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Seattleite transplanted from Tennessee; now blogging for http://Vox.com  about energy politics. Climate hawk, deficit dove. Not a doctor.

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    1. David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 18h18 hours ago
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      1. This is an obvious prediction, but I want to get it on record. The GOP just released Trump from any accountability for trying to cheat in the upcoming election. That's one sign of many that they are going to try to rig the election, in a range of illegal & semi-legal ways.

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      2. Now, what do we know about the reactionary mind? When it is contemplating or planning some offense, it must convince itself that its opponents are *already doing* whatever the offense is -- so that it has "no choice" but to do it to. Projection. Predictable as clockwork.

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    3. David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 18h18 hours ago
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      3. Put 1 & 2 together & you get my prediction: starting pretty soon, conservatives are going to start accusing Dems of cheating & election fraud. They might find some half- or quasi-truth to hang it on, but that's not necessary. The bubble can just invent stuff these days.

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    4. David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 18h18 hours ago
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      4. They are going to start these accusations early & aggressively, which offers two advantages. First, when Dems start pointing out *actual* examples of cheating & election fraud, cons will say they're just doing it in response, trying to wriggle out of something.

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      5. And more importantly, putting accusations in the air early means that when their own cheating & fraud are pointed out, the media will cover it as a "both sides are accusing each other of cheating, isn't partisanship terrible" story.

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    6. David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 18h18 hours ago
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      6. Remember, their case doesn't need to be plausible, any more than Trump's Ukraine defense was plausible. They won't mind looking silly or being "fact-checked" by the MSM. They just need to keep both-sides chaff in the air long enough for them to get away with it.

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      7. They don't care if, months or years later, people look back and conclude, "oh, yeah, they were cheating." I mean, it's pretty obvious by now that they stole the 2000 presidential election, but what do they care? They got the power when it mattered.

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      David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 17h17 hours ago
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      8. And if they do win in 2020, they can spend the next 4 years dismantling whatever checks remain on their cheating, so that there will be no more embarrassing revelations. This is likely the last election in which institutions have any power to restrain them.

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        2. David Roberts‏Verified account @drvox 17h17 hours ago
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          9. This election has existential stakes for the current configuration of conservatism. Their demographic is shrinking & their hold on power requires increasingly anti-democratic measures. They will do *anything* to win this one -- more than Dems are prepared for, I suspect.

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          10. Anyway, there you have it: watch for a growing wave of stories from the RW swamp that Dems are cheating. It will rise to a crescendo as the election approaches. Dems will be caught flat-footed, the media will fall for it, & it'll probably work. Sigh. </fin>

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        1. Jon+‏ @jonnyvampire 17h17 hours ago
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          This is exactly right. They already deceitfully accuse democrats of voter fraud, meanwhile in North Carolina a GOP rep was literally charged with voter fraud and it barely got media attentionhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina-idUSKCN1QG2FS …

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        1. Tracey Steele‏ @traceysteele 15h15 hours ago
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          If they win in November, there won't be another free election in the US in our lifetime. Trump won't leave office until he dies, and then DTJr. will try to assume power.

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        1. Lily Lumiere‏ @lily_lumiere 15h15 hours ago
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          What institutions have the power to restrain them now? I can only think of lower-level courts.

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        2.  🐘Busters 🐋‏ @BlindBuster 16h16 hours ago
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           🐘Busters 🐋 Retweeted Ben See

          GOP win in 2020 = end of life on Earth. Literally.https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1224061360679596036?s=19 …

           🐘Busters 🐋 added,

          Ben See @ClimateBen
          greenhouse gas emissions are now so out of control that if we don't stop them in the next 500 weeks the Earth's climate will turn back into what it was 3 million years ago and most species won't be able to cope with such a sudden change, apart from that I'm fine how are you?
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        3.  🐘Busters 🐋‏ @BlindBuster 16h16 hours ago
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          (I mean of course you know that better than I do...geez I get so scared I have trouble sleeping)

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        1. Turtles  🍑‏ @alt_urtles 17h17 hours ago
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          Trump, the people around him, and his closest Republican allies in Congress all dug a hole for themselves. They're complicit in crimes and the only path forward is more crime. It's the "fascist treadmill" as some put it and they aren't getting off of their own accord.

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        1. sara olsen‏ @smolsen 13h13 hours ago
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          If not 2016

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        1. Craig‏ @orteleus 11h11 hours ago
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          What institutions?

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