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by wmf 2148 days ago
I'm imagining massive pressure on Biden to concede before mail-in votes are counted, maybe combined with a 2000-style lawsuit that delays things even more.
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I’m imagining federal agents burning down polling stations and mail delivery trucks with help from local LEO.
Not outside the realm of possible, but why do that if you can achieve the same goal in subtler ways? 2000 was a “close call” because 10s of thousands of people in primarily-black communities in florida had their voting infra degraded to the point of uselessness. Voting infra is a proven strategy to tip the scales towards the kleptocrats
Why does the mob burn down restaurants? To send a message. They know they’re above the law. And if they pull this off, they’re invincible.