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

real brave stance of FB and Twitter there, kudos guys, majestic work yr doing

I mean, jfc, his statement from this morning itself implies he's running again. Just because it's unlikely to be successful and he might not even live another four years with his general health/intake, doesn't mean he's not going to run. He will absolutely run and milk it for all the cash he can. It's stupid to pretend otherwise.

I was still up when he released that statement last night. It was literally a matter of seconds after Biden crossed 270--they were talking about Biden reaching 271, and they interrupted themselves to cut away to news of the statement.

Lot of things can happen between now and 2024

one thing that maybe slightly heartening about the insurgent right is that they are terrible at doing crimes and in fact often do not even realize they are doing them, they are a protected class used to getting away with things but that only goes so far and at some point you should consider not posting your crimes online

(xposts) Quite possible. I'm inclined to agree with the CNN people on air at the time, though: he was up, watching, and couldn't stand for the attention being shifted away from him for even a few seconds.

also antagonizing the police theres no angle there youre in good with those guys xp self

Again, I don't think he's going to win. I doubt he'll even make it to the general. I'm just responding to unperson's comment that there won't even be a Trump 2024 campaign, which is just silly.

"snot guy" is real btw, here's another shot from likely the same second
http://i.imgur.com/GRP1U7S.png

did the people who breeched the capitol have weapons?

if i had to bet i would say he will not run again at least not in any serious way, like he could say hes running to get publicity but not actually do any of the things required to run, but i dont have a ton of confidence in that i mean he cld give it another go, most likely imo is him getting a political show on fox or somewhere, there was some article a while ago that his people were looking into buying oan

I think he'll campaign for a while, probably formally announcing it on the afternoon of the 20th, but it will be difficult to maintain the charade that it's anything other than a grift, and he'll be too busy with legal fights and debt repayment to keep it going after about 12-18 months. #carnacthemagnificent

yeah imo its important to understand cops as political actors, obvs whiteness is fundamental building block of our politics, but then things play out along these higher level alignments

I see alot of posts saying that the MAGA idiots were allowed to storm the capital because they were white. This isn't true. Cops gas and beat white leftist protesters all the time--look at Portland all summer. The MAGA mooks got to storm the capital because cops are pro Trump

— Molly Crabapple🇵🇷 (@mollycrabapple) January 7, 2021

they are terrible at doing crimes and in fact often do not even realize they are doing them, they are a protected class used to getting away with things

I read something somewhere that said apparently these guys authentically expected the police to join them in sacking the building, they know perfectly well they're doing crimes but they are so deeply brainwormed they think the cops are just awaiting the secret Q signal to handcuff Pelosi and yesterday was the day

Tbf it sure looked that way for a good while there.

Cops gas and beat white leftist protesters all the time--look at Portland all summer. The MAGA mooks got to storm the capital because cops are pro Trump

this is a good point imo

“when the looting starts, the shooting starts”

vs

“we love you, you’re very special.”

Lot of things can happen between now and 2024

did the people who breeched the capitol have weapons?

I read something somewhere that said apparently these guys authentically expected the police to join them in sacking the building, they know perfectly well they're doing crimes but they are so deeply brainwormed they think the cops are just awaiting the secret Q signal to handcuff Pelosi and yesterday was the day

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, January 7, 2021 11:24 AM (twenty-nine seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah its funny insurgent right vaguely understand the shape of a coup, getting the police/military on your side is key, and they are politically aligned with them, but instead of doing the actual work of coopting them they just made up a conspiracy theory that they coopted them, same thing with how they havent done opsec work, they are lazy as shit basically

Thought this thread was a good point while taking in what Molly/a lot of the discourse was also saying

i mean this is very clearly just an over-run line pulling back so they don't get beat up. there's plenty to say about minimal cop deployment being effective collaboration but this clearly isn't a welcoming committee opening the gates on a whim https://t.co/hbzDDHsrsM

— Frantz Qanon (@Not_Jolly) January 6, 2021

Anyway there are going to be a lot of arrests, they have all these people on video (including the ones who streamed themselves criming because, see above, they truly think there's a secret Q plan to handcuff the baby-eating political class and they'll be recognized as heroes.) People were saying "only 13 arrested" but it was 50 by the end of the night and looks like it's 69 this morning and "Those numbers are expected to rise" per police spokespeople If I'm wrong and these people go free, come back and tell me so.

There's an important sense, obviously, in which the people who are getting arrested are not the ones who bear the severest responsibility for this.

can't wait for all the pre-emptive pardons

most of those charges are for curfew xp

looks like it's 69 this morning

...nice

ayo

Some percentage of that crowd were true believers — probably a high percentage of the people who were at the rally — but there's also a serious troll contingent in the group that actually pushed into the Capitol. It's not that they're not white supremacists/neonazis, they are, but in that rancid image board way. It was weird feeling, like 4chan had sort of assumed physical form like Voldemort.

Breaking: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for Trump to be immediately removed from office.

He says the 25th amendment should be invoked. "If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2021

no worries chuck is on it

good ol chuck

Removed Trump might make the pardons more difficult.

Removed Trump might make the pardons more difficult.

William Barr, Trump’s former Attorney General, accused the President of “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress” and went on to call his conduct a “betrayal of his office.”

In response to riots that took place at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Barr said in statement sent to CNN: “Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable. The President’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office and supporters.”

lol fuck you dude

it's fine Bill, don't worry about it, your craven Trump service will definitely not be the lead paragraph in your obituary.

Removed Trump might make the pardons more difficult, except for Pence pardoning Trump, that is.

Wow. The White House withdraws Chad Wolf’s nomination to be DHS secretary after he called on President Trump to condemn the violence yesterday and said he would stay on the job.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

Wow. The White House withdraws Chad Wolf’s nomination to be DHS secretary after he called on President Trump to condemn the violence yesterday and said he would stay on the job.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

sorry for double post

Removing him would also cut the legs off any future income stream from a 2024 campaign.

Obvious pseudonym Chad Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP3MuUTmXNk

it's insane that this fucker is still in office

The 25th is bullshit but Schumer calling impeachment of it doesn’t happen is 100% thanks to AOC being a credible primary threat. Keep punching right.

yep he's cosplaying

No I dont think he is! He’s worried about the primary!

Pelosi statement at 1pm

well he fucking should be

Gaetz yesterday:

"The Washington Times has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company that some of the people who breached the Capitol today were not Trump supporters,” Gaetz said. “They were masquerading as Trump supporters and, in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group antifa.”

XRVision, the company mentioned in the article replies:

“We concluded that two of [the] individuals (Jason Tankersley and Matthew Heimbach), were affiliated with the Maryland Skinheads and the National Socialist Movements,” the statement reads. “These two are known Nazi organizations, they are not Antifa. The third individual identified (Jake Angeli) was an actor with some QAnon promotion history. Again, no Antifa identification was made for him either.”

warning: twitter link to a video of the shooting and killing of a person in the capitol building

Barr wants a job at a blue chip law firm.