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Staying busy and avoiding news. It’s highly likely that it won’t be decisive, and we don’t need to feed the relentless hysterical coverage machine of media corporations.

I have vague plans to goon for 16 hours

I'm just going to watch memes and shitposts here on Lemmy

The republicans we know said today to expect trouble and to gas up and get groceries and just hunker down for a while. Which is not at all ominous.

I won’t be watching. I’m going out to my shop at 8. No internet out there. And probably not emerging until dead of night or early morning. Then, like a lot of other women, I’ll check on my status as a person going forward.

My other half is taking Benadryl and forcing himself to go to bed. He’s given strict instructions not to wake him, even if it’s good news, with a clear Kamala win. (Yea, trouble later, but it’ll still tell us what We The People decided up front, and that means a lot.)

From the safety of my bunker.

Some More News livestream after ingesting 10 mg of cannabis

Here are some of the links that I will reference (YouTube links below), I'm sure there are many more, but I like to get all angles and commentary:

News Channels and Websites

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/election/ MSNBC - https://www.msnbc.com/elections Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elections

Progressive Outlets

The Young Turks (TYT) - https://tytnetwork.com/ Democracy Now! - https://www.democracynow.org/ The Hill - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/2024-election

Conservative Outlets

Breitbart - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/ Townhall - https://townhall.com/columnists/rush/2024-election/

Independent Media

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saenz - https://breakingpoints.podbean.com/ David Pakman Show - https://www.davidpakman.com/

Other Sources

PBS NewsHour - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elections NPR Politics Podcast - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/politics-podcast Real Clear Politics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/

Streaming Platforms

YouTube TV - https://tv.youtube.com/watch/ Hulu + Live TV - https://www.hulu.com/live-tv Sling TV - https://www.sling.com/tv

Here's a list of YouTube channels where you can watch election coverage:

Mainstream News Channels

CNN: https://www.youtube.com/cnn
MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc
Fox News: https://www.youtube.com/foxnews

These major networks typically offer live streaming of their election coverage.

Progressive/Liberal Channels

The Young Turks (TYT): https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks
Breaking Points: https://www.youtube.com/breakingpoints
David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/davidpakmanshow
Meidas Touch Network - https://youtu.be/_ip1JwzzABc

These channels often provide progressive perspectives on elections.

Other Notable Channels

NowThis: https://www.youtube.com/nowthisnews
AJ+ (Al Jazeera): https://www.youtube.com/ajplus
PBS NewsHour: https://www.youtube.com/newshourpbs

I'm smoking weed, and drinking.. weed.

I'm not. I've checked the results a couple times online, but I see no sense in watching coverage. We'll know the outcome when it's over and not a moment before.

I'll be watching V for Vendetta instead.

why would I watch

I think I'll hide in bed until it's over.

Swede here, if I want to know directly when I wake up tomorrow, I'll check our national broadcaster's website, if not I'll probably end up learning it here on lemmy, possibly through politicalmemes or something

I’m watching it all on AP and BBC.

From the burnt end of a blunt and the bottom of a bottle lol

I'm gonna watch the Some More News crew livestream and drink a lot

Tbh, I got a lot of work to do. I will probably just check the news that night or wait for someone to tell me.

Ill wait till lemmy starts bitching about it.

The restaurant I work for is hosting the mayor and a city counselor to watch the elections live with another 100 guests, so I'll be watching from the kitchen...

The county assessors site for everything state and local. I will briefly check national, but I dont need the pageantry of network television to rile me up anymore than I already am.

After asking a similar question on this channel a few days ago, I think we're going to watch the coverage on NBC, unless I find something better on YouTube.

Cue all the comments about the final results not being available tomorrow night...

Either at a partisan gathering or curled up under my bed in the fetal position while my dogs lick my tears, depending on how things look tomorrow evening

There's a divey bar 10m away where people have been watching results the last few years. Might head down there. Pretty sure it'll be packed.

Alternative is to crawl into bed and wait till January.

Edit: we have a lot of local races (Mayor, City Council, propositions) on the line. Might hit the bar just to watch those and just ignore the national stuff.

Already watching... Dixville Notch voted an hour ago. 3-3 tie.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/05/politics/dixville-notch-new-hampshire-2024-results/index.html

Politico has a map and score that get updated https://www.politico.com/2024-election/results/

MSNBC and AP (they have a YT stream)