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Joan Ruggles (Young)
From the 9/11 Commission:"
"The outgoing administration should provide the president-elect, as soon as possible after election day, with a classified, compartmented list that catalogs specific, operational threats to national security; major military or covert operations; and pending decisions on the possible use of force."
From the Presidential Transition Act of 1963
“Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the United States and its people.”
https://presidentialtransition.org/publications/presidential-transition-act-summary/
Why does any of this matter? The frenzy which DT is fomenting with his phony voter fraud accusations (19 failed to date) is to keep his supporters engaged. Maybe Nori can tell us how many lawsuits need to fail before we admit we've "gotten to the bottom of the fraud?" DT knows he has lost but he needs to keep the base furious and engaged and energized in order to keep donating to him which will fuel and keep his run in 2024 alive and fuel his wounded ego having become a loser whose election was stolen. The lawsuits keep his base, including Nori engaged. If it in turn helps the runoff in Georgia, Repubs are happy to play along. Keeping his supporters dangling like fish on the end of a line is the goal. But in turn, this is impacting the process of the transition and will most certainly negatively impact planning for vaccine distribution amid a surging pandemic.
“Cumulative U.S. covid infections leaped from 10 million to 11 million in just six days.” All you folks out there missing your Thanksgivings with families might like the vaccine to get to you before any more family members are stricken. Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law Nori. Having had pneumonia myself, it took 3 months before I could walk more than around the living room. Intubation is not fun.
But remember - We're turning the corner
The rejection of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court was made so that the voter's choice could be heard in the next election. No such voter's choice was needed for Amy Coney Barrett who was appointed while elections were already in progress. During the impeachment, Republican Senators said again and again - wait until the next election when the voter’s choice should be heard. Now the voters have made their choice of Biden. When will they be heard?
I keep hearing here and elsewhere of all the major promises DT kept, about how much wonderfulness he got done. He deregulated almost everything, that's true and that was all done by executive orders. I can't wait for Biden's executive orders getting rid of every one of them. But he got one and only one piece of legislation passed and that was his tax cut which benefitted mostly the wealthy. He had the full Senate and that's all he got passed. I'm fully aware that the likelihood is that Biden will get nothing passed either -thanks to Mitch.
When did our Congress turn into nothing more than an extension of the Executive branch? Nothing and I mean NOTHING can be accomplished by anyone unless all three branches of government are held by the same party. That's not how it's supposed to work!
Here’s a scenario predicted by my husband. Some time in December or January, before the inauguration, DT announces he is officially running for 2024. A four-year political campaign begins complete with rallies galore and fundraising galore. He will declare “I was cheated out of reelection but I’m back!” His minions will go wild! Everything, with the help of Mitch McConnell, will be done to make sure Biden cannot govern.
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