Need some good news? Biden’s lead in GA has grown to 12,338 votes after another 1,314 votes came in. He is going to carry the Peach State by a margin no recount can possibly overcome. That gives him 295 E.C. votes even without Arizona (which will give him 306 when he wins it) /1
If you’re still feeling anxious, consider this: There are just too many states that have gone over to the blue column for any amount of lawsuits, state level shenanigans, and bogus claims of fraud to overcome. /2
Nevada. Michigan. Wisconsin. Pennsylvania. Georgia. And soon Arizona. The electoral count is the same as Trump’s win in 2016, on top of a commanding popular vote win over more than 5%.
So what’s all this nonsense about in the courts and all over social media? /3
Well, there’s an old saying that goes like this: When you don’t have the facts, you bang the law, and when you don’t have the law, you bang the facts. But when you don’t have either the law or the facts, you bang your cousin like Rudy did.
I’m sorry, that was uncalled for. /4
I meant table! When you don’t have the facts or the law, you bang the table. And that’s what Trump is doing.
Biden will be our next president. Trump will be gone. Eyes on SCOTUS today and the ACA hearing, and get ready for Georgia runoffs to take the Senate back. /end
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Okay, so let’s talk electors. I’ve seen a lot of folks post asking whether there will be “faithless electors” who could swing the tally, about the nightmare scenario where GOP-led legislatures in the swing states go against the will of their voters and seek to appoint... /1
...their own slates of electors who will vote for Trump, and about the possibility that things get so delayed that states wind up missing the deadline and throwing out the popularly selected slate of electors. These are all different questions, and I’ll address each here... /2
...but in my view none of these scenarios is at all likely to affect the election outcome when the Electors meet on December 14th.
“FAITHLESS” ELECTORS. In the past, and on rare occasions, an elector has voted contrary to the way his or her state instructed, going with... /3
Deep breath moment: A lot of people have heard of Sigmund Freud, but few have heard of his brilliant daughter Anna, who has much to teach us about common defense mechanisms that the ego deploys to protect itself. As we face the possibility of a madman as a lame duck president...
I thought it would be interesting to review some of her very keen insights.
Anna Freud identified many common defense mechanism, but I want to focus on these five:
1. Denial. If the brain can deny there is a problem, then the problem doesn’t exist. Admitting the problem exists at all is to admit a need to deal with it. Think Covid-19 and what our president has done...
It looks increasingly like Biden will win the presidency and we will have a split senate. Over 60 million Americans will have voted for Trump, despite all they know about him. This can be hard to stomach, and many folks close to me... /1
have wondered aloud how it is the American people can support open racism, creeping fascism, misogyny, climate denial and even contemptible, obvious narcissism in their leader. Having no ready answers, I went back and brushed up on some... /2
Alexis de Toqueville, a French fellow who traveled to the U.S. and wrote about America in the 1800s. He was fascinated and somewhat repulsed by our democracy here. He warned of its excesses, even while predicting... /3
Some folks have asked whether SCOTUS could team up with Trump to change the trajectory of this election. Admittedly it’s been 8 years since I had a case before SCOTUS (and the composition was far different), but I don’t think that even this Court would try to invalidate votes. /1
Courts aren’t great at going backwards to fix things. Their equitable powers are forward looking. It’s like trying to put an egg yolk back into the shell after scrambling it. So what Trump needs to ask for is a halt to the counting. /2
But think about it: Even if they stopped the counts everywhere, right now, Biden would still be leading in AZ, NV, WI and MI. It would effectively make him the winner. /3