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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Well looks like Biden’s edged ahead in the PA, GA counts and trending irreversibly at least in the former. I guess ultimately the AZ drama will be moot. Still unclear why Fox/AP called that early, but I’m guessing the anomalous split of mail-in ballots confused the projections?

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      I guess the media has to be cautious, but since I’m not a bluecheck, I can proceed on the assumption Biden’s got this in the bag. I’d say we slipped into the litigious 3-month tinpot dictatorship portion of the show overnight.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Trump’s already isolated from his formal political allies and both mainstream media and the news side of Fox. But the far-right grifter crowd with careers linked to his political survival is already gearing up for an ugly rearguard action.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      The formal media projection and official county-certified results will come in when they come in. The timeline to track now is: Biden claiming victory, Biden calling McConnell (probably the most important signal of Act 2 starting) and Trump’s first transition scorched-earth move.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      From what we’ve seen so far, legal ammo he has available to try to undermine the results are too specious even for highly sympathetic courts to work with. And his recent allies have no incentive to help. So I’m guessing the main threat is perception of illegitimacy by his base.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      It is notable that in 2016, the Dems went for foreign interference and collusion cases rather than casting doubt on the electoral process itself. They had way more probable cause and the thing fell apart for being too weak rather than fictitious.

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      There’s going to be attempts to argue an equivalence here, but it’s important to keep in mind that even the Republican senate intelligence committee signed off on the Russia case. Whatever Trump makes up will be flimsy fiction. But his base will buy it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections …

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      For the record, I personally believe the interference had an effect, but not enough to affect result. It merely fed existing sentiment a bit. Trump won legitimately enough, and the biggest distortion came from domestic media coverage choices (ugly but not illegal) not Russia.

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      My problem with Trump regime was not its legitimacy, nor even its ideological leanings or low-grade self-dealing/profiteering. It was with their open attempt to destroy institutions, hold them hostage with ransomware tactics, and putting a bunch of foxes in to guard henhouses.

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    10. Krampus with Golem Characteristics‏ @DavidRalin Nov 6
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      tomato, tuhmahtoe

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      ?

      11:39 AM - 6 Nov 2020
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        2. Krampus with Golem Characteristics‏ @DavidRalin Nov 6
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          Same deliverable, different activities.

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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          Hmm. I don’t think so. A wrecking ball is not the same as a thoughtful dismantling. Like Reagan deregulation, for all the trauma it caused, was a more careful, thoughtful dismantling of LBJ Great Society state. Trump was a wrecking-balll and attempted looting spree.

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