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

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.

yeah, he's said that for a while

Confirming it ahead of the vote, I guess.

senators dont have object permanence so if trump stops tweeting they think he cant hurt them

also, mcconnell's stepping back is significant:

The Republican statements supporting impeachment — which came after Trump delivered remarks earlier Tuesday expressing no regret for his actions — represented a watershed moment. They signaled high-level GOP concern about the role of Trump and other party leaders in spreading conspiracy theories about the recent election, and reflected how much the political landscape has shifted since Trump was acquitted in his first impeachment trial last February.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been telling associates since the attack that Trump probably committed impeachable offenses, as first reported by the New York Times. McConnell, a close adviser said, has not decided how he will vote on impeachment and wants to hear the case first.
McConnell has not returned Trump’s calls in weeks and remains livid with him, and he will not pressure his colleagues to oppose or support convicting the president. “He’s not going to whip the vote,” said the adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

So the House GOP is ... opposing the required wearing of masks? Sounds about right.

The circle diagram of

We're gonna do this unbelievable shit
Here we are doing this unbelievable shit
Woah this is going, unbelievably, to shit
You know that shit was antifa tho

is memeable by now, i really think once something is memeable its time to stop doing it

BREAKING: Vice President Pence tells Speaker Pelosi he will not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office https://t.co/O8NJ1ybtPG pic.twitter.com/VxCjbQco9J

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) January 13, 2021

Yep, we were just talking about that less than five minutes ago.

mb since mcconnell stacked the courts the only things he has left on his todos is knife trump and retreat into his shell forever

Hearing daniel sturridge will not invoke the 25th amendment?

if this was a video game forum in the 00s i would have posted this a lot this week

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/d5/d5d9e4e2e5529fd441bb518fd4efb17c2a29dfd7eb030bd3369ac0e06329a508.jpg

Yes, pom.

McConnell has not returned Trump’s calls in weeks and remains livid with him

McConnell has no moral standing. He's livid with Trump not because Trump did heinous things, but because those heinous things will appreciably weaken his power.

Your embed included the full letter to Pelosi, so I'll allow it.

Anyway, Pence is a fucking wuss.

xp

he's livid with Trump because he feels his life is in danger now. diff between death threats and Capitol invasion

The metal detectors are going to be useless if they’re just going to let the members who don’t want to go through the magnetometer sidestep it.

I’m watching Democrats and about 4/5ths of Republicans comply. It’s really causing tension between police and members.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021

Pence opposes invoking the 25th Amendment
Also has anyone mentioned ICP yet?

anyone mentioned ICP yet?

The Italian Communist Party?

You mean the American hip hop duo composed of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (originally 2 Dope; Joseph Utsler)?

Whose songs center thematically on the mythology of the Dark Carnival, a metaphoric limbo in which the lives of the dead are judged by one of several entities?

Just watched about 10 Republicans walk around the magnetometer.

Didn’t see them all, but among the group was Ralph Northham and Scott Perry.

Jeff Duncan bypassed the metal detector right before them.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021

thinking they could erect some sort of barrier

Take names. Deliver names to the Speaker. Speaker refers members for discipline something something.

"pence" should become a verb synonymous with "wuss out"

or a noun meaning "tight sphincter"

Take names. Deliver names to the Speaker. Speaker refers members for discipline something something.

to who? the acting sergeant of arms, who just declared today that all members would have to pass through the metal detectors (and wear a mask on the floor, which is sure to be the next chapter of this subplot)

What’s the point of voting to send Pence a letter at this point?

formal discipline of sitting members of Congress is usually expressed in the form of mild irritation and a public frowning-upon. sitting members of Congress are generally aware of this dynamic.

The hagiography is here

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/mike-pence-trump.html

of course

another Peter Baker / Maggie Haberman fantasy

not gonna read that but will bet $5 it includes the word "redeem"

/5 Told by other reporters that @laurenboebert apparently was allowed on floor despite refusing her bag to be searched

— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) January 13, 2021

I recently learned there was a Chuck Norris lookalike at the DC Capitol riots. It wasn’t me and I wasn’t there. There is no room for violence of any kind in our society. I am and always will be for Law and Order.

Your friend, Chuck Norris pic.twitter.com/LruKwViWRL

— Chuck Norris (@chucknorris) January 12, 2021

lol

Sweet baby Jesus the clownery pic.twitter.com/ePIHlZlnRO

— Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) January 13, 2021

Phew xp

dang, they meant to look into that before submitting, but

Lagoon, dunno who that tweet is referring to. Ralph Northam is the Democratic Governor of Virginia, not a Republican member of Congress.

It confused me too.

you never know, maybe Northam is packing heat