Trump Is Backed Into a Corner, Still Spewing Lies About Nonexistent “Voter Fraud”

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I have to hand it to Donald Trump for one thing: he certainly knows how to commit to a scam. This morning he’s continuing to rant and lie on Twitter about nonexistent “voter fraud,” evidently trying to burn America down before he’ll admit losing the 2020 election.

But oddly enough, he hasn’t yet started babbling about the phone call he made to threaten Georgia officials if they didn’t “find the votes” to hand the election to him.

Yikes, this man is so unhinged. He just ignores Twitter’s empty warnings and keeps lying. But don’t worry, it isn’t as if he controls one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world or anything dangerous like that.

Meanwhile…

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Belafon  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:06:58am

It’s a good thing this is going down in Georgia. No matter how much they cry about turncoats, having any investigation handled by Republicans will blunt a whole lot of bias charges.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:08:25am

DC braces for pro-Trump protests amid Electoral College challenge

Officials in Washington, D.C., are bracing for clashes in the streets Wednesday as thousands of pro-Trump supporters arrive to protest the presidential election and cheer on challenges of the Electoral College in Congress.

President Trump in several tweets has called his supporters to gather in the country’s capital for “wild” protests, sparking fears of trouble between proponents and critics of the president.

[…]

The Proud Boys, a far-right group, and members of other armed right-wing organizations also have committed to rallying on Jan. 6. Trump has tweeted he plans to attend at least one of the demonstrations.

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marcusgorillius  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:09:51am

Trump is literally insane. He should be in a mental institution.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:10:12am

re: #1 Belafon

It’s a good thing this is going down in Georgia. No matter how much they cry about turncoats, having any investigation handled by Republicans will blunt a whole lot of bias charges.

Except for those Republicans will turn out to be a part of the Deep State and Democratic operatives, and thus the war on democracy continues.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:10:24am

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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:10:37am

re: #2 Dr. Matt

And my asshole relatives are going to play Minutemen with their assault weapons…

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:11:13am
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marcusgorillius  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:11:42am

re: #5 Dr. Matt

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:12:48am

re: #5 Dr. Matt

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Nyet  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:13:14am

re: #3 marcusgorillius

Trump is literally insane. He should be in a mental institution.

Arkham Asylum.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:14:04am
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Nyet  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:14:54am
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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:15:39am
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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:16:39am

Ah Carpetbagger Cenk is trending on Twitter again…

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Rightwingconspirator  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:21:38am

So now we got anti-maskers assaulting and insulting people as an act of “protest”.

rawstory.com

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thecommodore  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:23:05am

This idiocy is one of many reasons we’re where we are.

Taking Trump Seriously, Not Literally

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:29:14am
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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:29:32am

re: #15 Rightwingconspirator

So now we got anti-maskers assaulting and insulting people as an act of “protest”.

rawstory.com

Looks like the same assholes who protest in front of the Mayor’s Residence. I’ve seen that woman protesting in front of Garcetti’s residence without a mask.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:32:59am
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stpaulbear  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:34:58am

re: #15 Rightwingconspirator

So now we got anti-maskers assaulting and insulting people as an act of “protest”.

rawstory.com

A Target employee was lecturing an older guy this morning about how a mask MUST be worn when inside the store. He was wearing a mask at the time so she must have given it to him. He looked homeless; wearing a larger backpack. I picked up the few items I couldn’t pre-order and the guy was still in the same place and still wearing the mask when I got back for self-checkout. One other older guy wasn’t covering his nose. Everyone else in the store was doing it right. I think people in my part of the Twin Cities are pretty scared of getting sick.

If anyone tried to take my mask in a store I think I’d hit them with a can of soup (Campbell’s Chunky).

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:35:05am

One more time…

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Nyet  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:35:37am
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Barefoot Grin  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:36:56am

re: #13 jaunte

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This was said just after he said that Stacey Abrams had made them look like fools.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:36:56am

So Trump will be in Dalton GA today supposedly to campaign for Loeffler and Purdue. Dalton is where Georgia’s carpet mills are, the ones still open. It’s not a big town, located maybe 30 or so minutes from the TN border. North GA is really red, and very white. But these places have been hit hard by covid, and before that, jobs going overseas and depressed wages and anti union sentiment. I’m sure Trump will spend the whole time whining about his election losses and Kemp and Raffensperger betraying him. Not sure where he’s flying into, but if it’s near me, Dobbins Air Force Base, it will clusterfuck traffic between here and there (about 90 minutes away) for hours. I can’t wait for this shit to be done.

If Stacey Abrams decides she’s running for governor again, I also expect there to be a fuck ton of ads and mail. I just got another one from Doug Collins endorsing both Republicans in tomorrow’s runoff. I wish I had kept all the stuff I have received since last summer and now, I would just love to have the money spent on campaign mail. I’d wager there was at least a 30 gal trash bag full.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:38:52am

re: #13 jaunte

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It’s always “they”. You know who’s actually laughing at you, Trump supporters. Trump. You are the poorly educated he loves because you’re easily manipulated fools who repeatedly fall for disinformation.

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Rightwingconspirator  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:40:14am

re: #20 stpaulbear

This is why we strictly curb service customers these days.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:41:44am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:41:46am

re: #24 A Mom Anon

So Trump will be in Dalton GA today supposedly to campaign for Loeffler and Purdue. Dalton is where Georgia’s carpet mills are, the ones still open. It’s not a big town, located maybe 30 or so minutes from the TN border. North GA is really red, and very white. But these places have been hit hard by covid, and before that, jobs going overseas and depressed wages and anti union sentiment. I’m sure Trump will spend the whole time whining about his election losses and Kemp and Raffensperger betraying him. Not sure where he’s flying into, but if it’s near me, Dobbins Air Force Base, it will clusterfuck traffic between here and there (about 90 minutes away) for hours. I can’t wait for this shit to be done.

If Stacey Abrams decides she’s running for governor again, I also expect there to be a fuck ton of ads and mail. I just got another one from Doug Collins endorsing both Republicans in tomorrow’s runoff. I wish I had kept all the stuff I have received since last summer and now, I would just love to have the money spent on campaign mail. I’d wager there was at least a 30 gal trash bag full.

I’m near DC Mom. Gonna have to worry again about the Proud Boys showing up looking for trouble. These fucks are Trump’s SA. A bunch of pathetic misfits who need Daddy Trump to make themselves feel better because they can’t accept we live in a pluralistic society.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:41:56am

re: #22 Nyet

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Is this the same John Lott who is a notorious liar? Who should have zero credibility on any issue?

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Interesting Times  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:42:01am

re: #24 A Mom Anon

What do you think of the Warnock/Ossoff ads you’ve seen? Rachel Bitecofer often bemoans bad Democratic messaging, saying they fail to “nationalize” their races the way GOPers do (i.e. Dems fail to link GOPers to Trump/McConnell/etc the way GOPers associate all Dems with Pelosi/The Sqaud). Bitecofer says trying to persuade GOPers or looking for swing voters is pointless and ads should instead concentrate on driving up Dem turnout and letting them know that a vote for Perdue/Loeffler = a vote for Trump and McConnell. Have you seen anything like that?

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:42:43am

re: #22 Nyet

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How do they know 11,000+ votes for tRump were “lost”? Did they manufacture them themselves and wonder where they went? Votes are supposed to be secret, how could they know?

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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:43:25am

re: #24 A Mom Anon

Mom I got so many flyers during the campaign that I just got to the point I put them right in the shredder…and yes I did fill up two full size Hefty Trash Can bags with the shredded remains…

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:44:52am

Listening to the Trump tape. His contention of fraud is based on his crowd sizes compared with Bidens. I didn’t need to attend a rally to show I supported Joe in either the primary or GE. Hell I only saw Obama speak after he won and that was happenstance since he was on my campus.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:45:18am

re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter

Is this the same John Lott who is a notorious liar? Who should have zero credibility on any issue?

The same.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:46:45am

re: #31 Eventual Carrion

How do they know 11,000+ votes for tRump were “lost”? Did they manufacture them themselves and wonder where they went? Votes are supposed to be secret, how could they know?

They just “know.” You’re too big a sheep that watches CNN and MSNBC to know. I get the real news from a guy who believes in lizard people running the government!//

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:46:59am
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:47:09am

Midday mental health break

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stpaulbear  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:47:58am

re: #33 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Listening to the Trump tape. His contention of fraud is based on his crowd sizes compared with Bidens. I didn’t need to attend a rally to show I supported Joe in either the primary or GE. Hell I only saw Obama speak after he won and that was happenstance since he was on my campus.

I tried to go see Obama on the day that he became the official D candidate for Prez, but the line was so long I went home and listened on MN Public Radio.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:48:15am

re: #30 Interesting Times

A bit of that, but most of what I have seen has been what is important to both candidates and what they would like to see happen when they are elected. The gop ads have all been scary liberals and their socialism along with accusing Ossoff of being in cahoots with China and Warnock repeating Rev Wright’s god damn America in a sermon, and something about not being able to serve god and the military at the same time. I really think the Dems have done really well with advertising this go round. Stacey Abrams started some good trouble here and people are learning what to do to appeal to voters.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:49:20am

re: #37 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Thanks. That was funny. :)

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A Mom Anon  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:49:33am

re: #28 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Be careful up there Happy, these people are nuts,but you know that already. Stay safe and big hugs to you and your family.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:49:39am

re: #38 stpaulbear

I tried to go see Obama on the day that he became the official D candidate for Prez, but the line was so long I went home and listened on MN Public Radio.

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I honestly would have seen his first inaugural but I was moving into my dorm. I actually didn’t campaign for Obama because I was in my transfer semester.

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:50:48am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:51:08am

re: #41 A Mom Anon

Be careful up there Happy, these people are nuts,but you know that already. Stay safe and big hugs to you and your family.

Thanks. Thankfully most of my new neighbors are liberal. Tons of Biden-Harris signs this fall tho they were taken down not long after the outcome was known.

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Nyet  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:52:26am

re: #31 Eventual Carrion

How do they know 11,000+ votes for tRump were “lost”? Did they manufacture them themselves and wonder where they went? Votes are supposed to be secret, how could they know?

Statistical magic!

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sagehen  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:52:32am

re: #21 Charles Johnson

One more time…

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The reason it took so long for British intelligence to catch Kim Philby and the rest of them, is because “gentleman don’t read other gentlemen’s mail”.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:52:58am

re: #44 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I have 2 Biden-Harris signs on my street. And they are still up. :)

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BeenHereAwhile  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:53:07am

re: #1 Belafon

It’s a good thing this is going down in Georgia. No matter how much they cry about turncoats, having any investigation handled by Republicans will blunt a whole lot of bias charges.

If this political shit storm publicly questioning the honor of a Georgia political leader had occurred in 1821 instead of 2021, our feckless president would have found himself challenged to a duel.

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makeitstop  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:53:18am

re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter

Is this the same John Lott who is a notorious liar? Who should have zero credibility on any issue?

I wonder if Mary Rosh will chime in.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:54:26am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:55:01am

Whomever put me at 49K karma thank you. I forgot to chill the Champagne but if you willing to wait until 5 pm we can have it for cocktails. :)

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sagehen  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:56:01am

re: #18 🌹UOJB!

Looks like the same assholes who protest in front of the Mayor’s Residence. I’ve seen that woman protesting in front of Garcetti’s residence without a mask.

In a city where people are dying at the rate of one every ten minutes. Where the hospitals are having to ration care. They don’t even have enough oxygen.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:56:28am

Man, Lott was an early pioneer of the Procrustean methodology in right-wing materials.

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Jay C  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:56:46am

re: #37 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Midday mental health break

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Heh. “Flounder” was very-well named…..

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lizardofid  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:57:03am

re: #48 BeenHereAwhile

If this political shit storm publicly questioning the honor of a Georgia political leader had occurred in 1821 instead of 2021, our feckless president would have found himself challenged to a duel.

I’m imagining Rudy coaching him up, while acting as his second.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 10:58:02am

Another Trumpist case shot down… and this time the judge isn’t having any of the bulkshit spewed.

Judge will determine whether to issue an order to show cause for why this shouldn’t be referred to state bar for disciplinary conduct hearings (aka lose your law license).

More judges around the country should take this route. Law careers should end over this crap.

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:00:04am

re: #56 lawhawk

Trump supporters hear “risible” and think the judge is urging them to rise up.

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:01:46am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:03:24am

re: #56 lawhawk

It seems as though everybody is dismissing these cases. I do not think DT or his followers are going to get the idea that their so-called claims of fraud are non-existent. I would love to see a disciplinary hearing for all of the attorneys and their clients who continue to file these frivolous cases.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:08:37am

UPDATE:

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:10:19am

re: #60 lawhawk

Please pardon the sarcasm; and the beat goes on.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:10:55am
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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:11:45am

re: #59 PhillyPretzel

It seems as though everybody is dismissing these cases. I do not think DT or his followers are going to get the idea that their so-called claims of fraud are non-existent. I would love to see a disciplinary hearing for all of the attorneys and their clients who continue to file these frivolous cases.

No, he’s too interested in separating his supporters from what he thinks should be his money.

The lawyers should have been more concerned about basic law practice, including civ pro., but decided it better that they serve up whatever crap Trump wanted to hear instead of outright telling Trump what he was asking for was illegal, improper, frivolous, and unsustainable in any court anywhere.

They should all lose their law licenses: Ellis, Rudy, Powell, Wood, etc.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:12:33am

re: #62 Dave In Austin

I was going with silurian.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:12:45am

re: #56 lawhawk

Another Trumpist case shot down… and this time the judge isn’t having any of the bulkshit spewed.

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Judge will determine whether to issue an order to show cause for why this shouldn’t be referred to state bar for disciplinary conduct hearings (aka lose your law license).

More judges around the country should take this route. Law careers should end over this crap.

Which kooky attorney is this? I’ve lost track of which kook filed what lawsuit.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:13:32am

re: #65 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I’d have to go back and check, but I think this might be one of Wood’s cases.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:14:32am

None of this is surprising. GOP don’t care unless they personally benefit from the change or they suffer a harm. It didn’t register with McCain that millions of families are affected by this every year even as those people warned of this very scenario.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:15:05am

re: #66 lawhawk

I’d have to go back and check, but I think this might be one of Wood’s cases.

It wasn’t in the dismissal order.

I thought it might be the Thomas More lawyer.

So many cases, so many crazies.

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:15:31am

re: #10 Nyet

Arkham Asylum.

I dunno; their inmate escape rate is the worst. Just ask Batman.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:16:39am
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Dangerman  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:17:48am

re: #33 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Listening to the Trump tape. His contention of fraud is based on his crowd sizes compared with Bidens. I didn’t need to attend a rally to show I supported Joe in either the primary or GE. Hell I only saw Obama speak after he won and that was happenstance since he was on my campus.

Rallies are not votes
Polls are not votes
Crowds are not votes
Nor yard signs
Or billboards

You know what are votes? The actual cast ballots.
And they’ve been counted. several times.

(trump lost every time)

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:19:14am

re: #71 Dangerman

On the money.

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Targetpractice  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:19:32am

re: #11 Charles Johnson

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From the same brain trust that argued that “do us a favor” was harmless “in context,” the context being that a foreign ally was asking us for help in an existential struggle with foreign invaders and Trump deciding that the payment for such was announcing investigations into Burisma and Hunter Biden in order to politically kneecap his strongest opposition.

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:21:41am

re: #67 lawhawk

Meghan McCain had a baby and now realizes that the US needs paid maternity leave, she explains on The View. She says personal experience helped open her eyes.

None of this is surprising. GOP don’t care unless they personally benefit from the change or they suffer a harm. It didn’t register with McCain that millions of families are affected by this every year even as those people warned of this very scenario.

Christ, due to my terminal case of being a guy, I can never bear kids, and I’ve been pro-US maternity leave for years.

Amazing. She’s supposed to be one of the “sane, moderate” Republicans and she’s only on board with maternity leave because she just had a baby herself.

The fucking lack of empathy with conservatives right now is blood curdling.

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Rightwingconspirator  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:22:41am

Hello, 2021. Are you gonna be like this all year?
The latest drone is a smellicopter. Really.
wired.com

IT’S A MOTH, it’s a plane, it’s … the Smellicopter, a little drone that senses odors with an onboard moth antenna. Seriously, that’s the scientists’ real name for their creation, a system that monitors the electrical signals sent from the antenna of an actual moth, allowing the drone to lock onto the source of a scent and navigate toward it. And, seriously, this has a long-term purpose: to one day get drones equipped with moth antennae to sniff out objects like bombs.

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Targetpractice  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:22:50am

re: #21 Charles Johnson

One more time…

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Again, it seems that Repubs secretly love recycling, as they’re repeating the same “THIS WAS A PRIVATE CALL, HOW DARE IT BE MADE PUBLIC, WE NEED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEAKER!!!” bit from 2018.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:23:19am
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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:23:32am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:24:39am

re: #74 Mattand

It sure is. What surprises me is that there are some employers who do give their workers paid sick time but when the employee returns to work they must have all of the proper paperwork with all of the times and dates of when they were home or at a doctor’s office.

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Jay C  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:25:58am

re: #75 Rightwingconspirator

And, seriously, this has a long-term purpose: to one day get drones equipped with moth antennae to sniff out objects like bombs.

Yeah, but aren’t they likely to get distracted by bright lights, and end up just circling around streetlamps??

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:27:24am

re: #70 Charles Johnson

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I was literally thinking about this right before you posted this. It was the wording that finally got to me: “This claim is disputed”.

The man can be proved to be demonstrably lying about losing the election and Twitter still is trying to avoid angering conservatives with this weak sauce label.

And again: if this were Biden, Obama, Clinton, or any other Democrat behaving this nuts, Twitter would be straight up saying “This statement is unambiguously false.”

Twitter might as well throw up a label that says “We are pretty sure Trump is wrong about this, but, you know, Democrats lie, too….”

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:29:06am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Yup. The Thomas More suit.

They sued everyone, their bother, & all the dogs & cats in five states.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:29:33am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

Think about how much money has been wasted on all that bullshit.

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Targetpractice  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:30:43am

re: #79 PhillyPretzel

It sure is. What surprises me is that there are some employers who do give their workers paid sick time but when the employee returns to work they must have all of the proper paperwork with all of the times and dates of when they were home or at a doctor’s office.

I’ve seen one more ridiculous than that: Requiring all the proper paperwork be in a certain format, such as rejecting print-outs that most clinics/hospitals give and instead insisting that a doctor’s note be on “official” hospital letterhead with the doctor’s signature.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:30:46am
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danarchy  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:30:53am

re: #75 Rightwingconspirator

Hello 2021. Are you gonna be like his all year?
The latest drone is a smellicopter. Really.
wired.com

Wired may be reporting that now, but I first heard about this in early december, so I am giving that one to 2020.

geekwire.com

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BeenHereAwhile  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:31:30am

re: #80 Jay C

Yeah, but aren’t they likely to get distracted by bright lights, and end up just circling around streetlamps??

And what about bats?

(Ever see bats circling a street light at night eating insects, and throw a small rock in their general direction and watch a bat break off and follow the rock?)

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:32:49am

re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg

Think about how much money has been wasted on all that bullshit.

No shit. Detroit is suing for sanctions and court/attorney costs.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:32:55am

re: #84 Targetpractice

Or what my current employer likes to do. Send someone to said employee to make sure they are not faking an illness. Sick check inspectors. I am not kidding.

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:33:44am

re: #75 Rightwingconspirator

Hello 2021. Are you gonna be like his all year?

One of my co-workers woke up to a dead cat (old age, they were heading to the vet today) and another is sick with COVD, along with his wife and toddler son.

I’m not impressed with 2021’s CV so far.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:34:49am

re: #89 PhillyPretzel

Or what my current employer likes to do. Send someone to said employee to make sure they are not faking an illness. Sick check inspectors. I am not kidding.

The “sick police” are standard here in Czech Republic - they’re sent out by the local hygiene bureaus to make sure nobody’s goldbricking.

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:35:33am

re: #87 BeenHereAwhile

And what about bats?

(Ever see bats circling a street light at night eating insects, and throw a small rock in their general direction and watch a bat break off and follow the rock?)

When they fly through the yard, if you whistle, they start heading towards you for a few seconds.

It’s not one of the smarter things I do during the summer.

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Targetpractice  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:35:58am

re: #89 PhillyPretzel

Or what my current employer likes to do. Send someone to said employee to make sure they are not faking an illness. Sick check inspectors. I am not kidding.

That makes total sense, sending someone with no medical training to gauge if another employee is “faking it.”

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:37:45am

re: #85 Charles Johnson

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Here’s Mike’s commentary on it:

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DesertDenizen  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:38:39am

re: #93 Targetpractice

That makes total sense, sending someone with no medical training to gauge if another employee is “faking it.”

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Oh yeah, totally. What about those of us with mental health issues that need a day or two sometimes? I’ve got no visible signs that anyone other than my wife can spot when I’m having an episode unless it gets away from me and into hospital territory.

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:38:48am
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:39:51am

re: #91 Dr Lizardo

So that is where they got the idea. Figures.

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aatharuv  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:40:37am

re: #74 Mattand

Christ, due to my terminal case of being a guy, I can never bear kids, and I’ve been pro-US maternity leave for years.

Amazing. She’s supposed to be one of the “sane, moderate” Republicans and she’s only on board with maternity leave because she just had a baby herself.

The fucking lack of empathy with conservatives right now is blood curdling.

I don’t think she’s really a “sane, moderate” Republican. Merely a “conservative, non-treasonous” Republican.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:40:39am

Well this seems… untimely (or coincidential) depending on your view.

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Mattand  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:41:31am

re: #89 PhillyPretzel

Or what my current employer likes to do. Send someone to said employee to make sure they are not faking an illness. Sick check inspectors. I am not kidding.

LOL, if I’m remembering correctly who you said your employer is, I can’t say I’m shocked.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:41:57am

re: #99 lawhawk

Somethings rotten in Denmark and it is not the cheese.

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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:43:09am

re: #96 jaunte

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That crazy wench will ignore the police and she’ll carry a gun with her no matter what!

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:43:14am

Just posting this here because when a federal judge starts firing shots like this, somebody better be yelling DANGER CLOSE.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:43:27am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

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Those lawyers who have been helpfully tweeting explanations of this nonsense to us peasants may be delighted to have their time back and not be forced to read through these ridiculous filings.

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aatharuv  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:43:46am

re: #96 jaunte

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I hope carrying a glock in violation of city ordinances counts as a Felony breach of the peace as per the Constitution prohibition on arresting Congressmen.
Hopefully Congresswoman QBert will get the message

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Dr. Matt  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:43:56am

re: #99 lawhawk

Well this seems… untimely (or coincidential) depending on your view.

Was just about to post this: US Attorney in Atlanta abruptly resigns citing ‘unforeseen circumstances’

It isn’t unusual for a U.S. attorney to step down if there are other opportunities before the incoming administration, but it flies in the face of the promise by Pak to stay. The only thing that has changed since his pledge is that President Donald Trump had a phone call with the Georgia secretary of state and demanded that he commit election fraud.

During the call, Trump complained there was a “never-Trumper U.S. attorney” in Atlanta. But the Associated Press noted that “Pak is a longtime Republican who also served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 until 2017. He was nominated by Trump to become the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2017.”

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:44:08am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:44:40am

I bet Judges really wish they could say things like: “Respectfully, the court feels the plaintiffs are a misguided group of fucking idiots and will treat this case accordingly.”

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🌹UOJB!  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:45:38am

So the pompous ass that engineered putting Slappy Thomas on the Court is displeased with another protege’s desire to overthrow the election…

‘Conspiracy theories’: Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth slams Hawley’s challenge to election results

stltoday.com

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:46:06am

re: #107 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

In PA you must also bring in your mail-in ballot so it can be marked as spoiled.

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DesertDenizen  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:46:10am

re: #102 🌹UOJB!

That crazy wench will ignore the police and she’ll carry a gun with her no matter what!

Law abiding gun owner!
///

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:47:00am

re: #64 lawhawk

I was going with silurian.

I’m currently rewatching the Pertwee episodes, and am in the middle of the episode about their cousins, The Sea Devils, at the moment.

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Dangerman  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:47:09am

re: #96 jaunte

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re: #96 jaunte

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You said

Boebert drew attention to her plans for carrying a weapon on Sunday, when she posted a video on social media declaring her intention to carry her gun in Congress.

“Government does NOT get to tell me or my constituents how we are allowed to keep our families safe,” she said

How does carrying a gun into congress keep your family safe????????

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:48:01am

re: #175 GlutenFreeJesus

So. Assange won’t be extradited to the US based on “health issues”. Let’s say he was extradited here. Being a foreigner, could Trump pardon him anyway?

Allergic to water, by accounts from people whose eyes were watering. (Assange not in the habit of bathing at Ecuadorian embassy).

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Dangerman  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:48:17am

re: #99 lawhawk

Well this seems… untimely (or coincidential) depending on your view.

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Working theory is trump asked him to do something he wouldn’t

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:51:10am

re: #107 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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I thought she played one of the best characters on Buffy, because of the character growth over the seasons.

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Dangerman  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:51:15am

re: #108 Eclectic Cyborg

I bet Judges really wish they could say things like: “Respectfully, the court feels the plaintiffs are a misguided group of fucking idiots and will treat this case accordingly.”

They do
Just with other words
And sometimes the target doesn’t even get that they’ve been dissed

(I know what you meant)

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Belafon  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:51:33am

re: #115 Dangerman

Working theory is trump asked him to do something he wouldn’t

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He needs to come out and say it.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:53:43am

re: #113 Dangerman

You said

How does carrying a gun into congress keep your family safe????????

Conservatives are going to regurgitate their propaganda, whether it’s appropriate to the situation or not. There’s no evolutionary pressure that would select for making any sense in the Republican party, because the magic phrases are all that matter to our dimwitted right.

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Florida Panhandler  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:53:57am

re: #115 Dangerman

Working theory is trump asked him to do something he wouldn’t

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Probably Trump wanted some election workers (any would do) indicted for all the tampering-that-wasn’t-actually-tampering alleged in the loony affidavites. The DA probably didn’t feel like losing his Law license when this blows up in his face later on as each case is laughed out of court or quickly dismissed.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:56:01am

re: #120 Florida Panhandler

With the usual comments (threats) to said individual.

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lawhawk  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:57:11am

re: #120 Florida Panhandler

That’s as good a working theory as any.

If he was unwilling to go along with the Trump insistence on shredding the rule of law, he should come forward and not just say “unforeseen circumstances”.

These were foreseeable circumstances - Trump made it known for years that he wouldn’t tolerate any election he lost and would challenge the results because he considers those voting against him illegitimate.

But if he remains silent, this guy puts party over nation, just as so many other GOPers have done with frightening regularity these days.

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Interesting Times  Jan 4, 2021 • 11:57:12am
124
I Would Prefer Not To  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:01:55pm

Reality Check. The election was two months ago? Or did I miss something? Or is this the worst remake of Groundhog’s Day possible?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:02:13pm

re: #122 lawhawk

That’s as good a working theory as any.

If he was unwilling to go along with the Trump insistence on shredding the rule of law, he should come forward and not just say “unforeseen circumstances”.

These were foreseeable circumstances - Trump made it known for years that he wouldn’t tolerate any election he lost and would challenge the results because he considers those voting against him illegitimate.

But if he remains silent, this guy puts party over nation, just as so many other GOPers have done with frightening regularity these days.

They are fine with it until *they* are the ones asked to break the law and face the potential consequences. Much the same as the whining about liberals wanting this or that until it benefits them to have it.

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calochortus  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:02:32pm

re: #92 Mattand

When they fly through the yard, if you whistle, they start heading towards you for a few seconds.

It’s not one of the smarter things I do during the summer.

You mean like Mr. C. making squeeky mouse noises to attract the attention of a great horned owl?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:03:37pm

re: #124 I Would Prefer Not To

Reality Check. The election was two months ago? Or did I miss something? Or is this the worst remake of Groundhog’s Day possible?

GA runoff election is tomorrow.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:06:07pm
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Teukka  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:06:20pm

re: #103 thedopefishlives

Just posting this here because when a federal judge starts firing shots like this, somebody better be yelling DANGER CLOSE.

[Embedded content]

To quote a guy I showed these tweets to:
“Dear god”
“I felt that ruling”
“And it wasn’t even pointed at me”

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:06:45pm

re: #105 aatharuv

I hope carrying a glock in violation of city ordinances counts as a Felony breach of the peace as per the Constitution prohibition on arresting Congressmen.
Hopefully Congresswoman QBert will get the message

It wouldn’t surprise me if, since she’s a Qunatic, she wouldn’t want to hurt Pelosi or other Democrats.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:07:05pm

re: #129 Teukka

To quote a guy I showed these tweets to:
“Dear god”
“I felt that ruling”
“And it wasn’t even pointed at me”

When the words “Brutal”, “yikes”, and “Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ” are being thrown around by a professional lawyer reading a judge’s ruling, you tend to sit up and take notice, even as a layperson.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:07:32pm

re: #124 I Would Prefer Not To

Reality Check. The election was two months ago? Or did I miss something? Or is this the worst remake of Groundhog’s Day possible?

It’s Trump declaring “Line of Death” after “Line of Death” in a series of torched ground retreats as he tries to avoid admitting that he is leaving office in just over two weeks.

And Jan 20th won’t be the end in any case. He’ll continue to moan and complain until he is in his grave. And his Twitter account will continue complaining after that via proxy since his children understand the value of his legacy as a useful grifting tool.

And beyond that there is the long (and not guaranteed to be successful) slog to deal with the large section of the GOP and it’s followers that are just fine with grinding the democratic traditions and processes of this country into dust as they grasp to retain power.

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Targetpractice  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:09:04pm

In other news, Charlie Kirk is babbling nonsense again:

It doesn’t work like that, Charlie. Pence saying the Senate will not certify the electors does not mean that the House votes on the president. It means that the House tells him to get stuffed, the certified electors are accepted, and Biden is the president-elect.

You get nothing! You lose! GOOD DAY, SIR!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:10:31pm

…

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Renaissance_Man  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:10:35pm

re: #131 thedopefishlives

When the words “Brutal”, “yikes”, and “Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ” are being thrown around by a professional lawyer reading a judge’s ruling, you tend to sit up and take notice, even as a layperson.

Lawyers all seem very scared of judges and what they can do, but as far as I can tell, as long as you’re a white Republican trying to overthrow the US government or do anything else white Americans are entitled to do, there really isn’t anything to be scared of from judges.

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BeenHereAwhile  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:11:54pm

re: #122 lawhawk

That’s as good a working theory as any.

If he was unwilling to go along with the Trump insistence on shredding the rule of law, he should come forward and not just say “unforeseen circumstances”.

These were foreseeable circumstances - Trump made it known for years that he wouldn’t tolerate any election he lost and would challenge the results because he considers those voting against him illegitimate.

But if he remains silent, this guy puts party over nation, just as so many other GOPers have done with frightening regularity these days.

Maybe he had an offer on the table from King and Spalding.

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:12:05pm

re: #113 Dangerman

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:13:02pm

re: #137 Renaissance_Man

Lawyers all seem very scared of judges and what they can do, but as far as I can tell, as long as you’re a white Republican trying to overthrow the US government or do anything else white Americans are entitled to do, there really isn’t anything to be scared of from judges.

About that:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:14:57pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:15:24pm
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Teukka  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:16:09pm

re: #140 thedopefishlives

About that:

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Damn, I’m not even in the judges jurisdiction, and I cringed when I read the twitter thread…

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aatharuv  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:16:38pm

re: #105 aatharuv

I hope carrying a glock in violation of city ordinances counts as a Felony breach of the peace as per the Constitution prohibition on arresting Congressmen.
Hopefully Congresswoman QBert will get the message

There was supposed to be a “end flying pigs” tag at the end, but it appears to have gotten cut off (not unreasonably).

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jaunte  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:16:41pm

Peter Alexander reports that the Saturday call came after the WH made 18 earlier attempts over the last two months.

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thedopefishlives  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:17:13pm

re: #143 Teukka

Damn, I’m not even in the judges jurisdiction, and I cringed when I read the twitter thread…

I’m not a lawyer, and I’m just sitting here kinda in shock, like, I have seen a pissed-off judge before. I have NEVER seen a judge at THIS level of pissed off.

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:17:32pm

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:18:17pm

re: #146 thedopefishlives

I’m not a lawyer, and I’m just sitting here kinda in shock, like, I have seen a pissed-off judge before. I have NEVER seen a judge at THIS level of pissed off.

That is rare, I can tell you that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:18:43pm
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sagehen  Jan 4, 2021 • 12:26:38pm

re: #138 BeenHereAwhile

Maybe he had an offer on the table from King and Spalding.

Or from Wolfram & Hart.

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John Hughes  Jan 4, 2021 • 2:47:04pm

re: #46 sagehen

The reason it took so long for British intelligence to catch Kim Philby and the rest of them, is because “gentleman don’t read other gentlemen’s mail”.

Well, no.


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