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There's another issue at play here too - If he loses control of the House, he is undoubtedly going to face renewed impeachment efforts over his actions, and if he loses the Senate as well, he's likely to get convicted at trial.

It takes a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict. It's the whole reason he wasn't convicted after Jan 6. And if Jan 6 didn't result in his conviction, I doubt anything else will.

I think he's more afraid of losing the House due to the likelihood that the Democrats would launch investigations into his actions, hence Republican efforts at mid-decade redistricting.

What do you think of Trump’s plans to remove mail in votes and his very ignorant and false claim that the US is the only country to do mail in votes? Seriously whoever writes this guy’s speeches needs to start checking their facts and sources.

So there's two points in there I want to touch on.

The idea that the US is not the only country that does mail-in voting is actually quite irrelevant to Trump and his speechwriters. His goal with these statements is not to specifically examine the truth or falsehood of any particular claim - it's to cast doubt on the validity of the electoral process itself. Much like in the 2020 election that he lost, actual specifics are less important than sowing distrust in the process to stir up his supporters and convince them of the idea that everything is conspiring against them. That's been the case for a while, even before the downright Orwellian term of "alternative facts" entered the lexicon right after his first inauguration. Fact-checking isn't really helpful - his supporters largely do not care, if they are not deep into the conspiracy rabbit hole themselves in the belief that all fact-checkers and all media are all biased against Trump.

The other point is that Trump's plan is to try and ensure that he does not lose control of Congress in the midterms. Almost all parties in power lose seats in US midterms, and with Trump's razor-thin majorities in both houses, the loss of one means that he would lose the ability to force legislation through the house by utilizing his considerable influence within the Republican Party to threaten members to comply. That will rob him of his momentum and force him to rely on executive power. Not that he hasn't already been relying on it, but he'll have to rely on it even more because Congress will be hostile to him.

There's another issue at play here too - If he loses control of the House, he is undoubtedly going to face renewed impeachment efforts over his actions, and if he loses the Senate as well, he's likely to get convicted at trial. The Supreme Court gave him considerable carte blanche to commit wide-ranging actions under the scope of his purview as President, and he himself asserts that impeachment is the only solution. So, he's trying to ensure that he can't be impeached by maintaining control of the House.

Thanks for the questions, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

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A dance that never ends

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Catwoman #81 cover by Seba Fiumara

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Happy Birthday Stephanie Brown! (August 11th) 💜

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Batman and Catwoman by Daniel HDR.

Hands down the best Batman and Catwoman designs. Don't know why they went away from them.

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Batman & Catwoman pieces I did back in 2004

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Trials of the Jedi

An illustration to celebrate the release of Trials of the Jedi and culmination of the High Republic initiative. This was a fun and surreal piece to work on as I got to actuallydo concept design on the Luminous Nine’s Armor.

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Superman and Lois

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Worth & Might

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Spidey and MJ

Pete and MJ enjoying a morning coffee. It was a lot of fun working on this one, I find working on architecture and perspective very relaxing.

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Could you draw Gendrya, plsssss?

no featherbed for me. I'll wear a gown of golden leaves, and bind my hair with grass, But you can be my forest love, and me your forest lass.

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Alayne Stone in the Vale of Arryn 🩵🕊️

drawn by @rinthecap and commissioned by me🤍

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rough design of Samus in her G-Fed era. caution: may contain objections 👎

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Green Lantern #28 cover by Xermánico.

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Catwoman #80 cover by Sebastián Fiumara.

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