WATCH LIVE: US Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump

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The Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump continues with arguments from the House managers. c-span.org

UPDATE at 2/10/21 10:40:54 am by Charles Johnson

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies, says he spoke to Trump last night after the first day of the trial and that he assured him “the case is over” and the trial will end with his acquittal.

— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) February 10, 2021

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:21:02am

Make sure he never returns to national office!!!

Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 9:26:05am

Lester Maddox said the answer to conditions in GA prisons was a “better class of prisoner,” but I don’t see Trump really classing the joint up.

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 9:26:12am

Sixteen hours of the house managers presentations. How am I supposed to get anything done over the next two days? I ordered a Target pickup order so I guess I can listen to it on MN Public Radio for a while.

No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 9:27:28am

This is America. It’s the America of the KKK.

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 9:29:10am

In Summary: The QOP want to suspend Section 4 of the constitution every January during an outgoing administration.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:29:14am

re: #4 No Malarkey!

This is America. It’s the America of the KKK.

We have been living in an Alternate Media Reality for some time now, it is starting to lose its ability to dictate the narrative, but it still remains strong across much of the nation.

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 9:30:44am

🤨😐😑

“Do me a huge favor and scan that and send it to me. I’ll be the first one to shove it right up my rectum.”

— Jacob Chansley’s lawyer Al Watkins, on the government memo describing his client as a “leader” of the QAnon movement.

Full podcast: https://t.co/7XSZqnB7nC pic.twitter.com/oHR2Ihiiha

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 10, 2021

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 9:31:27am

One of the first things that Jamie Raskin did was provide a parental (and teacher’s) warning about graphic content they’ll be presenting. He said they would try to provide advanced warning for such content.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 10, 2021 • 9:35:48am

re: #7 Dr. Matt

🤨😐😑

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Well that’s the best match up between a client and attorney I’ve ever seen. It’s right up there with the crawling-on-all-fours, convict adopting defense lawyer in the dog mailing case.

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 9:41:12am

I wonder how many pens Rand Paul is going to break while doodling through this prosecution?

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 9:41:54am

“We will not bend, we will not break, we will not yield, we will never give in, we will never give up, we will never back down, we will never, ever surrender”
~Dotard

Hërr Stephen Miller thought this sounded like Churchill when he wrote it.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:47:14am

re: #11 Dr. Matt

Hërr Stephen Miller thought this sounded like Churchill when he wrote it.

more like Captain Taggart in Galaxy Quest

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 9:48:09am

re: #12 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

more like Captain Taggart in Galaxy Quest

Highly underrated movie.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:50:01am

re: #13 Dr. Matt

Highly underrated movie.

I read that a sequel was in the works but was sidelined by the demise of co-star Alan Rickman, although it is still being reworked

🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 9:50:30am

Trump’s actions are much worse than shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater, Raskin argues: pic.twitter.com/klIF3bciiS

— Matt Shuham (@mattshuham) February 10, 2021

Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 9:52:26am

NEWS: The *new* evidence being shown by Democratic House Impeachment Managers today is previously unseen security camera footage shot from inside the Capitol. A Dem source says that the video will show “just how close Trump’s mob came to senators, members of Congress and staff.”

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) February 10, 2021

Ask the Rs:
What do you think would have happened if they got through the doors?

You think they we’re going to pull back on all that rhetoric and talk?
Air their grievances?
Discuss policy?

Optionally and optimally: what the fuck is wrong with you and your party?

Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 9:53:32am

re: #5 Dr. Matt

In Summary: The QOP want to suspend Section 4 of the constitution every January during an outgoing Republican administration.

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 9:54:16am

Twitter says Trump ban is permanent, even if he runs in 2024

“The way our policies work, when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform whether you’re a commentator, you’re a CFO or you are a former or current public official,” says $TWTR CFO @nedsegal on if President Trump’s account could be restored. pic.twitter.com/ZZxascb9Rz

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) February 10, 2021

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:54:46am

re: #15 🌹UOJB!

There are plenty of people who still insist that it was a false-flag op: the equivalent of shouting “Theater!” at a crowded fire.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 9:55:19am

Look….the Senate GOP is likely to let Trump walk but in so doing they’ll confirm that the Republican Party is the MAGA/QAnon party and there will be no coming back from that.

— Wakandan Brand Ambassador (@Kennymack1971) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 9:58:42am

It’s all about preserving that privilege. That is worth destroying the country, just to freeze their position. https://t.co/JcYd1RlV1v

— burning texas (@ToniinTexas1) February 10, 2021

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 9:59:53am

re: #20 jaunte

Look….the Senate GOP is likely to let Trump walk but in so doing they’ll confirm that the Republican Party is the MAGA/QAnon party and there will be no coming back from that.

That was also the point of the first Impeachment Trial, to make the GOP go on record as having no trouble with Trump’s flouting of the law and abuse of powers.

(((Archangel1))) Feb 10, 2021 • 10:01:47am

Former ambassador making a fool of himself

Elohim yishmor, could you BE more embarrassing?
This is without a doubt the most undiplomatic, sad and cringe-worthy tweet anyone here will see today.

— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 10, 2021

🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 10:04:05am

re: #23 (((Archangel1)))

Former ambassador making a fool of himself

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Is that the phone number to the courtroom where Booby Nincompoopo is in the dock?

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:08:18am

Effective advocates put themselves in the shoes of the decisionmaker (judge or jury).Castro just did that effectively, appealing to fact that everyone in that room ran for office&often are behind early in election night. He asks how they’d feel if opponent tried to stop the count

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) February 10, 2021

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 10:09:27am

Here is the full audio of Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey’s hot mic this AM, telling Lt Gov Gilcrest he doesn’t take back any of the points he was trying to make

Some of those points include: that the Jan 6 events were “staged” & he “spanked” the Governor on appts https://t.co/XrdbUTjKNz

— Kayla Ruble (@RubleKB) February 10, 2021

Eclectic Cyborg Feb 10, 2021 • 10:09:27am

re: #25 jaunte

One of the number one things I have to constantly tell myself when I am speaking in public or doing one of my videos for YouTube is: SLOW DOWN.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 10:10:10am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

One of the number one things I have to constantly tell myself when I am speaking in public or doing one of my videos for YouTube is: SLOW DOWN.

Ditto when playing music…kills the groove

No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 10:10:29am

I wonder if Fox News is televising the trial? This would be the first time most of them were exposed to reality about Trump.

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 10:16:36am

re: #29 No Malarkey!

I wonder if Fox News is televising the trial? This would be the first time most of them were exposed to reality about Trump.

Too bad about Covid - Fox could probably use a missing white girl in some tropical paradise about now.

Teukka Feb 10, 2021 • 10:21:11am

An article that caught my attention:
How to deprogram America’s extremists [Axios]

It will take an all-out national effort to dismantle the radicalization pipeline that has planted conspiracy theories in the heads of millions of Americans and inspired last month’s attack on the Capitol, experts tell Axios.
[…]
Online platforms, meanwhile, must be unwavering in their commitment to root out conspiracy theories and lies that undermine faith in democracy, according to experts interviewed by Axios.
[…]
The U.S. needs a “Marshall Plan against domestic extremism,” Daniel Koehler, director of the German Institute on Radicalization and De-radicalization Studies, told Axios.
[…]
The latest: Twitter’s ongoing purge of far-right conspiracy theorists who have spread the lie that Trump won the 2020 election continued apace over the weekend, as the company suspended the account of Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft.
[…]
A key part of breaking extremists’ rising mainstream influence will be making it unacceptable for white nationalists, anti-government extremists and conspiracy theorists to serve in the military, in police forces or as lawmakers.
[…]
One idea, courtesy of Christian Picciolini, a former neo-Nazi leader who founded the Free Radicals Project, which works to help people leave violent extremist groups: a “single entry point” akin to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline “that people recognize, that people trust, that people understand.”
[…]
The bottom line: “Any sort of solution is going to have to be holistic and is going to have to have empathy at its core,” said Jared Holt, a visiting research fellow with the Atlantic Council.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:24:09am

So clear that these thugs — domestic terrorists is not too strong a term — are Trump’s real people. He loves them and they respond in kind.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 10, 2021

Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 10:24:50am

re: #29 No Malarkey!

I wonder if Fox News is televising the trial? This would be the first time most of them were exposed to reality about Trump.

Their website is “on point”:

🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 10:26:59am

re: #33 Dr. Matt

Their website is “on point”:

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Did we expect anything else from FAUX?

Nope.

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 10:27:27am

If the Senate acquits, they take this defense away from all of the people using it.

Dominic Pezzola, one of the Proud Boys arrested for the Capitol attack told a court today that he was duped by Trump’s “deception” and “acted out of the delusional belief” that he was responding patriotically to Trump. https://t.co/6T8ZzQcU1B

— POLITICO (@politico) February 10, 2021

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Feb 10, 2021 • 10:28:48am

re: #33 Dr. Matt

“Link” being that they use the same brand of soy sauce?

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:29:06am

re: #35 darthstar

The senators will eagerly grind up a few followers to retain power.

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 10:29:22am

Mmmm….Morgan

It’s the 1st day of the 2nd impeachment trial day! Sending love and good wishes and a bit of frivolity to lighten the mood! Hope springs eternal!!! #PINK!💗🌷🎉💕💗🌷🎉💕💗🌷🎉💕💗🌷🎉💕💗🌷🎉 pic.twitter.com/gTikzphoGx

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:30:35am

One of the many important points about the chronology and starting before the election. By January 6, when they are rallying at the very moment of the certification in Congress,”stop the steal” can mean only one thing: physically, forcibly, violently “fight like hell” to stop it.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:37:31am

Remember when we all heard Trump brag about sexually assaulting women and the GOP supported him anyways?

Well this entire impeachment trial is just Trump bragging about sedition and we all know the GOP will support him anyways.

Once you are okay with rape, anything goes.

— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) February 10, 2021

Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 10:37:34am

Trump’s lawyers’ only defense was “unconstitutionality” of the impeachment trial. That’s gone. They have nothing left. How will they fill their hours?

Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 10:38:21am

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies, says he spoke to Trump last night after the first day of the trial and that he assured him “the case is over” and the trial will end with his acquittal.

— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) February 10, 2021

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 10:38:33am

re: #33 Dr. Matt

Their website is “on point”:

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I forget, which one is it and what was the story about the spy?

O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave.. Feb 10, 2021 • 10:39:53am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

That’s been a foregone conclusion since Day 1. I can only hope that one day, the GOP will finally be held to account for this shameful chapter in American history.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 10:40:13am

An acquittal will mean the case will continue, right in the face of every Republican who runs for any office.

Teukka Feb 10, 2021 • 10:40:48am

Evening noms in this Lizardim’s lair:

Chinese Cuisine Inspired Sweet & Sour Pork…

Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 10:43:39am

House Dems also being careful to call them “Twitter statements,” to give the tweets more rhetorical heft.

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 10, 2021

lawhawk Feb 10, 2021 • 10:43:56am

The Hill: Democrat elected chair of Postal Service Board of Governors | TheHill.https://t.co/CmqrDaCgWe

via @GoogleNews

— BMLewis (@BMLewis2) February 10, 2021

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 10:46:27am

Biden was just on announcing sanctions against the Burmese coup, including the individual leaders. This involves a freeze on both government and individual assets. Joe pointedly added that humanitarian programs would not be affected.

TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 10:48:48am

re: #48 lawhawk

Guess what, Larcenous Louie? We’re coming to put you out on your ass (and, hopefully, put it in jail)…

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Feb 10, 2021 • 10:49:37am

re: #48 lawhawk

It’s a start. DeJoy has got to go. 💯

Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 10:50:30am

pic.twitter.com/RxsEfbDnEA

— John Sipher (@john_sipher) February 10, 2021

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 10:57:48am

re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg

One of the number one things I have to constantly tell myself when I am speaking in public or doing one of my videos for YouTube is: SLOW DOWN.

The one time I spoke at a hearing in front of the St. Paul city council, I froze up in a panic before I started talking and just stared at everyone thinking I was going to have to sit down without saying anything. I did eventually manage to get my statement out, and I got compliments from some friends and the president of the council for the way that I sized up and stared down everyone before I spoke.

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 10:59:07am

Milo’s first time up to the bluffs. The cove is a great spot but it’s part of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, so no doggos down there. pic.twitter.com/ySOizBwUOy

— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021

plansbandc Feb 10, 2021 • 11:00:50am

re: #54 darthstar

My sister-in-law would go nuts over your dogs. She’s had cattle dog mixes forever.

Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:02:06am

Just had a depressing conversation with a Trump-supporting neighbor who started to come around about what Trump did, but then fell right back into it when someone told her the rioters were not really Trump supporters. She absolutely refused to listen to anything I said.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:03:47am

It’s the “murder them” for me. Trump sent the mob in to kill anyone who disagreed with Trump. And still. https://t.co/ytZa3quYZG

— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) February 10, 2021

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:04:11am

“Damn right I called the code red” https://t.co/O0HncFGlwj

— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) February 9, 2021

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 11:05:09am

re: #56 Charles Johnson

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And that’s the reason this trial needs to go on, even if Republicans refuse to convict him. And Democrats need to figure out a way to get some type of testimony from the rioters.

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 11:06:09am

re: #58 darthstar

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Though I think Sarah just wants to make another video, which I totally agree with.

Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 11:06:13am

Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald blast Facebook for bowing to liberal mob and cracking down on what it deems ‘vaccine misinformation’ after media pressure (Daily Fail)

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:06:30am

and a tendency toward fascism and racism. Correlation or causation?

— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021

BlueSpotinAL Feb 10, 2021 • 11:07:09am

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I endorse this choice.

Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:07:15am

I tried to point out all these facts, to no avail. She just didn’t want to hear it.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:08:12am

Trump supporters are unable to see this photo.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:09:33am

Really hope the #impeachment managers point out the sitting Senators who amplified the #insurrection. Trump got ALOT of help from Cruz and Hawley

— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) February 10, 2021

William Lewis Feb 10, 2021 • 11:09:42am

re: #62 darthstar

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Correlation. I have had heavy financial problems and have not abandoned the constitution or socialism.

Now they may well claim it as justification…

Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 11:10:44am

Notes from inside the chamber…

—Sen. Booker emptied a massive bag of candy into his desk at the start.
—*Many* more note-takers today on both sides of the aisle
—Sen. Hawley still sitting in gallery, not on floor
—Sen. Schatz shook his head at comment about shooting Pelosi

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) February 10, 2021

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:11:01am

The reason @HawleyMO is putting his feet up during the Senate trial is because he is signaling to the murderers who stormed the Capitol that he is one of them. #ImpeachmentTrial

— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) February 10, 2021

Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 11:12:17am

Even the best things often turn out to be terrible when you get a look behind the scenes.

Charisma Carpenter Details Buffy/ Angel Boss Joss Whedon’s Allegedly ‘Toxic’ and ‘Hostile’ Misconduct: ‘I Can No Longer Remain Silent’ (MSN-TVLine)

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 11:12:17am

re: #67 William Lewis

Correlation. I have had heavy financial problems and have not abandoned the constitution or socialism.

Now they may well claim it as justification…

I think the prior is pretty high, it just doesn’t apply to everyone. These are people who think they deserve to succeed and take gambles accordingly, but when they fail, they don’t adjust their behavior.

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 11:13:08am

re: #68 Dread Pirate Ron

Someone should sneak a cam in the balcony to check what HeeHawley is watching on his phone.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:15:11am

While @RepDean argues about the attempt to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters based on lies, a reminder that 7 GOP Senators supported that effort

Cruz (R-TX)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Scott (R-FL)
Tuberville (R-AL)https://t.co/BZelMWVdIb

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2021

Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 11:15:29am

“A three-ply surgical mask blocked 42 percent of particles from a simulated cough, and a three-ply cloth mask blocked 44 percent. But a cloth mask covering a medical mask blocked 92 percent of the particles, the report said.” https://t.co/jLPDkDXlIH

— Emily Guskin (@EmGusk) February 10, 2021

🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:15:39am

re: #65 jaunte

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Trump supporters are unable to see this photo.

Relatives insist that was photoshopped.

TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 11:15:58am

re: #63 BlueSpotinAL

I’d probably put that behind a private tag…can’t be too safe these days with the Web and the ease for determined (and often ill-intentioned) people to put 2+2 together.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 11:16:54am

re: #58 darthstar

Nicolle was my favorite Republican until she left the party because of Trump.

Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:19:29am

Wingnut translation: “Irreverent” == vicious hatred masquerading as humor. https://t.co/KhHf9YgroB

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 11:19:57am

re: #77 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Nicolle was my favorite Republican until she left the party because of Trump.

It’s fun when she brings Lincoln Project members on her show, and good fireworks fly when Nicolle, Rachael, and Joy get together.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:20:07am

Same for @RandPaul, who is maskless in the Senate & tweeting while evidence is being presented 🤬🤬🤬 #ExpelTheSeditionists #ImpeachmentTrial https://t.co/usaph7Aezv

— Give Tara Dublin Josh Hawley’s Book Deal (@taradublinrocks) February 10, 2021

BlueSpotinAL Feb 10, 2021 • 11:20:36am

re: #76 TedStriker

I was of two minds about it - I am proud of where I work. We have handled the covid pandemic well, and for all her faults Governor MeeMaw does listen to us.

But put behind private tag anyway.

Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 11:23:21am

Catching up on 2x speed.

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 11:23:37am

re: #80 jaunte

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I would love for the House members to bring up information showing their involvement.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:23:45am

Think about the fact that the GOP Senate is giving Trump a guaranteed win in this trial and five members of Trump’s legal team still quit last week rather than be associated with Trump’s traitorous scheme.

— JRehling (@JRehling) February 10, 2021

TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 11:23:53am

…

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:24:49am

Good to hear the opening arguments in the Georgia trial getting previewed.

Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 11:25:09am

Imagine being a Republican Senator, sitting on the floor, watching these presentations, and being like, ‘Hmm, I’m just not ~*convinced*~.’

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 10, 2021

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:26:08am

re: #80 jaunte

re: #83 Belafon

I would love for the House members to bring up information showing their involvement.

I think it would be great if they did, but they won’t. Senators would balk at any accusations of complicity with Trump even though they know it’s true.

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:26:37am

re: #88 darthstar

I think it would be great if they did, but they won’t. Senators would balk at any accusations of complicity with Trump even though they know it’s true.

But I do expect a House investigation into these GOP Senators in the coming months.

🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:26:44am

re: #87 Dread Pirate Ron

Oh it’s more like, “We’re doing God’s Will and it doesn’t matter what those Democrats think!”

Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 11:26:46am

Rookie mistake with that tweet with a link leading to Carlson’s article, a good defense could seize this and say the managers are distorting the facts because it was evidence in Trump’s head when he posted it etc. etc. An entirely avoidable, if small, shot in own foot.

TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 11:27:17am

re: #81 BlueSpotinAL

I was of two minds about it - I am proud of where I work. We have handled the covid pandemic well, and for all her faults Governor MeeMaw does listen to us.

But put behind private tag anyway.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:28:30am

Think how many of these same senators received threatening calls from Trump themselves.

Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 11:31:51am

re: #91 Nyet

Rookie mistake with that tweet with a link leading to Carlson’s article, a good defense could seize this and say the managers are distorting the facts because it was evidence in Trump’s head when he posted it etc. etc. An entirely avoidable, if small, shot in own foot.

Not as useful as you’re implying since Trump kept saying it after the correction.

Hecuba's daughter Feb 10, 2021 • 11:32:06am

re: #65 jaunte

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Trump supporters are unable to see this photo.

Trump supporters: “It doesn’t look like anything to me”

darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:32:10am

I was out walking Merle and Milo this morning and got sand in my shoes, so I had to sit down on the beach for a minute to clear them.

jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:32:40am

Ted Lieu reading quotes of Trump mocking Republican senators and calling them weak and pathetic … as they prepare to weakly and pathetically acquit him is a ninja-style rhetorical move

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 10, 2021

No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:33:58am

re: #59 Belafon

And that’s the reason this trial needs to go on, even if Republicans refuse to convict him. And Democrats need to figure out a way to get some type of testimony from the rioters.

They did have video of realtor Jenna Ryan.

Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 11:34:05am

re: #94 Belafon

Not as useful as you’re implying since Trump kept saying it after the correction.

The correction still says “dead people voted”.

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plansbandc Feb 10, 2021 • 11:34:21am

I think if the mob had murdered any of the R Congress members, the surviving members would still have kissed Needy’s ass. A few dead coworkers means less competition for his love.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 11:36:16am

Ted Lieu’s reading tweets demonstrating the former president*’s contempt for Republicans in the Congress is some next-level counterpunching. It sounds like an episode of “Intervention.”

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 10, 2021

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BlueSpotinAL Feb 10, 2021 • 11:37:21am

Polenta with mushroom Italian sausage ragu, while working. OK, taking a break.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:37:38am

re: #100 plansbandc

I think if the mob had murdered any of the R Congress members, the surviving members would still have kissed Needy’s ass. A few dead coworkers means less competition for his love.

A too close to reality Onion story. politics.theonion.com

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 11:40:57am

re: #102 BlueSpotinAL

Polenta with mushroom Italian sausage ragu, while working. OK, taking a break.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:43:26am

Rep. Ted Lieu: “President Donald J. Trump ran out of non-violent options to maintain power.”

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2021

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Eventual Carrion Feb 10, 2021 • 11:44:38am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

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They spelt ‘irrelevant’ incorrectly.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:44:46am

Stacey Plaskett - delegate from the US Virgin Islands…how’s that for diversity?

Fox must be apoplectic.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 11:45:39am

re: #102 BlueSpotinAL

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:45:50am

re: #78 Charles Johnson

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Did Ingraham get cancelled too?

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:47:13am

re: #109 darthstar

Did Ingraham get cancelled too?

No, she’s still on at the same time. They moved other wingnuts around.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 11:48:09am

re: #71 Belafon

I think the prior is pretty high, it just doesn’t apply to everyone. These are people who think they deserve to succeed and take gambles accordingly, but when they fail, they don’t adjust their behavior.

When I was involved in talk radio, I noticed a rather striking common characteristic among the outspokenly conservative, especially libertarian, activists. Almost without exception, they were people who had not done as well in life as their parents. These were not office holders but the people who advocate, raise funds and preach the word on a regular basis.
One guy, a Bircher and crypto-nazi who was given to hysterics, was the son of a famous surgeon. By the time I knew him, he was in his late 50s but had never had a paying job in his life. He called himself an investment advisor but he actually ran a whole menagerie of MLM scams. Another one, the local lepertarian chair, was even older and had likewise never had a paying job. He came from a big ranching family and called himself a music promoter. He actually lived on a dwindling inheritance in a ramshackle house he had also inherited but could not afford to maintain.
What is going on there? I think it is aggrieved entitlement. They believe they were born to status, and they don’t really have any.
Rather than blame themselves and their various fuck-ups, they turn all responsibility outward, to “others” who have stolen their birthright.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:48:46am

re: #110 Charles Johnson

No, she’s still on at the same time. They moved other wingnuts around.

That’s unfortunate.

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 11:49:14am

https://t.co/jtaqcKLAmy pic.twitter.com/zXBXdojds5

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) February 10, 2021

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 11:49:22am

I wish that the house presenters had brought in someone to sanitize the podium in between speakers like Biden always does. It would have made a point.

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Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 11:50:46am

They are playing the “Proud Boys stand back and stand by” clip. Boom.

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:51:55am

I’d argue that Trump incited his followers to be increasingly violent for *years*. It didn’t start with the election. He specifically encouraged violence during his whole presidency, and it inevitably led to the Jan 6 insurrection. https://t.co/3EI7Dj0HD7

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:52:14am

Marco is a small man with a simple mind, but tweets like these are the surface manifestation of the toll his feeble servility to Trump, in the face of what’s obvious to everyone, is taking on his psyche. https://t.co/orfHShPREV

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 10, 2021

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Hecuba's daughter Feb 10, 2021 • 11:53:00am

re: #100 plansbandc

I think if the mob had murdered any of the R Congress members, the surviving members would still have kissed Needy’s ass. A few dead coworkers means less competition for his love.

They were probably hoping that the mob would focus its fury on Democrats and thereby help Republicans retake the Senate and the House, by removing a few officeholders.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave.. Feb 10, 2021 • 11:53:37am

re: #116 Charles Johnson

Look at the way they treated the BLM protests - fucking driving through people! Pretending to join in the protests to instigate riots! All of this was explicitly encouraged, calling BLM and Antifa “the enemy”, “those people”, and defending the “very fine people” who performed those despicable acts.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:13am

re: #117 No Malarkey!

Marco’s a useless wimp. We can impeach Trump and then we can charge him but Mr. Sanctimonious Bible Verse Prick would complain then.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:22am

Poor little snowflake won’t let you reply to this! https://t.co/DrnnM9Qp1B

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) February 10, 2021

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:33am

re: #117 No Malarkey!

Chickenshit. https://t.co/TS9TpjeOZj pic.twitter.com/VxNjwnCvT6

— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:49am

Excellent. https://t.co/zOwoJUYRcs

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:52am

Mosley it is. Harry is not infallible, though he is pretty damn close.

I think that’s Oswald Mosley, but the point stands.

— Nick Eden (@Nickpheas) February 10, 2021

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 11:54:52am

Watching the impeachment reminds me of watching Seth Meyers, but there’s no funny after the clips of Trumpist insanity.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 11:55:00am

re: #119 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Look at the way they treated the BLM protests - fucking driving through people! Pretending to join in the protests to instigate riots! All of this was explicitly encouraged, calling BLM and Antifa “the enemy”, “those people”, and defending the “very fine people” who performed those despicable acts.

We’ve been seeing conservatives trying to find legal loopholes to attack protesters for awhile now. It’s fucking sick.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 11:56:23am

re: #123 Charles Johnson

Jason Isbell is one of my favorite singer songwriters.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 11:58:06am

re: #127 darthstar

Jason Isbell is one of my favorite singer songwriters.

I really want to see him perform live when live music is a thing again. My last live show was Drive By Truckers.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 11:59:07am

Paralegal hot take here but the impeachment managers have been great. Proud of all them.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 12:03:45pm

“Destroy the GOP”
I guess I don’t entirely disagree with Trump’s cult.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 12:04:29pm

They pretty much saw 1/6 as their Lexington and Concord but it was actually our version of the ‘23 Beer Hall putsch. The footage has terrified me and honestly all that’s gone on has made me disengage a little out of sadness, anger, confusion, & frustration.

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danarchy Feb 10, 2021 • 12:04:40pm

re: #43 Belafon

I forget, which one is it and what was the story about the spy?

axios.com

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:09:45pm

👀👀👀 Del. Plaskett notes that a permit to march from the Ellipse to the Capitol was NOT authorized…until Trump got involved in planning

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 10, 2021

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 12:11:45pm

re: #131 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Hey HW, how are you.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:12:54pm

The spectacle of Republicans rallying around cop killers & church vandals who chant “destroy the GOP,” & doing so not even based on the “courage” of fascist convictions but based on whiny & false technicality, is revolting & also sad: their self-debasement is profound.

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) February 10, 2021

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 12:13:11pm

Not without some bumps on the road, but the D presentation is extremely good so far.

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 12:14:23pm

Stacy Plaskett is doing a fantastic job, and I wish I could shut up that little voice in my head that keeps telling me, “yeah, but it’s futile.”

After all this, the GOP is still going to acquit the rotten bastard.

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sagehen Feb 10, 2021 • 12:14:35pm

There’s more to repairing federal courts than Supreme Court expansion
thehill.com

Yet Congress has not provided a significant increase of lower-court federal judgeships since 1990, even as our nation’s population has grown and the demands placed on our judicial system have increased. The Judicial Conference of the United States — established by statute as the official, nonpartisan, policy-making body of the federal courts — assesses judicial workload. In March 2019, the body recommended creating five new permanent appellate judgeships, 65 new permanent district court judgeships, and converting eight district court judgeships from temporary to permanent status. In fact, the Judicial Conference’s recommendation likely understates the actual need.

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Eclectic Cyborg Feb 10, 2021 • 12:16:24pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Good material for future Dem campaign ads though.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 12:17:11pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Stacy Plaskett is doing a fantastic job, and I wish I could shut up that little voice in my head that keeps telling me, “yeah, but it’s futile.”

After all this, the GOP is still going to acquit the rotten bastard.

But at least the case is being made to the entire nation, so we will know what they have acquiesced to.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 12:18:30pm

re: #138 sagehen

There’s more to repairing federal courts than Supreme Court expansion
thehill.com

GOP won’t expand the courts until there is a GOP President to make the nominations.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 12:18:49pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Stacy Plasket is doing a fantastic job, and I wish I could shut up that little voice in my head that keeps telling me, “yeah, but it’s futile.”

After all this, the GOP is still going to acquit the rotten bastard.

I know. I keep hearing the republicans saying “So what?” or “Cool”.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:18:55pm

re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg

And debates.
“Will my opponent in future whine that the election was “rigged” and “stolen as he has learned to do by Donald Trump? Will he call for violence to overturn the votes of the majority, a tactic his party approves?”

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HRH Stanley Sea Feb 10, 2021 • 12:19:34pm

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 12:20:13pm

Lllre: #134 Nyet

Hey HW, how are you.

Doing well, thanks.

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PrairieQueen Feb 10, 2021 • 12:21:09pm

The outcome of this is pretty much predestined. Sure, it puts the GOP on record as doing nothing, like the first impeachment. To some people, that might mean something, but it mattered little the first time they gave him a pass. Basically, it’s the party of no consequences, ever.

This doesn’t shame the GOP. This doesn’t change the GOP’s longterm goals. It does not diminish them in the eyes of their Qunstituents. There won’t be any epiphany. And Fox News and the rest of the consipracy-feeding outlets will keep on doing what they do best: Lying about it.

The best I can hope for is humiliatingly bad legal strategy and embarrassing soundbites, for entertainment value. At this point, that isn’t much. It certainly isn’t enough.

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Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 12:21:20pm

Damn. She was impressive.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 12:21:35pm

re: #143 jaunte

And debates.
“Will my opponent in future whine that the election was “rigged” and “stolen as he has learned to do by Donald Trump? Will he call for violence to overturn the votes of the majority, a tactic his party approves?”

There is maybe, less than a 1% chance, that they will say, “wow, we didn’t know all of this, but now we do, we have to convict.” Not holding my breath.

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nines09 Feb 10, 2021 • 12:21:37pm

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 12:22:11pm

re: #147 Dr. Matt

Damn. She was impressive.

The FBI needs to have a chat with Dan Scavino.

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garzooma Feb 10, 2021 • 12:22:51pm

re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg

Good material for future Dem campaign ads though.

If they choose to make them. I don’t know if they used anything from the first impeachment. In fact, AFAIK, none of the Democratic presidential candidates made GOP abuse of power a major theme of their campaigns.

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Jay C Feb 10, 2021 • 12:24:15pm

re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Mosley it is. Harry is not infallible, though he is pretty damn close.

Actually William Joyce (otherwise-obscure British Fascist) was “Lord Haw Haw” ), Oswald Mosley mostly spent the war in slam.

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EPR-radar Feb 10, 2021 • 12:25:44pm

re: #146 PrairieQueen

The outcome of this is pretty much predestined. Sure, it puts the GOP on record as doing nothing, like the first impeachment. To some people, that might mean something, but it mattered little the first time they gave him a pass. Basically, it’s the party of no consequences, ever.

This doesn’t shame the GOP. This doesn’t change the GOP’s longterm goals. It does not diminish them in the eyes of their Qunstituents. There won’t be any epiphany. And Fox News and the rest of the consipracy-feeding outlets will keep on doing what they do best: Lying about it.

The best I can hope for is humiliatingly bad legal strategy and embarrassing soundbites, for entertainment value. At this point, that isn’t much. It certainly isn’t enough.

What I’m hoping for out of this is significant damage to the great both-sides lie of much of the mainstream media.

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 12:26:50pm

Love her using these excerpts from the pro-Trump sites.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:26:56pm

re: #148 No Malarkey!

They know their voters.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:27:34pm

If this trial is showing anything, it’s that the national Republicans whose tongues are permanently glued to Trump’s boots have no pride or self-respect. Trump and his red hats deride and degrade them constantly and they just come crawling back for more.

— digby (@digby56) February 10, 2021

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The Ghost of a Flea Feb 10, 2021 • 12:27:52pm

re: #135 jaunte

Aspiring to mid-level goon status, where you can truncheon someone whimsically twice a day without filling out a form

and are automatically entered into raffle for who gets to hold the mop at this week’s elite blood orgy.

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William Lewis Feb 10, 2021 • 12:31:46pm

re: #157 The Ghost of a Flea

the CLASH ‘Clampdown’ (live on Fridays 1980)

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 12:35:04pm

Wingnuts were hoping to use the “it was all preplanned so his speech had no effect” argument, the Dems have masterfully preempted this.

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The Ghost of a Flea Feb 10, 2021 • 12:35:51pm

For all the Conan-the-Barbarian posturing, most of these people want nothing more than a Daddy who will tell them the sick shit they want to do is okay.

As I’ve said before, they’re not brave enough to actualize as libertines, so they’ve reached this mealy compromise where they co-opt existing moral and legal structures to create authority figures that tell them that *actually* Castle Silling is necessary to the moral character of the nation, and nothing that goes on there is actually bad.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:37:20pm

One thing that I keep coming back to while listening to the House Dems: this mob was largely directed AT REPUBLICANS.

The level of cowardice to not be able to hold the man WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU responsible is just off the damn charts.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 10, 2021

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Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 12:40:36pm

re: #146 PrairieQueen

The outcome of this is pretty much predestined. Sure, it puts the GOP on record as doing nothing, like the first impeachment. To some people, that might mean something, but it mattered little the first time they gave him a pass. Basically, it’s the party of no consequences, ever.

This doesn’t shame the GOP. This doesn’t change the GOP’s longterm goals. It does not diminish them in the eyes of their Qunstituents. There won’t be any epiphany. And Fox News and the rest of the consipracy-feeding outlets will keep on doing what they do best: Lying about it.

The best I can hope for is humiliatingly bad legal strategy and embarrassing soundbites, for entertainment value. At this point, that isn’t much. It certainly isn’t enough.

All it takes is 1-2% of Republicans to decide they can’t support the party anymore and the party will be hurting.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Feb 10, 2021 • 12:41:57pm

I heard some doucecanoe from the federalist on the BBC coming back from the dentist this morning - they’re wearing mini-space suits, now - who was proclaiming how normal and ‘murikan everything about 6 Jan was. Gallows (there was a guillotine at the WH during BLM, dontcha know) and we fight for everything, and it was just good ole campaigning and shit-for-brains was a calming influence. But the was only so much Razia Iqbal could say without screaming, you’re fucking lying — she didn’t, unfortunately.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:43:16pm

Trump hid $771m in campaign spending from the public.

House may just have to subpoena these records. Direct bearing on whether Trump bankrolled the insurrection on Jan 6th. https://t.co/lXyls1O6gK

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) February 10, 2021

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Eventual Carrion Feb 10, 2021 • 12:44:25pm

re: #151 garzooma

If they choose to make them. I don’t know if they used anything from the first impeachment. In fact, AFAIK, none of the Democratic presidential candidates made GOP abuse of power a major theme of their campaigns.

But then there were no visuals/audio as we have now of this incident. Then there was testimony of “the call” but no audio and no real transcript. Now there is visual recording and audio recordings of the event, along with actual people dead and maimed. Might make a difference.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 12:45:52pm

re: #164 jaunte

That seems like it could be illegal.

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Dr. Matt Feb 10, 2021 • 12:46:55pm

re: #164 jaunte

Trump hid $771m in campaign spending from the public.

$771 MILLION!?! WTF.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp! Feb 10, 2021 • 12:49:55pm

re: #165 Eventual Carrion

But then there were no visuals/audio as we have now of this incident. Then there was testimony of “the call” but no audio and no real transcript. Now there is visual recording and audio recordings of the event, along with actual people dead and maimed. Might make a difference.

And covid-19 was a much more immediate issue.

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The Ghost of a Flea Feb 10, 2021 • 12:54:42pm

re: #161 jaunte

This is why I called them mid-level goons.

They’ve accepted the idea of hierarchy mattering more than any kind of consistent position, such that it makes sense that the guy with the most power could send a mob to attack Congress…if they could acquire that power, they’d use it the same way, and therefore can’t bring themselves to condemn that power…and they’re angrier about the idea that they could be deprived of that power than they are that they were subject to that power.

The instinct to get under somebody with more power is stronger than any ideology. The aspiration to get a little more unchecked power is all that matters.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 12:54:45pm

re: #164 jaunte

Simon Rosenberg
@SimonWDC
Trump hid $771m in campaign spending from the public.

That’s really rich given all the facilities and people who never got paid by the campaign.

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mmmirele Feb 10, 2021 • 12:55:22pm

re: #152 Jay C

Actually William Joyce (otherwise-obscure British Fascist) was “Lord Haw Haw” ), Oswald Mosley mostly spent the war in slam.

I dunno…Mosley was also a member of the British aristocracy. He spent part of his time in stir with his wife, Diana Mitford (also an aristocrat and a fascist who was married to Mosley in the presence of Goebbels and Hitler). They were housed in the women’s prison Holloway until November 1943, then on house arrest.They weren’t granted passports until 1949.

For the record, Diana Mitford’s younger sister, Jessica (Decca), emigrated to the USA at the start of WW2 and ended up in the Communist Party. I remember reading in Decca’s autobiography that she and her husband and children applied for passports, shouldn’t have gotten them (because KNOWN COMMUNISTS), got them anyway, and went to the UK and Europe for several weeks. Their passports were confiscated upon their return but ultimately they got passports again in the 1960s.

172

Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 12:56:13pm

They can only pull five of six doses from each vial.

Japan to discard millions of Pfizer vaccine doses because it has wrong syringes (The Guardian)

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 12:56:29pm

But for Trump, no insurrection on January 6th

Dean: “The truth is, this attack never would have happened but for Donald Trump. And so they came, draped in Trump’s flag, and used our flag, the American flag, to batter and bludgeon.” pic.twitter.com/Q4LI65hDML

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 10, 2021

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 12:57:17pm

I’m watching this on PBS and the republican consultant that they’re talking with on breaks is just incredibly rancid. Her smile could spoil milk.

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EPR-radar Feb 10, 2021 • 12:58:20pm

So far, it seem the worst consequence that Trump has faced for anything, ever, is the loss of his Twitter account.

Let’s hope that state-level criminal prosecutions and convictions change that ridiculous state of affairs.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 12:59:30pm

David Corn:

“…With this trial, the Republicans are in the dock. Trump’s infamy is already guaranteed. In the years ahead, Americans will watch the 13-minute-long video compiled by the impeachment managers—as we now watch the videos of the brutality on the Edmund Pettus Bridge or the footage of the Kent State shootings—and render the obvious and appropriate judgment. There will be no changing that. But the Republicans had a chance to separate themselves from this American horror story. To show they are a party, not a cult. To demonstrate they are loyal to the Constitution, not to a narcissist who conned millions into believing his dangerous lies. And they said, no thanks, we’ll stick with what we got. This is no shocker. It’s been their M.O. since they joined in with the “lock her up” chants at the GOP convention in 2016 and cheered Trump’s “American carnage” speech at his inauguration. They have continuously excused or embraced Trump’s brutal demagoguery and his never-ending deceit. And they are now doing the same even when Trumpism has turned violent and threatened the national security of the United States. With their vote on the opening day of the trial—and with their presumed votes ahead to acquit—these GOP senators are chaining themselves to Trump for all time, and that is certainly a fitting punishment for them.”
motherjones.com

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 1:00:17pm

Now there’s a shock. https://t.co/UH03XoMEUD

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:01:01pm

He planned it directly.

Key nugget today: Trump reviewed the permit for the rally at the Ellipse, which originally did not include marching to the US Capitol - and had it revised to allow that.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 10, 2021

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EPR-radar Feb 10, 2021 • 1:05:29pm

re: #178 jaunte

Look at that. The closest thing to a smoking gun one can get out of someone as intrinsically disordered as Trump.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 1:06:24pm

re: #176 jaunte

Reporter on PBS says that a republican senator told her that they’re not hearing anything they haven’t already been told. This presentation by the house is purely for the public, which is actually a good thing.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:07:35pm

re: #180 stpaulbear

Sounds like a minimizing “old news, nothing to see here” kind of comment.

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The Pie Overlord! Feb 10, 2021 • 1:07:41pm

Google it. Or just be lazy and treat it as a “religion” thing you don’t understand and be an asshole.

I remember when I got dozens of hate emails for “G-d” from people who thought I didn’t want to say the term, when really it is a Sayag ha Torah….look it up

— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) February 10, 2021

Medieval antisemitism never ended. It’s still the middle ages for Jews, and the same Medieval Christian descriptors are used to demonize and dehumanize them.

— @identitypolitique (@femocratsrisin1) February 10, 2021

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 1:09:06pm

Totally not a cult.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts called on constituents to contact Sen. Ben Sasse to tell his office how they feel about Sasse criticising Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the state GOP has postponed their emergency meeting to censure Sen. Sasse due to the bitter cold.

The Republican governor, a consistent backer of Trump during his presidency, did not say, when asked, whether the former president should face some sort of sanction for urging thousands of his supporters, at a rally on Jan. 6, to “fight like hell” and march to the U.S. Capitol. Ricketts said that each individual who broke into the Capitol made that decision on their own.

Ricketts calls for ‘dialogue’ with Sen. Sasse over comments about Trump (Omaha World-Herald, fifteen minutes ago)

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 1:09:34pm

You can do a lot with those three notes. https://t.co/w8JAkBaj3v

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 1:10:19pm

re: #178 jaunte

He planned it directly.

That’s a pretty damning fact. First real news from this trial, actually.

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 1:12:18pm

Part 2.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 1:12:39pm

re: #183 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

hiTotally not a cult.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts called on constituents to contact Sen. Ben Sasse to tell his office how they feel about Sasse criticising Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the state GOP has postponed their emergency meeting to censure Sen. Sasse due to the bitter cold.

Ricketts calls for ‘dialogue’ with Sen. Sasse over comments about Trump (Omaha World-Herald, fifteen minutes ago)

So have you and your wife sent your letters yet? It works both ways. :)

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BeenHereAwhile Feb 10, 2021 • 1:13:06pm

re: #164 jaunte

Trump hid $771m in campaign spending from the public

That’s why, even tho they raised $1 billion+, the Trump campaign ran out of money towards the end of the campaign.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 1:13:57pm

re: #187 stpaulbear

So have you and your wife sent your letters yet? It works both ways. :)

I’ve already called his office to tell him I appreciated his truthful assessment about Trump followers being a cult.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 1:14:39pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

I think you can play a section of In The Court of the Crimson King.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 1:16:48pm

re: #190 stpaulbear

I think you can play a section of In The Court of the Crimson King.

Oops. I meant 21st Century Schizoid Man.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 1:19:18pm

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Teukka Feb 10, 2021 • 1:20:02pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

https://t.co/8KAITOpNmc pic.twitter.com/OO1e1uOUJe

— 😷 Teo 😷 (@Teukka72) February 10, 2021

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John Hughes Feb 10, 2021 • 1:20:35pm

re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Mosley it is. Harry is not infallible, though he is pretty damn close.

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he’s also wrong about “Haw Haw” being a traitor.
Joyce (his real name) was an American, and so couldn’t be a traitor to Britain (even if he obtained a British passport under false pretences).

(Android turned even into reborn, which was pretty funny in context).

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 1:28:52pm

The Party of Law and Order (tm):

Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass (R) submitted his resignation Wednesday — eight days after getting out of jail on allegations he drove drunk and violated his probation for a March DUI.

“I, Oliver J. Glass, do hereby tender my resignation as the Dodge County Attorney,” Glass wrote the Dodge County Board. “I intend to use my last few days in office to wrap up office affairs and to assist in easing the transition process. I am most certain that the attorneys and staff members remaining in the office will keep it up and running as smoothly and efficiently as possible.”

(more)

The county commission will need to appoint a replacement until a new election can be held.

In March, Glass was driving drunk near the Christensen baseball fields on the edge of Fremont while a 911 caller followed him. Fremont police didn’t respond to the call; the caller suggested they were taking their time because they knew who it was. Eventually, a Dodge County sheriff’s deputy fell in behind Glass and pulled him over. His blood-alcohol content was .142, above the legal limit of .08.

That same month, Glass badgered the new boyfriend of his estranged wife — sending him 46 texts calling him a “faggot,” “retart” (sic) and “bitch.” Glass laced the texts with off-kilter questions about whether the boyfriend, Nathan Schany, had seen the ending of “Breaking Bad,” referencing the violent death of a character. “Such a silky game,” he wrote.

Schany had been drinking that night and said the texts, along with 10 phone calls from Glass, sent him into a tailspin, culminating in him taking one of his buddy’s Adderall pills to try to calm his anxiety. That morning, he called his parents and told them he was thinking about killing himself. His mother called Fremont police, who took him to Methodist Health-Fremont.

and

In April, Schany was arrested after he confronted Glass outside a Casey’s gas station and contended that Glass had been following him and Glass’s estranged wife, Katie. Schany shoved and punched Glass and later was convicted of misdemeanor assault for that incident.

In August, Glass was placed on 15 months of probation for the March DUI. As part of his probation, he was required to abstain from alcohol, and he had 60 days where he was required to blow into a device to prove he was sober before he could drive his truck.

Prosecutors allege he violated that probation at least three times. They are investigating a December crash in which he severely damaged his pickup truck during a snowstorm. Glass walked away from the crash and didn’t report it for several hours.

In mid-January, Glass tested positive for alcohol during a routine urine test administered by a probation officer. Then, about 9 p.m. Jan. 28, Glass had arrived at his estranged wife’s home to pick up his kids for his parenting time. The children, ages 9 and 11, noticed he was drunk and refused to get in the car with him.

Katie Glass called 911. Before Fremont police could arrive, Glass drove to a home owned by his parents near the Fremont Country Club. Police caught up to him there and Glass blew a .202 in a preliminary breath test, three times the legal limit.

However, after taking Glass to jail on the probation violation, Fremont police did not administer a more detailed test involving a Datamaster alcohol testing machine. That jeopardizes a second DUI prosecution of Glass — preliminary breath tests are not admissible in court.

Glass’s probation violation is pending. If convicted of that, he faces up to 60 days in jail.

omaha.com

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 1:31:23pm

It occurs to me that Republicans acting so blasé throughout this trial may have seriously underestimated how angry Democrats are about what Trump tried to do.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:33:12pm

This wasn’t a rally that boiled over. It was an organized, well-funded, terrorist attack. That is made clearer by the minute.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 10, 2021

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 10, 2021 • 1:37:00pm

re: #195 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Schany had been drinking that night and said the texts, along with 10 phone calls from Glass, sent him into a tailspin, culminating in him taking one of his buddy’s Adderall pills to try to calm his anxiety

Uh, Adderall don’t work that way….

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HRH Stanley Sea Feb 10, 2021 • 1:38:49pm

re: #144 HRH Stanley Sea

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 1:39:16pm

Hm. “pEace oUt”.

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HRH Stanley Sea Feb 10, 2021 • 1:41:17pm

“Spazz” is one of the most creepy scary of em all.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 1:41:41pm

re: #199 HRH Stanley Sea

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 1:41:50pm

Anyone who is not a pig will vote to convict.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 1:42:08pm

re: #152 Jay C

Actually William Joyce (otherwise-obscure British Fascist) was “Lord Haw Haw” ), Oswald Mosley mostly spent the war in slam.

I know that, but the guy in the picture is Mosley.
To make it clear, I am agreeing with the second poster that Harry had misidentified the man in the picture, who is NOT William Joyce but IS Oswald Mosley.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 1:42:16pm

re: #201 HRH Stanley Sea

“Spazz” is one of the most creepy scary of em all.

No one wants to be around a man named “Spazz.”

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 1:43:07pm

Plaskett is really good. This is why I didn’t get poo pooing Harris for being a former prosecutor.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:43:12pm

Who told the mob Mike Pence was the problem? Who told them Mike Pence betrayed them?

We all know the answer.

It was Donald Trump.

And if you are unwilling to accept this one tiny slice of reality, you need to take a long look in the mirror. https://t.co/y4X2h0vuGC

— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) February 10, 2021

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 1:43:45pm

A lawyer, she says of the aptly named Calhoun with disgust.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior) Feb 10, 2021 • 1:44:19pm

re: #207 jaunte

These guys are the modern SA.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 10, 2021 • 1:46:43pm

I just hope the Democrats are smart enough to allow for the conviction votes to be secret - that’s the only way that Trump loses, and with the subsequent vote to deny him any further chance to run for any government seat….

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Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 1:49:24pm

re: #210 Eric The Fruit Bat

I just hope the Democrats are smart enough to allow for the conviction votes to be private - that’s the only way that Trump loses, and with the subsequent vote to deny him any further chance to run for any government seat….

I would prefer to make it impossible for Trump to run again, for sure. And let 20 of the 50 Republicans vote against him, and later have 40 of them talk about how they couldn’t vote to convict.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 1:49:41pm

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lawhawk Feb 10, 2021 • 1:49:48pm

Bogus ads are appearing in the NYC subways lampooning the Trump legal team.

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b.d. (America is Great Again) Feb 10, 2021 • 1:51:12pm

Washington Post story headline sums it up for me:

The Jan. 6 images were already disturbing. The impeachment-trial video makes them terrifying.

washingtonpost.com

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lawhawk Feb 10, 2021 • 1:51:47pm

The same people who were out there rallying with Trump and then marched down to the Capitol all while waving their Trump flags and wearing Trump gear, are actually antifa and BLM? That’s what the know nothing right wing conspiracy mongers are going with?

That conflicts directly with the very people who were arrested who say they’re Trumpists and were misled by Trump (because they’re going to be sorry for the jail time, legal costs, and loss of income they’re going to suffer as a result of being insurrectionists).

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Eric The Fruit Bat Feb 10, 2021 • 1:52:13pm

re: #213 lawhawk

That’s a pretty good gag.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:55:08pm

You know. Why were you going into hiding if it wasn’t a big deal?

— Louisa 🌈👭 (@LouisatheLast) February 10, 2021

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lawhawk Feb 10, 2021 • 1:56:38pm

Fuck the GOP.

Security footage that shows just how close insurrectionists came to finding staff pic.twitter.com/ENTs5CphtI

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) February 10, 2021

This pisses me off to no end. Staffers were close to being killed or becoming hostages thanks to Trump and his insurrectionists.

How close did they get? A door. One of these fuckers broke down one door, but when facing a second, decided it wasn’t worth it.

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HRH Stanley Sea Feb 10, 2021 • 1:57:06pm

re: #202 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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The Pie Overlord! Feb 10, 2021 • 1:57:34pm

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:57:45pm

this glare was merited at the time, but it just got a *lot* more understandable https://t.co/qFxWLcG3dR pic.twitter.com/VBv8lYPuBC

— Danielle Blake (@abradacabla) February 10, 2021

If only he would maintain it.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 1:59:26pm

Reminder: Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley were complicit in this attempted coup. They knew there was no evidence of widespread fraud. They nonetheless lied to the public and objected to certifying electors. They must be expelled from the Senate.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 10, 2021

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plansbandc Feb 10, 2021 • 1:59:33pm

re: #218 lawhawk

JFC

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 2:00:29pm

re: #219 HRH Stanley Sea

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nines09 Feb 10, 2021 • 2:01:34pm

re: #198 Eric The Fruit Bat

Uh, Adderall don’t work that way….

Speed will make you sober quicker than anything besides time.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 2:02:13pm

re: #221 jaunte

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If only he would maintain it.

Looks like Mitt is in Don Corleone mode…

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 2:02:15pm

re: #218 lawhawk

Fuck the GOP.

This pisses me off to no end. Staffers were close to being killed or becoming hostages thanks to Trump and his insurrectionists.

How close did they get? A door. One of these fuckers broke down one door, but when facing a second, decided it wasn’t worth it.

A vote to acquit the chief terrorist must be hung around these fuckers’ necks from now to doomsday. To that end, this footage should figure very heavily in mid-term election advertising.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 2:03:08pm

Proclaiming your “love” for these “special” people after what they did is itself an impeachable offense. It’s atrocious and unAmerican and reprehensible and fundamentally incompatible with the duties of being President of the United States.

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) February 10, 2021

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lawhawk Feb 10, 2021 • 2:07:15pm

re: #228 jaunte

Pence is a fucking lunatic who is a craven coward for good measure. He wont testify. He’s afraid of the very people that Trump sicced on him. He was a loyal Trumpist right up to the moment Trump directed their attention at Pence’s loyalty to the Constitution over Trump and confirmed the EC counts.

He wont do it for the good of the nation, even if he should. I doubt he has it in him.

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 2:07:19pm

“At least you’re not a cat,” House colleagues comment.

— Jack Fitzpatrick ☘️ (@jackfitzdc) February 10, 2021

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gwangung Feb 10, 2021 • 2:09:11pm

re: #230 Dread Pirate Ron

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OK, this made me laugh.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 2:09:22pm

This is Wednesday 30th October 1912: I have Babelised a remarkable autochrome taken by Stéphane Passet in Kyoto, Japan, 109 years ago. It is the Noh theatre’s principal actor from the play Mochizuki (he is portraying Ozawa-no-Tomofusa). It is original colour (not colourised) 😍 pic.twitter.com/8ITscHaoso

— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) February 10, 2021

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Orange Impostor Feb 10, 2021 • 2:09:31pm

re: #218 lawhawk

Fuck the GOP.

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This pisses me off to no end. Staffers were close to being killed or becoming hostages thanks to Trump and his insurrectionists.

How close did they get? A door. One of these fuckers broke down one door, but when facing a second, decided it wasn’t worth it.

Never forget that there are multiple Republicans in Congress as well as the Trump inner circle whose only problem with the insurrection was that Democratic members were not killed by the rioters.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 2:13:42pm

If D.C. was an open carry jurisdiction, January 6th would’ve been a bloodbath.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 2:14:00pm

HOLY FUCKING SHIT - the film of Schumer walking up a ramp and then running back down is fucking scary.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists Feb 10, 2021 • 2:14:33pm

The hits keep coming.

‘Buffy’ Star Michelle Trachtenberg Alleges “Not Appropriate Behavior” By Joss Whedon On Series; Follows Sarah Michelle Gellar Offering Support For Charisma Carpenter & “All Survivors Of Abuse” - Update (MSN-Deadline)

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 2:18:57pm

The lawyers presenting the Trump case will look as assholes after this.

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Belafon Feb 10, 2021 • 2:19:57pm

Someone should tell Hawley and Cruz that they won’t be able to run in 2024 if Trump can.

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 2:20:43pm

cre: #237 Nyet

The lawyers presenting the Trump case will look as assholes after this.

They looked like assholes when they took his case.

The audio from the Capitol Police is horrifying.

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danarchy Feb 10, 2021 • 2:21:50pm

re: #230 Dread Pirate Ron

There is an easy solution to this…don’t do video unless it is actually necessary ffs. I keep my video off during meetings unless absolutely necessary, and most of the time it isn’t necessary. A study recently showed that audio only uses something like 96% less energy than an SD video call so it is greener too. HD is almost twice as bad as SD and Ultra HD is even more than twice the energy cost of HD.

Unless you are talking to grandkids, family, friends who you actually want to see, video is so pointless on most calls.

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Jay C Feb 10, 2021 • 2:27:15pm

re: #196 Charles Johnson

Unfortunately,I really don’t think it’s a matter of “seriously underestimated” as it is “seriously don’t give a shit”.

Today’s Republican Party…

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 2:27:24pm

AND HE JUST SAT THERE AND WATCHED IT ON TV. SMILING. HE JUST FUCKING SAT THERE.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 10, 2021

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 2:27:49pm

just tuned in to the last 30 minutes

i want to scream at the R’s - what the hell is wrong with you??

and still, i can see the defense and the voting justification:

this is terrible
tragic
horrible
trump didnt cause it

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 2:27:52pm

Donald J Trump is guilty of treason against the United States of America.

— Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) February 10, 2021

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 2:27:54pm

As the mob closed in on the Senate chamber — with Mike Pence’s life clearly in danger — Donald Trump tweeted this about his Vice President. pic.twitter.com/evFCIfogfA

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) February 10, 2021

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 2:34:29pm

re: #239 darthstar

They looked like assholes when they took his case.

The audio from the Capitol Police is horrifying.

I hope that the next speaker after the dinner break speaks about how Trump and his people denied reinforcements to the capitol police.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 2:35:13pm

re: #210 Eric The Fruit Bat

I just hope the Democrats are smart enough to allow for the conviction votes to be secret - that’s the only way that Trump loses, and with the subsequent vote to deny him any further chance to run for any government seat….

I want every one of the cowards to own their vote publicly. I want them defending it from that day until their reëlection.

I find it interesting that people like Jeff Flake and Pat Toomey chose to take a powder rather than stand up against the Fascist Party.

They reason Republicans have argued so hard for secret votes is precisely because they don’t want to be held responsible for their own actions. Nope. Make ‘em squirm. Make their own voters and those who sit out elections see what that party has represented for half-a-century: If they can’t get their way at the ballot box, they’ll murder cops and overthrow government to get it.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 2:35:33pm

wapo

Philip Bump: “The House impeachment managers arguing for Trump to be convicted by the Senate are… framing that day as the culmination of months of incitement by the former president. Before the Nov. 3 election, Trump claimed that he could lose his reelection bid only if rampant fraud occurred; once he lost, that’s precisely what he alleged. Week after week, Trump elevated any random allegation of fraud in an effort to show that something suspect had occurred, to create a miasma of uncertainty aimed at rationalizing his effort to peel back Joe Biden’s win. It was successful: Most Republicans still falsely believe that the election was marred by fraud.”

“Trump had a lot of assistance in pushing that case, including from the conservative media and his campaign team. But he was also assisted by a large segment of the Republican Senate caucus, the group that is currently being asked to see his behavior after the election as part of an effort to overthrow the results of the presidential election.”

“Nearly half of the Republican caucus, in other words, is being asked to judge that the falsehood they helped propel was an instrumental part of an attempted insurrection against the U.S. government.”

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 2:36:49pm

The prosecution is compelling. Donald Trump incited and directed the insurrection. He knew what he was doing. I cannot imagine how any Senator could vote against removal.

— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) February 10, 2021

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 2:39:26pm

you support a pig, you’re a pig.
though with this kind of smarmy shit, you’d be a pig anyway

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reassured former President Donald Trump that he will be acquitted on a charge of inciting an insurrection, The Hill reports.

Said Graham: “I think his team will do better, can do better. I reinforced to the president, the case is over. It’s just a matter of getting the final verdict now.”

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 2:40:37pm

re: #248 Dangerman

The house republicans are just as bad as the senate republicans, but Nancy is in control of the house.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 2:42:16pm

Donald Trump (center) is seen posing with US senate jurors Lindsey Graham (left) and Ted Cruise (right) during happier times. pic.twitter.com/cAqdLeBp3D

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 10, 2021

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 2:43:21pm

I’ve been informed that I mistook Oswald Moseley for William Joyce. My apologies. I’ll try again. Here, really…

The traitor Lord Haw Haw and the traitor Josh Hawley Hawley pic.twitter.com/l45fQY8sKL

— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) February 10, 2021

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Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 2:44:50pm

I haven’t seen it brought up yet, but I thought I saw it here awhile ago—there was already a form of “stop the steal” concocted by Roger Stone in place in 2016. There was a kind of playbook in place already. Now I just have to find the source and hope it’s not Louise Mensch.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 2:45:50pm

I was listening on NPR in the car as Eric Swalwell spoke and I kept tearing up over the terror the police clearly felt. I think it was more powerful somehow on radio.

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 2:45:57pm

Romney said he’d never seen that video before and had no idea how close he was to the rioters

“I was very fortunate indeed”

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) February 10, 2021

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 2:48:42pm

re: #221 jaunte

Officer Goodman absolutely deserves a Congressional Gold Medal. I wonder how many Republicans would oppose that bill.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 2:49:10pm

Truly disturbing police body cam footage of insurrectionists beating and kicking an officer while down - just played by House managers at the impeachment trial. A vote to acquit is a vote supporting this: https://t.co/RWynycbrUp

— Peter Billerbeck (@PeterJBX) February 10, 2021

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austin_blue Feb 10, 2021 • 2:49:38pm

re: #137 Charles Johnson

Stacy Plaskett is doing a fantastic job, and I wish I could shut up that little voice in my head that keeps telling me, “yeah, but it’s futile.”

After all this, the GOP is still going to acquit the rotten bastard.

Maybe, but I remain hopeful that 17 of the 34 or so R Senators who aren’t up until 2024-26, by which time Drumpf might be taking a long hoped for and well-deserved dirt bath, might turn on the rat-fucker and convict him.

One nerver knows, do one?

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 2:50:43pm

re: #254 Barefoot Grin

I haven’t seen it brought up yet, but I thought I saw it here awhile ago—there was already a form of “stop the steal” concocted by Roger Stone in place in 2016. There was a kind of playbook in place already. Now I just have to find the source and hope it’s not Louise Mensch.

here’s a CNN story

Stop the Steal’s massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone
11/14/20

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Decatur Deb Feb 10, 2021 • 2:51:08pm

re: #259 austin_blue

Maybe, but I remain hopeful that 17 of the 34 or so R Senators who aren’t up until 2024-26, by which time Drumpf might be taking a long hoped for and well-deserved dirt bath, might turn on the rat-fucker and convict him.

One nerver knows, do one?

If McConnell tells them to swarm, they’ll swarm.

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Barefoot Grin Feb 10, 2021 • 2:51:47pm

re: #260 Dangerman

here’s a CNN story

Stop the Steal’s massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone
11/14/20

Thanks. I’m sure now that the managers will get around to that. They’ve very impressive in the way they’ve laid this out methodically.

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sagehen Feb 10, 2021 • 2:52:25pm

re: #220 The Pie Overlord!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 2:52:30pm

re: #245 Dread Pirate Ron

Is Mike Pence still on St. Croix, or has he returned?

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Decatur Deb Feb 10, 2021 • 2:54:06pm

re: #264 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Is Mike Pence still on St. Croix, or has he returned?

Pence is on the Holy Cross? Third-rate Passion play.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Feb 10, 2021 • 2:57:58pm

re: #257 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Officer Goodman absolutely deserves a Congressional Gold Medal. I wonder how many Republicans would oppose that bill.

I think there should be a special “Capitol Defense Medal” for everyone except elected officials (police, staffers, and Capitol maintenance) who took part in the defense. Elected officials should be excluded because so many of them were in fact on the enemy side.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 2:59:02pm

re: #220 The Pie Overlord!

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 3:02:31pm

re: #265 Decatur Deb

Pence is on the Holy Cross? Third-rate Passion play.

The fly stuns in his role as Dismas.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 3:08:36pm

Wonder if 17 Republicans would vote to convict if they had hanged Pence and shot Pelosi? Or would they have regarded those as offsetting penalties?

— Steve Weakley (@tvsteve) February 10, 2021

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Ming5000 Feb 10, 2021 • 3:08:38pm

re: #220 The Pie Overlord!

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 3:10:10pm

the press continues to be confounded by biden’s refusal to be a tv pundit/loudmouth at the end of the bar like his predecessor https://t.co/LrISsuOEiM

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 10, 2021

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(((Archangel1))) Feb 10, 2021 • 3:11:10pm

How about justice for the law enforcement officers who WERE BRUTALIZED AND KILLED by the mob he unleashed on Jan 6?

Not that I expect a member of the GOP - the party of lawlessness & national insecurity - to do right by them.

You and yours own this abomination for all eternity.

— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 10, 2021

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 3:13:06pm

One of Trump’s brainwashed fools now calling in on CSPAN, claiming voter fraud.

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jaunte Feb 10, 2021 • 3:18:31pm

On the one hand, the president sent his supporters to the US Capitol to overthrow the government and kill the vice president.

On the other hand, some people chanted in the streets asking for cops to stop killing Black people.

Potayto, potahto. https://t.co/SZp708EHev

— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 10, 2021

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 3:21:35pm

Sen. Lankford (R-Okla.) was incredibly shaken up after that last video of Officer Hodges being crushed. I and other reporters in the chamber observed Lankford appearing to get teary-eyed. Sen. Daines (R-Mont.) was comforting him and was holding his arm.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) February 10, 2021

When video played showing cops as human barricade so senators could escape, Sens. Warner and Bennet pointed at the screen, seeming to identify themselves.

Sens. Durbin and Gillibrand looked away when Officer Hodges was being crushed.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) February 10, 2021

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 3:22:14pm

Rand Paul wasn’t at his desk for much of the 1pm hour. “However, immediately after Schumer called the break, Paul beelined in (without a mask on) and handed a folded piece of paper that had been sitting on his desk to David Shoen,” per pooler @AllisonMPecorin.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 10, 2021

For the first 20 minutes or so when the new video was playing, there were a handful of empty seats — I counted four on the GOP side, including Sen. Lindsey Graham who was not at his desk.

Senators on both sides were listening and watching the videos intently.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 10, 2021

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:22:32pm

re: #261 Decatur Deb

If McConnell tells them to swarm, they’ll swarm.

Mitch will never do the right thing just for the sake of it. He’ll only vote against Trump if he thinks that is his best route back to power. And such a vote would divide the GOP.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 3:23:37pm

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) cites Hawley:

“That mob would not have given a damn if they caught any senator and asked them — with maybe the exception of some of the ones who gave them a fist salute — but I don’t think they would have given a damn about what party you belong to.”

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 10, 2021

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Dread Pirate Ron Feb 10, 2021 • 3:26:44pm

Roy Blunt, who is up for reelection in 2022, told me this when asked if the new video changed his mind about convicting Trump: “Well, you know, you have a summer where people all over the country are doing similar kinds of things.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 10, 2021

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:29:09pm

re: #274 jaunte

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Did trump incite those?
If not then irrelevant

Blunt: “I don’t know what the other side will show from Seattle and Portland and other places, but you’re going to see similar kinds of tragedies there as well.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 10, 2021

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Florida Panhandler Feb 10, 2021 • 3:31:30pm

re: #272 (((Archangel1)))

There is no use arguing with a large group of sitting Senators who are willfully at war with the very government they serve and with contempt for any sense of historical Constitutionality or Law. They only serve their new agenda, which is to advance a radical Christian fascism based on conspiracy loony-tunes with a dictator as leader by any means possible, even at risk of their own personal safety.

This is the new reality going forward. Democratic government officials must move forward with the knowledge that their counterparts on the other side of the aisle will side with violent insurrectionists should this happen again… and it will if another Republican in in the White House.

Gone is any sense of one people, one nation. In its place is a Republican agenda at physical war with most of the country and with the entire world in general. They consider themselves soldiers, not just Congress members. They consider themselves soldiers in a war fighting for a funhouse mirror- agenda influenced directly from ISIS and advanced by Putin.

Any mistaken notion of “working with” people trying to kill you is a fool’s errand. Treat them as a hostile entity and fight for every liberal bill and policy you can. If this country is to go down in flaming fascism at least go down swinging.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:31:55pm

re: #275 Dread Pirate Ron

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You think if they broke through they would only go after dems????????

Sen. Lankford (R-Okla.) was incredibly shaken up after that last video of Officer Hodges being crushed. I and other reporters in the chamber observed Lankford appearing to get teary-eyed. Sen. Daines (R-Mont.) was comforting him and was holding his arm.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) February 10, 2021

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(((Archangel1))) Feb 10, 2021 • 3:32:09pm

The evidence is overwhelming. And horrific.
The GOP can either denounce it & the orange-tinted madman who pushed for it to happen, or effectively endorse it and be branded the party of treason, lawlessness & national insecurity.

There’s no middle ground.https://t.co/9lLfHDDblo

— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 10, 2021

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Nyet Feb 10, 2021 • 3:37:45pm

-Nowsthetime 7 hours ago +46 / -2
Here’s what would be really fun during the impeachment:
Showing Biden’s death certificate and his doctor testifying that he’s been dead for a long time. :)
Ashli Babitt admitting it was staged (dunno how, but it would be fun)
A video with Obama speaking about rigging the election
A video with AOS and Bernie Sanders speaking about rigging the election
Epstein on video saying Clinton is a pedo
John Roberts admitting to knowing about the fraud (deal made with Dems)
Yeah, I know, one can always dream. But still NCSWIC. :)

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:40:13pm

re: #284 Nyet

-Nowsthetime 7 hours ago +46 / -2
Here’s what would be really fun during the impeachment:
Showing Biden’s death certificate and his doctor testifying that he’s been dead for a long time. :)
Ashli Babitt admitting it was staged (dunno how, but it would be fun)
A video with Obama speaking about rigging the election
A video with AOS and Bernie Sanders speaking about rigging the election
Epstein on video saying Clinton is a pedo
John Roberts admitting to knowing about the fraud (deal made with Dems)
Yeah, I know, one can always dream. But still NCSWIC. :)

These QAssholes are B.S.

B.S. = Beyond Stupid.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 3:40:46pm

Agreed Jonah but it ain’t gonna happen.

Mike Pence could completely overturn and improve his place in history if he offered to testify and came out in favor of conviction. I mean he’s not going to be president anyway. Might as well fight back. Of course, this will not happen.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 10, 2021

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 3:42:28pm

re: #256 Dread Pirate Ron

@GarrettHaake just said Sen. Romney is right now looking for Officer Goodman to thank him.

— TC (@HeartSmileFarms) February 10, 2021

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 3:42:38pm

re: #274 jaunte

Which Democratic politician told people in Seattle or Portland to riot? Never happened.

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stpaulbear Feb 10, 2021 • 3:42:48pm

re: #246 stpaulbear

I hope that the next speaker after the dinner break speaks about how Trump and his people denied reinforcements to the capitol police.

I’m getting my wish.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:44:06pm

re: #288 Patricia Kayden

Which Democratic politician told people in Seattle or Portland to riot? Never happened.

Oh ask my family and they will reply that THE SQUAD told them to riot.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:44:48pm

John Podhoretz: “I understand Republicans in the Senate are not going to vote in sufficient numbers to convict Trump—let’s say because their constituents do not want it, he poses a political danger to them, and, who knows, they might actually fear for their lives from the same kinds of people who were in the building on January 6. But how can they have watched the footage of Mitt Romney narrowly avoiding his own murder and not understanding that could have been any one of them? And how can they avoid the understanding that the mob was there because Trump summoned a crowd to Washington on that day?”
“Are they just going to let… it… slide?”

Commentary magazine

The bold is the key and how they’ll justify it

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The Ghost of a Flea Feb 10, 2021 • 3:45:12pm

re: #284 Nyet

-Nowsthetime 7 hours ago +46 / -2
Here’s what would be really fun during the impeachment:
Showing Biden’s death certificate and his doctor testifying that he’s been dead for a long time. :)
Ashli Babitt admitting it was staged (dunno how, but it would be fun)
A video with Obama speaking about rigging the election
A video with AOS and Bernie Sanders speaking about rigging the election
Epstein on video saying Clinton is a pedo
John Roberts admitting to knowing about the fraud (deal made with Dems)
Yeah, I know, one can always dream. But still NCSWIC. :)

Dear Penthouse,

I can’t believe something like this would ever happen to me but…one day in a parking lot I encounter a blonde and a brunette making out on the hood of my car, and them they told me all about how George Soros had paid them to storm the Capitol….

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:47:26pm

re: #290 🌹UOJB!

Oh ask my family and they will reply that THE SQUAD told them to riot.

Still
Not trump not relevant

If you think the squad did it, indict them

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:50:32pm

My POS senator
He doesn’t mean he’s ready to convict, right?

Sen. Rick Scott told reporters after viewing explicit videos of the attack on the Capitol that the Senate impeachment trial is a “complete waste of time.” https://t.co/fo6OYttKAR

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 10, 2021

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gwangung Feb 10, 2021 • 3:50:46pm

re: #290 🌹UOJB!

Oh ask my family and they will reply that THE SQUAD told them to riot.

As a Seattle resident, what riot?
(which echoes my nephew who lived 1000 feet away from CHAC, WTF are people talking about?).

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(((Archangel1))) Feb 10, 2021 • 3:51:02pm

re: #286 Patricia Kayden

“This will not happen” is something of an understatement.A list of more likely possibilities includes the discovery of advanced life on Mars, genetically-engineered flying kosher pigs, Senator Kardashian, and hell being discovered and found to be frozen solid.

— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 10, 2021

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The Pie Overlord! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:52:09pm

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 3:53:33pm

re: #286 Patricia Kayden

Agreed Jonah but it ain’t gonna happen.

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Mike pence is a coward
And politically deluded

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William Lewis Feb 10, 2021 • 3:53:34pm

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:54:06pm

re: #294 Dangerman

My POS senator
He doesn’t mean he’s ready to convict, right?

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Did we expect PRICK Scott to say anything else?

The same PRICK Scott who demanded that vote counting STOP at Midnight?

The Same PRICK Scott who authored a bill to ban early voting AND stop counting votes at midnight Eastern Time on Election Night which would mean that the West Coast would disenfranchise millions of voters?

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 3:54:29pm

NEW: Biden administration tells the Supreme Court that it has switched the government’s position in the ACA case, now saying the law should be upheld.https://t.co/g7eiiRkcIE

— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) February 10, 2021

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 3:54:55pm

re: #295 gwangung

As a Seattle resident, what riot?
(which echoes my nephew who lived 1000 feet away from CHAC, WTF are people talking about?).

All conservatives lie.

That would be a good bumper sticker for my car, but it would get me killed.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:55:31pm

re: #294 Dangerman

My POS senator
He doesn’t mean he’s ready to convict, right?

If any eyes are opened around the country, the trial is worth it. This should be devastating for the GOP to acquit Trump, but I don’t know if it will be.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:55:40pm

re: #301 darthstar

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Now watch the corrupted court kill the ACA.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 3:56:21pm

re: #299 William Lewis

After blaming his mother for his role in the January 6th insurrection, Munchel argues that he should be given pre-trial release because – and this is a twist I did not see coming – he has a *new* mom now, and she’ll be able to watch over him. pic.twitter.com/J3vJuBcCQJ

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) February 10, 2021

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:57:01pm

Former president is on trial for insurrection against the United States, but meanwhile Fox is focusing on the really big stuff pic.twitter.com/nRsYdanEjb

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 10, 2021

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 3:58:32pm

re: #290 🌹UOJB!

Oh ask my family and they will reply that THE SQUAD told them to riot.

Your family is delusional. Sorry to have to say that.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:59:08pm

re: #305 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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“Mommie Dearest” my fucking godmaned ass.

Lock that zipped asshole up and throw the key away.

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🌹UOJB! Feb 10, 2021 • 3:59:51pm

re: #307 Patricia Kayden

Your family is delusional. Sorry to have to say that.

This is what happens when your family locks the TV on Fox, OANN, Newsmax…

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 3:59:51pm

re: #305 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

I always hated it when my mom took me with her to commit felonies.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 4:00:05pm

re: #304 🌹UOJB!

Now watch the corrupted court kill the ACA.

I don’t think so. Creating a healthcare crisis in the middle of a pandemic may be the only way to get 50 Democratic Senators to vote to abolish the filibuster.

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 4:01:37pm

re: #305 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Some people say there’s a woman to blame,
But I know, it’s my own damn fault.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:01:38pm

re: #305 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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He should claim she’s taking him to Mexico on a vacation

Eric Munchel, aka “zip tie guy,” who stormed the Capitol with his mother, has now adopted a defense strategy of… BLAMING HIS MOTHER. pic.twitter.com/yYMLOSXX2J

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) February 10, 2021

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Sherlock Hound Feb 10, 2021 • 4:02:02pm

re: #310 darthstar

I always hated it when my mom took me with her to commit felonies.

Paging Kyle Rittenhouse…

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plansbandc Feb 10, 2021 • 4:02:43pm

BUSTED! pic.twitter.com/TqOoOwhUZb

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) February 10, 2021

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 4:03:32pm

re: #314 Sherlock Hound

Paging Kyle Rittenhouse…

At least he’s still a teen. Zip-tie guy is 30.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:03:40pm

re: #312 Patricia Kayden

Some people say there’s a woman to blame,
But I know, it’s my own damn fault.

I don t think buffet meant his momma

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TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 4:03:52pm

re: #312 Patricia Kayden

Some people say there’s a woman to blame,
But I know, it’s my own damn fault.

Wastin’ away again in Trump’s MAGAville

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The Ghost of a Flea Feb 10, 2021 • 4:06:08pm

re: #305 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

On one hand I’m the guy who’s always declaring these people literally don’t believe in anything except their own entitlement to never be held accountable, but…

…for fuck’s sake THEY HAVE NO HONOR and the Klingon part of my soul is indignant.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:06:16pm

If Senate Republicans fail to convict Donald Trump, it won’t be because the facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense. It will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 10, 2021

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 4:07:20pm

On @FoxNews they’re talking about lobster bouquets for Valentines Day. pic.twitter.com/aMSmz2JHDu

— French Stewart (@FrenchStewart) February 10, 2021

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:07:35pm

He who does not impeach the past is doomed to repeat it.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 10, 2021

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 4:08:31pm

The case against Trump is so overwhelming, he faces serious criminal liability when he gets indicted for insurrection.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:08:53pm

Yes, I’m scared of thugs in MAGA hats trying to overthrow a US election, in the Capitol, on Jan 6…

…but I’m more scared of thugs in suits trying to overthrow a US election, in the Capitol, later in the day on Jan 6.#ImpeachmentTrial #TrumpIsGuilty #LindseyIsADisgrace

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 10, 2021

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TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 4:09:52pm

re: #319 The Ghost of a Flea

On one hand I’m the guy who’s always declaring these people literally don’t believe in anything except their own entitlement to never be held accountable, but…

…for fuck’s sake THEY HAVE NO HONOR and the Klingon part of my soul is indignant.

Someone should have taken Rudy up on his offer of “trial by combat”.

Then, when he was beheaded or run through, his (presumable) Dem challenger could have yelled, “There can be only one!” as lightning struck Trump and the rallygoers.

That. Would. Have. Been. Awesome.

/sorta

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:10:03pm

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Feb 10, 2021 • 4:10:05pm

Federal authorities are investigating a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation in which fake 3M masks were sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies. https://t.co/5bzw1sDOkk

— Star-Herald (@sbstarherald) February 10, 2021

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darthstar Feb 10, 2021 • 4:10:14pm

Wow. I didn’t realize there was footage of the rioters reading aloud Trump’s tweet attacking Mike Pence, which was sent during the attack.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 10, 2021

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Charles Johnson Feb 10, 2021 • 4:11:32pm

I was curious about that gallows the Trumpites set up outside the Capitol so I found a high res image at Getty to get a better look:

media.gettyimages.com

This does look like it could have been used to execute someone in real life if it was put together correctly, but I’m no gallows expert nor would I want to be. Who the fuck carries around the materials and tools to build something like this on short notice though?!

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The Pie Overlord! Feb 10, 2021 • 4:12:45pm

re: #329 Charles Johnson

I was curious about that gallows the Trumpites set up outside the Capitol so I found a high res image at Getty to get a better look:

media.gettyimages.com

This does look like it could have been used to execute someone in real life if it was put together correctly, but I’m no gallows expert nor would I want to be. Who the fuck carries around the materials and tools to build something like this on short notice though?!

I don’t think that gallows could hang anyone who is over 3 feet tall.

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 4:13:21pm

re: #329 Charles Johnson

I was curious about that gallows the Trumpites set up outside the Capitol so I found a high res image at Getty to get a better look:

media.gettyimages.com

This does look like it could have been used to execute someone in real life if it was put together correctly, but I’m no gallows expert nor would I want to be. Who the fuck carries around the materials and tools to build something like this on short notice though?!

Or once you had beaten someone to death, you could hang their corpse on it as a message.

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Dangerman Feb 10, 2021 • 4:13:32pm

blood on their hands https://t.co/RSn8BvpAgd

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) February 10, 2021

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 4:13:34pm

I like their old stuff before they sold out and got commercial. https://t.co/JemEmbgneX

— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) February 11, 2021

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Patricia Kayden Feb 10, 2021 • 4:14:47pm

#Trump reminds me of Lord Farquaad from Shrek in this #insurrection and when it comes to his supporters . Especially the quote “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make” #ImpeachmentTrial #ImpeachmentTrial2 #TrumpIsGuilty #DonaldTrump #TrumpImpeachment #MAGA pic.twitter.com/f7qztdfqls

— Eimhear Ó Dálaigh (@OEimhear) February 10, 2021

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b.d. (America is Great Again) Feb 10, 2021 • 4:16:00pm

re: #330 The Pie Overlord!

I don’t think that gallows could hang anyone who is over 3 feet tall.

They were after Rubio!?

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No Malarkey! Feb 10, 2021 • 4:16:13pm

re: #330 The Pie Overlord!

I don’t think that gallows could hang anyone who is over 3 feet tall.

Unless there is a trapdoor. Whether it works or not, it sends a clear message of deadly intent.

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A Mom Anon Feb 10, 2021 • 4:16:58pm

re: #329 Charles Johnson

That’s one of many pieces of evidence that this was not spontaneous. Someone had this either unassembled or partially assembled and put together on site. That would require a truck or van with materials and tools.. And what happened to the gallows once this was over? Who built and brought it and where are they?

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TedStriker Feb 10, 2021 • 4:19:50pm

re: #337 A Mom Anon

That’s one of many pieces of evidence that this was not spontaneous. Someone had this either unassembled or partially assembled and put together on site. That would require a truck or van with materials and tools.. And what happened to the gallows once this was over? Who built and brought it and where are they?

It shows premeditation and intent.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 10, 2021 • 5:50:37pm

re: #329 Charles Johnson

I was curious about that gallows the Trumpites set up outside the Capitol so I found a high res image at Getty to get a better look:

media.gettyimages.com

This does look like it could have been used to execute someone in real life if it was put together correctly, but I’m no gallows expert nor would I want to be. Who the fuck carries around the materials and tools to build something like this on short notice though?!

it was an infowars prop

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Decatur Deb Feb 10, 2021 • 6:25:58pm

re: #338 TedStriker

It shows premeditation and intent.

And shit-poor carpentry.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Feb 10, 2021 • 6:37:44pm

re: #329 Charles Johnson

I was curious about that gallows the Trumpites set up outside the Capitol so I found a high res image at Getty to get a better look:

media.gettyimages.com

This does look like it could have been used to execute someone in real life if it was put together correctly, but I’m no gallows expert nor would I want to be. Who the fuck carries around the materials and tools to build something like this on short notice though?!

re: #337 A Mom Anon

That’s one of many pieces of evidence that this was not spontaneous. Someone had this either unassembled or partially assembled and put together on site. That would require a truck or van with materials and tools.. And what happened to the gallows once this was over? Who built and brought it and where are they?

Exactly, the gallows were designed to be transportable with relative ease in assembly/disassembly, built to proof, disassembled, transported to the Capitol, assembled then at some point disassembled and removed.

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