I've had a dream..... the next #election produces a radically hung #parliament, and @CarolineLucas rides out of retirement to head up a green-focussed, socially progressive alliance of the willing from each of the parties..... but then I woke up, and thought, that's not only not going to happen, there's a significant part of the political class that work so hard for it not to happen they'd rather the country burnt to the ground...
so that's what DJing tonight will take my mind off!
So the #Tories management of expectations was bang-on - they held onto Uxbridge but lost the other two seats contested in yesterday's #byelections.
The fact that they could hold on to one out of three (#BorisJohnson's old constituency) is in itself a metric of how warped the UK's #democracy is right now - that the wreckers still have some public support remains pretty depressing!
Today & into the weekend there will now be endless projections of what this all means for the next #election!
“Each of the 16 defendants has been charged with eight #felony counts, including #forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery, for allegedly signing documents attesting falsely that they were Michigan’s “duly elected and qualified electors” for president and vice president.”
#Michigan Charges 16 in False Elector Scheme to Overturn trump’s 2020 Loss
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a motion from attorneys for Donald #Trump to shut down a probe into attempts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential #election.
On Friday, Trump's attorneys filed petitions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and prevent the use of "any evidence obtained via the special purpose grand jury".
But later on Monday, the court unanimously decided to reject the petitions.
Republicans just blocked Rep. Terri Sewell's amendment to make #Election Day a #federal holiday so that parents and working Americans can get to the polls.
Once again I ask… what are my Republican colleagues so afraid of???
Voting is sacred, it is the Right from which all other rights are derived.
“‘From my understanding, if we don’t see a bump in the polls, we are basically going to shut down the idea of a national operation,’ a DeSantis-aligned operative said.”
Confidential DeSantis campaign memo looks to reassure donors amid stumbles
In the strategy memo obtained by NBC News, DeSantis' campaign says it will stay focused on the early states and not yet make investments in Super Tuesday battlegrounds.
and they're not even really trying to hide it; the #Tories are now in a scorched earth retreat....
Whoever, wins the next #election will be governing the smoking ruins of what was once a welfare state - rebuilding will take years, even if the political will to do so is there...
DC #JANUARY6TH Grand Jury is significant. No notable witnesses were spotted today, July 11. So either someone snuck in the back door, or they're getting ready to indict. Or some weird third option that I haven't thought of - that's always a possibility.
Hey Siri! What does it usually mean when a grand jury deliberates all day without calling any witnesses?
Siri: Oh snap…it’s game time.
#AWeissmann told us the Special Counsel would want to indict before Fulton County #GrandJury. Fulton County looks close.
Or they just picked the DC #January6th grand jury today and will start tomorrow.