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U.S. record daily case count reached yesterday, Oct 23 --- 85,085 new cases of Covid-19

There's a lot of concern regarding what happens after the election if Trump loses, as appears very likely. People are worried about whether Trump will accept the outcome. People are wondering whether there are legal shenanigans that Trump could use to hang on to power. What about the Senate? What about the Supreme Court?

Trump will of course claim the election results have been rigged, but I don't think the Republican establishment is going to go to the wall to help him overturn the election.

If there is a chance that the election could swing on a few states that could be close enough for the outcome to be affected by recounts and court challenges (as we saw in the 2000 election) then the Republicans would of course fight those battles.  But if the results turn out as lopsided as polling indicates right now, Republicans will have to accept that the writing is on the wall, whether Trump likes it or not.  Unlike Trump, they have to think of the future.  And to attempt to overturn the results of an election would damage their future for a long time to come.

Mitch McConnell has already gotten what he wanted out of Donald Trump.  When Amy Coney Barrett is installed on the Supreme Court, McConnell's biggest dream will have come to fruition: conservative control of the courts for decades to come. He has already filled lower courts with conservative judges, and when Coney-Barrett is confirmed, that will be the conclusion of his ambitions. McConnell has already won, so what else does Trump have to offer to get McConnell to stick his neck out?  There's not much to gain by attempting to help Trump cling to power, but there is a lot to lose for Republicans by aligning with a naked power grab. They need to think about the 2022 election and the 2024 election and beyond. Mitch isn't a dumb guy, he knows that what he does between now and February will impact the Republican brand for a long time to come.  This is McConnell's chance to start building for the future, his chance to be the good-guy: "We are Americans, and we believe in democracy. The American people have spoken, and we accept their verdict."

And, even if McConnell himself did commit to helping Trump cling to power, there's the question of how many other Senators would be on board.   They have only the barest majority right now.  Mitt Romney will not support any attempted coup attempted by Trump.  Neither would Lisa Murkowski.  Several other senators are no fans of Trump. Several other senators are young enough to care about their futures, and know that participating in a coup attempt would doom their careers if they represent anything other than pure "red" states. And Martha McSally's Democratic opponent will almost certainly win the Arizona special election, and will be seated before the end of November. In short, Trump shouldn't count on support from the US Senate if he attempts to cling to power.  Indeed, if he loses the election there might be enough Republican senators willing to support his impeachment to make it happen.

What about the Supreme Court?  They don't have to worry about re-election. But, they also don't owe Trump anything. They have their reputations and credibility to think of. They have their legacy to think of.  After seeing the accolades bestowed on RBG after her death, none of these judges will want to be remembered best for having overturned an election.  Coney-Barrett and Kavanaugh will in particular be under extreme scrutiny during this time, and will be keenly aware of how they will be viewed if they aid in overturning the results of the election. While they might hope in private for a Republican victory, I can't imagine that they would make any novel or bold ruling in support of Trump.


Maybe I'm naive, maybe I am underestimating the amount of legal hijinks the Republicans might be willing to attempt, but I don't think they will.  Remember, they didn't want Trump in the first place, and this is their chance to be rid of him. I think that they are politically astute enough to recognize that the cost of fighting to keep Trump in power is too high and that they would be best to start planning for their post-Trump future.

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whatever bias you interpret CNN to have, "it" doesn't carry over into the referenced fact-checking - again, Daniel Dale brings the receipts!

I don't know how I'll ever recover from your slag! Thanks for replying and showcasing just how many craps you do give 

Take your propaganda shtick and shove it up your rear end.

Breaking News! Hunter Biden’s Sex Tapes, The CCP’s “BGY” Infiltration in the U.S., Evil Alliance to Dominate the World


The video link:

https://gtv.org//?videoid=5f94837c7de25667c0fe0c5e

Thanks to Mr. Alvin Jiang (Mr. Jiang Zhicheng), Mr. Bruno Wu (Mr. Wu Zheng), Mr. Zhang Hongwei, Chairman of the Orient Group Inc., and many more people who will remain anonymous.

We apologize if the video from Hunter Biden has caused you any serious discomfort! But it is for the sake of justice that we, the New Federal State of China, have made this video public. Because the friends of the communist are our enemies.

We will not allow anyone to steal from the Chinese people!
We will not allow anyone to enslave the Chinese people!
We will not allow anyone to abuse our children!

This video shows only the tip of the iceberg of what is important in the Chinese Communist Party’s Blue-Gold-Yellow (BGY) program. They take advantage of all those Western politicians, celebrities, and their families who are greedy for Chinese wealth and threaten them by getting hold of and recording their sex and drug videos, forcing them to sell out their countries and people, and even their own national security in order to cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party’s world domination.

U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is 100% controlled by the Chinese Communist Party as one of the most successful political instances of the BGY program. He is also a target of the CCP’s 3F plan, which aims to “fall, fail, and fell,” to weaken, destroy and kill America!

The Chinese Communist Party’s use of this tactic to threaten Biden and his sons and to bribe them with large amounts of wealth is one of the major causes of the disputes over the South China Sea, US-China trade, intellectual property rights, and energy prices, etc., as well as Biden’s provision of large numbers of CIA intelligence agents in China to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Chinese Communist Party has such a BGY program in the United States and in several Western countries in Europe. We will have millions of videos and photos of government officials, corrupt people, traitors, and criminals colluding with the Communist Party to dominate the world.

It doesn’t matter what country you come from, what ethnicity or color you are, or what party you belong to. The next person to be abused maybe your daughter, your wife, your sister, so there are no party or ethnic borders when it comes to eliminating the Chinese Communist Party.

The next picture will be released in an hour, please stay tuned!

You're a walking, talking wind-up propaganda machine.  I literally don't give 2 craps what you think about anything.

Take your propaganda shtick and shove it up your rear end.

this is so unlike you! Clearly you're troubled - big time. Perhaps take a break, get some rest and come back refreshed. Take care of yourself, hey Gorgeous?

This type of videotape was sent out from the insiders of the Chinese Communist Party.

wait, what? Since when are your boys RudyColludy, Bannon & Gui, as you say, "insiders of the CCP"? Pleeeease!

If they have the videotape of Hunter Biden, do they have the videotape of Joe? or even Obama?

or even Trump?  With all of Trump's sexual pursuits, notwithstanding assaults (alleged) against the ~20+ or so women who have come forward over the years, how can they not have, as you say, "even Trump", hey! C'mon, is the peeTape for real, or not?

Joe Biden is a total liar to the degree that normal people won't dare to think. We have the proof and soon it will be released. For naive people like you guys, be prepared not to be devastated.

you say, "We have the proof"... who is "We"? My gawd man, just how connected are you? Yeesh!

Biden is 100X worse than Trump ?

I STRONGLY suspect that you're a troll or cult member, unfortunately.  Did you follow politics before 2016 ?