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

(also admittedly much of that thread had not occurred to me)

xp

As staff quit or steer clear, Trump is increasingly isolated and alone.

how long exactly has this been increasing

"anarchist comments" ffs

lol katherine found the secret Trump phrase first!

“Now we have nothing. He inherited a Lamborghini and treated it like a lawn mower.”

these poor people how could they have known except by his entire life story that he is shit midas

When Trump is arrested may I suggest he should be kept... in an isolation cell?

xpost "Oh my god, why did you let him wear my suit? Fuck!"

rating today in America on a 10 point scale, 1 being terrible, 10 being amazing, today is hereby rated "Tubgirl"

lololol

Here is the full voicemail Rudy Giuliani thought he was leaving for Tommy Tuberville tonight. He left it on another Senator’s phone. This was after the attack on the Capitol! pic.twitter.com/gGkGpiT5Rg

— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) January 7, 2021

Hah, yeah, the VF piece has both "increasingly isolated" AND "increasingly desperate."

increasingly isolated is the name of my joy division cover band

Touching from a distance
covfefe all the time

The replies tho:

Nothing will stop us....they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours....dark to light!

— CommonAshSense (@Ashli_Babbitt) January 5, 2021

The West Wing staffer told the friend that White House Counsel Pat Cipollone was urging White House officials not to speak to Trump or enable his coup attempt in any way, so they could reduce the chance they could be prosecuted for treason under the Sedition Act. “They’re being told to stay away from Trump,” the friend said. The White House declined to comment.

lmao dying at this do not make eye contact with the president

like roadies on a Dylan tour

sidebar: Andrew from All Gas No Brakes spotted in Capitol (3rd pic)

The electoral college certificates - ratifying Biden’s win - are being marched back to the Senate chamber. pic.twitter.com/uNte4GcF3S

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) January 7, 2021

I didn't realize Pennsylvania was so far along in the alphabet--they're on the Ms, and there's 20 more states till they get there.

guys I think Biden might win

good morning!

and the House Reps are objecting to Michigan.

no Senator took it up, bank it

can we all please move on to the Seattle mayoral election now???

Cool watching these fools get slapped down

god i just can't imagine growing up right now

dead kraken lying on the floor

White House officials were shaken by Trump's reaction to a mob of his supporters descending on the Capitol today. He was described to me as borderline enthusiastic because it meant the certification was being derailed. It has genuinely freaked people out.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

i am listening to Slayer and watching these proceedings and I'm imagining each person speaking is Tom Araya

genuinely freaked people out, jesus goooood fuck you alllllll. how did you THINK he was going to react? when has he EVER cared about violence when the violence was helping him?

man if only we had 4 years of exhibits to prepare us for this.

old wrinkly assholes object to Nevada vote

nobody takes up in Senate, bank it

As with some Republicans in hiding today refusing to wear masks, the realization that they're true believers and not just leading the rubes on for their personal benefit can fuck with your head.

re: shocked and appalled white house officials

Today is Walter Mondale’s 93rd birthday.
On day after his 53rd birthday - Jan. 6, 1981 - he announced his defeat in the electoral college:
“Walter F. Mondale has received 49 votes."
Ovation
Mondale to Tip O'Neill: "A landslide"
O'Neill: "Very impressive"
pic.twitter.com/fSbyuRy9YI

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 5, 2021

33 more votes and Biden wins for the 317th time

mb u shouldve gone over there and asked them who they were

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErGrsRrXcAE5XDr?format=jpg&name=large

shit just go on Twitter, FBI, there's all your pics

i can't stop thinking about how funny it is to storm the capitol building just to walk around and sit in various chairs

— summer 🖕 (@heaberald) January 7, 2021

I'd love to sit in the famous chair

I have to give it up to 1/6/21 on one count: I actually briefly managed to forget that we're in the midst of a year-long global pandemic. #blessed

I forgot about Bean Dad for hours

only good news i've heard today is that there's likely to be an all gas no brakes storm the capitol edition
i mean i got georgia last night and that was better but still

Love that Mondale clip.

PA

and here's PA, which Hawley is going to object to

hope he gets electrocuted by the microphone

Fuck him

My main reaction to today is to wonder if some aggrieved cracker is going to try to murder my kids

pic.twitter.com/dsTqw88etn

— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) January 7, 2021

re: the earlier discussion about whether there were swastikas, etc.:

pic.twitter.com/DxC4tL5pyS

— sean (@rameswaram) January 7, 2021

<3 DJP