Jon Ossoff is good at this

US Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) - Government pays Musk $8 million per day

James Carville Shreds Sean Hannity on Fox

NY Gov Hochul considering removal of Mayor Adams

I just saw the AP reporting on this story (link below). At this point, Adams is Trump's vassal zombie, since the DOJ can reinstate the felony charges against him if he doesn't do what Dump wants him to.

My question is, what is the procedure for removing a duly elected mayor? What mechanisms does the governor have for doing that? Does it require a supermajority vote of city officials or the state legislature like impeaching a president?

https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-new-york-city-corruption-case-e288bd86d5a89357733cd3feab895f1d?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Can a federal judge or any other legal entity stop DOGE?

I posted this in another thread. It seems likely that Musk is acting illegally to seize classified data from federal agencies, including people's tax data and to shutter federal agencies that were created by Congress.

Musk and the people handling/storing the information have had no background checks and signed no confidentiality agreements on how they will handle the information they are seizing.

Most of this seems that it should be illegal on a variety of levels. My question is, since the Democrats don't have the votes in the House or the Senate to pass measures to stop this, what other legal avenues are there? Does anyone know?

Could a federal judge issue a cease and desist order? Could state attorney generals take emergency action on behalf of their constituents whose privacy has been compromised? Could the DC police arrest anyone? I know that the last one is unlikely, but what legal right does Musk et al. have to seize material that they have not been cleared to handle?

In short, does anyone know if there are there any systemic means to halt what is happening? Congress has the power to illegalize it, but the votes aren't there.

As President, can Biden order an FBI investigation of Tulsi Gabbard and present it to the Senate?

Also include Pete Hegseth and others. Pre-empt the recess appointment possibility.

The margin for the Pennsylvania Senate seat is now under 22,000 votes (0.31%)

Does anyone know what the greatest number of votes that has been made up in a recount is? 22,000 isn't that many out of a total of over 6.8 million that were cast, but it still seems like a lot of ballots to change.

Robert Reich - Must Resist Authoritarianism

Female turnout and other decisive factors

I thought I'd seek insight from some of the knowledgeable people here on what seem to be key factors that may decide the election results.

* Female turnout. This link from NBC news tracks the percentage of mail in/early votes that have come from women in each state.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote

It looks promising at 53% female nationally and higher in some swing states: 56% PA, 55% MI, 55% NC, 56% GA, 55% NC, 55% IA (a respected pollster just showed Kamala 3% ahead in Iowa).

I posted this link in here a while ago and some DU'ers cautioned me that women always vote more than men and that this data is only provided by 6 states, so NBC is inferring the rest of it. However, I was thinking that in the 2022 midterms, pollsters predicted a red wave that didn't materialize, largely because of increased female turnout because of the Dobbs decision.

If people here have any input about the answers, I have a few questions that seem relevant to understanding this situation:

1. What level of female turnout is generally factored into most polls? If it's 52% or 53% and women are turning out at 56%, then all of the polls could be underestimating Kamala.

2. At what level did women turn out in the 2022 midterms and by how much did it exceed the expectations of the polling models to cause the unforeseen results?

3. Has hurricane Helene impacted voter turnout in western North Carolina? That part of the state is overwhelmingly republican. If turnout is reduced there in a close election, it could make a difference.

Early votes cast so far at 53% female, 45% male

This is huge if it holds up. Women vote for Kamala at a significantly higher rate. Polls don't capture enthusiasm and which voters are more likely to turn out.

The data can be found here - click on gender to see the breakdown - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote