The problem is that even the younger Republicans are kooks, and most of the younger Democrats are unknown. Note: Pelosi running again is bullshit, imo.
Farmers flourish under Biden, see recovery from Trump-era trade wars excerpt: "Schweitzer points out that in 2021, the majority of net farm income came from commodity sales and actual production "off the farm." Whereas in 2019, a "big chunk" of the income was coming from Market Facilitation Program payments, which were at the core of the Trump administration's effort to mitigate losses from its disputes with China and other trading partners."
Trump created it. It's checks to farmers directly from the government, what some refer to as welfare checks. Some of Trump's supporters seem ok with such an arrangement. The atmosphere has changed from circa 1980 when farmers, who were once proud to strive to be financially independent, protested in DC by riding their tractors through the streets with signs that said 'Parity, Not Charity'.
Those involved in Trump's fake electors scheme could be charged with both state and federal offenses. Former federal prosecutor details what the fake electors are facing in court excerpt: "Then you have something that people sometimes refer to as an 'alternate' slate of electors, but let's call them what they are. It's a fraudulent slate of electors, because they did not certify the popular vote." He noted that there was another goal of the Trump campaign to submit the paperwork, but once they did, they put the fake electors in "real hot water." "It appears they committed state crimes and federal crimes, and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said, and I quote, 'This is a crime.' And both Attorney General Nessel and Attorney General Balderas have referred these matters for criminal investigation to the Department of Justice," Kirschner continued. "But I'll say — because these also very likely violate state laws in Michigan, in New Mexico and elsewhere, there's nothing preventing the state authorities from criminally investigating, and if the evidence supports it, indicting these people simultaneously with the federal investigation going on — because these are different sovereigns, different jurisdictions, there are no double jeopardy concerns, and hopefully, if DOJ isn't moving out quickly enough, the states will begin to move out themselves.""
Michael Flynn claims Covid was invented by Soros, Gates and others to defeat Trump excerpt: "Michael Flynn has claimed Covid was invented by George Soros, Bill Gates and others in order to defeat Donald Trump. The former three star general and adviser to the ex-president ranted about the pandemic during an appearance on the far right-wing Infowars website. Mr Flynn has become a leading figure in the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, and even suggested that the US military consider a Myanmar-style coup. He told Infowars that the World Health Organization, the United Nations and other groups “see themselves as ‘this is how we can rule the world, this is how we can control societies, this is how we can control humanity.’ “So let’s introduce something called Covid, and they did it, and they did it for a couple of reasons, one of the big reasons was to steal an election,” he said."
Michael Flynn claims Covid was invented by Soros, Gates and others to defeat Trump excerpt: "Last week it was announced the Mr Flynn, as well as Rudy Giuliani, will be stripped of his honorary degrees by the University of Rhode Island. The move comes after the institution’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to uphold the honorary degree committees recommendation to revoke them. Action was taken because university officials believe both men, who have supported Mr Trump’s false stolen election claims, “no longer represent the highest level of our values and standards”. Mr Flynn, a 1981 graduate from the university and three star army general, had been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters."
After the revocation of their honorary degrees, they can be offered something more valuable: a complimentary box of Rice-a-Roni.
Trump Dangles Pardons for Jan. 6 Rioters in Texas Rally Speech excerpt: "Near the end of a meandering, 80-plus-minute address to a “Save America” rally crowd in Conroe, Texas, Trump dangled the possibility of pardons for the insurrectionists who participated in a deadly breach of the Capitol aimed at disrupting the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next. “If I run, and if I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons, because they are being treated so unfairly,” Trump told a massive crowd, claiming that many people had asked about it. Trump’s pledge of leniency came at the end of a speech in which he returned to his favorite theme: the dangers posed by undocumented immigrants and the need for harsh treatment of them."
Trump rally Texas: Former president teases presidential run, dangles January 6 pardons - CNNPolitics excerpt: "New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this month laid out details of what her office believes to be "misleading or fraudulent" financial statements. And Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. has vowed to personally focus on a probe into Trump's business practices. Both prosecutors -- who Trump called "racists" -- are Black, and neither has faced credible accusations of misconduct. "These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They're racists and they're very sick -- they're mentally sick," he said. "They're going after me without any protection of my rights from the Supreme Court or most other courts. In reality, they're not after me, they're after you.""
Oh, indeed he did. And the willingness of others to support his heinous, diabolical efforts to keep power, is beyond shocking. He must have been bribing all of them.
2,000 mules. Trump tours the country endorsing candidates to reinforce the ‘big lie’ excerpt: "The campaign rally in Conroe, near Houston, was the latest stop in what might be called Donald Trump’s “big lie” tour. The former US president is travelling the country, backing Republican candidates for midterm elections who pass a specific litmus test: reinforcing his debunked claims of voter fraud. They did so with gusto at a rally in Arizona earlier this month. On Saturday night, thousands of Texans watched giant video screens play a trailer for a “documentary” that purports to reveal how 2,000 “mules” were used to stuff votes into drop boxes in 2020 (state officials and judges found no significant evidence of irregularities). The trailer’s sinister visual and sound effects were the overture for a speech by the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, who led a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election results in four battleground states only to see it dismissed by the supreme court."
Why of course. The old '2,000 mules off a Korean jetliner in Phoenix, AZ at midnight stuffing illegal bamboo ballots for Biden into drop boxes' trick. That's the second time they've used it this election!
At a right-wing idiot event in Texas, Trump complained that prosecutors are discriminating against him ... presumably because he is rich and white. Then he told the crowd to make nationwide protests if the prosecutors do anything illegal. He specifically mentioned New York, Atlanta, and DC. I'm thinking this speech could be used against him in the event protests turn violent?
Trump calls for 'the biggest protest we have ever had' in DC and other cities if prosecutors investigating him 'do anything illegal' excerpt: "If these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in Washington DC, in New York, in Atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt," Trump said during the rally on Saturday night. "In reality, they're not after me, they're after you, and I just happen to be the person in the way," Trump later added.