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The Republican Sabotage of the Vote Recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin 12 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 10 2755

Tom Tomorrow: Electoral College 3 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 47 4038

Chances of Wisconsin Presidential Vote Results shown to be 1 in 850, and Worse for Other States 31 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 22 3338

Wisconsin Election Officials Reject Hand Counts After Electronic Scanners Make Big Mistake 12 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 15 3185

It's an "Outrage" That Judge Halted Michigan Presidential Election Recount 19 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 12 2311

Hillary Clinton is still soaring high, popular vote lead tops 2.6 million (and counting) 21 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 29 3164

Recounts Are Only as Good as They Are Allowed to Be 6 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2144

Sen. Dorgan: Urgent priority investigate interference in 2016 election. (Poll) 0 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1854

Critical Discovery During Wisconsin Recount: Cellular Connectivity of Tabulators [View all] 131 Coyotl Dec 2016 Dec 2016 84 16943

"It is certainly plausible that if Trump simply sold off his company in toto, he'd be in debt" 11 CreekDog Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 3024

I see two possibilities for the Donald J. Trump Presidency 0 CreekDog Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1470

Trump's Victory Rally was in Cincinnati and he lost it by 10 points 5 CreekDog Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 1595

After Trump victory at Electoral College, world views collide 16 csziggy Dec 2016 Dec 2016 19 5085

Dinosaur explains Trump policies better than Trump! - Why didn't we see this before now? 1 csziggy Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 2216

OMFG - Just got a call inviting me to a Donald J Trump event! 12 csziggy Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 3511

I've stopped throwing up which I have been doing since the election. 16 CTyankee Dec 2016 Jan 2017 7 4952

How would Repubs have voted if DJT had been (D) and Hillary (R)? (Poll) 9 CurtEastPoint Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1428

What I saw at the Michigan recount 27 Danascot Dec 2016 Dec 2016 45 4756

Guess it's time to learn Cyrillic 13 Danmel Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1605

How about we try a "reverse role play". 10 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1518

Sometimes the truth is obvious: we're a more racist and sexist country than we thought. [View all] 55 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 47 3395

There's a serious case that Dems need to respect voters less, not more. 35 DanTex Nov 2016 Nov 2016 9 2241

Bernie Sanders points to Comey and Putin interventions as causes of election loss. 20 DanTex Jan 2017 Jan 2017 20 3575

Sick of seeing meaningless epithets "corporatist" and "neoliberal" hurled at progressives like Obama 41 DanTex Jan 2017 Jan 2017 31 4338

Shout out to the neoliberal corporatist third-way identity politics DLC neo-con wing of the party! 36 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 14 2479

Possibly the most important thing: Dems need to get better at the propaganda wars. [View all] 53 DanTex Nov 2016 Nov 2016 24 3488

I'm not wasting my time trying to apologize for or "understand" racist people better. 26 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 32 3323

The pattern for the last 24 years: 10 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 1372

There are very real impediments to reaching the white working class. 30 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 15 2812

Trump ran on the most explicit right-wing economic platform we've seen in a long time. 5 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1463

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A request in the age of Trump. 0 DanTex Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1030

The media's coddling of racist white people is getting a little sickening. 18 DanTex Nov 2016 Nov 2016 29 2127

How Bernie's campaign contributed to Trump's win. [View all] 420 DanTex Nov 2016 Dec 2016 149 125759

Uh-Oh, it seems like this place is going through the finger-pointing stage 4 Dem2 Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 2125

Now 2.5 Million vote lead, 2% win 9 Dem2 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 9 2544

Biden: 'We're Sending a Message' to Putin - NBC News, Oct 14, 2016 3 Dem2 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2408

Holy f****** crap 47 Dem2 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 40 6403

Yea.....hit my 10th post! 3 dembychoice Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 1483

Beautiful and very classy! Very proud of her time served as our First Lady! 5 dembychoice Dec 2016 Dec 2016 9 2621

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 DeminPennswoods Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1003

Fight fire with fire.... 1 democrank Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 1638

For any Democrat who still has a smidgeon of hope 0 democrank Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1300

This message was self-deleted by its author 33 DemocraticWing Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 6360

This message was self-deleted by its author 17 DemocraticWing Dec 2016 Dec 2016 9 4109

Why did President Obama push Clinton to concede? 13 democrattotheend Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 3678

How Barack Obama paved the way for Donald Trump 0 Dems to Win Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2032

Van Jones Knows What We Have to Do Next 8 Dems to Win Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 2748

I believe Trump like I believed Obama! A case study of 2 working-class Latino T voters: my parents 11 Dems to Win Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 2800

Could Hillary have clotheslined her way into the White House? 14 derby378 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2798

ivanka and jared kushner moving 4 DesertFlower Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2479

I got it. Here's the solution how the Democrats can win back the white middle-class: 6 DetlefK Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2199

Landslide??? 77% of all US Presidents won Electoral College by higher margins than Trump. 0 DetlefK Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1875

Please stop with this b***shit that the Democrats are out of touch with the voting population [View all] 148 DetlefK Dec 2016 Dec 2016 54 12063

Digby: "Trump's pollster agrees it was the Comey effect" (Read the whole, infuriating thing.) 14 deurbano Dec 2016 Dec 2016 7 2146

The more rantings I hear from the right against the recount 45 DFW Nov 2016 Nov 2016 96 5960

So, now there is a site for "Trumpgrets" for people who regret voting for him. But there's a caveat 3 DFW Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1480

Greg Palast: GOP Stole The Election 5 Dirty Socialist Nov 2016 Dec 2016 8 3552

IMHO the campaign needed one or more rallying points 7 discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 Dec 2016 0 1317

Recount could lead to civil war/white riots... [View all] 113 djsunyc Nov 2016 Nov 2016 29 15034

The Trump Rally in Ohio 4 djsunyc Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1717

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Isn't this hack the exact reason we have an electoral college? 2 djsunyc Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2035

Did those white folks that switched really vote for Obama or for campaign Obama? 36 djsunyc Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 7983

I am blind with my hatred for orangeboy. 7 dogindia Dec 2016 Dec 2016 13 2653

Anand Giridharadas was on morning joe. He was good. Joe horrible 1 dogindia Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1957

What with new investigation into Russia hack....how do we get an immediate forensic audit. 4 dogindia Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2374

Texas Elector Resigns: Trump Is Not Qualified And I Cannot Vote For Him 3 DonViejo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 1557

The Election Was About Racism Against Barack Obama 1 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 2007

Conservatives' Special Revisionist Math: Trump Won Popular Vote If You Nix CA! 10 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2094

The Russian Conspiracy on Behalf of Conspiracy Theorist Donald Trump - By Jonathan Chait 2 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 1620

No Widespread Voter Fraud Despite Trump Claims 1 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1082

GOP Rep.: Russian Hacking Is Just Like Mexican Singers Performing For Clinton 8 DonViejo Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2760

Donald Trump's Russian hacking denials ignore the fact that he asked Russia to hack Hillary Clinton 5 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 1237

All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None 5 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2216

Its always hard to win as the heir of a popular president. Clinton is in very good company. 2 DonViejo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1081

Eric Trump claims Wisconsin recount killed at least 5,000 children and gets pounded on Twitter 21 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 51 5060

The biggest story of 2016: James Comey was Donald Trump's MVP most valuable politician 0 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 2171

Stop the God-groveling, Democrats! Lack of religion is not your real problem 15 DonViejo Jan 2017 Jan 2017 8 3140

Fact Checker: Did the Clinton Foundation pay for Chelsea's wedding? 30 DonViejo Jan 2017 Jan 2017 8 7779

Megyn Kelly, New Face Of NBC News, Withheld Vital Information During The Election 3 DonViejo Jan 2017 Jan 2017 4 3147

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