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stopdiggin

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33. there's plenty of "legal" stuff that can totally screw

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 03:05 PM

Sep 2020

the country. Federal lands, leasing and mineral rights, offshore drilling. Regulations revamped and rewritten. Oversight abandoned or perverted (look at USPS). International treaties and agreements. Judicial appointments. Wholesale pardons. Base closures. Disaster and emergency funding/aid. And on.

And -- unless the courts are willing to step up (wholesale) to intervene with restraining orders -- all perfectly legal, and within the executive's power. (and then of course -- Barr, standing at the ready ...)

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Does anyone else have a bad feeling about the two months after election? [View all] kentuck Sep 2020 OP

THAT WOULD BE A BIG, FAT YES. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #1

Yeah, everyone does. Aristus Sep 2020 #2

Trump will really let loose. LizBeth Sep 2020 #3

Let him CountAllVotes Sep 2020 #6

Kinda how I feel. LizBeth Sep 2020 #13

I'm equally as concerned about Barr letting loose. He's extremely dangerous. BComplex Sep 2020 #29

Agree. Once Trump was told criminal is ok, he went all out. Barr is being crazy over the line as it LizBeth Sep 2020 #31

I know, I'm nervous as hell. DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT. a kennedy Sep 2020 #4

Ive had a bad feeling since 2016. cwydro Sep 2020 #5

THIS. My wife, my daughters and me too. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2020 #9

Yes, I remember the empty feeling that night. cwydro Sep 2020 #32

Winner. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #12

👍 uponit7771 Sep 2020 #21

I do. I'm also afraid of LiberalLoner Sep 2020 #7

Yeah Vogon_Glory Sep 2020 #8

Yes maximum retaliatory mayhem jpak Sep 2020 #10

Not really BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #11

Do you have a link? kentuck Sep 2020 #17

Let's hope we can witness to the biggest meltdown ever. I will be calling him a 42bambi Sep 2020 #14

Lame duck prez. We need to make it all about the transition and what we have to look forward to. crickets Sep 2020 #15

i dont. once he loses nobody will want to break the law for him. drray23 Sep 2020 #16

there's plenty of "legal" stuff that can totally screw stopdiggin Sep 2020 #33

lately most of the crasiest stuff has been stopped by the courts. drray23 Sep 2020 #37

I think the idea of Biden having a "team" stopdiggin Sep 2020 #41

oh yes the political henchmen drray23 Sep 2020 #43

Yep. Squinch Sep 2020 #18

But, how should we prepare? dumbcat Sep 2020 #19

It's hard to prepare for the crazy. kentuck Sep 2020 #23

I'm prepared for the election JonLP24 Sep 2020 #20

But if we win house, senate, WH... can't everything be undone in January? soothsayer Sep 2020 #22

They would likely attempt to throw 4 or 5 states voting results into doubt...? kentuck Sep 2020 #25

Oh those kinds of shenanigans. I was thinking if their swan song soothsayer Sep 2020 #28

He'll likely sulk and hide from public as much as possible. I think the concerns are overblown. Hoyt Sep 2020 #24

I hope this is the case. kentuck Sep 2020 #26

I don't. I think he'll be even more full of bluster and start holding press conferences every day BComplex Sep 2020 #34

It will either be a hellscape of biblical proportions SoonerPride Sep 2020 #27

I'm laser focused on the election... qazplm135 Sep 2020 #30

The repube Senators and House Reps won't have to pander to him anymore... cbdo2007 Sep 2020 #35

Too many assumptions Awsi Dooger Sep 2020 #36

I will have a bad feeling as long as that pos Trump is not in prison nt doc03 Sep 2020 #38

Yes. I consider that the Danger Zone. He and his enablers and supporters will go full lunatic. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #39

Terrified. bamagal62 Sep 2020 #40

Biden will have to tear down all the interior White House walls to the framing. lpbk2713 Sep 2020 #42

Yeah, who knows what kind of crazy scorched-earth shit they'll do. Mariana Sep 2020 #44

I am extremely apprehensive about the election and the aftermath. Fla Dem Sep 2020 #45

Yes, we are venturing into uncharted territory here. It's gonna get ugly. Initech Sep 2020 #46

Totally and expecting him to rob priceless marlakay Sep 2020 #47