This is probably where the donor money goes, putting Rudy and Pam and probably the little warlord Harlan and his “team” up at the Four Seasons downtown.
In any event the more salient point is Trump’s goon squad is about to fill the void created by network decision desks for entirely non-transparent reasons.
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Media decision desks were willing to call Virginia for Biden when he was behind in the tabulation, but they are letting us go through a long national game of ‘99 bottles of beer on the wall’ with Pennsylvania. Am I right to think this is bc calling PA is calling the presidency?
The votes have been CAST—in many cases postmarked and given to the federal government—but they still need to be COUNTED. Every vote needs to be counted.
It’s probably most helpful if I post some of the filings. So, first, I’d point people to Judge Sullivan’s order earlier today for USPS to conduct sweeps in certain districts by 3:00 p.m. EST.
Second, take a look at the postal service’s response. There’s a lot of verbiage but the ultimate message is they’re not going to meet the 3:00 p.m. deadline Judge Sullivan set (and, cheekily, they say they don’t think it really is a deadline).
The notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit hit the district court docket before Judge Hanen’s written order, which is a road map for the Fifth Circuit to reverse him without remand if it’s so inclined. Pages 1-4:
Pages 5-9:
Having reread it, the real invitation outlined by the judge here is for the Supreme Court—to change the law of standing to aid GOP candidates in throwing out votes on the night before an election. (But the appeal the plaintiffs filed is to the 5th Cir and time is way too short.)