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<THREAD> I’m now hearing this meme that says Obama, Clinton, et al. are doing nothing, just gave up.

Guys. It’s time for some game theory.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

and maybe some highlights

From this position launches an initiative from an old hand at the KGB, now solidified in influence: Subvert for the throat. Go big. Go hard.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

and now we go to the work on alt-left

Let's skip ahead to "Wikileaks." BRILLIANT. Ingratiate the Left into this anti-establishment distrust of Western intel.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

also

Oh, and such grand characters, so well run: Manning, Greenwald. So righteous, yet fragile! And feisty! Try a Twitter war with Glenn!

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

and then comes the play on the right

MEANWHILE, AT THE FOX NATION FORUMS: The other part of this impressive op is percolating – the buttress of the Alt-Right.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

with some history going back to the 90s

Magnates start investing in outlets. Brand new pundits get huge audiences yelling about The Way Things Ought to Be (for White People).

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

explanation

OK, Jesus, at LONG LAST, back to my initial premise. Why didn't Obama and Clinton "do something?"

JESUS, WHAT CAN YOU DO?

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

and the  promise of a good ending

And here we are. Americans. Hopefully soon united. This isn't a partisan issue. Obama isn't late to the party. People are doing their jobs.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

and I chose to believe it

This may be America's finest hour, as we act together with unshakable resolve to deal with enemies foreign and domestic.

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016

Storify version

Le Grand Jeu, in Storify form, courtesy of @jbordeaux https://t.co/osccx4vUW2

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 12, 2016

The end

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Pay no attention to🍊! We’re his lawyers!

I noted at the time he opened the door for a recount/redo

His lawyers did to:

WAPO: "In an anti-recount filing, Trump’s lawyers say the election was ‘not tainted by fraud or mistake’" https://t.co/fl5W4IgjPk https://t.co/lV1ACAopdr

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) December 5, 2016

but that of course didn’t stop the accusations – having it both way

Kellyanne Conway: Trump has "been receiving information about irregularities and illegal votes" https://t.co/rRUBPupcaf pic.twitter.com/KjbFG9tCtW

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 2, 2016

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Scoreboard for December 4

I summed it up with a tweet

Pipeline ⬇️, KKK march 🚫, MI recount on, Austria not gone Nazi. OTOH, Putin has Italy and 🍊 ☛ WWIII 🆚 China – hey, you win some, lose some)

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 5, 2016

For the first – there’s a video

for the second an article filled with great photos and this too

KKK "Trump victory" rally canceled as protesters flood streets in North Carolina https://t.co/23wspGrjYv pic.twitter.com/tLbgHmls0U

— Broadly (@broadly) December 4, 2016

for the third  one, a tweet

ICYMI: Federal judge in #Detroit orders #recount of MI presidential ballots to begin at noon today https://t.co/A82yEFGOhX #election2016

— Paul Egan (@paulegan4) December 5, 2016

as for the last one, the opinion of an expert

This is not a chess game or grand plan or a tantrum to sneeze at. This is bombs in Los Angeles and Hawaii and Seattle. pic.twitter.com/PSNCdgM05k

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 4, 2016

oh, also Castro was buried and this happened

So the ancient Jeep carrying Castro's ashes broke down and was pushed by soldiers. That is pretty much perfect visual metaphor of his reign. pic.twitter.com/CmaY9eegLO

— Soviet Sergey (@SovietSergey) December 5, 2016

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Electoral college – racist then, racist now

Reminder: The Electoral College is & always has been racist. It gave slave states outsized power, & now white voters https://t.co/sLeLaffGoP pic.twitter.com/PgiHbW9lR0

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) November 25, 2016

and a bit of history with slavery added

Constitutional law professor explains how Electoral College was established as compromise between free, slave states https://t.co/Qz9Bwsnwhq pic.twitter.com/PZErvu1Ema

— CNN (@CNN) November 25, 2016

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So, who won again?

once again, the official results are at odds with everything else

Hillary Clinton receives higher grades than President-elect Donald Trump in post-election @pewresearch survey https://t.co/PHrVQzxUfH pic.twitter.com/G6ekAsRic7

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 21, 2016

and also the parties

Image of Democratic Party More Positive Than GOP… https://t.co/igKt9mdP8d pic.twitter.com/e0lkcXaBKi

— GallupNews (@GallupNews) November 18, 2016

and the projection is

Hillary Clinton looks likely to hit 65M votes, roughly on par w/ Obama '12, and win popular vote by ~2.5M: https://t.co/0zZgOdrQgY

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 22, 2016

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