Colbert: The Terrorists Who Attacked Congress at the President's Direction Came Prepared to Kill

Colbert: The Terrorists Who Attacked Congress at the President’s Direction Came Prepared to Kill

PoliticsJanuary 2021 • Views: 22,107

Stephen didn’t get a lot of sleep last weekend, as horrific scenes from last week’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played over and again in his head. It now appears clear that the armed mob, who were organized and cheered on by the president and his GOP backers in the House and Senate, came to the nation’s capital prepared to commit acts of violence against members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 12, 2021 • 9:58:12am

Get him out now before he kills again!

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:00:33am

Texans, have y’all noticed that the Seditionists like @SenTedCruz and his enablers like @JohnCornyn and my congressman, @TonyGonzales4TX have disappeared? Yep, when democracy needed protection, they ran… every one of the @TexasGOP . #theymustresign #TXtruthtopower

— Paul Cobaugh (@PLCNarrativeStr) January 12, 2021

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:05:49am

BREAKING: There are armed Pro-Trump protestors at the Texas State Capitol right now. The state has not banned guns on capitol grounds. Stay with @KVUE for the very latest. #txlege

— Christina Ginn (@ChristinaKVUE) January 12, 2021

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:07:03am

Guys on left: Texas DPS. On right, Texas Militia members. pic.twitter.com/SjkcBCanPe

— Asher Price (@asherprice) January 12, 2021

Egregious Philbin Jan 12, 2021 • 10:08:34am

re: #3 jaunte

Because….Texas…

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 12, 2021 • 10:10:30am

re: #5 Egregious Philbin

Because….Texas…

Michigan voted to ban guns.

So what is going to happen in TX when the shooting starts and the opposing sides cannot tell each other apart?

🌹UOJB! Jan 12, 2021 • 10:11:41am

re: #6 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Michigan voted to ban guns.

So what is going to happen in TX when the shooting starts and the opposing sides cannot tell each other apart?

Why them TexASS Militiamen believe JC is going to do some Divine Interventioning!

Dr. Matt Jan 12, 2021 • 10:12:09am

Jon Schaffer from Tampa metal band Iced Earth among those photographed storming U.S. Capitol

“Now he’s [Jon Schaffer…fucktard on the right] a wanted felon by the FBI with his picture plastered everywhere. In this kind of environment, after what happened yesterday, I can’t imagine anything more disgusting.”

jimmyvluv4u Jan 12, 2021 • 10:14:58am

re: #8 Dr. Matt

Yeah… he’s been a long time conspiracy nut job, well predating Trump. Not surprised he’s caught on with the Q crowd.

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:15:25am

re: #8 Dr. Matt

“…Schaffer went on Facebook Live and said, in part, “These people lie all the fucking time; it’s what they do. They’re feckless traitors. That’s what Congress is. They deceive all of us. I don’t care if it’s Parliament or whatever system you have — it’s a joke. They’re criminals, and they’re owned by criminal bankers, and that’s just the reality of it.”

Nazi siren

William Lewis Jan 12, 2021 • 10:15:50am

Just saw that Band-Maid dropped a new video:

BAND-MAID / Manners (Official Music Video)

Jay C Jan 12, 2021 • 10:16:51am

From last thread:

re: #558 jaunte

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The lying is fractal.

[Jim Jordan]’s just saying that people believe this, which they believe because of evidence that will be presented soon, with propaganda certainly not being involved in their delusions at all, because that would make it the lying party’s fault.

No sarc intended, because I really don’t know: Has Jordan (ever?) unequivocally stated that November’s election WAS honest/WASN’T “stolen”??

Eventual Carrion Jan 12, 2021 • 10:17:07am

The “accidental Eric” line cracked me up.

Orange Impostor Jan 12, 2021 • 10:18:00am

re: #6 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Michigan voted to ban guns.

So what is going to happen in TX when the shooting starts and the opposing sides cannot tell each other apart?

More than a few of those Texas DPS (and other law enforcement members) are fully in support of the far-right militia and are more than willing to turn a blind eye, if not making sure the “liberals and BLMs” don’t get too uppity.

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:18:22am

Republicans are literally out there telling Democrats they better let Trump get away with inciting violence or else.

However low you thought the party could go, this is lower still.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 12, 2021

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:19:44am

Well that only took a week or so. https://t.co/pIKy1aUPw8

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 12, 2021

Eventual Carrion Jan 12, 2021 • 10:21:01am

re: #10 jaunte

Nazi siren

Criminal bankers, like Deutsche Bank. I seem to remember someone fairly well know having shady dealings with that bank.

🌹UOJB! Jan 12, 2021 • 10:21:08am

Are they going to whack Gym Neighbors with Section 3 of the 14th Amendment or not?

EstebanTornado1963 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:21:16am

Thanks for new thread…website was endlessly crashing in both modes for me.

Dr. Matt Jan 12, 2021 • 10:22:51am

re: #9 jimmyvluv4u

Yeah… he’s been a long time conspiracy nut job, well predating Trump. Not surprised he’s caught on with the Q crowd.

I don’t know much about them, but the first video I see on youtube is their song “Anthem” and Schaffer is playing an Explorer with a Gadsden flag while he is wearing a confederate rag on his head. Go figure.

Barefoot Grin Jan 12, 2021 • 10:22:54am

re: #19 EstebanTornado1963

Thanks for new thread…website was endlessly crashing in both modes for me.

My Macbook Air is old and out of date. I thought it was just me.

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 10:23:12am

re: #15 jaunte

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every damn day

Republicans are literally out there telling Democrats they better let Trump get away with inciting violence or else.

However low you thought the party could go, this is lower still.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 12, 2021

wait for
‘sure he’s been out of office a month. what’s the harm in letting him sit behind the resolute desk for an hour.’

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:23:12am

re: #547 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Select the passage, long-press it and see what happens.

I don’t know what long-press means.

Jay C Jan 12, 2021 • 10:25:05am

re: #21 Barefoot Grin

My Macbook Air is old and out of date. I thought it was just me.

Not just you: though I only seem to have problems on my iPad - have to go to Spy Mode if the threads get over 120 comments or so.
When the posts will load at all, that is.

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 12, 2021 • 10:25:37am

The sad part about this is that it’s entirely plausible. https://t.co/7RJ5ADE0ET

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 12, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 12, 2021 • 10:26:25am

re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m sure those fine Xtian Republicans in the House already have a Dead Pool going

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 10:26:33am

The House GOP are abruptly removing tweets supporting last week’s seditious coup. Here is one that Pete Sessions removed to prevent knowledge of his treasonous participation. pic.twitter.com/HrtBz5wi2t

— Gordon McClendon🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@GordonMcClendon) January 12, 2021

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 10:26:53am

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I don’t know what long-press means.

Select the passage, press the mouse button, and hold it down until you see suggestions (e.g. “copy”). “Look up” should be one of them. (At least that’s the way it works for IOS.)

Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 12, 2021 • 10:28:01am

What if I told you that the reason a bunch of fascists descended on the Capitol in an attempt to install the dictator they love for another four years has fuck-all to do with policy? https://t.co/vTFCsopOFW

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 12, 2021

lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 10:28:12am

re: #16 jaunte

Imagine a foreign terrorist attack on US soil attacking a major US federal facility. We’d expect daily briefings from every natsec agency.

Well, here, all we got was a big shrug from Trumpworld’s natsec team from DHS to DOJ and FBI.

Why? Because *all* signs point to Trump & GOP

— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 12, 2021

lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 10:29:02am

Dan Scavino should be impeachment witness no. 1.

What exactly did he know about all of the online chatter about storming the Capitol before Jan. 6? And what did he tell Trump about it?
https://t.co/8uo9dG5dbU

— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) January 12, 2021

austin_blue Jan 12, 2021 • 10:31:30am

re: #7 🌹UOJB!

Why them TexASS Militiamen believe JC is going to do some Divine Interventioning!

This is all terribly embarrassing. This is two miles NNE of my house.

In North Austin.

Us po’ folk in South Austin can’t afford them saucy Cosplay duds or fancy shootin’ irons.

What we can afford is a deer rifle that’ll put a 30.06 bullet in a 3” circle at 400 yards over metal sights.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:34:04am

re: #3 jaunte

*insurgents. Not protesters. This isn’t a protest. Language matters.

— Calm-Ron (@KamranESQ) January 12, 2021

Renaissance_Man Jan 12, 2021 • 10:34:13am

re: #12 Jay C

From last thread:

No sarc intended, because I really don’t know: Has Jordan (ever?) unequivocally stated that November’s election WAS honest/WASN’T “stolen”??

Not sure any Republican has said that. No Congressional one, anyway - some state-level officials have.

Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 10:34:17am

UPDATE: Right-wing extremists are using encrypted channels to call for violence against officials on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Biden is inaugurated, with some extremists sharing knowledge of how to make, conceal and use homemade guns and bombs. https://t.co/y42UtqsfzM

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 12, 2021

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 10:38:52am

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

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plus they dont want medicare ‘for all’
(or is that part too obvious)

What if I told you that the reason a bunch of fascists descended on the Capitol in an attempt to install the dictator they love for another four years has fuck-all to do with policy? https://t.co/vTFCsopOFW

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 12, 2021

Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 10:43:37am

The endless deluge of lying and whining and distracting from the GOP is exhausting. Imagine the contempt these monsters feel for us, because they know damned well we see through their bullshit but keep doing it anyway.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

In the words of Donald Trump, “patriots.” https://t.co/uEC1t9ROpg

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

Jay C Jan 12, 2021 • 10:44:29am

Heh. From a comment at Balloon Juice:

Mike in NC

JANUARY 12, 2021 AT 1:41 PM

Expecting to see a report coming at any time now from the FBI (or CIA): “Trump determined to strike inside USA”

Orange Impostor Jan 12, 2021 • 10:46:39am

re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth

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These pro-Trump fascists don’t want Medicare for All.

They want a White Christian ethnostate with Trump being absolute ruler.

Dr. Matt Jan 12, 2021 • 10:46:51am

pic.twitter.com/UO7FsBI2zb

— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 12, 2021

Listen, we need unity now….. 😑😑😑

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 12, 2021 • 10:47:27am

re: #39 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

These pro-Trump fascists don’t want Medicare for All.

They want a White Christian ethnostate with Trump being absolute ruler.

President-for-life with the right to name his successor.

Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 10:48:37am

There are no words to adequately express how disgusting the Republicans are, but “fucking evil selfish dirtbags” comes close. https://t.co/R55fVJB2oo

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 10:52:06am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

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Listen, we need unity now….. 😑😑😑

He doesn’t understand that the far-right’s own children would eventually hang them for that atrocity.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:52:21am

re: #28 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Select the passage, press the mouse button, and hold it down until you see suggestions (e.g. “copy”). “Look up” should be one of them. (At least that’s the way it works for IOS.)

Hmm. In Windows 10 with those instructions I get a pop-up menu offering:

Copy
Select All
Search Ixquick (my default search engine) for the Hebrew phrase in question
Print
View Selection Source (I don’t know what that means)
Inspect Aspect Properties (that either)
Inspect Element (nor that)
No Script Menu (goes to my paranoiaware)

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 10:52:44am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

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Listen, we need unity now….. 😑😑😑

I can unify my foot with their ass. How about that?

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 10:53:59am

In a scathing resignation letter, Jason Schmid, a longtime senior House Armed Services Committee staffer, slammed the GOP members of the panel who objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win, particularly after a mob incited by Trump stormed the Capitol last Wednesday and left five people dead, Politico reports.

Wrote Schmid: “Anyone who watched those horrible hours unfold should have been galvanized to rebuke these insurrectionists in the strongest terms. Instead, some members whom I believed to be leaders in the defense of the nation chose to put political theater ahead of the defense of the Constitution and the republic.”

retired cynic Jan 12, 2021 • 10:55:02am

re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Select “Search”.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:55:13am

re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Aha! “View Selection Source” gives me the HTML string with the English translation in it.

It takes a truly stupid and historically ignorant member of the Jewish faith and/or heritage to speak against others being granted their basic rights…

אתה ממש, אבל ממש, חרא של בנאדם וחרא של יהודי.

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 10:55:38am

re: #19 EstebanTornado1963

Thanks for new thread…website was endlessly crashing in both modes for me.

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Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 10:56:27am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

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Listen, we need unity now….. 😑😑😑

That was an episode of Designated Survivor

pic.twitter.com/UO7FsBI2zb

— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 12, 2021

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:57:40am

re: #50 Dangerman

That was an episode of Designated Survivor

Huh. A variant on the honkycaust.

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 10:59:33am

re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Hmm. In Windows 10 with those instructions I get a pop-up menu offering:

Copy
Select All
Search Ixquick (my default search engine) for the Hebrew phrase in question
Print
View Selection Source (I don’t know what that means)
Inspect Aspect Properties (that either)
Inspect Element (nor that)
No Script Menu (goes to my paranoiaware)

“Search lxquick” might do it.

nines09 Jan 12, 2021 • 10:59:35am

jfc

Klete Keller was WEARING HIS OLYMPIC TEAM JACKET during the Capitol riot. https://t.co/t1wcArfTRF

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 12, 2021

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:01:02am

from Reuters:

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 12, 2021

makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 11:01:18am

Are we a rogue state yet?

from Reuters:

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 12, 2021

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:02:17am

re: #55 makeitstop

For another eight days.

retired cynic Jan 12, 2021 • 11:02:28am

Impeachment won’t keep Trump from running again. Here’s a better way. by Bruce Ackerman and Gerard Magliocca, WaPo.

It’s simple, they say. Use the same Section 3 of the 14th Amendment everyone is talking about for Hawley, Brooks, Cruz, etc. It would cover Trump, and requires only a majority of votes in the Congress, according to them.

I’m all for impeaching him again. Let the stain be seen. But if these men are right, this should be done, too, after the 20th, when Dems are in charge of the Senate.

Trump could overturn it, but would need 2/3 of each house to remove it.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 11:02:40am

re: #12 Jay C

From last thread:

No sarc intended, because I really don’t know: Has Jordan (ever?) unequivocally stated that November’s election WAS honest/WASN’T “stolen”??

Well yeah, the part of the ballot that elected HIM.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:02:49am

re: #55 makeitstop

Are we a rogue state yet?

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Or the nations are essentially deciding that talking to Pompeo 8 days before he and his boss get tossed is not worth the effort. Especially since Pompeo lies, his boss lies, and they’d expect to hear much different things from Biden and his SoS.

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:02:53am

re: #54 jaunte

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Who cancelled it?
“I quit right after they fired me”

from Reuters:

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 12, 2021

Patricia Kayden Jan 12, 2021 • 11:03:56am

re: #19 EstebanTornado1963

Thanks for new thread…website was endlessly crashing in both modes for me.

After 200 comments, I can’t access LGF. My iPhone won’t let me. 😞

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:04:21am

re: #53 nines09

Terrorists in other countries have to stay hidden and work from the shadows. Ours think they can work openly. Time to make them pay for that mistake. And others, of course.

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:04:41am

Pompeo shrinks to his actual size, is snubbed by Luxembourg.

gwangung Jan 12, 2021 • 11:05:12am

re: #57 retired cynic

Impeachment won’t keep Trump from running again. Here’s a better way. by Bruce Ackerman and Gerard Magliocca, WaPo.

It’s simple, they say. Use the same Section 3 of the 14th Amendment everyone is talking about for Hawley, Brooks, Cruz, etc. It would cover Trump, and requires only a majority of votes in the Congress, according to them.

I’m all for impeaching him again. Let the stain be seen. But if these men are right, this should be done, too, after the 20th, when Dems are in charge of the Senate.

Trump could overturn it, but would need 2/3 of each house to remove it.

Multiple methods, all ways lead to victory. Xanatos approves.

(And after the 20th, Trump is irrelevant).

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 11:05:15am

re: #49 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

This is why I don’t use DuckDuckGo. Tracert behind the hide bar.

Click to Reveal

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 11:05:21am

re: #61 Patricia Kayden

I recommend using a PC or a tablet. Much easier on the eyes.

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:05:58am

Trump now in South Texas.

The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 11:06:17am

Sourdough waffles! 🧇 pic.twitter.com/FgSSkmPr5T

— Key Lime Victory Pie (@Pie_Overlord) January 12, 2021

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:06:27am

re: #57 retired cynic

As I read the Constitution (IANAL), Congress may declare a person who’s been impeached and convicted ineligible. I’m not sure it would be automatic.

thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 11:07:24am

re: #69 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

As I read the Constitution (IANAL), Congress may declare a person who’s been impeached and convicted ineligible. I’m not sure it would be automatic.

It is not automatic, and a conviction must be secured in order to effect this.

gwangung Jan 12, 2021 • 11:07:36am

re: #69 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

As I read the Constitution (IANAL), Congress may declare a person who’s been impeached and convicted ineligible. I’m not sure it would be automatic.

It’s not. But if you can convict, it just takes a majority vote, so folks conflate the two.

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:08:04am

re: #61 Patricia Kayden

After 200 comments, I can’t access LGF. My iPhone won’t let me. 😞

See my #49.

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:08:24am

re: #69 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

As I read the Constitution (IANAL), Congress may declare a person who’s been impeached and convicted ineligible. I’m not sure it would be automatic.

Yes a separate vote after a vote to convict

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:09:01am

re: #54 jaunte

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said”

Why would they want to talk to a man who has less than a week left on his job? Would they not prefer to be talking to Biden’s choice of successor?

A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:09:56am

re: #70 thedopefishlives

It is not automatic, and a conviction must be secured in order to effect this.

Well, I did say someone who’s been impeached and convicted.

thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 11:10:47am

re: #75 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Well, I did say someone who’s been impeached and convicted.

You did. I’m having a busy day.

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:10:53am

The student editor of my town’s HS newspaper with some excellent reporting here. https://t.co/yMUuYN9Elf

— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) January 12, 2021

nines09 Jan 12, 2021 • 11:11:43am

re: #62 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Terrorists in other countries have to stay hidden and work from the shadows. Ours think they can work openly. Time to make them pay for that mistake. And others, of course.

That took balls. I guess he wanted to impress the fascists.

Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 11:13:04am

Rep. Jim Jordan R-OH in a House Rules Committee hearing today:

“I’ve never said this election was stolen” https://t.co/CxhGcB5Q4O

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 12, 2021

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Jan 12, 2021 • 11:13:06am

The Not Too Breitbartbarian, if you ask me. pic.twitter.com/x5I44D9GvM

— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 12, 2021

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:14:10am

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to impose a $1,000 fine on members who refuse to wear masks while in the U.S. Capitol complex, the Washington Post reports.

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:14:38am

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told MSNBC that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “screamed” at an officer for not doing “enough” to protect senators as the U.S. Capitol was being breached last week.

Said Brown: “I heard when the 75 senators were confined in a room with about 75 staff people, Lindsey Graham with his mask off started screaming at one of the officers — I think it was one of the captains — saying, ‘How come you didn’t protect us? It’s doing your job.’”

jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:14:49am

This is nonfeasance by @USBPChief @CBP @DHS_Wolf. You do not need an engraved invitation to defend a terrorist attack on the Capitol. My belief is that the lack of response was intentional and helped the insurgents. These “security professionals” knew exactly what they were doing https://t.co/bQXxUx8eOT

— Jenn Budd ✊🏻 (@BuddJenn) January 12, 2021

The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 11:15:15am

Also veteran Jason Crow who comforted a congresswoman having a panic attack, told an officer to give him his gun if he wasn’t gonna use it, and grabbed a pen and was ready to stab somebody with it. pic.twitter.com/NI2VwHA9VL

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 12, 2021

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:15:31am

One thing I can sort of agree on with people like Jordan:

We need to reform and revamp our electoral system.

But for what Jordan would consider all the “wrong” reasons:

to make it more inclusive, more transparent and more representative

They want none of that.

Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:16:34am

re: #82 Dangerman

Ps Lindsey 2 mos ago via Newsweek

This is a contested election,” he said in interview comments to host Maria Bartiromo. After subsequently recommending against Trump’s concession, Graham added: “Do not concede, Mr. President. Fight hard.”

Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 11:17:30am

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 11:17:35am

I believe the problem with longer threads is being caused by the embedded tweets. Twitter recently reprogrammed the way these tweets work, and they use MUCH more memory now. That’s also why they’re slower to display recently.

I’m exploring ways to help with this.

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Jan 12, 2021 • 11:17:38am

Top Republican aide on House Armed Services Committee Jason Schmid resigns.

His blistering letter calls out congressional Republicans

who propelled “poisonous lie” that election was illegitimate

who now fail to “rebuke these insurrectionists” #CountryOverParty pic.twitter.com/ESwUNdqflt

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 12, 2021

thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 11:17:59am

re: #84 The Pie Overlord!

told an officer to give him his gun if he wasn’t gonna use it

I like this man. He fights.

Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 11:18:58am

Right. This has gone way too far to be simple incompetence or “mistakes” or “failures.” It’s absolutely deliberate, and the real failure is the media’s, for refusing to see it when the evidence is right in front of their noses. https://t.co/8M9jtdC8Nn

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Jan 12, 2021 • 11:19:02am

re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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jaunte Jan 12, 2021 • 11:20:44am

From the bail memo: pic.twitter.com/5TzSCv2iSH

— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) January 12, 2021

Decatur Deb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:20:51am

Back from the Roto-rooter clinic. There’s an upside to this—taking the prep solution made a good dent in all this damn pandemic toilet paper.

All went well, but the 10 year old proctologist suggested I’ll be 80 for the next go-round, and might not want to bother.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:21:33am

re: #65 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

DuckDuckGo’s HQ is a stone’s throw away from me. I suspect a duo I saw on Sunday mornings eating breakfast in a local diner I frequented at the same time worked there since I overheard snippets of their conversation and it was generally IT shop talk regarding servers and network stuff.

TarHellion Jan 12, 2021 • 11:21:54am

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Whenever I see this cover posted it makes me think of the Grognak the Barbarian comics and costume you can find in Fallout 4.

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Jan 12, 2021 • 11:22:03am

One thing a lot of people don’t know about Harry Turtledove until they meet him: He is nearly 2 meters tall, 6’6”.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 11:22:08am

re: #77 jaunte

Damn. A number of high school journalists have been producing quality investigative reports over the past year or two.

An Oregon Man’s Violent Road To DC (Goes to the South Salem High School [Ore.] Clipian):

Among the Oregonians who traveled to Washington DC for what would become a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was Tim Davis, 59. Davis has been an identifiable presence at rallies that have turned violent across Oregon since July, including one in Springfield, another in Portland, and two in Salem.

In addition to being part of the group that stormed the Oregon State Capitol on December 21, this past week he was caught on video and in still photographs participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. It was his second trip to Washington DC in the past month attending events that turned violent.

(more)

Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 11:22:15am

re: #92 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Jan 12, 2021 • 11:23:05am

re: #79 Teukka

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Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 11:23:48am

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Eventual Carrion Jan 12, 2021 • 11:23:54am

re: #54 jaunte

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Good to see we are much more respected now. Isn’t that what tRump said? Didn’t some big, burly guy with tears in his eyes tell him that.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 11:24:11am

re: #96 TarHellion

Whenever I see this cover posted it makes me think of the Grognak the Barbarian comics and costume you can find in Fallout 4.

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You need a really nice PC to run it, and mods to make it work, but Fallout 4 VR is a lot of fun if you can meet the requirements of this poorly-optimized game.

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Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:24:22am

re: #94 Decatur Deb

Back from the Roto-rooter clinic. There’s an upside to this—taking the prep solution made a good dent in all this damn pandemic toilet paper.

All went well, but the 10 year old proctologist suggested I’ll be 80 for the next go-round, and might not want to bother.

doogie howser, right?

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Decatur Deb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:26:25am

re: #104 Dangerman

doogie howser, right?

Looked like Keanu Reeves in the first Bill and Ted.

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Florida Panhandler Jan 12, 2021 • 11:27:02am

re: #37 Charles Johnson

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It’s called an all-encompasing, character-defining sense of entitlement.

We have an entire subculture that is essentially a bunch of ultra-violent toddlers.

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Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 11:28:08am

re: #105 Decatur Deb

Looked like Keanu Reeves in the first Bill and Ted.

Even worse if he talked like him

First time I met (professionally) a doctor younger than me, I was not happy

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 11:30:42am

I may be stating the obvious, but MyPillow dude is nuts.

Oops, tweet got deleted. Dude’s still nuts, though.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jan 12, 2021 • 11:31:13am

re: #317 (((Archangel1)))

Say hello to this little feller from India.

Purely triva relative to chili discusison later thread:

It’s not from India, it’s from Bhutan. The anglicized “ghost pepper” comes from “bhut jolokhia,” where “bhut” can alternately be, depending on vowel length, the term for Bhutanese people (bhut) or a kind of regional undead (bhoot).

There’s the same thing going on with Naga jolokhia…they’re grown in Nagaland, by the Naga people, but nagas are also magic snake demigods.

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 12, 2021 • 11:33:37am

How grandson #2 is dealing with the covid lockdown:

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Mattand Jan 12, 2021 • 11:34:19am

So, for anyone who remembers the Bay of Pigs, is this feeling of “Shit’s gonna spiral out of control any second now” that I constantly have similar to what people felt back then?

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TarHellion Jan 12, 2021 • 11:35:01am

re: #103 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Yeah, no PC - but do have some PS4 mods that give you tons of items and unlimited weight carry. Beat the game and the DLCs a long while back. But fun to still run around with the OPd Harvester and take revenge on Deathclaws and Super Mutants. Yes, 53 years old but still very much 13!

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 11:35:57am

DETROIT (AP) — The AP has learned ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged in Flint water scandal.

— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) January 12, 2021

Good.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 12, 2021 • 11:36:16am

I listened to this podcast a while ago. Most Chinese are unaware of how their cuisine has been impacted by products from the New World, especially the chili pepper (Korea, too, of course).

supchina.com

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 12, 2021 • 11:36:19am

At this point, who’s going to trust anything they say.

I won’t trust them until Biden puts real government people back in government. Trump boot lickers are all full of 💩.

— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) January 12, 2021

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aatharuv Jan 12, 2021 • 11:37:40am

re: #109 The Ghost of a Flea

Purely triva relative to chili discusison later thread:

It’s not from India, it’s from Bhutan. The anglicized “ghost pepper” comes from “bhut jolokhia,” where “bhut” can alternately be, depending on vowel length, the term for Bhutanese people or a kind of regional undead.

There’s the same thing going on with Naga jolokhia…they’re grown in Nagaland, by the Naga people, but nagas are also magic snake demigods.

The Bhutanese eat chilli pepper as a vegetable, and their national dish is Chilli mixed with (yak) Cheese (Ema Datshi). Given that it’s not unreasonable they have a higher spice tolerance than the rest of us.

re: #114 Barefoot Grin

I listened to this podcast a while ago. Most Chinese are unaware of how their cuisine has been impacted by products from the New World, especially the chili pepper (Korea, too, of course).

supchina.com

India too. Chili peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplants and potatoes are all integral to Indian cuisine and all New World imports…

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Hecuba's daughter Jan 12, 2021 • 11:40:00am

re: #111 Mattand

So, for anyone who remembers the Bay of Pigs, is this feeling of “Shit’s gonna spiral out of control any second now” that I constantly have similar to what people felt back then?

Not Bay of Pigs. It was the Cuban missile crisis that led to panic.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 11:40:48am

re: #108 makeitstop

I may be stating the obvious, but MyPillow dude is nuts.

Oops, tweet got deleted. Dude’s still nuts, though.

Dude was really into crack. He has not made a recovery, just substituted extremist religion and far-right politics for the crack.

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sagehen Jan 12, 2021 • 11:40:50am

re: #50 Dangerman

That was an episode of Designated Survivor

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Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 11:42:21am

A good breakdown with visuals of the Trump-inspired terrorist attack on the US Capitol. https://t.co/1UGfl584f0

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 11:42:30am

Botanic Garden Evacuated. No other details. Located near Capitol.

— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 12, 2021

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Patricia Kayden Jan 12, 2021 • 11:42:34am

re: #113 makeitstop

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Good.

About bleeding time!

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:44:46am

re: #31 lawhawk

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I was just reading about Scavino and his Twitter duties for Trump from the very beginning in a book I got for Christmas, “Team of Vipers”.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 11:44:57am

re: #121 makeitstop

Oh hell. What now?

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🌹UOJB! Jan 12, 2021 • 11:45:54am

And we got another Karen making an asshole of itself!

And the comments in the thread are world class cracker trash which we expect to see from SNOOZEMAX!

BREAKING VIDEO: Protester interrupts Chuck Schumer presser in NYC. @newsmax pic.twitter.com/dSF3Nmt3dm

— Mike Carter (@MikeCarterTV) January 12, 2021

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:47:03am

re: #113 makeitstop

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Good.

Finally some accountability for poisoning a city’s water supply.

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Orange Impostor Jan 12, 2021 • 11:49:43am

re: #125 🌹UOJB!

And we got another Karen making an asshole of itself!

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I saw this video on YouTube just now, and they foolishly left the comments on.

So we get a deluge of (including openly anti-Semitic) comments of people who fully supported last week’s coup attempt, and were hoping that she would physically assault Schumer.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:50:47am

Gee, why wouldn’t they want to meet with the representative of a wannabe dictator whose coup failed?

— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 12, 2021

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Mattand Jan 12, 2021 • 11:51:59am

re: #117 Hecuba’s daughter

Not Bay of Pigs. It was the Cuban missile crisis that led to panic.

Yeah, sorry, that’s what I meant.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jan 12, 2021 • 11:54:02am

re: #116 aatharuv

India too. Chili peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplants and potatoes are all integral to Indian cuisine and all New World imports…

Eggplants are a solanum that’s native to East Africa and India, they weren’t part of the Columbian Exchange.

I have a small section of cookbooks that contain recipes from Europe prior to New World produce. You can definitely see why two of the trinity—chilis, tomatoes—caught on, as people were constantly trying to hit sweet/sour/savory with elaborate mixtures of fruit, nuts, dairy, etc.

I have a lot of Indian cookbooks, but none that really discuss what Indian looked like before those items, or highlighted how old recipes were. I’ve always been curious, because there’s some suggestive directions: many native piper species (and zanthoxylums) for piquancy, various local fruits and vegetables that break down to sauce, food that look more like the thin curries of South India or the sour-fruit propelled koresht in Iran and Afghanistan….

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 11:54:55am

I’m on the telephone … my wife’s first husband is calling to say his mother just died of Covid-19. She lived in Los Angeles County.

She was in a rehab facility after she fell and broke a pin in her hip which needed replacement.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 11:54:59am

Just on @MSNBC: During a briefing on security threats, House Democrats were reminded that the purchase of a bulletproof vest is a “reimbursable expense.”

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 12, 2021

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451_Montag Jan 12, 2021 • 11:56:02am

re: #88 Charles Johnson

I believe the problem with longer threads is being caused by the embedded tweets. Twitter recently reprogrammed the way these tweets work, and they use MUCH more memory now. That’s also why they’re slower to display recently.

I’m exploring ways to help with this.

It is the tweets. When the page loads, I stop it before the tweets load. They will then give the tweet but without the images and the tags showing the share etc.

The page is great and loads evertime, but the tweets not completely loaded. If you really want the tweet just reload the person who put it up with the reload icon on the right. As soon as you get to the end of the page and more comments are ready to be loaded the page loads with the tweets!!

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Patricia Kayden Jan 12, 2021 • 11:56:23am

re: #127 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

But we’re supposed to unite and heal with that lot, don’t you know?

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 11:57:37am

Just on @MSNBC: During a briefing on security threats, House Democrats were reminded that the purchase of a bulletproof vest is a “reimbursable expense.”

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 12, 2021

How fucked up this country is right now in a single tweet.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 11:58:17am

re: #121 makeitstop

USCP Evacuation drill at US Botanic Garden
*Maryland Ave SW btwn 1st & 3rd St’s SW is temp CLOSED.
/7066

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) August 20, 2015

They say it’s a drill. My understanding is federal facilities in DC are closed, so if true there shouldn’t be any visitors there.

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 11:59:03am

Joint Chiefs of Staff weigh in!

Just in: Joint Chiefs of Staff preparing rare message to entire force of reassurance: reminding them the job is to support & defend Constitution and reject extremism. Its a significant step. JCS have sought to stay out of politics. Statement due to gravity of events.

— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) January 12, 2021

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nines09 Jan 12, 2021 • 12:01:06pm

#mgiga pic.twitter.com/2k4sF7Pw31

— GI Welcome Centre (@CentreGi) January 12, 2021

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Belafon Jan 12, 2021 • 12:01:28pm

re: #137 makeitstop

Joint Chiefs of Staff weigh in!

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I’m just imagining the militia finding out the military won’t back them.

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Mattand Jan 12, 2021 • 12:04:17pm

re: #139 Belafon

I’m just imagining the militia finding out the military won’t back them.

I’m worried about the militia within the military.

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sagehen Jan 12, 2021 • 12:05:20pm

A way to make the impeachment process less divisive is for Republicans to join it.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 12, 2021

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 12:05:55pm

re: #125 🌹UOJB!

And we got another Karen making an asshole of itself!

And the comments in the thread are world class cracker trash which we expect to see from SNOOZEMAX!

I mean what was expected having a press conference on a nyc street

— sad gyal (@officialsadgyal) January 12, 2021

They are baiting all of us to do this so they have more “evidence” against us

— lynette (@sleepberri) January 12, 2021

Do you think you might have a self-control problem if you can be so easily “baited” by a politician on a street in the state he represents?

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 12:05:56pm

re: #140 Mattand

I’m worried about the militia within the military.

Maybe they’ll include a bit talking about courts martial in their statement.

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IngisKahn Jan 12, 2021 • 12:06:29pm

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BlueSpotinAL Jan 12, 2021 • 12:06:51pm

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 12:08:17pm

Programming note — I have been asked by Vox to not post clips of Trump’s remarks in Texas that could be construed as promoting violence, so my coverage of the event will not be in the familiar video thread format.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2021

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:10:03pm

We don’t negotiate with goddamned terrorists and armed insurrectionists. Had those who stormed the Capitol been foreign terrorists, you’d be claiming to prosecute every last coconspirator and accessory to the crime for high crimes.

Guess what: it was Trump & his cabal of cronies

— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) January 12, 2021

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 12:10:46pm

Breaking from reality completely was one option, but personally, I would have admitted that I did a terrible thing because I fell completely for a conman, if I were you.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) January 12, 2021

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HRH Stanley Sea Jan 12, 2021 • 12:10:48pm

Fortunate son & Billie jean played while he autographed the wall.

True

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Unabogie Jan 12, 2021 • 12:13:05pm

What Gym Jordan refuses to say is that Trump lost fair and square and that Trump and the GOP have been lying about it, working up his supporters into a murderous rage.

He can miss me with his calls for “unity.”

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:14:14pm

re: #144 IngisKahn

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HRH Stanley Sea Jan 12, 2021 • 12:14:27pm

DOJ presser about to start.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 12:14:38pm

re: #150 Unabogie

What Gym Jordan refuses to say is that Trump lost fair and square and that Trump and the GOP have been lying about it, working up his supporters into a murderous rage.

He can miss me with his calls for “unity.”

He’s trying to save face after lying in an attempt to end our democracy and being called on it, so he has to make noises about election issues. He has to go because he has no honor.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 12, 2021 • 12:16:31pm

Absolutely infuriating. I was just briefly checking MSNBC to see if FBI briefing had begun. They were interviewing Rep. Rochester of Delaware, the one who tried to give masks to colleagues while in shelter, and they cut away to Trump in TX. Why in the fuck is anyone giving him a second more airtime? FUCK HIM!

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Barefoot Grin Jan 12, 2021 • 12:17:24pm

OK, thank god, they’ve cut back to FBI.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Jan 12, 2021 • 12:17:37pm

REAL REPORTING: 1
GUY WHO RAGE QUIT BECAUSE HE CAN’T TAKE BEING EDITED: 0

anyway read this great piece from @dellcam and @dmehro analyzing Parler data showing some of its users were deep inside the Capitol: https://t.co/ff53kWElJT pic.twitter.com/PbnD1d2qEA

— hannah gais (@hannahgais) January 12, 2021

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A Mom Anon Jan 12, 2021 • 12:17:52pm

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

They cut away after about a minute. FBI is on now.

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:19:09pm

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

Absolutely infuriating. I was just briefly checking MSNBC to see if FBI briefing had begun. They were interviewing Rep. Rochester of Delaware, the one who tried to give masks to colleagues while in shelter, and they cut away to Trump in TX. Why in the fuck is anyone giving him a second more airtime? FUCK HIM!

On the one hand, agreed… but on the other hand, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on him and gather evidence. He’s still tge president* and might do something ELSE.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:19:16pm

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

Absolutely infuriating. I was just briefly checking MSNBC to see if FBI briefing had begun. They were interviewing Rep. Rochester of Delaware, the one who tried to give masks to colleagues while in shelter, and they cut away to Trump in TX. Why in the fuck is anyone giving him a second more airtime? FUCK HIM!

I am being Cancelled by news media!! Many people upset!!!

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:19:36pm

About fucking time:

DETROIT (AP) — The AP has learned ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged in Flint water scandal.

— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) January 12, 2021

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Barefoot Grin Jan 12, 2021 • 12:20:26pm

re: #158 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

On the one hand, agreed… but on the other hand, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on him and gather evidence. He’s still tge president* and might do something ELSE.

Point taken, though I think they should just record him and if necessary paraphrase his remarks.

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Unabogie Jan 12, 2021 • 12:20:48pm

I say this with anger beyond my ability to contain: Gym Jordan is a fucking liar.

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:21:10pm

re: #161 Barefoot Grin

Point taken, though I think they should just record him and if necessary paraphrase his remarks.

Works for me. Or excerpt the videos.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:21:35pm

“A long term investigation…”

This is gonna drive RWNJ crazy for the next several months

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:22:00pm

re: #162 Unabogie

I say this will anger beyond my ability to contain: Gym Jordan is a fucking liar.

“With” anger? (I hate autocorrect.)

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jeffreyw Jan 12, 2021 • 12:22:04pm

re: #90 thedopefishlives

I like this man. He fights.

Find out what whiskey he drinks and send a case to all the other congressmen.

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:22:52pm

re: #166 jeffreyw

Find out what whiskey he drinks and send a case to all the other congressmen.

Not the repugs, though.

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 12:25:16pm

Luxembourg elaborates. Ouch.

Luxembourg, refusing to meet with president-wannabe, Koch-bought Pompeo, is all of us:

“Mister Trump is a criminal, a political pyromaniac who should be sent to criminal court. He’s a person who was elected democratically but who isn’t interested in democracy in the slightest”

— Lindy Li (@lindyli) January 12, 2021

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:26:04pm

Next week:

If Joe Biden really wants unity and healing why doesn’t he shut down the DOJ/FBI investigation and pardon the patriot demonstrators from 1/6?

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Unabogie Jan 12, 2021 • 12:26:26pm

re: #165 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

I told you I was upset!

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thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 12:26:28pm

re: #168 makeitstop

Luxembourg elaborates. Ouch.

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Damn. We just got told.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 12:26:35pm

re: #168 makeitstop

Luxembourg elaborates. Ouch.

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Someone is totally out of fucks to give.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:27:06pm

re: #171 thedopefishlives

Damn. We just got told.

“But, but the USA under Trump/Pompeo has Swag!!”

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:27:34pm

“I owe the Never Trumpers an apology. They were right all along.” Thanks, @roddreher | The Road Out Of Nowhere - https://t.co/tSj2ctliP5

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2021

Dreher claims that he owes the Never Trumpers an apology. Umm… he owes Every Democrat an apology too. We warned everyone of exactly how bad this could be, and it was worse than that.

Dreher then goes on to wonder how Trump radicalized so many, all while ignoring the right wing ecosphere that manipulates and misinforms the GOP base. Fox isn’t mentioned a single time. Neither is Parler. Weird. How exactly did Trump convince his base that up is down, wrong is right, and that an armed insurrection and attempted coup were averted through sheer dumb luck.

The security situation included fuckups by the relevant agencies. They also were sabotaged by Trump and his coconspirators (again ignored by Dreher).

Mostly, he’s trying to have it both ways while somehow blaming others for his magical thinking and for the events that occurred last week.

Know who must be held accountable: Trump, his coconspirators and accessories. That’s from Trump on down.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:27:37pm

re: #168 makeitstop

Luxembourg elaborates. Ouch.

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“political pyromaniac”

Good title

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Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 12:27:56pm

re: #168 makeitstop

Luxembourg elaborates. Ouch.

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HOLY SHIT.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 12:28:29pm

re: #175 Sir John Barron

“political pyromaniac”

Good title

Add an S on the end and it’s a good band name, too.

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Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 12:29:02pm

Gizmodo can also confirm the FBI has already sought access to Parler’s location data in its search for Capitol riot suspects https://t.co/ZJxbxycv3N pic.twitter.com/E1IZW3Ht12

— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) January 12, 2021

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:29:18pm

re: #176 Teukka

HOLY SHIT.

This country very Rude to me. Many Americans upset!!

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:29:42pm

re: #178 Teukka

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But, but Glenn Greenwald says Parler innocent.

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Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 12:29:59pm

“We are looking at significant cases of sedition and conspiracy. […] Cases that carry up to 20 years.”

“People are going to be shocked by some of the conduct that happened inside the Capitol.”

- US Attorney briefing on prosecutions of domestic terrorists

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 12, 2021

US JUSTICE DEPT: “We’re looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition”

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 12, 2021

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:32:36pm

Says initial cases charged with misdemeanors. But “this is only the beginning.”
More significant felony charges coming tied to sedition and conspiracy.
Charges range from trespass to theft of mail to assault to theft of national security information to felony murder. 2

— Helen 0️⃣8️⃣ Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) January 12, 2021

In other words, expect a shit-ton of superseding indictments. Every last one of these people need to be held without bail as national security risks.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 12:32:42pm

re: #181 Teukka

“People are going to be shocked by some of the conduct that happened inside the Capitol.”

They smeared shit on the walls.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Jan 12, 2021 • 12:32:59pm

re: #162 Unabogie

I say this with anger beyond my ability to contain: Gym Jordan is a fucking liar.

It’s axiomatic as he is a conservative. All speech is in service of power.

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Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 12:33:30pm

He didn’t write this and he doesn’t believe a word of it. https://t.co/CtMXI82IBL

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 12:33:45pm

re: #182 lawhawk

They may be talking about the mental-patient who said he’s not a thief, and left a quarter, when he stole an envelope from Pelosi’s office.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 12, 2021 • 12:34:21pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

He said at one of his rallies he’d pay court costs for his supporters who rough people up.

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 12:35:47pm

Trump: “The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration.” pic.twitter.com/pKae9vTdXN

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 12, 2021

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:36:22pm

re: #188 The Pie Overlord!

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Wow he’s conceding

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:36:31pm

re: #182 lawhawk

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In other words, expect a shit-ton of superseding indictments. Every last one of these people need to be held without bail as national security risks.

At some point, I hope these indictments reach into the White House, right up to and including FFVCS.

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 12:36:38pm

Trump is delivering this speech right next to a section of border wall pic.twitter.com/qqD5WlP0tY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2021

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thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 12:36:45pm

re: #182 lawhawk

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In other words, expect a shit-ton of superseding indictments. Every last one of these people need to be held without bail as national security risks.

Oh, good. They’re absolutely throwing the book at them. I needed to hear that.

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The Pie Overlord! Jan 12, 2021 • 12:37:08pm

Trump delivered a low energy speech, then bizarrely was serenaded off the stage by the thumping beat of “YMCA” (he didn’t dance this time though) pic.twitter.com/hQUZrNoVVp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 12, 2021

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 12, 2021 • 12:37:27pm

re: #182 lawhawk

Do not ever, ever fuck with the mail. That will automatically land you in the pokey for a decade.

I don’t know how Congress does mail but I kept looking for the franking on that letter from Pelosi because I knew that man was in a world of hurt once I saw that in his hand.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:37:39pm

re: #193 The Pie Overlord!

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Just another campaign rally

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:38:15pm

re: #174 lawhawk

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Dreher claims that he owes the Never Trumpers an apology. Umm… he owes Every Democrat an apology too. We warned everyone of exactly how bad this could be, and it was worse than that.

Dreher then goes on to wonder how Trump radicalized so many, all while ignoring the right wing ecosphere that manipulates and misinforms the GOP base. Fox isn’t mentioned a single time. Neither is Parler. Weird. How exactly did Trump convince his base that up is down, wrong is right, and that an armed insurrection and attempted coup were averted through sheer dumb luck.

The security situation included fuckups by the relevant agencies. They also were sabotaged by Trump and his coconspirators (again ignored by Dreher).

Mostly, he’s trying to have it both ways while somehow blaming others for his magical thinking and for the events that occurred last week.

Know who must be held accountable: Trump, his coconspirators and accessories. That’s from Trump on down.

I scanned the article. The intellectual rot goes deeper than they think. Of course, being rotted themselves.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:38:17pm

re: #185 Charles Johnson

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Trump is just trying to save his own ass now. He is complicit in all of it.

— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 12, 2021

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Renaissance_Man Jan 12, 2021 • 12:39:07pm

re: #182 lawhawk

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In other words, expect a shit-ton of superseding indictments. Every last one of these people need to be held without bail as national security risks.

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:39:13pm

3. These guys aren’t playing. pic.twitter.com/Y3lP6GnCZ8

— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 12, 2021

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thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 12:39:57pm

There is no doubt that @AZGOP is completely and utterly insane, to the point of becoming a clear and present danger to the republic.

Also, “unity,” right? https://t.co/v4Rk9SM3LE

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) January 12, 2021

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gwangung Jan 12, 2021 • 12:40:11pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

A natural response.

But…you don’t think Merrick Garland’s going to take an interest in this?

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:40:54pm

re: #191 The Pie Overlord!

It would have been hilarious if someone tried to sneak through this brand new border fence while this was ongoing - if only to point out the absurdity of the whole thing.

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lawhawk Jan 12, 2021 • 12:41:34pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

This targets of this are members of Congress, so they’ll be pushing it.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 12, 2021 • 12:41:38pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

Not a chance. If they tried, Pelosi would walk into the prosecutor’s office and bitch slap them into the next year. They wanted to kill her.

Not going away. Not a single chance in hell.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Jan 12, 2021 • 12:41:53pm

re: #197 NO SMOCKING GUN!

I’m hoping he’ll wind up in a straitjacket. His narcissistic inner-world can’t hold up to a reality where he’s destroyed himself.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:42:10pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

I believe you are wrong, it will be a travesty if you are right.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jan 12, 2021 • 12:43:11pm

re: #174 lawhawk

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Dreher claims that he owes the Never Trumpers an apology. Umm… he owes Every Democrat an apology too. We warned everyone of exactly how bad this could be, and it was worse than that.

Dreher then goes on to wonder how Trump radicalized so many, all while ignoring the right wing ecosphere that manipulates and misinforms the GOP base. Fox isn’t mentioned a single time. Neither is Parler. Weird. How exactly did Trump convince his base that up is down, wrong is right, and that an armed insurrection and attempted coup were averted through sheer dumb luck.

The security situation included fuckups by the relevant agencies. They also were sabotaged by Trump and his coconspirators (again ignored by Dreher).

Mostly, he’s trying to have it both ways while somehow blaming others for his magical thinking and for the events that occurred last week.

Know who must be held accountable: Trump, his coconspirators and accessories. That’s from Trump on down.

See, this is what makes me nervous about the entire “conservative resistance” that tends to get a lot of column inches and air time: It’s implicitly built on (1) not acknowledging the cultural precursors to Trump in their full extent, (2) electing to ignore the leftists that have been saying this was going to happen for years and years. So…the people that have been right all along are still somehow cut out of the conversation and not credited as accurate analysts, but the people that have been wrong, over and over, are credited because they’re “discovering” existing criticisms.

We have an enormous class of political “experts” that are constantly wrong but continue to be compensated…enormously…while never acknowledging that they aren’t good at the thing that they do and have never been.

Unless…bear with me here…their actual job is to give a pseudointellectual gloss to arbitrary and stupid acts of people with lots of power, who will pay real money to have someone be their geopolitical nursemaid, petting their hair and telling them whatever thing they did wrong was normal and understandable…or simply didn’t matter in the long run because they’re special and loved.

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thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 12:43:27pm

re: #205 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I’m hoping he’ll wind up in a straitjacket. His narcissistic inner-world can’t hold up to a reality where he’s destroyed himself.

I don’t think he’s fully comprehending the damage he’s done just to himself (he couldn’t care less about damage done to the country). The removal of the PGA Championship from his golf club is the first indication to him that the Trump brand that he spent painstaking decades propping up with various shady cons and weasel words is collapsing.

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:45:59pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

You forget that members of Congress were under siege and in fear for their lives. They won’t forget.

And I don’t know about you, but neither will I.

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Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 12:46:31pm

re: #132 NO SMOCKING GUN!

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sure

- mandatory for the job
- and unsuitable as everyday wear (for now)

Just on @MSNBC: During a briefing on security threats, House Democrats were reminded that the purchase of a bulletproof vest is a “reimbursable expense.”

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 12, 2021

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Dread Pirate Ron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:46:33pm

Pompeo gave a speech in which he decried censorship and authoritarianism overseas. When a ⁦@VOANews⁩ reporter tried to question him afterward, the Trump-appointed director demoted her. ⁦@farhip⁩ https://t.co/BcL7XCzPXZ

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 12, 2021

“An Assault on the First Amendment” - @ZekeJMiller and #WHCA on punishment of journalist @pwidakuswara at Voice of America pic.twitter.com/NNI2rC28Mc

— WHCA (@whca) January 12, 2021

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:47:17pm

re: #200 thedopefishlives

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Looks like AZGOP is crazier than the CA repugs. A VERY considerable achievement.

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Dangerman Jan 12, 2021 • 12:47:46pm

re: #142 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Do you think you might have a self-control problem if you can be so easily “baited” by a politician on a street in the state he represents?

remember when hillary asked if you wanted a president who could be baited by a tweet

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thedopefishlives Jan 12, 2021 • 12:48:04pm

re: #212 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Looks like AZGOP is crazier than the CA repugs. A VERY considerable achievement.

See, at least in these parts, even our Republicans aren’t super crazy. Wait, what am I talking about… I live in the state that features Michele “I’m so crazy my eyes even show it” Bachmann.

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Teukka Jan 12, 2021 • 12:48:37pm

re: #199 lawhawk

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Dat whole thread. DAYUM!

2. DC Acting US Attorney: we are expecting hundreds of charges over the next few weeks and months.

Charges include: Trespassing, theft of mail, assault on officers, theft of national security information, etc.

— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 12, 2021

4. prosecutors are looking at this as a “significant counterterrorism or counterintelligence investigation.” Looking at money, travel records, disposition, movement, communicaftion records.

— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 12, 2021

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Mattand Jan 12, 2021 • 12:49:05pm

re: #174 lawhawk

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Dreher claims that he owes the Never Trumpers an apology. Umm… he owes Every Democrat an apology too. We warned everyone of exactly how bad this could be, and it was worse than that.

Dreher then goes on to wonder how Trump radicalized so many, all while ignoring the right wing ecosphere that manipulates and misinforms the GOP base. Fox isn’t mentioned a single time. Neither is Parler. Weird. How exactly did Trump convince his base that up is down, wrong is right, and that an armed insurrection and attempted coup were averted through sheer dumb luck.

The security situation included fuckups by the relevant agencies. They also were sabotaged by Trump and his coconspirators (again ignored by Dreher).

Mostly, he’s trying to have it both ways while somehow blaming others for his magical thinking and for the events that occurred last week.

Know who must be held accountable: Trump, his coconspirators and accessories. That’s from Trump on down.

This is why I can’t have these conversations with the “sane” conservatives/Republicans/”independents” I know. They cannot admit that the party is off the rails and has been, arguably all the way back to Nixon.

I keep having to remind people that if Nixon had Republican majorities, he’d have never resigned.

Sample size of one, but every time I have the “talk” with a supposed reality-based conservative, it enviably lurches into what about-isms; “What about BLM; what about her emails; what about Lewinsky; what about what about what about?”

Trump being an anomaly that came out of nowhere is the defense mechanism that keeps them both feeling safe and sabotaging any chance society can start accepting a shared reality.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:49:39pm

re: #208 thedopefishlives

I don’t think he’s fully comprehending the damage he’s done just to himself (he couldn’t care less about damage done to the country). The removal of the PGA Championship from his golf club is the first indication to him that the Trump brand that he spent painstaking decades propping up with various shady cons and weasel words is collapsing.

Trump is in deep trouble both financially and legally. He has massive debts coming due, and absolutely no-one is willing to lend him money anymore. No-one is going to pay him for his memoirs, or pay him to give speeches, or stay at his hotels or pay dues at his golf clubs. Even if he isn’t indicted, his prospects are limited to grifting off of his low information base, and that won’t be enough to pay his bills. He has fucked himself, and I’m here for it.

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Charles Johnson Jan 12, 2021 • 12:49:54pm

OK, I think I have a way to prevent those crashes people are seeing in long threads. It will take a little while to code.

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makeitstop Jan 12, 2021 • 12:50:59pm

Chamber of Commerce is a little upset…

TFW you’ve lost the nation’s largest business lobby:

* U.S. CHAMBER’S DONOHUE SAYS TRUMP’S CONDUCT LAST WEEK “WAS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE”@Reuters

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) January 12, 2021

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:51:09pm

re: #200 thedopefishlives

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pretty sure that at least neither Cindy McCain or Jeff Flake are current officeholders.

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Renaissance_Man Jan 12, 2021 • 12:51:30pm

re: #209 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

You forget that members of Congress were under siege and in fear for their lives. They won’t forget.

And I don’t know about you, but neither will I.

None of us will forget, but the entirety of US culture will be screaming for weeks that a little treason and threat of murder is nothing compared to the absolute calamity that is white Republicans facing consequences. That’s not really snark on my part either - it’s one of America’s core principles that these people never face consequences. I think it would break the country if they did.

A few Cletus nobodies might do a little time. But no official or politician will face any consequence.

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The Ghost of a Flea Jan 12, 2021 • 12:52:01pm

re: #205 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I’m hoping he’ll wind up in a straitjacket. His narcissistic inner-world can’t hold up to a reality where he’s destroyed himself.

As someone who survived a malignant narcissist…that’s sadly not how they work.

They externalize—shame become blame, blame becomes punitiveness and spite—and nothing is their fault. They try and cause lasting harm to both their “opponents” (people that didn’t comply) and their “supporters” (people that did comply) because resistance and inability-to-serve-perfectly are equally great failures.

And since they are confident that they are always the victim and always deserve more, they will also never stop attempting to configure some kind of transactional relationship in which they provide the minimum of affection in return for…as much as they can obtain, material or emotional, from anyone vulnerable enough to sign on.

Trump will not stop himself, nor break down so much that he won’t continue to be a parasite.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:52:07pm

re: #200 thedopefishlives

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Charges: Insufficiently loyal and slavish to our Emperor God Donald J Trump

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:52:26pm

re: #215 Teukka

Dat whole thread. DAYUM!

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Ali Alexander is in deep shit unless he stays in whatever spider hole he is hiding in.

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Sir John Barron Jan 12, 2021 • 12:53:06pm

re: #224 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Ali Alexander is in deep shit unless he stays in whatever spider hole he is hiding in.

I wonder if someone will be paying Charlie Kirk a visit

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Belafon Jan 12, 2021 • 12:53:25pm

re: #198 Renaissance_Man

We shall see. I can’t help but think that this will all simply be made to go away in a few months when the national spotlight is no longer there. A few misdemeanour charges, a few suspended sentences, and that’s the end of consequences.

I think you’re forgetting who will be in charge.

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nines09 Jan 12, 2021 • 12:53:50pm

re: #147 lawhawk

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Shhhhh…..Go back to sleep. Only the wind. Just the wind.

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gwangung Jan 12, 2021 • 12:54:31pm

re: #221 Renaissance_Man

None of us will forget, but the entirety of US culture will be screaming for weeks that a little treason and threat of murder is nothing compared to the absolute calamity that is white Republicans facing consequences. That’s not really snark on my part either - it’s one of America’s core principles that these people never face consequences. I think it would break the country if they did.

A few Cletus nobodies might do a little time. But no official or politician will face any consequence.

Sorry, but this makes no sense.

Merrick Garland isn’t going to take a half assed job. And it’s BECAUSE of that sizable percentage that think treason and murder is nothing.

And all of the Democratic Congresscritters are going to back him up.

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DesertDenizen Jan 12, 2021 • 12:54:37pm

re: #220 Sir John Barron

And Ducey is term limited out. He could run for Senate but his bungled covid response has only pissed off everyone.

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aagcobb Jan 12, 2021 • 12:55:16pm

re: #221 Renaissance_Man

None of us will forget, but the entirety of US culture will be screaming for weeks that a little treason and threat of murder is nothing compared to the absolute calamity that is white Republicans facing consequences. That’s not really snark on my part either - it’s one of America’s core principles that these people never face consequences. I think it would break the country if they did.

A few Cletus nobodies might do a little time. But no official or politician will face any consequence.

I’m confident you are wrong. These prosecutors are enraged about America’s first attempted coup, and they are not going to stop until everyone responsible is facing a jury, Trump included.

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A hollow voice says Plugh (says it all) Jan 12, 2021 • 12:57:30pm

re: #221 Renaissance_Man

None of us will forget, but the entirety of US culture will be screaming for weeks that a little treason and threat of murder is nothing compared to the absolute calamity that is white Republicans facing consequences. That’s not really snark on my part either - it’s one of America’s core principles that these people never face consequences. I think it would break the country if they did.

A few Cletus nobodies might do a little time. But no official or politician will face any consequence.

“The entirety of US culture?” Who is this “entirety?” Have you been listening these last few days? And it’s going to get worse, not better as time goes on.

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Eventual Carrion Jan 12, 2021 • 12:58:25pm

re: #215 Teukka

Dat whole thread. DAYUM!

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COPS Theme Song (TV Version)

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BeenHereAwhile Jan 12, 2021 • 1:00:41pm

re: #117 Hecuba’s daughter

Not Bay of Pigs. It was the Cuban missile crisis that led to panic.

During the Cuban missile crises, I was at school right across the St John River from the naval air base, and the base literally vibrated 24/7 during the crises.

Classmates from Key West said their parents told them machine guns and barbed wire had been set up on the beaches to repel any invasion.

Folk were genuinely scared.

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Renaissance_Man Jan 12, 2021 • 1:01:50pm

re: #228 gwangung

Sorry, but this makes no sense.

Merrick Garland isn’t going to take a half assed job. And it’s BECAUSE of that sizable percentage that think treason and murder is nothing.

And all of the Democratic Congresscritters are going to back him up.

Merrick Garland should be on the Supreme Court, as he was nominated by a Democrat President and every Democrat in Congress backed him up. But he is not, and Democrats can be as angry as they like about that, yet America cannot and will not hold Republicans accountable for blatantly stealing power, because in American culture, conservative white people stealing power is good and right. If the coup had succeeded and Democrats had been murdered, America would right now be preparing to crown Donald Trump king while media pundits asked Republicans if this was really the right thing to do, and then cutting away to football after they said yes. Because in America, conservative white people are supposed to be in power, and suggesting that these Brahmins are subject to the same laws as the rest of us is heresy.

Democrats can be as angry as they like. But America will not allow its high caste to be punished.

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Egregious Philbin Jan 12, 2021 • 1:02:29pm

re: #212 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!

Kelli Ward is nuttier than a port-a-potty at a weeklong pecan festival.

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BeenHereAwhile Jan 12, 2021 • 1:16:52pm

re: #192 thedopefishlives

re: #182 lawhawk

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In other words, expect a shit-ton of superseding indictments. Every last one of these people need to be held without bail as national security risks.

Oh, good. They’re absolutely throwing the book at them. I needed to hear that.

The feds are gonna do the ole “you can cooperate and help us with the investigation, or get some real serious time in federal prison” routine.

Nothing complicates your life like a federal indictment.

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BeenHereAwhile Jan 12, 2021 • 1:19:13pm

re: #194 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Do not ever, ever fuck with the mail. That will automatically land you in the pokey for a decade.

I don’t know how Congress does mail but I kept looking for the franking on that letter from Pelosi because I knew that man was in a world of hurt once I saw that in his hand.

He just thought Nancy Pelosi’s franking signature was just a souvenir autograph.

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TedStriker Jan 12, 2021 • 1:46:56pm

re: #188 The Pie Overlord!

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Nojay UK Jan 12, 2021 • 2:30:21pm

re: #130 The Ghost of a Flea

I have a lot of Indian cookbooks, but none that really discuss what Indian looked like before those items, or highlighted how old recipes were.

A long time back British TV got into producing “ethnic” sitcoms. One such series was about a Indian family in Britain who ran a restaurant named “The Jewel In India’s Passage” which probably gives you an idea of the sort of humour and braindeadness of the writing.

Anyways, one episode had a visiting cousin from India wearing a loincloth and nothing else who introduced authentic regional cuisine to the resturant’s menu. The (white) foodie types went gaga over this “real” Indian food, big writeups in glossy magazines and the like. It turned out when the menu item names were translated they were dishes like “Potatoes in a Bucket”.

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