As always, we can't emphasize enough how important it is to win the two Georgia runoffs, but today's show covers why we COULD still win in North Carolina. It involves court thingies. Then in the main segment, Andrew tells us how exactly Biden can play hardball in the event that we don't win the Senate. There's still a lot we can do. Biden's administration had better be show listeners because this is top notch free legal consulting!
Links: 2020-11-09 03:16:42 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one right, picking (D), it was unreasonable to use a weapon in self-defense in this case and therefore not justified. Thomas is now at 63% over the last 48 questions and 112-for-201 overall.
2020-11-09 00:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Biden is all but assured victory, and despite the election not going nearly as well as we'd hoped, there's still a chance to take the Senate! However, Trump is throwing every terrible legal challenge he's got at the problem. Andrew breaks down why they're all incredibly stupid and doomed to fail.
Links: SIO263: Not the Worst Possible Outcome, But Close, Slate - 2020-11-06 04:31:44 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy these stories and links that we didn't get to this week!
2020-11-06 04:30:00 +0000 UTC
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2020-11-04 08:39:29 +0000 UTC
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Yes it is I, Negatron. Here's my pessimistic prediction.
SENATE: I predict we pickup net 2 seats giving us 49. Lose Jones, Win Hickenlooper, Win Kelly, Win Cunningham.
HOUSE: We pickup 4 meaningless more seats.
I'm very happy to be the heel. Please god let me be wrong.
2020-11-04 00:00:50 +0000 UTC
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You knew Thomas & I were going to figure out a way to fantasy football this thing, so here's Andrew's projection for tonight: 331 EV for Biden to 149 for Trump, with Texas (38) and Pennsylvania (20) uncalled. Pennsylvania will be uncalled due to uncounted mail-in ballots and Texas will be ...
2020-11-03 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This is an emergency mini-episode in which Andrew breaks down all the events surrounding Hotze v. Hollins, which is the case involving Republican efforts to throw out 127,000 early votes in Harris County, Texas – which has nearly five million people and includes almost all of the city of Houston. It’s (mostly) good news, and we go through all the appellate stuff, too. Stay an Optimist Prime today!
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- 2020-11-03 06:39:40 +0000 UTC
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BREAKING NEWS! Texas Republicans lost in federal court in their efforts to toss out 120,000+ ballots in Harris County, after having lost in state court over the weekend. Great news for Texas (and democracy)!
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That's right, EVERY state. So if you, or anyone you know, is doing the "eh my vote doesn't matter because I'm in x state" NO. STOP. Listen to this episode and share it with that person who needs it! It really matters!
Links: Congressional Elections in Presidential Years: Presidential Coattails and Strategic Voting, 2020-11-02 04:39:49 +0000 UTC
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Here you go, these are my notes from these episodes so you can see all the links, resources, quotes that didn't make it to air, etc.
2020-11-02 04:17:51 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one right by picking (B), going out on a high note! He's at 62% over the past 47 questions and is a combined 111-for-200 overall (55.5%).
2020-11-02 01:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kavanaugh, in a disgrace of an opinion, just signaled that he and enough of his fellow hack justices are willing and able to hand a disputed election to Trump. Andrew has the full breakdown, and what we can do to stop it. But that last part is very obvious: vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote.
IT IS TOO LATE TO MAIL IN YOUR BA...
2020-10-30 04:11:12 +0000 UTC
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You know the drill: post the questions & upvote with the heart you ones to hear us answer during our election night coverage! And please join us on our YouTube channel at 8 pm Eastern /5 pacific on Election Night, Nov. 3!
2020-10-29 21:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Remember to join us for our live Q&A and stream on Election Day, Tuesday Nov. 3, from 8-10 pm EST!
If you haven't been to 270towin.com, that's the best place to go to play around with electoral vote maps. Here's the good news up front: if the state polls are largely correct, Joe Biden will win handily, perhaps even on Election Night itself. But -- as we all know painfully well from 2016 -- s...
2020-10-28 14:07:37 +0000 UTC
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It's a Tr*** free day here at OA! Not even one mention of that entity. It's all about some major stories in the law. Google has been sued by the DoJ and a number of individual states for unlawfully maintaining monopolies for search services. And Purdue Pharma has reached a plea agreement involving billions of dollars. One of these is good and the other... isn't... Listen to the Andrew Torrez Mr. Fantastic Signature Breakdown to found out!
Links: 2020-10-26 04:29:29 +0000 UTC
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These are some of the stories we researched that didn't make it on the show.
2020-10-26 00:15:15 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one wrong, sadly, picking (A), when the correct answer was (B). He's now at 61% over the past 49 questions.
2020-10-25 23:59:59 +0000 UTC
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In a steroid-induced haze, Trump may have inadvertently declassified all Russia documents by Tweeting: “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!” BuzzFeed News jumped on the opportunity and took Trump to court. Andrew has the full break down!
Before that, we talk about updates in the E. Jean Carroll c...
2020-10-23 04:45:38 +0000 UTC
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2020-10-23 03:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, here are the bonus stories, links, and court documents that didn't quite make Tuesday's show. Hope you enjoy!
EDIT: fixed title and added PDF
2020-10-20 20:48:45 +0000 UTC
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Well it took us over a month, but we got this LAM to ya. Had to break for crying for a while but we eventually finished this delightfully pointless Keanu Reaves movie!
2020-10-19 23:07:47 +0000 UTC
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The Trump administration was given a victory in the courts regarding the census. It's absolutely bad news, but Andrew has a plan for that! Ok, ok, it was Elizabeth Warren's plan, but Andrew breaks it down for us! It's a one weird trick that actually will work, assuming that we win in November.
Before that, we've got yet another Mazars update. It's going exactly how Andrew told us it would go, and that's... not great but also not bad.
Links: 2020-10-19 00:03:31 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one exactly right, picking (A)! He's now at 62% over the past 45 questions.
2020-10-19 00:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Andrew watched the hearings so you don't have to! What is super-precedent? And did ACB really rule that an employer using the n-word wasn't hostile or racist? We've got the full breakdown! Before that, we have an excellent listener question on potential federal laws on things like Roe V Wade after the Handmaid's Tale Court takes away reproductive rights.
Links: McGa...
2020-10-16 03:06:01 +0000 UTC
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As we say often... there's no sugar coating this one. Alito and Thomas shouted their pathetic homophobia from the bench in a concurrence recently. What was the ruling, you ask? No ruling. It was a concurrence on a denial of cert for a case involving - wait for it - Kim Davis. Yes, that Kim Davis. The case was so stupid that not even Alito and Thomas could get behind it, but they went out of their way to yell the quiet part as loudly as they could. Andrew has the full breakdown of what happene...
2020-10-12 03:59:21 +0000 UTC
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Thomas got this one right, too, picking (C), the straightforward answer. He's now at 61% over the last 44 questions!
2020-10-11 23:00:02 +0000 UTC
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