@#33 ... Only Don-old gets away with that. ...

Apparently, according to fmr Pres Trump, he never lost the 2020 election, so he still is President.

But yeah, right-wing media would light up if fmr Pres Obama ever said he was still President.

@#28 ... I took your question as one asking about after the election, not before, since most state legislatures aren't in session all year long. If your query was the Legislature doing something prior to the election, then as you noted, they do have power to muck things up. ...

I agreed with your answer to my question.

Thanks for it.

I guess my concern centers around how little respect the MAGA folk seem to have for the rule of law when such respect jeopardizes their cult leader.

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... A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution.

Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

Given the research findings, "it is now imperative to declare a global emergency" to deal with plastic pollution, said Sedat Gndodu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey.

Humans are exposed to microplastics " defined as fragments smaller than 5mm in diameter " and the chemicals used to make plastics from widespread plastic pollution in air, water and even food.

The health hazards of microplastics within the human body are not yet well-known. Recent studies are just beginning to suggest they could increase the risk of various conditions such as oxidative stress, which can lead to cell damage and inflammation, as well as cardiovascular disease.

Animal studies have also linked microplastics to fertility issues, various cancers, a disrupted endocrine and immune system, and impaired learning and memory. ...

@#16 ... I'm pretty sure that they have nothing to do with vote certification. I think you're conflating state legislatures with the U.S. Congress' constitutional role to certify the electoral vote tally. ...

@#11 ... by winning NC ...

Will NC's Republican super-majority Legislature allow that?

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... Leveraging the recent Supreme Court Lopper rulings, telecom lawyers are trying to argue that pretty much any effort to protect consumers from telecom monopolies is outside of the scope of the 1996 Telecom Act, whether or not precedent (whatever that's worth now) or logic agrees. It's the same story you'll soon see played out across every industry that touches your lives post Chevron.

But in their so-far successful effort to kill the federal regulatory state, Comcast, AT&T, and friends have created a new quandary. Courts have repeatedly ruled that if the federal government abdicates its authority to protect broadband consumers from monopoly harm, states are fully within their legal right to step in and fill the void. ...

@#8 ... FOX cut off his advertising for non-payment. His was evicted from his manufacturing plant for non-payment. ...

... defies both topography and common sense: that higher sea levels will somehow create more oceanfront property...

Fmr Pres trump has been denying common sense for years, maybe even decades.

Why should he try to start spouting common sense things now?

... The Republican governor, who has sought to reshape his state's education system by regulating how schools deal with subjects such as race, sexual orientation and gender, threw his support behind 23 school board candidates last month. A majority of those candidates lost their races on Tuesday. ...

Gov DeSantis will likely try a different approach, working at the state level to encourage book burnings.

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... Former President Donald Trump has blasted his rival's call for a federal ban on food price gouging as "communist" price controls. But experts say the proposal is a far cry from Soviet-style caps, and over three dozen states led by both parties already have versions of their own. ...

... Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham: "I saw him when the cameras were off ... Trump mocks his supporters. He calls them basement dwellers. ...

So... fmr Pres Trump can speak ~common-sense~ when the cameras are off?

The trend is Arizona is not looking good for fmr Pres Trump.

... Fred Trump III, the son of Donald Trump's late brother, Fred Trump Jr., discussed the family's history of dementia and possible signs of the condition in his uncle during an interview last week. "Donald's cousin, John Walters, had dementia. It runs in the family." ...

When might fmr Pres Trump step aside and let someone else take the candidancy to the voters?

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... The US Department of Justice on Tuesday detailed the case of Jesse Kipf, 39, who was sent down for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.

In January 2023, Kipf used the credentials of a physician to access Hawaii's Death Registry System and create a "case" that recorded his own death.

"Kipf then completed a State of Hawaii Death Certificate Worksheet, assigned himself as the medical certifier for the case and certified his death, using the digital signature of the doctor," the DoJ wrote. The paperwork was all correct, so many government databases listed Kipf as deceased.

But he was very much alive and enjoying the fact that his "death" meant he didn't have to make child support payments or catch up on those he'd already missed. Evidence presented in court included internet search histories recorded on a laptop, with Kipf looking up terms including "Remove California child support for deceased." ...

@#8 ... If You Vote You Have No Right To Complain ...

Then why has MAGA been complaining for the past three years?

@#6 ... these polls and ratings are intended to equalize the bets, ...

Got any evidence?

Or is the comment just more of the usual MAGA lies and misinformation?

... The lower number of new job created gives further impetus for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September as widely expected. The central bank is required under the law to keep inflation low and employment high. ...

Yup.

The economy still looks like it is chugging along, albeit at a slower rate, which is what the Fed has been trying to do with the higher interest rates.

On finance TV networks, I'm seeing talking heads espousing from one rate cut in September to up to five rate cuts, one at each of the next five Fed meetings.

... Instead, Trump has allegedly been talking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal, fearing that doing so could help Vice President Kamala Harris win in November ...

Just like he sank the GOP-written, and bi-partisan supported, border security law?

... Mike Lindell has until Friday ...

Does he have $5 million?

The countdown begins...

An update this morning in Newsweek...

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@#8 ... How can Kamala back out of something she never agreed to? Something she would never agree to; debating on Fox News. ...

The assertion that she "backed out" is the result of the verbal gymnastics that MAGA has to go through when they actually believe the alternate-reality phlegm that fmr Pres Trump says.

@#7 ... Either way there was an offer. ...

Fmr Pres Trump asserted she "backed out."

She did not back out because she never agreed to it.