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

lol JiC.

man if that results in big antitrust legislation against amazon, l o l

I wonder what will show up in the deleted private messages of the Parler accounts belonging to certain members of Congress? There's got to be some interesting stuff in there right?

― .robin., Monday, January 11, 2021 1:40 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they only got posts unfortunately - this is the hackor

since a lot of people seem confused about this detail and there is a bullshit reddit post going around:

only things that were available publicly via the web were archived. i don't have you e-mail address, phone or credit card number. unless you posted it yourself on parler.

— crash override (@donk_enby) January 11, 2021

yeah that reddit post made no sense to me technically

that Cumulus media memo went out on Wednesday, same day as the coup.

A Cumulus executive issued the directive on Wednesday, just as Congress met to certify Joe Biden’s election victory and an angry mob of Trump supporters marched on the Capitol, overwhelmed police and briefly occupied the building, terrorizing lawmakers and leading to the deaths of five people.

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Since the election, Cumulus has remained silent while some of its most popular hosts — who include Mark Levin and Dan Bongino — have amplified Trump’s lies that the vote was “rigged” or in some way fraudulent.

On his program on Tuesday, the day before the march on the Capitol, for example, Levin fulminated about Congress’s certification of electoral votes for Biden, describing the normally routine vote as an act of “tyranny.”

“You think the framers of the Constitution . . . sat there and said, ‘Congress has no choice [but to accept the votes], even if there’s fraud, even if there’s some court order, even if some legislature has violated the Constitution?’ ” Levin said, his voice rising to a shout.

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However, there’s some question as to whether stars such as Levin will comply with the recent edict and whether Cumulus will discipline them if they don’t.

On his syndicated radio program on Thursday, a day after Cumulus sent its memo and Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Levin didn’t seem to be backing off. “It appears nothing has changed in 24 hours,” he said on the air. “Not a damn thing. The never-Trumpers, the RINOs, the media — same damn thing.”

He went on to add: “I’m not stirring up a damn thing. Everything I say is based on principle and mission. Everything is based on liberty, family, faith, the Constitution. . . . My enemies and my critics can’t say the same.”

It's my hill and I'll die if I want to!

Trump going out on a low note from a numbers perspective. The Marist & Q-Pac polls were downright horrible for him. Approvals south of 40%. Becomes first prez to lose House, Senate & prez in one term since Hoover. Trump's a bad politician, folks. https://t.co/5Nwp4TPSej

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 11, 2021

Has he even been calling in to his usual chumps? For all purposes he's gone already, so he should probably just quit.

he's been completely silent since he got blocked on twitter. which is frankly weird and concerning.

"I’ve heard a lot of people say, Is it the right thing politically to impeach this president? ... Will it harm the Democratic Party?" Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich) said in a press conference Monday. "In terms of whether it could harm the Democratic party, I could not care less."

apparently linsdey was with him for four hours on friday which, well, rather you than me mate?!!

the thing is he's been completely silent *except* for twitter for a long, long time now

when was the last legit press conference?

I doubt he's silent, he's been banned from all social media platforms and I don't think any network outside of OANN would let him speak live right now

he's probably literally diarrheaing on the Constitution

making for a very awkward tour of the National Archives museum for Mrs Lipschitz's fifth grade class

A new meaning to the term 'national treasure'

i think part of the reason that last video was so weird and deep-fakey is, in terms of comms, it's just mcceaney and a couple of interns at this point, so everything is amateur hour. apparently he wants to visit the border this week, but just logistically the white house doesn't seem capable of setting something like that up any more.

Supposedly there was a ceremony today for Jim Jordan with no press around, which alone must drive him nuts but at the same time is probably the safest thing he could do for himself.

Meantime, this is a useful thread re this upcoming weekend and the like -- numerous responses from states posted further in the thread

"How Have U.S. and State Capitols Braced for a 'Proposed Secondary Attack' Near Inauguration Day? We Asked Authorities in All 50 States for Answers."

We'll keep updating this story as we receive responses, @lawcrimenews.

https://t.co/Q9nlyBTRw4

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 11, 2021

let him visit the border, then wrap him in the fence

State response: "if u show up, u will resemble the main character from Johnny's Got HIs Gun"

Remember The Alamo II coming up.

Fucks sake not another sequel

this one's live action, and by live action I mean with CGI animals

great link, Ned, thanks.

apparently he wants to visit the border this week

He's probably been researching extradition treaties to determine the border.

let him visit the border, then wrap him in the fence

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Monday, January 11, 2021 2:08 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

just close the gate behind him

This sounds like something Schumer will absolutely fuck up but probably the best option they have

NEWS: Biden says he's spoken with members about a way to "bifurcate" Trump's impeachment, so as not to delay his agenda. The Senate would spend "a half day dealing with impeachment and a half day" on confirmations and COVID relief. Says he awaits info from Senate parliamentarian.

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 11, 2021

that's gotta cut into Popsicle Wednesdays

So about these second-wave actions on the 16th-20th or whatever — it will be interesting to see what mix of people, and especially how many, actually turn out. I would think that a lot of outraged MAGAs who are NOT of the armed-militia variety might be cautious about stepping out. Seems likely to be boiled down to the insurrectionary hardcore. Which on the one hand makes it more likely that there is some kind of violence, just because of the number of guns that will be present. But my guess is the crowds won't be that big, in numbers. I hope.

have a feeling the itll all be a bust but who knows

even the dumbest fools gotta step back and attempt to art of war the situation at some point

dying at "bifurcate" meaning - spend one part of the day doing one thing and the other part of the day doing another thing!

some people go even crazier and work on three or four (or more!) things during a single day!

critical race theory has entered the mainstream smh

xp i've been meaning to try this bifurcation but i haven't heard back from my "doing stuff" parliamentarian

attempt to art of war the situation

this phrasing made me irl lol

I'm bifurcating between sipping tea and clipping my nails; checked with the condo parliamentarian.

bifurcating between shidding and farding

So if they spend half a day on impeachment, and the Rs find ways to drag it out...it’ll just get tabled until the next morning?

I'm bifurcating between a couple of different websites, but I might bifurcate into another room to bifurcate a book.

Bi fur cat

Bi low, furcate high.

find a way to drag the Rs out. hopefully that noose is still outside.

Noose it or lose it?

I'd like to hope the nooses are gone.

bifurcate good times, come on! (join the bifurcation)

no noose jokes, please.

https://thedininghallfork.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/8/4/26841326/707636707_orig.jpg

no noose jokes, please.

― Karl Malone, Monday, January 11, 2021 2:34 PM (eleven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah its a little too on the noose