::cue Sabre Dance tune::
Ah! TIL! Never knew it was a Russian slang for young white trash.
I always associated Gopnik with the sometimes-abstruse New Yorker writer.
And Obama, for that matter.
And I know it because of my love for hardbass; Sabre Dance this is not!
I almost forgot to mention this tidbit from Texas:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/529926-texas-gop-chair-appears-to-suggest-secession-after-scotus-rejects
Here’s the money quote:
The really, really incredible part is what follows that statement:
See it for yourself here:
Oh please oh please oh please…
Meh. Somebody in Texas is always talking about secession.
So now that the Supreme Court threw out the Texas case, what’s next up on the Coup agenda? It’s still a long way to Jan. 6.
I expect that there will be protests and some kind of symbolic actions on Monday as electors gather in their state capitols to officially cast their votes. Maybe Trump electors try to enter the convening on the argument that they’re the “true” electors? Maybe Republican legislators try to bar the Biden electors’ entrance? I just hope and pray that there’s no violence.
You ever get the feeling they think it means caesarean delivery ?
Hm.
I think you mean January 20th. But this is what I’m wondering now. How crazy will Trump get? Will he limit himself to Twitter rants and filing increasingly unhinged lawsuits, or will he try even crazier things?
Well, the MAGAbots are demonstrating nationwide today. Guess there’s nuttin’ on TV and too early to drink beer?
https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB1bRXNM?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative groups that allege without evidence that President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election from Donald Trump plan protests nationwide on Saturday, including a Washington rally headlined by Trump’s recently pardoned former national security adviser.
Organizers Stop The Steal, which is linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups urged supporters to turn out to “Jericho Marches” and prayer rallies. These are planned at Washington’s National Mall and in the capitals of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, where Trump’s campaign has questioned vote counts.
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Some of the demonstrators will be blowing shofars, which this Jew finds tacky and offensive. The shofar is blown on solemn religious occasions. 
This goes without saying. I hope the Biden electors will have lots of armed police protection.
Heard they are going to stop traffic in Atlanta on Monday.
Having grown up in Atlanta, I got news for these guys - the traffic stops just fine by itself, tyvm.
Fortunately, Allen West is despised by many in his own party - and that’s saying something about what an absolutely bizarro douchebag he is.
As mentioned in the other thread, the WI Supreme Court is hearing an appeal today. The are some other cases pending, and I expect suits to continue probably even after Jan 20.
Brian
Yeah, Allen West came to Texas after being found as too crazy even for the FL GOP:
IIRC, the GOP - not the Democrats - deliberately gerrymandered a district so he would lose his congressional seat.
How about this?
I an absolutely see him doing this. Anything to keep the cameras on him and not on Joe.
According to the article, what he means is that he is petitioning to join the case as a plaintiff. He’s using the scary word “intervening”, which makes is sound like he plans to try to direct the Court on what to do or something, or make them conclude what he wants.
Interesting analysis. It explains why religious folks who should be freaked out by Trump are supporting him. He vocalizes their agenda (e.g. anti-abortion) while pushing to “protect” them. It’s very cultish - the leader can do anything because he is in charge - he’s the anointed of God (or even God himself, e.g. David Koresh).
Yes, that’s the factor that is most significant for driving the right - that right-wing twisted media junk like Rush Limbaugh and Breitbart and Fox. They’ve been feeding the “Libruls are EVIL” message for so long, no wonder conservatives are internalizing it.
The failing is that Republican leaders are legitimizing the attempts. Their refusal to acknowledge Biden won is just the first step - that delayed the transition, but otherwise is just petty and partisan. But when Republican State Attorney Generals file lawsuits against other states for how the other states conducted their voting, that’s a direct assault on democracy. When they refuse to call out Trump for his claims of voter fraud, that’s complicity in Trump’s undermining faith in the election and Biden’s legitimacy - something the right was already going to do. Yes, the courts and vote counters and such have stood up for the truth. But the Governors and Representatives and Senators have largely either shut up or vocally declared support for Trump and his attempts to throw out votes or otherwise overturn the election.
Where are McConnell and Gramm and co. when Trump cries massive voter fraud? Where are they when Trump calls state election officials to the White House to try to “negotiate” them into decertifying the election results and send Trump electors instead?
This is precisely the end result of not impeaching him. They encouraged him in his thoughts that he could do anything. They should be defending the Constitution. Instead, that weasel Cruz is jumping on board to argue the case to the Supreme Court. At least John Cornyn has made some weak, mealy-mouthed repudiations of Trumps efforts. That’s something. Not nearly enough, IMO, but something.
The very fact that speaking out against bogus claims of election fraud and efforts to change the state’s electoral votes by fiat is career suicide is precisely why they must speak out. Every step of “I’ll go along to protect myself, it won’t succeed but I’ll look good,” legitimizes the efforts and it stokes the fires against the actual officials who are standing up. Each step paves the way for the next step, which then faces more intense pressure to cave and go along. It’s an escalating political wave of cowardice and self-service that is feeding the Trumpers in their beliefs about the election. It’s encouraging the folks talking about taking direct action because they believe the election was rigged.
In Texas, these are the better candidates. At least on the Repub side, which is the side that wins.
Congress certifies the electoral votes on Jan. 6.
Sad but true.
Also sad but true. The Dems need to be louder and clearer on how they’ve had a plan since July that the Repubs have been avoiding. They were the ones fighting for more money in the first two stimulus plans. They were the ones trying to keep unemployment benefits up and extended. How it was the Republicans who cut funding and reduced benefits and fought against every part of the relief packages. It was the Republicans who said after two packages that we didn’t need a third.
Sadly, we’re not even getting that message on mainstream media, let alone the right wing echo chamber.