CLOCK IS *NOT* RUNNING OUT on Electoral Count Act changes. True, “the window of opportunity for bipartisanship is narrowing as the 2022 midterms get closer.” But only need to make changes before 2024, so there’s another shot post-2022. https://t.co/iPL4eUT1SG
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 04:13PM
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Useful article by @billscher notes that the Manchin-Klobuchar bill does nothing to solve the Feeney probem either.
Also points out that “the new Georgia election law doesn’t give Republicans complete freedom to oust election officials without cause.” https://t.co/wASxLQ6svt
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 04:09PM
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The “failed election” provision of the Electoral Count Act–allowing state legislatures to send their own electors–is just asking for Feeney-style trouble. Simply eliminating it would help, though that probably would not stop a determined Feeney. (See https://t.co/Z7AuTEHBjG) https://t.co/Vy8cS7QWxc
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 04:00PM
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It looks like this proposal from eminent scholars https://t.co/c3XoERDCGi does nothing to solve the “Feeney problem,” at least long as legislature says in advance “It’s our call.” Proposal actually makes it worse–can’t “second guess” state’s slate of electors! https://t.co/ftnDALaoxh
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 03:34PM
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Yes–if Democrats don’t want state legislatures awarding their electors to someone who didn’t win their state, they should probably drop this “Hey, we can award them to the Electoral College winner” business. https://t.co/1nB8V1U186
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 03:21PM
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HELL OF SMITH: It really is worth reliving the horrifying details of that Justin Smith Atlantic party. https://t.co/qBqQDRNnBn When you look up “social inequality” in the dictionary …Yet the party’s theme was “The American Idea” … I would rather be stuck on 1-95 for 15 hours.
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 05, 2022 at 09:30AM
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Eager to invest in Smith’s new company so he can steer it toward profitability!
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 10:29PM
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“[H]e steered the Atlantic magazine toward profitability …” OK! https://t.co/bwSZMxHXyl via @WSJ
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 10:28PM
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Agree that partisan state courts aren’t necessarily much better than state legislatures. That’s why I’d ultimately rely on US Supreme Court. At least they are a third-party federal review. Presumably they’re less partisan than Congress–though Bush v Gore a glaring counterexample https://t.co/vB7BzP15eW
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 09:43PM
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The anti-globalist angle! Justin and Ben Smith, snob-marketers to the global elite! …? https://t.co/WPecQonxFd
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 08:48PM
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This is not some esoteric hypothetical. It’s what Florida Speaker Tom Feeney threatened to do in 2000, no? https://t.co/sOPYrmsisE Anti-Trumpers seem poised for defending against a 2020 Jan. 6th Pence-centered war when Trump might wage a 2000 Feeney-style war. https://t.co/WJQTAazj9L
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 08:37PM
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Ultimately, solution is to amend Constitution to eliminate role of state legislatures. Until then have to assume SCOTUS will cook up some fancy (14th Amendments? Denying right to vote without Due Process?) grounds for intervening and throwing out the legislature’s bogus slate.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 08:27PM
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Don’t think @baseballcrank’s suggestion at end of this piece (https://t.co/Z7AuTEHBjG) solve probem either. A court is going to overturn electors–already approved by Congress!–because fraud or voter suppression was not “massive” enough? Don’t see it.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 08:23PM
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I still think even changing Electoral Count Act doesn’t solve problem of, say, a GA GOP legislature that (claiming fraud) sends a slate of electors in defiance of apparent vote results. You WANT legislature’s slate thrown out, yet GOP Congress might approve (esp if 2/3 required) https://t.co/yrqDELKDOw
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Jan 5, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 08:19PM
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Seems crazy for Schumer/Pelosi/Biden not to immediately move to pass Manchin’s offer (pre-K, ACA, climate $) while it’s on the table. https://t.co/RedjgbyucZ
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 06:45PM
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Yukes. *Armed* robbery a misdemeanor if “no genuine risk of physical harm.”
It’s going to be the Wild West. https://t.co/f5UPSRaSQm
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 06:16PM
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Theranos Used ‘Indentured‘ H-1B Foreign Visa Workers to Keep Fraud Scheme Operating Under Secrecy https://t.co/3QrhUvC29x
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 06:00PM
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Will Haberman be the Last Star Standing at the @NYTimes … (among reporters) … https://t.co/1JiLUhle4m
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 05:58PM
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This almost happened in Forida in 2000, no? https://t.co/DHYdNzhcxJ
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 05:52PM
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Didn’t Justin Smith throw the Worst Party Ever at the Atlantic, where the plebes in the audience got to watch the celebs partying on a stage? I think he did! https://t.co/qBqQDRvMcN https://t.co/w427Apbivw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 03:40PM
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Justin Smith always wants to hive off the rich elites and publish for them. He’s a farmer of dystopia https://t.co/znpbPJ9k5D
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 03:39PM
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That was fast https://t.co/znpbPJ9k5D
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 03:27PM
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Who says the Democrats have no bench? They have Willie Brown … https://t.co/TFLAtHPblo
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 02:31AM
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Because of this there’s an argument that this is that rare cancellation that’s actually good for the (albeit deceased) author. [ducks] https://t.co/XPc9pyGlvQ
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 04, 2022 at 02:22AM
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The earnings requirement (eliminated in Biden’s Rescue Plan and in BBB) was not onerous — $2,500 a year. A little more than $200 a month. Just to require *some* connection to the labor market before you claimed a “tax credit” check (even if you paid no tax). https://t.co/H0OXh68tWx
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Jan 4, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 09:21PM
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