No worries. I just wanted to clarify for anyone who might see your post and not click through to mine what I was trying to say.

Absolutely. And to do so right after a strong electoral showing highlights that. As my follow-up post notes, I’m actually sure the costs outweigh the benefits. I was aiming for irony in the post and realized quickly (but not quickly enough) that I missed.

Certainly the timing of this deal is the most obvious problem with it.

Yes but the Senate Rs were highly unlikely to do it.

I should clarify that ‘I’m not sure’ is ironic understatement. I’m actually quite sure this was a bad move but I think the quoted post is right that there are benefits to the move.

Agreed, although only if they nuke the filibuster which only Trump is unaware enough to think is a good idea.

Hey, UF managed to get a first down before turning it over that last time. Progress!

One can also question the decision to alternate between rushing 4 and rushing 8.

PSU would have 1-2 more timeouts in their attempt to come back if they weren’t tying to substitute when Indiana hadn’t.

Well, if Magic the Gathering is the voice of reason in your party, your party has also gone off the rails, but now we’re talking about a bunch of friends hanging out and meaning ‘off the rails’ as a good thing. So it works either way.

Reading through more of the transcript, I think my take needs more nuance: Thomas appears to want to rule for Trump but is asking the solicitor general to give him better arguments for doing so. So Thomas wasn’t ’having a go’ at the admin but he was signaling he wasn’t convinced by their pleadings.