• neoman4426@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Cannon is also on the leaked shortlist to be Donald’s AG if he disgraces the office again (there are thoughts it might have been an intentional leak to somehow shore up Cannon’s ‘Special Prosecutors are just a figment of our imagination, we’re hallucinating the hundreds of years of precedent’ reasoning to Judge Chutkan, like ‘See, this potential future AG says it, that’s gotta count for something’) , “The defendant offered me a very prestigious job” seems like a pretty major conflict of interest that should definitely have her removed from the case.

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      I’m sure that will come up in the confirmation hearing, which is why the Senate is so important. And why the Democrats keep focusing on Texas even though Kamala has a very slim chance there. Cruz is vulnerable, and if Allred takes that seat and keeps the Senate in Democratic hands it will go a long way to limit the damage Trump can do by limiting his choices.

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        Idk about Allred actually getting Cruz. He’s in Texas, he’s black and polling I’ve seen has been largely unchanged with Allred down 3-5%. As seems usual we’re counting on women and minorities to do enough to stop the worst but I really wonder if we can get the best.

        Voters seem to have goldfish memory every election about how conservatives keep fucking us everytime they’re in power.