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“Newsom Signs (insert terrible bill here)” “Newsom Says Follow the Science, Bans Interstate Travel” There also may be a few stories that may not break Wednesday, but could be just around the corner: “Neener, neener, neener – if you voted for the recall you should get out of California or just COVID up and die!” “If all of the anti-vaxxers/maskers would now just go ahead and die already we will never have to worry about a stupid recall ever again!
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“You could have fed a million hungry people with the money wasted on the recall – hope you feel good about that you Repugnicans!” The social media universe will be populated by tweets and posts and comments and shares along the same lines, but, it being the social media universe, there will be some rather outrageous “takes” on the vote, including: There will be at least one story that will read as follows: “With the recall in his rearview mirror, the governor can now pivot to address the state’s significant crime, homelessness, housing, infrastructure, and educational problems.” The most galling part of that story is that it will delve into issues purposefully and studiously ignored by the media during the campaign – neat trick! “Now Battle-Tested, Newsom’s White House Ambitions Get Big Boost” “What Will be the Next Republican Scheme?” “Progressive Policies Pummel Populist Pleas” “Steady On: Voters Back Newsom Policies, Reject Recall” “Sanity Prevails as Voters Reject Extremist Recall” “Climate Deniers, Anti-Vaxxers, Anti-Maskers Humiliated by Recall Drubbing” “The California Progressive Dream is Alive and Well and Thriving” “Biden, Harris Flexed Political Muscle for Newsom” “Now That’s It’s Over, It’s Time to Overhaul the Recall System” If the recall is defeated, expect to see coverage along the following lines: The reader may judge for themselves – as well as play along in the comments section! Thinking we all may need a little decompressive humor right about now, some of the headlines/story arcs/social media posts posited below may not be entirely serious, though with the current media landscape they could, God help us, actually appear. Well, we can’t tell you who or what is winning right now or who or what will win later today, but we think we can at least tell you what the headlines will be no matter who or what wins. It’s election day and after the long petition gathering effort, the not-so-long campaign, and the seemingly never-ending pandemic nerves may be just a little on edge and everyone wants to know what will happen, to what headlines they will wake up to tomorrow. Breath is baited, hooks are tentered, the ketchup bottle has just been turned upside down, ex-smokers are looking longingly at the emergency cigarette they have, Carly Simon can be heard singing in the background, frissons are, one assumes, frissoning, and the calm is before the storm.