2020 US election - The fat lady is warming up in the wings

[Labster]

Political parties are such big tents that you can say that about literally every other Senator, many of whom might cross party lines to get a barrel of pork for their home state. Anyone can be a deciding vote. Now, of course, there's the filibuster. Things need only 50 votes to pass in the Senate, but in order to close debate, they need 60 votes. If Democrats get the majority, that rule is likely to go. We've used it before, when in the minority, but in the last four years the filibuster has had near zero utility to the Democratic minority.

Meanwhile, we had slates of certified electors casting the real votes for the Electoral College. And we've had slates of certifiable Electors casting fake votes in several swing states that Trump lost by a lot. So much voter fraud happened that they couldn't find proof anywhere, because it's everywhere. No, really, an actual lawyer argued this in court. So I guess they had to make their own.

And here in California, Christy Smith lost the Congressional race in CA-25 by 330 votes -- and decided not the spend the money to recount the results. This means that she believes the election is very accurate. We've had recounts where only one vote shifted -- not sure what other states are doing wrong. Sure, California gives billions of dollars in unemployment benefits to incarcerated inmates, but damn do we know how to run an election.