Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Republicans in disarray!

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

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  2. 2.

    dmsilev

    It’s so appropriate that the news came while he was out golfing. I hope it ruined his game even beyond what his normal cheating abilities can overcome.

  9. 9.

    Mike in NC

    The dirtiest rat that ever came out of New York City is sent crawling back down the stinking sewer from which he crawled. Adios, indeed, motherfucker.

  11. 11.

    otmar

    Schleich di, du oaschloch!

    (Same message was yelled from a window towards Monday’s attacker. Translated from viennese dialect: buzz off, you a-hole.)

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    I would kill to be a fly on Pence’s head right now. You know everyone at the WH is saying “You tell him,” “No, you tell him.”

  13. 13.

    West of the Rockies

    Oh, the wailing and sobbing and pulling of hair that must be going on in the White House!

    There is no joy in Trumpville.  Bloated Donny has struck out.

  18. 18.

    cain

    Madam VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS! FUCK. Yeah.

    I’m just to the moon rihgt now – the velociraptors at home thought they were the only ones that run around like crazy – nope! Humans do it too! :-)

  22. 22.

    narya

    There were cheers outside my window, on my little old residential street. And, truthfully? A few tears in my eyes, unexpectedly.

  23. 23.

    cain

    @Martin:

    Damn right we will – Joe loves trains :) I love trains – more trains – more trains for everyone – get a free hunter biden laptop on your first trip!

  24. 24.

    Nicole

    Here in Harlem, nonstop screaming and cheering, horns blaring, music playing from apartments, dancing. A local restaurants is handing out free shots.

  25. 25.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Mike in NC: Actually, pretty sure he’s not wanted anywhere in NYC, including the sewers.

    No, the animated shitstain will spend the next couple of months fucking over everyone he possibly can, then he’ll skulk off to some Florida swamp, aka, one of his golf clubs.

    One day, there’ll be a knock on the door, and he’ll be dragged into a courtroom somewhere, shortly thereafter never to be heard from again.

  26. 26.

    Splitting Image

    I went to bed on Tuesday very confident that Biden would win and have been absolutely certain since mid-day Wednesday… but I still think this will take some time to process.

    It’s gone. That pustule is really gone. Goodbye and good riddance.

    A big thank you to all of the people here who helped make this happen, especially DougJ for organizing the fundraising. The Democrats didn’t win everything they wanted, but they did win this one.

  27. 27.

    dmsilev

    To no-one’s surprise, President PissyPants is not conceding and is screaming “my lawyers will sue you!”.

    Enjoy your golf game.

  29. 29.

    Punchy

    Can Trump purposely lock-out Biden’s transition team out of spite?  Because he strikes me as a chump who is not going to do ANYTHING thats smells of an election loss.  Or is it a law that he must assist?

  33. 33.

    Tony Jay

    And just think, Donald. This is still the best day of the rest of your miserable life.

    #lawyerupbuttercup

  36. 36.

    RobertDSC-Mac Mini

    Looking forward to President Biden welcoming President Obama, President Clinton, President Carter and Secretary Clinton to the Oval Office.

  37. 37.

    Elizabelle

    Makes a beautiful day even more beautiful

    Our schoolkids will eventually go back to school — safely — before puberty.

    We may even be allowed to travel the world, and Europe at least, once we get  COVID under control.  Trump was never up to combatting COVID.  May he end up wishing he had succumbed to it.

  38. 38.

    prostratedragon

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    HAAAH!!!

    Roused from the kind of fitful nap one has lately and couldn’t get back to sleep. Then I realized I was waiting for something, and heard the call on tv. Won’t be running the tv all night tonight!

  39. 39.

    Amir Khalid

    @otmar:

    Schleich di, du oaschloch!

    Could you help out a guy who’s teaching himself German, and say that auf Hochdeutsch? I got the last two words, but I’m not sure what the  first two are.

  40. 40.

    NotMax

    Watched/heard the call being made a little before 6:30 a.m. Questionable knees coupled with lack of any terpsichorean ability whatsoever preclude a happy dance so am reveling in a happy sit.

    Generous shot of sambuca to be added to morning coffee when I get around to brewing it.

  42. 42.

    trollhattan

    Woot!

    Anybody else chuffed at the potential for First Lady Jill B? I hope she can put that doctorate of education to work undoing the damage that hag DeVos has committed–not as Sec Ed but as a strong advocate of PUBLIC education.

    Among her teaching jobs was one at a psychiatric hospital for teens. I’d have a hard time naming a more important job.

    LFG

  46. 46.

    Emma from FL

    @Punchy: No. There’s no law. But he cannot lock the President-Elect and his team from receiving briefings, etc. I am willing to bet Biden already has contingency plans in place.

  50. 50.

    debbie

    Hallefuckinglujah!

    Thanks to COVID, I will be sorry not to be able to compare Inauguration crowds.

  51. 51.

    MattF

    Trending words since last night @MerriamWebster:

    bubkes

    interregnum

    denouement

    vitriol

    sycophant

    mandate

    magnanimity

    oligarchy

    schadenfreude

    hallelujah

    president-elect

    concede

  52. 52.

    Malovich

    @dmsilev: I kinda think they waited for him to go golfing to announce it. They don’t have to field the callbaks and threats right away and leave it in the laps of Trump’s staff.

  53. 53.

    prostratedragon

    @Punchy:  It is a law, not that it matters in this case. In the transition coming in his people were for the most part extremely unco-operative with the Obama team’s attempts to reach out in transition.

    Earlier in the week the speculation was that here’s where the civil service will kick in, so the Biden team won’t be flying completely blind coming in.

  55. 55.

    feebog

    Trump may be gone soon but McConnell is still majority leader.  Unless we can pull off a double election in Georgia on January 5.  So celebrate and relax a little this weekend and then be ready to open your wallets cause we need those two seats.

  56. 56.

    patrick II

    @Chief Oshkosh:

    How long do you think his Florida golf clubs will remain financially viable?  Oh, that’s right, he’ll still have secret service paying exorbitant fees for rooms, water and golf carts at Mar a lago at least.

  57. 57.

    Baud

    Watching MSNBC but annoyed by the Morning Joe team.  Is anyone watching better coverage on another channel?

  60. 60.

    hueyplong

    Beaming at the joy all of you feel.

    ef, if you’re watching, I hereby claim, for electoral vote purposes, a hearty FUCK ‘EM

  64. 64.

    amorphous

    Since Trump won’t show up for the handshake photo op to wish Biden well when transferring power, they should have Obama do it instead. Lmao Trump would be so pissed. Fuck him.

  65. 65.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @MattF:

    bubkes

    I’m guessing this is due to Neal Katyal, who I heard pronounce it as “Butkus” on two different segments on MSNBC

  66. 66.

    Splitting Image

    @Tony Jay:

    And just think, Donald. This is still the best day of the rest of your miserable life.

    From your lips to the spaghetti monster’s ears.

  69. 69.

    The Dangerman

    I am a horrible person as I will take great pleasure in the meltdown we will be witnessing soon. Fuck him and all who allowed it to happen.

    Now would someone be kind enough to share with me that this is outside the realm of shenanigans and Trump really is done? I don trust him or the courts or …

  70. 70.

    DropDminus

    Up in Forest County PA today at my family cabin. Just watched the old asshole next door shuffle out and take down his Trump signs. Honestly,  I think I enjoyed that more than the actual call.  I’m thinking I might need to set off some fireworks tonight to celebrate properly.

  75. 75.

    prostratedragon

    @NotMax:  I think my last high-steppin’, kick-jumping spontaneous happy dance was when Paxon sank that 3-pointer in Phoenix (1993?). Amazed a whole room with my levitation abilities. Would have done it today if I could.

  78. 78.

    enplaned

    While it has no legal weight, most Americans will now see this as over, and that’s important for reducing tension. The presumption is now that Trump is gone. So now we only have to wait to hear what kind of nonsense there will be from the WH in response. It will be nonsense, only question is how bad.

    Trump still gets to be President for another two and a half months. He can do a lot of mischief in that time. He can get us into a war. He can and will likely destroy every document he can get his hands on, wipe as much digital data as he can.

    In the service of feathering a nest offshore, he could disclose a ton of classified info to e.g. the Russkies.

    On entering the WH, the Bidens will need to have the place swept for bugs, electronic or insect. I’d want to replace every computer in the place and have the entire place minutely inspected for damage, sabotage, blocked toilets, you name it.

    This will be, by far, the rockiest transition in modern times. The Biden administration will likely have to spend a good portion of the first few months just restoring basic functionality.

  79. 79.

    Geoduck

    @trollhattan:  Probably? No chance in hell he attends. Tho, I’ve said before, I really hope that Biden scales back the ceremony to the absolute minimum. We’re still in the middle of a pandemic here..

    And woot!

  80. 80.

    Redshift

    BBC showing footage of Trump’s golf course, stressing that they can’t actually say for sure if the player on camera is Trump. Such a perfect image to illustrate the Trump presidency, golfing at a time when any real leader would be preparing for his duties.

  84. 84.

    Martin

    @Punchy: No. Biden would win that lawsuit in 3 minutes. He can freeze them out of the WH, but:

    A) Biden has plenty of WH experience to navigate that just fine.

    B) I can’t imagine there’s anything ongoing in the WH  that Biden is interested in smoothly segueing off of. The only thing of value there is Fauci, and I’m pretty sure they’re already talking.

  87. 87.

    DaveInCO

    @Splitting Image: Absolutely thank you DougJ! This was a “if not now, when” year for political contributions. I’m always confident that if DougJ recommends a candidate, it’s worth it.

  90. 90.

    Punchy

    @The Dangerman: nothings official until the Electoral College meets and votes.  So you’ll likely have a smidgen of fear for another 5 weeks or so.  Until that time, Trump may try almost anything, including ordering the arrest and detention of all Biden-state electors.  Or martial law.

  91. 91.

    rattle mullet

    Now and until 1/20/21 America will enter into the most dangerous time of trumps narcissistic delusion of grandeur. Brace yourselves. There are many supporting his violent rhetoric about a stolen election and crimes against democracy. His supporters are followers not independent thinkers, they need to be led and told what do through the Putin network of fox, RW media outlets, Facebook and twitter.

  94. 94.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Baud: it’s freaking awful. Biden won the “working class” vote. After all this time, still selling the faux populism? The MFer told his supporters to their faces how little he cared about them.

  97. 97.

    hueyplong

    @enplaned: Wouldn’t be shocking if IC has some presents about Trump for the new admin on 1/21.

    I can imagine situations in which monitoring of foreigners picked up some things from u careful Trump minions or the anthropomorphic colostomy bag himself.

  101. 101.

    Elizabelle

    @Tony Jay:

    And just think, Donald. This is still the best day of the rest of your miserable life. #lawyerupbuttercup

    LOL.  Perfect.

    Jane Mayer has a delectable article up in this week’s New Yorker. Complete with excellent full color illustration of Trump’s possible future.

    Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose

    … Trump has famously survived one impeachment, two divorces, six bankruptcies, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. Few people have evaded consequences more cunningly. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if he loses to Joe Biden. Even if Trump wins, grave legal and financial threats will loom over his second term.

    Two of the investigations into Trump are being led by powerful state and city law-enforcement officials in New York. Cyrus Vance, Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, are independently pursuing potential criminal charges related to Trump’s business practices before he became President. Because their jurisdictions lie outside the federal realm, any indictments or convictions resulting from their actions would be beyond the reach of a Presidential pardon. Trump’s legal expenses alone are likely to be daunting. (By the time Bill Clinton left the White House, he’d racked up more than ten million dollars in legal fees.)

    And Trump’s finances are already under growing strain. During the next four years, according to a stunning recent Times report, Trump—whether reëlected or not—must meet payment deadlines for more than three hundred million dollars in loans that he has personally guaranteed; much of this debt is owed to such foreign creditors as Deutsche Bank. Unless he can refinance with the lenders, he will be on the hook. The Financial Times, meanwhile, estimates that, in all, about nine hundred million dollars’ worth of Trump’s real-estate debt will come due within the next four years. At the same time, he is locked in a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a deduction that he has claimed on his income-tax forms; an adverse ruling could cost him an additional hundred million dollars.

    To pay off such debts, the President, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes to be two and a half billion dollars, could sell some of his most valuable real-estate assets—or, as he has in the past, find ways to stiff his creditors. But, according to an analysis by the Washington Post, Trump’s properties—especially his hotels and resorts—have been hit hard by the pandemic and the fallout from his divisive political career. “It’s the office of the Presidency that’s keeping him from prison and the poorhouse,” Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale who studies authoritarianism, told me.

    …. Last winter, a Cabinet secretary told me Trump had confided that he couldn’t imagine returning to his former life as a real-estate developer. As the Cabinet secretary recalled, the two men were gliding along in a motorcade, surrounded by throngs of adoring supporters, when Trump remarked, “Isn’t this incredible? After this, I could never return to ordering windows. It would be so boring.”

    I think he need not worry about windows, aside from how narrow will his be? Welcome to the rest of your life, Trump.

    May you be even sorrier about that ridiculous EC victory in 2016 and that you did not  just jet off to Turnberry in Scotland, as you’d planned.  You’d still be a jerk, but you might not be as big a laughingstock.

    And now: back to celebrating Prez-elect Joe and VP-elect Kamala. Say her name (right!)

  102. 102.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Mike in NC:

    The dirtiest rat that ever came out of New York City is sent crawling back down the stinking sewer from which he crawled. Adios, indeed, motherfucker. 

    No way Putin’s bitch will go back to NYC, unless he’s a MASSIVE moron.

    (Yes, yes, I know.)

  103. 103.

    Tony Jay

    @Splitting Image:

    I’m very much looking forward to the forthcoming statement from the President-Elect’s desk that his Administration will direct the DoJ to investigate and prosecute any individual or individuals who are discovered to have removed, destroyed, replaced, mislaid or otherwise made unavailable any and all documentation that comes under the various preservation of records acts.

    Get the rats snitching on each other while Tang fumes helplessly.

  107. 107.

    Aleta

    Nice that this happened on a Saturday, and it’s a day of balmy weather in the NE  at least.  I hope for two nice days of cheering in the streets.   Broadcasts of crowds in cities.

  109. 109.

    Mike in NC

    I’m heading out to buy a bottle of Champagne before there’s a run on the stores. It’ll be worse than it was trying to buy a roll of toilet paper back in April.

  110. 110.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Punchy: Celebrating and spiking the football actually helps at this point–it doesn’t mean we’re unaware of the danger of some kind of coup, it’s the way to signal as loudly as possible to anybody who might be plotting one that the people are not actually going to accept it. Legitimacy is about public feeling, which is why it’s important that the mass media call this even if they have no legal or constitutional role.

  112. 112.

    Calouste

    Has any Republican office holder come out yet with a perfunctory “I congratulate Joe Biden on his victory and look forward to working with him in the future”? Or are they all cowards? Nothing on Twitter for Charlie Baker or Mitt Romney so far.

  114. 114.

    Cheryl Rofer

    About fucking time.

    I hope you all appreciate what I did for you. Instead of watching the box, I went outside to deploy the heated birdbaths before the storm comes in. Of course they announced while I was doing something else.

  117. 117.

    debbie

    I call bullshit on Trump. He’s not holed up in his bunker trying to save his presidency, he’s out on the golf course, squeezing out as much of his free ride as he can.

  119. 119.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @Punchy: I don’t know about that, but the current government funding bill expires on December 11, and his signature will be required on an extension to keep the government open, so if he throws a big enough hissy fit we may have another government shutdown.

  120. 120.

    Mike in NC

    @enplaned:  Starting next week the Trump Crime Family will be very busy shredding documents, smashing hard drives, and stealing the White House silverware.

  134. 134.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @debbie: my gif game is weak, but there are three or four quick shots from Caddyshack that would be appropriate today, for different reasons, from RAT FARTS! to So let’s dance!

  139. 139.

    Sloane Ranger

    Now I can do what I’ve been wanting to do for 4 long years! When Trump was elected I vowed not to visit the USA until he had been swept from power.

    So, when this pandemic is over, I plan to spend 3 weeks travelling along the East Coast, flying into Boston and back home from DC (or possibly vice versa), visiting NY and Philly on the way.

    Taking Amtrak, out of respect for your new President, naturally.

    I will be asking fellow Jackals for guidance on what to see and where to stay nearer the time!

  141. 141.

    divF

    I’m sitting in front of the Vine Street Peet’s drinking coffee. Someone is playing Kool and the Gang Celebration (Oakland A’s victory theme). Horns honking. I’m about to go down to the cheese board (a worker owned collective for the last 50 years) and expect to see big smiles behind the masks.

    all this east bay detail in honor of Kamala Harris, a native daughter.

  144. 144.

    patrick II

    @Amir Khalid:

    I would like Biden to start managing the epidemic response ASAP. Another 80 days with the Trump/Azar herd immunity approach will likely cause 100,000  more deaths (1,182 yesterday and climbing) and leave the virus further out of control.  I don’t think Mr. transactional would allow that, but promise him less jail time or something. The deaths seem even more horrifyingly unnecessary now that he doesn’t need to pretend everything is o.k. to win re-election any longer.

  147. 147.

    Wanderer

    Congratulations to President and Vice President elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris!  It is wonderful to see the spontaneous celebrations.

  150. 150.

    The Thin Black Duke

    And please, I don’t want to hear from the eeyores about all the hard work we have ahead of us. I know that. Everybody knows that. I want to enjoy our hard-earned victory today, OK?

  152. 152.

    Sebastien

    From a French lurker: congrats to all the Americans who have endured these four years of daily wrecking of their ideals, who have stood up, fought back and finally got their deserved victory.

    And thanks to all of you beautiful jackals who since 1996 (the time I started following) make me laugh, think, tear up and just love America.

    Hat off and godspeed, Mr President Biden, Madame Vice-President Harris. Damn if saying that doesn’t feel like a longtime friend is back.

  157. 157.

    Raoul Pasre

    I wish I could watch these comment threads all day

    People all around the world are doubtless celebrating

  160. 160.

    pluky

    @Punchy: To add to the other two responses below, remember that not all of this is new to Biden. He has eight years experience as #2, plus decades as a Senator, to call on in getting up to speed with or without Trump’s cooperation.

  165. 165.

    Matt McIrvin

    So I guess Trump is going to try to get ALL the mail votes thrown out in Pennsylvania on the grounds that they only let some of his goons into the counting rooms, and therefore every single one of those millions is an “illegal vote”. I trust this is going to go about as well as the challenges in Michigan and Wisconsin.

  169. 169.

    sdhays

    @feebog: Don’t write off the Alaska election yet. We might not win, but once again, most of the Democratic votes aren’t in and the candidate himself says he’s confident. We just have to wait and see.

    The Georgia special elections are going to be an uphill battle, but we now know it CAN be done. I’m not conceding the Senate until all the voting is done.

  170. 170.

    Neldob

    I wish I could burn a pile of those stupid hats in the yard while dancing and playing my kazoo. Godess bless America.

  172. 172.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: It kind of reminds me of the strategy of a defendant trying to act out and disrupt court proceedings in order to get a mistrial declared. Judges don’t like it.

  173. 173.

    The Thin Black Duke

    I’m looking forward to that blessed day when I see MAGA hats selling on eBay for a buck.

  178. 178.

    trollhattan

    @Elizabelle:

    “You know who else loved German shepherds….” [hey, somebody had to say it]

    Those noble Good Boys will add so much to the place. Can’t wait.

  179. 179.

    SFAW

    John, one of the reasons I love you (in a manly-man [as Gen. J.C. Christian might say] sort-of way, of course) is post titles like this. I don’t even have to check to see who wrote it.

  181. 181.

    akryan

    flying under the radar, but may be yet another plot twist in this election, AK doesn’t START counting absentee and early vote ballots until a week after the election. There are well over 100,000 of those up this year. That is a huge number in a state as small as AK. Dan Sullivan is just some carpetbagger. He doesn’t have the life-long AK roots of a Murkowski, so he doesn’t have that generational loyalty that she does. His opponent Al Gross has that AK cred. It’s not impossible he wins a senate seat.

  183. 183.

    James E Powell

    Reposting this from the dead thread below

    John Kasich on TV saying how Democrats have to listen to the rest of the country. Then lists a bunch of things that Democrats have been in favor of for many years

    Later he shifted to saying we have enormous problems in this country with debt, social security . . . I mean, he didn’t even wait 12 hours

    Republicans. They are all just assholes.

  185. 185.

    SFAW

    @dmsilev:

    It’s an actual law, the Presidential Transition Act.

    OK, but who’s going to enforce it? Not The Traitor Bill Barr. Maybe Chris Wray, but that seems unlikely.

  186. 186.

    Salty Sam

    This old white guy would like to publicly express OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE to African Americans in general, and AA WOMEN in particular, for pulling us out of this terrible situation.  It cannot be said enough that it would not have been possible without you!

    As an old white guy, I have been amazed, for many many years, how a group of people who have every reason to give up on the American Experiment have continually shown up, and shown the rest of us the way.

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

  188. 188.

    SFAW

    @James E Powell:

    John Kasich on TV saying how Democrats have to listen to the rest of the country.

    As better persons than I have said: fuck your feelings, Kasich, you toadweasel.

  193. 193.

    Gary

    @Amir Khalid:

    In case otmar doesn’t see your question:

    In standard German Schleichen means to creep, or more generally to  do something sneakily.  I guess it has a more forceful meaning in Viennese dialect.

    Dich is reflexive, so the whole thing means get yourself gone under the radar, i.e. buzz off

  195. 195.

    trollhattan

    @SFAW:

    Surprised he stopped short of demanding Biden appoint some Republicans to his cabinet in a show of bipartisanship.

  196. 196.

    catclub

    @dmsilev: and the attorney general would be tasked with enforcing it.

    Good luck with that.

     

    OTOH, Trump did not care about the transition going in, so he probably won’t care about it going out.

  201. 201.

    catclub

    @Salty Sam: seconded.

     

    If democracy was on the ballot against white supremacy, white supremacy got 47% of the vote. White people, our fellow citizens, ack.

  203. 203.

    LurkerNoLonger

    This is a funny Tweet:

    So the race ends as the President golfs—and his pathetic aides stage a shambolic press conference at a landscaping company next to a dildo store. I couldn’t have precisely predicted this, but it seems inevitable really.

  213. 213.

    satby

    Both my Mexican exchange sons and several of my widespread exchange daughters are messaging me to express relief. Long road ahead, but today is for celebration.

  214. 214.

    debbie

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Surrounded as I am by Republicans, there is a difference. I think I’ll go stroll by the homes with Trump signs and listen for sounds of wailing. That’ll be when I can really let my gloat run freed.

  216. 216.

    Calouste

    @SFAW: Biden should make it clear to the current White House staffers that on 1/20 they hand in their badge, and after that, but before they go home, there will be a, let’s call it “debriefing”, with the FBI.

  217. 217.

    PAM Dirac

    @SFAW:

     

    OK, but who’s going to enforce it?

    My reading of the summary is that it is mainly a bureaucratic thing, office space, briefings, and all kinds of detail things that drumpf has no interest in. As someone else mentioned, Biden has a pretty good knowledge of how bureaucracy functions and should have plenty of help from others that know and also from a sizable number of civil servants who know that he will take their work seriously. I suspect that all the Biden transition team needs to do is focus on what they need to do and it won’t attract much, if any attention from drumpf.

  219. 219.

    Ruckus

    @Punchy:

    He is president up until noon January 20, 2021. Unless he walks away – resigns. A friend said that if he goes to MarLogo to sulk he’s no longer president. I tried to explain it doesn’t work that way, but he just wants him gone so badly that he doesn’t get there is a process and it isn’t like him not showing up for work.

  221. 221.

    jimmiraybob

    Adios Motherfucker

    Great clarity, a subdued Schwarzenegger, a very rich with bold Samuel L. Jackson and yet a subtle hint of MAGA tears.  I’ll take the whole bottle please.

  225. 225.

    Ruckus

    @Redshift:

    Let me ask you, would you rather have shitforbrains golfing, or in the WH causing more destruction?

    I’m sort of hoping that he’s golfing……

  226. 226.

    Brachiator

    Adios Motherfucker

    I slept in late today after a rough day and uneven night’s sleep, so I am just seeing the news.

    Are we there yet?

    Yes, we are here!

    And once again, I am loving the lyrics to Star Trek: Enterprise, for this moment.

    It’s been a long road
    Getting from there to here
    It’s been a long time
    But my time is finally near
    And I can feel the change in the wind right now
    Nothing’s in my way
    And they’re not gonna hold me down no more
    No, they’re not gonna hold me down

    ‘Cause I’ve got faith of the heart
    I’m going where my heart will take me
    I’ve got faith to believe
    I can do anything
    I’ve got strength of the soul
    And no one’s gonna bend or break me
    I can reach any star
    I’ve got faith
    I’ve got faith, faith of the heart

    There’s a lot of work to do. And I have faith in Biden and Harris.

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    J R in WV

    @Sebastien:

    From a French lurker: congrats to all the Americans who have endured these four years of daily wrecking of their ideals, who have stood up, fought back and finally got their deserved victory.

    Thanks, Sebastien! We’ve worked hard, donated, organized, now we get to be happy.

    And Wife and I love France, and once the Trump Plague is over, we intend to spent a lot of time in Europe, visiting ancient places and eating great food all over the continent. Oysters in Brittany!!!

    Cheese, champagne, bread. Liberty, equality, fraternity!!!

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    SFAW

    @Ruckus:

    I’m thinking he’s more of a toadfart than toadweasel.

    I’m OK with either one, as well as a whole host of similar expressions.

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    HalfAssedHomesteader

    Today in Headlines For Which the Only Proper Response is Go Fuck Yourself:

    “Let’s give Biden something too few gave Trump: A chance to lead”

    Opinion by Gary Abernathy

  231. 231.

    lowtechcyclist

    From an earlier thread:

    Trump has signaled to allies that the Secret Service will have to drag him from the White House kicking and screaming

    Make that pay-per-view, and they could knock a big hole in the deficit.

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    coolgroove

    I saw a headline stating: “The GOP has a decision to make: It’s either Trump or America.”
    The fascist party already chose Trump. They seceded from the United States when they refused to convict him in his impeachment. They are not American. They have no connection to America. Tell them to get the fuck off our land.

  238. 238.

    artem1s

    @trollhattan:

    Surprised he stopped short of demanding Biden appoint some Republicans to his cabinet in a show of bipartisanship.

    he’s got his trolls all over his twitter feed slavering over the idea of Kasich being appointed to the cabinet.  I guess he expects to be rewarded for NOT flipping OH to Biden.  there was a reason we referred to him as King John when he was governor. he’s an arrogant asshole and will try to claim credit for winning this election and saving the GOP from Trump all on his own.  too bad he failed miserably at stopping Trump back in 2016 when it would have done some good for the country and the GOP.  seriously he’s even more reviled by Rs than JEB.  Not hated quite as much as Ted Cruz but working on it.

  239. 239.

    Ivan X

    I don’t think there’s anything I can add that others haven’t already said, but I wanted to celebrate with all of you. Here’s to Joe and Kamala! (And don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, Loser!)

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    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    @dc: It’s not multiple choice, it’s all of them, of course.  Translated from the Assyrian, I think.

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