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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      The one non-frivolous case I think Tapper is referring to is the Pennsylvania vote segregation procedural thing which apparently is a rounding error in terms of votes affected. Alito just sorta threw them a bone in that.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      GOP legal eagle Ben Ginsberg came on and made the point that a real all-star legal team cane out to bat for GWB in 2000 (including current scotus justices Kavanaugh and Barrett apparently) but nobody is coming out to bat for Trump. Ben says it’s because there’s no there there.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Dana Bash points out that tTrump’s legal team is not just second rate but that a lot of good GOP lawyers like Ben himself simply dislike Trump and don’t want to fight for him anyway. Interesting if true. How much do you have to suck to not get even lawyers to take your money?

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted James Musk

      Ah so electoral college vote is match play but popular vote is stroke play.https://twitter.com/muskjames/status/1324887755378184192?s=21 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      James Musk @muskjames
      Replying to @vgr
      In stroke play tournaments (you add up your score on each hole and get a total - lowest total wins) players don't concede putts. In match play tournaments you compete against an opponent in a head to head match and try to win the most holes - your opponent can concede your putt.
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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      This damp squib legal full-court press is possibly the farce to 2000’s Florida tragedy.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Kelly Digges

      This is now a golf thread. The best part of this story is the name of Trump’s opponent: Ted Virtue. Cannot make this shit up.https://twitter.com/kellydigges/status/1324893347018764289?s=21 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Kelly Digges @kellydigges
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      This is my favorite Trump golf story. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-golf-cheating-10-year-old-boy-mar-lago-a8909011.html …
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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      Trump’s missing his putts in AZ. New batch only whittles Biden’s leas by ~7000pic.twitter.com/Pf0DTpnuEc

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 6
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      The geographic segregation of voting patterns is utterly remarkable. What is it about cities that makes people reliably Democrat past a critical size/density? And to what extent is coastal blueness explained by greater urbanization (almost entirely I suspect)

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    9. Pete Francis  📱= 🌎‏ @pfrncs Nov 6
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      More people per square miles correlates with general desire to communally invest in improving the lot of all. Fewer people per square mile.... eh... roll survival of the fittest.

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    10. Pete Francis  📱= 🌎‏ @pfrncs Nov 6
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      Believe @vgr pointed this out recently. Democrat = make believe you have greater agency; Republican = make you believe you have lesser agency. Or Vice versa. #Meh #Ideology

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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao

      https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1305246234089648128?s=21 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Venkatesh Rao @vgr
      There's a very simple litmus test for whether an idea is right or left of center. If someone is trying to convince you that you have more agency than you think, it's rightist. If they're trying to convince you that you have less agency than you think, it's leftist. Both bad.
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        1. Pete Francis  📱= 🌎‏ @pfrncs Nov 6
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          Does election represent messianic inversion of norms? Eg Dems usually signals less agency, but Dem charismatic candidate signals “Hope”/“Change”/“you matter”s

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