VIDEO: Jordan Klepper Sees It All at the Capitol Insurrection
Pitchforks, Proud Boys, and a one-man “Tyranny Response Team.” Jordan Klepper saw it all at the Capitol insurrection. #DailyShow #JordanKlepper #Capitol
Pitchforks, Proud Boys, and a one-man “Tyranny Response Team.” Jordan Klepper saw it all at the Capitol insurrection. #DailyShow #JordanKlepper #Capitol
This is just terrorism. This is arguing the case for supporting terrorism. They’ll try to make it sound like something else hoping the media falls for it but you’re watching the Republican Party come up with new ways to condone and plan terrorism https://t.co/tvLZPon2Zc
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 12, 2021
Carrying from downstairs:
re: #217 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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.
It’s sinking in for him just now, at the very end, which is why he freaked out so badly when the PGA pulled out. He thought everything would be OK, even if it all failed, he could just skate on by with plausible deniability and maybe leverage his way out of Letitia James’s onslaught, but now he’s well and truly boned and he is finally coming to terms with it.
I admire what Klepper is doing, but he might want to lay low for a little a bit. I think he’s at that point where Colbert was when the Colbert Report first started. No one really quite knows who Kleeper is, so they’re more likely to expose themselves for the pieces-of-shit they are.
Sooner or later, though, someone’s going to catch on. And given this crowd is somehow now rationalizing killing cops in the name of Blue Lives Matter, it might get a bit rough.
Current mood: very tired of people who lecture me not to expose Nazis and white supremacists because it “amplifies” their message. It’s just fucking stupid to think this huge problem will go away if we ignore it. Probably going to start auto-blocking the lecturers.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021
Carrying over from downstairs:
re: #218 Charles Johnson
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.
This is why I fucking love this site. Thanks, Charles.
These are disconcerting observations - what does everyone here think Wray’s absence signifies?
Where is Chris Wray?
Since when is an attempted coup below a Director-level subject?— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 12, 2021
This briefing is a tale of two cities.
The FBI spokesperson inspired exactly zero confidence in the FBI’s focus on anything other than avoiding blame.
The US Attorney gave good reason to believe prosecutors will indeed be pursuing vigorous prosecution of offenders.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 12, 2021
re: #6 Interesting Times
These are disconcerting observations - what does everyone here think Wray’s absence signifies?
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Fuck tradition. Wray needs to go and be replaced with a pit bull.
re: #2 thedopefishlives
Carrying from downstairs:
It’s sinking in for him just now, at the very end, which is why he freaked out so badly when the PGA pulled out. He thought everything would be OK, even if it all failed, he could just skate on by with plausible deniability and maybe leverage his way out of Letitia James’s onslaught, but now he’s well and truly boned and he is finally coming to terms with it.
As are all those thugs who marched on the Capitol and thought they’d be going home without consequences. You love to see it.
Here’s what I’m going to do to fix the crashing problem some people are having with iPads and iPhones.
There will be a checkbox at the top of each thread labeled “Show embedded tweets.” It will start out unchecked by default. If you’re having the crashing problem, you don’t have to do anything - and this should fix it.
If you want to see a single embedded tweet in a comment, use the “Refresh comment” button in its top line and it will appear.
It’s going to take a couple of days to code and test this.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Current mood: very tired of people who lecture me not to expose Nazis and white supremacists because it “amplifies” their message. It’s just fucking stupid to think this huge problem will go away if we ignore it. Probably going to start auto-blocking the lecturers.
This is similar to my siblings getting mad at for recognizing a bunch of our cousins for the racist nitwits they are. “Just ignore them, they’re not changing, it’s not worth it.”
I know it sounds self-serving, but then I’m the one who gets yelled at for challenging the racist comments because everyone just wants to have a good time at the Memorial Day get together, despite cousin Robert dropping n-bombs left and right.
re: #4 Charles Johnson
“He beats his wife and kids. But don’t say anything, he only gets worse.”
Great advice.
re: #15 Eclectic Cyborg
I wouldn’t be against moving his gold plated toilet into his cell.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Here’s what I’m going to do to fix the crashing problem some people are having with iPads and iPhones.
There will be a checkbox at the top of each thread labeled “Show embedded tweets.” It will start out unchecked by default. If you’re having the crashing problem, you don’t have to do anything - and this should fix it.
If you want to see a single embedded tweet in a comment, use the “Refresh comment” button in its top line and it will appear.
It’s going to take a couple of days to code and test this.
Thanks. I’ll get you feedback when it’s live. Like I said earlier, I’ve found that killing javascript fixes the long thread crashing issue, but kills much of the site’s functionality. I”ve got the same problem with a bunch of other sites as well.
I’m still convinced that javascript is incompatible with iOS’s base code somehow.
re: #12 Mattand
This is similar to my siblings getting mad at for recognizing a bunch of our cousins for the racist nitwits they are. “Just ignore them, they’re not changing, it’s not worth it.”
I know it sounds self-serving, but then I’m the one who gets yelled at for challenging the racist comments because everyone just wants to have a good time at the Memorial Day get together, despite cousin Robert dropping n-bombs left and right.
I had a couple of relatives like that. I chose to ignore them because they were over 80. Younger ones, not so much.
re: #10 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
As are all those thugs who marched on the Capitol and thought they’d be going home without consequences. You love to see it.
White privilege is a hell of a drug. Welcome to the withdrawal, bitches.
Joint Chiefs con’t: “On January 20, 2021, in accordance with the Constitution, confirmed by the states and the courts, and certified by Congress, President-elect Biden will be inaugurated and will become our 46th Commander in Chief.”
— Katie Bo Williams (@KatieBoWill) January 12, 2021
Just a thought, but given what was said at the feds presser, what if they stumbled on something so big they simply can’t let it slide even one bit?
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
In regards to my wife’s first hub’s mother [behind the privacy bar], this is the first person she directly knew (in person) who came down with Covid-19.
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re: #17 Belafon
I wouldn’t be against moving his gold plated toilet into his cell.
As long as you don’t hook it up. He can use prison-supplied for that.
re: #6 Interesting Times
He’s a treasonweasel enabler whose failure to attend shows just how serious the FBI is about investigating the crimes committed all the way to the top (the ringleaders and those who funded these crimes). There’s obvious people who should be prosecuted: Trump, Junior, Rudy, Brooks, but also those who funded the trips from all over to the Capitol, who managed the rat line communications, etc.
After all, if this was a foreign terror attack, every LEO org would be involved and have their top people at the presser talking about how they’re going to root out every last person involved and charge them to the fullest extent of the law. It’s clear that Trump corrupting the DOJ and DHS among others has made that task even more difficult because it was all about protecting Trump from consequences of his failed coup.
That means that Wray and Wolf should also be hauled in and investigated themselves for their roles.
No stone left unturned.
We’d do this for a foreign terror attack. We must do the same when “Americans” engage in armed insurrection with the violent overthrow of the government as an end goal - and a cop murdered for good measure.
re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Deep State is installing Sleepy Joe11!!!!!!!!!!
One of the captured terrorists (“Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt guy) is actually named Packer. I wonder if he is related to noted 19th century Republican cannibal Alferd Packer? https://t.co/sdweRKX5eY
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) January 12, 2021
Are you guys watching MSNBC? Nicole Wallace is talking to a panel about militia who plan to block Democrats from entering Congress and plan to shoot to get this done. I can’t believe what’s going on in this county. Horrific.
re: #19 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
I had a couple of relatives like that. I chose to ignore them because they were over 80. Younger ones, not so much.
My cousins’ kids are all in their 30s with families of their own. It’s entirely possible that if I make it to my 70s, I’ll have seen five generations of that side of the family tree all explaining how they’re not really racist, but…
FBI Washington Field Office ADIC, Steven D’Antuono: “Even if you’ve left D.C., agents from our local field offices will be knocking on your door if we find out that you were part of the criminal activity at the Capitol.” pic.twitter.com/OV8GmYZwI9
— The Hill (@thehill) January 12, 2021
re: #18 Mattand
Thanks. I’ll get you feedback when it’s live. Like I said earlier, I’ve found that killing javascript fixes the long thread crashing issue, but kills much of the site’s functionality. I”ve got the same problem with a bunch of other sites as well.
I’m still convinced that javascript is incompatible with iOS’s base code somehow.
I don’t think it’s a problem with Javascript itself — disabling Javascript fixes the problem because embedded tweets are rendered with Javascript. Twitter has recently changed their embedding code substantially and embedded tweets now use much more memory than they used to.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Here’s what I’m going to do to fix the crashing problem some people are having with iPads and iPhones.
There will be a checkbox at the top of each thread labeled “Show embedded tweets.” It will start out unchecked by default. If you’re having the crashing problem, you don’t have to do anything - and this should fix it.
If you want to see a single embedded tweet in a comment, use the “Refresh comment” button in its top line and it will appear.
It’s going to take a couple of days to code and test this.
the show/refresh part is similar to how disqus works when I scroll through politicalwire.com on my phone
tweets and jpgs etc are behind a ‘view’ tag
you ‘view’ the ones you want to see (and can rehide them)
it’s not always clear what you’re gonna see, but it’s better than the other way
re: #32 Charles Johnson
I don’t think it’s a problem with Javascript itself — disabling Javascript fixes the problem because embedded tweets are rendered with Javascript. Twitter has recently changed their embedding code substantially and embedded tweets now use much more memory than they used to.
I can’t fathom from a technical standpoint why this would be necessary.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the leaders of each branch of the U.S. military, weigh in on the insurrection at the Capitol in this new memo: pic.twitter.com/4tiBwgs99h
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) January 12, 2021
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
I can’t fathom from a technical standpoint why this would be necessary.
Someone from Twitter needs to take a look at how much embedding we do. It kind of sounds like a “Everything’s fine when I embed one tweet in our test site.”
re: #35 jaunte
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Necessary because one political party has totally failed to defend the constitution.
re: #35 jaunte
What an elegant way to say: FUCK TR**P!
re: #35 jaunte
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they are aware that some of these people loons are in their ranks, right?
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the leaders of each branch of the U.S. military, weigh in on the insurrection at the Capitol in this new memo: pic.twitter.com/4tiBwgs99h
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) January 12, 2021
re: #39 Dangerman
they are aware that some of these
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I’m sure that they would be delighted to discover the identities of these people so they can be summarily charged with sedition and conspiracy and given a dishonorable discharge.
re: #39 Dangerman
I think it’s their way of saying don’t try anything.
re: #22 Teukka
I’m 99.999% sure that there were Russian agents in the mob.
FBI/DOJ press conference makes it pretty clear that the Capitol dragnet is going to be massive - stretching across entire country, lasting months, with charges against hundreds or even thousands.
The 160 cases open now will expand ‘geometrically’ — U.S. atty Michael Sherwin.— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) January 12, 2021
Trump shows why he needs to be removed from office today as he goes on a rant that includes the 25th Amendment being used on Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/gMoOhdLLjA
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 12, 2021
re: #32 Charles Johnson
I don’t think it’s a problem with Javascript itself — disabling Javascript fixes the problem because embedded tweets are rendered with Javascript. Twitter has recently changed their embedding code substantially and embedded tweets now use much more memory than they used to.
Thanks. I’ll have to go back and check out some of the other sites where I’m having iPad issues. cracked.com is one of them.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
I don’t think it’s a problem with Javascript itself — disabling Javascript fixes the problem because embedded tweets are rendered with Javascript. Twitter has recently changed their embedding code substantially and embedded tweets now use much more memory than they used to.
Chrome very kindly told me that the pages were crashing because it ran out of memory. Not that I hadn’t figured out at least that much.
Oh, and then there’s this asshole:
The head of the Republican Party in Texas is a terrorist. https://t.co/m1tIZCh4no
— Dr. Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) January 12, 2021
Trump pretending he didn’t direct the mob to attack the Capitol.
re: #39 Dangerman
they are aware that some of these
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Painfully so, I expect.
wapo
“They had come vowing to overturn the election, but at the first hint they might experience consequences for their actions, they assumed the posture of tourists who had accidentally gotten in line for Insurrection Mountain at the Magic Kingdom…”
“Was this a mob of domestic terrorists or a confederacy of clowns? Or worse, was it both: a mob doing unconscionable things that included men who somehow viewed the whole day as a field trip? Militant blood lust, commando cosplay, bright-eyed tourism and family bonding, all wrapped up together in what they decided was a fine way to spend a Wednesday afternoon.”
“These images will be the lasting brand of Trumpist masculinity, inspired and applauded by the president whose campaign press secretary went on television Monday to describe Trump as ‘the most masculine person, I think, to ever hold the White House.’ For better or worse, this is the brand: a combination of inchoate fury and utter buffoonery, feeding on each other as they become more angry and more preposterous.”
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Here’s what I’m going to do to fix the crashing problem some people are having with iPads and iPhones.
There will be a checkbox at the top of each thread labeled “Show embedded tweets.” It will start out unchecked by default. If you’re having the crashing problem, you don’t have to do anything - and this should fix it.
If you want to see a single embedded tweet in a comment, use the “Refresh comment” button in its top line and it will appear.
It’s going to take a couple of days to code and test this.
Thank you, Charles: nice to know we can get LGF tech support without waiting for hours in phone-tree Hell…..
re: #44 jaunte
Trump shows why he needs to be removed from office today as he goes on a rant that includes the 25th Amendment being used on Joe Biden.
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 12, 2021
He’s laying ground for the next talking point beginning on Jan 20th.
But, what an unhinged, undignified loser to start actually start talking about the 25A for a POTUS that hasn’t even been sworn in.
re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Condolences to him. That’s a real heartbreaker.
I haven’t really “come out”, as it were, about playing for the A-team for partly that reason. I don’t think I’d be looking at utter ostracizing like that; more like eye-rolling condescension coupled with maybe limited access to the younger nieces/nephews.
As I’ve said before, the few times I did with people I’ve known for decades, there was a palpable anger in the room.
re: #28 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
One of the captured terrorists (“Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt guy) is actually named Packer. I wonder if he is related to noted 19th century Republican cannibal Alferd Packer?
Is his nickname “Pudding”?
re: #52 Dr. Matt
He’s laying ground for the next talking point beginning on Jan 20th.
But, what an unhinged, undignified loser to start actually start talking about the 25A for a POTUS that hasn’t even been sworn in.
Still going with the mental fitness angle. Operating on their last orders from Moscow since they probably haven’t received new ones in a while.
Either that or they really think Kamala Harris is going to try usurp the office.
Or… they really want Harris to be president… ?
Congressional Republicans appear to want a mulligan on the insurrection thing. And it’s actually being considered.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 12, 2021
re: #44 jaunte
This is the worst paint job I have seen yet!
re: #61 451_Montag
CNN says Mcconnel thinks Trump is guilty!!
Then call the damn Senate back into session, asshole!
re: #21 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’ve been hearing from wingnuts all my life (including when I was in the Navy) that if the balloon ever went up, the military would have their backs.
Considering the people I worked with and the constant indoctrination of the military’s subservience to the Constitution and the duly elected civilian government, I always knew that was false.
Even as active duty or a veteran you can’t seem to convince them of this.
It’s astounding that twice now in a few weeks the military leaders have put out such letters of assurance to the populace. Moreover, this goes directly against the acting toady’s letter at DOD which tried to reframe this as a First Amendment Protest.
You were a participant in the seditious stunt that led to the siege of the Capitol that killed a cop, yet you’re whining about social media.
You should resign or be expelled from the House. @SpeakerPelosi
You are not a patriot. You’re sick.#Sedition #SeditionCaucus— Hal Perry (@halperry) January 12, 2021
re: #60 Jack Burton
That’s OK, I only need to plead the fifth dimension.
up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful baloooooooooooooooooooon!!!
re: #57 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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It’s actually being considered by whom? Democrats are moving forward with impeachment.
So I wake up and find… Trump is not impeached already?
As I noted before, it took less than 24 hours for the US to declare war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
If such a thing happened today, the House and Senate would take weeks debating the calendar.
re: #22 Teukka
Just a thought, but given what was said at the feds presser, what if they stumbled on something so big they simply can’t let it slide even one bit?
Since this has been building for weeks on public sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Parler, even a brain-dead intelligence chief in another country would have been able to move agents or activate useful idiots in advance of the Stupid Coup.
re: #43 jaunte
Sounds like “The Storm” really is upon us. But these assholes didn’t realize they would be the ones on the receiving end. Welcome back to reality.
re: #47 thedopefishlives
Oh, and then there’s this asshole:
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[wingnut] see, they’re not racist… Allen West, David Clarke, proves it has nothing to do with white supremacy..[/wingnut.]
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
re: #69 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I wake up and find… Trump is not impeached already?
As I noted before, it took less than 24 hours for the US to declare war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
If such a thing happened today, the House and Senate would take weeks debating the calendar.
Nancy tried for a unanimous consent resolution. Repugs blocked her. They will continue to slow everything down as much as they can.
Unlike Pearl Harbor. No, they wouldn’t take weeks on an external attack.
re: #73 jeffreyw
That’s really hard to believe. McConnell is nothing but a weasel so I’d have to see him saying that live to believe it.
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
I want votes to prove that. Anyone who votes against Trump’s impeachment and removal must themselves be expelled from Congress as coconspirators/insurrectionists and called out EXPLICITLY as such by GOP leadership.
Mind you, McCarthy is one of those backing Trump.
re: #76 Patricia Kayden
That’s really hard to believe. McConnell is nothing but a weasel so I’d have to see him saying that live to believe it.
Oh he’ll say it…on 1/21/21.
re: #75 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
Nancy tried for a unanimous consent resolution. Repugs blocked her. They will continue to slow everything down as much as they can.
Unlike Pearl Harbor. No, they wouldn’t take weeks on an external attack.
Posted this yesterday.
You can’t fund a Patreon or get NYT clicks with this take, but the remedy of choice our Founders left us was not electing obviously seditious men to the Presidency, not House rules. Now we have, and the tools for righting this are cumbersome. Voting for Clinton mattered, sorry
— ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) January 12, 2021
re: #60 Jack Burton
That’s OK, I only need to plead the fifth dimension.
re: #65 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful baloooooooooooooooooooon!!!
re: #66 plansbandc
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Now, that’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout; Marilyn McCoo, in her prime, could have sang her grocery list and I would have been ga-ga.
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
If he thinks that, why is he delaying it until the 19th?
re: #66 plansbandc
We just watched the Broadway show/movie Hair, and the end scene of the protests outside the White House was a striking departure from what we saw last week.
Far from armed insurrection, we saw throngs seeking peaceful protest and action.
Heal and unite, y’all!!
A Chicago-area man was arrested today after threatening to kill Democrats at Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Department of Justice announcedhttps://t.co/O9zq3Pq1vj
— POLITICO (@politico) January 12, 2021
re: #79 thedopefishlives
Posted this yesterday.
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I saw it. My post was the tl:dr version. 😉
re: #84 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
I saw it. My post was the tl:dr version. 😉
Fair enough.
re: #82 lawhawk
Love the movie. Have never seen the stage show. My dad saw the original Broadway production!
(He was a huge fan of musicals his whole life. Yet he was very far right. I don’t think that happens anymore.)
🚨BREAKING: acting Sergeant of Arms in the House informs Members:
▶️All members and staff must be screened via metal detectors before going in the House Chamber (unprecedented)—NO firearms allowed
▶️Masks REQUIRED on the House Floor pic.twitter.com/iewLRH1vKy— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) January 12, 2021
BREAKING: Rep. John Katko will vote to impeach President Trump. He’s the first GOP House member to publicly back impeachment.https://t.co/JQ52LT3mwA
— Chris Baker (@chrsbakr) January 12, 2021
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
Maybe the Senate will convict? I’m sure McConnell does not want Trump to be the 2024 GOP nominee.
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re: #86 plansbandc
The Mrs hadn’t seen the movie before, though she knew the songs. I’ve never seen the stage show before but had seen the movie:
“KILL THEM ALL GET THEM SHOOT THEM HANG THEM WE’RE COMING TO GET YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO END YOU. ALL OF YOU COMMIE LIBTARD SOCIALISTS.”
Can we kiss and make up?
re: #88 Dread Pirate Ron
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Boebert, for one, is going to throw a shitfit, but fuck her, the GOPers like her that are still tonguebathing Trump after last week, and the horses they rode in on:
re: #89 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Maybe the Senate will convict? I’m sure McConnell does not want Trump to be the 2024 GOP nominee.
McConnel might have finally come around to the fact that he needs Trump out of the way if he wants to see his party in power again in his lifetime.
re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
May his time be measured in seconds.
re: #95 nines09
May his time be measured in seconds.
I’d even settle for Scaramuccis if I knew for sure that it was coming.
re: #81 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
If he thinks that, why is he delaying it until the 19th?
Probably because old McTurtle wants to have it both ways: make a big show of “concern” about what’s going on (maybe Susan Collins can give him pointers) - but put off actually having to DO anything til the last minute - when Trump will be out the door anyway.
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
Heal and unite, y’all!!
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Coming on Fox News:
Why won’t Biden cancel the inauguration in the name of unity? He can see the anger that is brewing, can’t he?
Pt. 2:
Why won’t Biden resign in the name of national healing? He can see 70MM people are upset, right?
Memo authorized by Barr and signed by now acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen from last September. They intended it to be used against #BlackLivesMatter protesters and Antifa pic.twitter.com/Psw71KeN8X
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) January 12, 2021
Barr and Trump were hoping to use 18 USC 2384 against BLM and Antifa to disrupt their peaceful protests by calling it seditious conspiracy.
Guess what. Turns out we can use that very law to prosecute every last treasonweasel here who engaged in an actual armed insurrection and failed coup. Thing is, while Barr was indicating that you don’t need to have proof of a plot to overthrow the government, there’s increasing signs that there was indeed a plot carried out last week to do just that.
re: #92 nines09
“KILL THEM ALL GET THEM SHOOT THEM HANG THEM WE’RE COMING TO GET YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO END YOU. ALL OF YOU COMMIE LIBTARD SOCIALISTS.”
Can we kiss and make up?
My cousin posted a rant in FB blaming “the left” and mainstream media for the attack on the Capitol. I just responded with the 😢 emoji.
re: #91 lawhawk
Dad said the stage show didn’t really have a plot, so they did a pretty good job of making the movie coherent.
Was in the car getting Covid tested when the DC AG/FBI presser took place. Freakin’ awesome. They plan to make HUNDREDS of arrests before this is over.
re: #67 Patricia Kayden
It’s actually being considered by whom? Democrats are moving forward with impeachment.
I’m quite sure all Republicans are considering it.
re: #105 darthstar
Was in the car getting Covid tested when the DC AG/FBI presser took place. Freakin’ awesome. They plan to make HUNDREDS of arrests before this is over.
It is still appalling that the assailants were allowed to leave unsearched and unmolested.
re: #44 jaunte
Sarah Reese Jones
@PoliticusSarah
Trump shows why he needs to be removed from office today as he goes on a rant that includes the 25th Amendment being used on Joe Biden.
It’s possible that health issues could require that Kamala temporarily take over via the 25th amendment. What Trump doesn’t understand is that Joe would probably be in favor of using that process if he’s incapacitated. It’s never going to be used against him for being crazy as a bedbug, like Trump.
re: #69 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I wake up and find… Trump is not impeached already?
As I noted before, it took less than 24 hours for the US to declare war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
If such a thing happened today, the House and Senate would take weeks debating the calendar.
Today was the resolution asking Mike Pence to invoke the XXV Amendment. The article of impeachment is scheduled for a roll call vote tomorrow.
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
I suspect that this has already been pointed out in the many posts that I have not yet been able to catch up with. (Sorry, but I am simply just not capable of reading the daily thousand+ posts and still get other things in my life done.)
As I understand it McConnell is seeking to grab and hold as much power as possible. By holding off impeaching until after January 20th he is hoping to:
1. Cripple Trump by allowing sanctions that prevent him from seeking
further office and probably help render Trump politically and financially insolvent
2. Cripple the Trump wing of the GOP by making it leaderless
3. Foist blame for the impeachment on the Democrats
Not mentioned is that McConnell is demonstrating his complete indifference for and absolute lack of concern about, the United States and its citizens in general, and his constituents in Kentucky in particular.
McConnell only cares about power, not country or party
re: #112 EstebanTornado1963
McConnellThe GOP only cares about power, not countryor party
Small, but important, edit.
re: #111 ckkatz
It’s great watching the fortress crumble, but couldn’t they have done this last year? I feel like I just took down my impeachment decorations.
This: Democrats need to realize they’d be doing the GOP a favor by letting them take out the Trump legacy.
But bc of that they need to demand baggage too: Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tommy Tuberville. https://t.co/tEjw56Okew— Dr. emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 12, 2021
I am using the border as a metric of when to emerge from COVID hibernation.
The closure of the U.S.-Canada border has been extended through Feb. 21 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
https://t.co/cJBxbbMQLU— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) January 12, 2021
Ha! Nicely put:
re: #114 darthstar
I feel like I just took down my impeachment decorations.
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Did you get to cup the testicles of freedom today and get your medal?
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 12, 2021
re: #116 ckkatz
Ha! Nicely put:
Heard that elsewhere. It’s been about a year since the last impeachment.
re: #93 TedStriker
It’s the leg kick that always makes me laugh at that gif. 😂
re: #91 lawhawk
The Mrs hadn’t seen the movie before, though she knew the songs. I’ve never seen the stage show before but had seen the movie:
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I have both soundtrack albums: The off-Broadway album and the Broadway album.
There is a somewhat different mix of songs between the two versions of the show (because some people were offended by things like the nude bed scene and song).
(2:56, “The Bed” from the original off-Broadway show)
re: #111 ckkatz
Democrats are completely fine with taking the “blame” for impeaching Trump. We will wear it as a badge of honor. It had to be done.
This: Democrats need to realize they’d be doing the GOP a favor by letting them take out the Trump legacy.
But bc of that they need to demand baggage too: Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tommy Tuberville. https://t.co/tEjw56Okew— Dr. emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 12, 2021
re: #115 The Pie Overlord!
I am using the border as a metric of when to emerge from COVID hibernation.
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It will stay closed until there is a continual decline of cases in this country, which I don’t expect to happen until the weather gets warmer and vaccination levels increase significantly.
I am cautiously hoping I may be able to travel for Canadian Thanksgiving in the fall, but I’m not booking anything yet.
re: #115 The Pie Overlord!
I am using the border as a metric of when to emerge from COVID hibernation.
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Wait until you are vaccinated, or community spread has ended. Stay alive for your grandchildren.
well well well. lose the majority, fucks will be given. pic.twitter.com/yHpJEXrU9B
— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK 🇺🇲 (@chunkled) January 12, 2021
The “Joemygod” website is completely down. Whoa!
re: #114 darthstar
It’s great watching the fortress crumble, but couldn’t they have done this last year? I feel like I just took down my impeachment decorations.
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You get to choose one option, Republicans going along with making sure Trump doesn’t have a second chance, or you stall everything by demanding more heads? Which one do you choose?
re: #126 Patricia Kayden
The “Joemygod” website is completely down. Whoa!
Folks, it looks our hosting service is having a problem at the moment. Doesn’t appear to be JMG-related. Stand by…
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) January 12, 2021
Parler is offline, but violent posts scraped by hackers will haunt users https://t.co/0V81W6Px1N
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 12, 2021
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
dude, it’s all over the internet
how have you not seen it yet?
re: #81 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
If he thinks that, why is he delaying it until the 19th?
its to his personal benefit
re: #93 TedStriker
Boebert, for one, is going to throw a shitfit, but fuck her, the GOPers like her that are still tonguebathing Trump after last week, and the horses they rode in on:
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i already asked - who does she need protection from inside the building?
re: #93 TedStriker
Boebert, for one, is going to throw a shitfit, but fuck her, the GOPers like her that are still tonguebathing Trump after last week, and the horses they rode in on:
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It was her bragging about carrying a gun into the chamber that got me banned from Twitter for a week.
re: #133 Dangerman
i already asked - who does she need protection from inside the building?
You know it’s about her ability to threaten others.
re: #73 jeffreyw
NYTimes link
Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House. But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.
He isn’t wrong about Georgia. They knew letting the madman in would destroy the party, and they just let it happen.
But I was specifically told we were respected again.
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) January 12, 2021
re: #115 The Pie Overlord!
I am using the border as a metric of when to emerge from COVID hibernation.
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They might notice how much nicer it is without Americans.
re: #111 ckkatz
I suspect that this has already been pointed out in the many posts that I have not yet been able to catch up with. (Sorry, but I am simply just not capable of reading the daily thousand+ posts and still get other things in my life done.)
As I understand it McConnell is seeking to grab and hold as much power as possible. By holding off impeaching until after January 20th he is hoping to:
1. Cripple Trump by allowing sanctions that prevent him from seeking
further office and probably help render Trump politically and financially insolvent2. Cripple the Trump wing of the GOP by making it leaderless
3. Foist blame for the impeachment on the Democrats
Not mentioned is that McConnell is demonstrating his complete indifference for and absolute lack of concern about, the United States and its citizens in general, and his constituents in Kentucky in particular.
review your priorities!
re: #136 Punish Domestic Terrorists
He isn’t wrong about Georgia. They knew letting the madman in would destroy the party, and they just let it happen.
Because they thought Trump could be used for their Republican donors’ benefit.
And he was. They used Trump to lower taxes for their wealthy donors.
Now they don’t need Trump anymore.
re: #137 Patricia Kayden
Pompeo wanted some last photo ops but the rest of the world is watching him with abject horror as he destroys US policy on his way out the door.
Because I love that gif…and the thought of Republican careers going down the toilet.
— Mama Bean (@beanbrightly) January 12, 2021
re: #138 Punish Domestic Terrorists
They might notice how much nicer it is without Americans.
And it looks like some of their nuts were already on this side of the border.
re: #88 Dread Pirate Ron
▶️All members and staff must be screened via metal detectors before going in the House Chamber (unprecedented)—NO firearms allowed.
▶️Masks REQUIRED on the House Floor
The Lauren Boebert Rule.
Liz Cheney: “The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President…I will vote to impeach the President.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 12, 2021
re: #133 Dangerman
i already asked - who does she need protection from inside the building?
Her own voters sacking the Capitol, apparently.
re: #145 jaunte
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That’s two Republicans voting to impeach. And a bunch of them will hide behind Liz for protection and follow suit.
trump took 5 years and did this
“The Justice Department and FBI have created a sedition and conspiracy task force to pursue charges against participants in the storming of the U.S. Capitol and are investigating any links to domestic or foreign instigators,” the Washington Post reports.
re: #145 jaunte
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I’m glad for this, but it does make me wonder if McConnell just told everyone it’s ok to do this.
After 1974, Nixon was banned from all Republican conventions.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 12, 2021
And look how well Republicans learned the lesson of Nixon.
re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Because they thought Trump could be used for their Republican donors’ benefit.
And he was. They used Trump to lower taxes for their wealthy donors.
Now they don’t need Trump anymore.
Even more important to them were the judges the put in place to cripple the judiciary. They’re in place, again Trump isn’t needed anymore.
After Trump is gone, the Turtle needs to be investigated for his crimes against turtle-dom… er, humanity. America. American turtles? Something like that…
Maybe not being able to learn lessons about criminals is inherent in conservative thinking.
MI state rep just now wearing a plastic face mask. I think that’s a suffocation risk.
The executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association has resigned. The group sent out robocalls the day before the pro-Trump riot urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/IQcdCvrRC9
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 12, 2021
everywhere I turn, I hear Queen
Joint Chiefs of Staff: The military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership and remains committed to protecting our Constitution.
All 8 members say in a joint memo the “violent riot” by Trump-supporters was a “direct assault on Congress, US Capitol, and Constitution.”— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 12, 2021
Trump began his term by celebrating the white supremacist domestic terrorist mob that murdered Heather Heyer.
Every single one of the Republicans coming out against him now had ZERO problem with it.
Make no mistake — these aren’t principled stands. The rats are abandoning ship.— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) January 12, 2021
Don’t let them sweep it into the memory hole.
Good luck with that, Governor. This is an open-carry state. Your party incited the mob, now you get the fallout.
Governor Ricketts urges Nebraskans to be ‘thoughtful’ about bringing guns to Capitol protests.
Spoken like someone with full-time security who knows he will never be targeted by white supremacists.https://t.co/075FQ3fo0b #NELeg— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 12, 2021
re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Because they thought Trump could be used for their Republican donors’ benefit.
And he was. They used Trump to lower taxes for their wealthy donors.
Now they don’t need Trump anymore.
And they got 3 Justices and hundreds of federal judges.
re: #156 DodgerFan1988
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Joint Chiefs of Staff: The military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership and remains committed to protecting our Constitution.
All 8 members say in a joint memo the “violent riot” by Trump-supporters was a “direct assault on Congress, US Capitol, and Constitution.”— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 12, 2021
All 8 members say in a joint memo the “violent riot” by Trump-supporters was a “direct assault on Congress, US Capitol, and Constitution.”
glad we got that part out of the way
now can we agree it goes all the way to the top, hunt each one of them down and hold every single one of them responsible?
They’re still going to fuque that chicken all the way to hell.
Guns have no place where tough, sometimes emotional debate takes place. Imagine if guns would have been at the US capital?
— The Ghost of George Norris (@ghostofnorris) January 12, 2021
I think there were a number of guns.
It’s extremely lucky that only the one woman died from what it appears was an unnecessary level of force.— Keith Nickum (@keithnickum) January 12, 2021
Wrong. She was invading the House of Representatives where the Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Vice-President were located. She faced off against people with guns. She was wearing a backpack with unknown objects in it whilst the police were disarming bombs places in two locations, and a truck was searched for guns and Molotov cocktails. She was warned away. She was shot because she was a direct threat to the leaders of the government. That was not an unnecessary level of force, and she chose to be there.
re: #159 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And they got 3 Justices and hundreds of federal judges.
Those three justices are forever tainted.
re: #160 Dangerman
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glad we got that part out of the way
now can we agree it goes all the way to the top, hunt each one of them down and hold every single one of them responsible?
The FBI, DCPD, the various service branch CISs, they’re all working on it
Psychedelic Mushrooms Grew in a Man’s Veins After He Injected Them https://t.co/CJdnvjhA1Z pic.twitter.com/h6Y5m2mhrg
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 12, 2021
re: #164 Patricia Kayden
2020: This year is so weird
2021: Hold my beer
re: #147 darthstar
That’s two Republicans voting to impeach. And a bunch of them will hide behind Liz for protection and follow suit.
I wonder how many will be so gutless that they’ll vote ‘present’?
Dec 2019:
Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney has been outspoken against impeachment, calling it in recent speeches a “sham” and waste of time.
apnews.com
WASHINGTON - Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, said Monday on Fox & Friends that Turkey’s invasion of Syria is a “part of” the result of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump by Democrats.
usatoday.com
re: #151 jaunte
And look how well Republicans learned the lesson of Nixon.
The Republicans learned the lesson of Nixon very well. In Watergate, there were enough GOP senators with principles to force Nixon to resign.
Therefore the solution was obvious — ensure there would be no future GOP senators with principles.
there are thousands of insurrectionist assholes having panic attacks and sleepless nights over this. think of them sitting in their basements around the country, panicking at the impending ass-whupping and dismayed that their privilege won’t protect them from this. For many of them, their lives as they’ve known them will soon come to an end.
because law enforcement isn’t fucking around. There is going to be a run of mini-Nuremberg’s the next two years.
maybe that’s why mcconnell is supporting impeachment. This will already be an albatross for the Rs. The attack won’t fade in memory if there are trials going on for the next 2-3 years at least. Especially if some are elected republicans……..
re: #167 jaunte
Dec 2019:
WASHINGTON - Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, said Monday on Fox & Friends that Turkey’s invasion of Syria is a “part of” the result of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump by Democrats.
usatoday.com
Rat leaving sinking ship.
With the benefit of hindsight, would you say that the Nuremberg Trials were divisive ?
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) January 12, 2021
re: #147 darthstar
That’s two Republicans voting to impeach. And a bunch of them will hide behind Liz for protection and follow suit.
It’s actually looking like Pelosi’s decision to not immediately impeach has actually garnered the effort more momentum and some Republican support as more donors began to pull funds away from Republicans who supported the attempted coup.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) January 12, 2021
re: #174 Dangerman
Not to mention all of the new videos of these violent thugs that are emerging.
re: #174 Dangerman
part of the Calc to see if Trumps Cabinet would do the right thing… when they wouldn’t, shoes dropped and public outcry and the business community decided that sedition is bad for bidness and now… well obviously the GOP Congress is finding out that the GOP Senate is more than willing to cut bait and leave them twisting… long knives indeed. All we need now are the Rains of Castlemere to be playing in the background, this is going to be a Political Red Wedding.
re: #175 stpaulbear
Not to mention all of the new videos of these violent thugs that are emerging.
She knew they were out there.
She is really good at her job.
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
FOX reporter. Read this thread, then go to his latest.
3) Third, Cheney is tactically positioning herself as a threat to McCarthy and Scalise in leadership. They got too close to the President. The President essentially ordered a raid on the Capitol. McCarthy and Scalise could be seriously damaged goods here.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 12, 2021
re: #147 darthstar
That’s two Republicans voting to impeach. And a bunch of them will hide behind Liz for protection and follow suit.
The article I just saw said it was up to 10 Republicans.
re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She knew they were out there.
She is really good at her job.
Who’s ‘she’? There were a lot of people taking video. I don’t know who you mean.
NEW: Former White House and Trump campaign officials say President Trump would have been informed of online chatter about plans to storm the Capitol through his social media team’s close monitoring of pro-Trump online communities such as TheDonald & 8kun. https://t.co/6OVmKD3E32
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 12, 2021
re: #11 Charles Johnson
Here’s what I’m going to do to fix the crashing problem some people are having with iPads and iPhones.
There will be a checkbox at the top of each thread labeled “Show embedded tweets.” It will start out unchecked by default. If you’re having the crashing problem, you don’t have to do anything - and this should fix it.
If you want to see a single embedded tweet in a comment, use the “Refresh comment” button in its top line and it will appear.
It’s going to take a couple of days to code and test this.
This new feature is now active! Note that showing embedded tweets is OFF by default. If you want it to be on, scroll up to the top of the comments and use the checkbox labeled “Show embedded tweets.”
You may need to reload the page to see it.
re: #185 Charles Johnson
This new feature is now active! Note that showing embedded tweets is OFF by default. If you want it to be on, scroll up to the top of the comments and use the checkbox labeled “Show embedded tweets.”
You may need to reload the page to see it.
“A couple of days,” he says. Show-off.
Hopefully, this will let the folks who’ve been having crashing problems start seeing all the comments again.
re: #183 Teukka
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At a minimum, he should be impeached for not informing law enforcement.
re: #182 stpaulbear
Who’s ‘she’? There were a lot of people taking video. I don’t know who you mean.
I assumed the reference went all the way back to the tweet, which was referring to Nancy Pelosi.
Cancer got Rush Limbaugh.
Sad.
I hope cancer can beat that disease.
re: #187 Charles Johnson
Hopefully, this will let the folks who’ve been having crashing problems start seeing all the comments again.
Will it also let all the people with commenting problems see all the crashes? You know we’re all watching for the crashes.
re: #186 thedopefishlives
“A couple of days,” he says. Show-off.
Repair estimates like Scotty.
“Mr. Scott, do you always multiply your repair estimates by a factor of four?”
“Certainly, Sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?”
A page of comments finishes loading MUCH faster with embedded tweets turned off, by the way. But you won’t see embedded images and videos in the un-rendered tweets, just the text.
re: #150 jaunte
Michael Beschloss@BeschlossDC
After 1974, Nixon was banned from all Republican conventions
Nixon was gone but not forgotten.
During a conversation with a partner at Rogers & Wells in 1978, I was told that Nixon still had meetings with upper echelon Republicans.
Impeach & Remove pic.twitter.com/dwcDAFbcZH
— Jolie -Justice First, Unity Later- Lucas 🌊🌊💛💚 (@Mooney4me) January 12, 2021
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They’re still going to fuque that chicken all the way to hell.
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Wrong. She was invading the House of Representatives where the Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Vice-President were located. She faced off against people with guns. She was wearing a backpack with unknown objects in it whilst the police were disarming bombs places in two locations, and a truck was searched for guns and Molotov cocktails. She was warned away. She was shot because she was a direct threat to the leaders of the government. That was not an unnecessary level of force, and she chose to be there.
I think her death stopped those hords from advancing. If she had gotten through others would have followed.
Play stupid Insurrection games, win stupid prizes including death.
But wait - you CAN still see the embedded images and videos without refreshing a comment. Just use the icons in the blue bar under the tweet.
re: #189 thedopefishlives
OK. There was a lot of info in that comment.
re: #193 Charles Johnson
A page of comments finishes loading MUCH faster with embedded tweets turned off, by the way. But you won’t see embedded images and videos in the un-rendered tweets, just the text.
It’s funny, my desktop only shows the text of tweets. My android phone will show the whole tweet up until oh, 500 ~ 600 posts in the thread (fits what you’re saying about memory). Be interesting to see how it plays out.
I agree that she was the first member of a paramilitary entry team. I think that the only question is whether she realized that she was.
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They’re still going to fuque that chicken all the way to hell.
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Wrong. She was invading the House of Representatives where the Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Vice-President were located. She faced off against people with guns. She was wearing a backpack with unknown objects in it whilst the police were disarming bombs places in two locations, and a truck was searched for guns and Molotov cocktails. She was warned away. She was shot because she was a direct threat to the leaders of the government. That was not an unnecessary level of force, and she chose to be there.
The most I’ve ever agreed with @Liz_Cheney was reading these words:
“There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States to his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
Thank you Congresswoman. https://t.co/PqGsW4VR3f— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 12, 2021
re: #195 darthstar
I like the original version better - Click on all of the images that show an asshole.
re: #179 HRH Stanley Sea
FOX reporter. Read this thread, then go to his latest.
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Oh man the trumpers responding to that are hella pissed.
It’s glorious!
re: #200 William Lewis
If your desktop computer shows only the text of tweets, you must have Javascript turned off, or something is preventing our Javascript file from loading.
All of this wonderful ethical revulsion in our congressional Republicans is directly proportional to the number of corporations that have said they’ll turn off the money spigot.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 12, 2021
re: #187 Charles Johnson
Hopefully, this will let the folks who’ve been having crashing problems start seeing all the comments again.
Can you still see the text of the tweet? Or is it all or nothing?
re: #179 HRH Stanley Sea
FOX reporter. Read this thread, then go to his latest.
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The Fox News viewers posting in that thread are so pissed, LOL.
re: #202 darthstar
I wonder if dear old Dad gave her some advice on how to shiv her main party leadership competition over this issue.
re: #208 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Can you still see the text of the tweet? Or is it all or nothing?
You’ll see a text-only version of the tweet, with the LGF blue bar underneath.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
The only problem I see is sizing. You can’t read the whole text because it’s wider than the screen.
Again, to show embedded tweets in any comment, just click that comment’s ‘Refresh’ button and it will display the fully rendered tweet.
Donald Trump Jr. is now under criminal investigation in the District of Columbia. Everyone who incited this terrorist insurrection must be held responsible. pic.twitter.com/koybXfg1Pq
re: #214 Charles Johnson
Again, to show embedded tweets in any comment, just click that comment’s ‘Refresh’ button and it will display the fully rendered tweet.
What I do is click on the comment number to open it in a new tab. The full tweet displays there. Then I can tweet or simply swipe back to the main page without having to load up anything else.
This is excellent!
Thank you!
OK, that sizing issue should be fixed now.
re: #206 Charles Johnson
If your desktop computer shows only the text of tweets, you must have Javascript turned off, or something is preventing our Javascript file from loading.
I just looked in my settings and Javascript is on and no sites are blocked.
This is the new version of MS Edge (based on Chrome) and I run the dev version. I’ve just presumed as long as this has been going on, that it’s a bug in Edge messing with your Javascript. If I click through the tweet it pops up in full form on Twitter’s web page. I find that’s usually enough for me since I don’t Tweet myself.
How to sing like Whitney Houston when you’re facing jail time and you were never really about that life: https://t.co/SIKx7NR3n2
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) January 12, 2021
Cool. My new RAID enclosure was just delivered. I have one 2TB drive for it, gotta get another.
McConnell may well be okay
With seeing impeachment, they say.
He’s still a dark force
Of evil, of course,
But Trumpism’s now in his way.— Limericking (@Limericking) January 12, 2021
Remember the impeachment proceedings from a year-ish ago that were because Trump had solicited foreign interference in the election and then obstructed the proceedings?
And the Senate declined to even hear testimony or see documents, and then acquitted?
Yeah, me too.— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) January 12, 2021
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
2020: This year is so weird
2021: Hold my beer
I said a while back that 2021 would begin on January 20, and I’m sticking to that.
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This stray very good boy greeting devotees as they leave the temple is exactly what I needed today..
We don’t deserve dogs… pic.twitter.com/z8Cf4iQTxP— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 12, 2021
Saw this line from TPM:
TPM Reader SC: “This is a Republican Benghazi, except that not only does the Republican Party get to be the cavalry that didn’t show up they get to be the terrorists, too. Very efficient.”
re: #226 A hollow voice says, 25th my ass, impeach!
I said a while back that 2021 would begin on January 20, and I’m sticking to that.
I dunno. The attack on the Capitol was a pretty low moment, but aside from that this year’s been off to a pretty damn good start. Some of that, granted, has been consequences of said low point.
re: #211 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I wonder if dear old Dad gave her some advice on how to shiv her main party leadership competition over this issue.
Dear old Dad still has connections at CIA, made a few phone calls, he knows how ugly the TBA evidence is.
re: #225 jaunte
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Major diff this time is that everyone in Congress was a witness to what Trump egged on; when even Turtle is looking amenable to convicting him (if only to attempt to pull his and the GOP’s asses out of the fire), even with the timeframe being so short, it’s a sea change.
re: #223 Charles Johnson
Cool. My new RAID enclosure was just delivered. I have one 2TB drive for it, gotta get another.
You’re serving your site on prem?
Trump’s border wall is a con. A fraud. It always was a con, right from the start. An OBVIOUS con. But he managed to scam a lot of people into believing it was a real thing. That was a big flashing red sign that the Trump cult was unmoored from reality and dangerous.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021
re: #232 darthstar
You’re serving your site on prem?
To back up his new-to-him Mac Pro he just got to replace the one that released its magic smoke which he uses to manage/create LGF stuff; the site is still hosted with Hosting Matters, IIRC.
re: #227 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Stray? Or reincarnation of a former priest at that temple?
re: #234 TedStriker
Yes I’m still with HM. I don’t have the bandwidth to host a site like LGF in my home office.
re: #223 Charles Johnson
Cool. My new RAID enclosure was just delivered. I have one 2TB drive for it, gotta get another.
What RAID level do you plan to use with it? I used to do RAID 1 here at home but I didn’t bother when I set up Windows 10 on my newest machine.
re: #222 jaunte
Now this is getting serious press.
re: #232 darthstar
You’re serving your site on prem?
No, it’s for my main desktop computer, the Mac Pro. The old one died catastrophically — something overheated, the fan suddenly got REALLY loud, and both monitors went black — and I had some problems with the backup system. So I’m putting together a better backup system.
re: #200 William Lewis
It’s funny, my desktop only shows the text of tweets. My android phone will show the whole tweet up until oh, 500 ~ 600 posts in the thread (fits what you’re saying about memory). Be interesting to see how it plays out.
What browser are you using? Some of them don’t load images, by default or by choice.
re: #233 Charles Johnson
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And remember, from way back on January 5, 2021…
The Trump administration is continuing to award border wall contracts in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency, including in areas where private land hasn’t yet been acquired, an unusual move that will complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to halt construction…
Attempts to halt construction completely, as Biden promised, will prove difficult, particularly if contracts continue to be struck — a challenge Morgan acknowledged Tuesday. “They could terminate those contracts if they want to, but that’s going to be a very lengthy, messy process,” Morgan said.
re: #227 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Better than shaking the Priest’s hand.
And now there’s three Republicans for impeachment.
re: #242 BeachDem
And remember, from way back on January 5, 2021…
The Trump administration is continuing to award border wall contracts in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency, including in areas where private land hasn’t yet been acquired, an unusual move that will complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to halt construction…
Attempts to halt construction completely, as Biden promised, will prove difficult, particularly if contracts continue to be struck — a challenge Morgan acknowledged Tuesday. “They could terminate those contracts if they want to, but that’s going to be a very lengthy, messy process,” Morgan said.
Though if a DOJ investigation turns up signs of the contracts being awarded in exchange for graft I presume that will nullify them out of hand.
re: #240 Charles Johnson
No, it’s for my main desktop computer, the Mac Pro. The old one died catastrophically — something overheated, the fan suddenly got REALLY loud, and both monitors went black — and I had some problems with the backup system. So I’m putting together a better backup system.
Gotcha.
Story…https://t.co/JSe9Bu3kvl
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 12, 2021
This refresh for embedded tweets function is amazing.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 deaths are now greater than everyone who was estimated to be living here in 2019:
Bakersfield.
I still think this is one of the best machines Apple made. Extremely easy to upgrade in many ways. The new ones don’t even approach this level, even if they are faster (but not THAT much faster) and prettier.
re: #233 Charles Johnson
Well Trump’s ND contractor buddies Fisher Sand and Gravel made a lot of money, but they’re going to wind up in jail.
Well I just hope they don’t put him in the same cell with the “Camp Auschwitz” or “6MWE” guys…
BREAKING: Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a NY Supreme Court judge was arrested in Midwood Brooklyn on Tuesday morning for his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot. pic.twitter.com/MweFpdvLkX
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) January 12, 2021
This is a very tough fight, with worse to come. The Republicans are falling apart but they are clinging to power like trapped rats. Makes you wonder what they see looming on the other side.
“all the great struggles of history have been won by superior will power wresting victory in the teeth of odds or upon the narrowest of margins.”
-Winston Churchill, May 1941
Something else Churchill said, in July 1940, when American pundits gave them 3 weeks.
“We’re going to win, you know.”
They know their donations will dry up if they continue supporting Trump. https://t.co/jILjPTWnRh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 12, 2021
re: #257 Charles Johnson
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re: #255 The Pie Overlord!
Well I just hope they don’t put him in the same cell with the “Camp Auschwitz” or “6MWE” guys…
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Well I suppose we can guess who will NOT be hearing that case.
Down at Chihuahuita Park, just off Santa Fe Street a peaceful assembly of people protesting against President Trump’s visit to Texas was briefly interrupted by this man who began yelling racial slurs at the crowd and starting fights. Strong language warning! @abc7breaking pic.twitter.com/3yTtJeBLl3
— Michael Gordon KVIA ABC-7 (@MichaelGordonTV) January 12, 2021
Liz Cheney should invite all the House Sedition Caucus members to go hunting with her father.
This is simple. @TeamUSA, @USASwimming must insist @olympics strip Klete Keller of his Olympic Swimming Medals. Today. He has dishonored his sport and his nation. https://t.co/n2z9uD6eZA
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 12, 2021
I have to admit I like this new feature a lot. Really speeds up the comment section.
re: #257 Charles Johnson
THIS. It’s all about the fucking money, as usual.
Don’t get me wrong, I love watching the GOP squirm and some of these assholes starting to face serious consequences for their actions.
But it should never have taken THIS FUCKING LONG to get here.
re: #256 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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re: #209 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The Fox News viewers posting in that thread are so pissed, LOL.
Good. They need to be pissed.
— Coping MAGA (@CopingMAGA) January 13, 2021
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
Much love and respect to the folks peacefully protesting 45’s visit to TX today.
Given recent events, that took exceptional courage.
Never let them silence you. pic.twitter.com/qTlrBMBVPi— Fierce Sword of Compassion (@FierceSword) January 12, 2021
re: #262 DodgerFan1988
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Now that he is identified, he’ll probably be going to prison, so he may need to smuggle those medals in to barter for cigarettes or whatever.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) January 13, 2021
re: #269 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I’m sure Trump would want one to go with his Purple Heart. Maybe he’ll make a good offer.
Great thread.
“There is this obsession with dying for Christ, even if only metaphorically.”
insightful thread https://t.co/YNbuXvYAi1— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 12, 2021
re: #190 nines09
Cancer got Rush Limbaugh.
Sad.
I hope cancer can beat that disease.
Did he finally die? Mendacious, evil man.
re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
I want him to live long enough to see Trump get impeached, removed and the Republican party destroyed.
And not much longer after that.
re: #274 Eclectic Cyborg
Don’t think so. Turned 70 today.
re: #272 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Sheffield is stealing my gimmick!
Yeah, what we see with Trump is the long painful and at time dangerous death of fundamentalist Christianity in the US.
We are behind some other parts of the globe in this regard (yet other parts of the globe are still in an fundamentalist Christianity explosion.)
Fundamentalism in these theistic religions is the desperate attempt for escape from our existential dilemma. So the crisis is real for these people.
Violence happens because we are very violence-prone primates. Religion is used to justify or excuse our guilt (if we ever dare reflect on our own nature.)
I notice Texas once again rumbling about Secession. It’s not going to happen. Way too many big corporations would pull out or pressure the leadership for fear of being HQ’d in what will be an international pariah white supremacist state. Picture a combination of Putin’s Russia with Aparthied South Africa.
Gone would be any semblance of the American Bill of Rights. No Freedom of Speech- Companies would be forced to carry the worst propaganda by the racist right wing assholes who run the state and speech counter to their narrative would be censored -just like in Russia. Texas would set up a virtual wall similar to China filtering out content not agreeable to the government’s current whims and all internal media controlled by draconian laws
Also gone would be Freedom of Religion- there would be a quasi-state religion comprised of the worst of the con man celebrity preachers imaginable in on the official take payed by the Nation of Texas- similar to the setup currently in Russia and the Orthodox Church. It would be a circle jerk of corruption and direct religious support of politicians and political decisions by Jesus hucksters. All other religions would be actively monitored and suppressed including Catholics and Jews.
Forget about demonstrations against the government or the police. They would be actively beat down and killed.
Unions (except for police unions loyal to the Governor/President) would be outlawed.
Racial injustice will skyrocket with most blacks ejected from the state or forced to leave or killed.
I grew up in Texas and know what really goes on behind closed doors and from the outwardly friendly faces. It is a fraud. The vast majority of people there are average normal people but are greatly overwhelmed by the sheer political power and wealth of the elite class and the sheer number of racist upper class whites who control all the shots.
Gerrymandering on steroids would be the new Apartheid and all power political and economic command authority would be centered on the Governor/President’s mansion and supported by the wealthy Texas similar to how the Oligarchs in Russia partner with Putin.
Again, it isn’t likely to happen but I think it is concerning that an internationally-reviled racist state could border what remains of the US.
re: #276 Egregious Philbin
I wanted him dead in 1995 when he told all my male sales colleagues it was ok to sexually harass feminazis. How dare women try to be equal!
re: #265 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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re: #278 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Sheffield is stealing my gimmick!
Yeah, what we see with Trump is the long painful and at time dangerous death of fundamentalist Christianity in the US.
We are behind some other parts of the globe in this regard (yet other parts of the globe are still in an fundamentalist Christianity explosion.)
Fundamentalism in these theistic religions is the desperate attempt for escape from our existential dilemma. So the crisis is real for these people.
Violence happens because we are very violence-prone primates. Religion is used to justify or excuse our guilt (if we ever dare reflect on our own nature.)
Preach. brother! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
re: #272 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Great thread.
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Another great Sheffield thread.
Republican politicians condemning the #TrumpCoupAttempt who are also not calling for his immediate removal and irrevocable prohibition from holding any federal office are nothing more than rats leaving a sinking ship.
The GOP will have no political future unless it does this.— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) January 7, 2021
re: #280 prairiefire
I wanted him dead in 1995 when he told all my male sales colleagues it was ok to sexually harass feminazis. How dare women try to be equal!
Poison.
Can we take a moment to note how wild it is that the MN Dept of Administration put last Wednesday’s “Storm the Capitol” event on the official calendar? pic.twitter.com/BNcfdf0aY0
— Ben Hovland (@benjovland) January 13, 2021
Yeah, I believe the calendar reflects permitted events at the Capitol Complexhttps://t.co/BRt5EhG6lj
— Ben Hovland (@benjovland) January 13, 2021
I just heard one of my republican colleagues on the floor say that holding trump accountable is “partisan” and would “divide” the nation.
This same colleague also voted last week to throw out the election results and make trump dictator. Was that partisan and divisive?— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) January 12, 2021
SCOOP: Top GOP Armed Services aide resigns after 13 committee members objected to electoral college, lashing ‘congressional enablers of this mob,’ per his resignation letter obtained by @politico https://t.co/xabNznvln2
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 12, 2021
The aide, Jason Schmid, is a longtime top policy staffer on the GOP side of the committee. He did two tours of duty in Iraq as an Army intelligence analyst. He was wounded there while embedded with an Iraqi infantry battalion.https://t.co/xabNznvln2
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 12, 2021
Just what I expected from spineless asshole Tim Scott
.@TimScottSC comes out against impeachment. “An impeachment vote will only lead to more hate and a deeply fractured nation. I oppose impeaching President Trump.”
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) January 12, 2021
If he was so needed at home, how’d he find time to loot the Capitol?
(Also how’s it possible I have bigger calves than that guy).— sedef onder (@nsedef) January 12, 2021
After all that Biden 46 merch, it may all have to be scrapped.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 13, 2021
Exclusive: Civil rights groups demand Google remove Trump’s YouTube channel | Reuters https://t.co/MvEywYAn9X
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 12, 2021
re: #288 BeachDem
Here’s how elected Republicans and conservative media can begin the healing and unifying process:
Accurately state that Joe Biden was duly elected president in a free and fair election.
Urge Trump supporters to refrain from further violence.
For a start.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 12, 2021
Not talking about someone who breaks the law is kind of his thing.
— Kris Wernowsky (@kriswernowsky) January 13, 2021
Lauren Boebert is refusing to comply with the metal detector or allow a bag search. Now standing in the House doorway. Security is refusing to allow her to enter. Appears to be a standstill.
— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) January 13, 2021
Colorado, come get your nut.
re: #186 thedopefishlives
“A couple of days,” he says. Show-off.
IT Management 101. ALWAYS under-promise.
re: #294 jaunte
Colorado, come get your nut.
I hope they told her that she needs to step aside. You can’t just block people’s way because you have psychological issues.
“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander is still streaming (and fundraising) on Periscope — which Twitter owns — even though he’s been banned from Twitterhttps://t.co/JzG9f0BvoJ pic.twitter.com/kJ8Q6vHx6x
— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 12, 2021
“Boebert walked through with her bag which set off the mags. She refused to offer the bag over to be searched and is now in a standoff with Capitol Police.” https://t.co/1z4caN0Tt8
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 13, 2021
MegaMillions big jackpot tonight… got to go gamble…
At the rate that Congress moves, my chances of winning some money gambling before Congress evicting the villainous critters is looking pretty good…
re: #298 jaunte
Amazing that after what happened last week she thinks it’s a good idea to have a confrontation with the Capitol Police.
re: #288 BeachDem
Just what I expected from spineless asshole Tim Scott
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Battered wife. Holding family together for dear life.
re: #300 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Maybe she wants to be a martyr.
re: #186 thedopefishlives
“A couple of days,” he says. Show-off.
All code is 15 minutes, two lines and a variable.
Thomas Friedman nyt
“When all the facts come out about the treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired by President Trump, impeaching him three times won’t feel sufficient. Consider this Washington Post headline from Monday: ‘Video Shows Capitol Mob Dragging Police Officer Down Stairs. One Rioter Beat the Officer With a Pole Flying the U.S. Flag.’”
“That said, while I want Trump out — and I don’t mind him being silenced at such a tense time — I’m not sure I want him permanently off Twitter and Facebook. There’s important work that I need Trump to perform in his post-presidency, and I need him to have proper megaphones to do it. It’s to blow apart this Republican Party
re: #298 jaunte
Boebert right now is not being allowed in by Capitol Police. She is on her phone, standing in the doorway and won’t let law enforcement see what’s in the bag https://t.co/umnWCbuoL8
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 13, 2021
Even a Squashed Coup can set the course for Authoritarianism. Just ask Russia.
Americans must demand—and Republicans must deliver—accountability if they want to avoid the fate of other failed coups. By Nina Khrushcheva
Of course, we’re in a different position than Russia was post fall of the Soviet Union. But her points still warrant caution moving forward, even if nothing awful happens over the next two weeks.
This piece by @SangerNYT about sums it up…both as to how the 45th Potus will leave the country & the world worse than he found them & how @SecPompeo will leave the State Department & the US diplomatic position worse than he found them. https://t.co/gG5znU8vGx
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) January 12, 2021
Maybe she should ask to speak to a manager.
— leah (@Herewithleah) January 13, 2021
re: #294 jaunte
Colorado, come get your nut.
Someone for the love of GOD PLEASE televise Lauren Boebert’s arrest
She is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police— BlackWomenAreKryptoniteToGOP (@battletested5) January 13, 2021
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, let her take that shit up with Pelosi. I’d pay to watch that.
Trump forgot he was running a con on his marks and started believing his own bullshit that he could still somehow remain President. He could’ve walked away as the frontrunner for the GOP 2024 nomination, and grifted off of that the next 4 years. Instead he is utterly ruined and facing the possibility of life in prison. Trump is, I believe, finally going to face consequences.
And in a separate video, Ali Alexander, a far-right activist and conspiracy theorist who emerged as a leader of Stop the Steal, claimed that he, along with Mr. Brooks, Mr. Gosar and Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona, had set the Jan. 6 event in motion. https://t.co/7cSmTkLu2D
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) January 12, 2021
re: #229 thedopefishlives
I dunno. The attack on the Capitol was a pretty low moment, but aside from that this year’s been off to a pretty damn good start. Some of that, granted, has been consequences of said low point.
In 20 years the attack on the Capitol, despite one or two innocent deaths, might be seen as a critical moment in the preservation of democracy. Depends on what we do in the next 2 years.
Jim Jordan is “scared” by a mask requirement, and also Democrats saying Mean Things about his Dear Supreme Leader, but not a violent murderous mob.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) January 13, 2021
Two GOP Reps. angry about new metal detectors to get on House floor, reports pooler @elwasson “This is bull****,” Rep. Rodney Davis tells USCP officers while Rep. Steve Womack yelled at them: “You are creating a problem you do not understand the ramifications of”
— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) January 13, 2021
More names for the dipshit list.
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021
Lauren Boebert has been arrested FOUR TIMES, including for resisting arrest. She joked about challenging colleagues to a duel, cheered the Capitol rioters and live-tweeted her colleagues’ locations. She claimed to be illegally armed in DC and wants to force guns into the Capitol. https://t.co/fN3cSyshXW
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 13, 2021
No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol.
We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 7, 2021
I feel like not enough has been made of Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs having dinner at the Trump hotel with Lindsey Graham before Biggs helped organize an assault on the U.S. Capitol? pic.twitter.com/Ss0YXrF4En
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 12, 2021
re: #316 jaunte
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More names for the dipshit list.
Oh Rodney Davis is CERTAINLY a dipshit.
re: #263 Charles Johnson
I have to admit I like this new feature a lot. Really speeds up the comment section.
Fantastic improvement when reading on my iPhone, thanks!
re: #318 jaunte
I hope they didn’t give in to that Palin wannabe.
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021
Vice President Pence will not invoke the 25th amendment.
In his reply to Speaker Pelosi, Pence writes, “such a course of action is not in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution.”
An impeachment vote will now move forward in the House.— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 13, 2021
re: #314 Decatur Deb
In 20 years the attack on the Capitol, despite one or two innocent deaths, might be seen as a critical moment in the preservation of democracy. Depends on what we do in the next 2 years.
As awful as it sounds, we need the Cheney/McConnell wing of the GOP to defeat the Trump wing. The establishment Republicans are vile in their own right, but the fascists are existential threats to human survival.
I wanted to give a detailed opus about today’s Alien Buttprobe, but I can’t remember.
Another member — didn’t catch who it was — sets off the metal detector.
He doesn’t stop to get wanded and the Capitol Police don’t stop him.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
re: #325 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Imagine not wanting to have your boss removed if he tried to have you killed in the office simply because it’s a week from his retirement.
re: #326 NO SMOCKING GUN!
As awful as it sounds, we need the Cheney/McConnell wing of the GOP to defeat the Trump wing. The establishment Republicans are vile in their own right, but the fascists are existential threats to human survival.
I’m hoping for mutual assured destruction between these two parts of the GOP.
After all, Trumpism is the natural result of everything the GOP establishment has been training their base to respond to for decades.
Marjorie didn’t want to be left out:
Earlier part of the interaction I didn’t see: https://t.co/WLESJTx5E6
— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) January 13, 2021
Just watched about 10 Republicans walk around the magnetometer.
Didn’t see them all, but among the group was Ralph Northham and Scott Perry.
Jeff Duncan bypassed the metal detector right before them.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
Capitol Police need a shakeup.
Louie Gohmert just walked around the magnetometer.
“You can’t stop me; I’m on my way to a vote,” he said as he passed the cops.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
re: #329 Jack Burton
Imagine not wanting to have your boss removed if he tried to have you killed in the office simply because it’s a week from his retirement.
And he’s the leader of a fascist mob that has already tasted blood. I think that’s a big factor for a lot of weak people.
That said, Mike Pence being under the impression he still has a career in politics to try to somehow save by kissing the ass of crazy people who want to lynch him shows he’s also completely fucking delusional.
re: #333 The Pie Overlord!
What an asshole.
The metal detectors are going to be useless if they’re just going to let the members who don’t want to go through the magnetometer sidestep it.
I’m watching Democrats and about 4/5ths of Republicans comply. It’s really causing tension between police and members.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
re: #333 The Pie Overlord!
Blue lives matter, alright.
re: #333 The Pie Overlord!
I’d suggest building a separate chamber for the insane Republicans who just can’t follow rules, but I know they’d bomb the Democrats chamber.
Why do Republicans want the chamber to look like a Spy vs. Spy cartoon?
re: #330 EPR-radar
I’m hoping for mutual assured destruction between these two parts of the GOP.
After all, Trumpism is the natural result of everything the GOP establishment has been training their base to respond to for decades.
There will be a GOP. The question is whether it will be fascist, or merely corrupt.
A bleak assessment, but I mean…a huge number of elected Republicans just voted to overturn the results of an election all while peddling lunatic conspiracy theories, spreading anti-democracy lies, and backing the dangerous authoritarian demagogue who leads their party. https://t.co/kv1k8rA5hb
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 12, 2021
Just wait till he he hears about flying and going to school these days
— Sam (@SamALammNC) January 13, 2021
re: #337 jaunte
Death on the spot is the usual GOP demand when others fail to comply with law enforcement.
Naturally, when Republicans fail to comply with law enforcement it magically becomes completely different.
re: #342 NO SMOCKING GUN!
There will be a GOP. The question is whether it will be fascist, or merely corrupt.
This GOP will remain fascist. Getting back to a merely corrupt big business party would require the annihilation of the GOP and the rise of a new center-right party.
JFC, I can’t even go to the courthouse to get a copy of a deed without going through a metal detector and these asshats think they can get away with this crap? Optics on this will be fantastic for the re-election campaigns.
I recently learned Dee Snider can heal the sick.
re: #339 Patricia Kayden
Blue lives matter, alright.
Capitol Police are now an “enemy” of MAGA.
We are at this point in time.