Prickly City by Scott Stantis for November 02, 2020

Scott has done nothing to encourage us to get out and vote!

Could that be interpreted as voter suppression, even if it’s unintentional?

I voted early, but it doesn’t make the results come any faster.

Stantis wants to avoid how elections have gotten dirtier and scummier with Republicans* getting nastier and nastier with each election, from the ‘silent majority’ and Southern Strategy, to Welfare Queens, to robocalls about McCain fathering a black child, to swift boating Kerry, to Obama born in Africa, to crooked Hillary, and now Biden is senile. And corrupt. And far left radical.

Stantis also wants to avoid the subject of covid and how the REPUBLICAN LEADER has shown what a total coward he is AND has become a malevolent force and is the world’s most effective agent in spreading the virus.

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*Republicans are completely the Party Of Trump.

Congratulations, Scott! 235,000 dead from covid. Yay Republicans!

I expect to feel that way MOST of the day Tuesday ( & MAYBE for days afterward)

Oh thanks, now I’ve got a belly ache too.

‘It’s Like You Want to Stop People From Voting’: How U.S. Elections Look Abroad — From gerrymandering to voter roll purges, we showed people around the world how the American system works. It didn’t go well. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/opinion/elections-foreign-voter-reaction.html

should be on youtube in a few days.

To many commenters, Mr Stantis is a comic strip writer, not a activist, he owes the public nothing. He has no obligation to push any of your pet causes. So stop expecting him to be John Cameron Swayze. Its Mr Stantis strip, if you don’t like there are alternatives. Coming below, a bunch of links to things you agree with from the usual paid sources.

From the Leftist Left… Fox News?

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The American people appear to have caught on to the conman in chief who occupies the Oval Office.

President Trump is trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the polls because millions of Americans are tired of Trump’s lies, incompetence, ignorance and dismal record of failure upon failure — particularly regarding his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 9 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus and more than 229,000 have tragically died.

No, Mr. President, we haven’t turned the corner on this virus. The pandemic is getting worse, and the White House has been absolutely nonresponsive.

And no, President Trump, hospitals aren’t at capacity simply because the American people have more access to testing.

The truth is that our hospitals are filling up because more and more Americans are getting COVID-19, and as a result they are showing up at emergency rooms in droves.

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It may take weeks for us to know the election results. That is because of both the heavy mail-in balloting and the multiple legal challenges Trump has mounted and is expected to mount to keep mail-in ballots from being counted.

Trump’s unwillingness to hear the voices of everyday Americans struggling with health deficiencies, unemployment and other economic woes is breathtaking.

He continues his war on ObamaCare, and his administration will soon argue before the Supreme Court that the health care law should be thrown out — harming millions of Americans, especially those suffering with preexisting conditions.

I cast my vote for former Vice President Joe Biden with the acknowledgment that he is not the perfect candidate — nor does he claim to be.

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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-biden-election-richard-fowler

We all need to be clear-eyed about the social and political volatility heading into Election Day: The chances of sporadic violence, significant unrest or voting issues are quite high, according to basically every federal and state official monitoring voting and its aftermath in 2020.

But all of us — Democrats, Republicans, independents alike — can do our part to minimize the drama and darker scenarios.

1. Vote and then chill until late Tuesday night. There’ll be dumb rumors, wild speculation and armchair projections, all of it meaningless. ✁

2. Don’t expect a quick, clear winner: We can’t stress enough the chance of it taking days to fully count mail-in and absentee votes, to determine the real outcome in places like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. ✁

3. Brace for the possibility of a “Red Mirage.” We first told you about this term, coined by the Democratic data firm Hawkfish, on “Axios on HBO” before Labor Day: ✁

4. Don’t share social-media posts that aren’t from a source you trust and know well. Period. Too many people share too much garbage too often. ✁

5. Don’t overreact. You might see images on cable or social media of protests, or what seem like massive voter intimidation or issues. This can often seem bigger or more widespread than it is. ✁

6. Expect that President Trump may refuse to accept results, if he loses. ✁

7. Don’t hyperventilate about court cases. There will probably be many. But wait until there are actual verdicts and appeals to appraise the significance. ✁

8. Brace yourself for 78 days of drama and turmoil from Nov. 4 through the inauguration. ✁

What’s next: The nation is headed into a firestorm. There’s no way it’s orderly or normal, or even necessarily over when it seems over.

All we can do is be smart about what’s to come, and wise in our responses.

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https://www.axios.com/election-night-how-to-watch-4731bd76-e0b8-4b4a-ba6f-324062e44de5.html

Firm grasp on the obvious there, Stantis.

– October 3, 2020 – Even though he was infected with a deadly virus, Trump defied public health guidelines and left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to greet supporters from a slow-moving SUV — he said he was bored of being in the hospital.

In the vehicle with Trump were several Secret Service agents.

Health professionals said the agents were at risk of contracting the virus while in such a closed environment.

Speaking anonymously for fear of retribution, one agent said about Trump: “He’s not even pretending to care now.”

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-954

October 8, 2020 – Elliott Broidy, a top Trump fund-raiser, was charged with conspiring to violate lobbying laws.

A defense contractor, Broidy was accused of accepting $6 million from a foreign client to lobby the Trump administration.

In 2018, Broidy resigned as deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee — after it was revealed that he agreed to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model to keep quiet about their affair.

The deal was overseen by Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who was later sentenced to prison for financial and political crimes.

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-954

October 10, 2020 – When running for president, Trump said he would “completely isolate” himself from the Trump Organization.

But a New York Times investigation found that as president, Trump has been involved in scores of events at his properties.

In the first two years of his presidency, they delivered roughly $12 million of business to his company.

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-954

It’s almost over, and the right-wing populists are about to lose. All’s left is the evacuation of the POtuS pain source.

Trump has incited and supported violence-

To the many of us who have been paying attention none of these fascist tactics come as a surprise. President Trump’s words & actions over the summer months were horrifying. He has incited and supported violence several times.

He shared a video that said “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

He tweeted a video of a Trump supporter yelling “White power.”

He tweeted that “when the looting starts the shooting starts.” A saying that is historically tied to a racist Miami police chief from the 60’s.

Police in Washington, D.C. brutally dispersed an entirely peaceful crowd exercising their first amendment. The police attacked Australian journalists causing the Australian government to call for an investigation.

Violence erupted so that the President could hold a photo op with a bible. The former minister of the church went on CNN and stated that Trump’s actions were sacrilege.

President Trump’s praise for authoritarians;

President Trump has joked about wanting to consolidate his power like his dictator colleague in China, President Xi. President Trump has repeatedly joked about serving for more than the legal limit of 2 terms as president. President Trump has repeatedly praised dictators including Putin, Duterte, Erdogan, and el-Sisi. In 2018 President Trump praised brutal dictator Kim Jong Un calling him “strong, funny, and smart.” At last years G7 summit President Trump loudly asked “where’s my favorite dictator?” as he awaited for the Egyptian dictator.

-Trump supporters intimidating Biden folks in TX.

-Black voters water-hosed in NC.

-Unprocessed mail, including ballots, sitting in a USPS center in a predominantly Dem area of Miami.

-Running to Court to limit voting. Instilling fear, suppressing vote is only way Trump can win.

It is extremely difficult to understand how Trump is even competitive in this election. Actually, it is frightening. Trump is tested. He is known. He is the most incompetent POTUS in modern America. He is a threat to America. How can voters not understand this basic fact?

Tom Pain just showed up in Rhymes with Orange https://www.comicskingdom.com/rhymes-with-orange

It’s gonna be a Blue Wave, unless the Red Mirage leads all the Yellow Dogs to vote for the Purple Squirrel, which would be a real Black Swan.

Best thing to do with the RH troll is to ignore it.

Hopefully after tomorrow the incessant text messages about voting will stop.