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Classic Snarky Puppy, Remixed and Remastered: "Skate U"

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ipsos9/27/2020 1:41:49 pm PDT

re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So much THIS.

If Trump’s value to the GOP establishment is transactional, he’s nearly out of valuable currency to offer in his first term.

Now that he’s given them the Barrett nomination, assuming he’s not re-elected, what else can he do for the party? He’ll have a few weeks to get some lame-duck judicial nominees crammed into lower courts (but Mark Kelly replacing McSally will stop that train after the end of November). They’ll try to do some lame-duck regulatory ratfucking, but the slow nature of those processes means it won’t really accomplish much (and can be reversed in the new year.)

The gravy train of ambassadorships is over. No more cushy White House jobs for his Fox News friends.

Coattails for down-ticket candidates? If he can’t pull Lindsey Graham over the line, he’s going to have the stench of loser all over him and only the crazies are going to want him out on the stage with them going forward.

What’s left? Pardons, and we’ll see those, certainly. But his power to issue those will end, too, and after that, what use is he to anyone? He’s done.