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13 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read
What is Happening In America in 4 Tweets

#1:Trump invents whatever suits his fancy.

#2: People around Trump tell him he is right: He is entitled to the presidency as was robbed of what he deserves.

#3: [Most of] the GOP is willing to back Trump because they get what they want: A government that keeps them in power and maintains the hierarchy instead of creating equality and fairness, which they call ‘socialism.’

#4:

A large number of people literally think Trump was sent by God to save America.

His lies won’t work in court, but they work with those who (1) believe everything he says or (2) pretend to believe because it is in their personal interest to do so.
This short thread is now on my blog, plus I answered a few questions. terikanefield-blog.com/whats-happenin…

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14 Dec
This is equal parts horrifying and absurd. These are not real electors. There is not a "competing" slate of electors.

It's the Nevada GOP showing that they are completely unhinged from reality. Image
You see, Nevada certified its election for Biden on 11/24.
forbes.com/sites/alisondu…
Nevada law requires that the electors are legally bound to vote for whoever wins the presidential election in NV. apnews.com/article/electi…
Dear Nevada GOP:

It's time for Election Law 101.

Because of a complicated system we have called the electoral college, when you vote for president, you don't actually vote for president, you vote for a slate of electors.

The GOP electors lost when Trump lost the election. Image
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14 Dec
Here it is. What is surely the last gasp of the strategy to accomplish a judicial coup d'état.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision.

Who is surprised? Nobody.

But it's still fun.

wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/Dis………

Reading it now . . .

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Petitioners sought to "invalidate the ballots" of more than 220,000 Wisconsin voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties.

As with the other complaints, the issue wasn't that any voters did anything wrong; it's how the election was conducted.

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The doctrine of laches as applied to elections in a nutshell: You can't agree to the rules, wait to see how the election turns out, and then challenge the rules.

That's why lawyers kept saying the courts won't allow it, even if the judges are Republicans.

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14 Dec
Reading recommendation: Rand Corp, "The Russian Firehose of Falsehoods Propaganda Model," includes advice on how to counter a rapid and continuous stream of lies.
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…

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The liar has a “shameless willingness” to tell outrageous lies that lots of people know are lies.

The liar doesn’t care about consistency.
He doesn’t care if it’s obvious he’s lying.
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
In fact, that's the whole point.

Putin perfected the method.

2/
It seems to come naturally to Trump.

@TimothyDSnyder tells how reporters were often so astonished by Putin's outrageous lies, that they focused on the lies instead of Putin's latest atrocities.

The lies became the news.
The actual news gets pushed off the stage.

3/
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12 Dec
I'll lay the entire process out here, and show why this can't happen. Applicable law: The Electoral Count Act and of course, your favorite document and mine, the Constitution, or, if you prefer cliff notes: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF…

Here's what happens on Jan. 6.

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The Houses meet to count the votes.

Both Houses are required by law to declare the winner of the election.

But (and here's the rub) members may object to particular electors.

2/
This creates some theater. Trump loyalists can object.

What then? If both a Senator and member of the House object to a particular elector, there is a recess. The Houses meet separately for a maximum of 2 hours.

They vote. If both Houses agree, the delegates are tossed.

3/
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12 Dec
In Trump World, it makes sense to spend months and millions of dollars trying to overturn an election while ignoring a virus that killed over 300,000 Americans.

For Trump and pals, the purpose of government isn’t to help people. It’s to protect the power of those at the top.
A lot of people do not believe that the purpose of government is to help people. They call that socialism.

For them, government maintains the hierarchy.

That's why they think mandating masks is tyranny, but tax cuts for corporations is good government.
That's because you're a person who believes fairness and equality are possible.
Some people don't believe that. They think some people belong at the top, and that if nature takes its course, the "makers" end up a the top and the "takers' at the bottom. . .
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11 Dec
That's not how it works {sarcasm}

If you voted for Biden by mail, it doesn't count.
If you voted for Trump by mail, it does.
Otherwise you'd have to throw out all of Utah's electors.

My husband saw this exact kind of thing in Chile under Pinochet.

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Pinochet's government would invent a silly argument intended to make a power grab appear legal. Nobody was fooled.

Team Trump is creating a transparent pretext to give SCOTUS the chance to overturn the election.

Pinochet didn't actually let judges decide, though.

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That's the key difference. Pinochet was able to invent silly legal arguments and get away with it because he had the military behind him. (And yes, I know about the US involvement😉)

Trump seems to think he owns SCOTUS. He appointed a few justices, so they "owe" him.

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