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10 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:

Will that stopped Trump from trying?

What difference does it make if he tries something that he literally can’t do?

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Saw an official from TWC which handles unemployment in Texas say they typically average 13,000 calls a day and are now averaging 1.5 million calls a day.

 

Also, the SBA portal that banks use to process SBA loan applications, like the new PPP program, was down the entire workday today.

 

We are on the verge of losing a generation of small businesses. Don’t trust any economist that says they know what is going to happen next.

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12 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

He literally couldn't appoint some of the acting staff positions he did yet here we are.

He absolutely could do that, his appointment of staff positions is a federal issue. Elections aren’t federal. There is no mechanism for him to stop a state from holding an election. What a ridiculous comparison :lol:

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Just now, sblfilms said:

He absolutely could do that, his appointment of staff positions is a federal issue. Elections aren’t federal. There is no mechanism for him to stop a state from holding an election. What a ridiculous comparison :lol:

 

 

Executive order postponing the election due to a health emergency.

 

You might say, "he can't do that" but there's the rub.....all Trump has to do is get it into the courts and then you are basically down to the question of whether or not John Roberts thinks he can get away with something without posterity labeling him as a partisan hack. That is literally the only thing keeping Trump from getting anything he wants at the Supreme Court.

 

People thought the Muslim ban was a nonstarter, but remember how that played out. Judging by that case by the time it got to SCOTUS we wouldn't even be discussing whether or not Trump could do it, we would be speculating on whether or not the 5 conservatives would have the audacity to accept Trump's pretextual rationale of cancelling them out of public health concern despite the fact that Trump stated explicitly half a dozen times in public that he was doing it only because he wanted to keep power and was afraid he'd lose.

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21 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

The federal government doesn't run state elections. There really is nothing more to be said about these ridiculous scenarios.

Dropping federal agents into minority-majority or University or otherwise urban located polling places in swing states to "enforce the civil rights act" and definitely would not be used to intimidate or harass likely democratic voters isn't out of the question though! Far different than cancellation though.

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1 minute ago, SlipperySlope said:

Well they're related to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ahhahahahhaahahahahahhahhaha

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry I can't help myself. I must :troll:

 

We're third cousins ok. Very little genetic material is shared.

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2 hours ago, sblfilms said:

He absolutely could do that, his appointment of staff positions is a federal issue. Elections aren’t federal. There is no mechanism for him to stop a state from holding an election. What a ridiculous comparison :lol:

 

Whittaker was not allowed to hold the office of Attorney General, yet it happened. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/whitaker-cant-take-officeand-that-helps-mueller/575770/

 

And that's just one example. 

 

 

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Just now, Jason said:

 

Whittaker was not allowed to hold the office of Attorney General, yet it happened. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/whitaker-cant-take-officeand-that-helps-mueller/575770/

 

And that's just one example. 

 

 


Guy, the issue is that Trump can’t compel states not to hold elections because there is no mechanism to do so. There IS a mechanism to install people into federal positions, even if it is in violation of the law. There is no analog you can draw here to the idea that he can cancel the election by his mere want and desire.

 

As has been stated, if anything it is the opposite, Trump encouraging the election to move forward even if we are in the middle of the second wave of the virus.

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https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/pennsylvania

 

According to this site, the peak for my state is on Saturday, and supposed to slowly taper off until the end of May.

 

Currently, PA is under shelter in place orders until the end of April.  I can see them and other states with similar situations relaxing some restrictions by then.

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