IT. WILL. BE. A. BIDEN. BLOWOUT.
No matter WHAT the NAZI FASCISTS try to do.
A "New Dawn in America "....
To steal a repuke phrase....

Been here a very long time. Totally understand that nothing is perfect. Hopefully - it will be a good night for us all.

Following

It was invaluable in keeping us in the loop! And it's still active posting EarlG's Pic of the Moment!

just a regular DUer. i can only imagine how bad it was for you guys. thank you!!

Stay Safe! Thanks for all the work you do.

Oddly enough, I don't recall the site being down for as long as it apparently was.

DU for a week.

I will say that I went to bed that night, long before the race was decided. My clock radio went off the next morning, a bit before 6am, tuned to a station that carries the BBC at that hour. What they announcers were saying made absolutely no sense to me, and I thought I'd somehow awakened in an alternate reality.

Best of Luck!

I know we on MIRT are doing our best to clear some of the problems ahead of time, but I know you guys are going to have some issues we just can't tackle.


Best of Luck!

GO BIDEN/HARRIS! Our next two presidents!

and good luck to us all!

I was totally lost in16 when DU got hacked.

everything in your power to ward off attacks. We are grateful! This group relies on this site and each other so much for support and commiseration! I felt out to sea without DU during that week. Thank you!

Thank you seems inadequate, however, many, many thanks!!!

Been with you for 18 years so I am fully confident that all is as ready as can be. Thanks for posting the other resources. I remember when we did not have those, this feels much better. Thanks!

Was the moment I knew *45 would steal the election.

if DU goes down I'll see you all when it comes back up. I'm not worried about it. If these hacker children have nothing better to do with their time, screw 'em. It's not like they're altering the outcome of the election or anything.

My reasons for not being on Facebook or Twitter? I don't want to contribute to the downfall of civilization.

It has in the area of 200,000,000 downloads per month, so it must be filling some kind of need(s).

It is by no means perfect, but I watched a 3-hour conversation between JR and a fellow named Tristan Harris. TH is a former Google "ethicist," and has just completed a doc. about social media.

As you have strong feelings about the subject, I really recommend the interview, and the doc. is probably great, as well.

The issue is SO much bigger...deeper...broader...and more entrenched that I had even imagined. For instance - as you said about contributing to the downfall of humanity - FB is being used for, among other things, ginning up massacres.

In Ethiopia, many languages and dialects are spoken, but only the most widely used and "official" dialect is supported by FB. In fact, they don't even have people capable of translating many of the languages in which FB is published. They are completely helpless and ignorant when villains are cooking up their malice in those cases. which contributed to the "efficiency" of Ethiopian campaigns of oppression and death.

And that is the tip of the iceberg.

And it's scary as hell..

but since the DU accounts are "public" you can still use the links to "view" the info posted at them in a regular web browser (in fact, you can test that right now to see what you can see).

I've done it before for some stories posted here and continued on Twitter, but Facebook? I have a tangible "dislike" (I shy away from the "hate" word) for Zuckerberg and his laissez-faire attitude about his creation and it's most destructive properties. I won't go near his creation. Ever. That's just my opinion, and others certainly vary.

(he was my mother's baby brother) and he is a rampant FB user who sends all his nieces and nephews links from his and his buddies' Facebook pages. And inevitably, I'll click on a link he'll email and maybe 10% of the time I can actually get to the page. Otherwise it requires a login and it'll be a coooolllllld day in hell before I even consider an account dontcha know...

We need to vote him all the way to hell for his crimes.

Hear, hear Sheshe!!

Very well said!

DU is my sane space. I'm sure it is for most of us here.
We are all in this together. Good luck America!

Ans thank you..

It's a worrisome time and you've done all you can to reassure us.

I really appreciate your response.

To You as you struggled to get back all of this back online.
No joke and have worked on an attack myself until the FBI took over. It’s scary so I appreciate all your efforts and hope they let us celebrate Biden’s win in peace!

Good luck.

5900

You guys ROCK!!!



Were you able to trace who did that to us last year?

Just curious...

i was worried.

this threat. I remember 16'. We really need this time tomorrow to join together to celebrate. Celebrate the defeat of an evil the world has seen but rarely has seen such a powerful force stopped ... there is much work to be done but we can be happy for the next little while knowing that we did all we could over the last 4 painful years to make this moment happen. DU is a beacon of Democracy!!! Let it shine ... tomorrow and F yeah !!!!! GO JOE AND KAMALA ..............GET OUT to VOTE .........to THE POLLS if you need to do it

For all you all do.

BTW, thanks and kicking for visibility!

Sincere appreciation for the optimistic but careful guidance in your OP.

GOOD LUCK to everyone!

...COMPLETELY happy to be in your capable hands. All four of them.

This is one of the best-run "independent" sites on the entire Web, and many sites of presumed giants, and we all know why.

Thank you in advance for such a safe and welcoming haven.

for all of your hard work and for this website.

by the 403 monster. My old name won't get me back in, so I am really nervous for tomorrow.

CAN DO THIS! GO JOE & KAMALA! :

Keep up the great work!!!

Maybe we emerge from all this with a functioning Republic.

I've never understood a possible motive for hacking DU other than just pure meanness. It achieves nothing relative to the election and just annoys this wonderful bunch of relatively older patriotic Americans.

Fingers crossed, multiple wood things knocked on and rabbit's feet rubbed......

Hoping for fantastic results tomorrow....... .......

Heck, everybody else on this thread who's thanking and expressing appreciation to EarlG and Elad speaks for me!

After suffering multiple personal losses this past year or so, I would never have dreamed I could find solid repose and feel such close ties to a bunch of highly diverse and completely anonymous friends on the internet.

Plus, most DUers here are far smarter than I on so many subjects, so for this old guy of 73, it's a constant learning experience as well.

I somehow missed finding DU early on in the W years and hung around on other liberal sites but soooo glad I finally got here.

Today's my birthday as well (I'm very shy and never announce things like that). The only thing I want for my birthday is a huge Democratic Party win......

Here's to a very successful day today..... ........

Yes, I’m SHOUTING!!!

I hope you get the ULTIMATE birthday present by late tonight! It’ll be Christmas for the rest of us (and for you as well), hopefully!

🎂

I got a nice email from my daughter which included the graphic below. She's a school teacher and busy today doing catch-up work.

My son came in with good wishes too, so I'm happy. I discourage my kids from giving me gifts 'cause I have most everything I need but hoping my granddaughter draws me a nice picture. She's 13 now, cute as a button and doing good.

Fingers crossed, knock on wood and say a dozen good luck mantras tonight for Joe and Kamala and all other Democrats running today.

Stay safe!.........

LOVE it! (And love them, too! We’ve been working nonstop!)

available to us. Someday I hope we will be able to reach right into the web and grab those terrorists who shut down sights by the throats and well....you get it.

I do hope that DU remains up and running tomorrow. I'm looking forward to participating in discussions here.

That we end up discussing the weather, and snarking about the guests at the Toxic Tango @COVID House😏

I was there four years ago when the site got maliciously hacked during the election. Hell, I've been here since the beginning when the supreme court stole the election for W.

I can't bear to think of another four years of listening to that orange imbecile's inane, even insane, rantings. He must be dumped into the dustbin of history. Thank you for your efforts. Please don't stop.

Edited for grammar/spelling. I think I got it right.

Worse come to worst, I'll be hanging with DU on Facebook.

disappeared and a scary image came on the screen. It was meant to be terrifying and it was. I'm hoping this craziness ends soon.

I was such a wreck in 2016, having DU gone that first week was unbearable.

I trust you have done all you can to avoid it this time.

Appreciate all you do! I'd be LOST without my DU.

None of us will rest until or unless this hideous Trump nightmare is over -- least of all guys that have to keep Democratic websites running. So...get lots of rest tonight if you can. Tomorrow and beyond is gonna be one long damn day. Hopefully, with light at the end of that tunnel. Now let's go kick some Trump Cult ass, shall we?

😺💕

I don't want to post the link in case it is some kind of rogue effort, but it is in the groups from today.

When DU went down 4 years ago I wondered wth was going on.

actually worry if you did say that. However, as a long-time member of this wonderful DU family, I have every confidence in the world that you two have done everything there is to do, no matter what happens.

Keeping fingers crossed, and the wine handy! I know that tomorrow is going to be a very busy day..

Be safe and well, both of you.

It was only a week? It seemed so much longer.

Many many thanks to you and Elad!

to prevent another site hacking. Your efforts are very much appreciated no matter the outcome. We're all vulnerable when online. Good luck holding down the fort this next week. We support you.

Many thanks to all the DU crew and also to those who frequent this amazing site.

Thank you.

thanks for all your hard work. hopefuly to mrrow i can get rid of that upside down flag of mine and change my skype avatar to a more happy one . i was on du when it got hacked . firlst . links didnt work. then redirects and finaly links that wouldnt work at all. browser crashes and finaly 404 not found for a week. had to go to other sites for election news . hope this never happens .

You make this one of the best sites on the entire innertubz, and that is much appreciated!

All the while realizing that, if any site "had this", it would have to be DU. Such a privilege to be able to enjoy this website.

For all you do. I rarely post but I peruse DU every day (more so this year). My plan/hope was to rely on the good DU posters to get through tomorrow.

ALL OF US

kp

This site has been a haven for me, as well. I remember back to the dark days of W, on here.

I have great confidence in your ability to protect this beloved community from malicious hackers!

Now we are fighting like never before.

I didn't really know how dependent I was on DU for, well, everything when it comes to news and a like-minded community. As the days went on without access to DU I felt like an addict without my fix.

So, a huge thank you for all the hard work you admins do and a thank you to all the DU members who add so much to the discussions. I have been on DU for a very long time and have learned so much about so many things.

I think we're in capable hands for tomorrow and I'll end with saying that I am optimistic we'll prevail. I can't wait to have a sense of normalcy return to life once again.

Go Joe and Kamala! We're with you 100%!

I salute you sir.

What will we do without all of you, you all are our lifeline. This is exactly why we need to get rid of that scourge, DJT. He has already encouraged his cronies to commit terrorism. He is a dangerous man and he must be stopped. We all will be patient, if it comes to that - I wouldn't put anything past DJT and people that are just like him. It's sad that there are so many of those lunatics in this world. Stay safe, we need all of you!!

What would I do without DU while I waited for election results?

Thank you!

DU in 2016 ...Thank you so very much for what I’m sure was a ton of work to make sure the site is better prepared this time. You both are so much appreciated!

Let's hope for the best.

Truer words were never spoken but isn’t it foolish that every state in the nation will trust/report the election results from info taken from an unsafe site on the web



The only hope is the numbers are so overwhelming they can’t be flipped without it showing (like a negative sixty thousand votes for gore in volusia county,2000)

I appreciate all that you do, and I am humbled that you have risked your fortunes and your futures to keep this site going.

Namaste.



-Laelth

My wish is for tomorrow to have a beautiful dawn and for Wednesday to be a day of joy for us and the America that we love.

do to make DU a powerful resource for discussion and community.

See you tomorrow night! Here's to America and democracy.

Democracy lives at DU.

EVERYONE VOTE!
Federal, State, Local.
Every opportunity.
Every time.



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ding ding, ding ding, seven o'clock, and all is well, ding ding...

Salute! Thanks for all you gang do on here.

Hope owning & running DU is everything you hoped it would be!

For all you do!

To Elad, too!

Thank you BOTH!!!🙏💪👍