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

Weird - I cut off too much of the URL. And HA, that actually was in my thoughts when trimming the URL.

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:18 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Pro tip: The Facebook/Twitter tracking junk in URLs usually comes after a "?" Delete the stuff after the question mark, keep the stuff before it.

I thought the gathered evidence was all over the place after teh last 4 years. Crimes done in plain sight might just be seen like.

These photos of young National Guard guys in the Capitol are oddly touching:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55654102

doesn't seem like 30 seconds is enough for anyone unfortunately. can't they be given longer?

Republicans like the last guy who say they'll vote against but slip in that Trump "exercised poor judgement," I wonder if he'll turn on them, too. 100% subservience or nothing.

If you're wondering whether Donald Trump will eventually turn on you, the answer is yes.

I mean, look at what he did to his skin and his hair

Those 30 second slots while the nation is actually paying attention are highly coveted. All the real debate takes place outside the chamber, in caucus, in the cloakroom, in hallways, on phone calls. These tiny speeches are rewards carefully doled out; they put a public face on the debate, but they change nothing in terms of voting. And the Republican ones are carefully rolled balls of dung.

dung's right.
JUst thought it wasn't great that everybody speaking was being told taht their time was over before tehy finished .
BUt if that's a tradition or something I guess they probably know what they're doing.

dude is dicknosing right now

also he needs to be punched

xposts

also, some of them are 30 seconds, some are 1 minute, some are 2 minutes, and some are longer.

fuckin' Combover Calvary

to answer stevo's question

fuckin' Combover Calvary

lol I'm stealing this

These photos of young National Guard guys in the Capitol are oddly touching:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55654102

Do they switch them on later or something?

is taht breakdown of time along party lines so that the GOP types can waffle their dung and the Dems can't quit efit things in.

Also this reserveing thing that Jordan keeps doing is taht a standard thing to make sure his tine doesn't just get taken off him. & wouldn't it be so much better if it did

fuckin' Combover Calvary

I believe you mean CAVALRY. Calvary is the hill where Jesus (and many others) was crucified.

Hmm

fuckin' Combover Calvary

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:52 PM (four minutes ago)

can't tell if this is a typo or not cuz both make sense

xpost

Although I suppose this being the swan song of his Trumpness, this could very well be the Combover Calvary.

xpost!

xpost lol yeah I juxtaposed two letters due to subliminal religious messages embedded in my head from decades ago.

And damn if my tone isn't pedantic today. I'm sorry.

Only watching because I want to see the vote. Enough talk.

lol nah yr fine, I caught the typo immediately and knew someone was gonna catch it.

i had my mother turn it off, I was yelling at the TV

Y’all watching are stronger people than I.

I would have rage-stroked out within 15 seconds

Funnily, I once asked my mom why Jesus was crucified in Canada. "Canada?" "Yeah - Calgary?"

Many lols.

Don't worry Donald, here comes the cavalry!

... oops sorry, meant Calvary.

Feels to me like the Capitol breach was likely an attempt at suicide-by-cop by some/many.

I don't know that I buy this because a) some of these guys were cops or former cops or affiliated and, b) so many of them were 100% convinced that they were doing the right and patriotic thing that those arrested are flabbergasted to be facing any consequences at all. None of that scans as a "suicide-by-cop" to me at all.

xxxpost i barely lasted 5 mins

JUST SO NONE OF U POST TO ILX OUT OF CONTEXT IMAGINE A 69 POSITION WITH YOUR MOM RN

For Stevolende: The debate time is assigned to each party and is usually equal for each. It is granted in total to one representative in the leadership who is that party's designated manager for the debate. The manager then yields bits and pieces of the allowed time to their chosen speaker. Afterward they "reserve" their time to declare they still want it and aren't done. It's all very 'standard practice'.

cannot imagine watching speeches in congress. wtf is wrong with you all.

i yield my time fuck you.

Equal debate time yeah, but the Dems got to riot all summer long and we only got one afternoon. It's just not fair!

Impeach antifa!

I don't know that I buy this because a) some of these guys were cops or former cops or affiliated and, b) so many of them were 100% convinced that they were doing the right and patriotic thing that those arrested are flabbergasted to be facing any consequences at all. None of that scans as a "suicide-by-cop" to me at all.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:02 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm sure some of them thought they'd get off scot free, but prior to last week, I would certainly have expected to get murked if ever I decided to riot through the Capitol. We've all learned some things since then, though, I guess. Well, most of us. Well, some of us.

some of these militia folks do have a 'ride or die, death or glory' fetish and if they don't get to get mowed down their way of choosing, perhaps they take an alternate route.

This is going to lead to several unsuccessful Biden impeachment attempts, mostly around hunter's laptop

pretty much go nowhere in Nancy's House

That last guy ("not my president" hash tags) was new, so you can't really expect him to remember the Obama presidency.

This is going to lead to several unsuccessful Biden impeachment attempts, mostly around hunter's laptop

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:14 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

no. those would happen anyway.

TIL there are MS-13 members in *checks notes* The Hamptons...

If Republicans retake the House, Biden will be impeached for jaywalking by March of 2023.

According to 538, Trump's approval rating has plunged to... 40.0%

it's pretty incredible considering prior to the passing of the new tax code, he was for a time hovering in the low 30s, and after that reform passed, he has pretty much seen 40% as his floor...EVEN AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS. some individual pollsters have shown a decline, but tbh any approval rating over 1% is too high

He could ritually slay newborn babies and consume then live in primetime while standing on a pile of Republican voter corpses and his approval rating would still be 40%.

Besides the whataboutism wrt to the protests last summer being complete and utter bullshit, how long are we going to have to listen to that as a one-size-fits-all excuse for the GOP to pull awful things?

The acting Prime Minister of Australia was asked this week about the attempt to overthrow the US Government, a major ally of the country, who share intelligence and have dozens of unmonitored spy bases across the continent. He said it was a shame it turned violent, because that lowered it to the level of the "race riots" last year.

jfc