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It’s official, I am #opentowork.

In the past month when most people at #HarrisforPresident no longer had any more work to do, mine became busy. The IT team executed our 100% layoffs plan with precision, and I’m grateful to have gotten to take a part of it.

There are still a handful of staff cleaning up cobwebs, but it’s time for me to start actually hitting the gym every day and applying to new jobs.

Let me know of any IT Systems Engineer jobs you come across!

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FBI seizes Polymarket CEO’s Phone and Electronics

Polymarket was the source of all the breathless coverage of election prediction markets that dominated a large section of election coverage.

the #NewYorkPost editorializes the story grotesquely with with "after it predicts #Trump's win".... article is so deeply spun into pretending this is a plot against trump that i'm hesitant to even link to it but here it is. only quotes Polymarket sources.

my hunch is that there were tons of americans illegally betting on the election.

nypost.com/2024/11/13/business

lol having Mike Pompeo as a "steady hand" in the administration was literally one of Ben Shapiro's main reasons for endorsing Trump.

video of #BenShapiro explaining that he's been "talking to" people in the trump campaign who have assured him that #MikePompeo is going to be in charge of america's #Israel policy: x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1855

while it won't fix anything being able to laugh at the way Trump disappoints all these guys is going to at least be some good gallows humor.

nothing to see here, just a couple of the Nerd Reich's "free speech absolutists" threatening to use state violence to compel speech.

(ICYMI what's happening here is that one of the guys from #a16z who bought #Twitter with #ElonMusk is threatening advertisers with criminal prosecution if they don't spend enough money advertising on #X. #ShaunMaguire is a crypto bro at #SequoiaCapital.)

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@KeithDJohnson don't forget about the part where the new administration is going to remove all the investor protections put into place after the 1929 crash by allowing companies to issue unregulated crypto tokens instead of shares of stock that are regulated by the #SEC.

(this is absolutely going to happen btw... crypto industry was responsible for ~50% of all corporate money in the election)

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now that the election's over if you haven't read my piece about who is running the trump transition team and why you should be concerned about it maybe now would be a good time to take a look.

cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru

The Cryptocalypse Chronicles · Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)By Michel de Cryptadamus

Turned on the TV & the concensus from every pundit I see outside of FOX News is:

✅ "Imagine a world where you can open the morning paper or turn on the evening news and not have to hear about HIM any more. Wouldn't that be great?"

Meanwhile, Kornacki has zero f-cks to give. On MSNBC, the dude is flat out saying phrases like:

✅"For US to win this precinct, WE need more people coming out to vote right now for Harris."

I just have to remember to take it in when the sun goes down because you don’t fly a US flag in the dark unless it has a spot light on it. Unfortunately, daylight savings time is over so sunset is at like 4:00 now. Ugh.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54119560210/in/album-72177720319969572

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/11/05/symbolism-5/

Flickr66/365By robj_1971

It is election day today. Here’s hoping we do away with the fascist prick once and for all. I am seriously looking forward to never having to see or hear him ever again. Cross your fingers, non-cult members. Today could be the day that we start being able to ignore that mother fucker.

I want to hang our flag today. I haven’t put it up since Biden’s inauguration day. Today seems like a good day to bring it back, but the forecast this morning calls for rain and flag etiquette dictates that you do not fly the US flag in the rain. The weather looks okay this afternoon. Maybe I’ll put it up after lunch. We’ll see.

Today could be the first day of a fascism free America. Do the right thing, people. Get out and vote for Kamala Harris. It’s the right thing to do*.

*It took every ounce of my being to not turn that into a Wilford Brimley quote from those old commercials and actually write “It’s the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it.” Were those oatmeal commercials? I can remember the slogan, but not the product and somehow that pleases me to no end.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/11/05/flags/

Inside the Red Head's Head · FlagsIt is election day today. Here’s hoping we do away with the fascist prick once and for all. I am seriously looking forward to never having to see or hear him ever again. Cross your fingers, n…

This article says what we've been thinking for a couple of weeks:
theguardian.com/politics/2024/

No
No
And resoundingly NO !!!

He has done SO much harm to so many ppl - not least of all the MILLION ppl who died due to his deplorable response to covid - and harmed the US system of government, harmed the judiciary and Constitution, that he MUST be held accountable for his crimes.

Others, complicit, have been to jail; he must too. He can't be pardoned bc YET AGAIN he is holding democracy to ransom.

First he'll go through the courts.
Then try for a vote in the Senate.
Then incite civil uprising of the MAGAs.

"If you don't pardon me, I'll incite civil unrest and a coup"

NOT ACCEPTABLE.

#usapolitics #fascismusa
#harris2024 #harriswalz2024 #harrisforpresident #TrumpFascist #USAElections #USAdemocracy #usaelection2024 #cnn #msnbcnews
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