Three points:
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What do you all make of the Hunter Biden investigation…? This article says it covers foreign dealings as well as money laundering, and includes James Biden (Joe’s brother). Is this the new Benghazi scandal? Is Hunter in legal trouble, or is it a fishing expedition into Trump’s rivals?
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What do you all make of Trump’s apparent signal to retreat to Mar-a-lago to never ever return to the WH? Especially in regard to–
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–the effect it will have on the “impending civil war?” I personally do not think anything is going to happen re: violent insurrections, as far as wide-scale violence is concerned. I think it’s notable that the brunt of death threats are being made by republican constituents to REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS. I think the fact no one has fired a shot/died so far bodes well…their outrage seems to continue to fizzle, and as noted upthread, the “Kraken” et al will continuously re-file and kick the “but Trump shoulda won” can down the road so far that people will eventually lose interest. IMHO I feel like this was the best case–drawing out a long, stupid loss where their confidence is constantly eroding rather than one singular “piss them off” victory.
I think there was never a scenario where MAGA nuts were going to accept a clear and decisive Biden victory, so any denial of reality was probably inevitable.
All that said, Right Wing Terrorism and hate crimes are way way up under Trump, and his violent rhetoric certainly doesn’t help, so there may be pockets of whackos doing violent things, but again I cannot fathom a “civil war” or any militia groups acting en masse.
What do you guys think?