Thread by @AkivaMCohen

Y'all, I've gotten the filings to date in the #Squidigation appeal in Georgia. Don't have time for a true thread today, but a couple of points of clownery are worth highlighting. You can find the full docs here dropbox.com/sh/uvkqcnvq2on…

First, you may remember that the Eleventh Circuit had some ... concerns ... about whether Team Kraken could actually appeal the Court's order, and directed all parties to address those concerns by December 3

Well, here's the docket entries for those filings. Note the problem?

Yes. In another of our persistent threadnought echoes, Team Squid blew the filing deadline. The state of Georgia and the Democrats filed at 11:20/11:25 pm on the 3rd.

Team Squid? At 1:20 am on the 4th.

I fully expect to hear this was due to PDF issues, of course

It gets better.

Remember when Team Squid (for these purposes, and given how inept they are, maybe that should be Team Docket?) ...

Anyway, remember when Team Squid said they were appealing "as of right" because the "denial" of their TRO was an emergency and the District Court had no jurisdiction any more?

And the District Court said "you guys are fucking nuts if you think you can appeal as of right but ok"?

And then the 11th Circuit said "uh, hey guys, we have some questions. Could all the various parties please provide us with briefing on whether this order can be appealed at all"? (You know, the order with the deadline they blew?)

Well ... apparently Team Squid has belatedly recognized that no, they don't have a right to appeal and they'd better ask permission instead

Again, I haven't actually read the brief yet. So maybe they're still arguing they can appeal as of right and this is a fallback - but if so, their table of contents doesn't reflect that

Also, I skimmed the background section and ... oh. Oh no.

The level of whatthefuckery here is impressive even for this elite team of whatthefuckers

To recap: On Sunday, Judge Batten circulated a *draft* - not final, not effective - order to the parties.

Lin Wood, desperate for a victory - any victory at all - tweeted it out as though it was a signed order.

A few minutes later - no doubt after hearing from the Defendants about their "you sued the wrong parties" defense - Judge Batten circulated a different *draft* order, in which all relief would be denied.

Lin tweeted that out, too

Neither draft order ever hit the docket because (as you may recall, or understand from knowing the English language) they were never actually issued.

They were UNISSUED DRAFT orders.

Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, being a level of bat-shit crazy that most mortals cannot ken, decided to include those drafts in their Appendix (which is the record that you're asking the appellate court to review)

And to top it off, they have apparently put "new affidavits" and new evidence in their "appendix" - things that were never before the district court at all.

This is not a thing they can do. I mean yeah, physically, they can do it. But the 11th Circuit can't consider any of that

Folks, we are *out of earth*. They have dug through the core of the planet, come out the other side, and continued into the atmosphere.

Yes, I know that once they're coming out the other side they're technically digging *up*, but they don't seem to and they're determined to keep digging

I don't know how they can possibly continue to get worse after this. I can't imagine what that will look like.

And yet I *also* know it's inevitable.

Happy Friday, all.

BTW, for anyone wondering why the "new documents in the appendix" thing is so bad, here's the express 11th Circuit rule on it: