President Pence
By the time the election rolls around, Trump's taxes will have been turned over to the HOR and, after examination, the HOR will make a criminal referral to the DOJ (after Trump has been named the republican nominee of course). At that point, Trump knows that it is over and will be forced to resign.

I think that Pence wants a political future and he knows that if he pardons Trump, his political future is kaput.

My prediction is he'll remain at Mar-a-Logo, on the phone screaming obscenities at his attornies or anybody else who will still take his call.

He'll probably be in Fl dodging a subpoena from NY State. Trump has a dismal legal future if he is not re-elected.

I would like to see Biden appoint Adam Schiff as attorney general.

Why are some people so bent out of shape over what would happen if Trump lost the election? While yes he could cause (even more) chaos, on Jan 20, 2021, "HIS TERM EXPIRES". Note the emphasis on "HIS TERM EXPIRES". A new president doesn't have to be sworn in for Trump's term to expire!

If for some reason, Biden can't be sworn, the position of president becomes vacant. The constitution makes provisions for succession in the event of such a vacancy i.e. the VP (Pence would take over). However, since Pence's term also expires on Jan 20, 2021, the next person in line, the Speaker of the House would automatically assume the job.

A new congress gets sworn in early in January 2021 and if dems maintain control of the HOR, you can bet that a new speaker will be sworn in prior to Jan 20, 2021. If that new speaker is Pelosi, does anyone think that she would hesitate calling on federal law enforcement to evict Trump's fat ass of out the WH? She has already stated that she wants to see the POS in prison. If Trump tried to stay in the WH after his term automatically expires or called on his supporters to revolt, such an act of defiance would be considered treasonous and would incur serious consequences for him and his supporters.

If Trump loses, rest assured that he will vacate the WH; by choice or by force. Either way, he's gone.

I think I just witnesses the death of a GOP dream last night. Trump just killed it.

Let's see how many republican candidates (especially senators) start to put distance between themselves and DJT.

DeSantis Blames Florida Covid Spike on Hispanic Workers

This is typical behavior for so-called conservatives i.e., those that preach the virtues of personal responsibility to marginalized communities. DeSantis should be taking responsibility for not providing those in poor and marginalized communities with the attention and resources they need to ------ the growth of infections.

As the threat of November 3rd moves closer every day, I have feeling that "arbitrary" and "capricious" will be the nicest things we'll remember of him.

There will be a reckoning if Biden wants to maintain a good relationship with the people that put him in office.

Trump and his lackeys will pay a steep price for their criminality once Trump leaves office. Career public servants must ensure that documents are safely stored and protected from erasure.

I wonder what type of disciplinary record these guys have? Instead of quitting the force, some of them have just resigned from a special assignment. Depending on their history, maybe they should be encouraged to resign from the force i.e. give them sh.. jobs with rotating hours.

No Bad News: Trump is like Evilene from the Wiz

Police get dispatched for reasons that they are ill equipped and trained to deal with. When they fail at dealing with those issues, people give them the benefit of the doubt and lay the blame on faulty training. Why not dispatch people that are specifically trained to deal with the issue at hand i.e. mental health, homelessness, drug overdose, etc. In these circumstances, police can be a backup but can only be called into action by the expert responding to the call.

If someone is having a heart attack, an EMT is dispatched. If there is a fire, a fireman is dispatched. Why not dispatch a social worker trained to deal with calls related to mental illness, suicide, etc.? Police should only be dispatched to deal with violence or threats of violence. In other situations, experts specifically trained to deal with the call should be dispatched. If such a plan were put into place, police departments/budgets would shrink considerably and vulnerable communities would be better served.

Many (most?) of us were taught in grade school how to "properly" honor the flag: stand at attention and place your hand over your heart and recite the pledge of allegiance. That is an honored tradition and rightly so given the many sacrifices that have been made over hundreds of years to ensure the continued existence of the American experiment.

We learned this tradition as children because it is what we were told to do. However, as we grew into adulthood, we began to appreciate more fully why the flag was important: it was a symbol of our unity; of the goodness of America.

Over time, we have come to fully embrace our history; the good and the bad. As a result, the perception of the flag/national anthem must now bear the weight of the bad along with the good.

Instead of just thinking of the flag as a symbol of who we are, we need to also think of the flag as who we aspire to be. It is that aspiration that motivates people to use the flag/national anthem as a backdrop to protest; not because they disrespect it but because they want it to represent a country that lives up to its principles as defined in the Constitution.

Given the human condition, especially is a capitalistic society with such a large wealth inequality gap, looting should be expected during wide spread civil unrest. Therefore, to prevent looting, decrease the wealth gap and or stop the conditions that cause wide spread civil unrest.

The problem in America is that we want to "have our cake and eat it too". To many, because we live in a capitalistic society, wealth inequality is expected and desirable. The conditions that cause civil unrest are acceptable because those things happen to other people; people that don't look like us and, in any event, they probably did something to deserve their harsh treatment.

Killings of unarmed black men and women, especially George Floyd, has caused many whites to re-examine their feelings about police brutality towards black people. They saw an unarmed, helpless black man, handcuffed, face down on the pavement, calling out to his deceased mother, murdered by 4 police officers and all of a sudden the blinders came off; like a new star "turning on",they were "woke".

While it remains to be seen whether or not this widespread "wokeness" will bear fruit, it has certainly caused many in government to rethink policies that buttress police departments at the expense of minority communities. Perhaps a redirection of resources to address some of the long term, pressing issues in marginalized communities may help to reduce the conditions that cause civil unrest and any looting that results from it.

This isn't rocket science people. Looting isn't the problem. The conditions that cause civil unrest that results in looting is the problem. Address those conditions and looting can't happen. It resorts to what it really is: smash and grab.

People understand the devastating and unpredictable nature of fires and instinctively know that steps must be taken to prevent them. Civil unrest is like a fire where police are called out to extinguish it. But, in to many cases, police are adding fuel to the fire! Since we can't rely on the police to put out the fires of civil unrest or even to control it, we must take the necessary steps to prevent the fire from happening in the first place.

The police reaction to being caught was, as always, to lie.
The police put out a statement that the man "tripped and fell" as if these morons that hide behind "serve and protect" are completely unaware of how many people have phones that record video.

As soon as it became known that the officers lied, they should have been fired.

Whether or not they should be charged for assault is a different matter.

There was a similar incident in Salt Lake City, Utah where cops pushed down an old man with a cane down.

Imagine being sent to your manager's office to discuss your behavior 79 times during your 3.5 years at a job...and still having that job.

Exactly! That's part of the problem: police departments are to slow to take action. They wait until the rogue officer seriously injures or kills someone before firing the cop.

A very interesting read. I have included a bit more of the article below

How many times have you heard a white person take offense at the notion that they may need to examine their racial biases say, "Calling me a racist is the worst thing you could possibly say to me!"

Perhaps. But there are worst things in life than being accused of racism. Being asphyxiated by a police officer's knee on your neck is much worse. Having the police called on you for offending a white woman is much worse. Worrying that your child or husband might be murdered for the crime of jogging while black is much worse. Being discriminated against in the workplace is worse. Being discriminated against by the medical system is far worse.

But that's white supremacy. White people feel like what's happening to us is what's most important. We've been taught that we are the soul definers of the American experience. Watch all the videos of white people treating police as their personal security guards when a black person dares to disagree with them. Hello, white supremacy.

Yes, the Ku Klux Klan and the "alt-right" are also white supremacy. But it's a spectrum, and it stretches all the way from avowed racists to the most well-meaning white person who would never use the "N-word," who calls themselves liberal, who has black friends or black children or a black spouse.

After all, Amy Cooper " who had donated to Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg and John Kerry, according to the Independent " nearly got the birder Christian Cooper killed when she called the police demanding protection from an "African American man" supposedly threatening her. The contempt and disregard for black bodies is not only the province of men in white hoods.

So, what happens when an agent of the government violates the Constitution?

Some officer, some where, in an unrelated incident, is assaulted. When people feel oppressed, they revolt.

This is an interesting development. In the past, the federal government would step in and do an investigation of suspected rogue police departments. Now that the Trump admin has abandoned its oversight of police departments, responsible governors are beginning to step up and fill the void.

I hope that other governors take similar actions in their states for those police departments with troubled histories.

Study: Peaceful Protests More Effective Than Violent Ones

Yes but you need the violent ones to provide perspective i.e. to show what the alternative could be.

It is human nature not to want to give in to threats. It is easier for people in power to admit that they are yielding to a peaceful protest than admit that they are giving in to a violent one. In the first instance, they look altruistic and forward thinking. In the second they come off as being weak.

So I guess it is ok for Dem senators to support suppression of 2nd Amendment rights if Rep senators are ok with the suppression of 1st amendment rights?

Boaz is so far "out there" that I don't believe he is a real person. I believe that he is a persona meant to troll liberals/progressives.

Here is a link to a NY Times article that implies what Trump's Executive Order may do.

Anybody subpoenaed by the senate should refuse to appear until the the SCOTUS rules on the validity of HOR subpoenas.

Republicans have largely gone back to pre-enlightnment times when a simple belief in something is enough to make it true.

They have no choice because facts, science, logic, reasoning don't support their agenda which is to put as much money and power into as few hands as possible.

When Biden is elected, dem legislators need to get their act together and tighten up the laws that protect our democracy. Trump, in spite of his ignorance, has buckled the seams of democracy. Pompeo, a Trump stooge and vastly more intelligent than Trump, will break them if elected president.

Pompeo is a dangerous fellow.

McConnell Embraces Subpoena of Obama-Era Officials

For all of you Trump officials, beware of following mean spirited and possibly illegal orders: what goes around comes around.

Don't you just love it when Trump supporters cry foul when rules are bent to thwart Trump and his henchmen yet support Trump and his henchmen when they break the rules? Turn about is fair play.

Okay AG Barr, the ball is in your court. Justify in a public setting why you made the decision that you did.