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Shermann's JournalSuspicious pre-election to post-election news shift
Well we were told by Trump that the pandemic would disappear from the MSM headlines after the election (not to be confused with his earlier prediction that it would magically disappear).
This was a falsifiable statement that is now demonstrably false. The pandemic coverage is clearly intensifying.
So while I remained hawkish on this issue thanks to the watchdogging by Fox News, a bonafide example of an apparently agenda-driven news item came and went: the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Fox News had no less than a dozen references to this story on their website home page in the week leading up to the election. Today, not one.
So was the right projecting on this weaponized news story issue? If the wet laptop really was the big story of the day, I'd think it would be an even BIGGER scandal now that Biden is President-Elect.
I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear
...that I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Is that what he is doing? Is his oath in any way consistent with his kicking at the pillars of a fair, secure, and soon-to-be certified election?
He is an oath breaker, as are his silent supporters in office.
The worst part about Trump's anti-election campaign
For years there has been a concerted effort to bring out the vote, and every year it has typically been a mixed bag. This year, the voters came out in droves and set records. This was while a pandemic was going on.
There was no significant voter fraud, there was no violence to speak of, and there really wasn't even much in the way of bad behaviors at the polling places. The election was apparently the most secure one yet.
So this really should be a source of nonpartisan national pride, a celebration of our democracy, a respectful transfer of power followed by unity. Instead of that, we have a partisan "contested" shitshow. Instead of that, we have consternation that we live in an autocracy where our votes may not actually count and the specter of SCOTUS intervention is being summoned from nothingness. Instead of that, we have the stage being set for the illegitimation and rejection of the President by nearly half the country.
US CV-19 cases per day: 200K is the new 100K
JHU has yesterday's total at 184K. It wasn't that long ago that the MSM was framing 100K per day as the "nightmare scenario". Now that doesn't seem so bad, and 200K is what we should be worried about.
What's concerning is the purely exponential curve that started here in early September. This wave doesn't show any sign of cresting or even slowing at all. That's a bit different from the resurgences in Europe.
The Blue Knight rules! The Red Knight sucks the big one!
This is clearly the best metaphor for our "contested" election. If this election process is going to be a joke, let's be the ones laughing loudest and last.
That makes me laugh every time I watch it.
CNN is still covering the pandemic
I'm confused because they were supposed to knock that crap off as soon as the election was over. 
Remember when Nazi Germany sent old men to fight a lost war against overwhelming Russian forces?
There can't be enough WWII analogies in my opinion.
The alternative universe where Hillary won in 2016 thread
So let's say Hillary won in 2016. She'd be dealing with the pandemic in 2020 and the case numbers would be lower than where they are now. But it wouldn't be a New Zealand or South Korea situation here, it's just too different. There would be a mask mandate, and there would be more restrictions in place.
There are no great outcomes during a pandemic. Any strategy you choose is going to come with some pretty awful compromises, and in politics there are going to be naysayers maximizing the resulting political damage. People are naturally going to wonder if the grass is greener on the other side, and the longer things drag out the louder the cacophony of grumbling gets.
Donald Trump would have remained politically active, and may have made another run in 2020. He would have had a shot, and might have been at the helm going into what looks to be the darkest days of the pandemic.
So as bad as the past four years have been, might it have been worse?
No story about Biden winning the election on OANN
It's surely just an oversight, but OANN doesn't appear to be running a story on Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States.
I see a story about Trump supporters protesting in the battleground states. Then there is that gem about the media calling the election too quickly (boy it didn't seem like it LOL!)
But oddly no story about Biden's victory yesterday and the worldwide celebrations which ensued. Maybe it's user error on my part with that search box?? The interwebs can be a bit confounding for us old-timers at times LOL!
Hmm. What is to become of people who rely on OANN as their primary source of information? I fear they could end up like those Japanese soldiers still fighting WWII after it was all over.
https://www.oann.com/
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