The Mandelbear's Musings

So the head of the GSA has "ascertained" that Biden won the election, meaning that the transition can officially start. Trump, however, has not conceded -- he and his (admittedly decreasing number of) followers continue to look for ways to cheat. Hopefully, they will not succeed, but I think it's an open question whether Trump will walk out of the White House on his own or have to be dragged out by Secret Service agents. I'm not sure it matters.

At this point the Trumpists have the Supreme Court and a lot of the Federal judiciary, and they will probably continue to control the Senate as well. Eventually they'll get back the presidency. The coup hasn't been prevented; most likely it's just been put on hold. The Republicans have been working for the last 50 years to lie and gerrymander their way to a one-party country. They're damned close.

Go read I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now and I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There. | by Indi Samarajiva. Tell me what you think. I'd like to think he's wrong, but I'm not feeling very hopefull right now.