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Meanwhile:

I believe the vast remainder is mail-in stuff breaking blue but don't quote me.

And now, some memes and tomfoolery in this trying time. Also, I've been saying this:

Meanwhile, this needs a beat behind it:

This is from right wing creep Curtis Houck but it's the only full video of the rest of the Kyung Lah segment in Arizona so far.

CNN: "The buildings getting ready to close for the night. See that woman over there? She's my producer. And those men she's talking to are election officials. They're trying to figure out how we're all going to get out of this building. That crowd is armed. And they're crowded around all of our cars." Come thru, Kyung!

Things are getting crucial up the ol' wazoo. Re: some of the obnoxious Beltway wisdom on TV tonight with the usual "Dems are elitist, not focusing on the white working class" line of the last 30 years - The TV take she trashes is gonna be the hot take from the predominantly white cable media for the first night or hours, as always. But it's gonna get subsumed and revised by facts and numbers soon enough IMO, as it has repeatedly in the last several cycles.

Big deal for the future:

CNN: "The Trump campaign is considering pursuing lawsuits Arizona and Nevada. Keep in mind, though, that the Trump campaign doesn't have a lot of money, and these lawsuits are expensive. They're desperately sending out emails as we speak."

All good.

I am a pragmatist. I am just determined with what I see.

Not by very much, and a ton of the total coming in for PA is going to favor Biden. Trump's lead is rapidly dropping.

He's not losing it at nearly the same rate as Hillary, which is a net positive for his results across the state.

From the NYT liveblog:

If AP, Fox and I have all clowned ourselves for nearly 24 hours I will wear my nose and rainbow wig with no shame. But I don't think it'll happen. Also, re: AZ and PA - From the NYT liveblog:

Word. Speaking of Maggie, she has a long piece out claiming this election proves Trump will remain an active force in the party. I don't believe it for a second. He doesn't give two fúcks about the GOP. He's looking to make money, stroke his ego and do as little as possible. He has no stamina, no work ethic and has barely been interested in playing president. Playing kingmaker in a party he stepped into for an ego boost is beyond him. He'll try to build a media network or something (it'll fall apart) and that's it. He'll fade away sooner than people think. But this piece just reads like Maggie and co. auditioning to keep their jobs as Trump Whisperers.

No, we didn't. Moral victories mean absolutely nothing to me after 2016. Not after I saw those families in cages or those fuckíng Nazis and their torches. Not after they shot up the synagogue minutes from my grandparents' family home. This is a bloodsport now. Winning is the only calculus that matters. We can worry about the soul of the nation after we slit the beast's throat. Amanda Marcotte's piece posted a page or two back discusses this. The answer is: You simply outwork them. They have always been here and they will still be here. You outwork them, pick off the more laissez-faire ignorant/swing voters that learn to change (and there are plenty lazy, uncommitted, more casually racist white voters IMO who once voted for Obama then swung to Trump after feeling uncomfortable for eight years), and electorally wipe out the ones that don't. Then wait for time and tide to sweep them away. That is something Biden/Harris can do one day at a time.