Wednesday Reads: On the 7th day…
Posted: January 27, 2021 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: Biden Harris 2020, COVID19, Domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, impeach trump, morning reads, open thread, Political and Editorial Cartoons, Senate, the GOP, white nationalists |9 Comments
This is a week out, with a new President, have you been sleeping better?
Now for a few news links:
Presumably for the same reason he continues to support Trump, who literally sent a fascist mob to the Capitol to make the murder fantasies come true. https://t.co/Ci2ShJID5c
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 27, 2021
"In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said 'a bullet to the head would be quicker' to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."
How do we allow someone who promotes domestic terrorism to hold office? How?? https://t.co/jqmHW4Ur1i
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) January 27, 2021
Widespread internet outages hit Northeast https://t.co/oEwveJybaq
— AJC (@ajc) January 27, 2021
BREAKING: President Biden’s Acting AG Monty Wilkinson officially rescinded the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" program, which resulted in separation of over 3,000 families, according to a copy of his letter obtained by @NBCNews. With @JuliaEAinsley.https://t.co/7vCGIyfgWc
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) January 26, 2021
Global number of COVID cases surpasses 100 million https://t.co/wPxMKND7ZR
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 27, 2021
Look! Shiny Normal Thing! Joe Biden Gonna Reopen Obamacare Signups, Because Emergencyhttps://t.co/URRxan88O4 by @DoktorZoom
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) January 27, 2021
President Biden will move forward with a plan announced 5 years ago and stalled by the Trump admin. to place abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, the White House says. https://t.co/t7OuFtguzz
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 26, 2021
So the Pences can't afford a house because the VP salary is so low, but a $15hr minimum wage is too high? Huh. https://t.co/U8PhCtfdWr
— Victoria Brownworth #NoUnityWithoutAccountability (@VABVOX) January 27, 2021
Companies that hire people who worked as top Trump admin aides will be identified by a new liberal watchdog group formed to track the employment of ex-senior administration officials. https://t.co/nyDFUUaxlb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 27, 2021
Call Tuberville, Cruz and Hawley as Impeachment witnesses and grill ‘em like a carp on live TV, then force them to recuse themselves as jurors.
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 27, 2021
BREAKING NEWS: The ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER picks up my Trump International Hotel report from PROOF and contacts Senator Tuberville (R-AL) for comment.
Tuberville now claims that what Charles Herbster put on social media is false.
Someone is lying. https://t.co/61s0CJtWRR
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 27, 2021
MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (h/t @CheriJacobus): Txtwire CEO Daniel Beck Claims He Attended January 5 Meeting at Trump International Hotel—and that Attendees Included Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, Kimberly Guilfoyle (Who Called Ali Alexander) and Tommy Tuberville (Who Denies Being There) pic.twitter.com/RM4F5SXNdF
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 27, 2021
The Republicans are still behaving like Trump hasn’t left the stage and is still in power, as if they don’t have the power to end his terrible reign or worse—after everything—don’t want to.
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) January 27, 2021
And on the seventh day…well, eighth day, things seem to be getting unfucked nicely. However, all this tRumpian loyalty is disgusting and disturbing…
Then, we always have this:
Imagine being culpable in a deadly insurrection and you get to vote along with the victims on whether everyone should just “move on.”
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) January 27, 2021
This is an open thread.
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Over in India:
Modi has really been part of the wave of dictators the world has been suffering from the last decade or two.
I hope the Indians succeed! And the Russians! And us….
They do need to get rid of modi. Seems like all Democracies are dealing with autocratic backlashes.
This is for Ron4thehills who questioned Dump’s liability vis a vis criminal prosecution outside the Senate trial:
https://www.alternet.org/2021/01/trump-impeachment-2650155717/
Typical of Alternet it’s not a very satisfying article, but maybe someone with legal knowledge can way in here or there.
If I had to choose between seeing the rat bastard convicted in the Senate and barred from serving and seeing him go to jail. I choose jail. That would be all the accountability I need. If he could win an election after that then we deserve what we get.
She was a national treasure every bit as much as Betty White. Her small part in the French Revolution in The History of the World Part I, was good example of how she could spin a supporting part into Pure gold.
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I don’t know what the usual suicide rate for Capitol police is, but it does feel like two in a month is high. Two guys who were afraid of their collaboration coming out? Or just bad random chance?