Good Motherfucking News: GOTV Edition

Well hello! It has been a moment since we gave you some GOOD MOTHERFUCKING NEWS! We felt like now might be a good time to do that! To wit:

1. The people in Philadelphia, they like the voting! A lot!

THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT https://t.co/w2dJV3np1y

— Philebrity (@philebrity) October 7, 2020

Folks are lining up outside City Hall to cast their votes early, IN THE DING DANG HUNDREDS! Better still, they’re doing it with good vibes that are not typically associated with either waiting in line, or… Philadelphians! But look: Someone raised you right! Keep it up, Philly!

2. And Larry Krasner is not gonna let Philly fall for the banana in the tailpipe!

“Anyone who comes to suppress the vote will end up in a jail cell,” @DA_LarryKrasner . Attorney and detectives with the DA office said they are standing by to investigate claims of voter intimidation in Philadelphia, reach them @ 2156869641 #Philly pic.twitter.com/65cclcElPC

— Kimberly Paynter (@KPaynter) October 7, 2020

MAGA jitbags (yes, I just said #MAGAJITBAGS) are already packing their awful potato-salad-with-Miracle-Whip lunches to screw with people at the polls. But the City is actively looking to prosecute any shenanigans! Put that number in your phone! You may have the chance to be a KAREN-FOR-GOOD-NOT-EVIL by CALLING KRAZ ON A CRUMB BUM!

3. Speaking of the polls, here’s some good info to keep handy from fuelthepolls.org.

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Philly has opened 7 polling places so you can vote every day til November 3rd!! 🗳 We know there’s a lot of conflicting information about mail-in voting, early voting, etc. but here’s a quick explainer for you. 📝 If you want to get involved beyond simply voting, sign up to be a poll worker! Philly is still 2000+ people short of its quota 😱 so we could definitely use the help. To sweeten the deal, we will deliver you a FREE lunch on Election Day through our #FuelThePolls campaign. Learn all about it through the link in our bio. 🙏🏽 ~ Thanks to all our restaurant partners for helping us with this effort: @phloysterhouse @middlechildphiladelphia @marthakensington @cheufishtown @kalayaphilly @essenbakery @musiphilly @mikesbbq_215 @laserwolf_philly @pizzacamp @bunnyhopphl @fountainporter and to @mannanourishes for helping us coordinate delivery! 🚚 #philly #rockthevote #earlyvoting

A post shared by MISSION TAQUERIA (@missiontaqueria) on Oct 6, 2020 at 3:51pm PDT

Working as fuelthepolls.org, a bunch of Philly restaurants are banding together to provide free lunch to poll workers on Election Day, as well as get good clean info out there on voting in Philly in general. Have a look, make a plan, share! 

4. And finally, polls are weird but man these new PA numbers look good!

LATEST POLLS

Likely voters

FL: Biden 51%, Trump 40% (Quinnipiac) *outlier
IA: Biden 50%, Trump 45% (Quinnipiac)
NV: Biden 48%, Trump 42% (NYT/Siena)
OH: Biden 45%, Trump 44% (NYT/Siena)
PA: Biden 54%, Trump 41% (Quinnipiac)
WI: Biden 46%, Trump 41% (Marquette)@mmurraypolitics

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 7, 2020

Perhaps the events of the day may make you feel some kind of way about even engaging with optimism. We all can understand that. But if we may, let us also say this: Believing in a better day is the only thing that will give you the goddamned guts to go out and demand it. So let’s be optimists, motherfuckers, and let us do the motherfucking shit that optimists do! Let us make this shit happen.

This has been your Good Motherfucking News. Tell someone about it.

So there you have it: Good people are still doing good things because WE ALL (MOST OF US) DESERVE GOOD THINGS! Have you got some good news to share? If so, send it to tips[at]philebrity[dot]com with “GOOD MOTHERFUCKING NEWS!” in the subject header — we’d love to hear about it.