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right, Thomas's role in bush v gore is particularly rich given who nominated him. Of course Thomas doesnt get on the court w/o Dem votes, iirc. Centrists gonna centrist!

I think youre being optimistic here in thinking this will last months. Trump will declare victory on election night, set loose the cops and the civilian white supremacists, there will be a few mass shootings and that will be that. He replaces Pence with Ivanka, Trump will then either retire/die, Ivanka pardons him, runs and "wins" in 2024 and the hereditary dynasty will be ensconced.

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Friend predicts that after a couple closed door sessions, Principled Moderate Republicans Murkowski, Collins and Romney all vote 'No' on ramming through an 11th hour replacement, to burnish their credentials.

And then Pence casting the tiebreaker of course to make it all moot.

(Though as a guy said below, why bother with politesse and kayfabe when they're one smash and grab from unaccountable power for at least a generation. And a one-vote majority didn't work so well repealing ACA either)

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