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It's not very easy, but it's not insurmountable.

Hillary Clinton lives in Westchester County where Republicans win on occasion. They had a Republican county executive from 2010-2017. It could have...

I'm rereading comics from the Heroes Return era. The Kurt Busiek/ Sean Chen run was quite good. It's often just an example of really solid storytelling, potentially underappreciated given Busiek's...

It doesn't require multiple agencies or even a POTUS.

Any prosecutor can file charges.

A corrupt or just warped state attorney general can use pretext to go after opponents in the Democratic...

There are a few potential issues.

Focusing on stopping the next Trump isn't going to apply to the many terrible people in public office right now. Marjorie Taylor Greene would be eligible,...

There was a point that any member of the jury could have become a right-wing celebrity by finding some pretext to go for an acquittal, and it's to their credit they didn't.

I do suspect most of...

I'm curious on your sources of information and everyone else's. This is an interesting situation, and informed commentary is quite useful.

I'd recommend a recent episode of the Advisory Opinions...

I don't really disagree with anything you're saying here. However, it doesn't mean that Trump will be a stronger Republican nominee than someone else, especially under circumstances where his fans...

If Trump choked on a burger, I'm not sure it's bad for the GOP. The main problem at the moment would be the messiness of choosing a nominee. If he picked a running mate (which is expected in the next...

One trick would be to say that someone else is secretly running the country. But I'm not sure who makes sense (which may not be fully necessary with crazy conspiracy theories.)

His first chief of...

Whatever happens in terms of consequences (there are potential appeals; he does not have a previous criminal record) this is a bad outcome for him. I'm curious what it will do for his reputation, but...

I know what a story is, but it is fun to look at questions that are usually binary and consider areas where it can get messy. Should we look at Emile Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series as one story?...

If anybody in public life has bad news to announce, this is the moment to send it out. The Congressman leaving his wife for his pregnant mistress, the producer cancelling a concert due to...

A legal podcast (Serious Trouble) had an interesting discussion on the significance of the number of charges. It's an educated jury so you could very well have people methodically considering every...

Are you thinking about whether legal implications are different than if it's a paid concert?

There would likely be a sense of solidarity among fans of an otherwise unremarkable musician.

I'm thinking about this in terms of public perception, so that's the context.

I'm curious what Fani Willis' race or gender has to do with the case or the response.

A New Yorker piece quoted in...

In some good news, there was a massive Lithium find in Pennsylvania.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4691990-lithium-discovery-pennsylvania-natural-gas-wells/

It's possible Trump wins. I'd put his odds at around 1 in 3 (He currently leads in enough polls, he outperforms generic Republicans, incumbent world leaders are generally unpopular) although I wonder...

This is something I'm thinking through, so I figured I'd write it in a forum where people are informed but have different takes on politics, just to see what others think.

I have a weird sense...

What's the story?

Literally, what is part of the story and what is not part of the story?

Do you realize the problem with semantics here when you're saying the retcon comes "AFTER the previous...

Good question.

I've got fond memories of Torment, the Todd Mcfarlane Lizard story, because a friend liked reading those issues at lunch in middle school. I have similar associations with...

How so?

It's one rando, but it's assholish and should be called out.

We can make an educated guess that the guy doesn't care about De Niro's recent oeuvre, and would presumably cheer him on if...

Er, emotional beats should be realistic. That's the way it works.

I may be misreading this, because you seem to be saying that wanting realistic emotional beats is inconsistent with a good Spidey...

I would recommend focusing on other Ultimate books as well. Obviously some fans will only be into Spider-Man, but it is useful to send a message that people picking up Ultimate Spider-Man might also...

This is an important point.

I'm sure there's more Marvel and DC could do to aggressively go after piracy, but it will be very unpopular when fans get sued and sent to jail, even if they are...

Some of the Trump-associated candidates ran as outsiders but it didn't help them. He seems sui generis, which is a good thing.

I'm sure politics will soon be dominated by someone else who is...