Sure, when motivated by self interests, the average GOP politician (fully fueled and underway at ~12kts) is fairly maneuverable, so long as the change in position/direction improves their primary results and/or enriches their major campaign donors.

Nero: hold my beer

On the evening of April 14-15 1912, at the reported location of 41° 43' 32" N, 49° 56' 49" W, the dusk-'till-dawn timeframe lasted 9h, 37m, 59s.
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tl;dr: Joe Biden literally sunk the Titanic on purpose. Probably to dispose of Hunter's laptop, Hillary's servers, and Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. 🏆

So a complete about-face in just under 2m 30s.

Don't forget the Portland frog! 🐸

Dick Cheney type move

Paper published

I have an "in press" paper that was nominally accepted "pre-"pandemic (Jan '20) with no firm publication date in sight.

This is one of several currently "in press" papers/articles/chapters. And yet younger academics wonder why I grumble

Oh sweat summer child

Incorrect. ICE is absolutely carrying out operations in red states, just no one is recording them. And that's more horrifying, bc it exemplifies how they would truly operate with impunity from the shadows without oversight.

As unfortunately anemic as the opposition is, suspending elections would be suicide. While maga plays by its own (lack of) rules, the major constraint on the left/anti-maga side is an adherence to decorum. Without elections, that constraint is gone, and maga's tenuous grip slips away. Endgame.