Moar Politics? Okay!
Before I do anything else, I need to say THANK YOU to everybody who kicked in to help support my coverage of the Republican and Democratic primaries! Y'all are the greatest and helped make it possible to focus on the events instead of only being able to half listen while I churned out other work. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
In case anybody was wondering, I'm not going to stop covering this election. I'm going to continue tweeting it and, scary as it is, blogging it. That's right. I'm going to be sharing my opinions on the Internet. Yes, I want to hide under my bed and away from my laptop until this urge passes. BUT I WON'T. This election is too important and the shenaniganry indulged in by those twin barge fires who prefer to be called The Trump Campaign and the (Militant) Bernie or Busters (I not-so-affectionately call them “Uber Boobers”) there is a f*ck-ton of misinformation being slung around and taken as gospel. I'm sick of it. I have VIEWS, people. EDUCATED AND INFORMED VIEWS.
I'm still working out the catch-all hashtag for the general election. I was going with #Election2016 but the US isn't the only country having elections this year so that could get confusing. #USElection2016 feels too clunky. Eh, I'll figure it out soonish. In the meantime, if you want to avoid the heck out of all of my political stuff, you should mute any/all of the following hashtags:
#HillaryClinton #DonaldTrump #BernieorBust #GOP #DNC #RNC #POTUS #SCOTUS #US Congress #US Senate
I'll do my best to hashtag everything, but if I miss something, definitely let me know!
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And now for some actual coverage/reporting. No, it isn't about Donald Trump wigging out over the Khan family. Instead, I thought I'd start with something positive! Yay! Positivity! Woo!
Earlier today, Warren Buffet endorsed and introduced Hillary Clinton at a political rally in his home district (Nebraska's 2nd). But that's not all he did! First, he used actual math and real numbers to talk about how the top earners got there and why "trickle down" economics is a big fat scam (okay fine, I'm calling it a big fat scam. He was far more measured and eloquent). This is not something that usually happens at these rallies. Wages, inflation, deficits, etc. tend to get talked about in vague estimations. I don't think I've ever heard anybody actually use the acronym "GDP" correctly at a political rally before. I hope this is becomes a trend.
Then, because using actual facts at a political rally wasn't revolutionary enough, Buffet used the rally to officially launch Drive2Vote.org.
Drive2Vote is a fantastic website. In addition to providing information about how people can register to vote, the site serves as a portal that matches up people who will have a hard time getting to their polling places on election day and volunteers who want to help them out by giving them a ride. Warren Buffet said that he has pledged to offer rides to *at least* 10 people on election day. And then he made a couple of jokes about selfies.
Currently, Drive2Vote.org is focused solely on Nebraska's 2nd District (which could very well being the deciding district of the 2016 election). But when I asked about the potential for it's expansion to other districts/states, a representative of the organization said in an email, "Our initiative is specific to Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. I'm sure Warren would want to encourage others throughout the country to do the same!"
That's right. I emailed a representative for comment on a story. I feel like a real reporter now!
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