These two were a pair in my feed. A dismal truth.

We can’t underestimate the role disinformation played in this campaign, but if we don’t face the fact that this country is really fucking racist, nothing will change.

— Mary L. Trump (@MaryLTrump) November 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1324050905604542464

Trump is an actual literal criminal on a massive scale, but it doesn’t matter because he’s a racist and he empowers racists.

It’s shameful being an American at this point.… Read the rest

Lots of heavy breathing about this hot item:

Sarah McBride has won her Delaware State Senate race, NBC News projects, poising her to become the first and only openly transgender state senator in the U.S. and the country's highest-ranking transgender official. https://t.co/0g1O6n4FZ0

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 4, 2020

In other words a man was elected state senator. Big first; much excite.… Read the rest

A distraction while we wait. Yaniv sues again!

A Canadian transgender woman is suing a beauty pageant company for refusing to allow her to compete in its contest, according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, which represents the business.

But it’s a beauty pageant. It’s selective by its nature. Personally I don’t think the damn things should exist at all, but they do exist, and nobody expects them to include Joe of the beer belly and jowls to be able to participate.

Jessica Yaniv, a transgender LQBTQ rights activist, filed a human rights complaint against Toronto’s Canada Galaxy Pageants alleging it is in violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the conservative legal policy organization announced Monday.

In

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So now I’m picturing the Supreme Court justices huddling in their huddle room with Amy Coney Barrett all enthusiastic saying come on guys it’s time to stop the vote count the way Trump said to, that’s what I’m here for, what’s the holdup?

In any case, the fact that it’s this close after the past four years is absolutely disgusting. Who ARE these people?

At 2:30 in the morning his time Trump told some cheering people in the East Room that he had more votes in Pennsylvania at that moment so he wanted the vote counting terminated so that he could claim to have won. The cheering people duly cheered. There’s a slight technical problem with that which is he … Read the rest

Another from Pliny:… Read the rest

I see last time I stopped posting at 3:40 in the afternoon (Pacific time). It’s 5:15 now and it’s not looking good for Florida, which is important.

Last time my first post on the day after was…not happy.

I want him gone.… Read the rest

Rep. Clyburn: "I voted for Joe because I thought Joe would restore goodness to the American system. He's a good man and Donald Trump is not."

Neil Cavuto: "Well, that's a little extreme." pic.twitter.com/y34IAiocmj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2020

No it isn’t. It isn’t extreme at all. Trump is a very very very very VERY bad man. I can believe Bush junior is a decent guy in private. I think he probably has some redeeming qualities. Trump has none, and believe me I’ve looked. I’ve said for the past four years that I’ve never seen anything like it – anyone so thoroughly bad in every single detectable category. He doesn’t even have charm, he’s not funny… Read the rest

Maybe this is where Amnesty International’s women-erasing new approach began:

Amnesty International releases updated policy on abortion

The updated policy recognizes abortion, provided in a manner that respects human rights, autonomy, and dignity, as the right of anyone who can become pregnant.

Well duh. Surely it did all along, even if it didn’t put it in that silly way.

“Around 47,000 women die each year as a result of seeking unsafe abortions. This global tragedy will not end until abortion is fully decriminalized and made accessible and affordable to everyone. Abortion must be treated like any other health service, and anyone seeking an abortion must be treated with compassion and dignity and with respect for their human rights,” said Rajat

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Strangest thing about this is how rather than use the word ‘women’ in order to be understood they produced a load of cartoons of women with gender stereotypical features like long flowing hair, lipstick & nail varnish. This isn’t progress https://t.co/Axj1s4Yr9G

— Victoria Freeman (@v_j_freeman) November 3, 2020

And even more creepily, the cartoon women have no eyes.

Wtf is that about? Laydee because hair n lipstick but front of head above nostrils is BLANK SPACE.

But don’t worry – it’s actually a brilliant tactic to make real people think abortion matters because it’s not just for those boring blank women.

https://twitter.com/laurasnapes/status/1323626930508279809

So if that makes sense then it makes sense to stop talking about women’s rights entirely, because … Read the rest

If you want a laugh (or a puke-laugh) while waiting for the nightmare to end here’s Trump whining at Fox News for not promoting him enough.

https://twitter.com/stephemcneal/status/1323623508988014592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1323623508988014592%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2Flive%2F2020%2Fnov%2F02%2Fus-election-day-2020-live-updates-president-donald-trump-joe-biden-latest-presidential-election-news-polls-update%3Fpage%3Dwith3Ablock-5fa18aa78f084b677750ede7… Read the rest

It’s a funny thing; Amnesty International used to get it. It used to know that abortion rights are a women’s issue.

Help women and girls in Poland fight dangerous new restrictions on abortion

Women and girls’ rights are under attack right now in Poland. 

Poland already has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.  Abortion is only allowed if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, if the woman’s life is in danger or in cases of severe or fatal foetal impairment.

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Act now to support the rights of women and girls in Poland. Sign the petition to call on the President and Polish Parliament to reject further restrictions to the abortion law. 

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Again.

https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1322511304830144520

Women. The word is “women.” It’s not generic “people,” people in general, all people – it’s specifically women. It’s exclusively women. It’s not men who are being forced to gestate a human in their abdomens when they don’t want to, it’s women. Women only. The law in question is depriving women of very basic rights. Saying “I stand with people in Poland” is meaningless in a protest against laws banning abortion. It’s women we have to stand with. Women. WOMEN. Say our name. Say the word.

Where the hell does Amnesty International get off erasing our very existence and presence this way?… Read the rest

It’s like a bad rash.

https://twitter.com/OpenClinicNHS/status/1323223344397885442

Shoutout to @GCi_magazine for featuring our Humans with Vaginas campaign! https://t.co/L63AyHLue7

— The Honey Pot Co (@thehoneypotcomp) November 2, 2020

Experts say there is reason for pregnant people to exercise caution as we learn more about how they, and their children, may be impacted.https://t.co/5NNZu5qkNQ pic.twitter.com/cDqk2wK8Ou

— Forbes Science (@ForbesScience) November 1, 2020

The word you’re looking for is

WOMEN… Read the rest

On the other hand! The Post says it’s not that easy.

The not-so-subtle threat has prompted questions and concerns over the plausibility of Trump firing the country’s popular health expert, and whether the president has the legal authority to do so.

In short, he does not.

Technically, the president of the United States cannot directly fire Fauci, let’s say by a tweet, mainly because he is not a political appointee. As a career federal employee and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, Fauci is protected by federal civil-service regulations that shield him from being fired or demoted for political reasons.

Cool, so that means it was very stupid of Trump to admit he … Read the rest

I’m wrong that Trump can’t fire Fauci. Jonathan Chait says he can.

Here the preening smirking goat is saying he will.

Crowd chants “Fire Fauci” and the President says “Don’t tell anybody but let me wait till a little bit after the election” pic.twitter.com/pZEQLdfPTm

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 2, 2020

It has been obvious for weeks that President Trump plans to fire Dr. Fauci. Trump has stripped Fauci and other public-health officials of all influence in decisions on how to handle the pandemic — or to be precise, not to handle it — and handed it over to unqualified right-wing crank Scott Atlas. Trump and his minions have repeatedly mocked Fauci for saying true things about COVID-19 (masks

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Haw haw yeah let’s get rid of our top experts in contagious diseases as a pandemic rages out of control thanks to a reckless moron driving the bus.

Trump threatened to fire Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, during a midnight rally in Florida 24 hours before the presidential election.

As crowds at the Miami Opa-Locka airport chanted “Fire Fauci”, Trump allowed the chants to continue for several seconds before responding: “Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. I appreciate the advice. I appreciate it.”

He continued: “Nah, he’s been wrong on a lot. He’s a nice man though. He’s been wrong on a lot.”

He didn’t know everything there was to … Read the rest

Trump and co are mad at Fauci again.

The White House has accused leading infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci of playing politics days before the election in an interview about the coronavirus pandemic.

Oh lord. DARVO much? It’s not Fauci who “plays politics” ffs – it’s Trump and his worthless cohort. Fauci does epidemiology, Trump & Goons play politics. Fauci does his job, Trump lies and steals. Fauci tries to get the truth out, Trump tries to hide it under a billion tons of verbal garbage.

The US has recorded more [Covid] deaths and cases than any other country.

That’s not Fauci’s fault. It is Trump’s fault.

In his interview with the Post published on Saturday night, Dr Fauci

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One little word…

This is a takeover by @a_karpowicz to share with you the abuse of rights that is happening to Polish people with vaginas #StrajkKobiet pic.twitter.com/aPnvZRZETu

— Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum) November 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/glosswitch/status/1323317784512745473

Does anyone know the Polish word for ‘woman’? https://t.co/BrJpkx7a9i

— Andy (@lecanardnoir) November 2, 2020

Perhaps Polish doesn’t have a word for “woman.” Perhaps they have to use clumsy phrases like “people with vaginas.” Perhaps pigs have wings.… Read the rest

Trump voters again demonstrating that Trump is a magnet for assholes.

A group of Trump supporters has gathered at Burke Lakefront airport in Cleveland, hoping to disrupt a Joe Biden event scheduled to begin here shortly.

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In Cleveland there was a crowd of about 30 Trump adherents at 11am, and they were hoping to disrupt the Biden event. Their chanting had drawn the attention of police.

Some Trump supporters outside the Cleveland air hangar where Biden is planning an event. The guy at the front is shouting: “The media will not report this” pic.twitter.com/ufJiNdICFb

— Adam Gabbatt (@adamgabbatt) November 2, 2020

Report what? 20 or so people yelling? Not really all that newsworthy is it. Anyway the Graun … Read the rest

Trump continues to bully us all.

Donald Trump has once again defended his supporters who participated in a caravan that swarmed a Biden campaign bus driving down a Texas highway on Friday.

This story is FALSE. They did nothing wrong. But the ANTIFA Anarchists, Rioters and Looters, who have caused so much harm and destruction in Democrat run cities, are being seriously looked at! https://t.co/3pmbMllPWS

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020

One doesn’t consult Donald Trump on what is right and what is wrong.

The FBI confirmed yesterday that it was investigating the highway incident, after videos of the caravan sparked widespread safety concerns.

The president previously appeared to discourage the FBI from investigating the matter, saying

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