You see, the question for the GOP is who controls the voters. A few decades ago, the GOP made the mistake of outsourcing voter mobilization. They teamed up with FOX and the NRA, who got the voters to the polls. So FOX and the NRA control the voters, which gives them power. . .
. . . over the voters. (That insight on GOP voter mobilization is from Yale political scientist @Jacob_S_Hacker and Berkeley political scientist Paul Pierson.
This gives FOX power over candidates, which as forced candidates to adopt more extreme positions.
Right now. . .
. . . Trump is trying to wrest that control from FOX, which would give him power over GOP candidates.
Some of you are reading Tweet #1 as hopeful and optimistic. Option #1 going forward is destructive to democracy and the real danger we face: The rise of disinformation.
This depends on what you mean by the Trumps "going down."
Criminal convictions won't cause the Trumps to lose their power over the right-wing. The right-wing celebrates lawbreaking. Convictions become a badge of honor. Look at Flynn and Rittenhouse.
What can possibly cause the Trumps to "go down" is for them to be perceived as losers and weak.
That can do it.
The idea that a criminal conviction will take away Trump's power among the QAnon or Oann people is held by those who don't understand the fascist mind.
The kind of prosecutions that I believe CAN bring down the Trumps are prosecutions that show they are actually flat broke, that they really weren't that good at cheating and lying and they're worth nothing.
This is why Trump can't admit he lost. He can't be a "loser."
White supremacy is victimhood: "others are taking what rightfully belongs to us and we have to stop them."
Hierarchical people think that those trying to achieve "equality" are really trying to take their place at the top.
This is a good question and gets to the truth about "law and order," which was never really about law and order, and always about keeping Black people in their place.
I recently wrote a book about Thurgood Marshall. Southern police were the worst.
Unfortunately, I think it's more likely that the right-wing ends up pulling together, which is why I think the long term solution to the problems we face is breaking up the right-wing propaganda machine.
I'm researching my book on the Second Amendment (yeah, I need to get off Twitter and back to work) and learned that in 1872, two candidates declared themselves the winner of Lousiana's gubernatorial race.
Has similarities to 2020 presidential.
I'm still trying to get to the bottom of what happened, but it seems like this: Candidate #1 was the favorite of the newly freed Black population and Candidate #2 was a Confederate.
. . .claimed that #1 won because former Confederate soldiers were not allowed to vote, Carpetbaggers voted for #1, and of course, the underlying accusation is that Black votes shouldn't count.
#2 assumed power.
Trump won't because this isn't 1872. Black votes DO count.
I can't find a good link, so maybe Candidate #2 "won" (lib.lsu.edu/collections/di…) but it looks mighty suspicious to me.
The books I'm reading are telling me that what followed the election was "mass confusion."
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Have you ever noticed that the great leaders of the world, the ones who have brought about the most enduring and positive changes, did not go out of their way to stoke anger and rage?
I am personally not seeing anyone preaching that Trump should be forgiven.
Maybe I'm missing it, but almost every source I read understands that investigation will (and must) continue.
Maybe we just read different sources.
The Biden administration includes the FBI and DOJ.
Many of the investigations must happen in the Biden administration because that's where the records are.
But Biden himself must be disengaged, or we have the same corruption we had under Trump.
💠The truth to come out
💠Investigations to continue unhampered
💠Independent prosecutors to decide what to prosecute.
💠All money obtained illegally to be returned.
💠Congress to pass a relief bill that gives relief to ordinary people.
💠The new administration to undo the damage to our institutions done by the previous administration, which will take a lot of work and focus on building back agencies so they can do their jobs.
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I also want people to understand the extent to which your emotions and rage have been manipulated by people who profit from keeping you riled.
When I went to law school, I vowed to use my legal degree for "justice" . . .
Here's the filing in which (among other things) they ask the court to stay the certification in PA pending appeal. drive.google.com/file/d/1_492c-…
I attached the rules of appellate procedure explaining that the request must first be made at the trial court (which they didn't do.)
The other part of this is that the certification is at 7 tonight. The rules require that all parties be given reasonable notice.
Yeah, and the TRO couldn't be filed in the district court because the district court THREW OUT THE ENTIRE LAWSUIT on a motion to dismiss, which is what is being appealed.
They're asking for a chance to refile in the lower court.
Technically what Judge Brann did was grant the defendant's motion to dismiss.
A motion to dismiss is what a defendant brings at the start of a lawsuit to get rid of totally frivolous claims so the court doesn't have to waste time.