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

A Senate Republican aide tells me he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Republicans who were *open* to a conviction

Before our story on McConnell

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 12, 2021

the lead well xp

Drew Griffin @CNN reporting Capitol insurrection Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said he was getting help from three members of Congress (Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks).

— Alexa O'Brien (@alexadobrien) January 12, 2021

they were simply trying to... take out the trash

The mom of the man nicknamed the “zip-tie guy” says she and her son did not have violent intentions when they stormed the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/UpBbUzuDRz

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 12, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-hypKtHiM

xp I mean the best case scenario if that's true is that someone else brought zip ties so ...

Why are they going through this pointless motion of getting Pence to invoke the 25th? He said he wouldn't, he said he wouldn't days ago. He didn't do it when Pelosi asked. Skip to the end, just impeach him.

https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/congressman-mo-brooks-rebuts-vicious-scurrilous-fake-news-media-and

lol I didn't read that shit but Mo done fucked up for sure

Drew Griffin @CNN reporting Capitol insurrection Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said he was getting help from three members of Congress (Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks).

These people will be snitching on each other the minute they're interrogated.

I don't know anything about Ali Alexander but he is about to be the heart of a million conspiracy theories.

https://gizmodo.com/parler-users-breached-deep-inside-u-s-capitol-building-1846042905?fbclid=IwAR0ZTsyguChkSWwfeukn6AYDONouqCvbWociwy1PR1OOhO_wG2OlhXurB7k

ali alexander

writers have gotten a little lazy when making up names tbh

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oh that is sweet fucking news about Ali Alexander snitching

this will probably get buried but I liked it:

Napoleon put it well: “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/lefties-stay-away-from-this-weekends-disruptions/

Been keeping an eye on Alexander's doings for a while -- convicted fraudster among other things IIRC. It might be fairly easily to marginalize him unless he decides to show some actual evidence; he was still talking big the other day but he seems like the kind of person who will fold rapidly real soon.

Zip tie mother and son - when MAGA sends its people, they're not sending their best.

Video has surfaced of the zip-tie guy and the woman accompanying him in a hotel lobby shortly after the attack on the Capitol.

In the bizarre clip he explains how he is "concerned for the country" pic.twitter.com/kAqZdMICrk

— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) January 9, 2021

oh that is sweet fucking news about Ali Alexander snitching

this will probably get buried but I liked it:

Napoleon put it well: “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/lefties-stay-away-from-this-weekends-disruptions/

― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Tuesday, January 12, 2021 7:04 PM (fourteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

The left got very lucky when the far right laid siege to the U.S. Capitol. The whole thing unfolded so fast that there was no time to organize counterprotests.

my understanding is leftist activists stayed away on purpose, ie they did the thing this guy is advising, i mean its not true that the whole thing unfolded fast

_ali alexander_

writers have gotten a little lazy when making up names tbh

Did they actually get him or have they just tracked his shit?

WHY DO I HAVE TO KNOW WHO THIS CLOWN IS JFC

Certain Telegram channels are being shut down due to people going in and posting pornography. This is against Telegram's terms of service. 😂

— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) January 13, 2021

I was just thinking how conveniently timed Barr's resignation turned out to be.

did a sicko jack nicholson smile at this tweet

Per this story, @BernieSanders has been talking to Biden about the next stimulus package including "an emergency universal health care program, so that anyone can get medical treatment during the pandemic, whether they currently have insurance or not." https://t.co/jZP0I6Y52D

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 12, 2021

all around good guy bernie

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErkO_MaUYAEsTYx?format=png&name=small

Re: that Sparrow Project clip with all the booze on the table.. they've already got the 'antifa infiltrators' mythos in full swing...

*Bill Brasky toast voice * “To Bernie Sanders!”

House voting on the 25th Amendment on live TV now, correct?

i'm watching the washpost feed but it says they're still in recess

nevermind - it's started

As you can see, the tempo of events is moving rapidly now. Donald Trump not finishing his term of office now seems like a real possibility, as astonishing as that may seem. A number of developments are coming together, like converging waves that build on each other.

There are two things I think we should be thinking about as developments which led to this quickening.

First, you may have seen that the US Attorney in DC today said people will be shocked when the find out the totality of what happened in the Capitol last Wednesday. It is almost certain that top congressional leaders have been briefed on these investigations. They likely know what’s coming. That could be moving things along.

Second, this morning President Trump departed the White House and gave some brief remarks to reporters. The tone of his remarks suggested he felt confident he was in the clear. Pence had ruled out the 25th Amendment and Republicans were holding tough on impeachment. He said he had nothing to apologize for and essentially threatened more violence if he were impeached.

That sent a clear message to anyone with any doubts what the last eight days of Trump’s presidency will be like. A number of Republicans, inexplicably, were on TV over the last few days saying ‘well, that got crazy so he’s learned his lesson.’ Obviously that was never the case. This morning he made that crystal clear.

I suspect both of these developments and especially the first helped quicken the erosion of his support which now appears to be on the verge of collapse.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-quickening-why/sharetoken/nt8zH3SpSmfM

not that kind of stand off

RIGHT NOW-> Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capital Hill is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police at the newly installed Metal Detectors outside the chamber doors.

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021

So the only way for Pence to become the PRESIDENT of the United States is through impeach/convict - this 25th thing won't actually give him the promotion, correct?

Capitol Police won’t let her in until Boebert shows them what is in her bag, she won’t and is now standing by the entrance of the chamber. She is respectful but defiant.

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021

OMFG

i fell into a lauren boebert rabbit hole yesterday. she's just...wowwwowowowwow

seriously, a couple minutes ago i was joking on twitter with a friend about who would be the first to challenge the new Acting Sergeant at Arms policy of removing anyone who refuses to wear a mask. He suggested Boebert.

like FIVE MINUTES LATER, she's refusing to go through the new metal detectors!

one step ahead of you

Slap the cuffs on her and frog march to the nearest jail.

helped quicken the erosion of his support which now appears to be on the verge of collapse

...leaving the president even further isolated. I will believe all this when it happens.

Those spineless, feckless, amoral pieces of shit have protected Trump every step of the way for four long years, playing dodgem with reporters when they ask about one egregious, racist, ignorant lie after another. They acquitted him of abuse of power when they had a transcript of him abusing his power, released by the White House.

Why should I think they will change now?

Hardly Boebert's first scuffle with the cops.

she’s even worse than Marjorie Taylor Greene, if that’s possible

the reason they would change now is if they think its in their best interest, and some of them might be mad about him trying to assassinate them

lauren boebert
lauren bobbett
loren babbett
lorena babbitt

i'm imagining this boebert standoff as a dog vs. vacuum cleaner type deal

yeah, i think it's unlikely too. but still, real things are starting to happen:

A senior administration official said the White House expects at least a dozen House Republicans to support impeachment. The White House is rudderless, unwilling or unable to mount any defense other than saying that Trump will already be leaving next week, two administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal dynamics.

Trump, banned from Twitter, for the first time lacks the ability to aim angry tweets at those who oppose him, and White House officials conceded that he has few ways to stem the tide. He has asked Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) to urge fellow Republicans to oppose impeachment, an official said

maybe Graham will be a bellwether. god, he's so fucking pathetic...50/50 odds

xposts

the reason they would change now is if they think its in their best interest

when that is backed up by action I will know it is true, not sooner. it's not like they lacked reasons to abandon him before now.

The White House is rudderless, unwilling or unable to mount any defense other than saying that Trump will already be leaving next week, two administration officials said

this seems bad (for...uh, Trump)

Pence says he won't invoke the 25th.