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https://mobile.twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1279855277483925506
https://mobile.twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1279855277483925506
He's the "least racist person there is anywhere in the world", just ask him
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1280117571874951170
He's the "least racist person there is anywhere in the world", just ask him
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1280117571874951170
Gotta make sure we protect all of the important american monuments from ANTIFA! You know, Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Christ the Redeemer...
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1280164763507572736?s=19
Gotta make sure we protect all of the important american monuments from ANTIFA! You know, Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Christ the Redeemer...
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1280164763507572736?s=19
More good polling news
General Election
Right Leaning pollster - Biden +5 in PA
Biden up 11 in Maine
And most importantly:
The very concerned Senator from Maine is now down 4 points against Gideon.
see you next tuesday
Personally I'm just surprised it's be in my released on the same day as the next U2 AlbumI'm sure the orange one had a similar thought.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1280203174008303616?s=21
Guess figures he’s hurting so bad in the polls might as well push the racist narrative and see!
This guy disagrees with the president's take and wishes he'd get back to fucking work.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1280203174008303616?s=21
Guess figures he’s hurting so bad in the polls might as well push the racist narrative and see!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1280209946085339136
This is his covid response in a nutshell. It MUST happen!!! But I have put no thought, effort or plan forward to actually make that happen.
I refuse to get overly excited. I'm still scarred by election night 2016.
Related/unrelated - I do still believe that if things continue to spiral that Trump will cut and run.
I think the lynchpin will be funding. Trump has a slight edge on Biden currently. If that starts to slip and the outside donors dry up because they are afraid of supporting a sinking ship, I think the possibilities of him bailing go up.
I know, I know... He's a narcissist. His ego will never let him do it. Blah blah blah.
To think it wouldn't cross his mind shows a complete lack of understanding of the man's entire career.
Cutting out just before the whole shit can collapses, disavowing all responsibility and cutting himself a handsome deal is literally his entire history of, well, everything.
Was the Faustian Bargain the Republicans Made Worth It?
Many Republicans are secretly disgusted by Donald Trump but think it was worth supporting him to get two conservative Supreme Court justices and almost 200 judges on the lower courts. This is the ultimate Faustian bargain: They sold out all their principles on free markets, rule of law, immigration, international cooperation, and more to stack the federal courts for decades to come. But was it worth it?
Maybe not. Of the Trump judges, 143 are district judges, 53 are appellate judges, and 2 are international trade judges. Another 44 judges are in pipeline, but not all are certain of confirmation this year. Suppose Trump gets all of them. Then he would have filled 242 judge positions of the 851 in the federal judiciary. That is 28%. That may be impressive for a single term, but if all Trump gets is a single term, it is not so impressive. Barack Obama got 327 judges confirmed. George W. Bush got 326 confirmed. Bill Clinton got 376 confirmed.
If Joe Biden wins and the Democrats control the Senate, they are likely to expand the federal judiciary quickly and move to get more judges confirmed than Trump. Judges can't be filibustered. Further, by the end of this year, 77 appellate court judges will be 65 or older. At that point they can take senior status and get a reduced workload while creating a full-time vacancy for a new young judge. Judges appointed by a Democratic president who are eligible for senior status are very likely to take it as soon as there is a Democratic president. Some Republican judges may take it, too, for the lower workload at full pay. So, in one term, Biden may be able to neutralize Trump's impact on the federal courts, in which case some Republicans may be sorry they sold out their principles for nothing.
Here is another factor to consider: It is tough for any party to win three consecutive presidential terms. Since World War II, only Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush pulled this off. But it is widely expected that if Biden wins, he will serve only one term. If his veep (or another Democrat) is elected in 2024, there will be an incumbent running in 2028, greatly increasing the likelihood of the Democrats getting three consecutive terms, with all the judicial nominations that might entail.
If Biden is really concerned about the courts, it is even conceivable that in Jan. 2024 he announces that he is no longer up to the job due to his advanced age and resigns as president. This would not only make his veep president, but it would make it very hard for a Democratic challenger to mount a campaign fast enough, with filing deadlines rapidly approaching. It would also allow his veep to run as an incumbent in 2024 and potentially serve two full terms in addition to his final year. So in 10 years, a lot of Republicans could be wondering whether the Faustian bargain they made was worth it. (V)