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Mikolaj
1 minute ago, Gagaloo911 said:

That's honestly a slippery slope though, giving these companies the ability to outright ban people based on their own standards and opinions.

Lies, misleading posts, calls for violence and the like should all be flagged as such, yes, and suspend accounts for a specified time for repeated actions, but really thinking about this and considering it's been proven that social media companies are biased against antiestablishment opinions, views, and people, I don't really like the precedent that starts.

that's a very good and important reasoning. And in my experience it makes Trump supporters even harder to convince it's just their president spitting out garbage, not the whole world being out against them :selena:

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Snorlax
10 minutes ago, Chromatican said:

Why hasn't mainstream media called the election for Biden yet? This is not a good sign, they are giving Trump's BS arguments credence.

I feel the opposite actually, they want to make sure all votes are counted first before calling anything so the right doesn't call more fraud

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Contessa
3 minutes ago, Chromatican said:

Seriously? Trump has no path to victory. Announce Biden as president elect already.

He’s going to win why is it that serious? They call fraud every two seconds calling early at all would be dumb. :smh:

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Chromatican
1 minute ago, Snorlax said:

I feel the opposite actually, they want to make sure all votes are counted first before calling anything so the right doesn't call more fraud

 

1 minute ago, Contessa said:

He’s going to win why is it that serious? :smh:

The longer they wait to call it, even when a Biden win seems inevitable, the more time Trump has to conspire or coup. Call it for Biden, most votes have been counted and a Trump win is completely unfeasible.

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Gagaloo911
1 minute ago, Mikolaj said:

that's a very good and important reasoning. And in my experience it makes Trump supporters even harder to convince it's just their president spitting out garbage, not the whole world being out against them :selena:

Yes, and this.

Don't get me wrong. On the one hand I would love to see the rage and meltdowns from him being banned.

But I'm thinking about the precedent that starts and how that could be used to quash the free speech of people on the left or others these companies don't agree with, especially with how much these companies are against progressives, leftists, and are pro-establishment and pro-corporatism.

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Apparently military ballots in Pittsburgh just went 4:1 for Biden :bear:

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Lion Heart

I'm listening to a Harvard Law Professor who is explaining how Republicans in two states can overrule the popular and send a slate of electors to choose Trump as the "true" winner of their state: 

-Basically, after the election, the state chooses a slate of electors to cast their votes in the Electoral College. The electors usually go to the one who wins the popular vote in that state, but there is a catch. The Republican Legislature in a certain state *could* decide to send an alternate slate of electors and send Republican electors instead of Democrat ones that Biden won. This can happen in two states where Republicans control the Legislature and Governorship: Arizona and Georgia. 

-In other states where the Republicans have a majority in the Legislature, but have a Democratic Governor, like Pennsylvania, the Republicans *could* send Republican electors to the Electoral College, while the Democratic Governor could send Democratic ones since Biden won that state. However, the Vice President basically oversees this process: if he gets two slate of electors from a certain state like Pennsylvania, then Mike Pence could decide to choose the republican slate of electors as opposed to the democrat ones sent by the Governor. At this point, this may make its way too the Supreme Court, who *may* decided to intervene due to the conflicting slate of electors. Which way they decide to rule, if they decide to take the case, could be all up in the air. 

Tl;dr: Trump *could* technically steal the election by demanding that Republican Legislators send alternate electors to the Electoral College from Airzona, Georgia, and perhaps Pennsylvania. I believe the PA House Speaker already shut this down, but I need to double check. Prepare yourselves. 

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Contessa
Just now, gabeoz said:

Apparently military ballots in Pittsburgh just went 4:1 for Biden :bear:

Wait is this good or bad sorry I’m dumb. :smh:

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Newsweek reported rumors about Putin stepping down are false. We lost :giveup:

Former First Lady of the United States. Now card-carrying member of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Contessa
Just now, Jill said:

Newsweek reported rumors about Putin stepping down are false. We lost :giveup:

Of course. :crossed: At least we get to celebrate stomping on the trumpettes. :woohoo:

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1 minute ago, Contessa said:

Wait is this good or bad sorry I’m dumb. :smh:

It’s good! It means that Biden got the military votes that they just counted overwhelmingly 

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