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Which is why for at at least the past 50 years the winner take all distribution of the Electoral College needs to change. I’m all for proportional splits. TBH I haven’t done the math, but I think it’s more fair

Similar optimism on Skubal in Will Carroll's paywalled newsletter this morning. Still a lot to know going forward, and he gives a lot more detail why, but his conclusion was similar to Boras's. Could start throwing soon... And yes, if it is paywalled, I don't copy and paste. Just giving the highlights.

Hillary lost while getting 3 million more votes than Trump. The reason she lost is because of razor thin margins in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Prior to the election, bitter Bernie bros were all over the internet telling us how they were going to vote third party and that's exactly what they did. Take a few minutes to look at the historic rise in third party votes along with the margin of victory in those states and it becomes clear exactly who is to blame for Trump getting elected.

Oh god, please let this be true. 1 big thing: Gen Z leads social media exodus Some Gen Zers — ages 14 to 29 — are ditching social media in pursuit of better mental health, Axios' Rebecca Falconer reports. It's part of a wider digital detox movement away from screens and toward analog options. Research suggests that social media use is waning — and that more people are embracing app-blocking products and "dumbphones" that lack social media apps. 📵 Chris Wells, a self-described former "Twitter and Instagram junkie," tells Axios that he's "99% off" social media after doing a "Month Offline" challenge. The 26-year-old says: "I didn't know who I was without my social media accounts, and when I quit, it was pretty miraculous." "The one thing that really came back to me was a sense of privacy. I hadn't really felt that since I was a kid." 🗑️ 17-year-old Aditi Ediga deleted her phone's social media apps last fall. Ediga says: "One reason why teenagers don't want to delete apps and stop using them is that they're scared they're going to miss out on stuff, and then I realized I wasn't really missing out on anything." 🤝 NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of a bestselling book on the effects of childhood tech use, tells Axios: "What you're seeing now, especially among Gen Z, is a self-correction back toward real-world connection." "They've felt the costs of isolation and are rediscovering what actually leads to flourishing." 🤳 Yes, but: Plenty of young Americans are still spending countless hours on social media, with platforms facing calls to ban or restrict teen access. Go deeper.

Trump definitely would have won, because he definitely would have run again and Hillary would have taken the blame for the virus.

Is it not considered a major in Europe?

Netherlands Delhaize is the owner of a bunch of grocery chains around the world including Virginia local ones Giant Food and Food Lion. I shopped at a Food Lion in belgium so not sure why that isn't mapped.

that's hilarious. i mean, you know its the NBA, right? those guys are going to do what they want and try when they want.

Finnie playing for Canada (and Talbot)

Get over it. She lost an election which should have been an easy victory. She campaigned poorly. Her fault.

Has any NFL team is gonna have four week away from home? And isn't the bye after the Europe game?

Even if Trump wins in 2020, we would have been set up with a liberal Supreme Court for a generation.

I think they could have won it all. The went 15 innings in the deciding game. The team that beat them went 7-games in the next series losing the final game by one-run. The team that beat that team went 7 games in the WS losing the final game in 11 innings. But I do agree that most of us don't get as worked up about about games as we get older. We realize that these games are just entertainment and that the experience of enjoying the games is more important than the result.

No he wouldn’t. The Republicans would have seen him as a terrible candidate who blew their chance to defeat a weak Democrat. According to Michael Cohen, Trump only ran as a PR stunt because he was going broke, only Americans were dumb enough to elect him.

I agree that getting older has a lot to do with it. The closer you get to the 18th hole, the less stupid **** matters.

If Hillary had won, Trump would have won in 2020.

From Boras’ camp: “nothing to see here.”

The question is whether they can get Democrat voters to just throw their hands up and quit, thus ceding permanent ruling power to the Trump regime, versus being energized and fighting against it. Honestly, I have no inclination on which one I would put my money on.

Of course it's a joke to them because they are making it all happen on purpose.

He is thisclose to dropping an n-bomb in public, after which there will be a pearl-clutching debate about it on mainstream news networks, jokes will be made about it on late night shows, and while everyone's paying all their attention to that, more cabinet departments will be further decimated and underreported on. Rinse and repeat.

It was our fault. The speaker spoke like an educated person with no discernible accent. I do wonder if they did it to us on purpose though!