Trump's Card

[Nefertiti2]

Stay in Line

https://twitter.com/AndrewGillum/status/1059935966679441408

Beyoncé endorses Beto. A little late, Bey. but still.

https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1059937364699570176

[Satchmo Distel]

Why did she leave it so late?

[Incandenza]

Yeah, really odd. Not that I think celebrity endorsements can make a huge difference, but if you're going to come out and take a stand, why wait until a few hours before polls close?

[Tactical Genius]

If I might be candid for a second, you're utterly fucking baffling on this thread. Is there no reason to vote other than 'black issues / white issues' which are clearly and indelibly labeled as such? Can you not just be an American who's voting for the direction his country is going; its place in the world; its foreign and trade policy; its future as a nation; the principles of democracy; the treatment of its citizens and the opportunities it helps afford them? Or is truly just down to 'what's in it for my skin colour'?

Feel free to be as candid as you want.

There are black issues because there are certain things that will happen in America if you look like me and will not if you look like you.
If you do not know what i am talking about, I suggest you take a look at the white Supremacy thread.

I am in a charitable mood so i will save you the trouble and list certain "black issues" that I would like to see addressed.

Do something about police brutality specifically targeted against black people
Do something about racist white people who continually harrass and threaten black people when:
BBQ-ing
Sleeping at university
Entering their homes
Renting on AirBNB
using communal swimming pools
Washing cars
mowing the lawn

Then there are racist people who goad and provoke black people into situations so that they can legitimately shoot them dead.
Florida is the state of Zimmermann and there is this recently in the same state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0jzumV9iE

Or is truly just down to 'what's in it for my skin colour'?

We are not asking for much, just a politician who ensures that we are treated like human beings and pushes to make sure existing laws are applied such as:

Harassment
Threatening behaviour
Frivolously calling the emergency services

Or is truly just down to 'what's in it for my skin colour'?

Thats the main objective of politics. it is the division of resources within a society.

Are you equally scathing about other groups that demand specific treatment from politicians such as:

LBGT
Hispanic groups who fight for the rights of undocumented migrants
Female reproductive rights

Or do you consider their causes more worthy?

[Tactical Genius]

I'd argue his point was that black people are safer under Trump.

Yes safer.
At least race soldiers are being arrested and charged (albeit belatedly) under Trump.

Also Trump isn't bombing parts of Africa like Obama or calling black people demonstrating against police brutality Thugs

[Satchmo Distel]

Blacks can vote for people locally who would do something about racist abuses. Nationally I share your pessimism but midterms are mainly local. Not voting on the other hand will give you Republicans who encourage the abuses.

[anton pulisov]

The CNN Peter Snow thinks things are looking good for the Dems.

wolf. blitzer. is. still. live. in. the. situation. room.

[ursus arctos]

With less than 1% of a couple of states reporting . . .

[anton pulisov]

yeah cnn don't half talk shite

[Nefertiti2]

America you've got a bit of a democracy problem

you need UN observers in future

https://twitter.com/JordanCozby/status/1059962159566909440

[ursus arctos]

In early shocks, Bernie Sanders is re-elected, while "Confederate Monuments" Corey Stewart goes down in Virginia.

[ursus arctos]

Nef, we've had a democracy problem ever since white people showed up.

Promising early news on an important referendum (but very early)

https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1059964863815081984

[Hot Pepsi]

Florida May also vote to end dog-racing. That would be awesome.

[tee rex]

Being distracted by other things, I could do without headlines saying "Polls Close", which doesn't mean the other "Polls Close", even if they are close, when they close.

[Nefertiti2]

Nef, we've had a democracy problem ever since white people showed up.

Promising early news on an important referendum (but very early)

https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1059964863815081984

remember reading Jimmy Carter on the corruption he encountered on his First electoral Race for the Georgia State Senate, mindblowing.

\Looking for it I discovered " Carter is the only U.S. president to have lived in subsidized housing before he took office"

and this "n 1979, Carter deregulated the American beer industry by making it legal to sell malt, hops, and yeast to American home brewers for the first time since the effective 1920 beginning of Prohibition in the United States.[154] This Carter deregulation led to an increase in home brewing over the 1980s and 1990s that by the 2000s had developed into a strong craft microbrew culture in the United States, with 3,418 micro breweries, brewpubs, and regional craft breweries in the United States by the end of 2014.[155]"

[Satchmo Distel]

CNN Peter Snow did badly in 2016, with Wolf constantly pressing him for clarifications.

[Tubby Isaacs]

CNN say Comstock has lost.

[anton pulisov]

imagine. wolf. blitzer. talking. dirty.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Sherrod Brown projected to win by NBC. Quite a good sign that happened reasonably fast.

[Satchmo Distel]

Comstock's down 58-42 with 59% reporting. Explanation of turnaround since 2016?

[Cal Alamein]

and this "n 1979, Carter deregulated the American beer industry by making it legal to sell malt, hops, and yeast to American home brewers for the first time since the effective 1920 beginning of Prohibition in the United States.[154] This Carter deregulation led to an increase in home brewing over the 1980s and 1990s that by the 2000s had developed into a strong craft microbrew culture in the United States, with 3,418 micro breweries, brewpubs, and regional craft breweries in the United States by the end of 2014.[155]"

Just came from one of the 3,418+, got the day off, ready to hunker down for the next few hrs and see my country s-l-o-w-l-y get it sorta right.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/1059973179786051584

[Tubby Isaacs]

Texas results starting to come in.

[anton pulisov]

I think that CNN Peter Snow must dream of killing Wolf Blitzer.

[Etienne]

Not looking brilliant so far. Might take the House but Senate looking safely for the Racist Cunts Party.