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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Straight talk: the pager attack in Lebanon that Trump friend Netanyahu orchestrated to scuttle peace talks and—it seems, secondarily—prolong a war that hurts Democrats in the United States not only injured thousands of innocents but sure feels like an Israeli *terrorist* attack.
And sadly it's working: peace is farther than ever, and American voters are blaming Democrats for a situation that has pretty clearly been gamed out by a regularly coordinating Trump-Netanyahu axis completely indifferent to human life.
Wake up, America! This is a MAGA-IDF joint.
Simply put, when you at a random time blow up scores of pagers across a country you're *100% aware* you are killing and injuring *thousands and thousands* of civilians. It's very similar to a homicide bomber going into a high-civilian-traffic "legitimate" target. It is terrorism.
Weird that I even need to say this, but the *definition* of a political prosecution is a state Republican pol needlessly *duplicating* an existing prosecution because it's politically advantageous to the leader of his party to do so.
It's *exactly* what MAGAs said they oppose.
I'm still trying to locate a single "principle" the MAGA "movement" says it believes in that is actually a *principle*, not a strategic rhetorical device.
If you can find any value that so-called movement holds that remains consistent across all scenarios, please do let me know.
And I would go further than this. As a journalist and former journalism professor, I consider it my job to perceive when a self-described movement is objectively bereft of principles and wholly defined by *strategic* situational messaging.
Both Trump assassination attempts were real—and tragic.
And provably the work of *Republican* loons.
So when Trump uses them as political chits—to fundraise, to ramp up his years of violent rhetoric—he feeds the delusions of those who call them staged. cnn.com/2024/09/17/pol…
The first shooter was a Republican from a Trump-supporting family whose friend group was Trump supporters.
The second would-be shooter was a disaffected Trump fan and Biden critic whose desired 2024 ticket was Ramaswamy/Haley.
This has nothing to do with Dems or their rhetoric.
There is not a single word or phrase a Democrat with a public profile has said about the threat Trump quite palpably and by his own admission poses to our democracy that Trump has not uttered a hundred times more and in vastly more inciting fashion about his political enemies.
(📢) PROOF: The Trump-Loomer Scandal Has Just Taken An Unbelievably Dark Turn
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This report must be read to be believed. The Trump-Loomer scandal isn’t going away, isn’t ultimately about sex, and portends major danger for America ahead. Please RETWEET. sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-trump-lo…
1/ The people who think the Trump-Loomer scandal is going away do not get it. Even the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump is not going to erase the fact that his closest adviser and possible paramour is now an ardent white supremacist and self-admitted hater of Muslims.
2/ One the silliest things folks who don’t follow politics closely do is spin conspiracy theories about every new political development being a carefully orchestrated “distraction” with no actually significant and historic substance behind it. I’d urge everyone to stop that sh*t.
1/ It's not just the fact that presidencies and campaigns have routinely been derailed by affairs in the past, or the fact that Trump is courting evangelicals as someone who has allegedly moved past his years of sin, or the fact that many MAGAs and some independents like Melania.
2/ Exponentially more important is the fact of who Laura Loomer *is*. But even within that question are innumerable complexities that must be broken down, and which in their totality explain why even top Republican officials worry a Trump-Loomer affair could destroy his campaign.
(📢) PROOF: Is Trump Now Having An Affair With Laura Loomer? Here’s Everything We Know
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Fully sourced facts only. This report is free with the one-week PROOF trial at the link. I hope you’ll RT this—as there could be major political implications here. sethabramson.substack.com/p/is-donald-tr…
(PS) I have now added a major coda to this report that includes information about Trump and Loomer most do not know (again, all fully sourced and linked to).
(PS2) I think that anyone pretending otherwise is trolling, but if you know the history of affairs revealed in the midst of presidential campaigns, and if you know who Loomer is and how many racial/ethnic/religious demos she is *openly* prejudiced against, you well understand...