“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

#stopthesteal so much worse than #notyourshield ever was in terms of insidiousness

My attention is divided, but did I hear that right--conceding that the senators who were objecting to the electoral count were on the right side of protest? Not sure that's tactically good...isn't one of the core arguments that the one is connected to the other?

I'm not sure that's what was 'conceded', but rather made the point that what the senators did in challenging the EC votes was peaceful and based in debate, as opposed to violent. Not that they were 'right' to do so.

now I want to see Jane Curtain's Bernie Sanders impersonation

(xpost) Bit of a change in tactics, though; early on, I remember a strong desire to hold Hawley and Cruz culpable, too. Not that that was going to happen.

Hawley and Cruz are a side issue to this impeachment.

Meantime

Dominic Pezzola, one of the Proud Boys arrested for the Capitol attack told a court today that he was duped by Trump's "deception" and "acted out of the delusional belief" that he was responding patriotically to Trump. https://t.co/6T8ZzQcU1B

— POLITICO (@politico) February 10, 2021

Best chance of attracting any Republicans is to let them cleanly separate themselves from Trump, not try to tie them to him. It's disingenuous but the only real play unless you just want to make it a big fuck-you.

I agree...it just jumped out at me.

Apparently Hawley's sitting up in the gallery, contemptuously tuned out from everything. Nice.

Up in the gallery texting "wish u were here" to Zip-Tie Guy.

representing the Show Me! state well

*gets shown*

*ignores and belittles*

somebody should leave sharp pointy things on his seat

who is speaking now? she's great

Everything you say about this trial needs to be prefaced by "Not that it matters...", but if that's the image Hawley wants to project, I wish they'd turn the cameras on him. By way of contrast, amazing to think that Bush I caused an uproar 30 years ago because he got caught checking his watch during a debate.

Remember when failing to wear a flag pin was the height of opprobrium? What, like a decade ago?

XPS Madeline Dean of Pennsylvania

MADELEINE

she was great. in that she really created a lot of anxiety in invoking those memories in a way that may strike laypeople who weren't paying close attention.

at this point with the likelihood of conviction low, I feel like this trial is more about putting a scarlet letter on Republican House reps and Senators as well as reaching the people about what he did. idk that this translates into seats later on but....doubt it can hurt so why not try.

also it's, like, the right thing to do so

"he tried violence when he had no more non-violent options left" is a good talking point in outlining intent and that Trump didn't just "oopsie daisy" an insurrection.

however, it does actually kinda resemble the argument that QAnon folk were making. "they gave us no other choice by non-violent means!"

not a strike against it, just kinda shows you the persecution mindset they have. they're cosplaying oppression.

(they being QAnoners)

a naive part of me is waiting for a plot twist impeachment manager yelling at Hawley and Cruz "and I SAW YOU ON THE PHONE SECRETLY GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO INSURRECTIONISTS!"

I'm not going to get too excited, but seems like there would be a clear political advantage to tying the Republican Party to the insurrection:

In the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the phone lines and websites of local election officials across the country were jumping: Tens of thousands of Republicans were calling or logging on to switch their party affiliations.

In California, more than 33,000 registered Republicans left the party during the three weeks after the Washington riot. In Pennsylvania, more than 12,000 voters left the G.O.P. in the past month, and more than 10,000 Republicans changed their registration in Arizona.

An analysis of January voting records by The New York Times found that nearly 140,000 Republicans had quit the party in 25 states that had readily available data (19 states do not have registration by party). Voting experts said the data indicated a stronger-than-usual flight from a political party after a presidential election, as well as the potential start of a damaging period for G.O.P. registrations as voters recoil from the Capitol violence and its fallout.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/republicans-leaving-party.html

Also, y'know:

Mr. Nunez, the Army veteran in Pennsylvania, said his disgust with the Capitol riot was compounded when Republicans in Congress continued to push back on sending stimulus checks and staunchly opposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

“They were so quick to bail out corporations, giving big companies money, but continue to fight over giving money to people in need,” said Mr. Nunez, who plans to change parties this week. “Also, I’m a business owner and I cannot imagine living on $7 an hour. We have to be fair.”

Right. And elections are one by a few per cent. Totally worth a try!

exactly. Democrats have given Republicans SO MANY FUCKING CHANCES to jump off the ship. fuck 'em. they own this now.

Remember the #WalkAway movement from 2018? Seems so quaint now.

are there QAnon rock bands

probably some metal bands I would imagine?

has megadeth gone Q yet?

lol that's who I expected to BE the metal QAnon, not fuckin' Iced Earth!

this displaying of redacted social media posts is a masterful stroke. putting people into the minds of QAnon and how they received Trump's message.

Do we really want all these Republicans to join the Democratic party? I'd prefer it if they went and started a new party.

Ariel Pink I guess

xpost I don't care what they do as long as they stop voting for the Republican candidate or split its vote.

I definitely don't want them attempting to pervert the DNC platform anymore than centrist Ds already d-do

I am confident there area bunch of Q white rappers out there

I think a lot of them are registering as independent/unaffiliated.

I'm really impressed by how Stacey Plaskett is laying this all out.

have they shown the unreleased riot footage yet?

I'm jealous of how she can avoid filler words for this long. I'm a good speaker but even when I'm prepared I usually have one or two slip-ups if I'm talking this long without interruption.

She's a serious toastmaster

she is very convincing

are there QAnon rock bands

The Status QAnon

Suzi QAttro

Four QAnon Blondes

QAnon Jovi

(sorry, stopping now, because really "Four QAnon Blondes" is unbeatable)

Q-Ween

The Qbie Brothers

Q-by and the Blizzards

well of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEIXfy_Ga8

Q LAzzarus