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NBC News projects that Sarah McBride has won her House seat and will be the first openly transgender member of congress -- (link*) - budice Nov 5, 18:28 [Attachment] 1
- Well that's good news -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 18:29
What EC count are yall seeing right now? Cause I'm seeing 210 to 95. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 18:28 7
- 168 to 81 -- nm - mara Nov 5, 18:40
- 81D-154R CNN -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 18:38
- 178-99 on CTV -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 5, 18:37
- economist says 171-78 -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 18:37
- 210-105 now. Added CO to Kamala's total -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 18:33
- 195-117 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 18:32
- Guardian currently has it at 178-99 -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 18:31 1
Results are way too early. I'm going to do biphasic sleep tonight. Sleep for 2-3 hours. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:26 3
- I couldn’t sleep right now if my life depended on it. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 18:41
- I'll be up for another 12 hours or so. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 18:27 1
  - but you live 12 hours in the future. You could tell us who's won if you loved us. -- nm - mud Nov 5, 18:30
Russia stirring up shit. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 18:25
Looks like some of the numbers are getting better -- nm - eag Nov 5, 18:21
Remind me in 2026/2027 to spin up a Politics board if it looks like there's going to be another two-year-long campaigning trudge. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 18:20 5
- I wish you wouldn't. I will insist that you create another board for wrestling. -- nm - mud Nov 5, 18:24 4
  - Well yeah, I didn't do it this time because the last thing we need is to fragment the discussion. - Beryllium Nov 5, 18:29 1
    - please don't. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 18:35
  - Fantasy drafts! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 5, 18:27 1
    - pop music hits! -- nm - mud Nov 5, 18:28
Andy Kim (D-NJ) appears to be the first Korean American in the Senate -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 18:13 1
- nice! -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:18
It would help if CNN’s vote projection music was something less intense, like Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to Interstellar -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 18:11 3
- NBC music is horrible too -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:18 1
  - NBC's national map graphic (when they call a state) is very unfocused (one might say it's fuzzy) - Fuzzy Nov 5, 18:22
- Here you go -- (link) - znufrii Nov 5, 18:12 [youtube]
in GOOD news. the Navy put cameras on some dolphins for 6 months and a lot of their daily stuff we never knew, we now know. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 5, 18:04
Have you started drinking yet? If so, what time? If not, that's cool too, how are you coping? -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:02 17
- I can't drink till later as I have to drive to the nursing home for a while -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 18:31
- Just hit the ice cream pretty hard. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 5, 18:21
- I don't drink. I'm having apple cider -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 5, 18:15
- I hardly drink anymore at all. I remember a horrid week-long hangover in 2016, starting on Nov.9th -- nm - mud Nov 5, 18:12
- Yeah, but it's classy -- (pic) -- (link*) - colin Nov 5, 18:11 [Attachment]
- I started an hour ago -- (pic) - oblique Nov 5, 18:08 [Attachment]
- 7:30. Finished the last quarter bottle of whiskey that was left, have now moved on to gin. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 18:06
- No drinking, but you can see my unhealthy snack attack picture below -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 18:06
- Was contemplating opening a bottle of wine but am resisting... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 18:06 5
  - I had my dinner wine open and maybe have two glasses tonight. I'll have tequila before bed. -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 18:13 3
    - Is the tequila before or after your craps game? - Mel Profit Nov 5, 18:16 2
      - can I say how much I stan you two -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:19 1
        
        you're just saying that because you're two weeks late on your vig to her. [nm] - Mel Profit Nov 5, 18:21
  - I'm considering a disco nap. I was awake in 2016 at 1 am, and i ran to the bathroom and threw up. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:11
- Not coping well right now. The only thing keeping me off the ledge is BTC's constant reminders that nothing so far is unexpected -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 18:03
- about 3 hours ago -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 5, 18:03
- started at 6pm here -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:02
Florida to problem pregnancies, drop dead. Right to abortion initiative fails -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 17:58
Just went to the grocery store -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 5, 17:55 [Attachment] 2
- Did you vote again while you were out? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:57
- outstanding. -- nm - mud Nov 5, 17:56
WA state crossed 5 million registered voters, currently just under 70% turn out. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 17:53
Just wanna say - we did our part here in Illinois. So weird to nor be embarrassed by my state -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:52
How is the senate doing? Rs flipped one state so far -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 17:42 9
- Rick Scott outperformed polls by... 8-9% - Strongbad Nov 5, 17:47 6
  - DeSantis pied pipered a bunch of conservatives there (and killed a bunch of others). It’s Safe R until it’s underwater. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 17:53 2
    - spoiler: It has been underwater for a long time. Apparently Floridians do. not. Get it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:05
    - OMG! (So true) -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 5, 18:01
  - Florida sucks. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:48
  - Florida's off the fuckin rails at this point. They must be stopped -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:48
  - Yikes -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:47
- Much too early. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:43
- That was 100% to be a pickup. None of the close races (OH, MT) are called yet. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 17:43
Early numbers looking good for Harris in PA, but it’s very very early. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:39 1
- very very very (15% counted) -- nm* - mud Nov 5, 17:45
No pot in Florida -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 17:29
I’m getting worried. And I want to slap some sense into young men. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 17:27 20
- Polls aren't even closed yet. Calm the F down. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:42 2
  - No no, let him head to the street and start slapping. -- nm - colin Nov 5, 17:43 1
    - no. let him make it a business so he gets paid, not sued or arrested for the slapping. -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 5, 17:55
- It's been a long stressful night. And it's not even 9 -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 17:39
- I expected to see signs of an unexpected surge of women voters by now. I'm not seeing it materialize. -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 5, 17:36
- Im teetering a bit myself. I'm waiting for a good result for the good guys. So far it's all bad guys -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:34 12
  - Cities always report last. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:42 11
    - Yes. The higher the # of the votes, the longer it takes them to report. - Strongbad Nov 5, 17:48 8
      - I'm in Northern VA. It's typical to look red most of the night, until NoVA reports. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:50 7
        
        Loudon County went Biden +25 in 2020. Currently Harris +16. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 17:56 6
        
        Still a major win. Also, it's only 9pm, calm the f down -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 18:04 1
        
        I'm plenty calm. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 18:07
        
        there was a data error when that number was reported -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 18:01 3
        
        I'm seeing +17 here -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 5, 18:03 2
        
        Right, but it's since been reported that those numbers are only the in-person vote count - Reagen Nov 5, 18:05 1
        
        Ah. Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 18:07
    - I know all of this. But I need a win here soon. Lol -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:46 1
      - It will happen, watched pot and all that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 17:49
- trust young women to take care of that? -- nm - mud Nov 5, 17:30
- Yep -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 17:30
FL abortion rights referendum will not reach the 60% threshold. good job -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 17:25
I'm stress eating cheese. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 17:20 7
- Um -- (pic) - oblique Nov 5, 17:38 [Attachment] 3
  - Fine, I’ll get in on this cheese party. -- (pic) - znufrii Nov 5, 17:47 [Attachment] 1
    - Everyone get some cheese. It's the only way. -- (pic) - Mel Profit Nov 5, 17:54 [Attachment]
  - *reaches up...takes a few cheese cubes...disappears...eating sloppily from behind the couch* -- nm - NCM Nov 5, 17:42
- That reminds me: I stopped by Trader Joe's on the way home for a reason. - ReluctantCynic Nov 5, 17:28
- I should scrounge up some dinner. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 17:22
- I should've gotten another bottle of whiskey -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 17:21
Anyone have a good site showing county-by-county results difference vs. 2020 -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 17:18 1
- wapo has one if you're a subscriber. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 17:21
Finally, MSNBC calls the NC governor. Yeesh. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:16 3
- That’s a comical amount of ticket splitting. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 17:42
- Does MSNBC use a different decision desk/room than NBC? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 5, 17:25 1
  - I didn’t think so. Fox called it like a half hour earlier. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:44
I just finished working and tuned in. How do the early bellwethers look? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 5, 17:07
So...I'm seeing 105-31 Trump right now. Several states appear to be called. No surprises yet -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:05 4
- The main takeaway for me right now is that GA doesn’t look great for Harris. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:08 3
  - No numbers out of Dekalb county yet. That will be a large kamala county -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 17:16
  - but look at OH! 24% in, 55.8 K - 44 T -- nm - mud Nov 5, 17:12 1
    - I don’t really think OH is in play. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:15
Xfinity has Multiview up and running now -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 17:04 1
- King vs Kornacki as we speak -- (pic) - budice Nov 5, 17:07 [Attachment]
De La Soul on MSNBC! -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 16:56
ST Election Coverage Poll -- Who are we watching? How many tabs do you have open with election websites? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 16:42 28
- Peacock multi view -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 17:31 1
  - Is there KornackiCam? There should be. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 17:32
- Mostly MSNBC. They have the most attractive men and women imo. Also hitting some NBC and CNN. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 5, 17:17
- LotR:Fellowship on HBO Family. I think they know some need a distraction. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 17:03 2
  - If anyone needs a distraction, they're about 10mins from encountering the Balrog. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 17:43 1
    - fly, you fools! -- nm - mud Nov 5, 17:46
- C-SPAN and the BBC on the TV. About a dozen tabs. - ReluctantCynic Nov 5, 17:01
- Freevee - I'm going to continue my rewatch of Schitt's Creek. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 17:01
- CNN. I do not think we get MSNBC. I like the graphics CNN does. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 5, 16:58 1
  - This. -- nm - VMan Nov 5, 16:59
- mostly MSNBC -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 5, 16:51
- MSnbc /CNN, 270towin.com /twitter -- nm - mud Nov 5, 16:47
- Eff no. I'll have dinner, turn off my computer and cell phone and go play videogames and/or watch a movie. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 5, 16:46
- Nobody. Zero. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 16:45
- Great question. I cut the cable this week. Apparently Brian Williams is live on Prime. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 16:45 4
  - CNN on MAX, NBC on Peacock, CBS on Paramount Plus, ABC on Hulu, Prime on Prime, PBS on PBS, Fox on Tubi, NBC on Pluto, no coverage on Fawesome -- nm - psilotum Nov 5, 16:59
  - FWIW, Amazon is offering this feed for *free* (no Prime subscription needed) -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 5, 16:45 2
    - Yeah, but it’s still Amazon. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 16:48
    - good to know! -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 16:47
- Can someone tell me what youtube channel to watch when I get home? Thanks. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 16:45 4
  - I don't have cable, I'm just perusing my twitter feed, no real feel yet -- nm* - ty97 Nov 5, 16:50
  - MSNBC for Kornacki, if that’s your cup of tea. -- (link) - mara Nov 5, 16:47 [youtube] 1
    - Which I see doesn’t play on my phone at all ATM. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 17:42
  - One of my friends is watching the Bulwark, I'm trying it out, not sure. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 16:45
- ST. This shit ain't my job. -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 16:44
- I'm watching BTC's YouTube stream -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 16:44
- Just ST and AP in the browser, MSNBC on the TV. -- nm* - mara Nov 5, 16:43
- ST -- nm - psilotum Nov 5, 16:43
Sure, I'll start a whole new game of No Man's Sky while waiting for the 5:00pm Zoom call to start. - ReluctantCynic Nov 5, 16:40 1
- BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3... -- nm - Austin Powers Nov 5, 16:44
Ran out of stickers. Burn the whole thing down. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 16:35 5
- Good thing you grabbed that extra booth. - the wrong element Nov 5, 16:47
- I was stupid happy that I got my LOCAL sticker! -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 16:46
- Ripe time to start selling pitchforks and torches. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 5, 16:41
- No sticker, no vote! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 5, 16:37
- A friend who voted on the UWS this evening was given the "Future NYC Voter" sticker meant for kids, it was all they had left. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 16:36
iheartradio: cut 5% of the 10,000 jobs.... -- (link*) - Remlik Nov 5, 16:33 1
- I'm assuming you're safe this time. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 16:46
Lysistrata 2024 -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 5, 16:32 1
- Amazing -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 16:33
Republicans pick up a senate seat from Joe Manchin -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 16:32 3
- Fare thee well Manchin. Fare thee well -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 16:45
- who may or may not reliably show up for actual votes on the floor -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 16:38
- i'm really not excited about seeing him or babydog continue on in politics. -- nm - colin Nov 5, 16:33
don't blame me, I voted for Kodos -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 5, 16:31
Keep calm-ala. She can pull-lala this out-ala!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 5, 16:29

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