#FloridaMan
Political Hack 3x POTUS vet ('08/'12/'20). Called “the only person strong enough to be a Jags fan & a Florida Dem” by NBC’s Matt Dixon. DUUUUUVAL
Dear Democrats - and particularly Florida Democrats, can you pull up a chair for a second? We need to have a little chat about voting, and specifically vote by mail ballots.
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Actually sir, the law makes it clear that final preliminary results aren't due until tomorrow. Currently roughly 15 counties have yet to finish, including roughly 10 that voted for Gov Scott
For sake of confidence in democracy, people on both sides need to let process work out
Whether it was setting aside the presumption of innocence for Judge Kavanaugh or ignoring Florida election laws, liberals in Washington and Florida are seeking an outcome.
The Law be Damned!
So
@joebiden
is going to lead the popular vote after first four states.
Maybe making snap judgements based on two highly unrepresentative states wasn’t so wise.
This little dude is never more than 5 feet away.
If you ever wonder if a rescue pup knows, this little guy was abandoned, quite possibly shot, and spent 4 months at the vet’s office recovering. He’s been here for 5 months, and from the minute he walked in, he’s been next to me.
I learned Medina and her family were deported today.
She came to FL as a kid escaping war. Her parents own a small business, she graduated JROTC, wanted to join the US military, & sang the National Anthem at events. They were, in every sense, contributing to America.
Just sad
Immigration officials have told them that after her graduation, they will be deported.
If that happens, Medina will leave the only country she really knows.
African American voters in the south made Joe Biden the nominee.
African American voters in the south carried two Democrats in Georgia.
No matter what Twitter says, there is no more consequential voting block in our party than southern African Americans.
In August, we tested a concept similar to the vaccine proposal that
@JoeBiden
unveiled today in the five states that flipped from Trump to Biden. Given how closely divided those five states are, this is about as much consensus as you will ever find.
For those who say Joe Biden is crazy to say he can work with Republicans to get things done, Biden worked to secure the three GOP senators required to break a filibuster and pass this bill.
Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history.
Clinton lost PA by 44k votes, and graciously conceded. By this point, Obama/Trump & Biden/Pence had met, and the transition was in full forward motion.
Biden's lead in Pennsylvania is up to .7 points--or about 45,000 votes. Biden could still be on track to approach a lead of about 100,000 votes when all of the votes are tallied up
Remember the words of John Lewis: "We cannot give up now, we cannot give up. We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize. We must go out and vote like we never, ever voted before...We must use the vote as a nonviolent instrument or tool to redeem the soul of America.” 10/
Gen X was trained since youth to stay home, keep to ourselves, entertain ourselves for free, and live cheaply off Lunchables & Stouffer's French Bread Pizza. No generation in history was better prepared for pandemic living
So if you want to vote by mail -- you should and so should your friends. Tell them to do this:
1. Request it now.
2. Return it immediately. Why they heck would you wait?
3. Track it online.
In every battleground state, you can track your ballot online. So do that. 6/
Do they think this actually works with swing voters? Suburban women? Seniors? Communities of color who are disproportionately impacted by Covid? Hell, 40% of Republicans support a mask mandate.
So who exactly are they persuading with this?
I met Beau Biden. Everything everyone says about him is true. He was a patriot in every sense of the word, and if he had lived, he would have been President one day.
I'm not sure this matters *that* much. Among other things, it's bit late in the day to spend all that money as effectively as you might.
But if you're one of those pundits whose prior was "this will fire up Republicans more than Democrats", you might want to revisit that.
A thread about my pup.
When we got him, he was just a goofy 5 month old pup at the shelter. I heard someone else mention they were interested in “Mason” - so I cut in line to get him first. They think he had been born stray.
Matt, this is not accurate. On Wednesday morning, the Broward turnout site reported a total turnout of 716k, but ballots processed at 685k. Now ballots processed are 712k.
Anyone can look at the date/type of ballots received here:
What concerns Republicans is not the law that would require an automatic machine recount in the governor race or a hand recount in the senate race... it's the fact that in Broward county we've now had over 80,000 ballots literally spoken into existence....
If your friends want to vote from home, but are worried about mailing back their ballot. Tell them.
1. Request it now.
2. Vote immediately upon receipt.
3. Go to their local SOE website on where/how to drop off.
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I do believe God gives us dogs to remind us of His existence. He also takes them from us to remind us of the preciousness of life, and what it means to be unconditionally loved. It’s a cycle that makes us better people.
Until next time, I’m gonna miss you buddy.
But the point is this - we can't let them win the game of crushing voter confidence. That is absolutely how Trump will win. You want to win - tune all the bull shit out and remind folks that if we blow this out, none of the other stuff will matter. 9/
Trump and his campaign want people to believe their vote is at risk. They want people to lose confidence. They know that if you are reading this, you are going to vote regardless -- but they want your less active friends to believe their vote doesn't matter. 3/
If you or your friends want to vote in person, that's great too. Remind them that there are a lot of groups working with states and local communities to ensure proper sanitation and health standards.
Go to to learn your options. 8/
Breakthrough COVID cases: At least 125,000 fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive.
Important note: The cases represent less than .08% of the 164.2 million-plus people fully vaccinated since January.
I watched a woman in a focus group of non-college white women in the upper Midwest a few weeks back - she voted for Trump, but when the child tax credit was explained, she just stopped and said “that would completely change my life if the President can get that done.”
What does the child tax credit mean to folks?
“It would mean getting out of the everyday cycle of having to worry, ‘Okay, is this bill going to be paid for? Can I get my medicine?’” Mary Beth, a 52-year-old caring for her grandkids, said to
@crampell
I am not going to litigate a poll that shows Florida tied. It is freaking Florida folks. Nothing is ever going to be easy. Put it on your fridge and work :-)
Michael Jordan is still dunking on Stockton. While Stockton is peddling things off reddit, Jordan gave ten million to open health clinics in NC & has been active in promoting the vaccine to hesitant communities. 🐐
John Stockton (yes, that one) is in this particularly over-the-top anti-vaxx documentary trailer talking about "my significant amount of research" about COVID-19.
The documentary's page asks "Do Masks Really Work?" and "How Will We Really Know That a COVID Vaccine is Safe?"
President Biden had a busy 24 hours while the country was transfixed by his predecessor’s impeachment — and he has 200 million new vaccine doses to prove it.
I understand everyone's concerns about this election, especially given Trump's admissions regarding the USPS. Yes we should raise Hell. Yes we should push Congress to step in. Yes we should double down on voter protection efforts. But what we can't do: play into their game 2/
Breaking News: President Trump is said to have discussed with advisers whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to his three oldest children and Jared Kushner.
Sanders “will of the people should be followed” in 2020 Dem nomination, flip-flopping his position from 2016, where he thought the will of the majority should be overturned.
I suspect if he isn’t the delegate or vote leader, he’ll change his position again.
In doing so, Joe Biden joins…(checks notes)…every other US President in history who was in office during a UK coronation by not going.
Good reminder America won a war to not have to go to the coronation of British Kings & Queens.
Voter confidence is a fickle thing. When we started in Florida in 08, we had real issues getting people to vote by mail. People had real scars from 2000 here. Republicans added to the issues by adding a voter ID law. There was a lot of anxiety around voting. 4/
Poll comes out this morning not only showing Gwen Graham with 9pt lead, but also with substantial lead in favorable name ID over likely GOP choice.
At 5pm, a D.C. secret money group announces another negative ad against her.
Yeah, I think we all know what's going on here.
We knew we had to build confidence. Remind people they could vote other ways if they didn't want to vote by mail. Teach people how to get an ID if they didn't have one. Put poll watchers in polls - give people a sense we had their back & their vote would count. 5/
Today Rush Limbaugh made a lying accusation that Joe Biden’s convention speech was spliced together or somehow faked.
By comparison, here’s Joe Biden showing empathy to Limbaugh upon news of his cancer diagnosis
Kindness and decency. They are on the ballot.
Just another reminder that in every single state that has voted to date, Sanders has received a smaller share of the vote than he received in 2016.
Every. Single. State.
Plus Biden has won 6 states that Sanders himself won in 16.
And won every county in seven states.
This is a business that will take a real toll physically, emotionally, and mentally.
I hope for Brad he finds the help he needs and we should all pray for his health.
Sir, with all due respect, your first sentence is misleading.
You are accurate in the case of ballots received before the EV period ends (2 days out)...but law gives until noon on Wed after EDay to begin canvassing VBM ballots received after EV period but before 7pm on EDay.
#Florida
law requires counties report early voting & vote-by-mail within 30 minutes after polls close. 43 hours after polls closed 2 Democrat strongholds
#BrowardCounty
&
#PalmBeachCounty
are still counting & refusing to disclose how many ballots they have left to count.
#Sayfie
I think we can now retire the term Florida Man, as “Las Vegas Mayor” has just one-upped anything Florida Man could do. The baton has been passed.
Y’alls move
@RalstonReports
.
The coastal area of Fla that could get pounded is unlike what any of you not from here think of as FL coastal. It’s extremely rural, and economically poor. These aren’t resorts or millionaire 2nd homes - they are mostly working families, many of whom have been there generations