Enough With The Cutesy Titles, People Are Dead: US Politics January 2021 pt 2

depends on how many lawsuits and criminal trials are actually coming

predictions of death always turn out wrong

Anyway I think KT's thread here isn't far off, ultimately.

the thing about trump building a new political party is everyone knows he can’t build anything worth a shit but he can sure as hell wreck an existing one like a tomahawk missile strike. have fun!

— kilgore trout, brad r’s brother (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 20, 2021

My guess is that the main thing he's learned about political parties is that they are excellent money-laundering operations. A political party set up as a multi-level marketing scheme could be worth some money before it all went to hell and everyone involved except him went to jail.

My sympathy meter is not very high here. But, worth a read, however exculpatory.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/qanon-trump-ezra-cohen-watnick-460520

no one thought he could build a campaign either

much easier to do when you've got a political party flush with cash from ridiculously wealthy donors. not to mention the fact that the same networks falling over themselves to give him as much free airtime as possible won't even let him speak live anymore

This can't be over soon enough:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/haitian-boy-9-detained-as-trumps-family-separation-policy-pursued-to-bitter-end

Probably everyone has seen this, but a dunk is s dunk.

Don’t forget to dress warm tomorrow.

I heard it’s going to be minus 45.

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 20, 2021

Charlie P., cracking wise and a little hopeful at the moment:
But the most interesting hearing was that of Janet Yellen, the nominee to lead the Treasury Department. Yellen is nobody's idea of a socialist. (Well, she might be Josh Hawley's idea of a socialist, but then again, so was the barista who got his order wrong Monday morning.) Nevertheless, she called for some seriously big government to meet the current crises.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35257873/janet-yellen-treasury-hearing-deficit-national-debt/

Q Anon is so fucked. Choose your own adventure, but it all ends up leading a repackaged "blood libel" narrative.

predictions of death always turn out wrong

can we check the maths on this

xp You mean, the original blood libel against the Jews, or the way Palin applied it to herself when associated w shooting of Gabby Giffords and others that day, just because of her get-out-the-vote rhetoric and visuals? Do Qanon fans think they're being picked on? Hearing that from some other Trump followers online & and on air.

xp i din wanna say but

i think Q Anon is repackaged antisemitism. they lure people in but that is the story at the heart of it, one that is old and familiar.

Yeah, eventually someone will say Rothschild. Or Soros, who's the new Rothschild. I think sometimes people who repeat those things are only vaguely if at all aware of the connotations, but that doesn't make it any better. They're still serving as vehicles.

Will irish ilxors enjoy an improvement status on the board under seosamh i wonder

Soros, who's the new Rothschild.

otmfm

Bannon to be pardoned

is that official? because fuck that

links are cool on the internet!

News w @PamelaBrownCNN — Trump has decided to pardon Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made hours before he’s scheduled to leave the WH. Officials cautioned CNN Trump's decision is not final until he signs the paperwork but Trump has told people he’s decided to pardon Bannon

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 20, 2021

the word "transactional" doesn't begin to convey the abysmal depth of his corruption

Allegedly he keeps going back and forth. I guess my question is, is the idea that he gets pardoned but the rest of the people indicted with him...don't?

Trump should pardon Biden.

some state should charge him with something, even if it's as menial as loitering at the Cuckservative Hut

multiple shirts violations

given he's under federal investigation for fraud, it's hard to see how he didn't also commit a bunch of state crimes.

i'm sure he ripped some tags off of mattresses

Can't rule out Bannon having some kompromat of his own.

The odds of these turds not committing more crimes in the next few years, while they still have even a sliver of the spotlight, are practically nil. From Trump on down. It'll be like OJ after he was acquitted.

i wonder which of them is going to die first

all of them, in a Guyana Punch Line-esque sendoff

what is this with expecting people you hate are going to die

They will

Unless you know something I don't

Allegedly he keeps going back and forth. I guess my question is, is the idea that he gets pardoned but the rest of the people indicted with him...don't?

i think he was advised not to pardon anyone related to the 1/6/21 events, which eliminated a lot of people that were also related to other very obvious crimes

A hate read for those who enjoy such things:

Stephen Miller’s going away note to his colleagues tonight, passed along by source: pic.twitter.com/PVDEfmSdOL

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 20, 2021

what is this with expecting people you hate are going to die

― Dan S, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:37 PM bookmarkflaglink

are you the dude from The Man from Earth?

good morning

Pardoning Bannon is obviously terrible, but it's also almost poetic. If you were writing the play, that's how it has to end, Trump pardoning Bannon.

I give this lengthy joy of a thread. (Remember the lawyer at the insurance firm who was one of the first people identified/trashed on social media because he was so SO blatantly open about it, and who was almost immediately fired? He filed a thing. It's...a lot.)

OK. I promised you a thread on this batshit insane "Keep Trump as President for Life" lawsuit so here it is. The short summary is: "We think there may have been election law violations, so obviously there is no government" https://t.co/dQIuLBAvju

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) January 20, 2021

Pardoning Bannon is obviously terrible, but it's also almost poetic. If you were writing the play, that's how it has to end, Trump pardoning Bannon.

Interested to see what sort of spin the trumpistas put on this. I mean what could anyone possible say? He's pardoned the guy because he may prove useful in the future, that's it. It's beyond corrupt and hopefully will alienate some of the GOP senators

Thanks for that Ned. Stunning how out of it these people are.

Also: good morning!

Bannon's going to be the first to die after he blows up a Malibu rental cooking crank in the bathroom.

Bannon gonna regrow his fur and take another shot at stardom in the funnies

Pardoning Bannon is obviously terrible, but it's also almost poetic. If you were writing the play, that's how it has to end, Trump pardoning Bannon.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, January 19, 2021

pardoning bannon for scamming maga donors... it's too perfect.

This man's whole life is in shambles because he got mad at Seth Meyers and Barack Obama roasting him. Could've just been grifting in peace for the rest of his life. Whole family hated. Ruined his teen son's life. Just incredible.

— Brandi, Kemi Talbot's Chief Of Staff 😾 (@ItsTheBrandi) January 20, 2021

Lmao he pardoned Lil Wayne

AND Kodak Black

73 pardons, 70 commutations. I don't doubt the theory that he'll save a few of the biggest for tomorrow, as a way to hijack a few last-minute headlines.