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NPR has a list of all the absurd lawsuits Trump has going on right now tl;dr: all of them are ridiculous and none of them seem likely to go through or have the slightest effecthttps://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve …

Even conservative media agrees these suits are mostly hot air HOWEVER: they're clearly prepared to pivot if something sticks, and supporting the lawsuits in the name of restoring confidence in the electoral process (a nice bit of semantic legerdemain)https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-election-fraud-may-not-alter-outcome-1546252?fbclid=IwAR2OziUqmUnIfzskU8Ll--Anw4ujIsrFX7VzwRB_J_Ek1soKNKIiZmsGSoc …

You probably know that Trump fired SecDef Mark Esper yesterday. Christopher C Miller, his replacement, doesn't seem particularly menacing from a coup perspective Esper publicly criticized Trump's desire to deploy the military against protesters in Junehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-defense-secretary-chris-miller/2020/11/09/43a4296e-22d0-11eb-8599-406466ad1b8e_story.html …

Esper isn't the only person shitcanned. @RadhikaAN points out that Trump fired three agency heads right after the election: the NNSA, US Agency for International Development, and FERC (I don't see how the firings help Trump, but it's an interesting move)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-agency-heads-us-election-b1680496.html …

After Esper's "termination" via Twitter, James Anderson resigned as the Undersecretary of Defense. His replacement: Anthony Tata, who was nominated for the position a few months ago but rejected by both Democrats and Republicans because...well...https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/10/pentagon-top-policy-official-resigns-435693 …

"Tata...speculated the Iran deal was born out of Obama's "Islamic roots...to help Iranians and the greater Islamic state crush Israel."" He's called Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi "violent extremists" and Waters a "vicious race baiting racist"https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/pentagon-nominee-tata-trump-kfile/index.html …

Tata "also spread conspiracy theories that a "deep state cabal" of officials would rather see Trump fail than succeed in office, a sentiment echoed by the President and his allies, using extreme rhetoric." Super neathttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/pentagon-policy-official-resigns/index.html …