Sorer-than-sore losers

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It’s still early, but this isn’t looking like much of a news day. What is hitting my radar is mostly stuff that’s in various stages of development. The January 6 committee’s criminal referrals will add pressure, but little else, to the Department of Justice to prosecute,[1] but I’ll still believe there are charges when I see them actually filed. I’m absolutely not holding my breath as Merrick Garland has already demonstrated his negligence.[2]

In Pennsylvania, everything hangs on how the courts rule on who has authority to call special elections and thus when those elections will be held.[3] Today’s reporting shows that the story is only getting weirder.[4] I guess the one lesson we can take from this debacle is a familiar one: Republicans are sorer-than-sore losers.

Gilead

Donald Trump

Coup attempt


Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Aaron Blake, “7 things we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 committee report so far,” Washington Post, December 19, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/19/takeaways-jan-6-committee-report-introduction/

Pennsylvania

2022 election


Fig. 2. John Fetterman as mayor of Braddock, photograph uncredited and undated, via Next Pittsburgh,[5] fair use.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “How a Pennsylvania state Senate race could throw the House into more chaos,” December 20, 2022, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/12/19/pa-state-house-majority-democrats-republicans-pennsylvania-senate-special-election/stories/202212190073

  1. [1]Aaron Blake, “7 things we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 committee report so far,” Washington Post, December 19, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/19/takeaways-jan-6-committee-report-introduction/↩
  2. [2]David Benfell, “It is now even more urgently orange jumpsuit time,” Not Housebroken, November 18, 2022, https://disunitedstates.org/2022/08/24/it-is-now-even-more-urgently-orange-jumpsuit-time/↩
  3. [3]Stephen Caruso, “With majority at stake, Pa. House Republicans sue to block Democratic-scheduled special elections,” Spotlight PA, December 10, 2022, https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/12/pa-house-majority-special-elections-republican-lawsuit/↩
  4. [4]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “How a Pennsylvania state Senate race could throw the House into more chaos,” December 20, 2022, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/12/19/pa-state-house-majority-democrats-republicans-pennsylvania-senate-special-election/stories/202212190073↩
  5. [5]Kim Lyons, “Braddock Mayor John Fetterman keeps on truckin’ in his quest for the Senate,” Next Pittsburgh, March 11, 2016, https://nextpittsburgh.com/features/the-challengers-braddock-mayor-john-fetterman-keeps-on-truckin/↩

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