4. Congressional Republicans doing something really stupid as a body. I specifically mean House republicans, I think it is unlikely the Senators will be stupid
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just generally the short term risk is anything that results in dramatic political escalation country is a tinderbox after Wednesday trump getting media purged is very bad for the medium to long term but i am personally most worried about the next month
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(2) and (3) seem like the most likely things to happen. i have more trust in the bulk of the senate and the biden admin to keep their heads. anything with the court is a tail risk. house members seem relatively powerless in practice.
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some stabilizing factors: 1. the business establishment is acting independently and forcefully to exert political pressure for stability. this is potentially destabilizing in the longer term but predominantly helpful in the short term
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2. the supreme court will probably perform admirably if needed, and will probably given the current makeup at least mitigate if not wholly overturn some of the excesses of democrats that are likely to ensue. . . . eventually
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3. a significant portion of the republican establishment just fucking hates trump, and deeply resents being driven out of the capitol by a mob
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continuing this thought and making it explicit, this probably reduces their sense of loyal in some sense to their party and redirects it toward institutions i am genuinely grateful for mcconnell and pence holding the offices they do
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4. none of the republican state legislatures or governors (of which I believe they are the majority) did anything obviously stupid on Wednesday, and they seem unlikely to do so
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5. the military doesnt want any part of this shit and its officers especially at the higher ranks seem to hate trump this is important because in spite of mixed views in lower ranks and among the enlisted it is very difficult to coordinate below the colonelcy
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idk this is where my head is. please do not take this as gospel, God knows things are hard to predict even in good times and I am a humble speculator overall i think we are likely to muddle through im gonna lose again in AV and go to bed gn, pls remember to maintain sangfroid
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