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DeeDee D's avatar

What's so shocking is how many crazed racists and misogynists, and anti-LGBTQ, religious zealots, and just truly stupid, cruel, sadistic, violent asses we have in the country.

Thom, your newsletter should be required reading for every voter in this nation.

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Jonathan D. Simon's avatar

Great analysis, but strange hypothetical at the end -- what if the Dems win 2022 in a blowout?

There are no signs that the Dems will win E2022 at all, much less in a blowout. So the more apt question is: What does the GOP do with a mixed E2022 -- control of at least one chamber of Congress, at least a few election deniers like Jim Marchant in key state-level posts, continuing control of the key purple-state legislatures, and of course SCOTUS?

Do they tighten their rig on the electoral process (Yes)? Do they impeach Biden, Garland, et al (Not if they're smart, but they seem to be blessedly oblivious to electoral consequences - which you can be when you've tightened the rig of the electoral process)? Do they go with Trump or DeSantis (Does it matter?)? What fresh hells lie in store?

And why would the GOP -- under the most likely post-E2022 scenarios -- have any need or inclination to "reform itself?"

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