Mnunchin and Trump have already said "no more" airline assistance beyond Sept 30. This may be tied to the fiscal year, not sure.

In any event, I would not expect anything after Sept 30.

I would think that Kim Jong Un name could be replaced with "SQUIRREL!"

What if we don’t even hold an election or the chaos makes it so hard to vote that only 15% casts one?

I heard Biden float this the other day. We still have a constitution, the President doesn't have the authority to postpone an election. Now, first Tuesday in November is moveable, but the new term must start 1/20/21.

As for the politics of it, I think most of the populace is with their guy no matter what. This again will come down to 5-10% of the population of Fla, and the Midwest states that Trump turned last time. A bad economy is usually a death blow to a sitting President, but I think the public will give him some maneuvering airspace on this particular issue.

What if every online discussion became a political name calling match? What if large segments of our society lost the capacity to recognize nuance and assess individual issues on the particular facts instead of what is perceived to be beneficial to the cause I’ve chosen to champion? What if all thinking became polarized, devolved into opposing binary choices where every differing opinion became threatening and had to be vilified?

Correct. We don't discuss partisan politics on APC, but this information is simply a statement of fact that's probably worth being aware of as a citizen.

The constitution is quite clear on when the turnover must occur.

A president with a bad economy usually loses. A wartime president usually wins, and this crisis probably resembles a war to the national psyche.

And for anyone who's really worried about a hypothetical president losing an election and refusing to abdicate... the FBI would remove such a president, the secret service would let them, and if those guys abdicated on their oaths then the military would do it. We all have our oaths of office, which are crystal clear in black and white, all the permission we need.

If a candidate (including a sitting president) contests the results of the election, he could get some kind of ruling out of the judicial system prior to 20 Jan. That's actually happened before, if you recall. It would be REALLY hard to go against judicial due process.

What if we all just didnt vote...You think they would all go away?

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Then someone would have criticized that tweet. Then, that someone would have been accused of being a racist.

I'm in my safe space! I need safe spaces because I want to coexist... but only with those that share my ideology.