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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Putting a pin in this topic for potential future analysis. I lost interest in this stuff 10 years ago, but it’s gotten important enough again, if I can get interested again I’ll think it through.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Okay CNN has called it.pic.twitter.com/Spsvg09TZf

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Though the front page still shows a *new* counting-for-godot headline. You have to click through to see the call.pic.twitter.com/s4gSZkzxOX

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      The NYT is reporting that AP and TV networks have called it 🙄 News that other news outlets are now sure there will be news. How much more meta can this get?pic.twitter.com/5fLsdhpKew

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      All but Fox have called itpic.twitter.com/VIwxiIRiIc

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      This is a very smol and cute availability cascade

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Santorum is putting up a rather sad defense on CNN. It’s like speaker-for-the-dead. Bunch of disingenuous rationalizations but they’re humoring him.

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Fox calls it too. Trump is now the loneliest man on the planet. I imagine even Rudy is looking for a good moment to slink away.pic.twitter.com/J9uacKL2mw

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Obama must be the happiest guy on the planet now. This is *deep* redemption that his veep was the one to end what was effectively an “undo-Obama” 4-year-run of pure resentment. Undo/redo. Makes me think hard right will be auto-saving their own revert point here. Dueling forks.

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    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Fox coverage now is Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, the known reasonable moderates Trump is known to hate. They read out a WH press release verbatim but are otherwise firmly reinforcing that this is a solid call.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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      Screenshot for the memory bookpic.twitter.com/T53oTty1J7

      9:05 AM - 7 Nov 2020
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      • Dr. Samantha Soma max arb 🌨 Warren Krettek 🇺🇸 Rahul Ramchandani Rogs Jonathan Hillis ~~~ Prometheus Unbound
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          NYT finally joins inpic.twitter.com/IrqohiGCdd

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Chris Wallace pointing out that Mitt Romney conceded gracefully despite being prepared for a legal fight, and the cost of nit doing so etc. Wonder if Fox will overall seek rehabilitation and sideline the Hannitty crowd.

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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Commercial break. This portion of the live tweet brought to you by Timur Kuran and Zeynep Tufecki of the Turkish Center for Great Weirding Analysis. Apply for membership today and receive a free Turkish coffee pot.pic.twitter.com/hAqFrJM4Oy

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        5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Fox is now being almost embarrassingly gracious about all things Biden. They’re going to give him a nice if short honeymoon till the Georgia runoffs. Trump is literally golfing and the Fox guy said something about putts. Kasich is on CNN. He’s pretty much a shoo-in for cabinet.

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        6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Unfortunately for Trump the strong GOP downballot performance (arguably a rout of the Dems) makes it far harder to argue fraud even in principle/circumstantially. If you figure out a big enough exploit you’d obviously try to distort senate and house races too.

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        7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Ok will stop tracking this here until Biden speech. After that we’ll close this thread. Replies time-stamped after Biden’s speech will not be counted.

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        8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Jeb Bush

          Please claphttps://twitter.com/JebBush/status/1325133897781243908 …

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          Jeb BushVerified account @JebBush
          Congratulations to President-elect Biden. I have prayed for our President most of my adult life. I will be praying for you and your success. Now is the time to heal deep wounds. Many are counting on you to lead the way.
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        9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          BoJo and Bolsanaro have already abandoned Trump

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        10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Mitt Romney

          This is surreal. Watching former GOP presidential candidates sort of represent... the protocol wing of the party?https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1325142815354064896 …

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          Mitt RomneyVerified account @MittRomney
          Ann and I extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. We know both of them as people of good will and admirable character. We pray that God may bless them in the days and years ahead.
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        11. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Anyone have a sense of breakdown of Biden vote among: a) pure anti-Trump single issue b) actually pro-Biden c) pragmatic Bernie-progressives compromising instead of horseshoeing over to Trump? I’m a) but do also like Biden. But I’d have voted for basically anyone against Trump.

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        12. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          I voted Warren in primaries, but I liked Biden too. Wife voted Sanders and doesn’t, but gritted her teeth and voted for him anyway. I knew Warren was a long shot in the primaries but I was surprised by how badly she lost. I thought she was a potential center-far-left compromise.

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        13. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted HuffPost

          Missed this since I was not watching tv. I’d never heard of Van Jones before, but he was impressive on the CNN panel going toe-to-toe with Rick Santorum, who was doing a decent rearguard defense for Trump.https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1325138698740985856 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

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          CNN contributor Van Jones got emotional shortly after the news network called the election for Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/M4v0WBbgIO
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        14. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Social distancing is going to be tough. I’m betting new case peaks in a couple of weeks.pic.twitter.com/u6tL8uVa8K

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        15. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Adding a screenshot of a censored Trump here. Something symbolic there. He was elected as the voice of a broad sentiment, turned that voice into a narcissistic self-aggrandizing 24-7 party. Now he’s been muzzled. I expect many who support him will feel personally silenced.pic.twitter.com/CpSeN9ytgV

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        16. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted The Women's Organisation

          Pair with spotlight on Stacey Abrams who worked to actually give a voice to vast numbers of people instead of merely exploiting their frustrationshttps://twitter.com/thewomensorg/status/1324653254450569218?s=21 …

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          It’s reported that Stacey Abrams worked relentlessly to register over 800,000 new voters across Georgia who were affected by voter suppression in time for the U.S elections. That is some impact 👏🏾🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wquNA4p4JQ
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        17. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Subplot. If this keeps up they’ll be demanding a recount of the vote in Canada.pic.twitter.com/7SWssSgJLn

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        18. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Has it ever happened that a victory speech has been delivered before a concession? Even in 2000 Al Gore conceded before retracting the concession iirc, right?

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        19. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Hari Kunzru

          I guess this sort of thing is to be expected for a while. I personally find zero joy in this sort of thing tbh.https://twitter.com/harikunzru/status/1325129548325933056?s=20 …

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          Hari KunzruVerified account @harikunzru
          You may want to mute this account for a while because I feel I may have to individually insult every member of the outgoing administration in crude and personal ways
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        20. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Adam Parkhomenko

          He didn’t have the biggest inauguration crowd but he’s definitely getting the biggest exit crowd. I wouldn’t join such crowds even without Covid but it’s interestinghttps://twitter.com/adamparkhomenko/status/1325181781386031105?s=21 …

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          this party outside the White House maybe the best trolling i have seen in four years pic.twitter.com/VYRQr83S4U
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        21. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao

          Moodhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1325233434722095104?s=21 …

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          Out on a walk in a light drizzle and there’s literally a rainbow out. The simulators are busy. pic.twitter.com/AQInfESKVS
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        22. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Walter Isaacson

          Biden speech about to begin. Here’s a placeholder concession speech.https://twitter.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1325064782806913024 …

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          Walter IsaacsonVerified account @WalterIsaacson
          Wow. Every. Single. Word. Of. This. If you watch only one thing today, please make it this 4 minutes, and remember what America is all about. pic.twitter.com/E2TyermdLR
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        23. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Here we go. Harris introduces Biden.pic.twitter.com/Jdz7LWSoNY

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        24. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Here we gopic.twitter.com/8HKD1KqAHo

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        25. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          He speaks much more clearly and confidentially when he’s on a relaxed winning curve and his fumbles and slight stutters show up under stress. That’s one thing he shares with Trump... he does not know how to disguise his real emotions. He just has a healthier range of them.pic.twitter.com/ZN0vNMU7f0

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        26. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          A splendidly mediocre speech by an optimally average speaker. Exactly what I was hoping for. He was steadily energetic and moved on stage. That physical energy and mood I think were well played counterpoints both to Trump’s physical demeanor and his sleepy-Joe line.

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        27. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 7
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          Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao

          Well, that’s all folks. We end this thread here. Follow this other thread for the excruciating analysis and lessons learned.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1324124260382568454 …

          Venkatesh Rao added,

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          This QT is my election livetweet thread. Now that things are winding down into a tight endgame with a cloud of murky lawsuits and doubt-merchanting hanging over them... I hereby declare the excruciating lessons learned meta-thread open. Muahahahaha. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1323779406750314496 …
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