The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

"drubbing"
"insurmountable"

these words are not in Trump's vocabulary

> we should take the easier route and just start up a new party

As most of the people reading this know, first-past-the-post elections make the establishment of a third party very difficult. Structurally.

But those determined to try should start with a city or a county, or at most a state.

Also, I am very stuck on "what good would this do even if they actually got the ACA extensions sometime in December" in light of the fact open enrollment closes when? Like a lot of people just won't get insurance this year. Even if they get a deal it may be too late to buy a plan knowing the premium

all of their calculus is predicated on case subjects who can autopay their bills, check their mail daily, fax & print forms from their own office, and wait months for dispute adjudications; this is an underlying reason Judges Are A Problem too

Essentially.

That's kind of where I wind up here.

martinlongman.substack.com/p/dick-durbi...

People don’t know or remember how bad things were before the ACA.

For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...

firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...

The President cannot pardon state-level crimes.

To a first approximation, these are all state-level charges.
The feds did not indict for the false-electors stuff.