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Politicizing GSA? Why not

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 12:04:57 +0000

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Politicizing GSA? Why not

https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/01/gsa-administrator-resigns/171...

Executions? Sure, why not.

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:50:36 +0000

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Executions? Sure, why not.

("original intent" judges ignoring "as we found them")

Wherein six "Pro Life" judges break the rules so they can kill someone.

But don't worry. I'm sure they'll break the rules in the same way to rule against choice. https://t.co/QplvI5RSYK
— Dr. emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 16, 2021

Voting as twisted instrument

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:22:10 +0000

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Voting as twisted instrument

It can't be emphasized enough that Republicans don't have any interest whatsoever in election security, just winning elections

Democrats have been fighting to make our elections more free and fair for decades now without any assistance and indeed only opposition from Republicans https://t.co/c2JvYBYr8D
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 16, 2021

so did trump wait til mark

artappraiser — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:19:34 +0000

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so did trump wait til mark meadows was gone to sneak in his coup plotters? https://t.co/6mcpld0uAo
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 16, 2021

someone failing at gatekeeper duties. did pence fly out yet?
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 16, 2021

more on the My Pillow guy's plan here if you haven't seen it

The article itself is so well

artappraiser — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:39:12 +0000

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The article itself is so well written, really gets across the overall mood.

The last lines are especially suggestive

Events that would ordinarily be open to press, such as ceremonies awarding the Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts, have been limited to only government cameras.

According to one official, aides worried that Trump might respond off-the-cuff to a question about the riots and veer from the carefully scripted comments condemning the actions. They determined it was better to limit Trump's opportunities before the media.

That he would obey and not appear unscripted, instead of challenging that, suggests he is starting to fear the coming legal crackdown, coming out of the cognitive dissonance of feeling the ever powerful stable genius who can manipulate anything, at least a bit. I suspect the social media banning has had some affect on that, too, as Twitter was what he was used to using as a tool, and it's not easy to switch to something else and feel as confident as he did there. (Think of all the TV intervies where he really screwed up for himself, like the one on the dementia test....he wants a sendoff from a crowd of fans cause he's used to doing that too.)

That is a great letter.

moat — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:51:46 +0000

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That is a great letter.