Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (23) |
Author: elann ✸✹🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 86277 
Subject: Re: Do You Really Think???
Date: 01/29/26 1:40 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 10
No. But I would challenge your assumptions:

I would challenge your challenge. The law and historic precedent don’t count for much any more. They will bend it or break it enough to prevent losing control of Congress. There are several scenarios I can think of.

1. Gerimandering a victory. I doubt that will work but it will tilt.

2. Voter suppression. Still not enough but another tilt.

3. Sending federal agents into key congressional districts on Election Day to suppress or cancel the vote. Whatcha gonna do?

4. If it all seems to be failing before the election, manufacture a major crisis, declare an insurgency and invoke the insurrection act. The Supreme Court will give it the nod, and the election will be postponed indefinitely.

5. If all this fails, declare another emergency and physically prevent the new Congress from being sworn in January 2027.

All these things are illegal, and they are all possible, even probable.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to elann here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 86,214 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (23) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community