The fact that no electeds last time were punished for trying to steal the election predictably lead to out-in-the-open maneuvering to do the same thing in 2024. It's bad
seems like now would be a great time for Jack Smith to go ahead and start naming those un-named co-conspirators and drop some indictments. Trump may have a legal fig leaf - but these people don't.
Back in late 2020 I advocated for expelling all the members of Congress who voted against certifying, then using the rump majorities you'd gain after to pass court reform (who'd ratify the legality of this maneuver). Radical proposal! but the alternatives of doing nothing were more radical
“It’s hard to convince people something is a real threat if you continually behave like it’s not” -I dunno, probably several people on here at various points.
I sometimes think of the local media in Stefanik's district post-1/6. They were *hounding* her about missing votes to go fundraise at Mar-A-Lago and then suddenly everything went back to normal.
I have to imagine that inside the party none of these would be new questions or so you’d hope. Biden dying or being incapacitated at any point wouldn’t exactly be black swan event.
Dem leadership's inability to overcome their incredibly strong instincts to be as chickenshit as possible – both in 2020 and today – is really imperiling The Republic
I would feel better if I had any indication at all that anyone high up in the Democratic party was saying, "let's game out what the worst case scenario is on election day and beyond, since we've been constantly getting caught flat-footed for 4+ years"
