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The institutional lies begin...💣 (Original Post) pbmus Nov 2019 OP
Also note that 128K jobs isn't enough to keep up with population growth PSPS Nov 2019 #1
What happens when Trump announces he won 420 electoral votes, not 220, sop Nov 2019 #2

PSPS

(13,603 posts)
1. Also note that 128K jobs isn't enough to keep up with population growth
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 12:43 AM
Nov 2019

The only thing keeping unemployment figures down (although they did go up in October) is the alarmingly-low participation rate. An increasing number of people have simply given up looking for work and, of course, they're not counted for the unemployment rate. ("Defined out of existence.&quot

sop

(10,205 posts)
2. What happens when Trump announces he won 420 electoral votes, not 220,
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 01:06 AM
Nov 2019

and the "fake news media" reports Biden/Warren/Sanders really won 318 the morning after the election?

Trump controls RW media, the Supreme Court, the DOJ, the CIA, the FBI, the military and most local police, Facebook, the majority of state legislatures and governorships, and probably most of the 538 electors in the Electoral College. Then Putin hacks the vote just enough to make the actual numbers appear doubtful, throwing everything into chaos.

Will anyone in the GOP disagree and tell Trump to leave? It already happened in 2000.

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