McConnell said he is bringing the senate back on December 29th. Trump is like a chameleon. He changes colors to whatever benefits him. He was a democrat once. He might become one again.
The medical community is panicking, because they know better than many just how vulnerable we have become due to overpopulation, pollution, and environmental destruction. A childhood friend of mine worked at the CDC, and the US has been investigating just how vulnerable they are to attacks. Currently, it is estimated that designer pathogens could be made in your basement, for less than a million dollars, and the time required to make one is rapidly decreasing with the invention of things like CRISPR gene sequencing. Forget about the atom bomb, this is what Frank Herbert wrote about in "The White Plague". The cost of making pathogens is dropping so fast it makes your head spin, and some damned fool somewhere could easily toss out a few million and release a series of plagues that practically destroys the entire species. The low cost and anonymity of being able to do such things, has given the Pentagon nightmares for many decades now. Forget about anthrax, there are plenty of idiots insane enough to attempt to kill almost the entire planet, and reboot civilization according to Islamic law or communism or whatever. Covid is the medical community's first practice in modern times.
Quite the contrary, their behavior is that of a flock of chickens, making it sometimes as predictable as Newtonian mechanics and, for example, the most accurate way to determine how they vote is to test their dna. The more upset conservatives become, and the longer they drag this out, the faster they will drop like flies from alcoholism, accidents, suicide, etc. That's precisely what happened when they first filed impeachment charges, with physicians across the country complaining it was as if George Orwell were broadcasting "War of the Worlds" for the first time. They are really that stupid, and the work I do involves figuring out new ways to predict and manipulate their behavior, for fun and profit, in ways even Fox News can't resist. Its just Three Stooges slapstick, but I had to crack the English language, including figuring out it has two grammars instead of one, then reinvent all of modern physics, philosophy, and linguistics based on first principles and demonstrables, and solve quantum mechanics to get it right. Taoists say, "Its the simple shit that always gets you!"
Trump's supporters are also suing the electoral college in the suit that sues Mike Pence. Pence could dispose of Trump via the 25th amendment if he and the cabinet members determine that Trump is unfit for office.
Trump's attorneys stated the location of the electoral college that they are suing as Washington, D.C. It's members vote in each state, not in D.C. Congress tallies the electoral votes in D.C. Usually it's the vice president who presides over the tallying.
Georgia secretary of state reverses positions, now demands the end of no-excuse mail-in voting Hunter Daily Kos Staff 2020/12/23 · 15:41 Georgia secretary of state reverses positions, now demands the end of no-excuse mail-in voting excerpt: "Now, though, Raffensperger appears to believe his position in the Republican Party is so precarious that he needs to shore things up a bit. How is that done, if you are a Republican elected official who needs a quick popularity boost? You announce a new plan to keep people from voting. Raffensperger is shifting from defending the integrity of his office to a new initiative, calling on Georgia lawmakers to end no-excuse absentee voting in the state. The reasons are straightforward. Trump and other conspiracy-minded Republicans blame mail-in votes for their loss; the answer to future Republican success therefore lies in removing those votes from the voting pool. This, after the state's Republicans themselves championed absentee voting—because absentee voters tend to be older Americans, which tend to be more Republican in their voting trends. The pandemic fouled those assumptions, so now absentee voting has to go."
Georgia elections chief seeks to end no-excuse absentee voting By Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution December 23, 2020 Georgia elections chief seeks to end no-excuse absentee voting excerpt: "Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday asked Georgia state representatives to end no-excuse absentee voting, a proposal that would limit the voting method over 1.3 million people used in the presidential election. Raffensperger wants to reduce absentee voting after promoting it during the coronavirus pandemic, when he mailed ballot applications to active registered voters before the primary election. In last month’s election, about one-quarter of Georgia’s 5 million voters cast absentee ballots as Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump. “It makes no sense when we have three weeks of in-person early voting available. It opens the door to potential illegal voting,” Raffensperger told the House Governmental Affairs Committee. “From a logistical challenge, it’s a tremendous burden on our counties” that run elections. Absentee voting became politicized after Trump frequently suggested it wasn’t trustworthy, causing Republicans to move toward voting early or on Election Day. About 34% of Biden voters submitted absentee ballots, compared with 18% of Trump voters."
3,400 U.S. coronavirus deaths on December 23, 2020 while Trump and his attorneys are suing Pence and the electoral college. Coronavirus Update (Live): 79,132,157 Cases and 1,739,149 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer
Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner excerpt: "President Trump doled out clemency to a new group of loyalists on Wednesday, wiping away convictions and sentences as he aggressively employed his power to override courts, juries and prosecutors to apply his own standard of justice for his allies. One recipient of a pardon was a family member, Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Two others who were pardoned declined to cooperate with prosecutors in connection with the special counsel’s Russia investigation: Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman, and Roger J. Stone Jr., his longtime informal adviser and friend. They were the most prominent names in a batch of 26 pardons and three commutations disclosed by the White House after Mr. Trump left for his private club in Palm Beach, Fla., for the holiday. Also on the list released on Wednesday was Margaret Hunter, the estranged wife of former Representative Duncan D. Hunter, Republican of California. Both of them had pleaded guilty to charges of misusing campaign funds for personal expenses."
GOP senator on Trump pardons: 'This is rotten to the core' excerpt: "Paul Rosenzweig, who served as a prosecutor during the Whitewater investigation into former President Clinton, wrote in The Atlantic on Wednesday that one of the nation’s founding fathers, George Mason, foresaw the possibility that future presidents could use pardons to help political allies or accomplices. Mason argued the president “ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself.” “It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic. If he has the power of granting pardons before indictment, or conviction, may be not stop inquiry and prevent detection?” he wrote."
Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner excerpt: "Mr. Trump’s use of his powers to grant clemency to allies and supporters drew criticism even from some Republicans. “This is rotten to the core,” said Senator Ben Sasse, Republican of Nebraska. The pardons to Mr. Manafort and Mr. Stone on the same day will be particularly stinging for the former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team."
That will only save the defense spending bill, not the coronavirus relief package if trump decides to do nothing, and lets in stay in limbo.
The Republican term " Trump Derangement Syndrome" really applies to Trump's followers. Isn't that obvious now?
Trump supporters simply can’t accept the idea he lost the election. If you thought democrats had a difficult time over the last four years, imagine what trump supporters must be going through, it’s their worst nightmare come true. All of those rallies, all of that passion, all of that hero worshipping wasted. I love it.
Pass the popcorn. The political infighting in the Republican Party is fantastic. Republicans block $2,000 virus checks despite Trump demand