Election integrity and the transfer of power

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pm

Another one for the history books

https://twitter.com/corinne_perkins/sta ... 9232587778

The Capitol at dusk. Photo by @LeahMillis

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pm

Whatever other consequences occur (and I fear they will be almost nothing), today was a HUGE propaganda win for the Neo-Nazis. They'll be recruiting on this for years to come.

Can you imagine what it would have meant for the Yippies or the Weathermen to be photographed prancing around in Capitol, let alone the Speaker's office and the Rotunda and the Halls?

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?

Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm

Holman wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pm Whatever other consequences occur (and I fear they will be almost nothing), today was a HUGE propaganda win for the Neo-Nazis. They'll be recruiting on this for years to come.

Exactly. The shit show that was planned today was going to do massive damage. This is leaps beyond. The way we react will let us know our viability as a nation.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:39 pm

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pm
Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:58 pm There's ~0 percent chance that anyone involved "gets away" with anything.
There is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?

Gather evidence for two weeks. Indict on January 20, 12:01 PM.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:41 pm

Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?
Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.

Yes he can. Blanket pardons are a thing.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:42 pm

Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?
Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.

Did anyone tell Ford that?

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:44 pm

NYT is reporting that *PENCE* ordered the national guard deployment. Trump has to be removed from power ASAP.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:47 pm

Kurth wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:12 pm
Smoove_B wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:07 pm https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status ... 5176783873

Well, confirmation that the cops literally just let them through

I'm not sure I would call that a "breach." Looked a lot more like an invitation to enter. Heads are going to roll.

Lol. No heads will roll.

Also (but not withstanding) I don’t think they were really defending a line there. The camera man and dude in sweatpants are already beyond ‘the line’ when we see the police give up their post.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:49 pm

I am not filled with confidence and calm when a CNN banner says: GOP Source Close To Trump: “He’s out of his mind”

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:49 pm

In case anyone was wondering about masks (like me)

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1346959018712047617

.@RepSusanWild says as lawmakers are packed together in Capitol, some in GOP are "openly flaunting" refusal to wear masks: "We weren't even allowed to get together with our families for Thanksgiving and Christmas. And now we're in a room with people who are flaunting the rules"

Garbage people, even in an emergency.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:51 pm

Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?
Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.

Yes he can.

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:51 pm

https://twitter.com/KevOnStage/status/1 ... 45920?s=09

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:54 pm

Unagi wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:51 pmYes he can.

Yes, I'm aware. Hence the smilie.

But I suspect Trump has much more pressing issues to worry about at the moment.

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:56 pm

https://twitter.com/RameshPonnuru/statu ... 8541895680

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:59 pm

https://twitter.com/gutjahr/status/1346966838387875850

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:00 pm

https://twitter.com/McCormackJohn/statu ... 4828462080

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:04 pm

Given that Trump is now a resident of Florida, can the Baker Act be invoked?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:05 pm

That trumpy tweet I posted has been removed due to breaking Twitter rules. I wonder if they banned him like they have me.

I only know this because I made a alt Twitter account.

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:07 pm

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/13 ... 0063938560

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:08 pm

https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1346968321124675585

More Republican senators breaking ranks.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:09 pm

Good interview with Zach Wamp here.

https://wdef.com/2021/01/06/former-cong ... nstration/

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:10 pm

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/statu ... 34464?s=20

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:10 pm

Breaking ranks would be moving to remove Trump now.

Stating the objectively obvious, like we should certify the clear winner of the election that terrorists stopped us from doing earlier, is simple CYA. Sure, calling out Trump is a thing he did, but that's not exactly courageous tonight.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:11 pm

Doh Bammed already! Seemed like a good opportunity to ... I don't know ... ban him for inciting an insurrection against his own country. Where is the line, Twitter?

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1346972321119154182

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:11 pm

CNN has a photo gallery of today's events if you want to be amazed, horrified, and filled with dread.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:11 pm

Defiant wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:59 pm https://twitter.com/gutjahr/status/1346966838387875850

40% off a two-day stay at Trump DC!!! Free spa with convention package!!! They say I'm crazy but I just looooove to save you money!!!!!

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:13 pm

Not that the Senate has switched hands, Trump is the first President since 1932 to not only lose reelection, but had his party lose the races in both chambers of congress.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:13 pm

LOL at AOC's Oxford comma gaffe tonight...

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1346972044429197312?s=19

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:14 pm

Gaffe, or Freudian slip?

(or intended joke? it would be in poor taste for a Representative, but it is hilarious.)

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:15 pm

So does Agolf switch over to Parler?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:16 pm

Those trumpers in the photos look like real winners. Its as if you can see the inbreeding in their faces. This is worse than when the Canadians burned the White House. We allowed a stinker in on our own.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:18 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:23 pm
Self preservation? want to say that hippies and BLM protestors are less likely to shoot back. But it may very well be just whiteness.

Rubber bullets don't work as well on the melanin-deficient.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:19 pm

https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/134 ... 41890?s=19

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:19 pm

So who thought this morning that Democrats historically winning two Senate runoffs that give them the Senate would be second-page news?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:19 pm

If someone would just ban all his social access he'd have no way to rule the asshats unless he mails them letters or calls them on a phone.

Saw a pic of a guy with a big rebel battle flag walking around the Capitol building.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:33 pm

Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?
Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.

Was Nixon charged with anything prior to being pardoned by Ford?

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:37 pm

Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:33 pm
Little Raven wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Max Peck wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pmThere is still a couple of weeks for Trump to pardon them. If he's willing to pardon Blackwater goons who gunned down unarmed women and children, why not a few patriotic Big Igloo boys?
Can't pardon them if they aren't arrested until he leaves office.
Was Nixon charged with anything prior to being pardoned by Ford?

I think it would be a bit problematic to issue a pardon to: All those people who stormed the Capitol.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:39 pm

Look at them skittering for the shadows now.

https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/ ... 9867397124

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:42 pm

Zaxxon wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:19 pm https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/134 ... 41890?s=19

Now Donald, no more screen time and you go straight to bed!