This is an example of another anomalous feature of this election despite surface normalcy. Everybody is armed to the teeth including a ton of Democrats who are buying guns for first time. Best case: lots of used guns for sale after a peaceful transition.https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-30/gun-sales-are-soaring-and-its-not-just-conservatives-stocking-up …
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao
I did a thread on an outsider view of American gun culture in June when this arming of the populace was ramping up.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1267940553204760576 …
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Guns are exhibit A in why you must cater to imaginations not just needs. If you don’t, a dark imagination takes over. The narrative imagination abhors a vacuum. In America it also shoots at it. And sometimes the void shoots back.
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@Aelkus a read on what to expect on Trump’s litigation end game. CNN discussing it right now as frivolous desperate long shots.https://www.propublica.org/article/if-trump-tries-to-sue-his-way-to-election-victory-heres-what-happens?fbclid=IwAR0WG8L9jr1Meta-A19lHg-WNJv26xaiXfGfr4X2C3ie8SOPkQENZAl2mcE …1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
CNN says Biden team being super cautious and disciplined in firmly not gloating about either Trump or his supporters, or taking any bait. The afternoon statement signaled a clear intent to be beaker in chief and woo away non-core trump voters if he wins.
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I don’t think the mainstream media or social media is going to be that restrained or forgiving if Biden wins. Jake Tapper already described Trump’s litigation endgame as “flailing.” Otoh if Trump squeaks through — still a slim possibility, his holy rage will be unstoppable.
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Worth thinking this through since it’s so close. If he does win I think Trump will go Old Testament on everyone who is now abandoning him. Mitch on down. Revenge on traitors will be first priority of second term. Both GOP and Fox will be tortured for doubting him.
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Everyone’s written him off, but he’s definitely not done. Statistical weird luck and/or strange legal events could still hand this to him. If he wins I think after revenge, his second biggest priority will be destroying Obamacare as his legacy. Scorched earth.
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Arizona is getting back in play for Trump, Biden’s lead is slipping seriously.
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Nixon's Golden Spectre Retweeted Steve Cortes
Saw this, it's a biased source, but with consideringhttps://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1324176831260594176?s=20 …
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