Coup in the USA?

[Archer]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

ETA

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Been a wild year today.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Monica Dream]

Been a wild year today.

We're only one day into the 2nd week of 2021.

I know, I know;

Spoiler

 

[Free]

Olive Garden would know about viscous attacks though.

I'm just assuming you meant to do that. Because.

 

[Essence Lumin]

I'm just assuming you meant to do that. Because.

I didn't do it. They did in their post.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

So unfortunately here's the deal with impeachment:

Late Friday, NBC News has obtained a memo circulated to Senate Republicans by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell entitled “Impeachment Procedure Summary.”

The memo lays out a timeline for a potential impeachment trial, and states that without a unanimous consent agreement from all 100 Senators to bring the Senate back from recess on the next 10 days, the soonest the Senate could receive articles of impeachment from the House would be on January 19th.

This memo essentially states that if Democrats want to impeach President Trump, it will take up floor time during the first moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, and a Democratic Congress.

A source familiar said that Republican Leader McConnell and Democratic Leader Schumer were briefed by the Senate parliamentarian today.

I still believe that the House should impeach, even if the GOP-controlled Senate refuses to return to deal with it before the inauguration. But this does unfortunately mean that Trump's term will not end earlier than scheduled. I know how disappointing it is; but Trump's term ending doesn't moot the impeachment. If successful, even after he's gone, it can prevent him from ever returning and cancel his taxpayer salary.

 

[Free]

I didn't do it. They did in their post.

Sort of what I meant. Because.

 

[Lexxi]

 

[detrius]

And then this happened, lol.

...and then Rudy emerged from his hole, saw his own shadow, and winter persisted for six more weeks.

 

[Free]

Needs emphasis.

They Were Out for Blood

Just how close did the Capitol riots come to a massacre?

slate.com

 

[Roxanne Blue]

So unfortunately here's the deal with impeachment:



I still believe that the House should impeach, even if the GOP-controlled Senate refuses to return to deal with it before the inauguration. But this does unfortunately mean that Trump's term will not end earlier than scheduled. I know how disappointing it is; but Trump's term ending doesn't moot the impeachment. If successful, even after he's gone, it can prevent him from ever returning and cancel his taxpayer salary.

It's worth doing because he committed a crime in broad view of the entire country and incited an insurrection. It's not a complex charge and it's not going to require an extended period to gather evidence.

Now that McConnell has his wife away from 45's cabinet situation, and feeling VERY unhappy with DJT inciting the invasion of his sacred Senate, we may find that McConnell understands the only way forward for both his party and the country is to disavow Trumpism. We only need 17 senators.

If he is "removed" by the Senate, he loses all post-presidential benefits and cannot hold federal office again. That means no Secret Service detail if NY or GA decides to prosecute him after the 20th.

 

[Roxanne Blue]

My observation of the day:

 

[bubblesort]

Counting the dead... one was shot while trying to attack congress members, one tazed his own nuts until he died, one fell off a wall, and then there's this woman, who was trampled to death while carrying a flag reading, "don't tread on me."

I think I understand what the term 'medical emergency' means now. If the media says somebody died from a medical emergency, that is a euphamism for they died in such a rediculous way, the journalist can't describe it with a straight face.

Only one week in, and 2021 already has sime stiff competition for darwin awards.

Woman trampled to death at U.S. Capitol held flag that read, “Don’t tread on me”

A pro-Trump rioter was trampled to death at the U.S. Capitol.

www.revolt.tv

 

[Roxanne Blue]

Friend of a Friend tracking Trump via Whack-A-Mole as WH Twitter Accounts are co-opted and then banned along with DJT's.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

DC police made far more arrests at the height of Black Lives Matter protests than during the Capitol clash | CNN

Washington, DC's Metropolitan Police Department made roughly five times as many arrests during the height of last June's Black Lives Matter protests compared to the US Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, a CNN analysis of the police department's data found.

www.cnn.com

Far more were charged with felony rioting during the BLM protests. Many were charged with felony rioting, not the misdemeanor unlawful entry.

See also:

Rioters breached US Capitol security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protesters on DC streets last year | CNN

As hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, breaking windows and wreaking havoc, politicians and activists were among the many who drew comparisons between the police response on Wednesday to that of last year's Black Lives Matter protests.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Free]

This is...something.

 

[Roxanne Blue]

Respect for the Constitution obviously runs in this family, as Ginni Thomas demonstrates.