: Good shenanigans vs. GOP purges and Трамп distractions

Biden—Harris 2020:

  • Trevor reacts to the first Biden-Трамп debate
  • The Late Show: Who’s ready for an old man slap fight?
  • Jimmy Kimmel on the worst debate ever
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп reacts to The Rock endorsing Joe Biden
  • Really American: Lindsey for Biden
  • The Daily Show: Трамп wants mail-in voting to fail
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп called for Biden to get drug tested before debate
  • Trevor: Трамп demands pre-debate drug tests & The Rock endorses Biden
  • Jonathan Mann: If we get ghe votes, he’s gonna go:

  • Eleven Films: 95 minutes in Трамп’s America
  • The Late Show: Biden attempts to shut up The Dotard
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп lashes out after unhinged debate performance
  • J-L-Cauvin: The Dotard defends his debate debacle
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Sen. Bernie Sanders on the debate
  • The Daily Show: What were Трамп and Biden listening to in their debate earpieces?
  • Samantha Bee: The first (and God, not the last??) 2020 presidential “debate”
  • Mark Fiore: Nailed it!
  • act.tv: Kamala Harris on Трамп’s refusal to condemn White supremacists
  • Desi Lydic Foxsplains Biden’s earpiece
  • Now This: Fact checking the first debate
  • The Late Show: The Dotard Трамп, the constant interrupter
  • Stephen: Sen. Cory Booker’s live reaction to Трамп’s frightening message to White supremacists
  • Songify The News: WE’RE ALL DOOMED—Трамп vs. Biden featuring “Weird Al” Yankovic

  • Jonathan Mann: Would you shut up mn? (2020 debate remix)
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп’s debate performance was an embarrassing debacle
  • Robert Reich: The 6 most revealing moments from the presidential debate
  • Lauren Mayer: “Will you shut up, man?”
  • Trevor: Трамп “stands by” White supremacists in off-the-rails debate
  • Our Cartoon President: The first debate goes off the rails
  • Stephen: GOP worries they backed the wrong horse as Biden’s lead grows following “embarrassing” debate
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and debate—Welcome to clown town

Songbird: A tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Vice News: Inside Portland’s turf war between proud boys and local antifascists

John Oliver: Census update.

Trevor: Wildfires.

AJ+: How Republicans pulled off a massive voter purge

Trainwreck Трамп and His Toy Storm Troopers:

  • Stephen: Sen. Booker says The Dotard’s SCOTUS nominee should recuse herself from any ruling involving the election
  • Really American: Proud Boy Трамп
  • Meidas Touch: Bye Lindsey—Lindsey Graham vs. The Dotard Трамп
  • Seth Meyers: Getting to know Amy Coney Barrett
  • Robert Reich: Трамп’s tax returns—10 things you need to know
  • Trevor: Трамп’s tax avoidance and massive debt revealed
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп attacks failing New York Times tax story!!!
  • Stephen: Трамп fails to walk back his troubling endorsement of a violent hate group during first debate
  • Don Winslow Films: #TrumpIsNotABillionaire
  • The Daily Show: Meet the man who played Трамп during 2016 presidential debate prep
  • Meidas Touch: End Трамп’s hate
  • Stephen: Трамп’s tax returns reveal massive personal debts, tax liabilities and staggering business losses
  • The Daily Show: Excuse! That! Crime!
  • Meidas Touch and Bette Midler: You’re moving out today:

  • Bruce W. Nelson: I don’t want no Donald Трамп
  • Really American: Racist Трамп
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп tax bombshell reveals how the system is rigged
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and debts—Трамп’s taxes bombshell
  • Jimmy Kimmel:
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп is bribing Black people with the Platinum Plan!
  • Meidas Touch: Bye Rudy
  • The Late Show: What if Трамп’s lies created a magnetic force?
  • Trevor: Трамп nominates Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Meidas Touch: Fire Susan—Susan Collins betrayed us

The Late Show: Great moments in debate history—Nuclear missile worries about Reagan’s age

The Daily Show: The GOP makes it harder for ex-felons to vote in Florida

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Unpatriotic history

Typhoid Donnie and Other Vectors of Disease, Death, and Decay:

  • Trevor: On Трамп getting COVID
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп gives a covid update from Walter Reed Hospital
  • Now This: Supercut of The Dotard mocking masks
  • Americans for Decency: Donald and karma—Трамп tests positive
  • Bruce W. Nelson: Трамп tests positive
  • Jonathan Mann: Who gives a guck about Christmas stuff?
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s COVID-19 diagnosis
  • The Foundation Singers: VACCINE:

  • Full Frontal: This women’s roller derby league made a better COVID-19 plan than Трамп
  • Really American: COVID caught Трамп
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп reveals Hope Hicks has the covid!!!
  • Meidas Touch: Трамп’s lies have consequences
  • New York Times: How America bungled the plague
  • Trevor: Dr. Anthony Fauci—When to wear a mask
  • J-L-Cauvin: Трамп addresses the nation after testing positive for covid

Robert Reich: GOP takeover of the Supreme Court—What you need to know

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Trevor: Rev. Al Sharpton—How to protest based on tangible goals

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 10/2/20, 7:39 am

As of yesterday, Metro Transit and the Water Taxi are charging fares again. I know the agencies need money. But this, while the pandemic is still raging. I haven’t ridden the bus since the start of the pandemic. So I don’t know, are people now bunching up at the door?

Anyway, go wash your hands right now.

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