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

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.

clearly betsy devos thought the coup attempt looked too low class for her tastes, too. and maybe her personal lawyer put a bug in her ear to get out while the getting was still, um... good?

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

I mean sure he CAN. But there's no way he does.

Well the National guard were denied authorization to come for almost two hours by the WH

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

yeah this

why are they all named things like jenny cudd

The names are from their culture

Jim Gashuffer

Amazing what you can learn

Starting to see some of this also pic.twitter.com/76kI8GBueY

— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) January 8, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2k8wCiCQ-A

Devos resigns. From a friend:

"Cabinet members who choose to leave at this time rather than stay to do the duty of enacting the 25th are just showing what we always knew about them-they are selfish assholes out for their own gain. Devos is the only one who gained by departing now. She thinks she can claim the moral high ground by resigning, but make no mistake about it, this monster has no morals."

yeah, it's cowardly

everybody who keeps saying they're resigning so there won't be enough Cabinet members to enact the 25th - there is nothing in Amendment 25 Section 4 that states there is a such thing as "enough Cabinet members". It just states a majority of the principal officers of the Executive departments - it is silent on how empty seats impact that, but one could interpret that if there are empty principal positions in the 15 cabinet departments, that they could either be a) excluded from the vote, or b) the acting replacement could vote in their stead. Since I doubt it's been tested, I can imagine a legal challenge could occur for that reason.

The other downside to 25th amendment is that if the President challenges the invocation and says he's capable of leading, the same people who wrote the original letter have to send a new one, and then Congress has to decide whether to dismiss the President with a 2/3rds vote in BOTH houses. So that's a harsher standard than impeachment, which only requires 2/3rds vote in the Senate.

theyre resigning so they wont have to vote