The Trump interregnum.

[Darren]

in·ter·reg·num
/ˌin(t)ərˈreɡnəm/

noun: interregnum; plural noun: interregna; plural noun: interregnums

a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes.
an interval or pause between two periods of office or other things.

I draw your attention to the second definition of interregnum meaning a pause between two periods. In this case it will be a period of federal agency reorganizations and a movement to eliminate the best Congress money can buy and return it to its role as a representative of the people.

Trump will retain the presidency along with Republicans retaining control of the Senate.

The wild card at this point is the improved odds of the House being flipped.

Initially, in any case, expect Wray and Haspel to be fired immediately if not sooner after the election results are settled. If the House is flipped expect the second round of stimulus checks to be sent out quickly since Pelosi will be out of the picture. Also expect a strong effort to impose term limits on Congress.

The interregnum will be the period between the ending of the most blatant corruption and malfeasance involving Congress and then its return possibly long into the future.

Obviously Trump will not serve beyond the statutory two terms. Expect his successor to continue the plan and either a Republican woman as the presidential candidate or VP candidate.

[wesw]

from your keyboard to God s ears , Darren...

[Darren]

from your keyboard to God s ears , Darren...

Expect Trump to fire lots of US attornys similar to what Clinton and Obama did upon being elected. They had their opportunity.

Expect a purge of upper echelons of the FBI too. Wray's failure to produce the Parkland report as promised is telling.

[BoSoxGal]

from your keyboard to God s ears , Darren...

Expect Trump to fire lots of US attornys similar to what Clinton and Obama did upon being elected. They had their opportunity.

Expect a purge of upper echelons of the FBI too. Wray's failure to produce the Parkland report as promised is telling.

You are beyond fucking clueless, you know that?

Every single US Attorney currently working IS A TRUMP APPOINTED US ATTORNEY.

They all serve at the pleasure of the President and all the Obama appointees were purged in 2017.

Fucking idiot.

[Darren]

Some, but not all, will be fired in this second wave.

[TPFKA@W]

I can play my ukulele and I can sing but I cannot do both at the same time. One must admire those who can.

[Darren]

Have you accepted the ukulele as your Lord and savior? It's not too late.

[TPFKA@W]

Have you accepted the ukulele as your Lord and savior? It's not too late.

Nah, I'm musically agnostic.

[Darren]

At some point expect the legalization of recreational marijuana and the end of asset forfeiture based on drug related arrests based on further law suits.

Expect the DOJ to refocus on white collar crime.

Expect a renewed effort to look at vote fraud based on the 2020 election results in major cities. Precincts with an unusually high percentage of voting or ones with voting exceeding certain population metrics will be subject to investigation.

Expect a renewed emphasis on vocational training especially for minorities and a review of union membership with regard to minorities.

Expect increased funding for research to develop hemp derivatives as replacements for plastic in single use applications.

Expect South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to be offered a cabinet level position in the Trump administration as a prelude to 2024.

[Darren]

SCOTUS

Expect Thomas to resign before 2024.

Breyer will also be out before 2024.

Contrary to rumors. Roberts will not resign.

[wesw]

again, from your keyboard to god s ears, Darren....

and while god is listening....

...dear lord, can we not nominate a catholic for a few years?

maybe an orthodox Christian or a Methodist or two?

a deist? or even a sensible atheist or agnostic?

maybe a gnostic?

a hindu? an animist?

anything but another catholic, father?

in jesus' name I pray, amen

(well, maybe not a muslim, father, you know how they are..., so bossy....)

[Econoline]

[BoSoxGal]

[wesw]

I guess you shoulda listened, huh?

covfefe

[Gob]

Your system is so fucking stupid. Fancy allowing a president to stay in power once he's been voted out. That that Trump twat will wreak havoc!!

[Darren]

Your system is so fucking stupid. Fancy allowing a president to stay in power once he's been voted out. That that Trump twat will wreak havoc!!

Peace in the Middle east. Iran's ability to fund terror restricted. New energy independence for the US. Chinese aggression confronted. Troops coming home. No new wars.

If that's havoc, I love it.

[Bicycle Bill]

Your system is so fucking stupid. Fancy allowing a president to stay in power once he's been voted out. That that Trump twat will wreak havoc!!

When's the last time you voted out a king or queen?  The last English monarch to be removed from the throne by something other than natural causes was Richard III, who died in battle in 1485, almost 550 years ago.
(well, there was that little religion-based catfight between Bloody Mary and Lady Jane Grey in 1553 after Henry VIII shuffled off this mortal coil...)
Since then, you've shown yourselves perfectly content to be saddled with them unless they voluntarily abdicate, as did Edward in 1936, or croak on their own — that's why you had Vickie for 65 years during most of the 1800s, and why, after almost 70 years, you've got 94-year-old Lizzie still squatting on the throne today

And as far as the PM — "The office of Prime Minister is not established by any statute or constitutional document but exists only by long-established convention, whereby the reigning monarch appoints as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons."  So I guess Parliament could call for a vote of no confidence in the PM, but what happens if the PM — or the monarch, since the PM is in fact the monarch's appointment — refuses to accept the results of that vote?

I'm not worried.  Unless he pushes the big red button on the desk and launches something at someone, anything Trumplestiltskin does out of spite after he loses the election tomorrow can be undone.

-"BB"-

[Big RR]

What about Charles I? His head didn't fall off by itself.

[Bicycle Bill]

What about Charles I? His head didn't fall off by itself.

OK, so I missed one (probably not as much as he missed it, though!).      Remind me to skip the 'English Monarchy' category when I go on Jeopardy.

-"BB"-

[Big RR]

FWIW, I do think that the execution of Charles I pretty much established parliamentary rule, which is why Edward VIII felt compelled to resign, and the public largely accepted it. Since then the power of the monarch has eroded to a minuscule fraction of what it once was.