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Our Long National Nightmare

We now enter the “attempt to overturn Bush v. Gore” phase of the election

Way back in 2000, before coronavirus pandemics and September 11 and The Real Housewives, the Supreme Court of the United States was asked a key question in the now-famous Bush v. Gore case. That question was simply: when does the presidential election end? The court’s narrow ruling was that 3 U.S. Code § 5 sets a hard deadline for the conclusion of the presidential election. Known … Continue reading We now enter the “attempt to overturn Bush v. Gore” phase of the election

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Our Long National Nightmare

Trump threatens to withhold funding from the Pentagon unless Twitter deletes his account

Calling it a “serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity,” President Trump today tweeted that he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 – which funds the Department of Defense – unless the act includes a rider repealing 47 U.S.C. § 230. Commonly known as “Section 230,” this is the little bit in federal law that protects tech companies from legal … Continue reading Trump threatens to withhold funding from the Pentagon unless Twitter deletes his account

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Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

There’s a possibility that Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate towards Democrats. The pair are popular, they’re running in the same Georgia that recently tilted ever-so-slightly for Joe Biden, and there’s a real national effort to support their bids. It would put the Senate in 50-50 control with the deciding vote cast by Vice President … Continue reading Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

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Our Long National Nightmare

Here all are the GOP senators who hate Trump, according to Carl Bernstein

Late Sunday night, famed investigative journalist Carl Bernstein dropped a list of 22 sitting U.S. Senators – all Republicans – who have all “repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump & his fitness” for office. Here’s the list. The expecteds Mitt Romney, Utah Susan Collins, Maine Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Marco Rubio, Florida Lamar Alexander, Tennessee (outgoing) Ben Sasse, Nebraska Romney was the only senator from Donald … Continue reading Here all are the GOP senators who hate Trump, according to Carl Bernstein

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Politics

Will there be a Donald Trump presidential library?

Gerald Ford lost the 1976 presidential election. Ford holds a really unique honor among presidents, because he was never elected; he was appointed vice president to Richard Nixon and then assumed the presidency when Nixon resigned. In 1976, he was defeated by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The election was fairly close, with Carter winning 297 electoral votes and a 1.7 million vote margin (compare to … Continue reading Will there be a Donald Trump presidential library?

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Our Long National Nightmare

The coming presidency-in-exile

In January 2021, Donald Trump will assume the title of pretender, the first widely-recognized President of the United States in exile. It will not be pretty. The first evidence of this came in Trump’s inability to admit publicly that he lost the November 3rd election. Even when, this past Sunday, he admitted that Joe Biden won, he quickly took it back. Joe Biden won in … Continue reading The coming presidency-in-exile

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Our Long National Nightmare

Trump could use this little-known loophole to still win the election

Ever since the liberal mainstream media called the election for Joe Biden even before all the votes were counted and with allegations of pro-Democratic voter fraud all across this great land of ours, the so-called “free press” has been proclaiming that Donald Trump can’t win the election, that he’s a “loser,” and that Joe Biden is going to be the next president. But these elites … Continue reading Trump could use this little-known loophole to still win the election

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Our Long National Nightmare

There’s a chance we look back on this and laugh, right?

Another Pyramid contributor challenged me to a simple contest: predict the outcome of today’s election and whoever is closest gets, you know, the honor of being closest. While he took the Road of Uncertainty, I’m making the bold prediction that by the end of the night, we’ll have three answers to three questions. And, sure, none of them are who will the president be next … Continue reading There’s a chance we look back on this and laugh, right?

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Our Long National Nightmare

Will the Switch to Voting by Mail be an Empowerment or an Obstacle?

Four years ago, my uncle sent a mass e-mail to me and a bunch of other relatives asking us to make election prediction maps and explain our reasoning, and that he would send a token prize of $1 to whoever was closest.  I figured, if you want to make a specific prediction of outcomes rather than just repeat the probabilities that a model spits out, … Continue reading Will the Switch to Voting by Mail be an Empowerment or an Obstacle?

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