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   June Casagrande (junecasagrande@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 07:44:32 JST June Casagrande

   I wonder how Supreme Court Justice Leonard Leo will vote on the leading Republican candidate's eligibility for the ballot.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 07:44:32 JST gnutelephony

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     @junecasagrande mob bosses never liked rivals. I think, as a student of history, Leo also realizes an incompetent and unstable fuhrer he has no clear leverage over might well ultimately bring discredit and doom to his work, much like Hitler ultimately did to the Nazi project.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 07:50:49 JST gnutelephony

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     @junecasagrande best shot? I am not so sure of that, there are other evil bastards in the GOP who are also competent at being evil, but if he believes that, then it indeed becomes a tough call.

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     June Casagrande (junecasagrande@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 07:50:50 JST June Casagrande

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     @gnutelephony Like most Republican leaders, he doesn't like Trump. And, like most Republican leaders, he knows Trump is their best shot for more packed courts, free rides for billionaires, assault rifles and forced births.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:00:47 JST gnutelephony

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     @junecasagrande I simply note that #2 clearly made a far better and far more successful villain than Dr Evil ;).

     But in the end the German industrialists did anoint Hitler as their boy, too. I guess Leo will come to regret most he did not have someone he trained and controls positioned to seize the reins instead.

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     June Casagrande (junecasagrande@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:00:49 JST June Casagrande

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     @gnutelephony They need someone who's evil and who's also best positioned to grab the reins of power. That's Trump. So many GOP leaders have made that bargain. And Leo had to be thrilled with Trump's court appointments last time, considering Leo himself handpicked most of them.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:05:59 JST gnutelephony

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     @junecasagrande indeed, that is actually my greatest fear, too, not even Trump, but rather what Trump might enable to take power.

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     June Casagrande (junecasagrande@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 08:06:00 JST June Casagrande

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     @gnutelephony Yeah, I have a friend who's said many times how much she fears that Trump 2.0 who's actually smart and competent is waiting in the wings. Terrifying.