Joint Session of Congress to Confirm Electoral Vote: Open Thread
What should be pro forma is instead shaping up to be a clown show of historic proportions before the inevitable finally arrives.
Category: 2020 Election
About Last Night: Georgia Senate Runoffs Edition
Five days into 2021, with the Georgia Senate Runoffs we can finally conclude the 2020 election cycle. Almost.
The Spreading, or How The Conspiracy Theories End Messily
We as a country are in for a national season of dazzling, baffling, and spreading of a big old hot political mess.
Trump Call: (Updated) WaPo Releases Audio of President Berating Georgia Election Officials
President Trump is on tape berating and threatening Georgia election officials in audio released by the Washington Post
Gohmert “Pence Card” Lawsuit Tossed For Standing
Rep. Louie Gohmert’s “Pence Card” lawsuit to empower the Vice President to change the 2020 presidential election results has been dismissed
Looking Back: The Best of Ordinary Times In 2020
Nominations for several dozen posts reflecting the work of 23 different authors, a shortlist of about 40 posts, narrowed down to ten.
Paging Dr. Kübler-Ross
Burt Likko compares the bizarre subversion-of-democracy fantasies of Trump supporters with the actual law, and is unimpressed.
Crossing the Suburbicon
The GOP got absolutely raked over the coals in the suburbs. Shellacked! Taken to the woodshed! Other metaphors!
All the President’s Myths
We believe numbers. They convey an authority that seems objective. But numbers can also reflect the biases & deceptions of those who produce them.
The Swing States Messed with Texas…Or Did They?
I’m not qualified to interpret nonsense. But I’ve endeavored to explain the Texas lawsuit case, and reasons why I think this suit is a dud.
The Kraken Lawsuit, As The French Would Say, Le Fails
The much hyped and epically flawed “Release the Kraken” lawsuit from Sidney Powell has been laughed out of court
What Does God Need With a Political Starship?
Faith and politics are not strangers in America, but this is coming at it a tad high. Did we as a people learn nothing from Star Trek V?
The President of the United States Shares Thoughts…
President Trump released a recorded message on social media decrying/rehashing his claims of election fraud for the better part of 45 minutes.
Scott Adams and Me
Did Scott Adams’ support for Trump change who he is, or was he always like this and I just never saw it because I agreed with some of what he said before?
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: ‘Tis The Season to be Harshing
HYMM has business w/Sidney Powell & associated wackadoos, the NLRB doesn’t find it funny, Moors/Moops, & Biden rounds up the usual comms team
Voting for Nothing For the Last Time
We get from the Democrats a not-so-polite “no,” with a hint of self-righteous anger and condescension, when we dare demand better from them.
Georgia, Everybody Loves You Now
Wherein I praise today as a stalwart beacon of that which is right and just what I yesterday condemned as backward and reactionary.
A Mostly Peaceful Transition of Power
Many will be disappointed, but history tells us exactly what President Trump will do from here on out. And it doesn’t end in a bang.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: What Did You Expect? Edition
On this Monday before Thanksgiving, which is in the opposite spirit of Harsh Your Mellow Monday, let us pause and reflect…
A Not-So-Minor Issue of Distinguishing Rain From Territorial Urine Markings
The “massive election fraud” case has been heard, both in court and by the American people, and been found wanting. Laughably wanting.
