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The Gist

That Election Feeling

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, election feelings. In the interview, Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes is here as we continue working through the results after election day. He and Mike discuss how the next few months could play out, what a transition might look like, and the ways Trump is considering fighting dirty. Wittes is the author of Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office. In the spiel, the Trafalgar group got too much wrong. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill with square wheels.

0:07.0

But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.

0:15.0

So you can stay one step ahead. Soon it'll feel more like free-wearing downhill.

0:21.0

On a tandem! What, mate? With a messer on the back.

0:25.0

Oh, that's nice.

0:26.0

Search zero with an axe. Because healthy business is beautiful business.

0:30.0

The following program may contain explicit language.

0:33.0

Sturrs. Day November 5th, 2020 from slated to the gist time, Mike Pesca.

0:42.0

Was the second batch from Maricopa County that almost killed me.

0:46.0

Oh, the promised second batch. And just minutes. And just minutes. Just a few minutes more.

0:51.0

Stretched out past midnight in the east and one then two. Then almost three.

0:55.0

Glirriade, I stayed up. I heard the Trump partisans protesting outside the election center.

1:01.0

South of vote! South of vote! South of vote! South of vote!

1:07.0

Wait, stop. Stop the vote. No, wait. That wasn't Arizona. That was Michigan.

1:11.0

Clearly in Michigan, the Trump easters are anti-counting the vote. Here is the tape from Arizona.

1:16.0

South of vote! South of vote! South of vote!

1:21.0

That is count the vote. When asked if they were a peaceful lot, the MSNBC reporter gingerly said,

1:27.0

Well, they are very well armed. It is legal to bring long guns to a protest.

1:33.0

They're peaceful. Sort of like a cold 45 marketed gun called the peacemaker.

1:39.0

The Count and Maricopa County stopped. The threat of armed, let's say, enthusiasts might have played a role.

1:45.0

But also, they just like to count things and do all their work at night out there in the desert.

1:51.0

Take a lesson from Kokianguuti, the goddess of Hopi legend.

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