As of this morning---
Joe Biden is ahead in the delegate count, 238 to 213 so there's some great positivity there. I naturally love this headline and conclusion, no matter the source.
Joe Biden Is on Track to Win the Electoral College
On news that it looks like Joe is going to win today, the Dow is up. Again. Another more than 700 points just now. Fantastic.
Meanwhile, the Orange Man is getting as crazy and desperate as predicted. He did this last night.
Trump falsely asserts fraud, claims a victory
Trump falsely declares victory
The reaction, understandably, was swift.
Why Trump's Election Night speech was so indefensible
It seemed almost fitting, in a tragic way, to see Trump, after brazenly lying to the nation for his entire term, lying once more on Election Night.
Trump has attacked democracy’s institutions, but never so blatantly as he did overnight
For four years, President Trump has sought to undermine the institutions of a democratic society, but never so blatantly as in the early morning hours of Wednesday. His attempt to falsely claim victory and to subvert the election itself by calling for a halt to vote-counting represents the gravest of threats to the stability of the country.
Trump's call to halt vote counts is his most brazen swipe at democracy yet
More:
As America Waits Out An Uncertain Election, Much Of The World Sees Chaos
Trump’s Brief Remarks from the White House Made America’s Troubles Worse
Naturally, with this orange President fighting our election system and this election, he's coming under very heavy but fair criticism, all across the nation.
Trump says he'll take election fight to Supreme Court
We're not some banana republic, after all. He doesn't own us as he did his own companies---which he ran into the ground, thanks very much. This is, once more, unprecedented for a President to do to us, to the nation.
We didn't get the "blue wave" across the nation the way we wanted and the way the nation certainly needs, that's for sure. Missouri, for God's sake, passed Amendment 3. Unreal. So now, Republican legislators will be free to gerrymander yet more of our state. It's unconscionable. But hey, they'll do anything for power, as Mitch McConnell shows nearly daily.
Some good news overnight, so far:
- Mark Kelly won in Arizona.
- Arizona went blue.
- Michigan and Wisconsin went blue.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won! Yes!
Conor Rogers @conorrogers
Biden’s current likely electoral vote range is 270-306.
That’s a big deal.
Folks need to (quickly) get over the emotional let down of not having a wave election, and realize the practical reality that we likely have done what we came here to do: end the Trump Presidency.
7:34 AM • 11/4/20
Rogers is a former Republican strategist and contributor to The Lincoln Project.
Here's hoping, folks. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, Kansas City, Kansas did this, locally.
KCK voters elect 20-year-old who admitted to revenge porn, sexual harassment to Kansas Statehouse
It used to be, youth kept people from being elected to government positions and that was wrong. But this? An admitted sexual harassment and "revenge porn"? And he got into office? It stuns me he's a Democrat. Wow.
Pray for us. All.
God help America.
Links:
Commentary: Seven reasons why Trump is the worst president
Opinion | Donald Trump: The Worst President
Opinion | The worst president. Ever. - The Washington Post
In summary, presently, anyway: