American Politics Impeachment: 2 fast? No, we're 2 furious

[Greater Miami Shores]

Schumer looking at invoking emergency measures, to force the Senate to immediately take up the impeachment bill

Small problem: It needs McConnell’s approval

I mean McConnell is reportedly really pissed at Trump right now. Is a bit naive to hope he might actually approve of this?

I think it is very possible Republican President Trump might be forced to resign, due to Republican Senators betraying President Trump and Trump Supporters.

I heard Mitch McConnell is upset with the censoring of Trump on Twitter, so it seems like Mitch McConnell is playing anti Trump and Pro Trump where it suits his interests.

I wish Mitch McConnel were impeached as Republican minority leader in the Senate for his betrayal of President Trump and Trump Supporters.

GMS.

[Andsed]

I mean McConnell is reportedly really pissed at Trump right now. Is a bit naive to hope he might actually approve of this?

Apparently, they haven’t talked since…the 15th, irrc

Echoing what WRA said that the only 15th they could have talked on is December 15th. Jesus McConnell must be fucking pissed at Trump. which is quite the mood tbh... and I just sympathized with Mitch McConnell. I need to take a shower.

[Kowani]

“McCarthy tells Republicans on a call just now that Trump told him he does bear some responsibility for the Capitol riots”

I assume the “him” here refers to McCarthy, but it’s unclear

[Nattily Dressed Anarchists on Bicycles]

Yeah, I've gotten the impression from veterans I know and in my family that norms against the uniformed forces deploying domestically really for anything, never mind installing/removing a President, are so strong that even if, somehow, the DoD had been completely stacked with Biden/Harris sympathizers, and the halls of Congress filled with all their grandmothers, the DoD would have still dragged its heels to deploy the Guard on Wednesday.

**Normal warnings about selection bias and the like here.

That isn't what I was saying, but it does illustrate another danger-- that their aversion to engagement in domestic politics will lead them to permit a coup through inaction. If it was DoD as a whole sitting on the Guard on Wednesday (rather than, as has been reported, the President and perhaps the Acting SECDEF), that'd be indicative of this problem. A butterfly flaps its wings in Tanzania, and suddenly the Guard are arriving hours late to a building full of dead legislators as the coup is presented to the Joint Chiefs as a fait accompli-- and then what, do they initiate a counter-coup of their own volition? Do they swallow whatever the president is forcing on them? Do they continue to waffle?

Given that the military is one of the only institutions that still enjoys a high degree of social trust, I expect these are some of the political questions that the Joint Chiefs may be called upon to make during my lifetime, and I also expect there's an ambitious colonel or two out there somewhere, watching all of this go down and getting all kinds of ideas as a result...

It's likely my impression could be way off, given I've only ever been a civilian, but that's an aspect that I'd not thought of. And didn't really want to think of, come to think of it.

[Andsed]

“McCarthy tells Republicans on a call just now that Trump told him he does bear some responsibility for the Capitol riots”

I assume the “him” here refers to McCarthy, but it’s unclear

So its either Trump is deflecting blame from himself like the spineless wuss he is, or he just admitted that he did in fact incite the violence that went down on the 6th. Interesting.

[San Lumen]

https://www.ktoo.org/2021/01/08/alaska- ... tion-loss/

Alaska Supreme Court strikes down Rep. Lance Pruitt’s challenge to his election loss. He lost by 11 votes to democrat Liz Synder

The decision means democrats will have a majority in the legislature due to a bi partisan coalition,

[Bahia Roja]

“McCarthy tells Republicans on a call just now that Trump told him he does bear some responsibility for the Capitol riots”

I assume the “him” here refers to McCarthy, but it’s unclear

So its either Trump is deflecting blame from himself like the spineless wuss he is, or he just admitted that he did in fact incite the violence that went down on the 6th. Interesting.

Trump deflecting the blame from himself is more likely in this case. It's not the first time he would do something similar.

[Kowani]

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) says 2 Capitol police officers have been arrested.

1 was the selfie cop, and the other one apparently put on a maga hat and was directing the rioters

[No State Here]

[Cordel One]

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I hate Reddit.

[Zapato]

No they, me. When I was responding to someone suggesting delaying the ceremony I remembered that Obama had to retake the oath after the echo chamber seized upon it. It falls under the Great Tan Suit controversy any time a Trump supporter wants to pretend that Trump suffers undo scrutiny.

I mean, CNN did an entire piece on the way Trump eats food

Do you mean back when Trump, as a pathetic demonstration of power, demanded that he get more ice cream than everybody else at the table because he was the President? Or when he remembered details of cake he was eating while launching missiles, but not which country he was attacking? Or when he discussed classified information in front of the diners at Mar-a-Lago?

[Adamede]

I mean McConnell is reportedly really pissed at Trump right now. Is a bit naive to hope he might actually approve of this?

I think it is very possible Republican President Trump might be forced to resign, due to Republican Senators betraying President Trump and Trump Supporters.

I heard Mitch McConnell is upset with the censoring of Trump on Twitter, so it seems like Mitch McConnell is playing anti Trump and Pro Trump where it suits his interests.

I wish Mitch McConnel were impeached as Republican minority leader in the Senate for his betrayal of President Trump and Trump Supporters.

GMS.

“Betraying”

Growing a spine more like it. Or at the least saving their own necks.

Trump and his supporters have crippled the party. It remains to be seen if it recovers or it implodes and we see another take it’s place.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

AT&T follows the crowd, cuts off the GOP members who wanted to overturn the election

Most of corporate America right now: “Holy shit, we’re crazy but we’re not that crazy.”

[Kowani]

I mean, CNN did an entire piece on the way Trump eats food

Do you mean back when Trump, as a pathetic demonstration of power, demanded that he get more ice cream than everybody else at the table because he was the President? Or when he remembered details of cake he was eating while launching missiles, but not which country he was attacking? Or when he discussed classified information in front of the diners at Mar-a-Lago?

My favorite will always be the time he gave away a secret spy satellite by tweet

[Nattily Dressed Anarchists on Bicycles]

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I hate Reddit.

r/babygoats is pretty OK

[Zapato]

I mean McConnell is reportedly really pissed at Trump right now. Is a bit naive to hope he might actually approve of this?

I think it is very possible Republican President Trump might be forced to resign, due to Republican Senators betraying President Trump and Trump Supporters.

I heard Mitch McConnell is upset with the censoring of Trump on Twitter, so it seems like Mitch McConnell is playing anti Trump and Pro Trump where it suits his interests.

I wish Mitch McConnel were impeached as Republican minority leader in the Senate for his betrayal of President Trump and Trump Supporters.

GMS.

What an anti-American thing to say. No surprise, people who hate America and it's democratic system of government place Trump over country.

[No State Here]

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I hate Reddit.

Reddit manages to outdo Twitter simply for the reason that everyone there acts like they're "enlightened" and "righteous" while the stuff they say is… yeah

You do see a few chads there though

[Comerciante]

AT&T follows the crowd, cuts off the GOP members who wanted to overturn the election

Most of corporate America right now: “Holy shit, we’re crazy but we’re not that crazy.”

"Yet"

Not that crazy "yet".

[Nattily Dressed Anarchists on Bicycles]

AT&T follows the crowd, cuts off the GOP members who wanted to overturn the election

Most of corporate America right now: “Holy shit, we’re crazy but we’re not that crazy.”

Nah, just upset because the insurrections and juntas they buy are supposed to be over there instead.

[Bahia Roja]

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Classic r/PCM big brain takes. I really don't want to see how poorly they're dealing with everything that's going on.

[No State Here]

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Classic r/PCM big brain takes. I really don't want to see how poorly they're dealing with everything that's going on.

Well no, it’s PCM captioning posts from another subreddit with political compasses and wojaks

I sound really unprofessional right now

[Cannot think of a name]

I mean, CNN did an entire piece on the way Trump eats food

Do you mean back when Trump, as a pathetic demonstration of power, demanded that he get more ice cream than everybody else at the table because he was the President? Or when he remembered details of cake he was eating while launching missiles, but not which country he was attacking? Or when he discussed classified information in front of the diners at Mar-a-Lago?

oof

[Bahia Roja]

Well no, it’s PCM captioning posts from another subreddit with political compasses and wojaks

I sound really unprofessional right now

That would be considered classic PCM as well. So, you're good.

[Kowani]

Michigan bans open carry of guns inside state Capitol following an attempt to storm the statehouse.

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

Simply beautiful



#Pompeo2024

Mike Pompeo is perhaps America's greatest Secretary of State in recent history. If he runs for President and wins in 2024, I believe he will heal America's divisions, firmly unite all Americans and America's allies against China, Russia, and other enemies of freedom, and uphold Western and American exceptionalism without a failed wannabe dictator and complete, self-interested, narcissistic asshole breathing down his neck or the threat of being fired without warning. Nothing would hold him back this time. Mike would readily concede defeat in the event of an election loss rather than incite violence and insurrection. The guy incidentally also rejects wokism, identity politics, and political correctness unlike Biden and very much unlike Harris.

(My only gripe is that the attendees shook hands instead of bowing or bumping elbows.)

"It is all authoritarianism cloaked as moral righteousness"
Damn…

A very apt description of not only the GOP but also Mike Pompeo himself. Don’t kid yourself, Pompeo is also an authoritarian.