Polls just closed. It’s all over. Nothing to do but watch the results come in.

If I win, the next few months will be a free for all.

If I lose, I hope you will all understand. I’m going to take a step back from the public eye and recharge before starting 2020. 2/ A few thoughts about what we did right and where we can improve.

Our campaign raised almost $200,000. And truth be told, I did not put nearly the amount of work into this that I should have. For 2020, I’m going to spend more time on this and hire a much larger team.

1/ The alt-right is about to get banned from a high profile service. I want to give journalists some context before we get hysterical thinkpieces.

Microsoft was heavily criticised this year after it was discovered ICE was using their Azure cloud technology to deport people. 2/ Gab is a Target knockoff of Twitter built on Microsoft Azure. I've used it, it's an alt-right hellhole.

Example: Former GOP official Todd Kincannon was banned from Twitter and moved to Gab. He is facing charges of ritually murdering his mother's dog.

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1/ I haven’t talked about #QAnon because I didn’t want to contribute to spreading it. But, it’s clear we’re past the tipping point.

It’s striking that Fox News didn’t spread this. It was 4chan. Consider what this means for the future of the GOP. 2/ Fox News has a generally older audience - the average viewer being 66.

The leadership pipeline for the Republican Party isn’t being shaped by Fox News. It’s Breitbart. /r/Donald. And now 4chan.

If you thought Trump Republicans were bad, imagine what’s coming.

1/ On this Fourth of July, I want to reflect a bit on American history, and specifically the Civil War. And why I have hope for America’s future.

When our country was founded, we punted on addressing slavery, mostly because Triangular Trade was profitable for landowners. 2/ Everyone knew that we were heading for a trainwreck, and that eventually our differences would have to be settled. But we kept putting it off.

People think of the past as some Golden age for newspapers, but it wasn’t. There were no libel laws back then, no rules for papers.

1/ Buckle up, I want to tell you about the rise and fall of the KKK in Southern states from 1915 to 1944 - a historical story that I am bringing for no reason whatsoever.

Certainly not Sarah Huckabee Sanders being shunned in a restaurant. 2/ These years were seen as the second rise of the KKK.

The Klan exploited white panic about morality, such as people drinking alcohol during prohibition, and turned it into a social force that infested most Southern states.

1/ I shouldn’t comment on @DouthatNYT’s terrible piece arguing that Incel men have a right to sex workers and sex robots. It’s embarrassingly bad.

But it’s also missing the point. And as someone that has met many #gamergate members at my college talks, I want to tell you why. 2/ The majority of Gamergate/Incel men I’ve met share these personality traits.
✅ Undersocialized
✅ Awkward around women
✅ Incapable of understanding how their words/actions make women uncomfortable
✅ Blame others for the social isolation that is a consequence of this

1/ Please don’t fall for the “Space Force” jokes. Trump making the militarization of space our national policy literally pits the US against the entire world.

Let’s go into some background.

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2/ In 1966, the US and Soviet Union signed a peace treaty for space, agreeing not to place nuclear weapons there. The reason is straightforward, because it poses a huge threat to human life.

This treaty led to decades of peaceful scientific collaboration in space.

1/ Please forgive the Tweetstorm, but this is a national security CRISIS and no one is talking about it.

China is investing heavily in military AI. We are beyond vulnerable to this. Imagine our news, our banking, our shipping infrastructure destroyed. apple.news/AIoqNZFM4Qy-NN… 2/ The Mirai Botnet was two bored gamers taking down the internet on my coast for a day. No one in government did DIDDLY SQUAT in the aftermath

Can you even imagine if a hostile nation state was serious about hitting us? We have no defenses, no countermeasures, and no plan.

This story says so much about abusive men in geek culture and the refusal of other men to hold them to standards.

jezebel.com/film-critic-ac… 2/ What strikes me about statement from Alamo Draft House is it's all about Devin Faraci. No concern for the woman he sexually assaulted.