The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Old man yells at cloud, presidential edition.

https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1320883278476398595?s=21

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I donā€™t see it. The laws for validating the votes are already on the books. It just doesnā€™t seem plausible to argue after the fact that those laws donā€™t count.

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Did he lose yet?

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The real question is are we at the point where the SC would do something for purely partisan gain with zero legal justification. Iā€™m not sure the answer to that but letā€™s not pretend like we arenā€™t, at best, very close to that and at worst already there.

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Yeah. Not saying it canā€™t happen. I just think it would be an admission that we are in fact done with democracy as weā€™ve known it. Even a conservative judge would have to think twice about going there. I guess.

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The fuck you cheat code is pretty much undefeated in the Trump era also. I think anyone speculating on what a Supreme Court with Neil Gorsuch as the deciding vote as if the actual laws will matter at all has completely lost the plot.

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Remember that Trump was recently pressed on installing ACB.

He started off saying it was justified because every president in the history of America has presented a nomination for a vacant Supreme Court seat. If there were a Dem POTUS, theyā€™d do the same.

They brought up Merrick Garland.

So he said the quiet part out loud. The Democrats have played dirty, so that means the GOP is justified in doing whatever it takes to win.

Note that the example he offered of the Dems playing dirty was their attempt to hold Kavanaugh accountable for sexual assault allegations.

Maybe AOC should work to elect someone more progressive as Speaker.

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Based on her interview this weekend it seems like she probably is doing this.

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Pretty sure the Mexican border is closed to Americans these days. Sorry pal.

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Itā€™s going to be hilarious if it turns out mail in ballots help Republicans at some point - and SCOTUS holds up letting ballots trickle in for a month after the election.

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Or we could pretend we havenā€™t been there for 20 years already.

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I mean itā€™s not impossible, Ds vote more by mail but have been terrified of getting their ballots tossed for months and Rs probably figure, likely correctly, that ā€œtheir teamā€ would never throw out their votes.

Iā€™m spending the next week in hardcore mental preparation for a Trump win. Iā€™ve already been working on it, but Iā€™m gonna be more focused this week. If I have even minimal expectations, I will be absolutely wrecked.

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Because fuck you thatā€™s why

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Oh I completely get it. Iā€™m just saying conservatives use the logic that the ballot must be counted on election day. Itā€™s all bullshit but thatā€™s the logic.

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Congratulations sir please donā€™t throw me in camp sir.

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Could really use a PA +9 poll right about now.

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PA:
Biden - 96% (+92)
Trump - 4%

Source - signs in my neighborhood

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