Saturday, November 7, 2020

@18:24, , 11/7/20

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Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Aides said the president had no plans to immediately deliver the kind of concession speech that has become traditional in past elections, and his campaign vowed to continue waging its legal battle across the country.
 
Trump is in denial.
 
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Van Jones, breaking down on CNN, invokes George Floyd’s words in declaring Trump’s loss a ‘vindication.’
Glenn Thrush, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
 
Trump does not lose gracefully.   
He has not lost until the votes are certified. 
Lame duck status is not quite yet.

3
Here's What Time Biden Plans to Speak Tonight
Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Joe Biden, joined by his wife, Jill, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, is expected to speak from Wilmington, Del., after days of vote-counting culminated in his victory on Saturday.
 
No legal change as yet.
 
4
What States Did Joe Biden Win and Lose
Matt Stevens, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Joe Biden had to flip a few states that went to President Trump in 2016 and hold on to Democratic-leaning battleground states to win the election. Here’s how it happened.
 
Racism did not win.
 
5
Joe Biden, the Traditionalist Who Ran as Himself
Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Joseph R. Biden Jr. has spent his career devoted to institutions and relationships. And those are the tools he will rely on to govern a fractured nation.
 
Joe Biden is not sworn.  His are politicians promises.

6
Irish Home of Biden’s Great-Great-Great Grandfather Cheers His Victory
Ed O’Loughlin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
He may be five generations removed, but the president-elect is a hometown boy in Ballina, Ireland.
 
Ireland is not in the union.
Their cheers are welcome.
 
7
For Trump voters, shock, disappointment and disbelief.
Ellen Barry, J. David Goodman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
 
About four years ago Trump voters behaved the same way.
 
8
Democrats cheer ‘historic’ win as race is called for Biden and Harris.
Matt Stevens, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
 
The Republicans Continue in office for seventy days.
 
9
Treasury Secretary Warren? Progressives Line Up to Press Their Agenda on Biden
Sydney Ember, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
With control of the Senate unclear, liberal Democrats are trying to figure out how to achieve their policy goals through the White House.
 
Politicians promises.
 
10
After Warnings It Could Go Off the Rails, the Election Actually Ran Smoothly
Reid J. Epstein, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Amid the logistical challenges of voting in a pandemic, and despite threats of foreign interference, violence and disinformation, the machinery of democracy held up quite well.
 
FUD failed the Republicans for the moment.
 
11
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Joseph R. Biden Jr. achieved victory offering a message of healing and unity. He will return to Washington facing a daunting set of crises.
 
Trump is in office until inauguration. 

12
Biden defeats Trump in Nevada.
Mike Ives, Jennifer Medina and Dave Philipps, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
 
Stolen thunder.
 
13
Biden Knows Washington Has Changed. He’s Less Sure He Has To.
Matt Flegenheimer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Preparing to assume the presidency in a divided country, Joe Biden confronts the ultimate test of his principal theory of governance: that compromise is good and modest progress is still progress.
 
True enough in general that compromise is best.
Religious Truth does not compromise.
Republicans believe in Truth.
 
14
Biden’s Big Challenge
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The unity message won. Now it will face a test.
 
There is no center to Trump's politics.
 
15
Six White House aides, including Trump’s chief of staff, have the coronavirus.
Maggie Haberman and Mike Ives, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
 
Prophylaxis works. 

16
Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color as Vice President
Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever before her.
 
There is always a first.
 
18
What happens when election results are contested?
Eleanor Lutz, Allison McCann and Amy Schoenfeld Walker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
 
There is no legal requirement that Trump concede.
Trump will be required to leave office.
 
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https://www.ianwelsh.net/open-thread-80/
 
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
 
 
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