This was going to be a kind of routine Weekend conversation… nothing heavy. Some whining about the unnecessary semi-annual time change, some idle chatter about the election. And then Elizabeth Crudup called about 30 minutes to showtime. It seems there was a bit of a dustup in Graham between some people who were holding a ‘get out the vote’ rally and the Alamance County Sheriff. She had two people who wanted to get the word out about what happened.

Scott Huffman is a candidate for US Congress from the 13th District, including Alamance County. Shon Green is a ‘full time activist’ and PR rep for People for Change. They were both there, and described a scene out of the Old South, with police confronting a totally peaceful group of citizens with tear gas. There was no vandalism going on. No broken windows. Nobody throwing fireworks.

You’ll see some of this story on the news, but not all of it.

• News & Observer video: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246866352.html

• Scott Huffman (for Congress, NC 13th)

  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/HuffmanForNC

  • Web: https://www.scotthuffman.com/

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/XiTZfAoH2mk

• TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Please join us today, Tuesday at 11:15 am (official start 11:30) for the Tuesdays With Tillis Indivisible zoom rally -- Week #196 to learn about local and national efforts to make sure every vote is counted, the GOP's efforts to suppress the vote, and what we can do to fight for our democracy. Our vision of America is that every citizen should be able to vote, every vote should be counted, and elected representatives should actually represent the interests of the people, not the interests of billionaires and corporations.

• This week’s Zoom on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TIYgs0EMtCA?t=473

• TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912

• TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/

• TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Some screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

A general discussion week. You will hear some references to doing some interviews for a group called American Bridge, after the Zoom rally. Initially we thought it was going to be OK to include those on the stream, but when we got to that point, they requested that it not be live streamed. So you’ll see a kind of awkward cutoff. Gary will say “stay tuned”… but don’t. We never return to this stream

Are we where? Election? Covid Cure? End of the Podcast?

No, we’re not. Well, you can get to the end of the podcast. And in theory, the election will be over November 3. Covid…

• N&O: No Cunningham Endorsement 

  • Not Tillis, either

    • https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article246469430.html

• NC vaccination plan outlines priorities for 4-phase rollout

  • https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article246505805.html

• N&O "Disinformation" Town Hall, Oct. 20, noon to 1 PM

  • https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246423870.htm

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/yACSFqQPd5g?t=236

• TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Another quickie episode (just mounting up the Episode numbers), checking the first day of Early In-Person Voting. Gary rode his bike down to the Community Center in Cary for some pictures.

• NCSBE Ballot Tools (BallotTrax): https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail/absentee-ballot-tools

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/KejMwkZZt08?t=95

• TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

No featured speaker this week - just the gang getting together on Zoom.

• This week’s Zoom on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FYObya6du6o?t=627

• TwT Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/768552279976912

• TwT Web Site: https://tuesdayswithtillis.org/

• TTS Website: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Some screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

TTS On the Road… Gary drops off his completed ballot at the Wake Board of Elections office.

• NCSBE Ballot Tools (BallotTrax): https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail/absentee-ballot-tools

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/pJusVPAxk9U

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Cal Cunningham seemed like the safe choice in a season of safe choices for Democrats.

Then…

But we’re voting for him anyway, right?

• N&O Story calls Brinkman reference ‘unconfirmed’ https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246252935.html

• FiveThirtyEight NC Senate Poll Info: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/senate/north-carolina/

• Gary’s Reddit post on Jenna Wadsworth interview: https://www.reddit.com/r/ncpolitics/comments/j5chse/jenna_wadsworth_beyond_her_tik_tok_on_trumps/

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/zpbrvC4Ae54?t=158

• TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

Who is paying off whom for this SCOTUS confirmation, which will cement the power of corporations and billionaires?  To which foreign power does Trump owe money, and how much?  How much has he paid in taxes?  How many of us paid more?  How much is he worth?  Why is the GOP so eager to repeal the ACA? Also, this week we will be discussing Cal Cunningham's policy proposals.   If you can, review them so we can discuss.  No matter what, we absolutely have to vote Tillis out of office, and Cal's policies are vastly better. 

• This week’s show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vm-5HLimnrw?t=602

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Some screen grabs from the video (see them on the TTS Web site)

If you only know Jenna Wadsworth from her now infamous TIK-TOK video about Trump’s ‘October Surprise’ announcement that he had contracted Covid-19, we’ll show you another side. A side you really ought to see. Jenna is the Democrat opposing Steve Troxler for NC Agriculture Commissioner. She’s currently a Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that TIK TOK video. It was a biting, ironic reaction to Trump contracting the disease he had dismissed as a hoax, said would be gone by April, and refused to take the steps needed to minimize the damage… and death… it has ended up causing.

Well, maybe that depends on how old you are. Trump’s legions hate it (and her), of course… enough to be phoning and posting veiled death threats. But Jenna’s been getting shade from state Democratic leadership, too.

TTS host Nanny Jen, on the other hand, found it hilarious, and a perfect example of what TIK TOK is all about for young people. ‘OK Boomer’ generation host Gary Pearce also found it funny, but because it was the first video he’d seen of Wadsworth, he needed to go check YouTube for a few of her other appearances. The TIK TOK video in question was ‘performance’, he says, and maybe not designed to make the best first impression. This show can be that better first impression (and if you’re young, feel free to disagree).

When you watch or listen to this program, you’ll see it was mistitled (as Stand Back and Mask Up). We invited Jenna on the show at the last minute, after that TIK-TOK video became, well, notorious. But then we never really talked much about Trump. Jenna owned the show.

• Jenna Wadsworth campaign web site: https://www.jennawadsworth.com/

• Jenna’s TIK TOK video (on WRAL - the original was taken down): https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/jenna-wadsworths-tiktok-video-on-trumps-coronavirus/19317513/

• Jenna on UNC-TV/PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/jenna-wadsworth-on-running-for-nc-agriculture-commissioner-lcc6ud/

• N&O Article: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article246173660.html

• Get your Booty to the Polls (not Poles) video: https://youtu.be/eTlv2gfrINM

• Real Women Vote for Trump video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYsvYLfaXF4

• TTS on YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TriangleTalkShow

  • This show: https://youtu.be/wWwd1F6JGWU

• TTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com