For those grieving.
Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor #songsofcomfort
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This video was originally released on May 7, 2020, as part of Yo-Yo Ma’s #SongsOfComfort project, which was launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide comfort in a time of anxiety and fear. The project inspired thousands of people around the world to upload their own songs of comfort in the months that followed.
I applaud Ma’s efforts.
He’s also the best cellist in the world.
More unstable?
You mean more likely to engage in further insurrection and violence putting the lives of all Americans at risk.
Pence was a target of the insurrectionists. A cop was murdered while defending Congress and the VP.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
Exactly how unstable does the man with the nuclear codes have to get before Pence decided he is unstable enough?
— aagcobb (@aagcobb) January 10, 2021
I’ve always loved this particular piece; the melody is one of the most beautiful in all of classical music, IMO. This is the first time I’ve heard it in a solo cello arrangement, though. It’s incredible.
re: #3 lawhawk
Republicans can’t actually de-escalate the situation by admitting error, because their entire culture over decades has been about stoking resentment and demonizing the opposition. You can see each individual trying to gauge if there’s a way to save their branding by finding the exact level of stepping away from Trump then can do without triggering the base.
They can only demand that others de-escalate with the threat of more harm, or create whataboutist chaff.
Again, this damn thing comes back to Alabama. Three of the weapons/firebomb instances and the Late ElectroBalls, the Mo Brooks and Tuberville clusterfuck, and now:
SPLC calls for investigation into Alabama AG’s role in Capitol protest
al.com
— tommyrulznyc (@tommyrulznyc) January 9, 2021
Not a peep from right-wingers about the death of the Capitol Hill Police officer.
We’re reaching new frontiers in gullibility in this country.
QAnon figurehead fears being banned from Parler so she asks her followers to post their phone numbers and email.
Thousands of Trumpies willingly post their personal information in the public forum for anyone with Parler to see.#DonaldTrump #Parler pic.twitter.com/IHQOmvWdeb— Police Brutality Tracker Bot (@CopsRBad) January 9, 2021
I’ve always thought that McConnell was at least sane in survival terms, though utterly depraved otherwise. I am having doubts though. If he were sane he would be pushing with all his might to get Cheeto out the door in favor of Pence no later than Monday. Nine days with a crazy person in charge could easily be fatal.
The conspiracy theorists are blowing their wads today because Wikileaks dumped a bunch of stuff online.
Alex Jones is done with Q
This is just Alex Jones announcing that QAnon is a fatally discredited organizing vehicle, and that people should disassociate from the brand and await new instructions. https://t.co/cdukRrbME7
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) January 10, 2021
This is so disgusting. Such an offensive attack against America.
If any country had attempted this, we would reduce their military to rubble. What traitors dare defend this or mitigate the guilt of Trump’s terrorists? https://t.co/GkyomzMxMU— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 10, 2021
Agreed. If Mexicans did this, the U.S. Army would be on it’s way to Mexico City now.
re: #16 DodgerFan1988
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Agreed. If Mexicans did this, the U.S. Army would be on it’s way to Mexico City now.
And the MAGAts would have surrounded every taco truck in America.
Good work, Az GOP. Carry on.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb) January 10, 2021
The Eagle Forum is a radical, right-wing hate group that peddles the very same election conspiracies that led to the attack on the Capitol. Notably, EF hasn’t condemned it, instead suggesting that Antifa was to blame.
Actions speak louder than words, Congressman. https://t.co/RdgHssEBT5— Weber State Democrats (@WSU_democrats) January 10, 2021
re: #16 DodgerFan1988
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Agreed. If Mexicans did this, the U.S. Army would be on it’s way to Mexico City now.
If it was Arabs, the B-52’s would’ve been in the air 24 hours ago.
re: #20 thedopefishlives
If blacks did it, there would be morgue trucks parked all the way into Virginia to pick up the dead bodies.
Oh no, if the conservatives get angry, they might storm the US capitol building, murder police officers, and try to string up Members of Congress on makeshift gallows https://t.co/y7UzzlUxqT
— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) January 10, 2021
Republican members of Congress sure seem upset over Twitter banning an account whose tweets they claimed they didn’t read.
— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) January 9, 2021
re: #16 DodgerFan1988
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Agreed. If Mexicans did this, the U.S. Army would be on it’s way to Mexico City now.
There wouldn’t be one brick standing on another or two boards left nailed together anywhere in Ciudad Juarez by now.
Condemning violence is just as bad as inciting it is about as bad of a take as you’ll ever see https://t.co/CmB8lfQj6K
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 10, 2021
re: #22 jaunte
So they’re admitting that their base is full of deranged lunatics.
I have asked @PressSec and her deputies if the president has any comment on the “Hang Pence” threats coming from Trump’s supporters. No answer to repeated inquiries. Does the President condemn these threats? No response from the White House. None.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 9, 2021
re: #26 Ace Rothstein
And they’re petrified about losing the deranged lunatic vote.
A caravan of Trump supporters tried to run Joe Biden’s bus off the road in Texas, and Sen. @marcorubio praised them saying, “we love what they did.”
Now he’s saying Democrats should not impeach Donald Trump again because it’s time for the nation to unite.— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 10, 2021
re: #25 jaunte
That dildo is the representative of my district. I apologize.
The country will heal when Trump and his terrorists are prosecuted.
Don’t talk to Trump about mens rea. That’s a girl problem, and he’s not a girl…
— Donald’s Conscience (@ReallyRealDonny) January 10, 2021
re: #31 Ace Rothstein
The country will heal when Trump and his terrorists are prosecuted.
“Don’t cut that cancer out. You will just piss off the other cancers”.
Wut? Unity would have more meaning if these very same guys had not suppressed votes and burdened any and all progressives as the economic and the moral death of the country just by way of mere existence.
re: #31 Ace Rothstein
There have to be consequences for this. Severe ones. Maximum sentences. If we don’t do that this will continue happening until they destroy everything. They don’t love America, they hate it, and over half the population. That’s not patriotic, it’s exactly the opposite.
re: #31 Ace Rothstein
The country will heal when Trump and his terrorists are prosecuted.
Along with those who profited from all this.
When you show up too late and miss the insurrection and then get popped anyway because the feds are taking it seriously now: pic.twitter.com/XZekFV3tLO
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 10, 2021
They’re cynically trying to appeal to what they perceive as Biden’s weakness. https://t.co/I7vPQU3fKt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2021
BREAKING: Feds arrest Cleveland Meredith for his role in the US Capitol chaos. Investigators allege Meredith texted others that he would be “putting a bullet” in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s head pic.twitter.com/QcaNuIb9Ov
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 10, 2021
re: #29 jaunte
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These GOPer calls for “unity and healing” are disgusting in their effrontery. No unity with traitors, no healing for terrorists.
NEWS: A group of US House GOPers who voted to accept Biden’s Electoral College victory are asking Biden to persuade Pelosi to back off impeaching Trump for Capitol riot. @RepKenBuck and others warn in letter it would inflame Trump supporters, damage efforts to unify country.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 9, 2021
So wait, they’re basically saying “if you try to hold us accountable for what we did we’re going to do even worse things”?
re: #41 Patricia Kayden
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The old traitors are guiltier than the young ones. They not only should know better, they actually raised and indoctrinated the savages.
An update to the IMDb trivia pages… pic.twitter.com/TIZbpK4ynd
— All The Right Movies (@right_movies) January 10, 2021
This are the last two tweets of a thread that Burns may still be adding to. Please read the whole thing and share.
These terrorists wanted to hang Mike Pence just as much as they wanted to hang @AOC. They faced no meaningful resistance because the White House actively prevented the National Guard from entering.
This was an attack on all of us, for the benefit of one man.— Max Burns (@themaxburns) January 10, 2021
What do these Republican assholes think their attempted coup did to the whole fucking country? It unified people…against them.
So they can eat shit from here to hell and gone. Shit with sauce, the Germans say. https://t.co/AB4bW8XIZ8— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 10, 2021
re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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LOL Trump supporters were born inflamed.
Spike is not the President of the United States.
— Hal Perry (@halperry) January 9, 2021
We can fortify the defenses of the Capitol.
We can reinforce doors and put up fences.
But we cannot guard our democracy against those who walk the halls of the Capitol, have taken an oath to uphold our Constitution, but refuse to do so.— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 9, 2021
Wormtongue sees the tide turning against his lord and master, and he’s suddenly looking for an exit. https://t.co/uTW2ENzLuw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2021
One thing political scientists have found is that failed coups are often followed by successful coups.
— Jonathan Ladd (@jonmladd) January 8, 2021
They don’t want impeachment because it will force them to go on record on Trump’s incitement. They know that there’s very, very bad stuff that will come out in the coming weeks and months about what was going on behind the scenes, and their vote is going to haunt them politically
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 9, 2021
Too bad.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
I’ve always loved this particular piece; the melody is one of the most beautiful in all of classical music, IMO. This is the first time I’ve heard it in a solo cello arrangement, though. It’s incredible.
I first heard in in the original Rollerball. Loved it ever since.
The rats can’t desert the sinking ship without ending their career in government.
In THEORY, they shouldn’t be able to stay—or get back—ON it without doing so either.
But if the R-N-fucking-C is still with Trump, we have to count on a lot of folks’ memories to never shorten. https://t.co/p6HUBeudK7— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 10, 2021
re: #47 thecommodore
LOL Trump supporters were born inflamed.
We’re sorry to inform you that the country has covid and a bad case of inflamed trumperoids.
If you shout “fire! fire!” in a crowded cinema and people get crushed to death during the stampede out, you’ll be held responsible. Same thing with trump and his thugs on social media. They were calling for murder and mayhem.
— Johannes in Jerz (@JohannesAltaTer) January 9, 2021
re: #56 Patricia Kayden
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— Not Doctor Portlock (also not the President Elect) (@_portlock_) January 9, 2021
So we’ll have to make do with all the dog whistling just before he sent them off to “talk to your congressman” ON A DAY THE CAPITOL WAS CLOSED TO VISITORS.
— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 10, 2021
re: #47 thecommodore
LOL Trump supporters were born inflamed.
Like haemorrhoids.
Except more annoying and painful.
So all lives matter. And blue lives matter. But not all blue lives matter. https://t.co/v4tvULtxeM
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) January 10, 2021
i regret to report that judge jeanine is antifa now https://t.co/UmxPuFc6ve
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 10, 2021
Sir, you are comparing domestic terrorism to following Constitutional procedures. And you’re threatening future violence yourself.
That makes you a terrorist. Resign tonight. https://t.co/lGVlwmqYZT— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 10, 2021
re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“We in the incitement-industrial complex are completely innocent of any damage you nasty rioters may have caused!”
Disturbing. He seems ill. https://t.co/YWlZEB2aNR
— Cathie Kayser (@KayserCathie) January 10, 2021
srsly? https://t.co/oq0ZHL7ENu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 10, 2021
Whoa. @Forbes chief content officer warns against hiring @kayleighmcenany or other prominent Trump flacks: “Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie.” https://t.co/KeXF2gVXVV
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 9, 2021
Hey, y’all, just a reminder that @KamalaHarris called for Trump to be banned from Twitter back in 2019, because she thought his use of the platform posed a threat. Back then, many said it was absurd and she was “playing small ball”.
Take a bow, Queen.
https://t.co/RR6TCLHDym— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) January 9, 2021
OH HAI LGF!
I was offline all day because of Shabbat. What did I miss?
re: #71 The Pie Overlord!
OH HAI LGF!
I was offline all day because of Shabbat. What did I miss?
Wait till you see what T***p didn’t tweet… ;)
“We will be proceeding with meetings with Members and Constitutional experts and others. I continue to welcome your comments. I urge you to be prepared to return to Washington this week,” wrote Pelosi.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 10, 2021
They were there to assassinate people https://t.co/1EPNL7k2s2
— Kendyl Hanks (@HanksKendyl) January 10, 2021
re: #71 The Pie Overlord!
OH HAI LGF!
I was offline all day because of Shabbat. What did I miss?
NEW: Amazon is booting Parler off AWS, its web hosting service, knocking the pro-Trump social network offline until it finds a new host. https://t.co/zdR68ASJM2
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 10, 2021
Insurrection “brings the volume up”, hoserod. https://t.co/Rc1P3dOi17
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 10, 2021
re: #77 jaunte
Insurrection and the encouragement of violence brings the volume way up!! Impeachment brings it down.
Parler CEO John Matze states that Parler may be unavailable for up to a week as they rebuild from scratch. pic.twitter.com/e2gP6BNmCI
— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 10, 2021
Take the time to read through this thread of affidavits about what the terrorists who besieged the US Capitol intended to do and their weapons. People do not fully appreciate how close this came to being a mass casualty event. Every person in that building is lucky to be alive. https://t.co/XWvgXHnpGP
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 10, 2021
Once we get this narcissistic psycho out of the White House, you Mr. Cruz are next. Talk about draining the swamp. What a disgrace to Texas. https://t.co/Ydb3GdlT6y
— Sabrina Sanchez (@Sanchita_12) January 3, 2021
Another way to look at this is that forcing publishers to publish the government’s speech is what happens in China. pic.twitter.com/YDWjPbclN9
— Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) January 9, 2021
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calm down???
hey ted: see re: #81 Dangerman
Once we get this narcissistic psycho out of the White House, you Mr. Cruz are next. Talk about draining the swamp. What a disgrace to Texas. https://t.co/Ydb3GdlT6y
— Sabrina Sanchez (@Sanchita_12) January 3, 2021
The only question is will he attend as outgoing POTUS or outgoing VPOTUS?
Pence Will Attend Biden Inauguration https://t.co/Wb4Xc4kxLc
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) January 10, 2021
re: #84 Dangerman
This was Ted on January 3, trying to pretend a violent coup attempt wasn’t being organized to attack the Capitol.
.@SenatorLankford supported overthrowing the election with no evidence of fraud https://t.co/sd8WE9PtWx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 10, 2021
This stinks: Yesterday, when asked about Trump’s liability, the DC US Attorney said no charges were off the table. Today, the no. 2 in the same office said, “No charges for Trump & company.” Decision first, investigation later. THIS. IS. DEAD. WRONG. https://t.co/VnICiLMDNg
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) January 10, 2021
Parler ‘CEO’ just released this. Womp womp. pic.twitter.com/K48Synqh5C
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) January 10, 2021
Gab won’t even load up
— Society’sDreg (@DeplorableP_Noy) January 10, 2021
re: #85 The Pie Overlord!
The only question is will he attend as outgoing POTUS or outgoing VPOTUS?
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IIRC, it’s traditional for the outgoing VP to swear the incoming one in, in the Senate Chamber.
But if Mikey Flyboy has to be elsewhere, I’m sure they will manage.
re: #48 thecommodore
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pretty sure Spike said these things before Twitter even existed.
I’m never going to unite with the supporters of white supremacist insurrectionists who murdered a Capitol police officer, who wore 6MWE and Camp Auschwitz shirts, and who terrorized members of Congress. I definitely won’t listen to elected Republicans who tell me to. #traitors
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 10, 2021
re: #61 Skandal
“All of you requesting proper table manners are the real terrorists, and should expect more broken plates in retaliation.”
re: #87 jaunte
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I think I saw it posted here, but it’s worth reminding everyone that a calm demeanor and a sonorous voice doesn’t mean it’s possessor isn’t a fascist. Lankford has fooled many people. He’s likely a dominionist.
A few points in case you’re really that stupid:
1. Bots are not people.
2. People can & will unfollow you when you are complicit to seditious, murderous domestic terrorism.
3. If that’s all you lose for being complicit to said terrorism, you are very lucky.
4. Fuck you, Zodiac.— Arch (@Arch_LGF) January 10, 2021
There are times when the division must not be viewed as left and right, black and white but in fact right and wrong. The deal with democracy is we accept the result. The result of the election, the caucus, the legislation, or the veto. in the end we can work for change but we keep the peace when in or out of power.
More: A senior Justice Department official, at the behest of the White House, called Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak and told him he needed to step down because he wasn’t pursuing vote-fraud allegations to Trump’s satisfaction. w/ @aviswanatha https://t.co/Rc5qdMzBXI
— Sadie Gurman (@sgurman) January 9, 2021
re: #50 Charles Johnson
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Unfair comparison there, Charles.
For all of his many faults, Grima deserves better than to be compared to Pence. /
They’re in full press stop impeachment mode with ten days left in a lame duck Presidency because they know voting against Trump gravely wounds them politically, but voting to acquit is a lethal kill shot to their careers.
So they just want to run it out, without going on record.— Fred Harding (@OPCGhost) January 10, 2021
re: #85 The Pie Overlord!
The only question is will he attend as outgoing POTUS or outgoing VPOTUS?
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As President? https://t.co/zHtngePEGJ
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) January 10, 2021
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re: #6 The Ghost of a Flea
Republicans can’t actually de-escalate the situation by admitting error, because their entire culture over decades has been about stoking resentment and demonizing the opposition. You can see each individual trying to gauge if there’s a way to save their branding by finding the exact level of stepping away from Trump then can do without triggering the base.
They can only demand that others de-escalate with the threat of more harm, or create whataboutist chaff.
Dems really have to go on the offensive and make sure no one ever forgets the coup, and all the bullshit that led up to it. Hang it around the GOP’s head like the Civil War was hung around Dems heads.
The GOP is now and forever the Party of Trump.
A frantic warning from Michael Moore about more attacks: m.facebook.com
2/ if you’re wondering if it’s possible to build a social network with hundreds of thousands of users in a week from scratch the technical answer is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahHahahahahHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) January 10, 2021
Did the Sec. of Hair and Makeup resign too?
— Make the Alphabet Great Again #VoteBlue (@MakeABCsGreat) January 10, 2021
“Certainly his language…is suggestive of that.” —Ben Ginsberg, longtime GOP lawyer, to @PamelaBrownCNN about whether Trump incited the attack on the Capitol.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 10, 2021
“GOP aides piled furniture against the door and tried to move stealthily, worried that the intruders would discover them inside. In waves, the door to the hall heaved as rioters punched and kicked it. The crowd yelled ‘Stop the steal!’” https://t.co/AiCITM3IQC
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 10, 2021
Some things never change. If you take a swing at the king, don’t miss. In this case government police.
Look at this fascist princess, popping up to see if she can make everyone forget, basically, everything. Someone thinks she’s about 7000x smarter, more persuasive and more charming than she is.
Fuck you @KellyannePolls, you revolting fraud. You are drenched in this blood. https://t.co/EkUVuojrgD— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) January 10, 2021
re: #108 Rightwingconspirator
Some things never change. If you take a swing at the king, don’t miss. In this case government police.
or the classic from John Harrington (1561-1612):
Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
re: #60 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Pirro is only afraid of not being invited to any more cool NYC parties with cool people, just like all the other Fox News trailer trash.
If you read between the lines, she seems more upset they failed in their coup efforts rather than the events leading up to this treachery.
Fuck her and her entire network of liars, con men and lunatics.
The Kumbaya-Krowd is now out on Facebook, trying to both-sides everything and minimizing what happened.
And it’s not just Trumpers.
Others are just not willing to hold their relatives/friends accountable.
This is why the Dems in Congress have to push through impeachment, and cast out the bad actors.
A month from now the effort to forget Jan 6th will be in full effect.
Trump and Republicans defended his limited use of the Defense Production Act to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic which is killing thousands a day, saying it was socialism and anti-business.
But sure, nationalize social media companies so people can shitpost. https://t.co/usCFZHE6tg— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) January 9, 2021
I’m listening to a Trae Crowder (Liberal Redneck) podcast and he referred to the Capitol attack as ‘fat stupid 9/11’.
re: #113 Dread Pirate Ron
If the government nationalizes Twitter I will never fucking use it again.
As I’ve been telling you all for a while now: @marcorubio is an American Coward. https://t.co/UrXs5hFuCn
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) January 10, 2021
“A McConnell adviser began calling former top officials at the Justice Department. Speaking in a whisper, he told one the situation was dire: If backup did not arrive soon, people could die.” https://t.co/pjh6BE5Jsy
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 10, 2021
The waning days. Is Trump Parlering? pic.twitter.com/VPO8yE37Xh
— Paulette Feeney (@PauletteParis1) January 10, 2021
re: #110 William Lewis
or the classic from John Harrington (1561-1612):
In the 20th centuries there are notable examples of failed coups that lead to successful coups down the road. Most notably, the Beerhall Putsch. None dare call it treason is a correct assessment of what happens in monarchies, but it’s four centuries later it’s a trope not an accurate description. The really important thing that’s different is that “treason” used to just be about the king and his law enforcement’s reading of the concept, but in modern states the concept becomes more fractured and nuanced because there will be people who have franchise but view the intentions of the coup-maker as valid. What is happening right now is an authoritarian faction that likes the goals of the insurrection trying to keep distance from culpability, but also rehabilitate as much of the coup faction as possible…because they have a future in mind where they can again assert their authoritarian agenda and the coup faction (including their inclination toward violence and their apathy toward harming fellow citizens) has utility.
re: #100 jaunte
I don’t believe that Republican voters will hold voting against impeachment (House) or conviction (Senate) against Representatives or Senators.
Do we have any polls showing that the majority of the Republican base has abandoned Trump because of the sedition on Wednesday?
“…A seeming fortress from a distance, the Capitol contains more than 400 separate doors, entryways and ground-level windows. And police lines on all sides of the building were collapsing.
[Maxine] Waters placed an urgent call to Sund, who was at Capitol police headquarters two blocks away, two law enforcement officials said.
Protesters were already crossing the plaza. “What are you going to do about it?” Waters asked. “We’re doing the best we can,” came Sund’s reply, she said, and then the line went dead.
Waters was unsure if the call had dropped or if Sund hung up. She turned to a staffer: “That’s not a plan.”
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re: #107 Dread Pirate Ron
But then after their aides did all of that, several Republicans still voted against certifying the electoral college votes. 🤷🏽♀️
re: #123 Patricia Kayden
I agree, not currently. They may be aware of much worse information that’s yet to be made public, though.
re: #79 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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I’m curious if he actually believes this shit and doesn’t get that you can’t just let people plan crimes and treason on your site and not stop them, or if he’s complicit.
re: #118 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Thats my favorite meme all week. Perfect.
re: #125 Patricia Kayden
But then after their aides did all of that, several Republicans still voted against certifying the electoral college votes. 🤷🏽♀️
My fucktard of a congressman refused to wear a mask in the secure room! Andy Biggs is a horrible, horrible person.
So if Trump gets impeached and the Senate doesn’t do anything until after 1/21, does that mean they no longer have to vote to convict or acquit?
re: #109 jaunte
Here’s @KellyannePolls trying to pretend there’s no blood on her
(note: Carrie was innocent; Kellyanne is a Nazi) pic.twitter.com/MA6NZ4WY8W— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) January 10, 2021
re: #54 Chrysicat
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And with all the “poor Nikki, she was once such a shining star” bullshit in that thread, at least a few of them get it, like this guy.
Blown over by the shifting gust of hot air. @NikkiHaley has zero integrity. Zero!
— Yoopocrates (@Yoopocrates) January 9, 2021
Nikki is, was, and always has been a not very bright, lying opportunist. And I am so sick of hearing accolades about how wonderful she was after the Charleston massacre about taking down the traitor flag (and the PTSD poor Nikki suffered—sniff) when just a few months earlier…
re: #88 Dread Pirate Ron
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Perhaps they’re not aware that the decisions of the DT DOJ will be moot in 12 days?
Someone had to do it. So I did it. #Simpsons #CoupAttempt pic.twitter.com/TUHfNTDiBx
— Megan Sass (@Megan_Sass) January 10, 2021
re: #104 Hecuba’s daughter
A frantic warning from Michael Moore about more attacks: m.facebook.com
I think Moore is right about this. If Trump is still in office the morning of the 20th, his goons in the Pentagon can sabotage the military response just as they did on the 6th. The Capitol and DC police will be on their own.
On the plus side, there are more armed citizens in DC than the MAGAts realize. They should be prepared to defend their homes and neighborhoods from racist marauders. This wasn’t a factor on the 6th because the violence was confined to the Capitol. That will not be the case on the 20th. Elsewhere, armed liberals and Democrats should be prepared to engage the seditionists wherever they present a threat. There will be hordes of them. Many, but not all, law enforcement officers will be on their side. Be careful, maintain situational awareness, and maintain tight cover. DO NOT GO INTO THE STREET TO CONFRONT THEM.
re: #135 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
This country is finished if there are more terrorist attacks like what we saw on Wednesday. What you’re describing is a civil war. I hope the police do their jobs and don’t depend on citizens to fight the racist hordes for them.
Kabul on the Potomac - SpyTalk https://t.co/mGgT8JXyPa
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 10, 2021
Saw “Madrid’s largest snowfall” trending, searched “because of global warming”.
Thankfully, don’t think I saw anyone actually putting that sarcasm out there for Madrid, but I did see this and feel compelled to respond:
“GREAT” NEWS!
We were actually wrong and IN THE SHORT TERM, the breakdown of a proper polar vortex means that you get ISOLATED days that are more bitterly cold than anything since the Little Ice Age!— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 10, 2021
In the long term, either we warm the Arctic enough that it basically is never cold enough to freeze even there—
—or the melting of the glaciers in Greenland cuts off the North Atlantic Drift and even Pamplona starts looking like Boise in the winter>>>— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 10, 2021
re: #135 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I think Moore is right about this. If Trump is still in office the morning of the 20th, his goons in the Pentagon can sabotage the military response just as they did on the 6th. The Capitol and DC police will be on their own.
On the plus side, there are more armed citizens in DC than the MAGAts realize. They should be prepared to defend their homes and neighborhoods from racist marauders. This wasn’t a factor on the 6th because the violence was confined to the Capitol. That will not be the case on the 20th. Elsewhere, armed liberals and Democrats should be prepared to engage the seditionists wherever they present a threat. There will be hordes of them. Many, but not all, law enforcement officers will be on their side. Be careful, maintain situational awareness, and maintain tight cover. DO NOT GO INTO THE STREET TO CONFRONT THEM.
What should someone who’s never shot a handgun, and last shot any firearm 30 years ago at Scout camp, do, especially when they live in the most Confederate-aligned county in their entire very-Union (or at least Pacifican) state?
Trump’s words yet again are part of a federal investigation and criminal court document. https://t.co/esYLY5mQC8
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 9, 2021
Officer Sicknick died in the line of duty as a U.S. Capitol Police Officer but did so living up to the oath he swore in the military: to protect and defend the Constitution. He has paid the ultimate sacrifice & he & his family should be recognized for all he did for his country.
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) January 9, 2021
The protest against Trump by American diplomats is unparalleled in the Department’s 232-year history, rebuking Pompeo for failing to say President-Elect Biden won & for Trump’s “incitement of insurrectionist violence against the United States.”
Our diplomats say Trump incited https://t.co/tUguVaUDck— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) January 10, 2021
re: #139 Chrysicat
What should someone who’s never shot a handgun, and last shot any firearm 30 years ago at Scout camp, do, especially when they live in the most Confederate-aligned county in their entire very-Union (or at least Pacifican) state?
Stay indoors and out of sight, pay attention to local news, contact trustworthy neighbors and find out what resources they may have. Discourage any rash action on their part. It is likely that many National Guard, and some regular, units will disobey pro-coup instructions from the Pentagon. It may be possible to contact them with information. State police will be more reliable than locals and much more reliable than Republican sheriffs. The latter should be considered part of the MAGAt forces until shown otherwise.
For the record, George Orwell suggested every decent person kill one fascist. And then he went to Spain and threw grenades at fascists. https://t.co/3yk2bx6dnS
— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 9, 2021
What all decent Americans should think:
“When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist — after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.”
Homage to Catalonia:
George Orwell
What the actual fuck https://t.co/7qDCuelRsv
— Karoli 🇺🇸 (@Karoli) January 10, 2021
re: #146 jaunte
Just watched an official on MSNBC state that Biden’s DOJ can up the charges and sentence.
Another Orwell quote:
“I am well aware that it is now the fashion to deny that Socialism has anything to do with equality. In every country in the world a huge tribe of party-hacks and sleek little professors are busy ‘proving’ that Socialism means no more than a planned state-capitalism with the grab-motive left intact. But fortunately there also exists a vision of Socialism quite different from this. The thing that attracts ordinary men to Socialism and makes them willing to risk their skins for it, the ‘mystique’ of ‘Socialism, is the idea of equality; to the vast majority of people Socialism means a classless society, or it means nothing at all. And it was here that those few months in the militia were valuable to me. For the Spanish militias, while they lasted, were a sort of microcosm of a classless society. In that community where no one was on the make, where there was a shortage of everything but no privilege and no boot-licking, one got, perhaps, a crude forecast of what the opening stages of Socialism might be like. And, after all, instead of disillusioning me it deeply attracted me. The effect was to make my desire to see Socialism established much more actual than it had been before. Partly, perhaps, this was due to the good luck of being among Spaniards, who, with their innate decency and their ever-present Anarchist tinge, would make even the opening stages of Socialism tolerable if they had the chance.”
🔥CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION 🗳 Months ahead of the #CapitolRiots Trump and his minions gutted the DHS threat assessment group that would normally send info and Intel to law enforcement on threats like the #CoupAttempt ⚠️ https://t.co/fOJQCqVHuK
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) January 10, 2021
One more from Orwell while I’m in the mood:
“I have no particular love for the idealised “worker” as he appears in the bourgeois Communist’s mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.”
Worth noting this statement came from Ken Kohl, the prosecutor who worked with Barr and Jensen to reverse DOJ’s prosecution of Flynn.
Flynn–who allegedly discussed martial law with Trump just days ago–riled up the mob the night before Trump incited them to storm the Capitol. https://t.co/AyAQpsP8yW— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) January 10, 2021
The Capitol was assaulted on Wednesday. @RepJasonCrow and I want the Army to tell us why the National Guard wasn’t there to meet the terrorists at the door. And what they’re doing to make sure it never happens again. pic.twitter.com/ih3r8aHCaf
— Ruben Gallego (@RepRubenGallego) January 10, 2021
but they need to ask mccarthy why it took Miller so many hours to approve the request to send guard support
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 10, 2021
Orwellian: someone was mean to me
Kafkaesque: someone was mean to me and I had to fill out a form— Mr. Thank You (@c0mmunicants) January 8, 2021
They have been emboldened. Without accountability, they’re just going to keep pushing until it tears this nation apart. This is not what Americans do. That’s what terrorists do. They need to be stopped now. THIS. IS. NOT. MAKING. AMERICA. GREAT.
— Dave (@opusworks) January 10, 2021
At @ProjectLincoln we are constructing a database of Trump officials & staff that will detail their roles in the Trump administration & track where they are now. No personal info, only professional. But they will be held accountable & not allowed to pretend they were not involved https://t.co/DkpxpaWaWB
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 9, 2021
I agree. But the current Republican Party is insane, insurrectionist, unprincipled, conspiracy-addled, racist, cultist, nationalist, unhinged, and weak. So…go on without them until they become productive members of society. https://t.co/FB8hpwoIgo
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) January 10, 2021
Looks like Pakistan is experiencing a nationwide power blackout:
A failure in Pakistan’s national power grid left more than 200 million people without electricity Saturday, local officials said.
The widespread blackout happened just before midnight, plunging the major cities of Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar into darkness, Energy Minister Omar Ayub said. He added that mobile and Internet services also were affected.
Ayub said the power grid failed after high transmission lines tripped, causing the frequency in the distribution system to drop suddenly from 50 to zero. Officials said it could take several hours for power to be restored.
There’s this Spanish show on HBO called “30 Coins” (for some reason the name is in English). It seems to be a paranormal show, and it’s pretty good and creepy.
“Look, we’re still telling our base that you stole the election! We’re gonna keep telling them that Trump would have won if only ‘legal votes’ had been counted! We’re going to insist that what went on in this election was ‘unconstitutional’! And we’re going to keep repeating all this as long as it keeps our base in a frothing rage! BUT YOU NEED TO BE THE ONE TO START THE HEALING PROCESS BY LETTING US GET AWAY WITH ALL THIS!!!”
re: #161 Targetpractice
Yeah…a man beats his wife then for the sake of the family she’s never allowed to bring it up again…or else. And just like in bad marriages, there’s third parties that constantly repeat that the status quo is the right thing—generally having a knowledge of the interior of the situation they’re criticized about as deep as “sitcom marriage tropes” and “it is tradition”—that you have to stay in because think of what will be lost.
And eventually the gambler’s fallacy that it can’t go lethally wrong, with no warning signs, is disproved.
re: #160 Belafon
There’s this Spanish show on HBO called “30 Coins” (for some reason the name is in English). It seems to be a paranormal show, and it’s pretty good and creepy.
Of course it’s a paranormal show.
Specifically, I’m guessing that either the protagonist or the big-bad is Judas Iscariot.
re: #163 Chrysicat
Of course it’s a paranormal show.
Specifically, I’m guessing that either the protagonist or the big-bad is Judas Iscariot.
Maybe the real Judas Iscariot is the friends they make along the way.
A Trumpster FB friend posted how she didn’t understand how Trump could be banned but the Ayatollahs retain their account. I didn’t respond that Trump was doing more to damage this nation than any Ayatollah but was sorely tempted. She was also the one to accuse Antifa of the attack on the Capitol. I’m not sure how we are going to survive the 10.5 days till the Biden inauguration.
I suspect that Parler is a big fan of section 230 to protect them from criminal charges.
Those in the business community who have supported Donald Trump must also be held accountable for what their support has wrought.https://t.co/d8EO83Bu1l
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) January 8, 2021
Meanwhile, over in Brexitland, the Disunited Kingdom is finding their new fangled sovereignty a bit in a mess:
BREXIT: NORTHERN IRELAND-BRITAIN SUPPLY CHAIN AT RISK OF COLLAPSE, HAULIERS WARN
The supply chain between the North and the rest of the United Kingdom is a “boat breakdown” away from collapse as a result of the post-Brexit regulatory border, the UK’s Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned the British government.
[…]
The new rules have left some shelves empty this week as supermarkets struggle to import fresh goods from Britain and manufacturers have reported Northern Irish-bound trucks being unable to cross the Irish Sea due to difficulties with customs declarations.
The RHA said raw material supply lines from Britain had also been restricted due to the regulatory changes and that factories had already reported serious supply chain issues, including failures to supply retail contracts.
[…]
Burnett also cautioned that the Covid-19 lockdown that will keep Northern Ireland’s hospitality sector and non-essential retailers shut for another month is “simply masking a crisis in the supply chain to food service and hospitality.”
[…]
John Cole is making a good point:
One of the enduring lies of the last four years is that Trump speaks for the downtrodden and disfranchised. This has never been true. Sure, there are a lot of racist poor people who vote for him, but as the arrests are pouring in from the McRib Rebellion, you are seeing Trump’s true base. Middle and Upper middle class white people with means.
Go read the rest.
re: #162 The Ghost of a Flea
Yeah…a man beats his wife then for the sake of the family she’s never allowed to bring it up again…or else. And just like in bad marriages, there’s third parties that constantly repeat that the status quo is the right thing—generally having a knowledge of the interior of the situation they’re criticized about as deep as “sitcom marriage tropes” and “it is tradition”—that you have to stay in because think of what will be lost.
And eventually the gambler’s fallacy that it can’t go lethally wrong, with no warning signs, is disproved.
For the last four years, the man has been beating his wife regularly, but his family and friends have been asking (read: pressuring) her to keep it quiet and hide the bruises/scars because making it public would hurt the family and he’s such a prominent figure in the community that it could cause all sorts of trouble in town.
Well in the last year, word got around about the abuse and he’s not only refused to deny it, he’s actually argued that it’s his duty as a husband to “keep her in line.” That if he can’t vent his anger, then it will hurt the community as a whole. And two months ago, the community decided enough was enough and voted to kick his ass out of office. Well, he riled up his friends over the election, told them that his wife must have gone public about the abuse, and that they needed to “fix” that. Which they did…by beating her half to death in public and only stopping when the cops escorted them away.
So, how did his family respond? They’re angry with him, but only because his friends talked about kicking their asses too for not doing enough to keep him in office. And they’re reserving most of their anger for the wife for pressing charges against him for the abuse and inciting his friends to attack her. To top it all off, they have the audacity to suggest that she’s the one at fault for all this and that the only way she can “make amends” is to let him walk away from the marriage without facing consequences.
re: #21 Ace Rothstein
If blacks did it, there would be morgue trucks parked all the way into Virginia to pick up the dead bodies.
When I wrote DeFazio & Wyden that evening after the insurrection had been put down, I told them that if it had been black people attacking that there would be piles of bodies all over the place. The fact that there were off-duty police among the insurrectionists is no surprise to me. White supremacists have pretty much taken over many police departments, allowing them to abuse anyone that isn’t white.
They chose to take down the American flag that flies over the Capitol and hoist the flag of the man that they have sworn loyalty to. Anyone who continues to excuse their attack on our nation needs to be named and shamed. If they are in Congress, they need to be expelled.
Right now.
So, the reason the insurrectionists are planning on wreaking havoc on the 17th: Because Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet.
re: #168 Belafon
John Cole is making a good point:
Go read the rest.
That’s certainly my experience — the fanatics of my acquaintance were generally well educated and held responsible positions in companies or ran their own business. They were not poor or down-trodden, but most are racist.
Republicans who want to run as the “intellectual Trump” or the “normal Trump” are completely missing the point.
Trump ran on being the anti-intellectual, anti-normal candidate. The candidate who spoke for every random idiot on the street who doesn’t know anything.— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 10, 2021
re: #173 Dread Pirate Ron
You mean a loud, misogynistic, bloviating asshole strongly appealed to loud, misogynistic, bloviating assholes?
I never would have guessed.
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re: #173 Dread Pirate Ron
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Shorter tweet: “Trump ran on being a bully and the only way any Republican can hope to take his place is to be a bully. Appealing to voters with focus-group words and making his cruelty sound kind is not going to do it.”
re: #174 Eclectic Cyborg
You mean a loud, misogynistic, bloviating asshole strongly appealed to loud, misogynistic, bloviating assholes?
I never would have guessed.
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The press never guessed. They still haven’t figured it out.
re: #174 Eclectic Cyborg
i think a huge part of his appeal is he was a seemingly successful nationally known person telling them that because they were white, racist, anti-intellectual people and it was perfectly acceptable for them to expect to be treated as lords over all that they could see. After all, Trump had lived that life and by that he meant that he’d lied, raped, cheated his way thru life and anyone else who behaved differently was a sucker who should be taken advantage of.
Hard to not see why it was so appealing to so many people lacking character or ethics.
Researchers from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology, Monash University, and RMIT University have demonstrated the world’s fastest, most powerful optical neuromorphic processor for artificial intelligence. The processor operates at a rate of more than 10 trillion operations per second, over 1,000 times faster than any previous processor, and can process ultra-large-scale data. The processor incorporates integrated “optical micro-combs” comprised of hundreds of high-quality infrared lasers on a single chip. Said Monash’s Xingyuan Xu, “We’re currently getting a sneak-peak of how the processors of the future will look. It’s really showing us how dramatically we can scale the power of our processors through the innovative use of microcombs.”
Swiss-based software engineer Tillie Kottmann said Nissan North America’s misconfiguration of a Bitbucket Git server led to the online leakage of the automaker’s source code for its mobile applications and internal tools. Kottmann said the repository was left exposed on the Internet with its default username and admin/admin password combination; Nissan took it offline after the source code began circulating on Monday in the form of torrent links shared on Telegram channels and hacking forums. A Nissan spokesperson said, “We are aware of a claim regarding a reported improper disclosure of Nissan’s confidential information and source code. We take this type of matter seriously and are conducting an investigation.”
You look at statements from Repubs in the last 72 hours over the Million Moron March and you quickly get the impression that they’re only angry at Trump for putting their lives in danger. They’re not rejecting him or his works, they’re not suggesting that their support for him these past 4 years was a bad call on their part, and they certainly are not suggesting that he held accountable. They just think he’s an asshole for taking the anger they thought they could tap for political gain and using it to create a lynch mob that was as willing to injure or kill them as it was Dems.
And they especially think that once he leaves on the 20th, that people will forgive and forget as they have in the past and the clock will reset such that they can spin Biden as the greatest threat to the nation evah.
We have videos of the speech where @POTUS incites the mob. We have videos of the mob violently attacking the Capitol. This isn’t a close call.
That’s why we have over 190 cosponsors of the Article of Impeachment drafted by @davidcicilline, @RepRaskin, me & @HouseJudiciary staff. https://t.co/mlaFPrtBeF— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 10, 2021
the white community needs a sistah souljah moment. leaders must step up and denounce the extremists
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) January 9, 2021
re: #181 Targetpractice
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And they especially think that once he leaves on the 20th, that people will forgive and forget as they have in the past and the clock will reset such that they can spin Biden as the greatest threat to the nation evah.
As we say, Americans have the memory of a gnat. Part of it may be we look forward and not back to the past, which can have some societal benefits. But in general, it means the average American is clueless about what happens outside their personal life and most don’t really care if it doesn’t impact them directly. But the coronavirus was a big impact and the major reason that Trump lost the election. And he and the GOP still don’t care. The refusal of the GOP members of Congress to wear masks during the siege was a disgrace — and placed innocent people in jeopardy. Let’s hope the nation survives this interlude with the “reality star” President and it’s not a prelude to future disasters.
re: #112 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The Kumbaya-Krowd is now out on Facebook, trying to both-sides everything and minimizing what happened.
And it’s not just Trumpers.
Others are just not willing to hold their relatives/friends accountable.
This is why the Dems in Congress have to push through impeachment, and cast out the bad actors.
A month from now the effort to forget Jan 6th will be in full effect.
For me, it’s gonna take a hell of a long time to forget the murderous rage I was feeling for hours.
A significant chunk of the GOP, including the president, is more interested in lost Twitter followers than lost constituents, and more agitated about stopping the mods than the mob that stormed the Capitol. https://t.co/t8WSjjJ2B6
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 10, 2021
Well, if there’s one thing the chattering class isn’t going to do, it’s concede that moderately wealthy white people that like their op-ed pages can be and often are pig-fucking stupid and have a neither-fun-nor-safe interests in power and control over other people.
I live with these people—they should be my tribe, by birthright, but I’m weird and multiculty so they just try and get me to come to parties to be the interesting guy—and they are fucking awful. It’s hard to explain how a wee bit of material success just makes the parts of their brains shut off. They can’t empathize because they have no imagination, they can’t self-examine because the flee self awarness, they cleave to petty power/control games because those don’t require thought or creativity.
Trumpism isn’t an ideology, it’s more like a subconscious attraction to the superficial and the small-spirited, treated as the height of human experience. That which can’t be owned or dominated is upsetting, so everything has to be made hollow and vacuous. If an idea demands a change of perspective, or threatens with the sublime, then it has to be butchered and its innards scooped out, leaving only a manifold to fill with more self-importance and banality.
I am enjoying the wider outcry about Trump’s most complicit toadies.
Forbes had an article stating that any company that hires them will be considered to be lying.
I see that Project Lincoln is compiling a database of those complicit so their ongoing professional activities can be tracked and they are not able to hide their Trumpian past.
then, this made me smile:
— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 10, 2021
re: #187 The Ghost of a Flea
Thank you for this: “subconscious attraction to the superficial and the small-spirited,”
So apparently Parler was spending about $300,000 a month on AWS hosting…
I’m reminded of something I read back in the voat era about how the ideal trajectory for one of these “free speech alternative” sites is to get yourself shut down some time between raising lots of money from ideologues, and burning it all on a fundamentally unprofitable venture. https://t.co/LToram17bk
— Charles Miller (@carlfish) January 10, 2021
Explaining Godwin’s Law to Godwin himself. All live and free, right here in https://t.co/Fkzw7Myk9u pic.twitter.com/aXAQMsZ92o
— STEMLORD (@upulie) January 10, 2021
1. In light of this @RonanFarrow story about Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., an Air Force veteran, here’s a quick #thread about the complicated, confusing, and evolving state of the law regarding when the military can (and cannot) court-martial retired servicemembers. https://t.co/sxNlIcfi8F
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 9, 2021
Some background from a lawyer in the field about whether any of the traitors can be tried in courts martial (TLDR: it’s complicated). I doubt this will be a real factor unless they were in active duty, but good to know.
Here is the full video summary of today’s protest outside Senator Hawley’s office this afternoon in St. Louis, filmed by freelancer @Schierbecker for @N2Sreports.
As always, contact me for licensing.https://t.co/KiS8bIr2Wn— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 10, 2021
Udderly adorable pic.twitter.com/FTtUABlspz
— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPuppies) January 10, 2021
re: #28 jaunte
And they’re petrified about losing the deranged lunatic vote.
without it the GOP have no majority.
but people like Pence have seen the price they must pay to keep it on their side.
A friend wrote this:
Remember, remember, the sixth of the first
With the counting of votes interrupted.
When Gosar and Cruz made a baseless objection
And Trump’s insurrection erupted.
The day was historically one of tradition
Until there were calls for an act of sedition.
A mob would descend upon Capitol Hill
And attempt to subvert the electorate’s will.
Remember, remember, the sixth of the first
When Fourty Five’s treasonous army was birthed.
They’d festered and lingered for half a decade
And christened themselves with a Capitol raid.
re: #47 thecommodore
LOL Trump supporters were born inflamed.
I will repeat that I grew up in the industrial Midwest during what was truly the Golden Age of the working class white male: no end of well-paid jobs with benefits for anyone with a basic education who was willing to work hard.
And they were every bit as racist and xenophobic back then as they are now.
re: #198 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I will repeat that I grew up in the industrial Midwest during what was truly the Golden Age of the working class white male: no end of well-paid jobs with benefits for anyone with a basic education who was willing to work hard.
And they were every bit as racist and xenophobic back then as they are now.
One of the greatest myths of the last four years has been expressed in two words: “economic anxiety.” This nation is in a far worse state economically than it was four years ago, contrary to the Cult of the Magic Line (aka stock market) insisting that it’s never been better because their stock portfolios are flush. Millions are jobless, many in fields that simply are never coming back or will take years to recover. Many of them only retain homes because of moratoriums on evictions, which only further hurting the economy by leaving landlords and property management companies without income.
And yet, the party we were told doesn’t care for those suffering from “economic anxiety” just had their candidate win the presidency by the highest vote total in electoral history. Even with four years of whining that Dems weren’t doing enough to reach out to “the working class,” they pulled in a larger majority of the population than the supposed “man of the working class.”
re: #173 Dread Pirate Ron
Republicans who want to run as the “intellectual Trump” or the “normal Trump” are completely missing the point.
Trump ran on being the anti-intellectual, anti-normal candidate. The candidate who spoke for every random idiot on the street who doesn’t know anything.
He also ran as the anti-politician, the “successful businessman” who was everything any experienced politician was not.
And in our New Media Reality, the total lack of a record of public service means you can promise anything, while a long record of public service can be cherry-picked and selectively used against you
The Sunday political shows will probably trot out all Republicans, with their newly-minted Big Lie talking point straight from GOP Talking Points, Inc. “It’s too divisive to impeach the President; Democrats are trying to divide the nation.”
TV pundits will nod sagely. All will agree, this sad situation is the fault of Democrats.
When a Republican fuques up, you must have Republicans on to explain why that happened. When a Democrat fuques up, you must have a Republican on to explain why that happened.
Anybody who thinks it’s 2021 yet, we’re still in 2020. It’s just Penalty Time.
Calls for unity are cries for leniency.
In the words of the great statesman Tom ‘Cottonmouth’ Cotton: ‘No Quarter’
Their brains are going into a full reactor explosion:
“Prophetess” Kat Kerr reports that she was woken up at noon yesterday when God came into her bedroom, angry and screaming that nothing can stop his plan to keep Trump in the White House. pic.twitter.com/ymglIaWJMv
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 8, 2021
re: #203 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Sunday political shows will probably trot out all Republicans, with their newly-minted
Big Lietalking point straight from GOP Talking Points, Inc. “It’s too divisive to impeach the President; Democrats are trying to divide the nation.”TV pundits will nod sagely. All will agree, this sad situation is the fault of Democrats.
When a Republican fuques up, you must have Republicans on to explain why that happened. When a Democrat fuques up, you must have a Republican on to explain why that happened.
See, this is why I could never be a journalist, because I’d have video cued up of whichever Repub gets booked of them saying only a year ago to impeachment “let the voters decide” followed by a clip of them in the last two months bellowing about “legal votes” and “return the vote to the legislatures,” before asking them to explain why they wanted the voters to “decide” a year ago and now don’t think the voters can be trusted. And how that distrust of the voters, of arguing that their votes cannot possibly be valid because Trump lost, is not divisive but impeaching a man who whipped up a lynch mob for the purpose of overturning the will of the voters is.
re: #207 BigPapa
WTF is a ‘revelator?’
I have no idea, because unfortunately, I don’t speak WARGLBARGL batshit insane.
re: #207 BigPapa
WTF is a ‘revelator?’
Someone who gets revelations. This concept is also employed by the Mormons, where their President is the prophet, seer, and revelator.
re: #207 BigPapa
Dunno but it seems to be a term best expressed by the use of primitive drumming, a nasty guitar and some screaming.
I’m confident that the dissonance about Limbaugh and Both Sides posture of the media somehow led us to the failed coup on 1-6 but don’t have the energy to write a Tetris locked tome linking it all together. It will take a Marshall Plan to ensure this sickness is cured otherwise this will rebound in 5-10 years and could be worse.
Personally, considering that some of those assaulted on Wednesday included journalists, (including cases of equipment being smashed by angry “patriots”), I’m not so sure that they will uniformly go along with the Repub “We need to heal and impeachment will only make things worse!” talking point. I certainly expect Chuck Todd to look for a BSAB path because he hasn’t the gonads to confront a Repub in any meaningful way, but I think we might find ourselves surprised by the reception to such talking points by the Usual Suspects later this morning.
re: #207 BigPapa
WTF is a ‘revelator?’
someone who heeds the voices they hear in their heads, or at least claims to…
re: #210 Nyet
Someone who gets revelations. This concept is also employed by the Mormons, where their President is the prophet, seer, and revelator.
In Christian circles, the usual use of the word is in the phrase “Saint John the Revelator”, as in, the title of the man who wrote the book of Revelations.
I still run across the “Antifa False Flag” assault spins.
So the Capitol police who let them in were in cahoots with Nancy Pelosi and Antifa?
That is quite a reach there.
TheDonald
-trump_lsd 7 points 2 hours ago +10 / -3
After the 20th, every single Q shill should be banned for propagating a continual psyop. It has long been known now. Though I hope to eat my words, every day we are inundated with LARPers which lull people into a false sense of hope, which was most likely always the objective of the operation.-Honora 2 points 1 hour ago +4 / -2
As much as I hope (and genuinely pray) I’m wrong about this, I have to admit that I think you’re right. Before what happened on the 6th, I was damn near banned from here for implying we should be critical of VP Traitor Pence and to question “The Plan”, and at least have a logical skepticism. I had posted something wondering just what if Q was a continued op to give people false hope and discourage people from actually attending rallies and community gatherings to lobby for their country and communities. I wasn’t trying to be a Q doomer necessarily, but I’ve been noticing more and more mental gymnastics when some events haven’t matched the Q drops in a decently explainable way. All of that said though, a lot of the crap that’s been happening lately has coincided with some of the drops in a spooky way.
re: #216 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I still run across the “Antifa False Flag” assault spins.
So the Capitol police who let them in were in cahoots with Nancy Pelosi and Antifa?
That is quite a reach there.
It’s the usual bit: Anybody who engaged in violent/destructive acts is really “Antifa/BLM” in disguise, and the fact that nobody around them tried to stop them and in many cases encouraged them just means that those people were also “A/BLM”. Oh, and the fact that everybody arrested so far has long history of fanatical devotion to “Q”? Just further proof that the “conspiracy” goes deep.
re: #218 Nyet
If there’s any positive to that, it’s that at least some of them are now openly asking, “Hey, why do we keep fucking this chicken?”
re: #218 Nyet
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They’re almost there, they’re beginning to realize they’ve been played for fools, but they still don’t want to make that leap because it would mean admitting they’re all utter morons.
re: #219 Targetpractice
It’s the usual bit: Anybody who engaged in violent/destructive acts is really “Antifa/BLM” in disguise, and the fact that nobody around them tried to stop them and in many cases encouraged them just means that those people were also “A/BLM”. Oh, and the fact that everybody arrested so far has long history of fanatical devotion to “Q”? Just further proof that the “conspiracy” goes deep.
They tout a You Tube video of someone smashing a window and “patriots” stopping this “Antifa” person.
But yes, all the damage was done by Antifa/BLM, the “patriots” were just caught up in the moment.
re: #220 Dr Lizardo
Q has never been a favorite of TD denizens.
re: #223 Nyet
Q has never been a favorite of TD denizens.
That’s interesting to me. You’d think that of all places, that would be an absolute breeding ground for Q lunacy.
re: #223 Nyet
Q has never been a favorite of TD denizens.
Yeah, I think they’re at least smart enough to see it for the ARG it is. The ones who really “trust the plan”, as it were, are the hardcore religious types, the wackadoodle fundies. When “the plan” doesn’t come to fruition, I figure there’s going to be something akin to the Great Disappointment of 1844 (en.wikipedia.org.).
re: #224 thedopefishlives
That’s interesting to me. You’d think that of all places, that would be an absolute breeding ground for Q lunacy.
It used to be outright banned 2 years ago, though later the ban was lifted.
They’re doomed.
As the Man Who Invented Email. I will deliver you a platform that will Destroy #BigTech.
I promise.— Dr.SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT PhD. Inventor of Email (@va_shiva) January 10, 2021
re: #228 Nyet
They’re doomed.
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A platform (tech) on an infrastructure (big tech) that will destroy itself.
re: #227 Nyet
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic series and an outspoken Trump supporter, recently said the theory was making Trump supporters look like “a bunch of idiots.”
They do a pretty good job of that by themselves.
In the war on Big Tech they should consult with Jack Ma. Oh, wait.
Pelosi, the House speaker, had the flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in Sicknick’s honor;[196] the flag at the White House was not lowered.[197]
The House is poised on Monday to introduce an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection, according to Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu, for Trump’s role in violent riot at the US Capitol on Wednesday, when a mob breached the building while seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results confirming President-elect Joe Biden as president.If the House of Representatives initiates the proceedings on Monday, it’ll mark the second time Trump will face an impeachment process during his term as president — and make him the first president to be impeached twice.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday sent a memo to Senate Republicans outlining how a second Trump trial in the Senate would proceed, saying the Senate would most likely not start till Jan. 19, when the upper chamber goes back in session.
So earlier this week, there was discussion about Google and Apple removing Parler’s app from their app stores. Sure, it makes it less convenient, but the website itself is still there. Well, that won’t be true much longer, as Amazon is removing their hosting from AWS.
Also, I empathize so hard with all of this. I was one of these, too.
People called what was going to happen on 6 Jan.
I saw this thread. To my immense discredit, I thought Arieh was overestimating the danger, and that to the extent it was real law enforcement would be prepared.
That was not, to put it mildly, one of my better takes. https://t.co/FK0zdjQHfr— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) January 10, 2021
For House Republicans, the impeachment bill will be the last lifeboat. They can clamber in and take their chances on running seas, or they can zip-tie themselves to the handrails. Most will choose to go down with Trump.
re: #237 Decatur Deb
For House Republicans, the impeachment bill will be the last lifeboat. They can clamber in and take their chances on running seas, or they can zip-tie themselves to the handrails. Most will choose to go down with Trump.
Yeah, I agree that most of them will choose to go down with the Trumptanic.
re: #230 thedopefishlives
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic series and an outspoken Trump supporter, recently said the theory was making Trump supporters look like “a bunch of idiots.”
Remember when Newt tried to warn the GOP that Birtherism was an Obama “trap” to make them look like idiots to everyone but themselves?
re: #238 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I agree that most of them will choose to go down with the Trumptanic.
May they sink beneath his wisdom like a stone.
re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember when Newt tried to warn the GOP that Birtherism was an Obama “trap” to make them look like idiots to everyone but themselves?
No, but that’s mostly because I ignore everything Newt says because just the prelude, “Newt Gingrich says,” means that what is about to follow will plumb the utter depths of stupidity.
re: #241 thedopefishlives
No, but that’s mostly because I ignore everything Newt says because just the prelude, “Newt Gingrich says,” means that what is about to follow will plumb the utter depths of stupidity.
Newt was basically telling the Birhters that they were acting like idiots and warning them not to let Obama expose that fact in a particularly embarrassing manner, as he did when he finally released his Birth Certificate and they all doubled down to insist that it was a forgery.
BREAKING: DUE TO TWILIO CUTTING SERVICES WITH PARLER, THERE IS NO PHONE VERIFICATION OR 2FA ACTIVE.
YOU CAN ENTER RANDOM DIGITS AND REGISTER. HAVE FUN!— Anonymous #FreeKirtaner (@RealOGAnonymous) January 10, 2021
re: #206 Dr Lizardo
Their brains are going into a full reactor explosion:
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That level of actual old fashioned blasphemy would be actually quite funny if it wasn’t leading people into violence. Even if you’re a believer or not honey, what’s in _your_ bedroom ain’t God.
re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He also ran as the anti-politician, the “successful businessman” who was everything any experienced politician was not.
And in our New Media Reality, the total lack of a record of public service means you can promise anything, while a long record of public service can be cherry-picked and selectively used against you
running as the anti politician will only work once if you win and then prove to be incompetent
Just read on dkos that one of the people who died was a woman who got trampled by other rioters while holding a Gadsden flag. Sounds a bit too funny to be true.
re: #205 BigPapa
Calls for unity are cries for leniency.*
In the words of the great statesman Tom ‘Cottonmouth’ Cotton: ‘No Quarter’
*no consequences. ie total abdication of responsibility
re: #249 darthstar
Just read on dkos that one of the people who died was a woman who got trampled by other rioters while holding a Gadsden flag. Sounds a bit too funny to be true.
It does, but it is. There is a photograph of her outside the Capitol with a Gadsden flag, and the manner of her death is on the official record. As opposed to tased-his-own-balls guy, where apparently (from discussion held on Friday) the jury is still out on where he actually hit himself, but the theories all agree that he hit himself with his own taser and died from a heart attack.
re: #219 Targetpractice
It’s the usual bit: Anybody who engaged in violent/destructive acts is really “Antifa/BLM” in disguise, and the fact that nobody around them tried to stop them and in many cases encouraged them just means that those people were also “A/BLM”. Oh, and the fact that everybody arrested so far has long history of fanatical devotion to “Q”? Just further proof that the “conspiracy” goes deep.
violence=antifa
democrat=leftist socialist communist etc
Lol. Im in. Look what i find first thing pic.twitter.com/dd7kd170eY
— Bailey 🌊🇺🇲 (@Baileybear544) January 10, 2021
re: #252 Nyet
but not in the balls
That’s what I was getting at. Has there been an official report on that yet?
re: #255 thedopefishlives
That’s what I was getting at. Has there been an official report on that yet?
I dunno, but the balls thing was documented to have started from a joke, so.
re: #256 Nyet
I dunno, but the balls thing was documented to have started from a joke, so.
OK, I missed that. That’s fair then. I will stop laughing.
re: #256 Nyet
I dunno, but the balls thing was documented to have started from a joke, so.
Do you have the balls to accept the truth?
re: #255 thedopefishlives
That’s what I was getting at. Has there been an official report on that yet?
Tased in the groin area…so balls because it’s funny.
Deleted this tweet. It was reported to me by other reporters on the ground. So far no info can confirm it.
Also haven’t seen any info confirming someone tased themselves /in the balls while stealing a painting/, but I am deeply fascinated to know where *that* originated. 1/ pic.twitter.com/m3d6uU32Xg— talia JANE (@itsa_talia) January 8, 2021
re: #258 Nyet
No need to join that dumpster to read it.
Oh, so that’s new. They really have just opened the door.
re: #125 Patricia Kayden
But then after their aides did all of that, several Republicans still voted against certifying the electoral college votes. 🤷🏽♀️
Including my Republicypher representative.
I’m half-tempted to file to run against him, except the filing fee in Nebraska is prohibitive to my budget, and you are not allowed to fundraise for it.
re: #247 William Lewis
That level of actual old fashioned blasphemy would be actually quite funny if it wasn’t leading people into violence. Even if you’re a believer or not honey, what’s in _your_ bedroom ain’t God.
The Immaculate Deception.
re: #251 thedopefishlives
It does, but it is. There is a photograph of her outside the Capitol with a Gadsden flag, and the manner of her death is on the official record. As opposed to tased-his-own-balls guy, where apparently (from discussion held on Friday) the jury is still out on where he actually hit himself, but the theories all agree that he hit himself with his own taser and died from a heart attack.
still a pathetic own goal from people who thought they were about to actually take over a country
re: #260 darthstar
Tased in the groin area…so balls because it’s funny.
A 10,000v groin-zap does not demand a high degree of precision.
Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), the Republican successor to the retiring Libertarian Justin Amash, told Reason he blamed many of his Republican colleagues for the violence at the U.S. Capitol this week because they misled the rioters.
Said Meijer: “They were being lied to. They were being misled. Some of my colleagues in Congress, they share responsibility for that. Many of them were fundraising off of this Stop the Steal grift.”
He added: “I don’t understand how you can look in the mirror and go to sleep at night without that weighing on your conscience, I fundamentally do not. I’m just at a loss for words about how some of them have acted in ways that are just knowingly, provably false. And they know they’re lying, too.”
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Holy shit. https://t.co/ZjZgUxb3Ad
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) January 10, 2021
threatened into committing sedition
they had to threaten for support because the organizers knew it was all based on lies otherwise
These are not “protesters.” pic.twitter.com/uDk5v62o6I
— David Roberts (@drvolts) January 10, 2021
It is quickly becoming clear that senior figures in our government—and in the White House—not only supported the idea and goals of the January 6 terrorists, but provided material support, funding, and operational intelligence.
It got as far as holding the Guard in barracks.— Max Burns (@themaxburns) January 9, 2021
re: #273 Dangerman
Wolverton there went to Sturmer Academy of Art.
re: #136 Patricia Kayden
This country is finished if there are more terrorist attacks like what we saw on Wednesday. What you’re describing is a civil war. I hope the police do their jobs and don’t depend on citizens to fight the racist hordes for them.
I agree. Ship that is civil war.
re: #168 Belafon
John Cole is making a good point:
Go read the rest.
That is a very good point indeed. The hinterland gentry, as I have described them, are the heart and soul of the Republican Party. They ARE the Republican establishment they pretend to decry and have been since the 19th century. The small town real estate grubber who took the private non-jet to the riot is a classic example.
Our host clued us in on a new CCJohnson twitter account.
3AD+QSCOfCCyHNLzvsj4BTz3BiBMJ6rYIHi4gYUFFG/P23KKDKWVgM/qzoq01qjHRaiuZAkpglaqjG0WsSnP/q7oN6q7WPjXWi+jFgXZfvdMjbC6c/jWpG2lPLMq88aV0tshcQ0puyv3fEUplWJTPAXXcrcDg6u1JA9kAC6oHUcbOBVVd28qVTRIwGybvkW1KLWQd0Ix6xmQIMcAZohBL4TETOh/8uoQ+Qv+XuY+Dw/zawHWdSrMCBa++CIJMesg
So I feel bad about a moment of sick humor, an unfortunate streak I’ve had all my life, I truly wish it were not so. My most liked tweet ever was a reply to GOD.
I hate to speak ill of the dead, but his nickname forever more will be “numb__ts”
— Tarkloon (@Tarkloon) January 8, 2021
re: #280 Thanos
So I feel bad about a moment of sick humor, an unfortunate streak I’ve had all my life, I truly wish it were not so. My most liked tweet ever was a reply to GOD.
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I am at peace with my inner twelve-year-old.
THREAD One of the weirder statistical consequences of the riot.
You can only be denied a security clearance (or have a current one revoked) if the allegations made against you fit within one of 13 adjudicative guidelines, numbered A-M.— National Security Counselors (@NatlSecCnslrs) January 10, 2021
A little reminder for everyone: if you know of anybody who showed up to the riots, talked about going, or materially supported them, who has a security clearance, time to drop a dime on them to the FBI.
As the guy says, the government historically really never gave a shit about anti-government activities (because most of the activities of the Republican Party in the last forty years count as this, frankly). However, if your wife grew up in Canada and her family’s still there, expect a grilling from the clearance investigators. The clearance system in the US is fucked up.
re: #187 The Ghost of a Flea
Well, if there’s one thing the chattering class isn’t going to do, it’s concede that moderately wealthy white people that like their op-ed pages can be and often are pig-fucking stupid and have a neither-fun-nor-safe interests in power and control over other people.
I live with these people—they should be my tribe, by birthright, but I’m weird and multiculty so they just try and get me to come to parties to be the interesting guy—and they are fucking awful. It’s hard to explain how a wee bit of material success just makes the parts of their brains shut off. They can’t empathize because they have no imagination, they can’t self-examine because the flee self awarness, they cleave to petty power/control games because those don’t require thought or creativity.
Trumpism isn’t an ideology, it’s more like a subconscious attraction to the superficial and the small-spirited, treated as the height of human experience. That which can’t be owned or dominated is upsetting, so everything has to be made hollow and vacuous. If an idea demands a change of perspective, or threatens with the sublime, then it has to be butchered and its innards scooped out, leaving only a manifold to fill with more self-importance and banality.
Less eloquently I would say you are describing one tier of an unspoken caste system here in the US.
I am much like you. I have found some neighbors who are like minded and we often discuss this.
My friend is a surgeon and his with is Puerto Rico. Her family is middle class with aspirations of making it to “the next level”. The quotes are mine to emphasize the next unspoken caste level.
People taste a little power in the upper middle class and it goes to their heads. I can feel the pull and I can see the stupid first hand like you. It is sickening how weak minded people can be.
On a side note, I am a white middle aged married with 4 teenagers veteran. The kids and I wanted to put a Biden sign in the yard. My wife refused because she was concerned about retribution. I told her if someone from my demographic doesn’t feel safe putting up a sign who does? She is Jewish so I lost that argument on historical grounds I won’t discuss.
I did put a up a big fat American flag the day Joe was announced the winner.
The officer who tried to stop the attackers in the stairwell is getting some good recognition:
The officer initially scopes out the door, sees it’s not guarded, and tries to block the way. More rioters pour up the stairs after them, and the officer seems to go with a new strategy – he shoves the first rioter, pissing him off, and then leads the whole mob the other way. pic.twitter.com/EPmOvDGEEP
— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) January 10, 2021
re: #251 thedopefishlives
Even if he didn’t literally taser himself in the nads he clearly metaphorically tasered himself in the nads.
re: #275 Dangerman
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Fucking decapitation operation…
Note: The first three individuals in the Presidential line of succession were in imminent danger.Given the known evidence, and the provocateurs/operatives surely hidden in mob, and the rational cause and effect of mob mentality, this was a decapitation of leadership operation.
— Friend of Tony Meatballs and Big Minty (@ManuZingar) January 9, 2021
I am on pins and needles hoping the D’s push forward as far as they can on impeachment. Too many in the GOP were deeply involved and all the GOP is tainted.
It is not going to just disappear after Jan 20.
Yes. What do people think is going to happen the instant he’s out of office? He’s going to start holding more murder rallies and telling the same toxic lies. The country isn’t going to be healed by not prosecuting him. https://t.co/ry4scSUv6i
— Michael Rubens (@michaelsrubens) January 10, 2021
re: #268 Decatur Deb
A 10,000v groin-zap does not demand a high degree of precision.
It does if your balls are tiny or retracted
re: #288 John Hughes
Even if he didn’t literally taser himself in the nads he clearly metaphorically tasered himself in the nads.
I’m waiting to hear from the East German referee.
re: #285 William Lewis
Sigh… How it can be.
Thing is, over here in Europe most countries are still basically ethnostates. I personally believe it’s the same reason that the US could pass a New Deal last century: the benefits go to people that look like themselves. Once other ethnic groups start getting benefits, the pushback begins.
Sweden has Somali and Syrian minorities, basically from refugees. You started to see the kind of resistance to benefits, and to more immigration, once that got on people’s radar. There have been new laws limiting benefits for certain classes of immigrants, and a marked decrease in the popular approval for equal benefits. Denmark’s been really shocking about this if you’re not familiar with European politics.
So, I’ve been telling Europeans, tactfully, not to feel superior to the United States over benefit and minority issues, because the US is way ahead of them when it comes to ethnic diversity. Take these American struggles and crises as warnings for what Europe will increasingly face with a more and more diverse population, not a smug reminder of their own greater wisdom.
re: #289 Teukka
Fucking decapitation operation…
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I shit you not.
NEW FOOTAGE: a long, disciplined line of men in body armor moves as a unit up the #CapitolBuilding steps.
We need to identify this group.
Grateful to @lehudgins for the find.
Source: https://t.co/1CQlT5Sqa7 pic.twitter.com/Omdva2SiUS— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) January 10, 2021
re: #295 ericblair
Thing is, over here in Europe most countries are still basically ethnostates. I personally believe it’s the same reason that the US could pass a New Deal last century: the benefits go to people that look like themselves. Once other ethnic groups start getting benefits, the pushback begins.
One reason that the populist and Neo-Nazi factions are so strong in Eastern Germany: until 1989, these people had little or no history of immigrant groups living among them, only the odd exchange student from a Communist-friendly third-world country.
re: #296 Teukka
NEW FOOTAGE: a long, disciplined line of men in body armor moves as a unit up the Capitol Building steps.
We need to identify this group.
Antifa, all of them.
Good morning Lizards:
How long for all of these guys that committed Twitter hara-kiri to come slinking back once Parler goes poof?
I have suspended my own Twitter account in protest against Twitter’s fascism. I ask all my followers to join me now on Parler and Rumble.https://t.co/XswC88juiGhttps://t.co/1YeTi0ywBk
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) January 8, 2021
I’ll give it ‘til Wednesday
re: #298 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Antifa, all of them.
[question type=rhethorical]Since fucking when did our beloved Auntie Fa have a black badge with a white embroidered coiled snek on, with four well known words under it on her back?[/question]
Srsly, check the insurrectionist with the most of his back shield visible.
Quote of the Day (especially with what seems to be emerging):
“I swear, I am increasingly convinced that at least half of America is completely bonkers. And by bonkers I mean crazy. Looney Tunes. Starkers. The kind of bat-shit, drooling, bug-eyed, barking at the moon, piss-drinking, smeared in their own excrement, self-mutilating insanity you get from eating a steady diet of lead paint chips and snorting Tester’s Model Cement straight from the tap.”
— Jim Wright
re: #300 Teukka
[question type=rhethorical]Since fucking when did our beloved Auntie Fa have a black badge with a white embroidered coiled snek on, with four well known words under it on her back?[/question]
Srsly, check the insurrectionist with the most of his back shield visible.
the point is that there are enough open questions about the capitol riots to give rise to dozens of CTs…and the Antifa False Flag one is still being held aloft.
Greets and saluts from the failed state of the US. Trump’s failed coup continues to get a defense from GOPers who are craven treasonweasels who think that removing Trump from power is more dangerous than letting him stay in power as a dictator. That’s what this means - the rule of law is shredded and we are no longer a government governed by law, but those who wield power solely to enrich/empower themselves to protect them from the consequences of a never ending crime spree.
Trump sought to overthrow the government. The insurrectionists were incited by Trump and his allies. The security at the Capitol was compromised by Trump’s allies, and the GOP knew and continued covering for Trump crimes and backed his insanely fact free allegations of a stolen election with zero evidence.
Meanwhile, his propagandists at Fox and right wing echo chamber keep spewing nonsense about how antifa was responsible for all this, even as every law enforcement agency looking at the insurrection has found zero evidence of antifa -this was all Trumpists.
Trumpists waving flags of insurrection: Trump MAGA flags, Confederate flags (from the last insurrectionists who sought to overthrow the government), Gadsen flags, and blue lives matter flags.
Insurrectionists tore down the US flag and put up Trump’s MAGA flag. That’s what these insurrectionists are hoping for - to replace the US with a MAGA fascist cult.
And they don’t give a shit about lives of law enforcement officers either. They murdered a cop and injured more than 60 in storming the Capitol. Trump refuses to lower the flag on the WH to half mast to memorialize the death of that Capitol Police officer. Weird. He’s the one who loves having cops and soldiers as a backdrop, but when his actions lead to an insurrection that killed a cop, he’s suddenly ignoring the lives of the people he risked.
Pence still waffles over acting, because he’s a treasonweasel too. He was a target of these insurrectionists because he was counting confirm the election results. Trump threw Pence to the wolves, and Pence’s response is to … waffle and dither all while Trump and his goon squad get more desperate.
At the same time, GOPers are desperate to avoid an impeachment fight because it means they’d all be on the record - they don’t want a vote. Fuck them. Resign if you don’t want to vote against Trump’s impeachment and removal. You backed an insurrectionist and criminal. You refused to remove him the last time he engaged in high crimes, and your excuse that impeachment would divide the country is so much bulkshit. All those claims about how 74 million would lose their say.
Yeah, about that… 81 million voted for Biden - who won in a landslide. It was the biggest loss by an incumbent since 1932. It was a thorough repudiation. The Democrats have won back the House, Senate, and the WH with Trump at the head of the GOP.
And impeachment is essential to the rule of law and to prevent further crimes from occurring on the way out the door. Trump is dangerously unhinged and intent on destroying the nation if he can’t stay in power. We were warning of this long ago. Heck, Trump warned of this back in 2017 when he stated he wouldn’t accept an election he lost.
He’s a despot and a sociopath, and he has blood on his hands (not even getting into the soaring death toll from his disastrous covid19 response). The truly pathetic thing is had Trump managed the pandemic in a responsible manner, the odds are he would have won reelection. Instead, he wrecked the economy, killed more than 370,000+ Americans, and launched a coup to remain in power beyond 1/20.
Okay, people. Time is short and we have a mission.
We have eleven days to put together a band named the Leftist Overloads in time for the inauguration.
Play any instruments or sing? pic.twitter.com/1zoJy7fEUs— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 9, 2021
re: #287 Ming5000
The officer who tried to stop the attackers in the stairwell is getting some good recognition:
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Put him in charge of the Capitol police.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) January 10, 2021
re: #297 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
One reason that the populist and Neo-Nazi factions are so strong in Eastern Germany: until 1989, these people had little or no history of immigrant groups living among them, only the odd exchange student from a Communist-friendly third-world country.
I was heartened by the BLM protests in Europe, though. These were showing solidarity with the American victims of police violence, but also protested their nations’ own unacknowledged pasts (like Belgium and the Congo, England and the slave trade). The monuments to racism are going down over here, too.
re: #143 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Stay indoors and out of sight, pay attention to local news, contact trustworthy neighbors and find out what resources they may have. Discourage any rash action on their part. It is likely that many National Guard, and some regular, units will disobey pro-coup instructions from the Pentagon. It may be possible to contact them with information. State police will be more reliable than locals and much more reliable than Republican sheriffs. The latter should be considered part of the MAGAt forces until shown otherwise.
I’m fuqued then. My best hope if that balloon went up here would get in my car and flee.
On the other hand, this is a pretty quiet place. I really don’t see an insurrection starting in a village of 124.
re: #302 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
the point is that there are enough open questions about the capitol riots to give rise to dozens of CTs…and the Antifa False Flag one is still being held aloft.
As much as it pains me, I strongly suspect that they are beyond redemption of the type which could come voluntarily. What happened on 2021-01-06 should not go without consequence. You guys cannot afford it not to. No more mister nice guy, but don’t go evil either. Simply check against the book what laws they broke, and sentence and punish them accordingly, no leniency or harshness.
re: #249 darthstar
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re: #296 Teukka
I shit you not.
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Male #6 leading the charge is moderate confidence match for man @fordfischer’s vid (tweet 👇)
Shirt: Oath Keepers
Patch: Guardians of the Republic
Patch: “I don’t believe in anything. I’m just here for the violence.”
Subtle guy.https://t.co/w4E0RCb6TJ pic.twitter.com/MG4ZhsaQ2X— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) January 10, 2021
New Reuters poll on Capitol riots:
79% of adults, including two-thirds of Republicans and Trump voters, described the participants as either “criminals” or “fools.”
9% saw them as “concerned citizens”
5% called them “patriots.” https://t.co/k8hcGEWrPk— Tim Hanrahan (@TimJHanrahan) January 9, 2021
re: #307 Belafon
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“You have the nerve to be holding a blue lives matter flag, and you are out there fucking us up,” he told one group of protestors he encountered inside the Capitol. “[One guy] pulled out his badge and he said, ‘we’re doing this for you.’ Another guy had his badge. So I was like, ‘well, you gotta be kidding.’”
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Another officer, a newer recruit, echoed these sentiments, saying that where he was on the steps to the rotunda on the east side of the Capitol, he was engaged in hand-to-hand battles trying to fight the attackers off. But he said they were outnumbered 10 to one, and described extraordinary scenes in which protesters holding Blue Lives Matter flags launched themselves at police officers.
“We were telling them to back up and get away and stop, and they’re telling us, they are on our side, and they’re doing this for us, and they’re saying this as I’m getting punched in my face by one of them … That happened to a lot of us. We were getting pepper sprayed in the face by those protesters, I’m not going to even call them protestors, by those domestic terrorists,” said the officer.
JFC…
re: #312 Teukka
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Both III% and oafers:
Other Oath Keepers have had a “I I I” patch. Found this shot with one of those on that style of helmet we keep seeing. Another person with com gear and a distinct patch. May not be same group. pic.twitter.com/QOtA7JzHmF
— Mmmumblings. (@Mmmumblings) January 10, 2021
It occurs to me that the Dominion lawsuit against Sydney Powell has accrued additional importance as it will provide an opportunity for exposing the Trump campaign of lies in court.
Cruz and Hawley are free to bring in their evidence of fraud at that point.
*walks to podium*
*clears throat*
*cranks PA to 11*
[tap] [tap] [tap] ‘this thing on?
SORRY BEFOREHAND FOR THE ALL CAPS, BUT I FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I GET MY POINT ACROSS.
I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHAT HAPPENED ON 2021-01-06 DOES NOT GO WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES FOR THE INSTIGATORS, CO-CONSPIRATORS, OR (UN)WILLING OR (UN)KNOWING PARTICIPANTS.
WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY WAS AN ATTEMPT AT DECAPITATE THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF THE US. AN ATTEMPTED COUP D’ETAT, PURE AND SIMPLE.
IF THESE PEOPLE DO NOT GET CONSEQUENCES WHICH WILL BE FELT, THEY WILL TRY AGAIN. CALL YOUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES. DEMAND INVESTIGATIONS, DEMAND ACTION.
THAT IS ALL
:mic drop:
Why the hell is Biden’s nominations even at stake. GOP treasonweasels are going to sabotage incoming Biden admin as well as try to avoid holding Trump personally & directly responsible for an armed insurrection.
These GOPers should be ejected from Congress as insurrectionists.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
re: #318 Teukka
There are too many unanswered questions, and until we get to the bottom of them, the CT people will be having a field day (well, they will continue nonetheless but will only be preaching to the choir)
re: #318 Teukka
My rep is Barry Loudermilk. But I do have two wonderful new Senators I can contact who might be a little pissed off about now. If we can ever get them sworn in. Local/State level is mostly super right wing or enablers.
Getting ready for today’s round of picketing by making signs and a megaphone and by listening to last Wednesday’s prayer meeting at Evident Life Church, which occurred after the insurrection and before the vote. Apparently they have open mic and the delusion…oh the delusion. Right now I’m on a part where they’re praying for Mike Pence’s heart to be changed. This woman said in her prayer “We want what you want, Lord”
at 47:55. Listening to these words before going gives me the ammo to speak their language when I go over there.re: #322 mmmirele
Please be careful out there. I worry about you out there alone.
re: #320 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are too many unanswered questions, and until we get to the bottom of them, the CT people will be having a field day (well, they will continue nonetheless but will only be preaching to the choir)
re: #321 A Mom Anon
My rep is Barry Loudermilk. But I do have two wonderful new Senators I can contact who might be a little pissed off about now. If we can ever get them sworn in. Local/State level is mostly super right wing or enablers.
I know. Hence why I dropped quite a bit of F-bombs when it occurred to me just how much work you ‘murricans have cut out for you. I cannot stress it enough. It is imperative that this has consequences which can be felt (beyond any reasonable doubt) for those involved. The future of the US as a country depends on it (and no, this isn’t hyperbole).
In fact, it’s the bare minimum that Congress must use to hold Trumpworld and his coconspirators accountable. This wasn’t a wanton mob. It was directed and shaped by Trump and his coconspirators.
No Antifa involved. No BLM involved. It was all Trumpists.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
re: #323 A Mom Anon
Please be careful out there. I worry about you out there alone.
I know. I have a GoPro strapped to my chest and it’s running the entire time.
re: #324 Teukka
…It is imperative that this has consequences which can be felt (beyond any reasonable doubt) for those involved. The future of the US as a country depends on it (and no, this isn’t hyperbole).
as someone pointed out, unsuccessful coups are often followed by successful ones.
re: #325 lawhawk
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Anything else is whitewashing and diminishing what occured on 2021-01-06.
*mic drop*
/END— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 10, 2021
“Pope Francis said he would be vaccinated against the coronavirus as early as next week, calling it a lifesaving, ethical obligation and the refusal to do so suicidal.”https://t.co/jHOX3GO2ss
— Natasha Bhuyan, MD (@NatashaBhuyan) January 10, 2021
re: #292 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Зануда
Zanúda = a bothersome person, related to the Yiddish “nudnik”.
Yeah, that’s different, the previous one wasn’t a word ;). Also, I’d imperfectly translate it as a “bore”.
It’s not a Full Loomer until he’s gotten himself banned from UberEats, PayPal, and Venmo. pic.twitter.com/dyHVs5KRQL
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 9, 2021
So many people have failed the Crowded Theater test.
re: #330 Nyet
Yeah, that’s different, the previous one wasn’t a word ;). Also, I’d imperfectly translate it as a “bore”.
It was a play on Newt, a Newtnik, so to speak.
re: #324 Teukka
It was always conservative here. When we moved here I knew that. But the schools had more of the resources my son needed at the time than any other area around Atlanta. We got a fixer upper house for a good price and made the leap. And then 9/11 happened a few short years later. For a couple of weeks or so after we were united as a community. And then the blame and accusations started from Republicans, led by Ralph Reed and Newt. Liberal Hunting License bumper stickers started appearing on pick up trucks and it was the first time outside of a parade I saw(and still see)flags flying from a pickup truck bed. Neighbors started withdrawing from us(that was related to us not being churchgoers as much as anything liberal about us) and my son wasn’t really welcome there to play anymore. They never said it outright, it was just like actual walls went up.
While we were one of the blue counties in the metro Atlanta area, that’s only at the federal level. There are a lot of right wing loons in state and local government and more than a couple who think the Confederate flag should fly above or replace the American flag. This shit is generational and very hard to overcome.
re: #278 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
That is a very good point indeed. The hinterland gentry, as I have described them, are the heart and soul of the Republican Party. They ARE the Republican establishment they pretend to decry and have been since the 19th century. The small town real estate grubber who took the private non-jet to the riot is a classic example.
The truly economically needy and “downtrodden” wouldnt have or waste the money in a trip to dc
re: #229 darthstar
A platform (tech) on an infrastructure (big tech) that will destroy itself.
Dr. Shiva, inventor of email, will invent something named after a pork product, where your email (TM) account gets overwhelmed, thus preventing ANY communication amongst Antifa-BLM-communists. MUH-HA-HA-HA!
This is a really good speech. https://t.co/WmfgRWjpqB
— Stephen Losey (@StephenLosey) January 10, 2021
Paris 98 years ago - this is the Quai d’Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine, photographed in colour back in 1923. (It is not colourised) pic.twitter.com/jUuXOuUpD0
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) January 9, 2021
re: #271 Dangerman
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threatened into committing sedition
they had to threaten for support because the organizers knew it was all based on lies otherwise
This is what happens when you don’t hold town hall meetings and tell your constituents that the president is full of shit.
You love to see it:
The PGA of America will strip Donald Trump of the 2022 PGA Championship, which is scheduled to be held at Trump National Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.
In a blistering column that says the golf world must sever all ties with Trump, Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch said the PGA has been debating for two years the need to move the major championship and, once Trump is out of office, will announce the tournament will be played elsewhere:
“The odds that ‘22′s PGA Championship will happen as scheduled in New Jersey are about as good as the chances of you or I winning it. Seth Waugh, the PGA of America’s CEO, was a banker and has an alert eye for high-risk exposure. He knows that Trumpism is likely to be an equally incendiary force in the ‘22 midterm elections and that any affiliation is poisonous. Waugh will be forced to move the event and face down a small but vocal faction of his membership who remain true believers. Moving its major from Trump National has been debated internally at the PGA for more than two years, but executives have been reluctant to antagonize a famously vindictive man who controls the Internal Revenue Service. Such concerns melt away in 10 days, if not sooner.”
Lynch, like Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga, says professional golf — including some of its biggest celebrities, like Tiger Woods, Nancy Lopez, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam — has angered many fans by cozying up to Trump. But, Lynch says, “the events of January 6 that left five people dead ought to make him a pariah everywhere. Including in golf.”
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week’s attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/blOy35LWJ5
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 10, 2021
re: #347 Dr Lizardo
PGA can still keep the tourney in NJ. They can hold it at Baltustrol.
re: #295 ericblair
Thing is, over here in Europe most countries are still basically ethnostates.
true, for the smaller countries that had no significant empire.
Not true for France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy.
Of course Empire is to the European countries as slavery is to the US…
And, often, less understood / accepted
Edit: added Portugal.
re: #339 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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I was just going to post.
Gave me chills.
Random thought — Star Trek Discovery is the high point of production values and acting, and the low point of logic/sense/reason.
WTF — the galactic civilization was destroyed by mommy issues?
re: #351 John Hughes
true, for the smaller countries that had no significant empire.
Not true for France, Spain, Germany, Italy.
Of course Empire is to the European countries as slavery is to the US…
And, often, less understood / accepted
Because it did not happen under their noses and the consequences did not start coming home to roost until after WW2 or later…
re: #353 John Hughes
Random thought — Star Trek Discovery is the high point of production values and acting, and the low point of logic/sense/reason.
WTF — the galactic civilization was destroye[d] by mommy issues?
The ultimate Helicopter mom: she built an entire holo-world to shield her son
re: #354 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
For many Americans the “consequences” of slavery haven’t even been digested in 2021.
re: #356 Teukka
DAYUM.
Good speech.
Yeah: never been all that much of a political fan of Arnold, but for stuff like this, he manages to come up with the right words at the right time. No wonder the CA GOP never liked him very much….
Cavils: a bit over-the-top with the sword: and his outfit (and staging) was weird: it looked like he was wearing a uniform of some kind. But generally excellent.
This is fine.
Parler users are also talking about ambushing Amazon delivery drivers in retaliation for AWS suspending Parler’s web services at midnight tonight. Please stay safe, people.
— William LeGate 🇺🇸 (@williamlegate) January 10, 2021
Bulkshit on a stick. Trump led an armed insurrection and failed coup attempt. This is a scenario where GOPers either should resign or vote to remove Trump.
All who back Trump’s failed coup effort should be expelled as insurrectionists. They’re enemies moment they stormed Capitol— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
Hewitt removing all doubt that he’s an insurrectionist supporter who is hoping for a more competent attempt next time.
Refusing to promptly prosecute those involved emboldens the next attempt. Trump’s failed coup will be followed by more unless you promptly and thoroughly go after those who plotted and carried out the insurrection.
So far, we’ve seen FBI arrest low level thugs. No one yet charged in the murder of the Capitol Police officer. No ringleaders.
What is the FBI waiting for? 1/20 to avoid Trump interfering with pardons, or are they corrupted/compromised by Trump to protect Trump and his coconspirators in the plot.
re: #358 Jay C
Yeah: never been all that much of a political fan of Arnold, but for stuff like this, he manages to come up with the right words at the right time. No wonder the CA GOP never liked him very much….
Cavils: a bit over-the-top with the sword: and his outfit (and staging) was weird: it looked like he was wearing a uniform of some kind. But generally excellent/
Tempering of blade weapons is a good analogy, and being Hollywood, why wouldn’t a good prop be the first thing that comes to his mind?
That was a hell of a speech. Arnold has a great story and he tells the hell out of it.
The acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia says “hundreds” of people may face charges for storming the Capitol. And, he says, if evidence points to crimes by elected officials — such as incitement of violence — he’s prepared to bring charges.https://t.co/ydzOpYcJlF
— NPR (@NPR) January 10, 2021
re: #249 darthstar
Just read on dkos that one of the people who died was a woman who got trampled by other rioters while holding a Gadsden flag. Sounds a bit too funny to be true.
No funnier than the gun nut who tasered himself to death by zapping his balls while trying to steal Tip O’Neill’s portrait.
re: #363 lawhawk
Enjoy being a defendant, Louie, Josh, & Ted.
Arnold … Pretty good speech. The personal stuff too.
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week’s attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/blOy35LWJ5
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 10, 2021
J.T. in Greensboro, NC, writes: Theory: Fox News’s ratings were down during the insurrection because their viewers were inside the Capitol taking selfies
re: #366 darthstar
Arnold … Pretty good speech. The personal stuff too.
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The place I come from has a similar post-WWII history and experiences. So I get where he’s coming from.
re: #258 Nyet
No need to join that dumpster to read it.
I don’t know what AWS said or did but this is still available as of right now.
Unconfirmed:
Capitol Police officer who was at Capitol during the armed insurrection has committed suicide. Waiting to find more authoritative sourcing.
The president and some allies also believe Democrats are overreaching by trying to once again impeach him… One adviser called Democratic consideration of impeachment a political gift to Trump
What political gift?
Do these people not understand he’ll be tried after hes out of office?
So, this came to mind re: “healing” in the context of last wednesday:
You can’t heal without every boil being lanced, drained, cleaned out and bandaged. Any boil or wound not attended to will risk further infection and sepsis.
re: #350 lawhawk
PGA can still keep the tourney in NJ. They can hold it at Baltustrol.
It was dumb to schedule it at Trump’s course in ‘22 when they knew there was a chance he could be president; the conflicts of interest are already outrageous, but holding a major tourney at the president’s own course?
Re trump running for 2024
He began backing off the idea after learning that running would require him to release a new round of financial documents that would make him vulnerable to his ongoing criminal and civil investigations and lawsuits, according to two Republicans close to Trump
Politico
I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2021
This 7 day trial sucked
re: #375 Dangerman
I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2021
This 7 day trial sucked
I’ve heard that 2020 et al are part of a trilogy…
re: #368 Teukka
The place I come from has a similar post-WWII history and experiences. So I get where he’s coming from.
If it’s not TMI, where is that?
(If it is, OK)
re: #370 lawhawk
Unconfirmed:
Capitol Police officer who was at Capitol during the armed insurrection has committed suicide. Waiting to find more authoritative sourcing.
NEWS: A second Capitol Police Officer has died.
“The United States Capitol Police is deeply saddened by the off-duty death on January 9, 2021, of Officer Howard Liebengood, age 51. He was assigned to the Senate Division, and has been with the Department since April 2005.” https://t.co/nC7n0WCtcm— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) January 10, 2021
re: #373 Barefoot Grin
It was dumb to schedule it at Trump’s course in ‘22 when they knew there was a chance he could be president; the conflicts of interest are already outrageous, but holding a major tourney at the president’s own course?
PGA is reeling over the backlash of so many high profile golfers still backing Trump even as the insurrection was being plotted and underway - Woods, Player, Sorenstam, etc.
They’re fucked. Good.
Trump’s fucked. Even better.
re: #375 Dangerman
I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2021
This 7 day trial sucked
A.B. in Jonesboro, AR, writes: If the events of the past week or so are any vision of what is to come, I fear we may be in the situation of The Year 2021 telling The Year 2020 “Hey yall, hold my beer and watch this!”
re: #377 Jay C
If it’s not TMI, where is that?
Finland. We kicked red army butt to the tune of 4-5 to 1 kill ratio. We have the most prolific sniper in world history. We lost territory equivalent to AK and most of the pacific coast in terms of % compared to US territory. We had the Germans as allies until the Moscow peace of 1944 stipulated we run them out by a set date (which the soviets chose because they thought we wouldn’t be able to).
As part of the peace, we have certain limitations, like how border patrol is organized (apparently to make invasion easier), certain military restrictions, such as we can’t conscript females or have subs in our navy. Or make any move to try to get justice for Soviet war crimes during the Continuation war (we had to keep them secret for 50 years). As non-negotiable terms.
And the successor to the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, has in no uncertain terms made it clear that it still holds us to the non-negotiable terms of the peace.
re: #381 Teukka
And the successor to the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, has in no uncertain terms made it clear that it still holds us to the non-negotiable terms of the peace.
And Finland was part of the Russian Empire until Lenin cut it loose.
I visited the Lenin Museum in Tampere, one of his favorite towns in Finland.
re: #369 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I don’t know what AWS said or did but this is still available as of right now.
They have until midnight tonight to migrate off the cloud.
re: #378 Barefoot Grin
His father, same name, was Seargent at Arms for the Senate from 1983-2005
re: #364 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
No funnier than the gun nut who tasered himself to death by zapping his balls while trying to steal Tip O’Neill’s portrait.
The first two nominees for the 2021 Darwin Award.
re: #385 darthstar
On the bright side, he won’t be controlling the IRS for much longer. Best thing they could do is wait until the 22nd or so, then put the kibosh on it.
On Fox. He said it on Fox.
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
re: #386 darthstar
His father, same name, was Seargent at Arms for the Senate from 1983-2005
I saw 1981-1983 and then was a high-ranking Senate aide. But I think that’s a detail mostly for DC insiders—I hadn’t heard of him before.
Lots of sources now but still a little wobbly.
According to @bresreports and @JakeSherman, there’s been a huge “morale” issue since the attacks.
I would postulate acute PTSD might be a likely issue as well. https://t.co/EJYqw2DbIQ— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) January 10, 2021
Damn, there is an info deluge:
— Coping MAGA (@CopingMAGA) January 10, 2021
re: #376 Teukka
I’ve heard that 2020 et al are part of a trilogy…
You should see mrsdm’s face after I read your response
re: #391 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Lots of sources now but still a little wobbly.
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PTSD by being hanged out to dry by the superiors. Maybe elements of giving in to the fear of “knowing” the guilty won’t ever pay?
re: #389 lawhawk
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Hey, let the market decide, as conservatives are always saying.
Well, it decided.
re: #376 Teukka
I’ve heard that 2020 et al are part of a trilogy…
actually, 2020 was part four in the series…
Mike Pompeo has thoughts.
This is how you create an echo chamber… pic.twitter.com/aPDA37qKS0
— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) January 9, 2021
re: #380 Dangerman
A.B. in Jonesboro, AR, writes: If the events of the past week or so are any vision of what is to come, I fear we may be in the situation of The Year 2021 telling The Year 2020 “Hey yall, hold my beer and watch this!”
I would love to know who A.B. is since my wife is from Jonesboro. Where are you pulling those from?
re: #392 Teukka
Damn, there is an info deluge:
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The bit that stood out to me was:
Avoid chain fast foods.
As if….
re: #389 lawhawk
Did Devin’s account get suspended? No. Did Cruz’s? No. They may not be allowed to foment insurrection, but they can still communicate.
Devin needs to be expelled from the House as well.
re: #396 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
actually, 2020 was part four in the series…
*gulp*
re: #389 lawhawk
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Twitter is not”yours”
Was a mistake to rely on it always being there
Devin Nunes says Republicans have no way to communicate now pic.twitter.com/3XBIwSUcLl
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 10, 2021
re: #395 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Hey, let the market decide, as conservatives are always saying.
Well, it decided.
It is time to address the issue of Google, Twitter, FB et al and the role they play in public/political discourse as monopoly entities, but for now they are still PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES and as our friend Mitt said, “Corporations are people, too!”
re: #402 Dangerman
If only we were all that lucky…
re: #392 Teukka
Damn, there is an info deluge:
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Wait…isn’t that like sort of boycotting?
Isn’t that bad?
— Coping MAGA (@CopingMAGA) January 10, 2021
re: #397 darthstar
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Amazing: such a thick head, such shallow thinking.
Gee, Mr. Secretary: whatta shock! The incoming President and Vice-President (-Elects) are picking up Twitter followers, while Yesterday’s Hacks (like you) are getting dumped. Whodathunkit? Must be a Sinister Conspiracy…..
re: #392 Teukka
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Buy Cryptocurrency. Looking forward to when they go out to pizza. Do you take Litecoin?
re: #398 Belafon
I would love to know who A.B. is since my wife is from Jonesboro. Where are you pulling those from?
Sorry
today’s electoral-vote.com
re: #400 darthstar
Did Devin’s account get suspended? No. Did Cruz’s? No. They may not be allowed to foment insurrection, but they can still communicate.
Devin needs to be expelled from the House as well.
Anyone can read Twitter, right?
Maybe they should publish a Republican Media Green Book, like the one for black travelers in the 50’s and 60’s, that lists sites where Republicans can still engage in Free Discourse…
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Maybe they should publish a Republican Media Green Book, like the one for black travelers in the 50’s and 60’s, that lists where Republicans can still engage in Free Discourse…
+1
re: #409 Dangerman
Anyone can read Twitter, right?
They’re just feeling sorry for themselves because they’ve been exposed as a bunch of traitors and they want to change the subject and be considered persecuted victims.
re: #407 darthstar
Buy Cryptocurrency. Looking forward to when they go out to pizza. Do you take Litecoin?
Trumpcoin. They can try to pay with those campaign “coins”/”medals”: the gaudier the colored enamel, the more they’re worth…..
re: #413 Jay C
Trumpcoin. They can try to pay with those campaign “coins”/”medals”: the gaudier the colored enamel, the more they’re worth…..
Speaking of which, I’ll bet Jordan’s just hoping Trump doesn’t quit before he gets his medal tomorrow.
re: #397 darthstar
No, THIS is how you create an echo chamber: pic.twitter.com/eP4MRgnlTd
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 9, 2021
re: #378 Barefoot Grin
Was this because he was ashamed that he felt he failed in doing his job or because he was part of the failed plot?
I can’t blame the cops that were there. They were outnumbered. They did what they could. Most of them. Some others, not so much.
re: #417 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Was this because he was ashamed that he felt he failed in doing his job or because he was part of the failed plot?
I can’t blame the cops that were there. They were outnumbered. They did what they could. Most of them. Some others, not so much.
More open questions.
Really need to get to the bottom of this all.
No room for talk of “reconciliation” until we resolve outstanding matters.
Why did they go with such a lame photo when the one with the light blue jacket is clearly a much better shot?
The photo on the left is what Vogue agreed to publish as their February cover with @KamalaHarris’ team.
Without her knowledge, Anna Wintour switched it out for the photo on the right.
Please make it make sense. pic.twitter.com/cOVRddEUBS— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 10, 2021
Morning all.
It’s snowing in South Austin.
And Jim Bob Moffet, 82, rabid developer of sensitive land in Austin and big-time earth rapist as a principal of Freeport-McMoRan has died and gone to hell.
re: #417 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Capitol Police that was there, holding the line was actively betrayed by the top ranks and (maybe) a few of their own. They really had no chance. As that reality set in it is surely devastating for a good cop.
re: #417 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Was this because he was ashamed that he felt he failed in doing his job or because he was part of the failed plot?
I can’t blame the cops that were there. They were outnumbered. They did what they could. Most of them. Some others, not so much.
Right now it’s all speculation. There have been reports of many officers feeling gutted and betrayed by leadership, but it’s not even clear if he was on the scene last Wednesday.
Republicans are angry about how many followers they have lost over the last 24 hours. Democrats are angry about how many lives we’ve lost over the last 24 hours.
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) January 10, 2021
re: #389 lawhawk
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Devin Nunes says Republicans have no way to communicate now
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@lawhawk
On Fox. He said it on Fox.
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God is an iron.
re: #420 austin_blue
Morning all.
It’s snowing in South Austin.
And Jim Bob Moffet, 82, rabid developer of sensitive land in Austin and big-time earth rapist as a principal of Freeport-McMoRan has died and gone to hell.
Snowing here too and they have 8 inches in Lubbock. The place will be shut down for days.
And good riddance to Jim Bob. I had actually met the SoB.
It’s illegal to fly a Nazi flag in Germany. It’s time we finally deal with this rebel flag bullshit. If you did not feel rage at seeing that flag in our nations Capitol you are not a real American. Fuck your “It’s heritage” bullshit. It needs banned! And the tRump shit rag too!
— Richard N. Ojeda, II (@Ojeda4America) January 10, 2021
They’re really that stupid. It still amazes me. The FBI agent running that thread is probably giddy thinking about all the work she won’t have to do.
— Lollydee (@daiseywilliford) January 10, 2021
re: #426 Teukka
It’s illegal to fly a Nazi flag in Germany. It’s time we finally deal with this rebel flag bullshit. If you did not feel rage at seeing that flag in our nations Capitol you are not a real American. Fuck your “It’s heritage” bullshit. It needs banned!
If you want to display it as a private person, then I guess that is still your personal right. But there should be a ban on flying it in places such as public buildings…especially the Capitol Building.
re: #425 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Snowing here too and they have 8 inches in Lubbock. The place will be shut down for days.
And good riddance to Jim Bob. I had actually met the SoB.
A mean man and a meaner drunk.
re: #389 lawhawk
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re: #427 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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re: #402 Dangerman
Devin Nunes says Republicans have no way to communicate now
They can always rely on their traditional primate threat displays like chest pounding or branches beaten on the ground.
Someone’s still sulking.
A travel/photo lid for Sunday was called by the @WhiteHouse at 11:27 a.m., before the media pool’s noon call time, relays @lizcgoodwin.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 10, 2021
Meanwhile…
In 10 days, we move forward and rebuild — together.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 10, 2021
re: #431 Teukka
Over/under on not their activities on 2021-01-06 being exposed by themselves, but any less than legal side gigs?
Most of these people are entitled yokel gentry who are not accustomed to pressure. I think a lot of juice will flow once the FBI puts the squeeze on them; tax evasion, low level money laundering, localized gambling and prostitution, the usual recreations of the locally privileged.
re: #427 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
The FBI agent running that Parler thread should get a commendation for ingenuity.
Is it just me, or does @AOC appear a wee bit ticked off 🤔 ?
The elected officials who amplified & repeated known lies about our elections served as drum corps to insurrectionists.
The drum major in the House was @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. McCarthy bears unique, elevated responsibility in all this chaos. He must resign.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2021
Michael, FACT IS They are Realized that they can be Held ACCOUNTABLE and RESPONSIBLE 4 Their SILENCE which ALLOWED trump 2 Attempt Destroy our Country by Ignoring the very Document they SWORE to PRESERVE, Protect, and Defend, our Constitution. They Are SCARED of facing Prison
— Lee Ann Dugas (@LeeDugas2001) January 10, 2021
Oh no!
Is it true that Trump has been kicked off of Postmates, Grubhub and Doordash, too???????
First round of picketing done. I’m now sitting in a parking lot across the street and listening to Eric Jones. He prayed for the country and for Trump. He very clearly did not pray for Biden. I helieve I’m blocked on their YouTube, but I couldn’t resist asking why Eric didn’t pray for the president-elect after last Wednesday.
I settled on two things to shout: “Eric Jones is a false prophet” and “If you asked God to overturn the election, you have blood on your hands from Wednesdsy’s coup.” And why yes, I got more attention from these people.
These comments are from the summer of 2016 while he was campaigning. pic.twitter.com/y0kXO2yppi
— Nancy Yarosis ✍ (@YarosisNancy) January 10, 2021
Anyone who prays for Trump is praying for violence.
Aww..2 of my asshole relatives who went to DC blocked me on Facebook and Twitter.
Is the 3rd one is in Uncle Sam’s B&B…
re: #426 Teukka
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My answer to those that tell me “It’s heritage” is:
You know what was heritage of us northerners during that time. If you saw that flag flying at a house or someone carrying it, you killed the people there and burnt the house down. Yea heritage.
re: #427 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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Q was right! We must dox ourselves to overturn this election against these liberal communist Antifa fascists
re: #435 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Most of these people are entitled yokel gentry who are not accustomed to pressure. I think a lot of juice will flow once the FBI puts the squeeze on them; tax evasion, low level money laundering, localized gambling and prostitution, the usual recreations of the locally privileged.
Can’t believe I forgot my favorite GOP treason, hinterland FARA violations. I expect the feds to dig into that too, now that Cheeto’s departure is imminent.
re: #444 Eventual Carrion
My answer to those that tell me “It’s heritage” is:
You know what was heritage of us northerners during that time. If you saw that flag flying at a house or someone carrying it, you killed the people there and burnt the house down. Yea heritage.
That flag never flew over any government building in the Confederacy, that would have been the Stars and Bars. The Confederate Flag that we all know is the battle standard.
It means you are there to fight.
Meanwhile there is rumbling in the DC Congressional Cemetery where my Great Great Grandfather, Union General Peter Bacon is buried…I got a feeling Great Great Grandpa is really pissed off right now…
re: #443 🌹UOJB!
Aww..2 of my asshole relatives who went to DC blocked me on Facebook and Twitter.
Is the 3rd one is in Uncle Sam’s B&B…
That would be funny. Funnier still if 1 and 2 got picked up later.
re: #443 🌹UOJB!
Aww..2 of my asshole relatives who went to DC blocked me on Facebook and Twitter.
Is the 3rd one is in Uncle Sam’s B&B…
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re: #452 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #376 Teukka
I’ve heard that 2020 et al are part of a trilogy…
As long as George Lucas stays far away.
//
re: #454 Eclectic Cyborg
As long as George Lucas stays far away.
//
Donald Trump is the Jar Jar Binks of reality.
re: #456 thedopefishlives
Donald Trump is the Jar Jar Binks of reality.
You know the theory that Jar Jar Binks was Darth Plagueis, right?
re: #452 The Pie Overlord!
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“I supported the President until this week because his policies were so successful,” they said broadcasting from their homes they can’t leave because of a pandemic that’s killing 4000 people a day 10 months after it began.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) January 10, 2021
re: #453 thedopefishlives
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All the sniveling about unity from Republicans tells me the time to impeach is ripe. The whole “get them on record” didn’t work last time - they were like “bring it!” because they knew their support wasn’t going to budge.
It’s different now. Bring it.— Eminently 🏳️🌈 (@eminently_me5) January 10, 2021
TikTok banned Trump before Trump got around to banning TikTok.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) January 10, 2021
re: #460 Eclectic Cyborg
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There’s a section of my book about lynching devoted to the complicity of white church leaders. So let me ask the obvious question: what are white preachers and Catholic priests saying in their services this morning about Wednesday’s deadly attack on our democracy.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 10, 2021
RE: Devin Nunes saying Republicans can’t communicate.
Fuck off, Devin. You’re a member of the House of Representatives.
- Write a blog post
- Go on a podcast / do a radio address
- Write an editorial for the WSJ
- Issue a press release
- Call a press conference
- Hop on Youtube live
- Call up OAN
Hell, most of you assholes (except Josh Hawley) can get BOOK DEALS a good percent of the time.
So shut the fuck up about how you have no platform.
re: #467 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s harder for them to whip up a mob from half a continent away.
I support the Cobra Kai approach with Impeachent:
STRIKE HARD
NO MERCY
Incoming GOP rep. apologizes for saying ‘Hitler was right’ in speech at US Capitol
But people aren’t buying it…https://t.co/ZHHvDM7GkG— The Fighting Liberal (@texyellowdogdem) January 10, 2021
NEW! #AnatomyofCapitolAttack TURN SOUND ON!
I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump engaged in “violent, deadly and seditious acts” which betrayed his trust as President and endangered the security of the United States. pic.twitter.com/j9nJ1McTIo— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 10, 2021
Fuck both of these guys…
*Georgia man who traveled to DC for pro-Trump rally faces federal charges after threatening to shoot Nancy Pelosi on live TV.
*In search of hotel room and vehicle, police found an assault rifle, handguns and ”hundreds of rounds of ammunition.” https://t.co/BZ2nWthrmN pic.twitter.com/x6omaZ9Mih— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 10, 2021
re: #474 darthstar
Fuck both of these guys…
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They are who they said again and again and again they were.
re: #473 Teukka
I will take FDR any day. :)
.@RepBoebert as the mob of domestic terrorists descended on the Capitol: “Madam Speaker, I have *constituents* outside this building right now. I promised my voters to be their voice.”
pic.twitter.com/8Hm81xlfz3— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 10, 2021
Arrest the insurrectionists.
re: #474 darthstar
Fuck both of these guys…
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BTW, that black cop led that group of men away from the Senate chamber giving a number of people time to evacuate and for them to barricade the doors.
re: #350 lawhawk
PGA can still keep the tourney in NJ. They can hold it at Baltustrol.
Or Pine Valley.
She also live-tweeted the locations of her Congressional colleagues - including the Speaker - further exposing them to harm. pic.twitter.com/qlaEWHYA8q
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 10, 2021
re: #477 jaunte
Same lady who wants to be able to bring a loaded gun into the Chamber.
re: #475 Eclectic Cyborg
They are who they said again and again and again they were.
I wonder if Iowa man is getting fired from the masonry business now.
No lifetime pension.
No lifetime Secret Service protection.
No running for President.
No $1 million travel budget.#ImpeachTrumpNow— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) January 9, 2021
re: #481 Eclectic Cyborg
Same lady who wants to be able to bring a loaded gun into the Chamber.
Yeah, I still have another 20 hours of suspension thanks to a smart-ass tweet at her over that last Monday.
re: #443 🌹UOJB!
Forward their info to the FBI
re: #484 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Ooh…definitely impeach him again. Save America the cost of protecting him from the Russians.
re: #486 EstebanTornado1963
Forward their info to the FBI
Oh that has been done not only to the FBI but other agencies as well.
They need to learn that Actions Have Consequences and Right Wing Jesus Ain’t Gonna Save Their Asses.
Well. Well. Well.
So it only took almost dying from COVID & a violent insurrection egged on by Trump for Chris Christie to find his political manhood. 🤨 https://t.co/7DAW6r7gJA— Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) January 10, 2021
I will be very disappointed if the House doesn’t impeach again this week.
I’m still shaking with anger that there people remain in this White House saying “actually imposing a moderate judgment against a deadly demagogue for his deadly demagoguery in accordance with the wishes of nearly 2/3 of Americans is great for him politically!” JFC
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 10, 2021
re: #385 darthstar
I can understand Gary Player not condemning Trump’s terrorism and getting his freedom medal. He’s from South Africa where they terrorized black people for years. He even supported it until he “condemned it” years later.
re: #444 Eventual Carrion
My answer to those that tell me “It’s heritage” is:
You know what was heritage of us northerners during that time. If you saw that flag flying at a house or someone carrying it, you killed the people there and burnt the house down. Yea heritage.
From the pen of Aaron Sorkin/lips of Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night:
In the history of the South, there’s much to celebrate. And that flag is a desecration of all of it. It’s a banner of hatred and separatism. It’s a banner of ignorance and violence and a war that pitted brother against brother, and to ask young black men and women, young Jewish men and women, Asians, Native Americans, to ask Americans to walk beneath its shadow is a humiliation of irreducible proportions. And we all know it…
re: #466 TedStriker
Which would have made the prequels that much more interesting, but supposedly Lucas chickened out after a test screening and went back to the drawing board.
What I’d heard is that Lucas decided not to pursue that idea after overwhelming negative reaction to the Jar Jar character. The mistake, IMHO, was making him too buffoonish - if they’d maybe written in a scene or two that showed Jar Jar as potentially malevolent, it could’ve worked.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. terror leader heading to country’s border days before losing legal immunity https://t.co/WQbEibWbFt
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 10, 2021
It’s snowing here in Rockwall. First time in at least five years. It’s supposed to show for a while.
re: #474 darthstar
Now that’s the proper way to hold a rifle.
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Ok. I hate this guy but he has a point. There’s, of course, a long thread. Whatever.
(THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January 6 speech in DC—a speech now called an “incitement to insurrection,” and the basis for an article of impeachment coming Monday. This thread unpacks the speech. I hope you’ll read on and RETWEET. pic.twitter.com/ba6eaNScNW
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 9, 2021
Trump built less than a dozen new miles of wall.
It is one of the most obvious broken promises of his administration but his mob of gullible rubes are too credulous to realize they are being lied to. https://t.co/1Ih9knKdWp— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) January 10, 2021
re: #419 The Pie Overlord!
They wanted the shoes?
The photo on the left is the superior one IMO. The one on the right isn’t bad, but gets you focusing away from what’s important, which is face and arms crossed in determination.
re: #465 jaunte
There’s a section of my book about lynching devoted to the complicity of white church leaders. So let me ask the obvious question: what are white preachers and Catholic priests saying in their services this morning about Wednesday’s deadly attack on our democracy.
10:30 AM * Jan 10, 2021
I posted this yesterday—it’s very much an answer, and they didn’t wait until Sunday. (The natural tendency to think of the RC as a monolithic bloc is very naive.)
It’s a rally. He needs the adoration.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) January 10, 2021
re: #495 jaunte
He’s going to have a “Remember the Alamo!” moment.
re: #503 darthstar
Celebrating a failed fantasy wall.
re: #498 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ok. I hate this guy but he has a point. There’s, of course, a long thread. Whatever.
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I need to find a transcript.
re: #467 Eclectic Cyborg
Hawley can still get a book deal. Regenery can still offer him terms.
He can self publish too. Of course, the title is already take: Mein Kampf.
re: #503 darthstar
He’s going to have a “Remember the Alamo!” moment.
It would be better if he had to remember it because no one (outside his staff and security) showed up…..
re: #497 Ace Rothstein
Now that’s the proper way to hold a rifle.
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It’s a bullpup—everything on it is backwards.
Articles of impeachment can be found here:
re: #503 darthstar
He’s going to have a “Remember the Alamo!” moment.
Yup. It’s not a mistake to get people thinking that he’s at the Alamo - which is in San Antonio. The name is what he’s trying to play on - the romantic notion that it was a stand against Mexico and led to Texas independence from Mexico.
He’s using that romantic notion to further his own insurrection against the US government.
re: #457 Teukka
You know the theory that Jar Jar Binks was Darth Plagueis, right?
I would have actually made some sense out of a lot of otherwise stupid bits. Ah well…
re: #249 darthstar
Just read on dkos that one of the people who died was a woman who got trampled by other rioters while holding a Gadsden flag. Sounds a bit too funny to be true.
Trump promised his followers on Jan 6th “I’ll be with you” and then went home to follow events on TV and Twitter.
They should disown him over that act of cowardice.
A handy chart.
“Have my rights been violated?” pic.twitter.com/gunvJ5SbcR— #BLM Jillian Hurley Remove Hawley, Cruz & Johnson (@BeautyBind) January 10, 2021
re: #500 lawhawk
The one with Harris wearing the Chucks is clearly a test frame. And if they thought that was worthy of a cover, well, they’re just wrong.
re: #513 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump promised his followers on Jan 6th “I’ll be with you” and then went home to follow events on TV and Twitter.
They should disown him over that act of cowardice.
He was at Khe Sanh in spirit.
re: #513 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump promised his followers on Jan 6th “I’ll be with you” and then went home to follow events on TV and Twitter.
They should disown him over that act of cowardice.
Well, can you imagine if he’d led them on foot? They’d have to stop so many times for him to catch his breath the electors would have been certified before they got there.
re: #517 darthstar
Well, can you imagine if he’d led them on foot? They’d have to stop so many times for him to catch his breath the electors would have been certified before they got there.
Of course he could never have made it up all those steps on his own. But the fact was, it was an empty boast and promise…another example of him saying whatever he thinks people need to hear to get them to do what he wants them to do.
Must read thread
VIP thread please read the run up to the insurrection as it unfolded in the Trumpist sewers of the internet. https://t.co/atK9emVJhY
— Tarkloon (@Tarkloon) January 10, 2021
re: #419 The Pie Overlord!
Why did they go with such a lame photo when the one with the light blue jacket is clearly a much better shot?
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— susan (@susaninvegas) January 10, 2021
re: #519 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Of course he could never have made it up all those steps on his own. But the fact was, it was an empty boast and promise…another example of him saying whatever he thinks people need to hear to get them to do what he wants them to do.
I followed Trump’s orders and all I got was this lousy prison sentence.
It’s not enough to remove and convict Trump, Don Jr and Rudy. All 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election must step down or forced out. Every single one of them. pic.twitter.com/2Fh8kCVcFM
— Bryce Tache (@brycetache) January 10, 2021
This is Officer Liebengood — Howie — at a shift change in December 2014. Senators Coons and Blunt, and their staffs, would make and bring cookies over every year to mark the holidays and express our gratitude.
He was a real person and a good guy, and this is a terrible tragedy. pic.twitter.com/oGfj6PZWCn— Ian Koski (@iankoski) January 10, 2021
Say his name.
re: #519 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Of course he could never have made it up all those steps on his own. But the fact was, it was an empty boast and promise…another example of him saying whatever he thinks people need to hear to get them to do what he wants them to do.
He knew well beforehand that the Secret Service would never allow him to march with them.
re: #525 thedopefishlives
He knew well beforehand that the Secret Service would never allow him to march with them.
again, another empty boast
re: #1 austin_blue
I applaud Ma’s efforts.
He’s also the best cellist in the world.
Would be better if he covered Metallica.
/half sarc
re: #525 thedopefishlives
He knew well beforehand that the Secret Service would never allow him to march with them.
Even the failsons didn’t do it.
re: #528 darthstar
Even the failsons didn’t do it.
No they were too busy getting down on the dance floor to Laura Brannigan’s Gloria…
Imagine if 4 days after 9/11 there were no official federal briefings about it.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 10, 2021
re: #530 darthstar
Might not have been if it had been Dubya’s boys flying the jets…
re: #473 Teukka
No, FDR was an antifascist, not an antifa.
From the day of the attack:
Coordination. Conspiracy.
Coconspirators. Every last person from Trump on down should be facing felony murder charges due to the murder of a Capitol Police officer as part of their armed insurrection and failed coup. https://t.co/ppAZm7XtaA— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 10, 2021
There was coordination with the WH. That means every last one of the GOP treasonweasels in the WH are on the hook for felony murder.
FLASHBACK from Kkkarl Rove following 9/11: “…liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.”
re: #534 lawhawk
From the day of the attack:
There was coordination with the WH. That means every last one of the GOP treasonweasels in the WH are on the hook for felony murder.
And there is emerging evidence there was coordination within both chambers as well.
Impeach that motherfucker and make him find his own way back.
LATEST: Trump, confident VP and cabinet won’t attempt to remove him under 25th Amendment, is planning defiant final days in office—more pardons, trip to Alamo, possible action on Big Tech companies.
Story by @MarioDParker @josh_wingrove and mehttps://t.co/EDFapcPy0O— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 10, 2021
re: #533 Decatur Deb
Thank you.
Because being an antifascist doesn’t make anyone a member of a marginal far-left movement not averse to violence.
On the positive side, I learned last night my MIL gets her first vaccination on Tuesday and the follow up is already scheduled - everyone in her retirement community, and staff.
He ain’t gonna say shit about the Border wall, he’s going to spend the whole time ranting about the election and social media companies.
re: #537 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Impeach that motherfucker and make him find his own way back.
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That was my first thought. Impeach him on Monday and have the Senate convict before he lands in Texas on Wednesday.
re: #538 Nyet
Because being an antifascist doesn’t make anyone a member of a marginal far-left movement not averse to violence.
The point is to mainstream modern fascist thinking by branding anyone who opposes modern fascism as a violent radical.
re: #538 Nyet
Because being an antifascist doesn’t make anyone a mamber of a marginal far-left movement not averse to violence.
Shrug. Better AntiFa than not at all. See 145 above for my feelings on the subject.
Hi Charlie. Why’d you delete this? pic.twitter.com/x73KrzzPap
— ken olin📺 (@kenolin1) January 10, 2021
Rolling Stone has a slideshow of the terrorist attack. This pic caught my eye with the guy in the suit wearing a possible congressional pin. Anyone recognize him?
re: #546 EstebanTornado1963
Just doing my duty
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— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) January 10, 2021
re: #500 lawhawk
They wanted the shoes?
The photo on the left is the superior one IMO. The one on the right isn’t bad, but gets you focusing away from what’s important, which is face and arms crossed in determination.
The shoes, yeah but, that godawful pink crinkled velvet background & green vomit back of background is enough to bring on seizures in vulnerable people.
Warning: violent video. This footage shows rioters viciously beating police at the Capitol entrance. I hadn’t seen this clip, via @Storyful, until now. pic.twitter.com/21gcefdYPx
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) January 10, 2021
re: #474 darthstar
The guy from GA is the guy who paid for a digital QAnon billboard not far from my house. It was there for close to a year before it finally disappeared. Yeah, we have a LONG journey before GA can be considered anything less than a slightly lighter shade of red. There are a lot of these people around here. A lot.
WTF?
“The president should be very careful over the next ten days,” Blunt said. “Now my personal view is that the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again.”
These asshole make me want to scream.
Also, a heads up. Some rightio activists have taken to posting illegal forms of pornography in threads which displease them. One page to report such occurrences is:
help.twitter.com
I love Stephen Colbert pic.twitter.com/5Zu0nKhjUl
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) January 8, 2021
re: #547 Dr. Matt
May be wrong but isn’t that the one who lost a book contract with Simon & Schuster?
re: #553 BeachDem
WTF?
“The president should be very careful over the next ten days,” Blunt said. “Now my personal view is that the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again.”
These asshole make me want to scream.
It’s the Susan Collins approach. Furrowed brow and hope he doesn’t do anything bad.
We know Trump will try again. He’s a murderous sociopath. He’s just learned that his sycophantic suckup GOP will cover up his crimes, even armed insurrection and a failed coup.
He just did the equivalent of murdering someone on Fifth Avenue and getting away with it - a cop no less.
re: #557 lawhawk
Yes. He did say he would do it too.
😂😂😂
this clip has only become more relevant this week pic.twitter.com/OR9iq81m3f
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 10, 2021
re: #305 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Okay, people. Time is short and we have a mission.
We have eleven days to put together a band named the Leftist Overloads in time for the inauguration.
Play any instruments or sing?
I can play tambourine, does that help? Or cowbell.
Once a month this guy shovels 2/3 of a sheet cake into the trash and asks if it was worth it and then whispers “yes” pic.twitter.com/akPTEWPiYy
— Napoleon Bonasharte (@MuskTillDawn) January 10, 2021
re: #554 Teukka
Also, a heads up. Some rightio activists have taken to posting illegal forms of pornography in threads which displease them. One page to report such occurrences is:
help.twitter.com
Should think that would be easily traceable.
re: #563 🌹UOJB!
You get this in an e-mail from a brainwashed relative and you wish that psychiatric hospitals were still open…
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