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

if they didn't have that excuse, they'd make up another.

If he’s going to be impeached it’s going to be for refusing to send in the national guard

maga chuds now trying to define "new administration" lmao https://t.co/UuITd7cd9z

— metal dot txt (@metaltxt) January 8, 2021

Which is why he’s reading from a script about sending them in on the advice of his lawyers.

The House can still impeach with or without GOP votes - and should. By the time it gets to the senate McConnell won't be Majority Leader. If that keeps Trump on good behavior for a week or so, it is well worth it.

I don't know, the psychic tweeter upthread would disagree:

More than a year back, I wondered if Trump would be the first President to be impeached twice. Tonight, members of Congress are seriously considering it. https://t.co/zxWoKkdZPW

— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) January 6, 2021

Deepfakes have gotten pretty good — there's no way he actually said any of that shit, but other than the one clumsy edit where they switched camera angles for the second take, it seemed pretty realistic.

If he’s going to be impeached it’s going to be for refusing to send in the national guard

he conspicuously claimed that he sent the national guard in "immediately", in his latest twitter video. seemed a touch defensive there

but he’s not peacefully transferring power. he can say he is all he wants but he’s literally doing the opposite of that! saying NOW that he will peacefully transfer power is like saying you’re going to just withdraw what’s in your account after shooting up the bank

It’s too fuckin late for him and he’s unleashed forces even he can’t control.

I.e. his army will ignore or explain away that statement and they’ll continue to cause mayhem.

Only time I’ve seen him like this was after the Access Hollywood video

The press will fall for it because they’re irredeemable morons

So is that video the moment he finally became presidential?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ7GltNmDbg

Things that "are not America" sure happen a lot in America

— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) January 7, 2021

Just to get it out of the way

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7APmRkatEU

this is .. satisfying

A story in 3 Acts: pic.twitter.com/kWH7gPFVor

— Can I peg you, @SethRogen ?? (@MrsKhandiCoated) January 7, 2021

Looks like the folks at Parler are not taking this well

Lol at these morons

"I just threw up a little in my mouth"

"What a punch in the gut. He says it's going to be wild, and then when it gets wild, he calls it a heinous attack."

"I feel like puking."

TheDonald is working through their grief, anger and disbelief at Trump's concession tonight pic.twitter.com/T5OLfVnAoh

— Molly Hensley-Clancy (@mollyhc) January 8, 2021

Talk about might as well be an Onion headline. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: "Protester in Viking headdress ID’d as Trump supporter, not Antifa."

No shit, this guy has been one of the most recognizable faces of Q insanity for months! I mean, the dude literally walks around in a Viking costume yelling conspiracy theories. Next the AJC should do a deep dive into the Naked Cowboy to see if he is actually, literally naked, or a cowboy.

Lol, JiC.

Next the AJC should do a deep dive into the Naked Cowboy to see if he is actually, literally naked, or a cowboy.

I’m getting verklempt!

Ben Collins with more on how that video's playing out (short thread)

Extremist forums like TheDonald/4chan are turning on the president after that video. They're extremely upset at him, Lin Wood, and Q.

This appears to be the moment they realized there was no grand plan to win back the election.

This may not be permanent, but they feel betrayed.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 8, 2021

maybe it's.....7D chess?

wondering who came down so hard on him that he had to make that statement

Okay, I thought Tanya Roberts was going to be the worst 'uh hold on' moment when it comes to these things this week but

Capitol Police: “Media reports regarding the death of a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer are not accurate.  Although some officers were injured and hospitalized yesterday, no USCP officers have passed away.”

— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) January 8, 2021

Hope Hicks?

those r/donald people have to stop referring to themselves as "pedes", I cannot handle it

Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) Tweeted:
Meet Jenny Cudd from Midland Texas "WE did break down @SpeakerPelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and I took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera and that was on Fox News" @FBI https://t.co/3s3aWgOJ9G

Meet Jenny Cudd from Midland Texas "WE did break down @SpeakerPelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and I took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera and that was on Fox News" @FBI pic.twitter.com/3s3aWgOJ9G

— Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) January 8, 2021

Jenny Cudd

wondering who came down so hard on him that he had to make that statement

If I had to guess I think it's Cipollone. There's been mentions here and there (self-interested I am sure) that he has said that, whatever pardons Trump might want to dream up for himself, there's still significant legal liability, potential charges etc. he could face.

There is something I haven't seen mentioned AS much which I think is a factor here in general -- talk for years now about the potential charges over older deeds that's been held off as long as he's President, to one degree or another, but little chatter about all sorts of new suits that could be filed by a LOT of people. (Dominion appears to be gearing up on a broad scale.) I'd think anything that adds to that for him at this point for the remainder of his term is probably something he'd want to avoid -- and deluded and malicious as he is, I think part of him may suddenly be realizing that just throwing money at the problem or threatening to sue won't actually cut it like before.

they really think Trump's gonna stop them all from going to jail.

and in a way, he stopped many of them from going by refusing to send the Guard, but...

she...she is going.

Read our full statement here: https://t.co/DNe7ZE3Gww

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 8, 2021

they need a motherfuckin big-assed clock counting down Pence's deadline before they impeach

She's such a fucking coward. Do it already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxyoOd7dy4

meanwhile: mike pence sits with mother on the couch, no one speaking a word

they need a motherfuckin big-assed clock counting down Pence's deadline before they impeach

Is Flava Fav busy?

meanwhile: mike pence sits with mother on the couch, no one speaking a word

― Karl Malone, Thursday, January 7, 2021 8:46 PM bookmarkflaglink

except for the butler asking him if he's reading "Yes, I Can" by Sammy Davis, Jr

the reverberant ticking of the clock dominates the room. mike pence and mother listen so closely

xps related to Ned's post:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/group-behind-gaetzs-antifa-mob-claim-say-its-a-lie

“XRVision takes pride in its technology’s precision and deems the Washington Times publication as outright false, misleading, and defamatory,” the company's statement read

Per my post a little upthread:

A person who currently advises Donald Trump tells me: “It’s all hit him since yesterday: ‘You may have legal exposure from yesterday. You definitely have legal exposure from other things. You have less than two weeks to remain ensconced in here with executive privilege.’”

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 8, 2021

Would be willing to bet the source is Cipollone or someone who works in his office.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/dc-police-release-photos-of-suspects-in-us-capitol-siege/

they really think Trump's gonna stop them all from going to jail.

But he can, though! A blanket pardon for everyone involved in the Capitol invasion is entirely possible.

They needed facial recognition software to identify _JAKE FUCKING ANGELI_?

“It’s all hit him since yesterday: ‘You may have legal exposure from yesterday. You definitely have legal exposure from other things. You have less than two weeks to remain ensconced in here with executive privilege.’”

And this very realization is what will make him especially dangerous until he's removed from office. His first inclinations will probably be illegal and may fail to be carried out if he gives illegal orders, but he still has legal options to cause huge chaos and he may well try, since this has been his go-to move for decades.