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“Barrett also found that should Mr. Trump die or become incapacitated, he could be “replaced on the ballot” by the party that nominated him for the presidency, and that that individual would assume Mr. Trump’s powers as the “Republican nominee” until the crisis was resolved.”
Do you want the Borgias? 'cause that’s how you get the Borgias. Advancement via dead-man’s shoes. Dead-man’s shoes via assassination.
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Looks pretty damned predictable to me; it’s just not inevitable at this point.
We shall see about that, after the mid-terms & the upcoming SCOTUS decision re: ILT.
In any case:
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It’s Klingon Promotion, except that corrupt klingons still have to appear to be honourable.
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“But it can’t happen here…”, which will follow in part on “It’s just a midterm election. Why should I bother voting?”
Nothing about the scenario laid out here is implausible. Especially if the GOP wins both chambers in a little over a week from now.
I think that’s a little joke at the expense of the NYT, which already regularly bends over backwards with “Nazi Next Door” type pieces to show that not everything about the fascists is bad.
Up until starting his stupid war, Putin didn’t exert complete dictatorial control of the press. As long as the outlets didn’t go too far in upsetting the tacit deal between the regime and the people (“you stay out of our private lives and we’ll let you rob us blind”), Putin allowed them along with the sham opposition in the rubber-stamp parliament and the pretense of an independent judiciary. The GOP, of course, is using all that as a blueprint for their own prospective one-party dictatorship.
Dropped my ballot off today. If I took the time to vote in a state where the majority is almost guaranteed to agree with me on offices like governor, Senator and Rep. then someone in a swing state who has the same level of opportunity to do so has no excuse to blow it off (which brings us back to the beginning of this comment).
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“… now is not the time for an election” 
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And if NATO nations and beyond are afraid to wade directly into the Ukraine invasion for fear of reprisals from Putin’s cardboard army, imagine how they would feel about helping us out under a dictatorship. I suspect the world will protest a bit at first, but would fairly quickly one-by-one start “recognizing” the new permanent leadership as a valuable trading and strategic partner…
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What makes you say that? /s
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They realize they can have…both, right?
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The stability of the position of white cis het men in the social order, of course.
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It’s funny because it’s true.
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I don’t think I have a sigh deep enough in acknowledgment. Yes.
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Continuing the story…
Meanwhile, over on Musker new CEO X Æ A-12 sprayed “If you make dada and his friends mad your account will be terminated without prejudice.”
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Thanks for that link.
Yes, it’s true, but that does not make it funny.
That the loophole has been identified for many years is what makes the NYT story more likely to be true. Which makes it scarier, not funnier.
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We already have Fox News @d4l3d.
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This is the current state of the UK Parliament. The party in charge decides when to call an election or when to instead install another Prime Minister without a public mandate. It will never be the time for an election until it is clear that the ruling party will secure a clear majority.
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Georgia: I am knocking on doors and poking people to vote. Now is the time, poke everyone you know, and poke them hard.
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… perhaps five years is a little too long on the egg timer 
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How about the UK makes the time until mandatory election equal to the average of the time served by your party’s last two or three Prime Ministers? Seems reasonable 
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