Maybe Limbaugh will have a death bed confession and admit to the world the extent of his lies and mis-information.

What the F is wrong with Joe Lockhart? Trump, like any other criminal, needs to be held accountable for any and all crimes that he has committed. Trying to buy off Trump for post election peace is an affront to all law abiding citizens.

Trump can leave we will still put him on trial and we will still convict and drag him out of whatever part of Russia he's hiding in.

Trump probably thinks that he can avoid justice by fleeing to a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US. And guess which country doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US? You guessed it: Russia.

But guess what, to bring his butt back to face justice, the US and possibly it's allies, would apply such enormous pressure on whatever country he flees to that they would return his butt in a heartbeat. He won't be able to avoid prosecution just by fleeing. If he loses the election, his goose is cooked.

Furthermore while awaiting extradition, Trump can be tried in absentia and his assets seized and sold.

What about his family? Are they going to flee as well? They won't be compelled to flee because Trump will undoubtedly pardon them and others involved in his criminal enterprise for any and all federal crimes. However, they may want to flee because at that point, the Trump name is forever tarnished.

If Biden wins, his pick for AG will speak volumes as to what he wants to see happen to Trump.

Here is a link to those countries that don't have an extradition treaty with the US.

Biden has stated that he won't pardon Trump and that he wouldn't interfere with an AG investigation. However, who he appoints as AG will speak volumes as to what he would like to see happen with Trump. For example, if he appoints someone like Adam Schiff to be AG, it will send a strong signal that he wants Trump prosecuted.

Don't put the popcorn away after election night (week?). There will still be plenty of life left in the Trump show.

A Biden surrogate needs to put repub governors in states like OK, Kansas, etc. on notice that unless they take a public stand on issues like this, a dem president might treat them the same when their states need assistance.

Sen. Sasse's private comments regarding how he feels about Trump is the type of bs that makes dems believe that repubs can be trusted. They can't. Now that Trump is likely to be defeated, all of a sudden repubs get a spine. To late, I hope the voters hold them all to account for their political cowardice.

Feinstein's embrace of Lindsay Graham was a life line to Graham's campaign. I am sure that Harrison (Graham's dem challenger) cringed when he saw it. The embrace could have occured out of the public view. Instead, it was done with the cameras rolling. What was she thinking? Is she trying to torpedo Harrison's chances or is just a mistake made by someone that has been in the senate way to long.

Republicans won't change their behavior as long as dems are the compliant, understanding and gullible stooges that some of them appear to be. Republicans must pay a steep price for their cowardice during the Trump years or it will be repeated.

Repubs got their tax cuts, their judges, their reduced regulations. What's left? Everything that they got during the Trump years must be taken back and structural changes put into effect that prevent another Trump like character from ever emerging again.

Don't worry, the ACA will fix all of our medical costs!!

Because of the buying and legislative power of the fed gov't, they are the only one with the clout to force change on the industry. And that is why the industry pays lobbyists to bribe members of congress.

The thinking, the strategist said, is that it would be very hard politically to agree on spending trillions more now and then in January suddenly embrace fiscal restraint.

If Biden wins the WH, I think it very likely that dems will win the Senate and keep the House. If dems do win the senate, their first move should be to end the filibuster. The only reason for not ending it will be that they don't want to do the things that need doing. Of course they will dress it up and say that they are "reaching out" to repubs in an effort to show unity but the reality will be very different.

This is why a senatorial tsunami is needed to insure that the filibuster is removed forever and simple majority rule becomes the norm moving forward.

Ending the filibuster is only the first step to the type of structural change I think is necessary. Other structural changes that I would like to see are 1) statehood for DC and PR; 2) Expanding the number of members in the HOR so that the population of each district is roughly equivalent; 3) Restructuring and resizing the SCOTUS so that it works more like the appeals court;

Of the 3 items mentioned, only the first can't be undone by a subsequent congress. As a result, dems would likely permanently have 4 more senators that would lean their way. This would be a tremendous counter to the small (population) states that lean republican.

Items 1 and 2 would also go a long way to popularizing the electoral college i.e. making its votes more closely resemble the popular vote.

As for Biden, I think that he is largely responsible for Obama's slow start. Obama thought that Biden would be his bridge to senate republicans. It didn't work and Obama lost precious time and eventually led to the "I've Got A Pen And I've Got A Phone" comment.

The day of reckoning is coming - hopefully 3 weeks away ...

My only concern is that Biden, along with several dem senators, will have to be pushed to take the necessary structural steps to ensure that the will of the people is protected.

A relentless pressure campaign is going to be necessary to force these dem hold outs to do the right thing to protect the will of the people.

an action that state officials said was illegal

Then why aren't arrest warrants being issued?

"In a dictionary sense, it's an economic and political system under which the government controls major industries and decides how products and proceeds are distributed."

It's the "... decides how products and proceeds are distributed." that has republicans concerned. They are concerned that all of their efforts to "game the economic system" to favor white males and marginalize minorities and women will be undone.

"Socialism" is just another way of talking about "makers vs takers" which was another way of talking about "Income Redistribution", etc. All of these terms are rooted in the greed, selfishness and bigotry of the republican party.

could be illegal

COULD BE?

If not illegal, the CA legislature/governor should get busy and make them illegal with stiff fines/jail time for anyone deploying such boxes.

Texas U.S. Attorney John Bash, tapped to investigate Obama administration for "unmasking," resigns

The time has come for top level Trump officials to stop resigning and wait to be fired. They should then let it be known why they are being fired.

...democrats are forced to pack the the court to rebalance it ...

And that is not all that dems should do. Dems need to put in place some structural changes that will reduce the power of small states that are dominated by republicans by admitting (at least) 2 new states that will lean dem i.e. DC and PR. There are other things that dems could do by legislation but could be undone by a rep admin. However, if they do it, the chances of a rep admin would be reduced i.e. expand the number of members in the HOR so that the population of each member district is more in balance.

Agents who work in field offices around the country complained that since late August, they are no longer being tested when they return home from working at a rally for the president.

This is a problem for the director of the Secret Service. The director should make the tests available to his agents. I fault Trump for many things but not for thinking about testing for the Secret Service. His political appointments probably have sufficient budgetary authority to have their people tested. Were I an agent, my initial anger would be at the director.

what I resent is his ability to be admitted to a hospital "as a precaution"

Amen!

My guess is that Pres Trump is starting to develop a belief in science as the ~team of expert~ doctors treat him.

You think so? I thought he knew more that the generals and anybody else he came into contact with.

Putting on my tin foil hat. Let's see....

Trump Think: Taking a beating in the polls and coming off a disastrous debate performance, how do I change the news cycle! I got it, I will introduce a new but familiar character into the mix: Hope Hicks. Hope will infect me and Melania with the virus. That will change the news cycle and allow me to avoid answering any more damn questions from the fake news media for 2 weeks. During this 2 week hiatus, I can fake going into the ICU. With the potential for being unable to perform my duties as POTUS, Pence will temporarily assume power and pardon me for any and all federal crimes that I may have committed before and after becoming POTUS. After the pardon, I can have a miraculous recovery and reclaim my title as King of America. This may have the added benefit of drawing some sympathy from those few voters that haven't decided yet.

That's it. Let's do it

Why wasn't this done before? Because dems want to play nice-nice with repubs?

Hopefully the gloves are off for good. Let the senate get rid of all of its archaic rules set up to inflate their egos and sense of being "better than the house".

The filibuster has got to go. Get rid of all senatorial courtesies.

You can't play nice-nice with people that are not acting in good faith. If there are any good republican senators, you had better expose yourselves or be swept out with the other Trump enabling toadies.

If the tapes do cast Mr. Cameron in a poor light, his political career in Kentucky is probably over, shortly after it started...

I would hope that there is some penalty other than the potential of an aborted political career. Perhaps disbarment?

Trump is going to prison and his (remaining) assets will be seized and auctioned off.

But I can't help but lay some at the feet of those who value their jobs more than public health, the very thing they spend their careers supposedly trying to improve.

EXACTLY! These people are civil servants and so a certain degree, relatively immune from firing except for cause. Political operatives, in retaliation, might try to transfer the person to Timbuktu, but at least they would still have a job. I suspect that there is some type of appeal process that would delay/prevent an actual transfer but at least the person would have a job. And, given a change in administrations, defiance of an unethical/non-professional order might be rewarded!

peace force

I like that!

This is what most people are talking about when they say "defund the police". Defund doesn't mean taking police budgets to zero; just using some of that budget to fund a "peace force" composed of social service and mental health peace officers.