Victory LIVEBLOG Community Live Bloggers: Biden-Harris Speeches at Wilmington Delaware

8pm ET join us as we celebrate with the victory speeches of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. x YouTube Video “Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to … Read More

Pardoning Trumpers is like curing ballots without sodium nitrite or Brad Parscale's suicide vesting

x Biden: “We both know tensions are high. They can be high after a tough election…But remember, we have to remain calm, patient. Let the process work out as we … Read More

Recount 2020: Contested states and their recount rules

So, as I’m writing this, it’s pretty clear that Biden is going to win enough states to be the next President. But that won’t be official for awhile. Some of … Read More

the Coup that couldn't shoot down Fifth Avenue

CNN is now framing a narrative that Biden’s victory is inevitable, with “gap-closing” in several states perhaps to be resolved by tomorrow because of trending in PA and GA. Trump did … Read More

“If we win on Tuesday or — thank you very much, Supreme Court — shortly thereafter…”

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA It appears that Friday could be a red letter day, but Nevada’s votes may not be completed until the weekend. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State says counting the majority of … Read More

the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot returns, GOP operatives protest at Michigan counting site

Brooks Brothers riot of intimidation returns from 2000: x Wow. Actually identical now to the Bush 2000 playbook. https://t.co/zTtsayW1a4 — Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) November 4, 2020 GOP millennium tribute band … Read More

I think we'll be okay, but man oh man

As I write this, blurry-eyed and still a bit nervous, things are looking much better for Joe Biden. But last night felt like watching an oncologist diligently search my chest X-ray … Read More

GOP wants a 2000, but chads aren't hung this time “There are still millions of ballots left”

Idiocracy declared victory at 2 am. Didn’t happen. Trump and the GOP want the courts to intervene before counting is finished. Voting is done, counting’s not finished. At this writing Wisconsin and … Read More

Mysterious robocalls tell millions of voters to stay home, with news of suspicious texts in Michigan

More damn mischief. GOTV, dammit. Fortunately the FBI is on the case. x https://t.co/b9Ak1VMZnI— Forbes (@Forbes) November 3, 2020 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, on Tuesday alerted voters in Dearborn about a … Read More

Trump brings a perfectly stable end to his campaign by misnaming rapper Lil Pump

Because Trump has the best words, rappers who complain about their tax bills do have political preferences and endorsements, because gangsta. “All I gotta say is Trump 2020 b*tch.” x In Michigan, … Read More

Trump lacks a key element that helped his 2016 victory: undecided voters who broke late to him

 Count every vote. #CountEveryVote x Remember that America is a democracy. Every vote deserves to be counted, no matter what Trump and Republicans say https://t.co/HcHI6D5t0N— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) November 3, 2020 … Read More

MI-Sen: Final Round Of Polls Give Sen. Gary Peters (D) 5 To 7 Point Lead Over John James (R)

There’s a whole bunch of polling out of Michigan today and over the weekend. First, from Research Co.: Trump ended a streak of six consecutive presidential elections where the Great … Read More

GOTV, maybe we can worry less on Wednesday

As in 2016 there are key counties that will lead to victories. The NY Times identifies 20 of them, even if there could be surprises in the final counting. The weird … Read More

Trump Blasts FBI For Investigating His Bus-Blocking Supporters While Trumpies Block Roads

It was bad enough when Trump tweeted a video of this scene of his supporters ambushing a Biden-Harris bus and said “I LOVE TEXAS!” But then he found out the … Read More

Detroit LiveBlog Community Live Bloggers: Biden and Obama together again on stage with #StevieWonder

Biden-Obama speech scheduled at 530pm ET. A Stanford study shows Trump rallies have killed 700 people so far. x YouTube Video Trump remains 10% behind Biden nationally but folks still … Read More

LiveBlog CLB Biden and Obama at Flint “Did no come to Trump's birthday party when he was a kid?”

PBO does the lead in: Watch live: President Obama joins Joe Biden at a campaign event in Flint on Saturday afternoon. https://t.co/Fo306hvhTB — Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) October 31, … Read More

LiveBlog CLB Biden/Obama at Flint “Did no one come to Trump's Birthday party when he was a kid?

PBO does the lead in: x YouTube Video x Watch live: President Obama joins Joe Biden at a campaign event in Flint on Saturday afternoon. https://t.co/Fo306hvhTB— Local 4 WDIV Detroit … Read More

Lt. Govs Mandela Barnes (D. WI) & Garlin Gilchrist (D. MI) Help PCCC's GOTV Efforts In Wisconsin

Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: We’ve seen HUGE and GROWING energy in our weekly PCCC phone banks with the Biden campaign. Last week, we had … Read More

like the stock market isn't the economy, America just isn't the 12 states of the 2020 campaign

Maybe we can now just wait for every vote to be counted. Fortunately we’re past the fail-safe point of the Comey email fiasco of 2016 and its associated manipulation by … Read More

538 says there's “Little sign of the presidential race tightening.”

Rampant GOP dickishness. Kushner also said his father-in-law “basically did a full hostile takeover of the Republican Party.” The next week is going to be very stressful, be patient, regardless of … Read More

Pelosi scorches Trump: Stand up like a man and accept the will of the American people.

Nancy Pelosi did not take any prisoners. She is a strong leader, whether you agree with her entire positions or not. This reply was spot on. Nancy Pelosi unplugged? x … Read More

SC-Sen: Watch Fox News Cut Off Lindsey Graham (R) In The Middle Of Begging For Money

Even Fox News is getting sick of this shit: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has been using his airtime on Fox News to appeal for more money from viewers. But it … Read More

MI-Sen: New Poll Has Sen. Gary Peters (D) Beating John James (R) 48-39

Here’s the latest news today out of Michigan: Michigan Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters has increased his lead over Republican challenger John James heading into the final stretch of the … Read More

PCCC Shifts Focus On Flipping State Legislative Seats In PA, NC, IA, MI, WI & WV

Received this e-mail from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: The election experts at The Cook Political Report just UPGRADED ratings for Democrats chances to win control over 8 state legislative chambers in … Read More

State Polls: Biden Tied in GA, MI +13%, TX +3%, NC +4%, FL +2%

Gravis Marketing leads off with a 13 point lead for Joe Biden in Michigan. That would be a fantastic number if it is accurate.  It would mean Democrats would likely roll up … Read More

WaPo, “Trump privately tells donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate”

From The Washington Post: x Trump privately told donors it would be ‘very tough’ for GOP to hold Senate, saying: ‘I don't want to help some of them’ https://t.co/3aR8MAZx6D— The … Read More

KS-Sen: NYT/Siena Poll Confirms A Toss Up Race Between Barbara Bollier (D) & Roger Marshall (R)

Here’s the latest news today out of Kansas courtesy of the New York Times/Siena College latest poll: President Trump, who won Kansas by more than 20 percentage points four years … Read More

Morning Consult Has Mostly Great State Polls

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… Morning Consult is waking us up this morning  with a number of great state polls, with the Arizona poll being about the only one that’s not great. The polls were taken … Read More

The last debate tonight: inevitable pandemic death and taxes

The second actual debate could be three too many as we expect more of the same stunts despite a mute switch for the two-minute responses to questions. The GOP has … Read More

GA-Sen A: The Daily Beast, “David Perdue’s (R) Race Was Under the Radar. Then He Opened His Mouth”

From The Daily Beast: x An internal poll from Ossoff’s camp, conducted by Garin Hart Yang Research Group on Oct. 11-14 and shared with The Daily Beast, found that in … Read More

I thought you were Proud…Boys?

Sure, there is something to be afraid of when a group of gun-toting terrorists brandishes weaponry to cover their intellectual deficiencies. Whether they or their ilk, make plans to kidnap … Read More

KS-Sen: PPP Has Dr. Barbara Bollier (D) Tied With Rep. Roger Marshall (R) 43-43

Here’s the latest news today out of Kansas courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x NEW POLL: 45% of Kanas voters say they’re less likely to vote for @RogerMarshallMD due to … Read More

Triggered Trump storms out of 60 Minutes interview as victory odds decrease

“Trump's odds of victory will decrease rather quickly, absent a sharp increase in his poll numbers.” Trends will out, and then there’s this bit of unhingery, as Trump bails on … Read More

Assuming some violence will occur in election week, plan to keep calm and remain aware

Assuming that there will be some violent provocations, we should encourage all deescalation efforts for election week, regardless of the vote outcomes. We’ve now seen the potential for serious planned electoral … Read More

We have about 2 weeks to recognize any type of America that we have. Vote. Your life depends on it

We are in the 11th hour of freedom as we know it and a pandemic where only 16 hospital beds are left in North Dakota.   They are flying people out … Read More

Map Shows Biden Whopping Trump in Ad Buys

We’ve all been hearing that Democrats have ad money to burn (so much that they’re running out of places to spend it) while Trump and his ilk are broke. But … Read More

Biden is crushing Trump in swing-state ad spending

I’ve told friends that I’m not going to completely relax until the moment Joe Biden is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on January 20. (And after he’s reelected, … Read More

“Michigan's 'Man of the Year'” comes to Michigan, tries to incite violence

Trump’s now doing shtick at his virus-fests, focusing on grievance and culture-war nonsense, nearly promising Michiganders that he’ll not visit Minnesota if he loses the election. “Remember that time Trump … Read More

Feds release a video of white terrorists training to kidnap and 'execute' Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

“If this shit goes down… okay… if this whole thing starts to happen, I’m tellin’ you what dude, I’m takin’ out as many of those motherfuckers as I can. Every … Read More

Trump crosses the Macon County Line: “I am so proud for exposing these people for what they are.”

“The political crass” …lies, damn lies, and Trump polling with 2 weeks remaining. Actually Bibb County, Trump’s at the middle Georgia regional airport doing more airplane hangar super-spreading. x What’s … Read More

MI-Sen: HuffPost, “GOP Hoping Empty Health Care Rhetoric Can Save Their Senate Majority”

The Huffington Post has a good piece out about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), is repeating the same thing he did last time he ran for the … Read More

IA-Sen: Lincoln Project's New Ad Labels Joni Ernst (R) As Trump & Moscow Mitch's “Yes Woman”

Nice: x YouTube Video The anti-Trump GOP group the Lincoln Project launched an ad Tuesday targeting Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) as her battle to keep her Senate seat ramps up. The group … Read More

Trump in swing states, desperate for attention, bringing COVID, and disinforming with Russian ads

Trump is in the swing states, repeating his tactic of 2016, drawing attention away from whatever other mischief is happening. The GOP herd immunity message is failing even as Trump attempts … Read More

IA, TX, MI, GA-Sen A & B: President Obama Helps These Five Democrats Flip The Senate Blue

Received this e-mail today from Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: President Barack Obama is hosting a virtual grassroots fundraiser this Friday to help us take back the Senate — and we … Read More

AZ, CO, GA, MI, NC, SC, TX-Sen: Morning Consult Poll Has Dems Winning 4 Seats, 3 Remain Competitive

Some very encouraging news today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: x #NCsen:Cunningham (D) 47% (+6)Tillis (R-inc) 41%.#AZsen:Kelly (D) 49% (+8)McSally (R-inc) 41%.#MIsen:Peters (D-inc) 49% (+9)James (R) 40%.#COsen:Hickenlooper (D) 50% … Read More

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) Endorses 172 Down Ballot Democrats Running For State Legislatures

Now that’s what I’m talking about: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced endorsements for more than 150 Democrats running in local races across the country. Sanders said the 172 contenders he endorsed Friday … Read More

MI-Sen: John James (R) Received Donations From Militia Members Who Plotted To Kidnap Governor

Donna Provencher at The American Independent has a great piece about how U.S. Senate candidate, John James (R. MI), has been cozening up right-wing extremists like Ted Nugent (pictured above) … Read More

Top-Rated Poll Shows Biden with 10% Lead in Wisconsin and 8% Lead in Michigan

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… The NYT/Siena Poll, rated A+ by 538, has Joe Biden with a 48% to 40% lead in Michigan and a 51% to 41% lead in Wisconsin. The polls are … Read More