And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

xp

you're right, physical harm is a useless marker

He didn’t pause dramatically to eat a bug?

if a cop can abuse the idea of physical harm, that means that no cop should do anything to prevent physical harm

unless there is 100% certainty, we're paralyzed

sen catherine cortez masto is doing a great job

if a cop can abuse the idea of physical harm, that means that no cop should do anything to prevent physical harm

― Karl Malone, Thursday, January 7, 2021 1:26 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wait til you find out about the "duty of care."

https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again

“Neither the Constitution, nor state law, impose a general duty upon police officers or other governmental officials to protect individual persons from harm — even when they know the harm will occur,” said Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law. “Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

i am somehow not comforted by the senate jumping straight back into pure procedural theater mode

hell yeah babey

America is back.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 24, 2020

I am crying at E!’s coverage of the coup pic.twitter.com/AInyVYm9WG

— Carey O'Donnell (@ecareyo) January 7, 2021

whaaaat

JUST IN: “This is not news we deliver lightly,” @margbrennan says as she reports: Trump Cabinet secretaries are discussing invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump. Nothing formal yet presented to VP Pence.

“I’m talking about actual members of the Cabinet,” she says

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) January 7, 2021

i see value in highlighting things like this:

To visually show you the differences. pic.twitter.com/69N0BDqRKK

— Johnny Montanez (@_JohnnyMontanez) January 6, 2021

it doesn't cut against BLM and left protesters to point this out. i think it makes it more clear.

They already went over his head to send in the national guard

im sorry but the guy carrying the podium is tremendous content

What is on his mask? Cassettes?

that he went for the jazz hands and full musical walk is so good yes

Haha loeffler backs down

im sorry but the guy carrying the podium is tremendous content

― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 January 2021 01:38 (twenty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

Looks like when walter white dressed up as jesse that time

the republican party today

Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

— The Golden Sir (@screaminbutcalm) March 12, 2019

Loeffler has lol retracted her vote opposing Biden's certification

She got a round of applause

Loleffher is where I’m at mentally right now

Tom Maine speaking well!

Kaine too

is a jog reid like an audiobook

Listening to Booker I feel like saying, JUST VOTE, MY DUDE, SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME.

Yeah idg what is going on there, pardon my ignorance, but do they all get a turn at a florid speech? I thought this was just a formality/signing into law thing?

i don't know why i'm watching this but booker followed by ben's ass is so painful, both of them

I just can't imagine seeing a half full glass of police restraint today. It's an all empty glass of fascism.

they were in the middle of florid speeches when this broke out and now they have to finish them, then vote. should be a formality but here we are.

xp oh come on

Dems took the Senate today

sasse referenced the grassley dead deer tweet, respect

Ben’s Ass, Tom Maine, who’s next

pretty sure Ben Sasse just condemned "thooligan nuttery."

Same

can't wait to hear his scathing remarks about tunesmithery

ben reminds me of this "young" "cool" professor i had in law school who liked to make jokes about the delaware court of chancery

"governmental stuff", as defined by ben's ass:

"going to the moon"
"kickin' hitler's ass"

Sasse talking about nougat center of America or a Snickers bar or something

"don't let nihilists become your drug dealers"

"shovel your neighbor"

i think he's high

I'm hearing this speech like a computer reading Fall lyrics

Whoooooooo the fuckkkkkkkk cares.

These idiot assholes will grandstand about this forever while continuing to not do anything to actually serve their constituents.

"shovel somebody's neighbor" sure okay GO THE FUCK HOME.

pretty sure Ben Sasse just condemned "thooligan nuttery."

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:53 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

clearly an mf doom tribute rip

Ben’s Ass & Murk & Collins & yes even Romney need to be harassed for the rest of their days for sternly sighing and clucking their tongues while so much of all this could have been avoided

thanks y'all for really bringing the lols rn, i needed it

"shovel your neighbor" an underrated GBV song

Democrats calling for the 25th amendment (a few!) are trying to get out of voting by invoking magical thinking or they don’t actually want to do it so they’re calling for something they know won’t happen. Impeach him!

Yeah idg what is going on there, pardon my ignorance, but do they all get a turn at a florid speech? I thought this was just a formality/signing into law thing?

― Stoop Crone (Trayce)

no need for a pardon, this is fucking weird and not normal! :) normally, this is a formality. this year, several dozen republicans decided to support a coup, including the objection to the certification of the votes of 6 states, which just happen to be the battleground states that trump obviously lost. when they formally object in this manner, it triggers some sort of 2 hour "debate" for each state. that's what we're watching now