2nd thought: McConnell will ghoulishly try to replace Ginsburg before January 20, 2021 if Trump loses.
3rd thought: the hearings would come mid-transition—during possible unrest.
4th thought: any election case goes to a *5-3* court.
5th thought: the GOP already stole the Court. And they were rewarded for it—richly. Now the cosmos is rewarding them *again*, confirming the view that McConnell and this iteration of the GOP should never be trusted or worked with ever again unless they agree to wait on a nominee.
6th thought: but of course McConnell *won't* wait. And even if he or Trump *say* they'll wait—in order to ensure Democratic voters aren't energized—that would be a lie and no one would trust it. The Senate GOP is already making a "mid-transition hearings" plan, whatever they say.
7th thought: 2020 easily ranks with the worst years in American history, beyond any doubt. America will need to make sure it *properly* celebrates Ginsburg and her legacy in 2021, because what's about to happen now will be—functionally—a *desecration* of that legacy. Count on it.
8th thought: yes, Roberts and Gorsuch *might* be willing to save the country from falling into tyranny, but counting on *both* men to do the right thing...I don't know. It's hard to imagine. In a 4-4 tie, the decision of the lower court (likely a state supreme court) would stand.
9th thought: those f****** ghouls. All I can think about is their despicable, gibbering, troglodytic *glee* at the passing of one of the greatest Americans to ever walk the Earth—and the fact that they're *already* plotting how to destroy her legacy and steal another SCOTUS seat.
10th thought: McConnell *effortlessly* moved the Overton Window. Ginsburg being replaced pre-inauguration should be a *non-starter*—but somehow it isn't. And for those saying she'll be replaced pre-election—no. Mitch McConnell doesn't want to whip up the Democratic base that way.
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(THREAD) This thread from a NYT-bestselling Trump biographer and former criminal defense lawyer offers the most comprehensive breakdown yet of the most explosive testimony about a POTUS ever: Stormy Daniels’ testimony. I’ll be working off court transcripts.
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1/ Please know in advance that this thread will be R-related and not appropriate for children. It will involve testimony about sexual intercourse with a former President of the United States as well as implications—in the testimony on same—that a sexual assault may have occurred.
2/ Further understand that while he objected to this testimony in court, demanded a mistrial over this testimony, was admonished for swearing audibly to intimidate the witness and jurors during this testimony and denies it in full, Trump *asked* for this witness.
2/ Those who don’t read this article will wrongly claim it says things it doesn’t: that these protests have no leftists in them; that there’s no leftist violence anywhere in America; that there’s been no antisemitism at any of the pro-Palestinians protests.
(THREAD) This is a brief thread from a NYT-bestselling Trump biographer on what everyone—literally everyone—is missing about the 34 felonies Donald Trump committed to win the 2016 presidential election. This will change how you understand the 2016 election cycle.
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1/ I’ve been covering Donald Trump more or less full-time since the day he announced his presidential candidacy in 2015, so there are things I remember as part of my job that many who follow politics more casually don’t and wouldn’t.
One is that Trump believed he’d lose in 2016.
2/ There were many articles just before the 2016 election and just after it confirming that Trump ran in 2016 to elevate the only thing he really cares about—his brand. Of course he was *trying* to win and *sort of* even wanted to win, but mainly the run was to raise his profile.
They can deny it all they want, but Kristi Noem is the frontrunner to be Trump’s VP—and it’s based entirely on her physical appearance.
That’s just how Trump operates.
He may ultimately go with someone else, but Noem is who he’s sexually attracted to and so she’s atop his list.
I’m sorry if that offends people. I’m *certainly* not saying that this is how things should be. But I’m sick of us pretending that Trump is someone other than who he is simply because his aides are smart enough to know that they must *pretend* that when speaking with journalists.
When Trump was starting to think about selecting a VP in 2016, abortion was legal and he was an outsider who needed an insider on his ticket who seemed vaguely morally and politically responsible. Now abortion is illegal, Trump is unhinged, and he needs/wants a woman as a lackey.
(📢) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Are Far-Right Insurrectionists Infiltrating the Pro-Ceasefire Protests As Part of the Run-Up to the November Political Violence Trump Just Hinted at in Time Magazine?
1/ This report is driven by two things: hard data and documented historical evidence.
2/ Moreover, it is a call for a major media investigation in the United States predicated on that hard data and documented historical evidence, not a claim that something is or is not happening. But evidence that something is happening *is* provided in bulk.
BREAKING: Trump Just Posted Online a Creepy QAnon Video About All of Earth “Submitting” to His Authority
[Be advised: this is a recruiting video for a domestic terror group that wants Trump to use all means—including violence—to become a global tyrant.]
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(MORE) The QAnon recruiting video just posted by Trump—a rapist, career criminal, con man, and insurrectionist—ends with the image below, QAnon’s call for collective violence against, and/or concerted oppression of, *anyone* who does not “submit” to the will of God-Emperor Trump.