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

^^ February thread title

what if Olive Garden sponsored the impeachment?

The pasta-bilities are endless.

Impeachment Articles and Pasta Bowls

"Try our new bottomless imPEACH mimosas!"

pastagate

Your honor.. May I approach the salad bar?

The guy* who filmed the (NSFW obvs) video hosted on WAPO of Ashli Babbit getting shot should be partially held responsible for her death. In the video you hear him talking the Lobby guards into leaving their post in front of the doors and then once they leave he starts encouraging the insurrectors/terrorists to break down the doors!

(*described in WAPO as John Sullivan, a liberal activist who shoots video at a range of protests and who filmed the footage on Wednesday)

It's absolutely psychotic... he feigns this empathetic nature with the guards ("Bro, there are more people coming up here and we don't want you guys to get hurt) and then as soon as they leave he immediately pivots to "All right guys, now have at it!"

my paraphrases, I didn't want to rewatch.

thats fucked i only saw a shorter clip

(can't wait for the "but that's documentary film making!" takes)

Looking at yesterday and today, it would appear that Trump's alt-right, III%er, militia, neo-Nazi, Bundyite, white supremacist irregulars did not have a follow-up plan in place to assault any further state capitols or federal agencies, but only had this 'master' plan to break into the Capitol and take the Congress hostage before they could count the electoral votes. Which should allow the clock to run out on the Trump administration and buys some time for the new administration to put together a response and begin to act on it. But we should understand that the domestic armed opposition hasn't disappeared and they will try to organize further actions from here forward.

What a fucked-up mess, when the government needs to be focused on COVID, economic relief, tax reform, the climate crisis and half a dozen more pressing problems.

xp Yeah, he's talking like one of the rioters; I don't understand why the WaPo seems to be treating him as an independent journalist.

I was confused as to why the police stepped aside from the door. Was it because they knew they were about to be met by reinforcements?

Was time to go to Olive Garden

what a world

Looks like the guy who took the Speaker of the House podium made it all the way to Idlib, where a mural was painted of him "in solidarity with the Capitol building" apparently. pic.twitter.com/tx0dIHHm6A

— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) January 8, 2021

this kind of lawsuit is exactly why we need tortellini reform

I’ve watched this clip 100 times and I still can’t believe it pic.twitter.com/7vYfmPJoxB

— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) January 8, 2021

WH statement on new impeachment proceedings: "As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity as one Nation. A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country."

who much further can we be divided?

they shd make a deal where instead of impeachment congress just gets to throw him in the river

Just send this guy after him.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/26028/witchfinder_main_1549964595.jpg

"Speak plainly and carry a big breadstick." - Marilyn Hagerty

BREAKING: GOP Sen. Murkowski calls on Trump to resign, becomes first Republican senator to do so

"I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” Murkowski said in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News.

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 8, 2021

"He doesn’t want to stay there. He only wants to stay there for the title. He only wants to stay there for his ego. He needs to get out. He needs to do the good thing, but I don’t think he’s capable of doing a good thing,” Murkowski added.

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 8, 2021

That WH statement is just so rote and outmoded, suddenly pretending it's back to politics as usual, 'nothing to see here people'.

Dang, that's the most unequivocal thing Murkowski has ever said in her life; I didn't know she had it in her.

translation: "I want him to resign so I won't have to be put into the position of making a decision myself"

the fact that they were physically threatened makes this one a little different, because they are monsters who can only think of themselves

sometimes I am concerned for some of you folks who have been posting to ilx for 20 years but fall for a fake angela merkel or olive garden tweet

Oh sure, I still don't trust her to do the right thing, but she usually phrases things more carefully.

the olive garden tweet is real

to be fair, murkowski will absolutely vote to convict if they impeach.

on a somewhat more positive note this isn't a groundbreaking radical idea or anything obviously but at least it isn't the austerity speech he could easily have pulled somehow out of widespread calls for a stimulus

A very significant statement from Joe Biden: "We should be investing in deficit spending in order to generate economic growth."

He notes that borrowing rates are low and says there's a need for an economic infusion now.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 8, 2021

Mr. Biden has said he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism, and he has been urged to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them.

nothing bad will come of this I'm sure

_WH statement on new impeachment proceedings: "As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity as one Nation. A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country."

we can call it the patriot a... wait shit

xp

disappointed but unsurprised that #resistance grifter ted lieu's impeachment bill going forward and not the one lead by ilhan omar that had like 60 co-sponsors 24 hours ago?

We're up to nearly 60 members. Keep the calls coming - (202) 224-3121 pic.twitter.com/dBPS7F76Fy

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 7, 2021

hell yeah Joe re deficit spending. props when they’re due.

just, like, don’t do any means testing bullshit that everyone in DC loves

the olive garden tweet is real

Make America Grate Again!

thx and a tip of the hat to Evan McGarvey for the totally useless hot take.

― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, January 8, 2021 9:09 PM (fifty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I agree my cousin is pretty off-base here.

A politically motivated impeachment

What other kind is there? Fuck you, asshole, hope the door hits you on the way out and keeps hitting you wherever you go forever.

apparently this is the economist who has been shifting joe left on that issue for the past 10+ years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Bernstein

the fact that they were physically threatened makes this one a little different, because they are monsters who can only think of themselves

considering they came in intending to murder Mike Pence I think you're on to something here

I just saw that Murkowski didn't just ask Asshole to resign, she threatened to change parties if the GOP didn't change, too.

In a 50-50 Senate, that's an effective threat.

the fact that they were physically threatened makes this one a little different, because they are monsters who can only think of themselves

EXACTLY

i need to find that one post i make every year or few months or so, about how conservatives are incapable of showing empathy for anything unless it directly affects them or their children

God Bless Amarinara

I just saw that Murkowski didn't just ask Asshole to resign, she threatened to change parties if the GOP didn't change, too.

can you please provide a source for that kind of thing, that seems huge

just like meghan mccain realizing we need parental leave right after she had a baby

links are very underrated, on the internet

Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that Donald Trump should resign the presidency immediately and that if the Republican Party cannot separate itself from Trump, she isn’t certain she has a future in ithttps://t.co/962koLIzt2

— Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) January 8, 2021

interview w the guy who had the prescient twitter thread

'They had a map of the tunnels [in the basement of the Capitol], and they were talking about how they're going to be able to stop Congress from leaving. They imagined that this was the day there were going to be mass executions of Congressmen.'https://t.co/qIjNYN4Kqd

— Leland #StayHome 🏡 #ThankYouGeorgia!🍑 (@daft_editor) January 8, 2021

xp
or any number of republicans bravely evolving to "i guess i won't actively fight against gay people, sometimes" after their son comes out