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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Biden now has an OFFICIAL government transition team website!!!!!
https://buildbackbetter.gov/ It's been converted from their original https://buildbackbetter.comThey also now have a new Twitter account (opened today): https://twitter.com/transition46
They're not wasting any time - GO JOE!!
Cha
(320,666 posts)Biden in the very Beginning... ".. he Wil Hit the Ground Running.. Before Day ONe"!!
And, Here We Are! TY!
LisaL
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Leghorn21
(14,114 posts)DOT...GOV, MUTHAFUCKAHS!!!!
Budi
(15,325 posts)StarryNite
(12,170 posts)SunSeeker
(58,374 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)rocktivity
(45,008 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 26, 2024, 11:58 AM - Edit history (41)
Since I saw no reason to expect the election to be settled on election night, I didn't bother with following the returns. The next day, I avoided TV, radio and internet until lunchtime, then took a deep breath and logged on for what I did expect: to spend the rest of the week on a stressful emotional roller coaster.
The first thing I read was a message of disappointment from a pro-Trump acquaintance, which ignited a spark of hope. I found my way to an electoral college map page -- it didn't sink in right away that Joe was leading 243-214. Equally important, the map also indicated that Joe was ahead in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada: winning those three states alone would give him exactly 270 electoral votes!
About three hours later (during which time CNN had called Wisconsin for Biden), I came across a story about Joe's transition team Web page, and that's when I knew it was over: that's when I knew that Joe knew that he'd scored the "minimum" 270 electoral votes. He would never have deployed the page if there was even an outside chance that he'd have to retract it. Ironically, it's precisely the sort of thing that Trump would do...and blame on Biden if it backfired!
rocktivity
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