Rachel In Full Meltdown Mode

[Me.]

thanks to Barton Gellman. She needs to have one of her cocktails.

[cynatnite]

1. Yeah, I see that. I wish she'd get John Dean on there. n/t

[elleng]

5. Yes, please, and

George Takei.

[Me.]

6. John Dean JUst Tweeted

If the election is undecided by noon on Jan 21st. Nancy Pelosi becomes acting president

[cynatnite]

8. That made my day and got me out of my sour mood. n/t

[handmade34]

2. with good reason

[Me.]

3. She's Not Helping

[mzmolly]

11. I find information

helpful. I think we have to prepare.

[Me.]

12. INformation Yes, Of Course Be Prepared

Biden has hired hundreds upon hundreds of the best lawyers in the country to be prepared. But flipping out like she is tonight is unprofessional to say the least.

[BigDemVoter]

47. Agreed 1000000000%

[COLGATE4]

56. Another 10000% nt

[elleng]

4. So do I (need one of her cocktails.)

[Me.]

9. Honestly, I'm REally Annoyed

at her hysteria

[elleng]

13. However, it's not 'hysteria,'

which is: 'an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc. ... a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion,'

it's analysis based on what the repugs are attempting.

At least, the Supremes said, about Bush v. Gore: 'Bush v. Gore notoriously announced that “[o]ur consideration is limited to the present circumstances,” a line which some legal academics likened to a ticket good for one day only, or a self-destruct mechanism: after the President was chosen, the case blew up.'

[Me.]

36. Gore Was A Gentleman About THat Election & Didn't Really Put Up A Fight

He was concerned with keeping the integrity of the government intact. Kerry said he was in it until every vote was counted and then bowed out before they were. You won't see that happening this time around.

[elleng]

43. Right.

[Hekate]

49. Hysteria is a word used against women. Nobody called Kavanaugh hysterical when he sobbed...

...chewed the scenery, and generally made an ass of himself in the Senate. Yet the NY Times came close when it called his dignified female accuser “emotionally fragile.”

Once I had to turn Rachel off and walk away because my whole chest hurt and I was short of breath. But she was not wrong in her journalism, just intense, and I had hit my personal limit just then.

[Me.]

51. How About Hair On Fire

though for a couple of minutes there she had worked herself up to such a point I thought she was going to scream.

I know how hysteria is used against women generally but frankly, I felt she was way over the top especially as the Gelman piece is uninformed and she fell right into it.

As for Kavanaugh, he was a disgrace and his entire performance was a sham but the cons really sold it.

[Hekate]

52. Hair on Fire works

[Me.]

53. ...

[BigmanPigman]

7. Chris Hayes scared the shit out of me too when he just covered the same

story in The Atlantic. I just hit my paywall too, damn it!

[Me.]

10. As I Said Up Thread, This Is NOt Helpful

Does she want to depress the vote?

[BigmanPigman]

14. No, she and Chris Hayes are informing people about the possibilities

so that we can be prepared to stop them. This is necessary to fight them. The more info the better. Should we hide our heads in the sand and wish it were all a bad dream? Not me! I am fighting this shit!!!!! I am no pollyanna, I am a realist. I will not be whining, I will be fighting as an activist for our democracy. We all should.

[elleng]

15. Thanks

[BigmanPigman]

18. I got furious when I watched Chris Hayes.

I hit my paywall with The Atlantic yesterday and can't afford to subscribe but I want the info. It is a very important, it is needed. We can't afford to downplay this possibility. He has broken the laws all his life and will continue to do so unless we stop him in any way possible.

[sweetloukillbot]

22. Clear your cache and cookies that should clear the paywall nt

[BigmanPigman]

34. I don't know how to do that and have no one to show

me how to do anything with tech. It is very frustrating, I have to learn through trial and error and end up making everything worse.

[tinrobot]

35. Just use a different browser.

If you normally use Chrome, open it in Firefox or Edge or whatever. That should give you another batch of freebies.

[BigmanPigman]

37. Oh, I can do that I think.

I am on my tablet and will try it. I tried sending it to my gmail to open there but that didn't work. I will do what you suggest. Thanks!

[BigmanPigman]

55. I just did it

on my desktop, not tablet, with Firefox and it worked! Thanks again!

[Patterson]

39. Google how to do it on your device.

[BigmanPigman]

42. I'll do that after I try to get it

via a different browser. I am a visual learner so if there is a You Tube video, that would help. It took me forever to figure out how to use a thumb drive and even a zillion videos didn't help.

[Me.]

19. No ONe Is Hiding Their Head In The Sand

but yelling fire at this point has no benefit. Adam Schiff has just said the Biden campaign and Congress is doing everything they can to prepare and the only outcome is a landslide, so vote.

[BigmanPigman]

21. I am doing more than voting!

[bdamomma]

24. Thank you

BigmanPigman, I will not do this NEVER.

This is OUR COUNTRY. No con/thug will take control. All those who fought for our freedoms we need to honor them.

We need to FIGHT.

[triron]

54. I'm with you. Tell me some things I can do. I will volunteer for the Biden campaign tomorrow.

[BigmanPigman]

57. I am always looking for ways to act

and I don't use social media to get up to date info but I belong to Indivisible. Here is their link below. They DO plan and they are organized. I also get emails from different groups through Act Blue (I have Act Blue via DailyKOS). Anyone can get Act Blue info. Donate $5 and that is a good start.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gotv2020

Action Network sends me the info...here is their link...

https://actionnetwork.org/

https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/66344?t=27&akid=66344%2E232934%2ESmUQi8

Here is Vote Forward from Act Blue

https://votefwd.org/dailykos?link_id=3&can_id=bfcadfa948ac07d9bf5b1038644acae5&source=email-can-we-write-one-million-letters-in-one-week-vote-forward-challenge-4&email_referrer=email_932961&email_subject=can-we-write-one-million-letters-in-one-week-vote-forward-challenge

[cwydro]

27. How does that depress the vote?

[Karma13612]

32. Cookies are not your friend

Wink wink nudge nudge

[Rule of Claw]

16. Speculation is NOT information

This level of improbability for this to work is something like running the table against Jeanette Lee without the break and using a plunger.

[rzemanfl]

17. 29. n/t

[Me.]

20. Thank You

[moonscape]

23. I record Hayes and Rachel. Thinking

I’ll skip them tonight and just keep writing my GOTV letters.

Any more fear and I’ll turn into a puddle. Besides, saw the Atlantic piece already and am on my 2nd glass of pinot noir.

[Rice4VP]

25. I had to turn Rachel off tonight..

why is she perpetuating this foolishness about Trump and electors? I expect this insanity from Don Lemon, but not from her.

Just encourage people to vote, WTH cares about Trump’s latest distraction?

[cwydro]

26. One of her cocktails?

What does that mean?

[Me.]

28. There Was A Time When She Used To Make Cocktails On Her Show

apparently she's a connoisseur

[cwydro]

30. Oh, ok, sorry, I missed that.

Little late at night for me, but sounds like a good idea.

[not_the_one]

33. For a while she would end her show (I think the Friday night show) by making a cocktail.

A different cocktail each time. It was a fun, lighthearted end to her show, which (at the time) may have been depressing. She hasn't done it in several years.

NOW every night is depressing.

I didn't watch the show tonight, but can rewind if I want. But if it was about the possibility of republican elector ratfuckery, THEY WILL DO IT IF THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.

We just have to be ready to NOT ACCEPT IT.

They can cheat his way into a second term, but if 60% or more refuse to accept their pathetic, corrupt manipulations, there is not a DAMN thing they can do to make us.

We will FINALLY hit the streets. We will FINALLY have a general strike. We. Will. Bring. This. Country. To. A. Standstill.

And there isn't a damn thing they can do to stop us.

[cwydro]

45. Darn, I'm sorry I missed the cocktail shows!

I only caught part of her show tonight.

Can't deal with this latest scenario right now.

[Wednesdays]

50. Like we did following the SCOTUS decision on Bush v. Gore in 2000?

[Fiendish Thingy]

29. The article, And Rachel's coverage, ignore the power of the Dem govs. against GOP legislators nt

[Me.]

40. And The Fact THat There Are Way MOre Of Us THan THem

And Biden could have a landslide.

[Dr. Jack]

31. She's playing into Trump's tiny hands

He's a con man and a liar. This is a lie he wants people to believe so we are afraid of him and discouraged from voting. Meanwhile, Republicans are laughing at us for falling for the same old trolls. People need to stop listening to Trump. He is a master bullshitter but that's it. He's not a dictator or a strongman. He isnt going to steal the election or refuse to leave the white house. It's a bluff. He has no power or ability to pull off any of that shit. For the love of god, stop believing what he says!

[Me.]

38. THIS

[budkin]

41. Glad I stopped watch cable news

Cannot stand it.

[bullwinkle428]

44. Wasn't Rachel's mantra "Watch what they DO - not what they SAY!", for a little while?

[Me.]

46. Yes, You're Right

[Me.]

48. Is Barton Gelman UNinformed Or Trying To Make Trouble

The issues regarding electors came up before the SC not too long ago and this is what they decided.

"And second, the Court’s decision reinforces the validity of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Under National Popular Vote, states that combine for at least 270 electoral votes agree to award their electors to the presidential candidate who wins the most individual votes across the nation. (Fifteen states and the District of Columbia, totaling 196 electoral votes, have already passed the measure.)

In the 18 states currently without faithless elector laws, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would operate in a manner identical to the system that they have been using for over 200 years. In these states (which currently use the state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes), the presidential electors are chosen by the political party whose presidential candidate receives the most popular votes inside the state, and there are no additional requirements placed upon the elector"