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

YMP - because these entitled dickwads have never heard the word "no" before, so they can only imagine that hearing it is must mean a fundamental betrayal of their entire worldview.

lol in addition to voting for him my father also donated to him, very cool

He’s lost murdoch

The Editorial Board: If Trump wants to avoid a second impeachment, his best path would be to take personal responsibility and resign. https://t.co/Pu7USKBnCr

— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) January 7, 2021

Not only did Knopf not publish my thousand-page experimental erotic novel about shellfish, Warner Music Group is not giving me a record deal for my latest double album of sensitive didgeridoo hypno-folk.

Haven't they heard of the First Amendment?

There’s new footage of Capitol cops waving protesters in. Is it just me or this bit not being seriously addressed by American media outlets?

This twitter thread from 2 weeks ago nailed it:

On January 6, armed Trumpist militias will be rallying in DC, at Trump's orders. It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol after it certifies Joe Biden's win. I don't think this has sunk in yet.

— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) December 21, 2020

goddamn

Deepfakes have gotten pretty good — there's no way he actually said any of that shit, but other than the one clumsy edit where they switched camera angles for the second take, it seemed pretty realistic.

Hawley is just doing the grievance thing all his voters love so much. He knows the First Amendment is irrelevant, but his voters have only the vaguest idea and Hawley knows how to leverage that ignorance.

yeah it's just PR.

Still doesn't mean I don't him to shut the fuck up and disappear from my brain forever.

hawley and cruz, and the other GOP scumbags who promote insurrections and then seek to slip away from all responsibility - they all use the same playbook these days.

deny. counter-attack. stay.

never admit any wrongdoing. strike back with an accusation twice as intense. and whatever you do, don't resign or leave.

it only works if you have an entire alternate reality, which is whatever the "media ecosystem" is for people like them.

The only thing that Trump video does is give cover to the GOP members in congress cover to say, “see? he is going to peacefully hand over power, no need for any divisive impeachment hearings”.

And it’s gonna work.

if they didn't have that excuse, they'd make up another.

If he’s going to be impeached it’s going to be for refusing to send in the national guard

maga chuds now trying to define "new administration" lmao https://t.co/UuITd7cd9z

— metal dot txt (@metaltxt) January 8, 2021

Which is why he’s reading from a script about sending them in on the advice of his lawyers.

The House can still impeach with or without GOP votes - and should. By the time it gets to the senate McConnell won't be Majority Leader. If that keeps Trump on good behavior for a week or so, it is well worth it.

I don't know, the psychic tweeter upthread would disagree:

More than a year back, I wondered if Trump would be the first President to be impeached twice. Tonight, members of Congress are seriously considering it. https://t.co/zxWoKkdZPW

— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) January 6, 2021

Deepfakes have gotten pretty good — there's no way he actually said any of that shit, but other than the one clumsy edit where they switched camera angles for the second take, it seemed pretty realistic.

If he’s going to be impeached it’s going to be for refusing to send in the national guard

he conspicuously claimed that he sent the national guard in "immediately", in his latest twitter video. seemed a touch defensive there

but he’s not peacefully transferring power. he can say he is all he wants but he’s literally doing the opposite of that! saying NOW that he will peacefully transfer power is like saying you’re going to just withdraw what’s in your account after shooting up the bank

It’s too fuckin late for him and he’s unleashed forces even he can’t control.

I.e. his army will ignore or explain away that statement and they’ll continue to cause mayhem.

Only time I’ve seen him like this was after the Access Hollywood video

The press will fall for it because they’re irredeemable morons

So is that video the moment he finally became presidential?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ7GltNmDbg

Things that "are not America" sure happen a lot in America

— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) January 7, 2021

Just to get it out of the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMUxdZGgWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olFmIHMoYHk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7APmRkatEU

this is .. satisfying

A story in 3 Acts: pic.twitter.com/kWH7gPFVor

— Can I peg you, @SethRogen ?? (@MrsKhandiCoated) January 7, 2021

Looks like the folks at Parler are not taking this well

Lol at these morons

"I just threw up a little in my mouth"

"What a punch in the gut. He says it's going to be wild, and then when it gets wild, he calls it a heinous attack."

"I feel like puking."

TheDonald is working through their grief, anger and disbelief at Trump's concession tonight pic.twitter.com/T5OLfVnAoh

— Molly Hensley-Clancy (@mollyhc) January 8, 2021

Talk about might as well be an Onion headline. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: "Protester in Viking headdress ID’d as Trump supporter, not Antifa."

No shit, this guy has been one of the most recognizable faces of Q insanity for months! I mean, the dude literally walks around in a Viking costume yelling conspiracy theories. Next the AJC should do a deep dive into the Naked Cowboy to see if he is actually, literally naked, or a cowboy.

Lol, JiC.

Next the AJC should do a deep dive into the Naked Cowboy to see if he is actually, literally naked, or a cowboy.

I’m getting verklempt!

Ben Collins with more on how that video's playing out (short thread)

Extremist forums like TheDonald/4chan are turning on the president after that video. They're extremely upset at him, Lin Wood, and Q.

This appears to be the moment they realized there was no grand plan to win back the election.

This may not be permanent, but they feel betrayed.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 8, 2021

maybe it's.....7D chess?

wondering who came down so hard on him that he had to make that statement

Okay, I thought Tanya Roberts was going to be the worst 'uh hold on' moment when it comes to these things this week but

Capitol Police: “Media reports regarding the death of a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer are not accurate.  Although some officers were injured and hospitalized yesterday, no USCP officers have passed away.”

— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) January 8, 2021

Hope Hicks?

those r/donald people have to stop referring to themselves as "pedes", I cannot handle it

Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) Tweeted:
Meet Jenny Cudd from Midland Texas "WE did break down @SpeakerPelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and I took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera and that was on Fox News" @FBI https://t.co/3s3aWgOJ9G

Meet Jenny Cudd from Midland Texas "WE did break down @SpeakerPelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and I took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera and that was on Fox News" @FBI pic.twitter.com/3s3aWgOJ9G

— Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) January 8, 2021

Jenny Cudd

wondering who came down so hard on him that he had to make that statement

If I had to guess I think it's Cipollone. There's been mentions here and there (self-interested I am sure) that he has said that, whatever pardons Trump might want to dream up for himself, there's still significant legal liability, potential charges etc. he could face.

There is something I haven't seen mentioned AS much which I think is a factor here in general -- talk for years now about the potential charges over older deeds that's been held off as long as he's President, to one degree or another, but little chatter about all sorts of new suits that could be filed by a LOT of people. (Dominion appears to be gearing up on a broad scale.) I'd think anything that adds to that for him at this point for the remainder of his term is probably something he'd want to avoid -- and deluded and malicious as he is, I think part of him may suddenly be realizing that just throwing money at the problem or threatening to sue won't actually cut it like before.

they really think Trump's gonna stop them all from going to jail.

and in a way, he stopped many of them from going by refusing to send the Guard, but...

she...she is going.

Read our full statement here: https://t.co/DNe7ZE3Gww

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 8, 2021