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$3M Trump-Funded Recount Starts In Two WI CountiesNovember 20, 2020
Harveyrabbit an hour ago
Actor Edward Norton has an interesting and plausible take on all of tRump's election shenanigans.
Read the whole thread:
Im no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & Ive also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & lll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to make his base happy or laying the groundwork for his own network...
Link to tweet
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I believe this is the 3rd or 4th posting of this one today.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,359 posts)I've been using my work computer for work, so the earlier postings got by me.
I'll try to do better next time.
Have a nice weekend.
FakeNoose
(32,610 posts)...or that chaos is what he loves. The core of it is that he knows hes in deep, multi-dimensional legal jeopardy & this defines his every action. Were seeing 1) a tactical delay of the transition to buy time for coverup & evidence suppression 2) above all, a desperate endgame
...which is to create enough chaos & anxiety about peaceful transfer of power, & fear of irreparable damage to the system, that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding. But he doesnt have the cards. His bluff after the flop has been called in court...
His turn card bluff will be an escalation & his River card bluff could be really ugly. But they have to be called. We cannot let this mobster bully the USA into a deal to save his ass by threatening our democracy. THAT is his play. But hes got junk in his hand. So call him.
I will allow that hes also a whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive little 10-ply-super-soft bitch who no doubt is just throwing a wicked pout fest & trying to give a tiny-hand middle finger to the whole country for pure spite, without a single thought for the dead & dying
But his contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the stability of our political compact isnt about 2024, personal enrichment or anything else other than trying to use chaos & threat to the foundation of the system as leverage to trade for a safe exit. Call. His. Bluff.
Faith in the strength of our sacred institutions & founding principles is severely stretched...but they will hold. They will. Hes leaving, gracelessly & in infamy. But if we trade for it, give him some brokered settlement, well be vulnerable to his return. We cant flinch.
Edward Norton
@EdwardNorton
Nov. 20, 2020