#MoscowMitch McConnell started with Merrick Garland delay, and also denied over 100 Obama district court nominees. He has altered the balance of the courts in unfair manner. That needs to be corrected. Duh. It also will be. And here's the how...
First SCOTUS. As Merrick Garland & now RBG are #MoscowMitch McConnell cheating of the system, they need to be redressed. After the election, as long as Joe Biden wins AND also DEMs take the Senate, then it is really easy to fix the current unfairness. Enlarge the Supreme Court
There is ZERO legislation restricting SCOTUS to 9 Justices. Because GOP cheated, it needs to be fixed. Two bogus Justices, enlarge the court by 4 to 13. all 4 of those DEM Senate appoint liberal justices, balance flips as it was SUPPOSED to with Obama and Merrick Garland
instead of 6-3 conservative, court becomes 7-6 liberal. All 6 current conservatives get to remain on SCOTUS (for now, about them a bit later). The FIRST Scotus Justice to be approved should be of course Merrick Garland, Obama's orig pick, who is a moderate liberal.
The remaining 3 would be picks by Biden, and as the SCOTUS balance flips from conservative to liberal, also the Chief Justice would switch. Would be ultimate thank you and honor for Barack Obama to become the new Chief Justice. Just sayin'....
Now Kavanaugh? I personally am 100% convinced that Kavanaugh appointment was corrupt and involved a bribe to Trump in some way. That WILL come out, in the processing of Trumpomobsters from 2021 onwards. If ANY Trump appointees to SCOTUS were corrupt, they must be removed..
if the Republicans were so stupid or inept, to let Trump do a corrupt SCOTUS appointment (or two, or three!) then that/those need to be impeached and replaced... which would alter the balance of SCOTUS dramatically to the liberal side, BEYOND the repairs to McConnell's tricks
Recognize that SEVERAL of the biggest problems in America stem from bad SCOTUS decisions recently, like Citizens United (secret money in elections) to the Voting Rights matters. A liberal majority SCOTUS would overturn those clear injustices. and protect Roe vs Wade & Obamacare
Next the 100+ District Court justices. Same story. For those - but only those - Circuit courts where #MoscowMitch McConnell managed to alter the balance of the district court by preventing an Obama nominee to be considered in Senate - simple remedy. Expand THAT circuit court
It means probably half maybe 2/3 of those courts would need immediate appointments - and always of course TWO liberal justices to return the intended balance during Obama. Use FIRST those judges that Obama nominated, then let Biden add his choices after they're all done.
And AFTER the Obama balance has been restored - then have the FBI examine EVERY Trump appointed district court judge. If they're square and honest, all is good. But again. I am CERTAIN at least some of them involved Trump corruption, bribes or promises. ALL such judges impeached
When the #MoscowMitch McConnell Senate approved circuit court judges, some will be valid (if conservative) judges with no fault in that nomination. Trump will not have gotten EVERY one of several hundred JUDGES corrupt. But Trump WILL have corrupted some of them. Those HAVE to go
Do NOT panic NOW about what last-minute bullshit #MoscowMitch McConnell can do. It can be undone or reversed or rebalanced, as long as we have a BIG BLUE WAVE. Joe Biden needs to win DECISIVELY. And that is not enough. The SENATE has to flip too. But all of that is in our reach
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All this: have an extraordinarily long life with
-Sentence of life plus 1,000 years (eligible for parole in 800)
-Cellmate Pence reading the Bible at him every damned day
-No internet & of course
-No Twitter
-Only 1 hr of TV daily: MSNBC tuned to Maddow
Trump end 2/4
(in prison)
Prison means no cheeseburgers or Diet Cokes
No Adderall
No Dexamethasone
No orange makeup
No tanning
No long hair (That Thing that nests on his head will be gone)
By 2021 we'll have a Covid vaccination. so no early release for pandemic reasons
No golf
Trump end 3/4
(in prison)
Prison means healthy food
Vegetables (I'd love to have them feed Goya beans to him every damned day. The aroma in his prison cell would be epic)
Government provided free healthcare
Regular check-ups
No fake doctor notes
No telephone
This thread is NOT suggesting ANY let-down of our effort. We need a MASSIVE blue wave, to ensure there is no doubt, Joe Biden wins it on election night.
And we need the Senate, or else nothing gets done for 2 years. So we need HUGE wave.. but update
Update thread 2/12
We are 3 weeks from the election. We made it through 4 years of the Trumpomess. We will make it through these last 23 days. Hang in there, do not let up, we're ahead, they're behind. We will prevail. But let's take quick look at the main races...
Update thread 3/12
Biden had held a solid but steady, essentially immobile lead of 7 points for MONTHS up to first debate. The RCP average (Real Clear Politics) had Biden at 7 points, at WORST 6, at best 8. Steady 7 point lead, solid but immobile. An Obama-John McCain level win
Oh.. let's get back to the SDNY story ie resignation & pardon. So SDNY is not New York state. Their pardons don't stop NY State from prosecuting Trump for state crimes so Trump will land in prison
Trump KNOWS this. He would not resign. He'd only DROP OUT OF the ELECTION
My feeling is, IF Trump makes this kind of move, it is not resignation. It is stepping out of election (with whatever excuse including 'covid complications') - but NOT RESIGNATION. Trump doesn't want to lose. He'd prefer not to be on the ballot. Then he can blame others...
So Trump could suddenly announce 'I will not seek re-eleciton, Pence can represent the GOP from 2021 if he wins in November. GOP can nominate a Veep for Pence and I recomment Ivanka'
This move is totally Trumpish, and would be worst possible move to GOP, demoralizing GOP voters
BTW on that SDNY / Pardon story. I told you before, it is 100% certain that Trump is being asked by REPUBLICANS to step down, to resign, to hand over the Presidency to Pence. Note, these GOP know they'd still lose with Pence on top, but Trump damage would stop...
But as I said..
But as I said, only Trump knows the full extent of all of his crimes. Nobody 'sane' who comes to suggest any transition to Pence including pardons, knows what all crimes await Trump in New York State.
And that is NOT SDNY. SDNY is FEDERAL crimes, prosecuted via NY federal office
As we know, Mueller farmed out about a dozen lawsuits. They are all CRIMES (or series of crimes). Most but not necessarily all, involve Trump. We KNOW there are several STATE TAX laws including New York, Illinois, California & Florida. Pence CANNOT pardon those (and are not SDNY)
Then rallies RT @JustAManic2020
Replying @tomiahonen
If he does have a rally maybe he'll tire himself out before the next debate. Media will start asking if he is still on steroids but he can lie. Not worth the public health risk. Even if Trump is better, rallies are dangerous
I agree with you. Trump rallies are super-spreader events and should be outlawed. No. Not outlawed, simply that the Covid-19 rules should be CLEARLY and forcefully enforced. Social distancing (empty seats in between) and mandatory masks.
As you see, the small crowd behind Trump
In pix of his rallies, that small crowd behind Trump will always wear masks and has a stunning mix of women (Trump rallies are 80% men) and non-white people (Trump rallies are 5% non-white)
But lets talk about those rallies. Trump WANTS the rallies. Because he is addicted to it
It’s time for sanity in America vote Joe Biden about an overwhelming numbers it’s not over we have to make sure we send a clear message pack your bags and go home
So these kinds of directional mistakes happen in all democracies, over time. In the USA, the Democrats got ever more lost in the late 1970s and 1980s, leading to 1984 Mondale loss where he took about 40% of the vote
After that DEMs regrouped, noticed they need NEW DIRECTION
What Mondale era DEMs were offering was 'classic' socialism ('lite', Europeans would add). When Bill Clinton came with a centrist and more business-friendly view, suddenly DEMs were again popular. It is a question of going too far to one edge. The GOP did this with Newt Gingrich