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5th December 2020, 03:32 PM | #281 |
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5th December 2020, 03:35 PM | #282 |
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5th December 2020, 03:39 PM | #283 |
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5th December 2020, 03:49 PM | #284 |
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The Black Knight never concedes. All these losses are simply nicks.
Next suit, credules will be the "ONE". Meanwhile if all the remaining states certify for Trump, he still loses the EC. I for one get a lot of reading pleasure from going over their court decisions. They should be required reading for dealing with wingnuts in the courtroom. |
5th December 2020, 03:57 PM | #285 |
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5th December 2020, 03:58 PM | #286 |
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I agree with everything you said, except "officially". It's just a linguistic pet peeve of mine. I'm not sure when the winner is "official". I suppose not until the votes are counted in the Senate. Certainly not until the votes are cast on December 14. In theory, based only on certified votes now, enough faithless electors could still throw the race to the House of Representatives, so it can't quite be "official".
But that has nothing to do with reality, just a nitpick of mine. In reality, Trump loses, and nothing is going to change that. |
5th December 2020, 04:36 PM | #287 |
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Dunno if it has been posted in this thread already, but I read in the paper that Trump's conspiracy theories about the rigged election might end up hurting his side more than ours, because it creates voting apathy in Republican voters. What's the point in voting if the election is going to be stolen anyway?
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5th December 2020, 04:38 PM | #288 |
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5th December 2020, 04:48 PM | #289 |
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5th December 2020, 07:21 PM | #290 |
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5th December 2020, 08:37 PM | #294 |
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6th December 2020, 02:12 AM | #295 |
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6th December 2020, 02:26 AM | #296 |
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True, but Trump's donation drive to overturn the election does siphon off contributions that would otherwise go the the run-off.
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6th December 2020, 02:46 AM | #297 |
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Possible, but we saw how little good the fundraising advantage did for Democrats in many of the competitive Senate races in November.
It will depend on turnout, and for some reason I can't comprehend, Democrats are generally terrible at turnout in these Southern runoffs. |
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6th December 2020, 03:09 AM | #298 |
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Democrats need to get ready to sue the living **** out of Republicans' attempts to supress the vote.
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6th December 2020, 03:30 AM | #299 |
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I'm hopeful that this year will be different. I hope they are as I've made financial contributions to the cause. My donations to the presidential campaign turned out to be money well spent and I sincerely hope my contributions to the Senate campaign have the same results.
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6th December 2020, 03:36 AM | #300 |
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Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) @TeamTrump We will not bend. We will not break. We will not yield. We will never give in. We will never give up. We will never back down. We will NEVER, ever surrender! |
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The answer to the Democrat voter fraud is not to stay at home - that’s what Pelosi and Schumer want you to do. If you want revenge on the Democrats for their efforts to steal the Presidential election, where we are fighting hard, you have to show up and vote in RECORD numbers! |
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Thank you Christina! Quote Tweet Christina Bobb (Host on OAN) @christina_bobb President Trump is back on the campaign trail today!!! America is the best country on earth and @realDonaldTrump is the greatest President! This election struggle is because of leaders, elected by We the People, who have now rigged elections to rob Americans of their right to elect leaders of our choice. We gave them power and they are robbing us of ours. Rusty Bowers is intentionally misleading the people of Arizona to avoid the inevitable. @realDonaldTrump won his state and he’s trying to avoid declaring him the winner. #truth Quote Tweet Catturd ™ @catturd2 Why is Trump’s legal team doing the job of the FBI and DOJ? |
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Bernard B. Kerik @BernardKerik Democratic Party and @JoeBiden engaged in criminal conduct to steal the election, but should @realDonaldTrump lose, it will be the Republican state legislators that allowed it and are responsible. #DoYourJob #StopTheSteaI These are the four cowardice Pennsylvania legislators that intend to allow the Democrat machine to #StealtheVote! #Cowards #Liars #Traitors @JakeCorman @RepBryanCutler @SenatorKimWard @RepBenninghoff |
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Mark Finchem @MarkFinchem I believe that @dougducey signed a fraudulent document. And he knew it! I’m requesting we recall Arizona’s certification. #StopTheSteaI Rudy W. Giuliani @RudyGiuliani The “Bank Heist” tape changes the result in Georgia. The State Legislature has no choice but to assume its powers under the US Constitution, article II (1) [2] and select Trump electors. More important it seems to have the courage to do so. Dan Ball @DanNewsManBall I applaud the brave Americans who are testifying right now in Michigan. If you’re not watching you should be! #electionfraud @realDonaldTrump @OANN And shame on the Democrat rep who just called them liars. #Disgusting #shameonyou #pos |
6th December 2020, 03:44 AM | #305 |
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Melissa is great! Quote Tweet Kyle Becker @kylenabecker DOMINION. "What I witnessed at the TCF center was complete ********." "There was batches of ballots being ran through the tabulating machines numerous times. Being counted 8-10 TIMES." Dominion contractor Melissa Carone EXPOSES this election fiasco at #MichiganHearing. |
6th December 2020, 03:45 AM | #306 |
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Wait a minute.
They did a machine count where Melissa, the Cyber Security expert for Dominion, witnessed ballots being counted 8-10 times and yet the hand recount confirmed the win for Biden? |
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6th December 2020, 07:42 AM | #308 |
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6th December 2020, 08:08 AM | #309 |
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In one of the many accusations it was explained how the counts are done in batches of X. If one or more are rejected they continue with the rest of the batch, then they put the rejected ones on top of the batch and try again.
Unsurprisingly the software keeps a track of which ballots have been scanned so scanning the same one twice doesn't add to the voting tally. |
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6th December 2020, 09:42 AM | #311 |
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I get why Trump keeps it up.
He is making more money in election fraud claims as he ever did from business enterprises. |
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6th December 2020, 10:13 AM | #313 |
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6th December 2020, 10:40 AM | #315 |
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Actually, this is nonsense, in any context. They are not the first claiming this, but nobody, ever, lived up to it.
Any human can be bended (in fact they are already bent). Any human will break, eventually. Any human will give in, and - up, eventually. There are those that prefer death to backing down or surrendering, but not only don't I think they have that in them, but also, nobody is actually threatening their lives. Hans |
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6th December 2020, 11:27 AM | #316 |
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6th December 2020, 11:28 AM | #317 |
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re: Posts 300 to 305
He's panicking. For his whole life, this corrupt, narcissistic, orange moron has always been able to lie and cheat his way to achieving any desired end, and now he's finding for the first time in his life that it is not working. Republican State officials are no longer obsequious to his every whim, and he doesn't know how to handle this other than to rant and rave and keep making the lies bigger and better. This is his narcissistic collapse playing out in full view of the public. Here's what to watch for during the collapse of a malignant narcissist... 1. They will falsely claim that everything is fine and that there is nothing wrong. 2. If evidence is presented, they will seek to have it invalidated or claim that it is false 3. Any evidence presented, and those that present it will be attacked aggressively and vindictively. 4. Foolproof evidence will be portrayed as false and the result of: pettiness, jealousies, bad actors, malicious individuals, negativity, haters etc 5. As they lash out with vindictiveness, the malignant narcissist will continue to talk about themselves in glowing terms; irrespective of their actual situation, as they are incapable of introspection, much less contriteness. 6. They will seek to find someone to blame for their troubles or downfall, preferably someone that cannot defend themselves. 7. As circumstances become dire, the narcissist will not take any responsibility—EVER! Anything that has gone wrong is the responsibility of others. 8. In the process of casting blame, even the most loyal and stalwart will be discarded and denigrated if needed with reptilian indifference. 9. Expect lies to increase and to be repeated exponentially. They will, even in light of factual evidence to the contrary, lie more profusely and adamantly. Lies are and always will be the number one tool of the malignant narcissist. 10. And while lies will increase, so too will be the need to devalue others in order to further value themselves. They will attack everyone and anyone in the most vicious and vindictive ways. This is when we see their rage come through. Not just anger, but unbridled rage. 11. The malignant narcissist lacking guilt or a conscience, is only concerned with respect and not being publicly shamed. 12. If the narcissist is going to be brought down, they will also seek to bring everyone else around them down to vindictively make them suffer. 13. ... as the end nears, the suffering of others is paramount to the malignant narcissist. It is their way of elevating themselves—sick as that sounds—by malevolently paying back society with even more suffering. 14. ...they will endlessly air their grievances. Narcissists are natural wound collectors and as such, they have been collecting and nurturing social slights and perceived wrongs just for this occasion. They will wallow in victimhood claiming they have been relentlessly and needlessly persecuted. They, of course, expect their attorneys, followers, or enablers to subserviently echo their flatulent claims. The above is just a summary of each point. If any of this looks familiar, it should. These points are expanded here... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...rcissist-fails Buckle up folks. If you think its bad now, just wait, there's more. It WILL get a lot worse. |
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6th December 2020, 12:13 PM | #318 |
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I WON THE ELECTION, BIG. Quote Tweet Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays None of the election fraud history matter. None of the current election fraud allegations matter. What matters is that ballot counting transparency was denied by force in key cities. That's the end of the Republic (literally) and more than enough reason to toss out the election. twitter.com/maxxoutrage/st… |
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6th December 2020, 01:52 PM | #320 |
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Will not happen. Suppression of thought! Quote Tweet Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays Still waiting. Can we at least get signs of life from the media? Are they still alive and working? How long do we wait before the so-called news interviews the people who were in the room during the alleged suitcases of ballots under the table? Fact check this. Real? Quote Tweet Robb Hurst, CPA @robbhurstCPA Ware County, Ga has broken the Dominion algorithm: Using sequestered Dominion Equipment, Ware County ran a equal number of Trump votes and Biden votes through the Tabulator and the Tabulator reported a 26% lead for Biden. |
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