@danielbsmith “Roughly” balance out means an election is won or lost by a few thousand votes, as happened in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin in 2020.

Okay, looks like Texas will be allowed, thanks to SCOTUS, to arrest suspected illegal immigrants despite immigration law being in the purview of the federal government. But what if the federal government refuses to recognize these arrests? Texas doesn’t have - yet - the authority to deport people. Maybe they’ll just lock them up in prison after a trial? Hmm.

@danielbsmith Republicans control the legislature.

@NorCalCherylLyn Sounds like the prison is enabling them for political reasons.

Can someone explain to me how a bunch of prison inmates can get together as a choir to sing and record songs used in political rallies?

@danielbsmith I’m in N.C. too, but the state is redder than it was last time around, unfortunately. I don’t see it going for Biden.

Big weekend for college basketball! I love it. And during the commercials, I’ll look in on the Players Championship golf tournament. Needless to say, I won’t be getting any chores done!

@danielbsmith GOTV in Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia!

@AskTheDevil The voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona will determine the winner. Alas, that leaves me out.

Why am I not surprised that the onlyTrump trial that looked like it would actually start in time to finish before November has just been delayed? When you’re rich, you can delay accountability forever, it seems. Let’s face it, folks.The only thing standing between us and another Trump administration is Biden winning five crucial states, and some of those he only won by a few thousand votes in 2020. That’s the election, and the numbers don’t look good. The national popular vote is irrelevant.

@walterbays If Trump gets elected president, I’m sure Hur will be back in the Justice Department again.

@walterbays Ah, so he resigned from federal employ. That’s different than having his temporary job being ended with his final report. I got that wrong.

@walterbays Hur’s job concluded with his report. The actual transcript of his interview with Biden is much more favorable to Biden than his oral summary. Shades of Barr’s oral summary following the Mueller Report! Alas, everyone will remember the summary and no one will read the transcript of the report.

@walterbays Interesting suggestions, though I’d quibble with Warren as VP. She’s old too! How about Governor Whitmer instead?

@AskTheDevil We’ll see.

Biden won’t do it now, of course, but if he gets re-elected in November, he should get another Attorney General. Garland seems like a nice fellow, but he’s been a disaster for justice. Delaying any prosecutions of those involved in Jan. 6 until the election calendar would preclude any trials for the conspirators before November was terrible enough. But appointing Hur as the special prosecutor in the Biden classified documents case was the last straw. Hopefully, Biden will be able to can him.

@AskTheDevil Maybe one more just to say thanks for all their help.

Consider this: If Trump wins in November, Justices Thomas and Alito will likely retire, and two more MAGA justices will be appointed to SCOTUS. What’s the difference, you say. A simple exchange, right? Wrong! The newbies will be much younger and will be there for decades, cementing the right-wing agenda of the court for a generation.

@AskTheDevil I really don’t care how you feel about Biden or Trump. We have a forum here in which to express opinions, and you’re welcome to yours.

@AskTheDevil And that’s Biden’s fault? Another Trump administration giving more tax breaks to the super rich will improve their lot? Give me a break. Biden, through multiple measures, is trying to improve the lives of the poor. What has Trump done or will do in that regard, other than make it even harder for the poor to climb out of poverty?