If You Thought 2020 Was Bad....

Jon Chait dives into why Trump has called for delaying the election and why he can't. He notes Trump's long standing authoritarian impulse - nurtured from the gilded cradle of the stupid little rich boy. As of this moment, Trump will lose. I don't know how much the GOP will stick their neck out to save him.

My worry is not that Trump somehow rigs the election or manages to stop the election from happening. Rather, he will stir up an absolute tsunami of conspiracy theories that will trigger a wave of domestic terrorism.

After Ruby Ridge and Waco, the federal authorities have largely taken a hands-off approach to armed rightist protesters. That's why they feel fine snatching protesters off the streets of Portland and shooting less than lethal projectiles into the Wall of Moms. That's why they did not respond to armed militias threatening violence in Michigan the same way.

Frankly, I wonder if we do need a little violence to bleed this out. I wonder if we don't need to arrest and imprison more right wing terrorists.  Fuck comity. We are going to see assassination attempts on Joe Biden's life. We are going to see federal buildings bombed (or attempted to be bombed). It's coming from the mouth-breathing Deplorables whether we want it to or not.