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Careful, Ramona's gonna show

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:19:38 +0000

In reply to Well it is, sorta. Proudly

Careful, Ramona's gonna show up and kick some righteous ass. Yooper still ≠ Canuck, I'm pretty sure. Yes, it could be the 51st state or the 5th Beatle.

GOP Sen. Blackburn refers to

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 01:03:47 +0000

In reply to Sasse v. Giuliani (Trump defectors thread)

GOP Sen. Blackburn refers to Biden and Harris as “president-elect” and “vice president-elect”: https://t.co/dyk5p7gd3M
— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) November 21, 2020

"keystone coup" (Ezra trying

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:59:33 +0000

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"keystone coup" (Ezra trying out zippy lingo for his new NYTimes job?) Turns out the Michiganers accepted the invite because they thought it a chance to beg for coronavirus relief money:

The real twist on this is that if Trump had done a better job responding to the coronavirus crisis *before* the election he would've just won and wouldn't have had to try this whole keystone koup thing https://t.co/Lc3VQc1v42
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 21, 2020

and then there's the more

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:29:48 +0000

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and then there's the more analytic thinkers:

The irony of the farcical claims of systemic fraud/vote-flipping in states like MI, PA, WI, NV, etc:

1) Plenty of deeply red states swung against Trump by a lot more
2) The Dem cities where Rudy/Sidney clowns are focusing are some of the only places that swung *towards* Trump
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 20, 2020

Frank just likes to keep

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:24:29 +0000

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Frank just likes to keep score, doing that is one of his favorite things:

The Trump legal team is on pace for a worse win-loss record than the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats. (Who went 7-59 in a shortened NBA season.) https://t.co/98rzk7jOR8
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 21, 2020

Victimhood stories and then

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:11:32 +0000

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Victimhood stories and then dreaming of revenge about imagined victimhood:

Kayleigh McEnany: "This President was never given an orderly transition of power. His presidency was never accepted." pic.twitter.com/PXfUy92uV0
— The Hill (@thehill) November 20, 2020

Edit to add--clear the White House sent out talking points with this story:

No, Trump Did Not Get An 'Orderly Transition' https://t.co/8vyNcfN0Dr
— RedState (@RedState) November 20, 2020

(One neat thing about Twitter is that you search for keywords, you can see clear evidence of talking points and attempts to make memes go viral.)

three more examples

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:04:20 +0000

In reply to Sasse v. Giuliani (Trump defectors thread)

Three more examples:

Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander calls for Biden transition proceedings. https://t.co/JMXeklvQ9z
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) November 20, 2020

BREAKING: Republicans DISMISS challenge to the use of a mail ballot processing machine in Nevada and effort to seek a new election.https://t.co/cJz82uH94u
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 21, 2020

“We have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan and as legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors, just as we have said throughout this election.” https://t.co/IxLWb9loQj
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 20, 2020

Well it is, sorta. Proudly

artappraiser — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:23:33 +0000

In reply to Geography is tuff

Well it is sorta Canada. Proudly Yooper.

Geography is tuff

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:10:36 +0000

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Geography is tuff

BREAKING NEWS: Republicans erroneously claim there are too many votes in Michigan, because they think that the upper peninsula of Michigan is in Canada.

(This is not photoshopped. This really happened.) pic.twitter.com/OcOPariPym
— Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter) November 20, 2020

Yesterday, we saw Rudy

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:16:39 +0000

In reply to Sasse v. Giuliani (Trump defectors thread)

Yesterday, we saw Rudy Giuliani reading affidavits from another case in Michigan without noting that a judge had gone through those and one by one rejected them as either not credible or contradicted by evidence from election officials https://t.co/PCiRqMPSzJ
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) November 20, 2020