I didn’t see this coming. If I was a betting man and laid out some money on the outcome of this election, I would have lost some money last night. The main bright spot is that the numbers favor Biden winning the presidency as the vote comes in from a handful of states.

If that happens and if Biden withstands legal challenges from Trump lawyers and becomes the next president, that would be a major victory.

To say that we are on a fast track to fascism if Trump wins is problematic in my view. We won’t be in a good place for sure, but between where we are now and a fascist state are a number of landing spots, depending on concrete circumstances.

(Got this one wrong. Sam) STOP THE COUNT says the occupant in the White House. While it is troubling, actually outrageous, that Trump would make such a demand, what is interesting is that nearly no one joined the chorus. Even Republicans, usually reluctant to oppose Trump in public, distanced themselves from him and said that the vote count must continue.