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What makes 45's fighting stance even more impotent is that with two runoff elections in Georgia, and 2 months to register yet more voters in that voter-suppressed State, the possibility of Dems tying Repubs for 50-50 in the Senate gives the Dems effective control of all three entities, House, Senate and White House. VP has the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and that would be VP Kamala Harris.

 

One can imagine that never in US history will so much money be thrown at these two runoff elections.  Expect folks like Bloomberg, Steyer and other billionaires to flood Georgia with ads, campaign financing, and even buses to bring voters to the polls in January.

 

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14 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

What makes 45's fighting stance even more impotent is that with two runoff elections in Georgia, and 2 months to register yet more voters in that voter-suppressed State, the possibility of Dems tying Repubs for 50-50 in the Senate gives the Dems effective control of all three entities, House, Senate and White House. VP has the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and that would be VP Kamala Harris.

 

One can imagine that never in US history will so much money be thrown at these two runoff elections.  Expect folks like Bloomberg, Steyer and other billionaires to flood Georgia with ads, campaign financing, and even buses to bring voters to the polls in January.

 

I think what should be stressed is that the USA is going to need a huge expenditure to rescue it from the Covid 19 resurgence. Without lots of aid, states are going to have to slash their budgets.

The first round was actually quite effective, particularly the $600 weekly supplement. Although way too much money was spent on the wealthy and not enough on the middle class, blue collar workers, and service workers. Expanded Medicaid under Obamacare was a huge boost for workers at the lower end of the wage scale.

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International observers call trumps claims of a false election an unprecedented abuse of power.  So add that to the pile of things he needs to be prosecuted for but probably won't.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-white-house-statement-abuse-of-position-international-election-observer-2020-11?utm_source=reddit.com

 

 

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And in more exciting news from the fearsome warriors of the new Resistance

Michigan AG asks residents to stop telling staff to shove Sharpies up their butts

The Michigan attorney general pleaded with residents of the state on Thursday to stop telling her staff to shove Sharpies up their butts.

Attorney General Dana Nessel made the plea in a tweet Thursday after a state judge tossed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign that sought to suspend ballot counting in the state.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/please-stop-telling-staff-to-shove-sharpies-up-butts-michigan-ag/

 

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3 hours ago, Walker88 said:

She is extremely bright, and the Biden team is likely to be filled with actual experts in every field from finance to trade to diplomacy to medical science. I am in touch with a member of Biden's transition team, and the number of well-known experts in various fields who are volunteering to be a part of the post-45 clean-up effort is astonishing. Real patriots are rising to the occasion. Biden will truly pull the best of the best, and if he decides to step aside before his term ends, Harris is perfectly capable of orchestrating the team.

I hope you're right. Recalling the incredible level of racist animus* directed at Michelle Obama, who was only the FLOTUS, in US society Harris's demographic alone could make her incredibly divisive before policy even gets a mention...

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This is all rather enjoyable at the moment, but let’s none of us forget, Trump has on a number of occasions refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. 

 

Right now he’s running out of options to avoid facing his defeat and the inevitable consequences of his defeat.

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

This is all rather enjoyable at the moment, but let’s none of us forget, Trump has on a number of occasions refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. 

 

Right now he’s running out of options to avoid facing his defeat and the inevitable consequences of his defeat.

 

 

 

 

We're not out of the woods by any means.  If Trump can appeal a few cases to the Supreme Court, they would decide for him 5 to 4.

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We're not out of the woods by any means.  If Trump can appeal a few cases to the Supreme Court, they would decide for him 5 to 4.

I'm not so sure.  So far, none of the legal challenges seem significant.  And with so many states turning towards Biden, even if he loses one, he'll still win.

 

The big question!  Will he resign, like happened in the past, and have Pence, as POTUS, pardon him?

 

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2 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

I'm not so sure.  So far, none of the legal challenges seem significant.  And with so many states turning towards Biden, even if he loses one, he'll still win.

 

The big question!  Will he resign, like happened in the past, and have Pence, as POTUS, pardon him?

 

Interesting idea. I think Pence would see what happened to Gerald Ford after pardoning Nixon. It's true that times are different now, far more partisan, though. Of course, Trump could pardon himself, but that could be reversed by the Supreme Court. 

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