Ah Chicago. City of the big shoulders. Stacker of wheat. Maker of meat on a bone. Home of the pigsickle.
You probably know, from MASH and the Adam’s Ribs episode (and Sandberg of course)
They are two separate issues but still kinda connected because a faithless elector could prevent a supposed 269 - 269 EV from ever getting to the House by changing the score to 270 - 268.
The Dem senate candidate in Alaska is still saying he’ll win:
Last I checked, the current senate vote count there is similar to the presidential count.
Maybe baseball makes for a better analogy. It’s the top of the 46th inning, I think.
The second city. The city that works. The third coast. The windy city. The white city.
There is no “enacting” needed. Many states currently do not have FE laws therefore they allow for FE to happen legally.
Apparently, a few of the rats have been convinced to not flee the ship quite yet.
That is terrifying but not surprising. This is the kind of violence Trump has encouraged. I’m glad they caught those sonsofbitches.
I agree that’s true.
However, and I’ve said this repeatedly throughout the discussion, I don’t believe it can come into play in this election, because the rules can’t be changed retroactively and I don’t believe in the end it’s going to be a 270 EV election. I think blatantly going against the will of the people in a decisive election brings a significant amount of risk – even for this newly-constituted SCOTUS.
You are correct that it’s a whole new ball game with the newly-constituted Supreme Court, and they will advance their objectives to rule by minority whenever they think they can get away with it.
I do think it is also significant that Republicans are backing away from Trump and do not appear to have an appetite for pursuing this path of madness. For now.
That is interesting. And a bit unnerving.
This is what trump has wrought— convincing his army of idiots that they’re being patriotic Americans by trying to violently stop the voting process.
Anderson Cooper is bringing some heat today:
Ok, that clarifies things for me. I thought the SCOTUS ruling addressed that in saying that a state legislature couldn’t retroactively decide to allow faithless electors if they already have laws against it. I wasn’t aware so many states currently don’t have FE laws that allow for it.
Thank you.
Lindsey Graham is the embodiment of Gríma Wormtongue (The Lord of the Rings).
Maybe Peter Pettigrew (aka Wormtail) from Harry Potter.
I can’t decide.
So maybe I was right about the black “walk away” movement?
Any guesses on when they will announce Biden has the 270?
No, not really. People’s posts here should not be like Jeopardy questions. There should be nothing to “solve”. If folks can just spell out what they mean instead of using acronyms and initialisms everywhere we’ll be fine.
What’s “EP”? Is that Extended Play? 'Cause I thought that was for records (single, EP, LP) not video.
I’d guess tomorrow morning, after he passes Trump in PA.
Didn’t you just throw a hissy fit in a hospice announcement thread because you couldn’t handle just asking someone what an acronym meant? Here’s the facts - we’re already all fine when someone uses an unfamiliar term or initialism. It’s not the end of the world, and you can persevere through the torment of a few minutes of confusion.
I’m not any one and nothing matters and by no means is this jr. moderating, tis but only a very easy observation–Whack-A-Mole might need to take a break and get some rest. I don’t see the need to be such an aggressively wet blanket and so antagonistic in so many replies. Super agro. We’re all a little fried, you don’t have to junk-yard dog at every little thing.
(“yes my name checks out”)