Delay indicates loss

District Judge Amy Meachum has taken all day on a hearing to overturn Mayor Adler’s orders to close bars and restaurants at the peak time of their business tonight, from 10:30 pm until 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day. An all-day hearing doesn’t bode well, if history counts, for the governor’s bid to overturn the orders. But having won a similar case against El Paso County, the state isn’t likely to give up.

UPDATE: Indeed, the state lost, Covid won. Not a good look for a Republican governor.

MORE: Then, 24 hours too late, the state won on appeal. Guess Adler won’t be doing it again.

Electoral ballot challenge

I’m not ignoring it, as it heats up over the Elephants preparing to object to ballot counting, I’m just not paying it much attention until we get down to the wire on January 6—as the Donkeys have taken the process in years past. Including against Trump’s election in 2016. And lost.

If it’s not circumvented somehow, the new challenge has the potential to keep Trump in the White House for another four years. But how likely is that given the politics and the players involved? So I’m not getting excited about it. Yet.

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Rule 5: Catalina Redruello

Governor vs Mayor

Austin Mayor Steve Adler (of Cabo, Mexico vacation fame) has issued an “order” for bars and restaurants to shutter at 10:30 p.m. on New Year’s eve or face a $1K fine, supposedly to prevent the spread of the CCP virus.

Gov. Gregg Abbott says the mayor’s order is illegal because it violates Abbott’s executive order GA-32 which prevents Texas cities from arbitrarily shuttering businesses. Da Mayor has yet to respond. A judge is expected to rule on Thursday.

Via PJMedia

Trump still disputes

“The United States had more votes than it had people voting, by a lot. This travesty cannot be allowed to stand. It was a Rigged Election, one not even fit for third world countries!”

Via Twitter, which, as usual, does its own disputing on his Tweet

HCQ plant blows up

“The cause of the fire is under investigation.  Given the explosive character of some of the ingredients, there may well be a perfectly innocent explanation for the fire.  But a six-month delay in resuming production may delay HCQ supplies to early stage COVID-19 patients…”

At 10 cents a dose versus $10,000 a dose for Remdesivir. Now which do you think is the most popular with Big Pharma?

Via American Thinker

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Rule 5: Wellen Rocha