Thank you HN for not being completely dominated by this topic over the last few days.
Reddit is repeatedly failing to load and I assume this is why
Feels more like closure rather than a true victory. It's going to be fun living in an utterly balkanized country the next four years.
This is getting flagged every 2 minutes. What is going on?
I'll believe it when they are out of the White House at the end of January.
This thread has more points, but the CNN thread is older and has more comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967
Voter suppression. Voting in a working day. Need to register for voting. Legal battles. Inconsistent rules. A refusing to leave president.
Is this the model of government that the USA bomb other countries for?
My expectations no matter what the outcome.....
Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss
-The Who
Headline is false. Biden is projected by the media to defeat Trump.
Biden is not President-elect. The President is elected in mid December by the electoral college.
Tens of millions of people are about to get a crash course in civics.
very bad news for small and medium business and the ultimate win for the transnational monopolies. Bad news for BTC in the medium term.
Trump has been a cancer of the America. He has deinstitutionalized pretty much any institution, sowed deep hatred in the country and did absolutely nothing good in last 4 years. He is and was unfit for any public office, let alone presidency. HN loves to be neutral and thoughtful, but Trump needs to be condemned in the strongest way possible. It is orthogonal to say "Oh the people voted him in", in the same way we don't say "Hilter rose because of the people, so blame the people". Unchecked broadcasting of hatred, misinformation, lies and breaking down the republic bit by bit with deception needs to be reviewed.
#OneTermChump is too good not to trend...
very bad news for small and medium business and the ultimate win for the transnational monopolies. Bad news for BTC in the medium term
You mean Kamala Harris for the presidency? Well no wonder she was laughing all the time. Someone just got played.
So what happened to ACAB then, was it all a 'projection'?
Note to all: it looks like all parts calling Biden the winner are getting flagged.
With a lead of only 34k votes in Pennsylvania, and 135k ballots still left to count, considering the tensions in the country, IMHO the Associated Press should have waited a bit more before declaring Biden as a winner…
> Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
Not a true statement I'm afraid. Look at the number of votes he got. Trumpism isn't going away any time soon.
First thing I am going to do is submit my resume for open tech leadership and policy positions in the new administration.
If you are in a position with experience and financial comfort to serve your country with regards to science and technology, the Biden administration will almost certainly be a great place to land. Look for policy and leadership positions in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
I'll be submitting my resume and cover letter just as soon as the transition team site opens.
What's more surprising is how close this was given the past four years.
If people agree it was tumultuous why was the race still so close?
I really think adding little adjectives like that undermines the respectedness of the NYT