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"Trump Impeachment: Part Deux"


  

          

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dy8wzv/democrats-just-launched-trumps-second-impeachmentfor-inciting-insurrection

"The move marks a historic effort to slap a sitting American president with a second impeachment for the first time in U.S. history, a move that would forever brand Trump as a historic presidential loser."


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and pimpgansta would still go to the WH today to get an award...
Jan 11th 2021
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lol
Jan 11th 2021
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fam.. that shit will always crack me up
Jan 11th 2021
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https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-1zSz5MVw4zKg0
Jan 11th 2021
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Nancy Pelosi was the wrong person
Jan 11th 2021
2
the senate can bar trump from running for public office
Jan 11th 2021
5
quinnipiac has trumps approval at 33%
Jan 11th 2021
6
why won’t the republicans respond?
Jan 11th 2021
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because they are the real victims here
Jan 11th 2021
8
smh spin game is magnificent
Jan 11th 2021
11
      A true masterclass of spin, I tell you
Jan 12th 2021
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They want the insurrectionists' votes
Jan 11th 2021
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      the Dems about to force them tho...
Jan 11th 2021
13
           Yes. Dems forcing their hands...
Jan 11th 2021
14
Blood if definitely in the water. Might as well strike now.
Jan 11th 2021
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Schumer getting heckled on live TV
Jan 12th 2021
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corona?
Jan 12th 2021
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Hmm yeah that’s probably it
Jan 12th 2021
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      i think its moreso this.
Jan 12th 2021
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that old Karen said the insurrection made her wet
Jan 12th 2021
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i fuckin lol'd
Jan 12th 2021
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I missed that hahaaa
Jan 13th 2021
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Always wild to see a Jew get called an anti-semite for the 'gram
Jan 12th 2021
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imagine if that was a muslim.
Jan 12th 2021
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I think the inauguration should be indoors?
Jan 12th 2021
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Agreed
Jan 12th 2021
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for many, many reasons
Jan 12th 2021
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RE: I think the inauguration should be indoors?
Jan 12th 2021
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they should go virtual/remote location.
Jan 12th 2021
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i thought it was announced it would be virtual
Jan 12th 2021
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have y'all ever been somewhere that the president or vp is?
Jan 12th 2021
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      no...
Jan 13th 2021
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so theres definitely some shakiness among repubs.
Jan 12th 2021
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Cheney's "conscience" says impeach
Jan 12th 2021
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nice. just saw she made her choice public.
Jan 12th 2021
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      This shit made me laugh
Jan 12th 2021
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      Yea that was a strong statement for sure, said the same earlier.
Jan 12th 2021
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well impeachment is now officially a bipartisan effort.
Jan 12th 2021
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is this unity?
Jan 12th 2021
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No. Unity is letting MAGA be divisive with impunity
Jan 12th 2021
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      I'm offended you thought I was serious
Jan 12th 2021
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           I didn't think you were serious. I just added my own sarcasm
Jan 12th 2021
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                Ah, the old sarcasm on sarcasm trick
Jan 12th 2021
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                     ... not a trick. Just added my own take on the subject
Jan 12th 2021
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                          the last response purely levity
Jan 12th 2021
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republican infighting already starting.
Jan 12th 2021
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      from the same Andy Biggs that helped the mob
Jan 13th 2021
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lol trump bout got all these people killed they should
Jan 12th 2021
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look who sped up the process??
Jan 12th 2021
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jan 12th 2021
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Tish James still has 61 charges waiting for that mf in NY
Jan 12th 2021
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      Hell yea.
Jan 12th 2021
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           never..look at this shit...erybody goin
Jan 12th 2021
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                Oh wow
Jan 13th 2021
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                several people today spoke on suspicious "tours" given prior to the 6th
Jan 14th 2021
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                Yep. Bunch of congresspeople going down, hopefully.
Jan 13th 2021
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I think TRUMP thinks he's going to prison once he leaves office which is...
Jan 13th 2021
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Have you been able to watch anything other than the News?
Jan 13th 2021
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during the day no
Jan 13th 2021
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nope. i wanted to take a break from politics/news/social media
Jan 13th 2021
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Was hoping to take a break too
Jan 14th 2021
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I've had the hardest time staying on task at job.
Jan 13th 2021
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I could benefit from actually going int othe office
Jan 14th 2021
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I've been thinking a lot recently about how this pile of shit stole ...
Jan 13th 2021
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the feeling of dread I felt the morning of the 'Muslim ban'...
Jan 13th 2021
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      Omg yea for sure. Same here.
Jan 13th 2021
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if you watch the news -- why?
Jan 14th 2021
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Yeah, ain't $hit gonna happen to Trumpster...Ds are f'n useless
Jan 13th 2021
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Dude is wearing a purple suit like the joker...
Jan 13th 2021
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It wasn't bad lol. Sartorially, repubs are winning.
Jan 13th 2021
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      I had to look that up. solid vocab word right there.
Jan 13th 2021
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hes been impeached again. Senate trial date unclear
Jan 13th 2021
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Man - if a prez is impeached waiting trial ..
Jan 13th 2021
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Yep. It's wild that he can be impeached twice...
Jan 13th 2021
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      It's wild that a president gets a 3 MONTH lame duck period
Jan 14th 2021
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           Yea agreed with both of you. At the *VERY LEAST*
Jan 14th 2021
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They can (and likely will) impeach him after he's gone
Jan 13th 2021
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i like how he fucked over the 1 person we know can legally pardon him.
Jan 13th 2021
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the pressure needs to be amped on them
Jan 13th 2021
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Officially the only President in history to be impeached twice
Jan 13th 2021
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Stealing this quote
Jan 13th 2021
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long term i dont know how we beat absolute shamelessness.
Jan 13th 2021
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Was talking about this earlier today.
Jan 13th 2021
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      i dont have a problem with biden talking like this
Jan 13th 2021
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           For sure.
Jan 13th 2021
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already hearing plea cops about delaying this past the first 100 days
Jan 14th 2021
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Ivanka still thinks she has a future after this lol
Jan 15th 2021
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don't get it twisted...she does.
Jan 23rd 2021
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more evidence of impeachable conduct coming out
Jan 22nd 2021
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which is why its good the trial is a bit delayed
Jan 23rd 2021
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Trump & Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting AG ...
Jan 22nd 2021
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Absolutely repulsive.
Jan 22nd 2021
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Harris/ag, you have 4 years to put this mfkr in jail.
Jan 22nd 2021
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Maybe Trump had better call Saul
Jan 30th 2021
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It's started.
Feb 09th 2021
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The opening from the prosecution was compelling
Feb 09th 2021
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Word. This process is going to be a real pain for this country.
Feb 09th 2021
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      Imagine a mob boss on trial
Feb 10th 2021
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           That's an excellent analogy
Feb 10th 2021
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                It really is.
Feb 10th 2021
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Wow, Bruce Castor Jr is NOT up to this job.
Feb 09th 2021
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What in thee fuck is this guy talking about?
Feb 09th 2021
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Guys filibustering the defense
Feb 09th 2021
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so weird
Feb 09th 2021
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The answer for anyone defending trump is the same
Feb 09th 2021
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I'm gonna add a line to the old law school adage:
Feb 09th 2021
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I don't even know why anyone is wasting their time preparing arguments
Feb 09th 2021
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Why the fuck was he tearing up? GTFOH!
Feb 09th 2021
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      RE: Why the fuck was he tearing up? GTFOH!
Feb 09th 2021
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I didn’t hear a relevant argument from the defense
Feb 10th 2021
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Problem is House Members don't get impeached
Feb 10th 2021
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      RE: expelled or censured
Feb 10th 2021
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this country is a bag of shit.
Feb 10th 2021
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RE: this country is a bag of shit.
Feb 10th 2021
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Oh my god.
Feb 10th 2021
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Yep
Feb 10th 2021
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Yup. None of this matters. Republicans wont convict.
Feb 10th 2021
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The saddest thing is that we've always been a giant joke lol
Feb 10th 2021
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How do you combat shamelessness
Feb 10th 2021
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      yup that was me.
Feb 10th 2021
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           We need to do it quickly, too.
Feb 10th 2021
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Neguse is balling right now
Feb 10th 2021
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him and castro are bodying this shit
Feb 10th 2021
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      Ehh...political intimidation is terrorism by another name
Feb 10th 2021
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           I think there was some admission by Republicans that yesterday was
Feb 10th 2021
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                RE: I think there was some admission by Republicans that yesterday was
Feb 10th 2021
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                The terrorists were reading his tweets over a bullhorn
Feb 11th 2021
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                Nah it was some acting by Republicans
Feb 11th 2021
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Today I'm watching on CSPAN and the audacity to acquit this man is
Feb 10th 2021
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lol at how much video evidence these fucking dolts provided
Feb 10th 2021
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RE: lol at how much video evidence these fucking dolts provided
Feb 10th 2021
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The way the impeachment managers are laying out the case is fantastic
Feb 10th 2021
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beautiful...
Feb 10th 2021
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black women be trying their damnedest to save this God forsaken country.
Feb 10th 2021
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Swalwell dropped the mic on they as*...
Feb 10th 2021
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How the hell can the GOP let trump off after that
Feb 10th 2021
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AND they WILL
Feb 10th 2021
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RE: AND they WILL
Feb 10th 2021
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They're terrified of Trumps supporters.
Feb 14th 2021
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Of all the creeps on this planet,
Feb 10th 2021
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He's a sentient garbage can
Feb 10th 2021
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So is it possible for this country to prosper?
Feb 12th 2021
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No, the Republican party is playing it as a game
Feb 12th 2021
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Witnesses!
Feb 13th 2021
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Bah!
Feb 13th 2021
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**twiddles thumbs** with the DC AG.
Feb 13th 2021
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Democrats are such pussies
Feb 13th 2021
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Tradeoffs
Feb 13th 2021
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Calling witnesses is going to take two years?
Feb 13th 2021
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      I'd guess it'd take at least a week or two
Feb 13th 2021
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      Well, now they have no excuses to not get shit done then
Feb 13th 2021
      If a witness refuses to testify, then yes, it could take years.
Feb 13th 2021
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i dont even care what the reasons are. there may be some good ones.
Feb 13th 2021
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      Plus they're on recess next week lol so the "Biden agenda" cop out ..
Feb 13th 2021
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      Would and do they have to continue the impeachment during recess?
Feb 13th 2021
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           They could've worked thru recess I think.
Feb 13th 2021
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      Incompetent idiots
Feb 13th 2021
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Everyone prepared for no state charges too?
Feb 13th 2021
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How Sway? the DC AG is popping popcorn and just told them to
Feb 13th 2021
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      where are you getting this from?
Feb 13th 2021
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      HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Feb 13th 2021
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      LOL
Feb 13th 2021
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           After 4 years of this dude being invincible, it's not optimism. it's del...
Feb 13th 2021
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                Definitely. This is the same dude
Feb 13th 2021
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      Weren't you saying the same shit about Mueller?
Feb 13th 2021
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      Way more than just Mueller lol.
Feb 13th 2021
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      lol awesome
Feb 13th 2021
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      I want to believe. I really do
Feb 14th 2021
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      Labeathustla=Woody Harrelson, OKP=Kenan. https://youtu.be/xiKrWUoTq4s?t...
Feb 14th 2021
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this is honestly a pretty good result for dems in the end.
Feb 13th 2021
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What's the deal with Cassidy from Louisiana?
Feb 13th 2021
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I agree and don’t understand all the angst on witness reversal here
Feb 13th 2021
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Nah
Feb 13th 2021
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      We needed 10 more, not 3
Feb 13th 2021
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      yeah that hit me like 20 minutes later. My bad
Feb 13th 2021
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      Toomey has stated he is retiring
Feb 13th 2021
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           I thought so
Feb 13th 2021
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McConnell:"no question Trump practically & morally responsible for provo...
Feb 13th 2021
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RE: McConnell:"no question Trump practically & morally responsible for p...
Feb 13th 2021
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In retrospect today's decision not to call witnesses makes perfect sense...
Feb 13th 2021
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how is getting her testimony on the record right before acquittal
Feb 13th 2021
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      Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,
Feb 13th 2021
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           RE: Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,
Feb 13th 2021
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                RE: Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,
Feb 14th 2021
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400 degreez track 2
Feb 13th 2021
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Don’t fall for the okey doke irt Ds rescinding witness request
Feb 14th 2021
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I am convinced Joe stuck his nose in that witness request
Feb 15th 2021
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RE: I am convinced Joe stuck his nose in that witness request
Feb 15th 2021
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legsdiamond
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1. "and pimpgansta would still go to the WH today to get an award..."
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from Trump.. jk

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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3. "lol"
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I knew it was coming.

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4. "fam.. that shit will always crack me up"
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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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PimpTrickGangstaClik
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12. "https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-1zSz5MVw4zKg0"
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https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-1zSz5MVw4zKg0

  

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2. "Nancy Pelosi was the wrong person"
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for those morons to mess with. Hopefully the House will pass this swiftly.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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Reeq
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5. "the senate can bar trump from running for public office"
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in a separate vote from impeachment.

https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1348689662819274752

robert reich thinks mcconnell would be on board. i have my doubts (mcconnell is careful about publicly splitting his caucus). but after jan 20 (when dems control senate)...that would be guaranteed and prolly find a small handful of repub votes too.

  

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Reeq
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6. "quinnipiac has trumps approval at 33%"
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Mon Jan-11-21 01:30 PM by Reeq

          

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1348687523833389060

thats among registered voters. so its even worse among all adults.

its also an 11 pt drop from only a few weeks ago.
https://twitter.com/ryanbeckwith/status/1348684615435874311

and repubs want folks to believe that theres some political pitfall here awaiting democrats.

btw its funny how repub presidents are basically guaranteed to be less popular at the end of their run now. and dems actually gain popularity as they exit office.

2 straight disastrous presidencies? repubs just need to stop voting.

  

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7. "why won’t the republicans respond?"
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for them to not seek any form of punishment is crazy.

  

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8. "because they are the real victims here"
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they're monitoring and crying about their twitter follower counts dropping more closely than they've ever looked at covid deaths

yeah the protests were wrong and the president got a little carried away but lets move on to the real problems, which is democrats being mean to them and BIG TECH cancel culture digital gulags

  

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11. "smh spin game is magnificent"
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15. "A true masterclass of spin, I tell you"
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cp900
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10. "They want the insurrectionists' votes"
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Or at least they don't want to be on the record saying that they/Trump are wrong/deserve punishment.

They all fear an even nuttier republican primarying them in the future.

GT: SoulGatherer

  

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13. "the Dems about to force them tho..."
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doesn’t the impeachment force them to go on record?

  

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cp900
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14. "Yes. Dems forcing their hands..."
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I think Dems are going to make the mistake of allowing some sort of plea-like deal where the Senate votes to not allow him to run for future office but avoids a full up or down vote on impeachment (assuming that is even possible).

That is a terrible idea.

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9. "Blood if definitely in the water. Might as well strike now."
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Sounds like if McConnell decides to stall, the Democratic-led Senate won't do anything until after Biden's first 100 days. That way, they can get all of his cabinet appointees through and do COVID-related business. Then impeach Dipshit.

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16. "Schumer getting heckled on live TV "
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Sirens going off too. Why would he have this Presser outside. It’s freezing out anyway lol

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1349061388635926528?s=21

(Just posting this for the video. DiscloseTV are shit birds)

  

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17. "corona?"
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America has imported more warlord theocracy from Afghanistan than it has exported democracy.

  

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18. "Hmm yeah that’s probably it "
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And possibly a show of strength

  

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Reeq
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19. "i think its moreso this."
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>And possibly a show of strength

he could have done it from any socially distanced indoor venue.

  

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21. "that old Karen said the insurrection made her wet"
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https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1349073429794848771

i'm also pretty sure she committed a crime at the end so hopefully someone will take care of her cats

  

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26. "i fuckin lol'd"
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this is the type of crazy I can deal with though

after the Jan 6 I still wanna kneecap her with a bike lock but it's at least not the Coup Klux Klan

  

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53. "I missed that hahaaa "
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22. "Always wild to see a Jew get called an anti-semite for the 'gram"
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50. "imagine if that was a muslim."
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20. "I think the inauguration should be indoors? "
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in light of everything going on, what reason is there to have it outdoors?

  

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23. "Agreed "
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24. "for many, many reasons"
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25. "RE: I think the inauguration should be indoors? "
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>in light of everything going on, what reason is there to have
>it outdoors?

I’d honestly hope that they prerecord it somewhere somehow to make it as hard as possible to infiltrate/fuck up.

I can’t imagine what kind of security detail would be necessary for an outdoor event like that right now. And what instructions would be present for any kind of bullshit from anyone anywhere on the grounds?

  

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27. "they should go virtual/remote location. "
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way too many variables up in the air now...especially inside the agencies tasked with protecting/securing.

and thats on top of the known threats.

  

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34. "i thought it was announced it would be virtual"
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this was before the insurrection. must have imagined that.

  

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44. "have y'all ever been somewhere that the president or vp is?"
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they can secure an outdoor location.


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

  

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58. "no..."
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well, that one time obama came thru here. I remember how they shut the city down. This is something different tho. There’s talk about having people on the inside...cops, guards, govt officials.

this different...

  

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28. "so theres definitely some shakiness among repubs."
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a handful of house repubs like katko, kizinger, etc have come out in support of impeachment.

repubs arent even whipping up votes in the house against impeachment and liz cheney (no 3 repub in the house) just said members should vote their conscience.
https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1348982503713996802

and in the senate...

repub senator pat toomey (up for reelection in pa in 2022) has already come out saying trump committed an impeachable offense. and more 2022 repubs could feel pressured to move in the same direction.

plus mcconnell supposedly told 'associates' that trump committed an impeachable offense and he is cool with dems impeaching him because it makes it easier to purge him from the gop (i think mcconnell might have him and trumps standing in the party reversed tho).
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1349107765440966656

  

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29. "Cheney's "conscience" says impeach"
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30. "nice. just saw she made her choice public."
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i like this statement too.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1349126206969544706

  

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32. "This shit made me laugh"
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https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1349125981265653765?s=20

everybody WFH these days

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45. "Yea that was a strong statement for sure, said the same earlier."
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Reeq
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31. "well impeachment is now officially a bipartisan effort."
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kinda hard for repubs or media to make it look partisan when liz cheney is on board (which also gives cover for others to join her).

so much for the dems overplaying their hand and dividing the country narrative.

the only thing this will divide is the republican party.

  

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33. "is this unity?"
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35. "No. Unity is letting MAGA be divisive with impunity"
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They get to be racist, homophobic, misogynistic as they like, free from so much as a negative reaction, let alone wholesale de-platforming.

Unity also means they get to villify Kaep and others for kneeling for the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racism, while they get to attempt to overthrow the government and overturn an election that they lost with absolutely no consequences.

For them, unity is a one way street.

  

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37. "I'm offended you thought I was serious"
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38. "I didn't think you were serious. I just added my own sarcasm"
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39. "Ah, the old sarcasm on sarcasm trick"
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40. "... not a trick. Just added my own take on the subject"
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You good? Because this is coming across weirdly defensive, or I'm just misinterpreting.

  

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41. "the last response purely levity"
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So we good

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42. "republican infighting already starting."
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https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1349155483689619459

  

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52. "from the same Andy Biggs that helped the mob"
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how rich

  

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43. "lol trump bout got all these people killed they should"
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be a whole lot more than shaky

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36. "look who sped up the process??"
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that mf is going to prison.

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46. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
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Aw man you special.

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47. "Tish James still has 61 charges waiting for that mf in NY"
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that mf was always going to someones prison. this last little stunt seals the deal.

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48. "Hell yea."
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Never change.

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49. "never..look at this shit...erybody goin"
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a reconnaissance mission? nigga.

https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1349200611196219397?s=20

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56. "Oh wow"
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>
>a reconnaissance mission? nigga.
>
>https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1349200611196219397?s=20

that's a hell of a claim from that Congresswoman. I hope she has proof to back up that claim so that folks involved thoroughly sink and rot behind bars.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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80. "several people today spoke on suspicious "tours" given prior to the 6th"
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this shit aint no joke... i dont know why people dont want to see it for what it was..they looking for excuses not to believe this...why they gotta lie?

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57. "Yep. Bunch of congresspeople going down, hopefully."
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Trump ? Nah.

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51. "I think TRUMP thinks he's going to prison once he leaves office which is..."
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He's doing all this to avoid leaving

Obviously based on nothing but speculation, but people will do anything to avoid a cell

R.I.P. Loud But Wrong Guy
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54. "Have you been able to watch anything other than the News?"
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I tried last night. After my PBS Newshour i put on some Hulu


Just couldn’t concentrate even though I need the escapism

  

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55. "during the day no"
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But afternoon/evening I still try to put on sports or stream something

  

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60. "nope. i wanted to take a break from politics/news/social media "
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when biden got elected. then gear back up for the 2022 midterms.

but shit is too dangerous to turn away right now.

i wonder if we will ever go back to some degree of safety/normalcy.

  

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81. "Was hoping to take a break too"
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and I actually did for a little bit during xmas/NYE. Went to a cabin with my parents for the holidays and unplugged a little.



But you're right. FOllowing this stuff feels like an obligation. Like another To Do List on my Thursday agenda.

  

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63. "I've had the hardest time staying on task at job. "
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All of this has definitely affected my mental.

I wish I could say I'm just ignoring it, which i'm usually REALLY good at, but I can't.

  

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82. "I could benefit from actually going int othe office "
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would welcome the hassle of the commute, the few annoying coworkers and unnecessary meetings.


A welcome distraction. Instead its just me in my house. Alone with my thoughts and uncertainty.

  

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65. "I've been thinking a lot recently about how this pile of shit stole ..."
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5 years of our lives. Like 2015 through now went by *so fucking fast* and throughout most of it I feel like I was and am nearly completely consumed by his/their bullshit.

Makes me really sad. Thankfully I've somehow still managed to improve my life on multiple levels both professionally and personally despite that, which almost makes no sense. But still I can't help but feel like there's things I didn't do that I wanted to or could have, had I not been so consumed with fighting off nazis in my free time.

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66. "the feeling of dread I felt the morning of the 'Muslim ban'..."
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The night of the election in 2016 was bad. Inauguration was bad. But waking up that Saturday morning like what the FUCK is going on? That's when I really knew how bad the shit could get

AND I STILL DIDN'T IMAGINE OVER 300K PEOPLE DYING IN A FUCKING PANDEMIC

  

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67. "Omg yea for sure. Same here."
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I vividly recall hearing about this at work, nearly crying, so upset about the madness and needlessness of it all. And somehow it just kept getting worse from there.

It's really absurd that so much horrible but preventable shit has happened since that election. Like I've probably forgotten most of it.

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86. "if you watch the news -- why?"
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there's no point. it loops the same shit for hours, and most of what's broadcast is people who don't know anything trying to spin something one way or another.

shit is only there to stress you out, and y'all don't come away better informed.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

  

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59. "Yeah, ain't $hit gonna happen to Trumpster...Ds are f'n useless"
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Part deaux...literally

Ds making pleas to morality and logic = L
From the same f'n people; Pelosi, Nadler and Schiff

Rs lying, making threats, and instilling more fear = W
Jordan, Gaetz and Gohmer...just flat out making $hit up...and still winning

It's actually hilarisad listening to the Rs layout a timeline of Trumpster illegalities...and then calling it a witch hunt, cancel culture, etc...

...and Ds still can't break through that noise, even when the Rs are making their case for them...

They gonna stall this process out long enough for Trumpster to be at his library opening and on a book tour

Fok alladeez people.

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61. "Dude is wearing a purple suit like the joker..."
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--
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If you need any help, don't. Hesitate to ask.

  

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62. "It wasn't bad lol. Sartorially, repubs are winning. "
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Hank Johnson came through decent for the dems though.

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64. "I had to look that up. solid vocab word right there."
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In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king.
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68. "hes been impeached again. Senate trial date unclear"
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Looks like Mitch won't do it.

Get ready for a weak of INSANE pardons and BATSHIT INSANE executive orders.

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70. "Man - if a prez is impeached waiting trial .."
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.. they shouldn't be able to do a gotdamn fucking thing.

Especially not THAT type of bullshit.

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72. "Yep. It's wild that he can be impeached twice..."
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...still retain his power.

Just fucking mind boggling.

  

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84. "It's wild that a president gets a 3 MONTH lame duck period"
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3 months where they don't have to consider the follow on effects of their actions.

It should be two weeks, max. Processes need to improved to where all votes are counted within one day. Set up an expedited system to audit and handle election challenges. Have that system work around the clock in that period with a hard 2 week final deadline.

New president sworn in immediately

  

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Brew
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85. "Yea agreed with both of you. At the *VERY LEAST*"
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... an outgoing prez should no longer have control of the major levers of presidential power. i.e. nuclear codes, military/Pentagon, DHS, etc. All decisions about departments like that should at the very least be required to be collaborative with the incoming prez, with final decision being solely the incoming prez's.

I don't know how that would work logistically, but we now know that outgoing repug presidents can't be trusted not to be nazi. Hopefully we learn our lesson quickly.

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71. "They can (and likely will) impeach him after he's gone"
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If nothing else to bar him from running for public office and make sure he doesn't get all the benefits (secret service protection, travel budget, etc.) I imagine the new senate will tackle it after they get all of Biden's cabinet appointments through and do all the COVID-related stuff.

>Get ready for a weak of INSANE pardons and BATSHIT INSANE
>executive orders.

Any of those can (and will) be overturned. What people mostly think he's going to do is preemptively pardon everyone still loyal to him (his family, Miller, his chief of staff). He may try to pardon himself, even though people in the White House are telling him not to. Probably because it won't hold up.

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74. "i like how he fucked over the 1 person we know can legally pardon him."
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>He may
>try to pardon himself, even though people in the White House
>are telling him not to. Probably because it won't hold up.

  

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77. "the pressure needs to be amped on them"
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why wait?
why not get this done now so table can be clear for covid relief when biden takes office?
why allow this danger?

we cant let the senate wait on this. if he needs to get more support thats on him to do it now.

  

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69. "Officially the only President in history to be impeached twice"
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Donald J. Trump, what an absolute skid mark on the briefs of history.

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73. "Stealing this quote"
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>Donald J. Trump, what an absolute skid mark on the briefs of
>history.

  

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75. "long term i dont know how we beat absolute shamelessness."
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people willing to lie, flout laws, act completely hypocritical, etc with zero concern about the consequences. political or 'real life'.

and they have millions of (white) people who are not only okay with that...but willing to defend it violently.

  

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76. "Was talking about this earlier today."
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How do you beat not only a system that's rigged against us (electoral college, etc.), but also an opposition party that has literally zero ideas (RNC platform was "whatever Trump wants," etc.) nor concrete ideology, and argues in bad faith at every turn. For no other reason than to "stick it to the libs."

Long road ahead of us on so many levels. And I don't think Biden is the man for this moment. Too much "we need repugs" bullshit already.

No we fucking do not.


>people willing to lie, flout laws, act completely
>hypocritical, etc with zero concern about the consequences.
>political or 'real life'.
>
>and they have millions of (white) people who are not only okay
>with that...but willing to defend it violently.

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78. "i dont have a problem with biden talking like this"
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if hes willing to pursue a progressive agenda under it.

like repubs like john kasich, doug ducey, etc. they talk like bipartisan moderates and get all those headlines and image perceptions...then they enact the same right wing agenda all repubs do.

i dont know why dems dont just do with repubs do. if we played by the same rules...we would dominate them.


>How do you beat not only a system that's rigged against us
>(electoral college, etc.), but also an opposition party that
>has literally zero ideas (RNC platform was "whatever Trump
>wants," etc.) nor concrete ideology, and argues in bad faith
>at every turn. For no other reason than to "stick it to the
>libs."
>
>Long road ahead of us on so many levels. And I don't think
>Biden is the man for this moment. Too much "we need repugs"
>bullshit already.
>
>No we fucking do not.
>
>
>>people willing to lie, flout laws, act completely
>>hypocritical, etc with zero concern about the consequences.
>>political or 'real life'.
>>
>>and they have millions of (white) people who are not only
>okay
>>with that...but willing to defend it violently.

  

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79. "For sure."
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>if hes willing to pursue a progressive agenda under it.
>
>like repubs like john kasich, doug ducey, etc. they talk like
>bipartisan moderates and get all those headlines and image
>perceptions...then they enact the same right wing agenda all
>repubs do.
>
>i dont know why dems dont just do with repubs do. if we
>played by the same rules...we would dominate them.

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83. "already hearing plea cops about delaying this past the first 100 days"
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of Biden's administration

SMH

Trump gonna be in Moscow by then.

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87. "Ivanka still thinks she has a future after this lol"
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Oh sweetie

https://twitter.com/johnberman/status/1350068410261123073?s=21

Jk they are completely fucking scrambling

  

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92. "don't get it twisted...she does."
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remember, they are all moving to Florida.

a state with a deeply loyal to trump Governor and state legislators and so many of his base.

She may primary Marco Rubio and run for Senate there. and she actually could win. I think he voted to certify the election results there.

Never underestimate white supremacy, bruh.

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88. "more evidence of impeachable conduct coming out"
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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1352783634520973314

  

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93. "which is why its good the trial is a bit delayed"
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more time for this shit to emerge and more indisputable evidence that should cause even the most terrified republicans to vote to convict

hopefully he loses all his post presidential perks, as well (travel allowances, severance, secret service etc)

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89. "Trump &amp; Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting AG ..."
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This shit right here?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html

Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General

Trying to find another avenue to push his baseless election claims, Donald Trump considered installing a loyalist, and had the men make their cases to him.

By Katie Benner
Jan. 22, 2021, 7:44 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with President Donald J. Trump to oust Jeffrey A. Rosen as acting attorney general and wield the department’s power to force Georgia state lawmakers to overturn its presidential election results.

The unassuming lawyer who worked on the plan, Jeffrey Clark, had been devising ways to cast doubt on the election results and to bolster Mr. Trump’s continuing legal battles and the pressure on Georgia politicians. Because Mr. Rosen had refused the president’s entreaties to carry out those plans, Mr. Trump was about to decide whether to fire Mr. Rosen and replace him with Mr. Clark.

The department officials, convened on a conference call, then asked each other: What will you do if Mr. Rosen is dismissed?

The answer was unanimous. They would resign.

Their informal pact ultimately helped persuade Mr. Trump to keep Mr. Rosen in place, calculating that a furor over mass resignations at the top of the Justice Department would eclipse any attention on his baseless accusations of voter fraud. Mr. Trump’s decision came only after Mr. Rosen and Mr. Clark made their competing cases to him in a bizarre White House meeting that two officials compared with an episode of Mr. Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice,” albeit one that could prompt a constitutional crisis.

The previously unknown chapter was the culmination of the president’s long-running effort to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda. He also pressed Mr. Rosen to appoint special counsels, including one who would look into Dominion Voting Systems, a maker of election equipment that Mr. Trump’s allies had falsely said was working with Venezuela to flip votes from Mr. Trump to Joseph R. Biden Jr.

This account of the department’s final days under Mr. Trump’s leadership is based on interviews with four former Trump administration officials who asked not to be named because of fear of retaliation.

Mr. Clark said that this account contained inaccuracies but did not specify, adding that he could not discuss any conversations with Mr. Trump or Justice Department lawyers. “Senior Justice Department lawyers, not uncommonly, provide legal advice to the White House as part of our duties,” he said. “All my official communications were consistent with law.”

Mr. Clark also noted that he was the lead signatory on a Justice Department request last month asking a federal judge to reject a lawsuit that sought to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the election.

Mr. Trump declined to comment. An adviser said that Mr. Trump has consistently argued that the justice system should investigate “rampant election fraud that has plagued our system for years.”


A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment, as did Mr. Rosen.

When Mr. Trump said on Dec. 14 that Attorney General William P. Barr was leaving the department, some officials thought that he might allow Mr. Rosen a short reprieve before pressing him about voter fraud. After all, Mr. Barr would be around for another week.

Instead, Mr. Trump summoned Mr. Rosen to the Oval Office the next day. He wanted the Justice Department to file legal briefs supporting his allies’ lawsuits seeking to overturn his election loss. And he urged Mr. Rosen to appoint special counsels to investigate not only unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud, but also Dominion, the voting machines firm.

(Dominion has sued the pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who inserted those accusations into four federal lawsuits about voter irregularities that were all dismissed.)

Mr. Rosen refused. He maintained that he would make decisions based on the facts and the law, and he reiterated what Mr. Barr had privately told Mr. Trump: The department had investigated voting irregularities and found no evidence of widespread fraud.

But Mr. Trump continued to press Mr. Rosen after the meeting — in phone calls and in person. He repeatedly said that he did not understand why the Justice Department had not found evidence that supported conspiracy theories about the election that some of his personal lawyers had espoused. He declared that the department was not fighting hard enough for him.

As Mr. Rosen and the deputy attorney general, Richard P. Donoghue, pushed back, they were unaware that Mr. Clark had been introduced to Mr. Trump by a Pennsylvania politician and had told the president that he agreed that fraud had affected the election results.

Mr. Trump quickly embraced Mr. Clark, who had been appointed the acting head of the civil division in September and was also the head of the department’s environmental and natural resources division.

As December wore on, Mr. Clark mentioned to Mr. Rosen and Mr. Donoghue that he spent a lot of time reading on the internet — a comment that alarmed them because they inferred that he believed the unfounded conspiracy theory that Mr. Trump had won the election. Mr. Clark also told them that he wanted the department to hold a news conference announcing that it was investigating serious accusations of election fraud. Mr. Rosen and Mr. Donoghue rejected the proposal.

As Mr. Trump focused increasingly on Georgia, a state he lost narrowly to Mr. Biden, he complained to Justice Department leaders that the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, Byung J. Pak, was not trying to find evidence for false election claims pushed by Mr. Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani and others. Mr. Donoghue warned Mr. Pak that the president was now fixated on his office, and that it might not be tenable for him to continue to lead it, according to two people familiar with the conversation.

That conversation and Mr. Trump’s efforts to pressure Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him votes compelled Mr. Pak to abruptly resign this month.

Mr. Clark was also focused on Georgia. He drafted a letter that he wanted Mr. Rosen to send to Georgia state legislators that wrongly said that the Justice Department was investigating accusations of voter fraud in their state, and that they should move to void Mr. Biden’s win there.

Mr. Rosen and Mr. Donoghue again rejected Mr. Clark’s proposal.

On New Year’s Eve, the trio met to discuss Mr. Clark’s refusal to hew to the department’s conclusion that the election results were valid. Mr. Donoghue flatly told Mr. Clark that what he was doing was wrong. The next day, Mr. Clark told Mr. Rosen — who had mentored him while they worked together at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis — that he was going to discuss his strategy to the president early the next week, just before Congress was set to certify Mr. Biden’s electoral victory.

Unbeknown to the acting attorney general, Mr. Clark’s timeline moved up. He met with Mr. Trump over the weekend, then informed Mr. Rosen midday on Sunday that the president intended to replace him with Mr. Clark, who could then try to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College results. He said that Mr. Rosen could stay on as his deputy attorney general, leaving Mr. Rosen speechless.

Unwilling to step down without a fight, Mr. Rosen said that he needed to hear straight from Mr. Trump and worked with the White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, to convene a meeting for early that evening.

Even as Mr. Clark’s pronouncement was sinking in, stunning news broke out of Georgia: State officials had recorded an hourlong call, published by The Washington Post, during which Mr. Trump pressured them to manufacture enough votes to declare him the victor. As the fallout from the recording ricocheted through Washington, the president’s desperate bid to change the outcome in Georgia came into sharp focus.

Mr. Rosen and Mr. Donoghue pressed ahead, informing Steven Engel, the head of the Justice Department’s office of legal counsel, about Mr. Clark’s latest maneuver. Mr. Donoghue convened a late-afternoon call with the department’s remaining senior leaders, laying out Mr. Clark’s efforts to replace Mr. Rosen.

Mr. Rosen planned to soon head to the White House to discuss his fate, Mr. Donoghue told the group. Should Mr. Rosen be fired, they all agreed to resign en masse. For some, the plan brought to mind the so-called Saturday Night Massacre of the Nixon era, where Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and his deputy resigned rather than carry out the president’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating him.

The Clark plan, the officials concluded, would seriously harm the department, the government and the rule of law. For hours, they anxiously messaged and called one another as they awaited Mr. Rosen’s fate.

Around 6 p.m., Mr. Rosen, Mr. Donoghue and Mr. Clark met at the White House with Mr. Trump, Mr. Cipollone, his deputy Patrick Philbin and other lawyers. Mr. Trump had Mr. Rosen and Mr. Clark present their arguments to him.

Mr. Cipollone advised the president not to fire Mr. Rosen and he reiterated, as he had for days, that he did not recommend sending the letter to Georgia lawmakers. Mr. Engel advised Mr. Trump that he and the department’s remaining top officials would resign if he fired Mr. Rosen, leaving Mr. Clark alone at the department.

Mr. Trump seemed somewhat swayed by the idea that firing Mr. Rosen would trigger not only chaos at the Justice Department, but also congressional investigations and possibly recriminations from other Republicans and distract attention from his efforts to overturn the election results.

After nearly three hours, Mr. Trump ultimately decided that Mr. Clark’s plan would fail, and he allowed Mr. Rosen to stay.

Mr. Rosen and his deputies concluded they had weathered the turmoil. Once Congress certified Mr. Biden’s victory, there would be little for them to do until they left along with Mr. Trump in two weeks.

They began to exhale days later as the Electoral College certification at the Capitol got underway. And then they received word: The building had been breached.

Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York.

Katie Benner covers the Justice Department. She was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues.

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91. "Harris/ag, you have 4 years to put this mfkr in jail."
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94. "Maybe Trump had better call Saul"
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Turns out Lindsey's buddies had 'no chemistry' or screen presence.

https://nyti.ms/36oGPZB

  

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95. "It's started."
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96. "The opening from the prosecution was compelling"
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I don’t know WHAT the fuck Trumps lawyer is on about. Rambling and incoherent.

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105. "Word. This process is going to be a real pain for this country."
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But not for the reasons the republicans are leaning on.

Anybody that actually watches this stuff - even just the highlights - is going to see that its facts vs. emotions.

The crazy part for me is that they can call this a trial and themselves a jury but are completely making up their minds before seeing the arguments. It's crazy how this whole thing has been turned into Yankees vs. Mets

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121. "Imagine a mob boss on trial"
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and half the jury are members of the crime family.

Thats basically what this is. Absurd.

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122. "That's an excellent analogy"
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>and half the jury are members of the crime family.
>
>Thats basically what this is. Absurd.

Particularly since the rest of us know he'd straight up murder every last one of them if he could.

  

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128. "It really is."
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97. "Wow, Bruce Castor Jr is NOT up to this job."
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I don't pretend it'll make a difference. But after what I hear was a blockbuster opening from the house managers (I had to miss most of it for a zoom meeting), we've got this guy rambling for a half hour about how special senators are.

I'm sure the most quoted line of this will be his slipup right at the start where he called himself the lead prosecutor.

  

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98. "What in thee fuck is this guy talking about?"
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99. "Guys filibustering the defense"
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But back in suburban Philadelphia, you have the members of the house. And somebody is in that jurisdiction! Therefore. You. Can’t. Do. What’s. In. Nebraska!

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100. "so weird"
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i wasnt planning on tuning in but decided to at the last moment.

house managers did so good, that video was quite effective.

i dont know what is up with castor. dude is so incoherent.

  

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102. "The answer for anyone defending trump is the same"
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There's not much a defense for him.

From a marble-mouthed Jethro Hayseed in Bumfuck Cousintucky to an eloquent, accomplished, Ivy League educated WASP, there's not much coherence to be had in even the best defense for that walking mass of human garbage.

  

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101. "I'm gonna add a line to the old law school adage:"
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If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.
If the law is on your side, pound the law.
If neither one is on your side, pound the table.
If you're not sure where the table is, wander away from the podium until you realize it's got your only mic.

  

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103. "I don't even know why anyone is wasting their time preparing arguments"
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Is it just for the history books? Because no ones mind is going to be changed.

  

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104. "Why the fuck was he tearing up? GTFOH!"
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106. "RE: Why the fuck was he tearing up? GTFOH!"
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Unless DT and friends arrive at an amazing case, this is going to be a mountain of folks announcing that DT could do whatever he wanted then and now. And I want to believe it will be very bad for the reds going forward IF THE DEMS DO NOT LET AVERAGE MURRICANS FORGET THIS.

Sadly, I do not trust the blues as a whole to play this correctly no matter how it goes. For now, the video to start it off was basically a ‘what else do you need to know?’ video package.

  

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bentagain
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107. "I didn’t hear a relevant argument from the defense "
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Day 1 was arguments about the constitutionality of even having the trial

I didn’t hear anything relevant to that argument from the defense.

We’re going to get 16 hours of witch hunt

and Rs will acquit in the end

It’s actually entertaining watching them counter their own arguments;
Can’t impeach a POTUS once out of office = he was impeached while in office 2Xs
Ds waited too long to deliver articles = Ds are rushing the process
My favorite is the clips of Ds discussing impeachment as early as 2017

The defense is making the prosecution’s case for them

This all could have been avoided if we actually had impartial jurors

Think about that, Rs had an opportunity to remove him in 2019

They chose this, enabled an insurrection...and want reconciliation without any reckoning

Ds should start impeachment proceedings for all 147 members of Congress that challenged the election results

That’s the only way I see us moving forward

Remove them all.

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111. "Problem is House Members don't get impeached"
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Or at least have never been impeached. Like it could happen technically but it never has.

They can be removed however that takes 2/3 vote. Even if every member of Congress who wasn't part of that 147 voted yes they'd still come up just shy. On top of that they wouldn't get every remaining member of the House to vote in favor or vote at all.

Hell, the numbers don't allow them to get just Greene, Cruz, and Hawley out.

They got JUST over half of the members to vote for Greene's removal from committees which thankfully required simple majority.

It's really hard to do democracy when one party's sole purpose is working toward its destruction.

I want accountability as much as anyone. I went to the mat for it here during the last impeachment when folks weren't taking it seriously and calling it palace intrigue or talking half-measures like censure.

I just wanted to be clarify before people start with the "dems are cowards for not impeaching these people" narrative gets fully up and running why exactly that's not an option

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bentagain
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113. "RE: expelled or censured"
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Impeach was the wrong term

They can absolutely be removed...and call it something different

Countering your point...the motivation for this impeachment was more about making Rs put their name on it

Acquit = approval of 1.6

i.e. make ALLADEM face the same music

I don’t care how...but all 147 need that mark on their record.

I get these are big asks that won’t move to conviction

But given what happened, you can’t leave bullets in the holster

+1, it really is bothering me that Cruz and Hawley aren’t part of the defense team

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108. "this country is a bag of shit."
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racist and evil shit.

these folks called these cop killers, white supremacists, and domestic terrorists ‘patriots’.

almost half the country is perfectly fine with what went on and hovers between thinking what the president did was right or thinking what the president did wasnt wrong.

and almost all republican senators voted to essentially dismiss everything even after that shitshow of an opening defense.

and literally the only reason why any of this is ok is because theyre white and any endeavor in the pursuit of the preservation of whiteness always finds its way to normalization/rationalization.

with the press queueing up a new round of economic anxiety alibis for white aggression and savagery so the root cause never gets fully addressed.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et3ip2lWQAMnFfA?format=jpg&name=medium

  

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109. "RE: this country is a bag of shit."
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https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1359494010310692873?s=20

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110. "Oh my god."
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>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et3ip2lWQAMnFfA?format=jpg&name=medium

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112. "Yep"
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All of this.

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115. "Yup. None of this matters. Republicans wont convict. "
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This is the most shameful shit ive ever seen. We have no business telling any other countries about Democracy. We've become a giant joke

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126. "The saddest thing is that we've always been a giant joke lol"
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>This is the most shameful shit ive ever seen. We have no
>business telling any other countries about Democracy. We've
>become a giant joke

We just previously - at times - had noble actions to hang our hats on and to use as ammo to pretend we were righteous as we attempted to spread democracy to other parts of the world. New Deal, WWII, Civil Rights, etc. Easy to tell folks about how democratic you are when you have some of that type of stuff under your belt.

But the country's been slowly moving to the right for 50+ years now (in response to Civil Rights gains lol) so ... here we are. Now we can't do that shit anymore.

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118. "How do you combat shamelessness"
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I think it was you or someone else who said this but it sums everything up.

What do you do when half the country is dead wrong out in the open and they don't give a fuck? They dont even make an attempt to hide it.

Like, f u c k "unity" or working with these people. This shit needs to be stomped out.

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Reeq
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132. "yup that was me."
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im all for preaching unity and bipartisanship in public (people still want it...especially the dem base smh).

but behind the scenes...we need to be putting together gameplans to surgically choke the entire conservative movement off and send it the way of the dodo bird. we need to stop treating them like a legitimate center right counterbalance to the liberal majority.

  

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134. "We need to do it quickly, too."
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>but behind the scenes...we need to be putting together
>gameplans to surgically choke the entire conservative movement
>off and send it the way of the dodo bird. we need to stop
>treating them like a legitimate center right counterbalance to
>the liberal majority.

If dems don't take this golden opportunity to do exactly that while they have control of congress and the WH, they may never be able to get that control again - and the country will be dominated by minority, extremist rule for the foreseeable future. I still think they should pack the courts, among a million other things. Or at least threaten to do so if some major concessions aren't made.

They have exactly 2 years.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/manchin-sinema-schumer-mcconnell-filibuster.html

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114. "Neguse is balling right now"
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Really compelling presentation.

  

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117. "him and castro are bodying this shit"
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bentagain
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120. "Ehh...political intimidation is terrorism by another name"
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That really stood out to me

Rs are driving the narrative of these people being ‘patriots’

Really hope somebody gets legit pissed off and offended

Like yelling, pounding the podium, spittle MAD!

They’re f’n terrorists...and so are their enablers

I did like Castro reminding us of the armed Trumpsters at vote counting locations and elected officials residents

So much fokery... I forgot some of this BS

+ the big gretch plot

Yeah, no logical person was surprised by a violent conclusion on the 6th.

They are doing a great job IMO

...but I need some dunks, hanging on the rim and trash talking...

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123. "I think there was some admission by Republicans that yesterday was"
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the first time they were shown actual footage from the insurrection

The conservative filtering and warping of the events will not stand up to

1) the president's Twitter feed
2) the president's rallies
3) quotes from his supporters
4) footage from Jan 6th

I don't think they've been forced to view all of these things as a whole previously

They've been able to diminish culpability of the president and forget about the dangerous tone of the political climate prior to and following the election because the conservative news bubble did exactly the same.

This is a forum in which the truth can theoretically prevail for once

Some righteous indignation along with the teary eyes would definitely be warranted and good to see

  

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125. "RE: I think there was some admission by Republicans that yesterday was"
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>the first time they were shown actual footage from the
>insurrection
>
>The conservative filtering and warping of the events will not
>stand up to
>
>1) the president's Twitter feed
>2) the president's rallies
>3) quotes from his supporters
>4) footage from Jan 6th
>
>I don't think they've been forced to view all of these things
>as a whole previously
>
>They've been able to diminish culpability of the president and
>forget about the dangerous tone of the political climate prior
>to and following the election because the conservative news
>bubble did exactly the same.
>
>This is a forum in which the truth can theoretically prevail
>for once
>
>Some righteous indignation along with the teary eyes would
>definitely be warranted and good to see

This would all just make it more unforgivable when they say ‘what’s the problem’ and vote against anything resembling punishment for this.

I think those red folks are more aware and okay with what happened than many could imagine.

  

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139. "The terrorists were reading his tweets over a bullhorn "
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They went from...where’s Nancy?...to hang Mike Pence

The nail in the coffin IMO, is the woman for america first...had initially planned protests for the 22nd/23rd

Similar to the woman’s March in 17’

The date, time and location were changed by Trump.

What other motivation could you assume for that change?

AFAIK, they still never had a permit to march, just a rally in the ellipse

So even directing the terrorists to march on the capitol was illegal

The defense will be entertaining.

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140. "Nah it was some acting by Republicans"
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>the first time they were shown actual footage from the
>insurrection
>

They've seen the footage, that's not the first time.

>The conservative filtering and warping of the events will not
>stand up to
>
>1) the president's Twitter feed
>2) the president's rallies
>3) quotes from his supporters
>4) footage from Jan 6th
>
>I don't think they've been forced to view all of these things
>as a whole previously
>
>They've been able to diminish culpability of the president and
>forget about the dangerous tone of the political climate prior
>to and following the election because the conservative news
>bubble did exactly the same.
>
>This is a forum in which the truth can theoretically prevail
>for once
>
>Some righteous indignation along with the teary eyes would
>definitely be warranted and good to see


lol they already know what the truth is they don't care.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538302-gop-senators-appear-to-pay-half-hearted-attention-to-trial-drawing-criticism

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966207859/michigans-top-republican-calls-u-s-capitol-attack-a-hoax

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MEAT
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116. "Today I'm watching on CSPAN and the audacity to acquit this man is"
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Just disgusting.

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119. "lol at how much video evidence these fucking dolts provided"
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against themselves. Tweets too.

Yeah I'm right here!

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124. "RE: lol at how much video evidence these fucking dolts provided"
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>against themselves. Tweets too.
>
>Yeah I'm right here!

They were so gassed up. They were so convinced that what they were doing was right and that it needed to happen. It’s almost like someone kept telling them to do it until they finally got to the right time and place together to go ahead and do something. And that something ended up being the events that are somehow amazingly documented at the capitol. Clearly this was Antifa. Or maybe...

  

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127. "The way the impeachment managers are laying out the case is fantastic"
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Clear, methodical, interwoven, and using 45's own words.

If a fat guy falls in the woods and there is no one around to see it, do the trees laugh?

  

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129. "beautiful..."
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giving me chills...

I CANT wait for the vote lol

  

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Reeq
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130. "black women be trying their damnedest to save this God forsaken country."
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that presentation was amazing.

  

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131. "Swalwell dropped the mic on they as*..."
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damn.

  

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133. "How the hell can the GOP let trump off after that"
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I mean I know they are terrible, got GOD DAMN Man

  

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135. "AND they WILL"
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let him off

  

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136. "RE: AND they WILL"
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>let him off

Yes they will. I'm almost sure of it.

I'm not sure how they're gonna do it and then show back up to votes and meetings and expect anything other than getting 'left out of the game' whenever possible. Then they'll cry about it, AOC will give them the 'too bad', and Joe will keep on exec ordering and dropping default settings sound bytes.

  

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184. "They're terrified of Trumps supporters."
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And they should be.


"They used to call me Baby Luke....but now? The whole damn 2 Liiiive Crew."

  

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137. "Of all the creeps on this planet,"
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there are very few who are quite as creepy as Mike Lee.

  

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138. "He's a sentient garbage can"
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141. "So is it possible for this country to prosper?"
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The GOP is openly talking with 45's lawyers. Some GOPs are going the Collins route, 45 learned his lesson or the American People don't want him again.

Seriously flawed. At this point its going to have to be about local government, without that, we are fucked.

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142. "No, the Republican party is playing it as a game"
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They are cynical to the highest degree.

Probably not going to start playing fair at this point.

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143. "Witnesses!"
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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-trial-day-5-468985


It was gonna be over tonight. Trump lawyers reportedly had flights booked for tomorrow.

Jaime Herrera Buetler (a Republican who voted to impeach in the house) has notes and wants to testify about the phone call where Trump reportedly told Kevin Mccarthy that the rioters care more about the country than he did.

So the House managers want to call her now. And now that that vote has passed, it'll only take a majority vote for any witness. Nancy? Pence? Mccarthy? The Qanon creep with the horns? Any number of these indicted rioters who've already said in their own cases that they were acting under Trump's direction?

There probably won't be all that. It'll probably just be Buetler. Still, the odds of conviction, and regardless, the pain for scared purple-state Republicans, just changed.

  

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145. "Bah!"
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No fun at all.

  

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144. "**twiddles thumbs** with the DC AG."
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146. "Democrats are such pussies"
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They never go for broke and get played by these evil Republicans every time.

  

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149. "Tradeoffs"
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As much as I'd like to see Tommy Tuberville give a deposition, nothing would come of it. All you would get are a bunch of "I do not recall". There wouldn't be bombshell revelations.

The outcome of this thing was decided before it started. Nothing will change any votes. And I don't think it's likely witness will change public perception either.

But the cost would be high. It could tie the senate up for a long time. The clock is ticking on this majority. They need to confirm judges and pass legislation while they still can

  

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155. "Calling witnesses is going to take two years?"
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>As much as I'd like to see Tommy Tuberville give a
>deposition, nothing would come of it. All you would get are a
>bunch of "I do not recall". There wouldn't be bombshell
>revelations.

Get everything on the record. Plus, the Democrats look goofy, calling for witnesses then saying, Whoops! We changed our mind." Especially since there are no discernable "trade-offs" here. Republicans aren't going to cooperate with shit no matter what, so why give anything to them based on empty promises?

>The outcome of this thing was decided before it started.
>Nothing will change any votes. And I don't think it's likely
>witness will change public perception either.

Right, so like... they shouldn't have bothered? And the whole "It won't change public perception!" is such a plea cop. The opening arguments, particularly the House Democrats' video, did a lot to crystalize how bad this was.

>But the cost would be high. It could tie the senate up for a
>long time. The clock is ticking on this majority. They need to
>confirm judges and pass legislation while they still can

Yeah, this is B.S. Plus, as said below, they're on vacation next week. So what exactly are they risking holding up?

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165. "I'd guess it'd take at least a week or two"
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Maybe more if Republicans schemed a way to gum up the works.

When the senate is in session only about half of the weeks of the year, time is a factor. Not to mention how long it takes to get things done.
Republicans doing everything they can to run out the clock

  

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"Well, now they have no excuses to not get shit done then"


  

          

So I don't want to hear any more plea cops about obstacles to them implementing their agenda, approve Biden's cabinet positions, or appointing more federal judges. Otherwise, they look even more inept.

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171. "If a witness refuses to testify, then yes, it could take years."
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It would have to be argued out in the judicial branch, and those cases, and appeals, often take years. Not to mention the jurisdictional concerns that you and I don't take seriously but any judge might start complaining over, strengthening Mcconnell's excuse even further.

  

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150. "i dont even care what the reasons are. there may be some good ones."
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the mixed messaging it sends to the public is horrible.

if witnesses arent necessary...or if an extended impeachment trial presents some roadblock for the biden legislative agenda...then why the fuck did they file a suprise motion to call witnesses in the 1st place? and then why did every dem senator vote to move forward with it?

why arent house and senate dems on the same fucking page for shit this important?

shit is amateur hour. after all of that goodwill they built up with the house managers presentations.

  

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152. "Plus they're on recess next week lol so the "Biden agenda" cop out .."
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... is bullshit on its fucking face.

Dems are so bad at politics.

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154. "Would and do they have to continue the impeachment during recess?"
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I can see all the GQP just going home for a week to slow the whole process down.

  

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157. "They could've worked thru recess I think."
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But as we well know, they don't like working.

BTW I love "GQP" gonna use that from now on thx. Haha.

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156. "Incompetent idiots"
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Just a straight up fucking shit show.

They managed to like like liars, cowards,
morons, and corrupt in one swoop.

Lost all kinds of goodwill and getting dunked on
from all sides.

And the story just changed.

I’d bet there are prominent Dems who don’t want
him convicted cuz they think him running again
in 24 would be good for Dems.


Seriously they are just fucking awful at this.

  

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147. "Everyone prepared for no state charges too?"
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Cause uh...if you haven’t learned to just live disappointed yet...

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148. "How Sway? the DC AG is popping popcorn and just told them to"
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kick back from that witness shit.. He got this..

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151. "where are you getting this from?"
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the dc ag isnt even sure they can prosecute trump under district statutes.

plus the case is tenuous at best unless they have trump explicitly conspiring to get people to invade the capitol and kill police officers or politicians.

  

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153. "HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
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You are just the best. Perpetual optimism despite literally batting .000

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158. "LOL"
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I’ve never seen someone be so wrong so many times
and still be a confident asshole.

  

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161. "After 4 years of this dude being invincible, it's not optimism. it's del..."
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I'm all for being hopefull and pushing back against cynicism but that sort of arrogance in the face of this is straight up delusional

  

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166. "Definitely. This is the same dude "
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Who predicted Pence was getting indicted one
weekend, predicted Barr was a sleeper agent
for Mueller, all kinds of batshit naive stuff.

And then was an arrogant asshole to anyone
who questioned him or disagreed.

Weird stuff. A lot more than optimism as you
pointed out.

  

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159. "Weren't you saying the same shit about Mueller?"
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AG's got what, exactly?

What do you think the outcome here is?

The best case scenario there is, Trump gets prosecuted for a misdemeanor. Worse, he doesn't have the authority to get Trump to DC to take those charges.

So what's he got?

  

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160. "Way more than just Mueller lol."
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179. "lol awesome"
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181. "I want to believe. I really do "
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183. "Labeathustla=Woody Harrelson, OKP=Kenan. https://youtu.be/xiKrWUoTq4s?t..."
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https://youtu.be/xiKrWUoTq4s?t=191s

  

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162. "this is honestly a pretty good result for dems in the end."
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kinda better than expected.

clear bipartisan majority vote to convict with a 7 or so republicans joining in. apparently the most bipartisan conviction vote in history.

that dynamic most likely wasnt gonna change no matter what other evidence was presented.

hopefully that toomey guilty vote can cause havoc in his primary race in 2022 and help fracture the repub state party.

  

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163. "What's the deal with Cassidy from Louisiana?"
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Trump call his mama a ho or something?

Everyone else on that list is the usual suspects. But Cassidy seems like the typical go with the party Republican.

  

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164. "I agree and don’t understand all the angst on witness reversal here"
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The Dems could call all the witnesses they wanted but unless one of them was going to be Pence, the vote wasn’t going to change enough to hold up the rest of Biden’s agenda.

I think the reversal on witnesses was largely a result of McConnell letting it be known that he was going to vote to acquit trump. Once his mind was made it up and his intentions were known it wasn’t worth prolonging this with witnesses, unless you could get someone like Pence or Meadows to not only come testify but basically blame trump, which wasn’t going to happen.

Getting 7 GQP senators is a great outcome for the Dems and it allows them to continue to work on Biden’s agenda.

Dems got all the sound bites and footage they need for 22 to attack the GOP.

  

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167. "Nah "
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You parade witnesses and continue to control
the narrative as best you can.

You definitely don’t vote for them, then decline.

Who is to say witnesses don’t sway 3 more?


And this has nothing to do with the Biden agenda.

22?? Dems couldn’t even handle shit down
ballot in 20.


I get it. 57 votes is pleasantly surprising, but it’s
nothing to celebrate- especially considering Dems
had more ammo.

If anything, it makes it more frustrating they didn’t
call witnesses.

Your initial reaction was right- Dems fucked up
today.

I thought Toomey wasn’t running

  

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169. "We needed 10 more, not 3 "
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It's a 2/3 supermajority that's needed to convict. That wasn't gonna happen.

More likely, the scandal of the day, which honestly might have been what swayed a few of those seven Republicans, would have faded into the noise. And then we would have finished with even fewer votes to convict.

If there had been an agreement to call witnesses, the only agreement that might have won 50 votes would have stipulated equal numbers of witnesses by both sides. ANY of those witnesses could have resisted the subpoena (literally the Trump side could have chosen someone specifically with the goal that they refuse to testify), and this would have put the trial on hold for months if not years. Don McGahn's resistance of a subpoena from before the *previous* impeachment is still being fought out in court.

  

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172. "yeah that hit me like 20 minutes later. My bad"
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I definitely slapped my forehead.

>It's a 2/3 supermajority that's needed to convict. That
>wasn't gonna happen.

My point certainly isn't as strong, but I still think if you're 10 away you call witnesses.

Mostly my point is if you vote for witnesses, don't fucking turn them down. What a mess.

>
>More likely, the scandal of the day, which honestly might have
>been what swayed a few of those seven Republicans, would have
>faded into the noise. And then we would have finished with
>even fewer votes to convict.

Hmmm maybe but I doubt it.
>
>If there had been an agreement to call witnesses, the only
>agreement that might have won 50 votes would have stipulated
>equal numbers of witnesses by both sides. ANY of those
>witnesses could have resisted the subpoena (literally the
>Trump side could have chosen someone specifically with the
>goal that they refuse to testify), and this would have put the
>trial on hold for months if not years. Don McGahn's resistance
>of a subpoena from before the *previous* impeachment is still
>being fought out in court.

I still think you go for it. If you (rightfully) accuse the other side of sedition, you don't leave anything on the table.

  

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170. "Toomey has stated he is retiring "
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Three more votes would be great but I’m not sure you get that with witnesses and 3 isn’t enough to convict as you need 67. 60 votes doesn’t add much more or accomplish anything that Dems already get with 57.

Which 3 GQP senators do you feel would be likely to change their votes?

  

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173. "I thought so"
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>Three more votes would be great but I’m not sure you get
>that with witnesses and 3 isn’t enough to convict as you
>need 67. 60 votes doesn’t add much more or accomplish
>anything that Dems already get with 57.

Yeah I fucked that up. See above. My bad. Forgot it was 67.

>
>Which 3 GQP senators do you feel would be likely to change
>their votes?

No idea, but did you think Burr and Cassidy would vote to convict?

My 60 point is clearly not applicable, but I still think you call witnesses.

  

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168. "McConnell:"no question Trump practically & morally responsible for provo..."
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McConnell, who voted to acquit, is excoriating Trump for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty." "There's no question - none - that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day."

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1360697577776242694?s=19

Like he didn't just vote not guilty on this exact issue less than an hour earlier lol

  

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177. "RE: McConnell:"no question Trump practically & morally responsible for p..."
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>McConnell, who voted to acquit, is excoriating Trump for a
>"disgraceful dereliction of duty." "There's no question - none
>- that President Trump is practically and morally responsible
>for provoking the events of the day."
>
>https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1360697577776242694?s=19
>
>Like he didn't just vote not guilty on this exact issue less
>than an hour earlier lol
>

I hate these folks.

They announce to us on a regular basis with an air horn that they do not decide things/vote based on what they actually think. Every vote is what I call a ‘loaded vote’ where politics is more important than anything else. As long as that is the case, we will continue on our way to some level of failure we all can all see coming at some point.

I want to believe we will be better off when these folks die out. But looking around, I am not sure if their shitbag kids, followers, and hanging on assclown are anything to hope for.

  

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174. "In retrospect today's decision not to call witnesses makes perfect sense..."
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All the managers hoped to get was the testimony of Jaime Herrera Buetler. They got it in the record, they just didn't get it repeated live.

If they'd insisted on her testifying, then the senate would have needed to get 50 votes on a plan for that (the vote that they won today was just in the question of whether to debate the calling of witnesses, not any specific plan). According to reports, they didn't have 50 votes for JUST Herrera Buetler. The deal that they could have gotten would have required an equal number of witnesses from both sides.

After the Trump team got their shit together, it's obvious what they would have done. They'd say Herrera Buetler was talking secondhand about a call between Trump and Kevin Mccarthy. So they'd call Kevin Mccarthy. He'd refuse to show up, on the (specious) grounds that the senate supposedly doesn't have jurisdiction now that Trump is out of office. That would hold up the case indefinitely -- literally years if he exhausted his appeals.


In the end, the managers got what they wanted (Buetler's statement added to the record) by playing hardball and asking for more than that. If they'd just asked to amend the record of the case, they likely would have lost that battle.

  

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175. "how is getting her testimony on the record right before acquittal"
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a win?

I'm honestly asking- what does that do?

>All the managers hoped to get was the testimony of Jaime
>Herrera Buetler. They got it in the record, they just didn't
>get it repeated live.

Which I think could have been fairly powerful. Enough to sway 10? Probably not. But it could still be powerful going forward.
>
>If they'd insisted on her testifying, then the senate would
>have needed to get 50 votes on a plan for that (the vote that
>they won today was just in the question of whether to debate
>the calling of witnesses, not any specific plan). According to
>reports, they didn't have 50 votes for JUST Herrera Buetler.
>The deal that they could have gotten would have required an
>equal number of witnesses from both sides.
>
>After the Trump team got their shit together,

See, I saw nothing that would make me think they would ever get their shit together.

it's obvious
>what they would have done. They'd say Herrera Buetler was
>talking secondhand about a call between Trump and Kevin
>Mccarthy. So they'd call Kevin Mccarthy. He'd refuse to show
>up, on the (specious) grounds that the senate supposedly
>doesn't have jurisdiction now that Trump is out of office.
>That would hold up the case indefinitely -- literally years if
>he exhausted his appeals.

Hmmm if McCarthy refused to show, couldn't they just say "okay, lets vote then"?

Regardless, couldn't Dems just say then "what is the GOP/McCarthy hiding?"


And even if it did get delayed for years, what is the difference then now? He was acquitted.

>
>
>In the end, the managers got what they wanted (Buetler's
>statement added to the record) by playing hardball and asking
>for more than that. If they'd just asked to amend the record
>of the case, they likely would have lost that battle.

I'm struggling to see what the victory was in getting it on the record right before he was acquitted.

At that point, whats the difference?


Seems like the Dem plan is to hang this on the GOP's neck for years. Especially if the argument is/was that the senate will never convict, it seems like this was a political play.

I don't see how calling witnesses, even if it means the GOP plays some bullshit, is any less of a political play.

If literally all it does is provide soundbites for commercials, seems like a better play.



  

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176. "Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,"
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which you largely seem to agree on, then what was the point of any of it?

They wanted to make a statement, and the stronger the better. Unfortunately the significance of that statement was always gonna be measured in senate votes.

Overall they got 17 elected Republicans, including some very big names, to impeach in the house or convict in the senate. That's not much, but it's a bigger statement than anyone got out of the three previous presidential impeachments.

And a few more more Senators, including McConnell and Portman on the record so far, had to admit that the managers proved their case, that their not-guilty votes were only on jurisdictional grounds. In other words, if Trump were still in office, they said on the record that they would have voted to convict.

The managers got that because they were able to maximize their factual case, including this tactic at the end. Maybe today's intrigue didn't add much to the case, but because they were able to get through it quickly, it added something and didn't subtract anything. If they'd let things drag on indefinitely and become the circus that the Trump lawyers wanted to make it, public opinion would have turned and we'd have ended up with a 46-54 result.

  

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180. "RE: Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,"
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>
>which you largely seem to agree on, then what was the point of
>any of it?

Yeah that is my point. If the idea is to make a statement, then go all out with the statement.

The argument against that seems to be "make a statement, but lets get past the statement quickly and wait what will GOP voters think of us lets hurry..." which is classic.
>
>They wanted to make a statement, and the stronger the better.
>Unfortunately the significance of that statement was always
>gonna be measured in senate votes.
>
>Overall they got 17 elected Republicans, including some very
>big names, to impeach in the house or convict in the senate.
>That's not much, but it's a bigger statement than anyone got
>out of the three previous presidential impeachments.

Sure...and as I said above, thats cool but not worth celebrating.

My man, they stormed the fucking capital with the Confederate flag!

Let them own this for longer. Let them own the testimonies. If nothing else, get soundbites for commercials. Control the news for a little while longer. Dare the braintrust that is the Trump defense to call their witnesses (lol).


>
>And a few more more Senators, including McConnell and Portman
>on the record so far, had to admit that the managers proved
>their case, that their not-guilty votes were only on
>jurisdictional grounds. In other words, if Trump were still in
>office, they said on the record that they would have voted to
>convict.

Which I contend would not change had witnesses been called.

I have yet to see a good reason to not call witnesses. And as I've said, maybe I am missing the importance of the official record so I am open to explanation of why I should be happy that a statement is officially in the record of an acquittal.



>
>The managers got that because they were able to maximize their
>factual case, including this tactic at the end. Maybe today's
>intrigue didn't add much to the case, but because they were
>able to get through it quickly, it added something and didn't
>subtract anything. If they'd let things drag on indefinitely
>and become the circus that the Trump lawyers wanted to make
>it, public opinion would have turned and we'd have ended up
>with a 46-54 result.
>

I mean, you think that would happen based on what?

I disagree. I think witnesses help hammer the point home. I refuse to believe witnesses decreases support for impeachment. And absolute worst case scenario is 51 votes to impeach. Cmon. That is another classic Democrat move- paint some abstract scary picture where they lose big by acting. 46? lol cmon.

Even Romney was pissed. 51 was the absolute floor.

So 51 (absolute worst fucking case) votes to convict and actual testimony versus 57 and one person's statement in the official record?

I'm still lost at how getting statements officially in the record is some sort of win.

That seems like lowering the bar for Democrats as a lot of their most passionate defenders tend to do. Look for moral victories or intellectual victories or inventing doomsday scenarios to justify their inaction.

No one is going to be swayed by the official record so I am open to what that actually does.

Live testimony? Now that can sway people.

And, again, I refuse to believe the Trump defense would suddenly get their shit together.

The "we got her statement in the official record" is the "she won the popular vote!" of 2021.

No one cares.

I'm also lost at how Democrats and their most passionate supports can go on and on and on about how fantastic the Impeachment Mangers were, but at the same time somehow not trust them to handle witnesses.


Nah. Break for 3 weeks for depositions. Stop fucking bullshitting and get COVID relief done, and resume the trial in a few weeks. Call witnesses. Control the cycle a little, let the Trump team call their witnesses (lol) and see what happens.

On no planet does that lead to only 46 votes to impeach. Unless the House Managers suddenly become terrible at this. Not even then.


  

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stravinskian
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185. "RE: Given that he was NEVER going to get convicted,"
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>>
>>which you largely seem to agree on, then what was the point
>of
>>any of it?
>
>Yeah that is my point. If the idea is to make a statement,
>then go all out with the statement.

I don't see why we'd call it "going all out" if doing it loses senate votes and tries the public's patience. Seems like a more apt phrase would be "wear out their welcome."

More words doesn't necessarily equate to a stronger case, especially if they're all words that everyone's already heard. It's a simple case. Everyone knows the facts. Keep it simple.

Case in point: this morning we have reports coming in that they were going to lose "guilty" votes if the trial didn't wrap up *that day*. This has been explicitly reported for Richard Burr, and it's likely the case with Cassiday as well (who we know had a speech prepared to justify a "not guilty" verdict using the same jurisdictional copout).


Nobody wanted to see live witnesses more than I did. You can see that in a very excited post I made above. But I wanted to see witnesses because I like seeing Republicans getting raked over the coals. People who aren't hyper-partisan Democrats don't get as much satisfaction as I do in being reminded about their complicity in a fascist coup attempt. What I wanted would have been counterproductive, not just with the senators, but also with the voters. I would love it if it were possible to shame the Trump voters into never voting again. Sadly that's not how the system works.


>The argument against that seems to be "make a statement, but
>lets get past the statement quickly and wait what will GOP
>voters think of us lets hurry..." which is classic.
>>
>>They wanted to make a statement, and the stronger the
>better.
>>Unfortunately the significance of that statement was always
>>gonna be measured in senate votes.
>>
>>Overall they got 17 elected Republicans, including some very
>>big names, to impeach in the house or convict in the senate.
>>That's not much, but it's a bigger statement than anyone got
>>out of the three previous presidential impeachments.
>
>Sure...and as I said above, thats cool but not worth
>celebrating.


I don't know who you think is celebrating what. The gambit to get Buetler's testimony into the record took about thirty minutes. It wasn't a big deal and nobody ever said it was.

But there was a point to it that I think we should clarify. You ask what the point is of getting it into the record. By "the record" I don't just mean the congressional record that gets read by historians in the year 2400. By "the record," I mean the evidenciary record of the trial. According to the rules of this trial (as for any normal judicial trial), evidence can only be discussed if it's known to both sides ahead of time. All of the tapes, all of the transcripts, all of the quotes that everyone referred to, was listed in documents prepared and shared by the legal teams at the start of the trial.

You might remember that one of the house managers, Madeleine Dean, in her closing statement, tried to play a video that "wasn't in the record." As it turned out, the text of what was said in that video was in the record, but that particular video itself was not. Seems to have just been a mixup on the part of the house managers. But she had to stop, mid presentation, while they figured out how to respond to the objection. In the end, she couldn't show the video and had to apologize.

That's why the managers needed to amend the record to get Buetler's statement added. The statement wasn't out yet when the trial started. So if they didn't get it added to the record, they couldn't have even discussed it in their closing statements. It was maybe the most damning and visceral piece of evidence they had, and they wouldn't have even been allowed to mention it if they hadn't gotten it admitted into evidence.




>My man, they stormed the fucking capital with the Confederate
>flag!
>
>Let them own this for longer. Let them own the testimonies.
>If nothing else, get soundbites for commercials. Control the
>news for a little while longer. Dare the braintrust that is
>the Trump defense to call their witnesses (lol).
>
>
>>
>>And a few more more Senators, including McConnell and
>Portman
>>on the record so far, had to admit that the managers proved
>>their case, that their not-guilty votes were only on
>>jurisdictional grounds. In other words, if Trump were still
>in
>>office, they said on the record that they would have voted
>to
>>convict.
>
>Which I contend would not change had witnesses been called.
>
>I have yet to see a good reason to not call witnesses. And as
>I've said, maybe I am missing the importance of the official
>record so I am open to explanation of why I should be happy
>that a statement is officially in the record of an acquittal.

Well again, the reason not to call witnesses is that they would have lost at least one vote, maybe two, if they hadn't found a way to wrap up *that day*. And it only would have gone downhill from there as Republicans all up and down the government form a chorus of "this is such a waste of time!" Yesterday, the narrative was on our side and more concentrated than it would ever be again. Every good writer knows that if you can say the same thing in two different ways, you choose the way that requires fewer words. (I, by the way, am clearly not a good writer.)




>>
>>The managers got that because they were able to maximize
>their
>>factual case, including this tactic at the end. Maybe
>today's
>>intrigue didn't add much to the case, but because they were
>>able to get through it quickly, it added something and
>didn't
>>subtract anything. If they'd let things drag on indefinitely
>>and become the circus that the Trump lawyers wanted to make
>>it, public opinion would have turned and we'd have ended up
>>with a 46-54 result.
>>
>
>I mean, you think that would happen based on what?
>
>I disagree. I think witnesses help hammer the point home.

A point that everyone already agrees on? If people are already saying "yes he's guilty but we're gonna acquit him anyway" then the only point they can make is already home.


>I
>refuse to believe witnesses decreases support for impeachment.
>And absolute worst case scenario is 51 votes to impeach. Cmon.
> That is another classic Democrat move- paint some abstract
>scary picture where they lose big by acting. 46? lol cmon.
>
>Even Romney was pissed. 51 was the absolute floor.

I think Romney would have gone along with us for one more week. Murkowski too. Remember, their brand isn't "Trump is bad." their brand is "Partisan retribution is bad, especially when it distracts from our work."

Collins definitely wouldn't stick around. She hates Democrats with a fiery passion right now. Any random comment could have pushed her off the bus.

Sasse makes the right noises on the facts of the case, but the man represents Nebraska for god's sake. Every day he continues to be the Republican face of the post-Trump era is a day he puts his reelection at risk. Lucky for him he's not up again until 2026. But if he loses confidence that the fever will break by then he starts looking for an exit ramp. By the way, he voted against witnesses in the first impeachment trial, where witnesses were obviously more important than in this case.

Toomey doesn't seem to give much of a shit either way. He's on his way out the door and not really interested in any of it anymore. If you told him a vote for witnesses would complicate his weekend schedule, he'd vote against witnesses.

And then there's Burr and Cassiday, both of whom were on a knife's edge about the decision, easily could have voted to acquit, and likely would have done so if the trial had lasted one more day.

Then we have *our* caucus to worry about.

Joe Manchin can only go so far. Trump won 70% of the vote in his state! Honestly we should all be on our knees right now begging him not to switch parties. That would definitely be the smart career move for him.

The same applies to Jon Tester, only slightly less extreme.

Mark Kelly and Raphael Warnock just got elected in special elections. That means they'll need to run again, without much of a record, in states with razor-thin party margins, in a year that will almost certainly be very bad for the incumbent party (especially if a narrative sets in that we care more about retribution than about the pandemic or the economy). I certainly don't think Warnock would change his vote (Kelly I'm not as certain about), but if this case dragged on, that's two more seats we lose in 2022.

Then there's Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, both up for reelection in 2022. If 2022 is a hard year for Democrats, as everyone expects it to be, then those two are the first to lose their seats (after Warnock and Kelly). Neither one of them is gonna say Trump isn't guilty, but if this trial starts to smell like retribution and becomes unpopular in their states, they look for a procedural exit and Mitch has one giftwrapped for them with a bow.



So assuming Warnock holds his ground, at this point I think we'd have 45 votes to convict if this took another month.



>So 51 (absolute worst fucking case) votes to convict and
>actual testimony versus 57 and one person's statement in the
>official record?
>
>I'm still lost at how getting statements officially in the
>record is some sort of win.
>
>That seems like lowering the bar for Democrats as a lot of
>their most passionate defenders tend to do. Look for moral
>victories or intellectual victories or inventing doomsday
>scenarios to justify their inaction.


It sounds like you have a narrative in your head about "what Democrats do" and you'd rather rely on that narrative than try to figure out why they do what they do.


>No one is going to be swayed by the official record so I am
>open to what that actually does.


And just to emphasize because you keep coming back to it. "The record" isn't just some document for the ages. It's the set of facts that the managers were allowed to talk about in their closing statements. There would have been zero discussion of this phone call on the final day if they hadn't succeeded in getting it added into the record.


>Live testimony? Now that can sway people.
>
>And, again, I refuse to believe the Trump defense would
>suddenly get their shit together.


They don't have to be smart, they just have to stick to their guns. And let's be clear, the only day that was bad for the Trump team, politically, was the first day. After the first day the Trump lawyers were reading off scripts, literally written for them by political operatives. They weren't trying to make a legal case after the first day. They were relying on political red meat because that's all they needed. And let's never forget, Trump's political team is pretty damn skilled at getting fascists' blood pumping.


>The "we got her statement in the official record" is the "she
>won the popular vote!" of 2021.
>
>No one cares.
>
>I'm also lost at how Democrats and their most passionate
>supports can go on and on and on about how fantastic the
>Impeachment Mangers were, but at the same time somehow not
>trust them to handle witnesses.

I've never heard anyone say they don't trust the impeachment managers with witnesses. I've certainly never said it. The issue is simply that there's negligible upside in getting more testimony on facts on which everybody is convinced, and huge downside in the procedural costs to get there.


>Nah. Break for 3 weeks for depositions. Stop fucking
>bullshitting and get COVID relief done

I could be wrong on this, but I believe they'd have to vote to suspend the trial if they wanted to do any other Senate business in the interim. Then there'd be debate on THAT. The House managers would have to give tortured speeches on "We've made an airtight case here, but now we need you to pause everything so we can get you a little more. Hold the phone, brb..."

And then the Trump lawyers get to rant and rave some more about "They should have sorted all this out before they impeached!!!1! If they need more evidence they should have gotten it before the trial!!1! This is just them admitting that they don't have a case and they never did!!!" Legally speaking, this argument is bullshit, but in a political setting it gets more convincing with every passing day.

>, and resume the trial
>in a few weeks. Call witnesses. Control the cycle a little,
>let the Trump team call their witnesses (lol) and see what
>happens.

We know what happens to their witnesses. Those witnesses don't show up. Then we go to court, then we win in court, then they appeal, then we win again, then they appeal again. Then we say "This is silly, let's just go forward with the testimony we have." Then the Trump team says "This is outrageous!!! How do they get their witnesses and we don't get any?!!!" Senate Democrats were already insisting yesterday that there must be equal witnesses for both sides. Suddenly what had been a very clean case becomes a clusterfuck.


>On no planet does that lead to only 46 votes to impeach.
>Unless the House Managers suddenly become terrible at this.
>Not even then.

As I said above, I'm now prepared to amend that estimate down to 45. Wouldn't that number be a fun coincidence.

  

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"They used to call me Baby Luke....but now? The whole damn 2 Liiiive Crew."

  

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182. "Don’t fall for the okey doke irt Ds rescinding witness request "
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They wanted the McCarthy reference included in the record

Rs conceded, Ds rescinded (c) Raskin

Everything else is BS

This was the most documented crime in history

and the defense still tried to claim the evidence was doctored

Nothing was going to change the lie used to justify acquittal

Belknap is precedent for impeachment after leaving office

I believe that was Raskin’s opening, the January exception

It undermines impeachment all together, otherwise anyone could just resign

Obviously disappointed in the verdict

But I thought the house managers did an excellent job

The timeline they put together is truly terrifying...7 minutes...or a couple hundred feet...

SMH

Plaskett 2024...I guess...shrug

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186. "I am convinced Joe stuck his nose in that witness request"
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Joe is sick of the pointless exercise, and is sick of trump sucking up the light during his presidency.

  

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187. "RE: I am convinced Joe stuck his nose in that witness request"
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>Joe is sick of the pointless exercise, and is sick of trump
>sucking up the light during his presidency.

If DT gets tied up in court for while where the jurors aren’t his bros and ex-subordinates/current followers/folks with something to lose by playing shit fair, maybe he ends up out of a lot of time and money. But I’d be shocked if he did any time ore got derailed from whatever he is planning to do these next few years. We aren’t lucky enough for anything to happen to him that would force him to go all the way away. At least I don’t think so.

  

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