NYC Central Park's Conservatory Garden

If you're worried, understand this: high turnout stops all chicanery

If the turnout is high, Trump loses so big that it would be impossible for any chicanery to over turn the results. Trump has never, ever been above 50% approval during his tenure in office. The public hates him. Every single poll taken since March 2019 shows him behind Biden except for 5 which showed him either tied or 1 point ahead.

Trump is struggling in right leaning Iowa. The Joni-Ernst-Chuck-Grassley-Kim-Reynolds Iowa. If a Republican is not ahead by at least 5 points in Iowa, he's done in the other midwest swing states. The same is true for GA and TX.

Stop worrying and turnout.

If the SCOTUS strikes down the ACA, how about an emergency Medicare Option?

Just create emergency Medicare Option for everyone who lost their coverage.

Tell me why that won't work.

6 year old little Irish girl hilariously insists on going to the pub

Democrats should not delay Amy Coney Barrett's nomination. Let it proceed.

They should attend the hearings and make sure that the public hears her views. Make her answer her writings on everything from the ACA to choice to labor to her hypocrisy on nominating a justice in the last year of the presidency.

Make Sens. Gardner, McSally, Collins, and Tillis defend this selection in their races.

Our Democratic leaders need to fully understand that we are in a partisan era and act accordingly

Watching HBO's documentary series, "Agents of Chaos", was like taking several punches to the gut. Perhaps the worst punch was President Obama's reluctance to make it clear to the public at the time that Russia's intelligence services were actively interfering in our elections by hacking the DNC and our state election systems. President Obama wanted to make a bi-partisan statement with members of congress, but McConnell refused. Why? Because Russian interference was helping Republicans.

That's the world we live in. Republicans are willing to allow our national security to be compromised so long as it benefits them. So, the whole argument, "if we do x then Republicans will do y", is pointless because the Republcans are doing "y" right now. In addition to reaching out to foreign governments for election assistance. They're packing the courts. They're in the process of putting three justices on the court that they had no "institutional" right to do so. They're stepping over epidemic experts which has inhibited our ability to fight the virus all because it helps them politically with their base.

We don't live in a bi-partisan, "let's all get along" world. Power begets power. The game plan going forward should be acquire power to rectify wrongs and build a future for this country without trying to be pals with Republcans. They're not our friends. Treat them that way.

HBO documentary "Agents of Chaos" is excellent.

A detailed account of the 2016 Russian hacking and interference in the presidential election. Think 2-3 years of Rachel Maddow reporting condensed into a 4 hour documentary.

Warning. It's gut wrenching. It will drive you crazy.

Think of voting as if you won the lottery.

They read your number on TV and you have the winning ticket.

In order to collect the money, you have to TURNOUT to get it. If you don't TURNOUT, you don't get the money.

So, TURNOUT and collect your prize.

My gym here in NYC re-opened, but I am quittting. Not worth the health risk.

CDC says that gyms are one of the worst places for community spread. Guess I will wait until there's a safe and effective vaccine.

Meanwhile, Biden's avg. lead rises against Trump in RCP poll from 6% to 7%

Biden's avg lead would be even bigger if not for Rasmussen's Trump-juiced poll.

I know what you're going to say, "But Yavin, it's not a national election. It's all about the swing states."

Okay.

In the swing states, Biden's avg leads:

MN +10
WI +6
PA +4.7
MI +5.2
AZ +3.2
OH +1.3
FLA +1.3
IA Tied

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html

I know what you're going to say, "But Yavin, wasn't Hillary ahead in the polls like this."

Not quite like this, but the polls were right about Hillary. She lost because turnout was down.

The polls are telling you. Turnout and we win. Period.