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No surprise that the people who got Covington so wrong are acting so wild over quick, out-of-context video.

Anyway, I already voted last week, and I'm staying off all forms of social media tomorrow. I'll check the NYT election tracker and/or CNN from time to time, but that's it. I highly recommend everyone do the same. Seriously. Keep your mental health in mind.

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There's a serious possibility that Trump won't win ultimately, but the chaos surrounding delayed results will make his supporters emotionally aroused while causing a huge amount of uncertainty surrounding the integrity of election results. That could lead a bunch of Trump supporters into believing that democracy in the US is a complete sham and they can't win no matter what they do because of the "deep state."

The "moderate/soft QAnon" Save the Children groups are less into off-the-wall conspiracy theories than the rest of QAnon, for example. But people who get involved with them can gradually become more radicalized or skeptical of democracy over time, especially when they're going through a lot of stress and uncertainty.

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Unverified rumors, Jesse? What other kind of rumor is there? If something is verified it's not a rumor. And who does the verification, how and when and where? This very article of yours is full of rumors about Republicans and the election, none of which you or I can verify, but I still read it with interest as I read all your articles. Luckily, you don't take your own advice!

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