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Six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied 37%-37% in an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll as millions of Americans' votes remain up for grabs.

 

Hamilton and Burr had it right. I propose a duel to break the deadlock. Biden is probably a better shot and Trump's a huge target. Plus, Trump's tiny hands wouldn't be able to plug the trigger.

 

Here we go, the FOURTH and final quarter. /Lawrence Tanter

 

Well, losing as an incumbent to a convicted and/or still indicted felon would only make Hillary's loss the second most embarrassing in U.S. history.

 

She will just put a bullet in the head of the first edition over at the gravel pit.

 

Can't wait to buy this book at Ollie's in a year for $2. Will probably throw in a Trump bible as well.

 

Trump is fined for criminal contempt again before the trial resumes this morning. Per the WaPo:


"Donald Trump was threatened with jail for any future violations of a limited gag order imposed in his falsifying business records case.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan made it clear to Trump that his 10th gag order violation — which he ruled on at the start of Monday’s court session — was going to be the last that would result in only a fine.


“The last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” Merchan said. “You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well.”

The judge noted that jailing Trump would require a monumental effort involving several law enforcement agencies including the Secret Service and New York’s corrections department.

“To take that step would be disruptive to these proceedings,” Merchan added."

 

Even Donald Trump Doesn’t Know What He Created in One MAGA Swamp. I Went to See It for Myself.

 

"This scene was a small expression of the absurd dysfunction that has characterized the operations of the Michigan GOP for nearly a year. It is also a window into the problems of the current Republican Party writ large—one of many intraparty conflicts at the state and local level that are exploding across the country.

The problem, in short, is that the MAGA activists in charge are eating each other alive. States in which old-guard “establishment” Republicans were run off—seemingly paving the way for unified efforts on behalf of Trump—are instead beset by resignations, lawsuits, and financial crises. Conflicts are ongoing in Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, and Georgia as well as Michigan, and are tearing apart smaller chapters at even more local levels."

Gosh, I hate it for them.

 

Some fool tweeted the other day that the Secret Service would decide if Trump went to jail, not some judge. Uhhh, sorry, Skippy, that's not how this works.
I also read a credible story talking about how if Trump does go to jail, an agent would have to go with him. Obviously the guy wouldn't be truly incarcerated, and multiple agents would pull daily shifts, but I'm certain that's where I'd draw a line on the job and request to be reassigned.