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

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.

yes, but be assured that if he happens to do something again, lindsey graham may have to start thinking about the 25th

Donald Trump was annoyed by the violent siege on the Capitol Wednesday — which left several dead — because it looked “low class,” according to his adviser. “He doesn’t like low class things.”

The adviser confirmed that he was watching television coverage of the siege enthusiastically, but noted that the sight of his own supporters forming a violent mob and destroying property and lives offended him on aesthetic grounds.

"what the fuck, this fucking sucks"

It was no gold toilet, that's for sure.

He hates the hogs so much.

he became president today

I don't fucking believe it but @DanaBashCNN just said Trump is showing "a new tone" I'm not fucking kidding

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 8, 2021

NEWS: Betsy DeVos has resigned, writing in a letter to the president: "There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me." https://t.co/Kiq4WwbKhh

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 8, 2021

Erik will fly in from Bahrain to fill in for a couple of weeks.

Donald Trump was annoyed by the violent siege on the Capitol Wednesday — which left several dead — because it looked “low class,” according to his adviser. “He doesn’t like low class things.”

https://i.imgur.com/Wbi9Gnd.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PY2yW9Biyo

betsy fucking devos

Are we not men?

if the House votes to impeach can he still hand down blanket pardons on everyone including himself?

They're all gonna resign just to avoid having enough cabinet members to pull out the 25th.

he became president today

🐦[I don’t fucking believe it but @DanaBashCNN🕸 just said Trump is showing "a new tone" I’m not fucking kidding
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 8, 2021🕸]🐦

he became president today

🐦[I don’t fucking believe it but @DanaBashCNN🕸 just said Trump is showing "a new tone" I’m not fucking kidding
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) January 8, 2021🕸]🐦

what is having 'enough' Cabinet members? is there an actual defined threshold anywhere of how many Cabinet members have to be present/sign off?

I didn't see anything suggesting that in the actual text of section 4 of the 25th Amendment

if the House votes to impeach can he still hand down blanket pardons on everyone including himself?

Yes. Impeachment is pretty much the one thing he can't pardon himself from but until the Senate votes to convict he can pardon away.