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You are here: Home / Politics / Trumpery / Dolt 45 / Good Riddance

Good Riddance

by Cheryl Rofer|  January 20, 20218:17 am| 268 Comments

This post is in: Dolt 45, Open Threads

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Marine One arrives to pick up POTUS pic.twitter.com/2OSdq3lmJ0

— joe johns (@joejohnscnn) January 20, 2021

Trump’s White House departure has been delayed by about half an hour. He’s still expected to speak at Joint Base Andrews — notably without a teleprompter.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 20, 2021

Typically Trump is late for departure. No truth to the rumor that they’re having to pry him from the bedpost pic.twitter.com/QAY2BBvRtI

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) January 20, 2021

The scene at JBA pic.twitter.com/y7p8bpajwT

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 20, 2021

Donald Trump has left the White House pic.twitter.com/qm8hA1Mqdu

— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) January 20, 2021
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268Comments

  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    Just phucking leave already ??

  2. 2.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    As I always tell my kids, how you exit any situation says a lot about you. Always go out with class and elegance and manners. So disappointing that no one in Trump family, not one person stood up to show up to honor their country tomorrow. That is a disgrace.— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) January 20, 2021

  3. 3.

    MattF

    January 20, 2021 at 8:19 am

    …and… Donald Fucking Trump has left the White House.

  4. 4.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 8:19 am

    Classless to the end?

    CNN reports that outgoing First Lady sent handwritten thank you notes to members of White House household staff but that the letters were actually scrawled out by one of her assistants.— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 20, 2021

  5. 5.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:20 am

    Lift off!

  6. 6.

    zhena gogolia

    January 20, 2021 at 8:20 am

    HOORAYYYY!

  7. 7.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:21 am

    We did it, jackals!

  8. 8.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 20, 2021 at 8:23 am

    And he had to throw a sad party for himself.

    As someone on twitter said, “Dude, people danced in the streets when you lost. Church bells rang all over the world. Get over yourself.”

  9. 9.

    CorgiMum

    January 20, 2021 at 8:24 am

    Wanna see a door hitting each one of them in the ass on the way out.

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:24 am

    I went to sleep late, but even with less than 5 hrs of sleep, I’m up early just to see this orange fuq’er and melanoma…GET THE FUQ OUT of the peoples house!!

    BYE….MOTHER….

  11. 11.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 8:24 am

    @Baud: The helicopter crashed????????????????????

  12. 12.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:25 am

    Let the fumigation of the White House begin!

  13. 13.

    Mousebumples

    January 20, 2021 at 8:25 am

    I’m working and on call this week, but I’m hoping to sneak a video view of inauguration. So if someone gets video front paged for streaming, I’d appreciate it. ?

    And to borrow from a Tweet i saw last night – i love that my daughter (almost 17mo) will never remember a time when there wasn’t a female Vice President! ???

  14. 14.

    SFAW

    January 20, 2021 at 8:26 am

    Any truth to the rumor* that Vladi Vladimirovich sent special envoy Ivan Korshunov** to keep the Traitor-in-Chief company on the trip to Mar-a-Lardo?

    * A rumor started by me, that is.

    ** who will be more successful, this time, because Shitgibbon is no Harrison Ford.

  15. 15.

    Cameron

    January 20, 2021 at 8:26 am

    I hope there’s no coverage for his speech at Andrews.  It’s not like he would say anything worth hearing.

  16. 16.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:27 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    If that happened, people would say it’s just Trump trying to distract from Biden’s inauguration.

  17. 17.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:27 am

    Gonna be singing “ding dong, trump is gone” all day…woowoop

  18. 18.

    Betty Cracker

    January 20, 2021 at 8:27 am

    Bye, mofo!

    Good Riddance

    Double-bird salute from Florida!

  19. 19.

    Ohio Mom

    January 20, 2021 at 8:28 am

    There is a Jewish blessing for reaching a happy occasion, such as (but not limited to) milestone lifecycle events, the Shehecheyanu: Blessed are you, Eternal our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us and enabled us to reach this season.

    Hooray!

  20. 20.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 8:28 am

    Leave now and never come back!

  21. 21.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 8:28 am

    This is how the youngs reacted to Trump’s loss.

    Literal dancing in the streets.

  22. 22.

    Mustang Bobby

    January 20, 2021 at 8:29 am

    It reminds me of the story told about the funeral of Harry Cohn, the much-hated president of Columbia Pictures. A lot of people attended the service, and when one guest remarked that they were surprised at the turnout, Tony Randall said, “Well, it’s like they say in Hollywood: give the people what they want, they’ll show up.”

  23. 23.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 8:29 am

    I knew we could depend on Stephen Schwartz for this. He has photos, I think, of the football carrier for every time Trump has traveled.

    The codes will be changed at 12 noon. Trump’s will become inactive, and Biden’s will be activated. There are multiple footballs, so there will be a football carrier for Biden at the inauguration. The vice presidents also have footballs, and the same changeover will take place.

    Trump's Army aide, Lt. Col. Michael Ziegelhofer, is on “Football” duty for his final departure from the White House. The ~45-lb. briefcase has followed Trump 24/7 for 1,461 days, and holds all he needs to authorize the use of any or all of our ~1,800 deployed nuclear weapons. pic.twitter.com/w9uaafSXRN

    — Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) January 20, 2021

  24. 24.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 8:30 am

    @lamh36: he’s going where the goblins go, BELOW! Below below YOHO!

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:31 am

    “We checked every available source and there’s no rule the 21 guns must be cannons. So we’ll be using SuperSoakers.”

    //

  26. 26.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:31 am

    trump is gone and things ALREADY looking up!

     

     

    Pfizer vaccine seems to work against the UK strain of COVID!!!

    https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1351882269628235776?s=20

  27. 27.

    cintibud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:31 am

    Sh a na na na, sa na na na…

  28. 28.

    BruceFromOhio

    January 20, 2021 at 8:31 am

    Donald Trump has left the White House

    Count the silverware. And the paintings.

  29. 29.

    Ella in New Mexico

    January 20, 2021 at 8:31 am

    HIs Ugliness looking forlornly out the window of Marine One right now, angry that there’s such a tiny, tiny crowd…

    Melania dressed all in black like she’s practicing for the funeral…

    Thanks to living in Mountain Standard time, I get to see this jackass and his entourage leave and the Inauguration happen  2 hours earlier than most.

    Come on 10:01!!!!

  30. 30.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:32 am

    It’s going to be minus 45 today. pic.twitter.com/01yyujTTgf

    — CrankyPappy (@CrankyPappy) January 20, 2021

  31. 31.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 8:33 am

    Rex ChapmanHorse [email protected]
    Perfect. Trump’s last day.

    The Military Band right outside the White House — “Hit The Road Jack”…

  32. 32.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:33 am

    They spending at least $100k to deep clean the WH after the orange menace vacates to get it ready for Joe and Dr. Jill!

  33. 33.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:33 am

    Trump’s Labor Dept just issued a last-minute ‘guidance letter’ stating that local news reporters are doing ‘creative’ work and therefore can be excluded from minimum wage and overtime protections. This is something unnamed publishers would have asked of the administration: pic.twitter.com/sb8H6ooRxG— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) January 19, 2021

    Well, my local sinclair station gets creative sometimes.

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:34 am

    Jared and Ivanka at Andrews, unmasked. The kid they dragged along with them is wearing one.

  35. 35.

    Sure Lurkalot

    January 20, 2021 at 8:35 am

    @Betty Cracker: I think I’ll join you on that double bird salute from Colorado!

  36. 36.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:35 am

    Never forget the people who sold us this nightmare because it was good for ratings. https://t.co/4Gy1Kjh3oa— Alonso Duralde ???️‍? (@ADuralde) January 20, 2021

    Up to and including Mark Burnett.

  37. 37.

    SFAW

    January 20, 2021 at 8:36 am

    @Betty Cracker:

    Bye, mofo!

    Um, he’s going to be your neighbor (so to speak).

    My condolences.

  38. 38.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:37 am

    I ain’t never listened to a speech by Chump LIVE and I ain’t planning to now. let me know when it’s over. FUQ Chump and FUQ Melanoma!

     

    America welcome back!

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:37 am

    “Melania’s outfit today designed by the House of Ilsa the She-wolf.”

  40. 40.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:38 am

    Having been in Republican campaigns for years, I knew many around Trump. As bad as you might think they are, they’re worse. Venal, incompetent, insecure, bitter. I’ve come to know many in Biden circle by working on opposing side & they are an almost unimaginable improvement.— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 20, 2021

    I can imagine.

  41. 41.

    Nicole

    January 20, 2021 at 8:39 am

    I normally eschew cable news, but I’ve got CNN on ALL MORNING BABY.

    For the first time in 4 years, I can bear to listen to the stupid Tangerine blathering because I know he’s gone in less than 4 hours.

  42. 42.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 8:39 am

    Typical asshole final remarks.

  43. 43.

    Soprano2

    January 20, 2021 at 8:40 am

    And of course his sendoff speech is a combination of whining and boasting, just like every other speech he’s ever given. I told my husband that the Trumps are a true demonstration of how money cannot buy you class, and that a hick in a trailer park has more class than the Trumps do.

  44. 44.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 8:40 am

    I am actually listening this is lunatic give this speech and it might be the last time.
    HOT DAMN.

  45. 45.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:40 am

    @lamh36

    Actual line spoken (not making this up):

    “We were not a regular administration.”

  46. 46.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:40 am

    The next fascist will be smarter and better looking and more polite. Our job is not to wait for them to run for office and beat them, but to enact systemic change that makes them unviable.

    — Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) January 20, 2021

  47. 47.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 8:41 am

    “Thank you for your love,” Melania said, before adding, “But, more importantly, thank you for your hate.”

  48. 48.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 8:42 am

    He just said that COVID numbers are going to “skyrocket downward”.

    Feels like the last four years.

  49. 49.

    JWR

    January 20, 2021 at 8:42 am

    Wonder if Journey gave him permission to use that song. /Kidding!

    Oh. and that 21 gun salute! Pew pew pew! And now he’s going over all of his “accomplishments.” And God, what a voice.

  50. 50.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 8:43 am

    Skyrocketing downward = rotating tag

  51. 51.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:43 am

    Still hasn’t said “Biden” or “Harris.”

  52. 52.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 8:44 am

    @Suzanne: He just said that COVID numbers are going to “skyrocket downward”.

    Well, they probably will now that his worthless ass is out of the way.

  53. 53.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:44 am

    Here he is (a few moments ago) taking credit for any future financial recovery in the Biden administration:

    "Remember us … if you would, remember us" — Trump pic.twitter.com/mwuNwnAlwc— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 20, 2021

  54. 54.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2021 at 8:44 am

    Trump is going out as he came in—spewing a stream of complete bullshit. Kimberly Guilfoyle is crying, reason to be determined. Loss of grift? Impending indictment? ?

    I haven’t seen a shot of the crowd yet.

    ETA: Trump finished. Camera pulled back a bit, but showing only the first six-eight rows of the no doubt huge crowd.

  55. 55.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 8:45 am

    @Suzanne:

    Seconded.

  56. 56.

    Ella in New Mexico

    January 20, 2021 at 8:45 am

    @rikyrah: She was too busy trying to memorize the incredibly dull 30 second goodby speech she just gave

     

    She sounded like she was in the question round at the Miss Universe contest and Donald was the MC

  57. 57.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    @trnc: what the fuck is “skyrocketing downward”? He speaks like Tom Friedman writes.

  58. 58.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    @NotMax: And never will. Just another cue his supporters won’t realize he took from Obama, who generally referred to DT as “her opponent.” I don’t like typing his name, either. He’s like Voldemort, only worse AND stupider.

  59. 59.

    Ella in New Mexico

    January 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    @Steeplejack: She’s a really bad actress but totally high so she’s throwing her whole heart into it

  60. 60.

    MattF

    January 20, 2021 at 8:47 am

    …and departs Andrews to the tune of ‘YMCA’. Yes, actually.

  61. 61.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:48 am

    TOODLE LOO BISH!!

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/30a3fb7e95116104f1403d90ff643545717667cbc63ba96bced1d36e55bb63e6.gif

  62. 62.

    hells littlest angel

    January 20, 2021 at 8:48 am

    And we’ll have recovered from it in a mere 50-100 years.

  63. 63.

    PST

    January 20, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Trump’s speech was far from his worst. I didn’t hear all of it. It was full of whining, boasting, and lying, of course, but at least he didn’t repeat the Big Lie (that I heard anyway). He could have done a lot of good by disclaiming the Big Lie, but no one expects that ever. He wished the new administration well. I guess what I mean is that for once, he seems to have skipped an opportunity to make things worse.

  64. 64.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 8:51 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    As someone on twitter said, “Dude, people danced in the streets when you lost. Church bells rang all over the world. Get over yourself.” 

    3 hours, 10 minutes until another cheer goes up.

  65. 65.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 20, 2021 at 8:51 am

    @NotMax:

    Do not disparage a great movie by comparison…

  66. 66.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 8:51 am

    @lamh36: I think it’s ‘bing bong, Trump is gone’

  67. 67.

    RobertDSC-Mac Mini

    January 20, 2021 at 8:52 am

    Time to send the UV light-emitting robots into the White House for an extended period of time.

  68. 68.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 8:52 am

    @Suzanne: Oh, snap!

    ETA: He ad-libbed. I’m surprised we got actual words, even if he doesn’t know how to put them together.

  69. 69.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    @Steeplejack: Classic how, at the door of the copter at the WH, he waved in a semicircle to include the imaginary people on his right.

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    Th-th-th-that’s all, folks.

  71. 71.

    Just One More Canuck

    January 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    @JWR: Trump’s just a small town girl living in a lonely world

  72. 72.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    Sean Spicer, Trump’s ex-media chief, applies to join White House press corps

    Posted w/o comment.

  73. 73.

    NeenerNeener

    January 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    Melania looked a lot happier on the way out than she did 4 years ago on the way in. One of the gossip web sites says she plans on divorcing him within the year.

  74. 74.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 20, 2021 at 8:54 am

    @Ella in New Mexico:

    I was mocking her, and middle daughter scolded me by saying “she’s fluent in five languages, dad.”

    My response? “Being able to order an Aperol Spritz or Prosecco in five languages doesn’t count as fluency”.

  75. 75.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:55 am

    President-Elect Joe Biden being driven around in the BEAST!!! Since Chump nem ain’t do any traditional send off, POTUS Biden get access to the beast early!

  76. 76.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 8:55 am

    The latter ??

    It appears multiple members of the Trump family are crying during Trump's final speech. I can’t tell if these are nostalgic tears for the era they’re leaving behind or terrified tears in anticipation of the incoming accountability. https://t.co/fPVw8zMvQC— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) January 20, 2021

  77. 77.

    Bruuuuce

    January 20, 2021 at 8:55 am

    @Baud: Literally, because of the pandemic. But they would have had to do it anyway to clear the air and clean up after those sacks of trash who just left.

  78. 78.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:56 am

    When he went to the lined up members of his family and their companions, they each leaned in to be kissed on the cheek. And each received one, except Jared.

  79. 79.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 8:56 am

    @lamh36:

    The BEAST ????

  80. 80.

    Just One More Canuck

    January 20, 2021 at 8:56 am

    @Ella in New Mexico: reminds me of the line from Taxi, where Louis DePalma says “If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a ham”

  81. 81.

    OldDave

    January 20, 2021 at 8:56 am

    @Baud:Let the fumigation of the White House begin!

    I’ve been texted exactly that along with the helicopter liftoff to friends and family.

  82. 82.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 20, 2021 at 8:57 am

    AF1 is taxiing for takeoff at AJB JBA.

    EDITED for stupidity.

  83. 83.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 8:57 am

    @lamh36: There’s usually that iconic photo of the old and new Presidents riding to the inauguration together in the limo, generally smiling and waving and having a cordial grand old time.

    I suppose this is just that, but… without Trump.

  84. 84.

    Danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 8:57 am

    @Suzanne:

    o yes

    seconded.

  85. 85.

    Punchy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:57 am

    So no Marshall Law or Ensure Erection Act on his way out?  I’m impressed by that level of control!

  86. 86.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 8:58 am

    @Suzanne: Skyrocketing downward is the Trump version of ‘if this end is pointing toward space, you have a bad problem and you will not go to space today.’

  87. 87.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 8:58 am

    I’ve never listened to or watched a speech by the orange monstrosity, and I don’t intend to break that record now.  Good riddance to bad rubbish!

    Now to start the day drinking.  First up…Irish coffee.  lol

  88. 88.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2021 at 8:58 am

    @Suzanne:

    So many laugh lines . . .

  89. 89.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 8:59 am

    Perp lineup pic.twitter.com/e70ETUOJpo— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) January 20, 2021

  90. 90.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 8:59 am

    fuq’er had prepared remarks where he at the very least mentioned and congratualated Biden and Harris by name, but the fuq’er didn’t read them and instead STILl didn’t mention their names.

     

    FUQ him and FUQ Melanoma.

     

    Glad he’s gone…now on to better and more comforting things.

  91. 91.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:00 am

    And … airborne!!

  92. 92.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:00 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Kimberly Guilfoyle is crying 

    The best is yet to ?!!!!!

  93. 93.

    Bruuuuce

    January 20, 2021 at 9:01 am

    Song’s gonna need new video of today’s departure.

  94. 94.

    dmsilev

    January 20, 2021 at 9:01 am

    @Suzanne:

    He just said that COVID numbers are going to “skyrocket downward”.

    In rocketry, there’s the ironic term “lithobraking”, which means “come to a stop via a violent encounter with the ground”. It’s generally held to be a bad thing.

    3 hours.

  95. 95.

    Ken

    January 20, 2021 at 9:01 am

    Three hours…

  96. 96.

    aliasofwestgate

    January 20, 2021 at 9:01 am

    @Soprano2:  I grew up in a trailer park and have more class than Trump. Egads that man is tacky.

  97. 97.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2021 at 9:02 am

    @Baud:

    I went long on sage futures. ?

  98. 98.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:03 am

    “dozens of people attended his farewell ceremony” -Classical MPR news

    Pandemic or not – “dozens” ???

  99. 99.

    p.a.

    January 20, 2021 at 9:03 am

    Never too early for a celebratory shot.  Of whisky ?

  100. 100.

    Danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 9:03 am

    Departing as he arrived, in a cloud of bullshit.

  101. 101.

    The Dangerman

    January 20, 2021 at 9:04 am

    Is it asking for too much to want Trump and one or more of his Spawn arrested before the sun goes down tonight? I’m not asking for too much am I?

    They need to be made examples for the next Family of crooks that want to defraud the Country with one of them being President,

    Fuck em.

  102. 102.

    different-church-lady

    January 20, 2021 at 9:04 am

    Three hours…

  103. 103.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 9:05 am

    This photo:

    pic.twitter.com/bKpuILZAFS— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) January 20, 2021

  104. 104.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 9:05 am

    Rev Warnock and Jon Ossoff both get sworn in today!!! Can’t wait.

  105. 105.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:05 am

    @aliasofwestgate: Trump grew up in New York and couldn’t figure out how to be a passable New Yorker.

  106. 106.

    M31

    January 20, 2021 at 9:05 am

    what a miserable sack of shit

    fuck the fucking fuckers who put him in power

  107. 107.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 9:06 am

    so a Chump “left a note” for Biden.  who wants to bet an aide wrote it.

  108. 108.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 9:07 am

    AF1 just passed overhead, down the Patuxent, heading south.

    AMF!

  109. 109.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:07 am

    @Martin: Or ‘You’ve fucked off, now die, you traitorous orange Soviet shitpile mobster conman!’

    I really hope Biden denies Dump intelligence briefings.

  110. 110.

    Ken

    January 20, 2021 at 9:08 am

    @The Dangerman: Supposedly some indictments will be unsealed in New York, but I doubt that would translate into a perp walk today.

  111. 111.

    MattF

    January 20, 2021 at 9:08 am

    @The Dangerman: I would not be surprised if NY indictments are unsealed at 12:01.

  112. 112.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 20, 2021 at 9:09 am

    @MattF:

    What is up with him playing YMCA so often?  He really never figured out the song is about embracing homosexuality?

  113. 113.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:10 am

    @lamh36:

    I believe they are both going to be sworn in by VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS!!

  114. 114.

    The Fat White Duchess

    January 20, 2021 at 9:10 am

    @Ohio Mom: YES.  Thank you for the reminder.

  115. 115.

    MattF

    January 20, 2021 at 9:10 am

    @Frankensteinbeck: The best explanation I’ve seen is that it’s a glitch in the simulation.

  116. 116.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:10 am

    Long shot will confirm it but from what’s been shown thus far it appears the 400 memorial lights lining the reflecting pool have been removed.

  117. 117.

    caphilldcne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:10 am

    I managed to go walk out and flip off trump’s helicopter as it flew past the Capitol. So life is good. It felt really petty, juvenile and yet fulfilling. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

  118. 118.

    different-church-lady

    January 20, 2021 at 9:11 am

    @Suzanne:

    what the fuck is “skyrocketing downward”?

    A concise description of his entire presidency?

  119. 119.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:11 am

    @lamh36: “Left a note”?! Fingerpainting with the contents of his Depends doesn’t count as a note.

  120. 120.

    dmsilev

    January 20, 2021 at 9:12 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Yep. This afternoon, along with Alex Padilla (Harris’s successor to the CA seat).

  121. 121.

    Barbara

    January 20, 2021 at 9:12 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Kimberly Guilfoyle is crying

    No preemptive pardon?

  122. 122.

    dmsilev

    January 20, 2021 at 9:13 am

    @lamh36: Let me guess: written (so to speak) in Sharpie?

  123. 123.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 9:14 am

    Melania offers perpetual thoughts and prayers to the losers they’re about to desert.  Cut to Ivanka, body tilted forward by fake smile, naked desire.  “I should be up there.”

    “As God is my witness, as God is my witness they’re not going to lick me. I’m going to live through this and when it’s all over, I’ll never always be hungry again for more.  If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, I vow I will get back to my rightful place.”

  124. 124.

    different-church-lady

    January 20, 2021 at 9:14 am

    Two hours, forty six minutes…

  125. 125.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:14 am

    Good to see wheels up.  Trump flies down to Florida and ignominy.

    Come on Letitia James!  Today might be a great day to unload a charge or two on this MAGAt.  His cage may be gilded, but rattle it.  Keep him off balance.  Don’t let him escape the country or justice.

  126. 126.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 9:14 am

    List of yesterday’s pardons.

    https://www.justice.gov/file/1357121/download

    Broidy may have some interesting things to say before a House committee. I assume the family pardons are coming at 11:55am.

  127. 127.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:14 am

    @lamh36

    “left a note” for Biden

    Full text: “I’m taking ALL the Sharpies.”

  128. 128.

    Albatrossity

    January 20, 2021 at 9:16 am

    Where’s Barron?

  129. 129.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 20, 2021 at 9:16 am

    @Punchy:

    One of the biggest Martial Law myths was that Trump would wait until the inauguration or maaaybe a day or two after, because by taking office Biden and others finalize their guilt in election related crimes.  If you’re wondering how Trump can do that when not president, they take as gospel that the military is fanatically loyal to him.  Oh, and the full Storm myth includes that the US military is already positioned to seize control of every country on Earth.

  130. 130.

    rp

    January 20, 2021 at 9:17 am

    @MattF:  My guess is that those are songs he heard in NYC clubs in the late 70s and early 80s. And because he has no interest in listening to music on his own, they’re the only songs he knows.

  131. 131.

    Another Scott

    January 20, 2021 at 9:17 am

    @germy: I saw that a few days ago.  Kinda touching, isn’t it??

    Cheers,

    Scott.

  132. 132.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 9:17 am

    Today, we close a dark chapter in our nation and look towards the future with hope.

    We’ve got a lot of work to do, but there is light. #InaugurationDay

    — Tish James (@TishJames) January 20, 2021

  133. 133.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:18 am

    @lamh36: It just reads “No, you’re the loser!”

  134. 134.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:18 am

    @dmsilev:

    That’s just perfect. Love it!

  135. 135.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:19 am

    @Albatrossity

    Grandma’s house in Maryland, most probably. It’s a school day and that’s close by the one he attends.

  136. 136.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:20 am

    @germy: Chapter isn’t closed until there’s justice for 1/6.

  137. 137.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 20, 2021 at 9:20 am

    @Aleta:

    Given the subtext was that Scarlet would abandon her pride and sleep with any man necessary to be rich, that works out pretty well.

  138. 138.

    danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 9:21 am

    @lamh36:

    so a Chump “left a note” for Biden.

    Does that translate to “took a dump on top of the Resolute desk”?

  139. 139.

    Barbara

    January 20, 2021 at 9:21 am

    @rikyrah: Seriously, they are crying because as privileged and coddled as their lives have been, it doesn’t take long to get seduced by the opportunity to wield power, and the last four years will prove to be the apex of their power and influence.  They know it.  In their bones they know it.  Trump’s shine might be plated rather than solid gold, but all they have ever had is the reflected glory that came with it.  Now he is old and disgraced and probably unwell.  They might actually try to have their own political careers, but almost certainly, the path will be downward unless they work a whole lot harder than they ever had to in the past.

  140. 140.

    dmsilev

    January 20, 2021 at 9:22 am

    @Frankensteinbeck: I saw one thing, which I’m still not sure if it was a real loon or a joke, that claimed that “top secret technology” had been used to graft Joe Biden’s face onto Donald Trump and vice versa, so that today will “really” be Trump being sworn in for his triumphant second term and soon Biden (wearing Trump’s face) will be indicted. And yes, there was a reference to the film Face/Off.

    I _think_ it was a joke, but Poe’s Law is harsh.

  141. 141.

    trnc

    January 20, 2021 at 9:22 am

    @Frankensteinbeck: Oh, and the full Storm myth includes that the US military is already positioned to seize control of every country on Earth.

    As with all good wingnut BS, like Lindell waiting until he’s in court to release the Dominion evidence, it’s all about waiting until the right time.

  142. 142.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 9:22 am

    this thread provides a nice overview:

    This man’s whole life is in shambles because he got mad at Seth Meyers and Barack Obama roasting him. Could’ve just been grifting in peace for the rest of his life. Whole family hated. Ruined his teen son’s life. Just incredible.

    — Brandi, Kemi Talbot’s Chief Of Staff ? (@ItsTheBrandi) January 20, 2021

  143. 143.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 9:23 am

    @The Dangerman: They’re probably pressuring DeSantis as we speak to display a non-extradition executive order for the cameras.

  144. 144.

    zhena gogolia

    January 20, 2021 at 9:24 am

    @lamh36: I shouted it out the bathroom window.

  145. 145.

    frosty

    January 20, 2021 at 9:25 am

    We’re on the Georgia coast. I saw that AF1 has taken off. I don’t know the flight plan but just in case he flies above us I gave him a salute, if you know what I mean and I think you do. ?

  146. 146.

    Punchy

    January 20, 2021 at 9:26 am

    @NotMax: Full text: “I’m taking ALL the Sharpies crayons, Play-doh, and Paw Patrol videos”

    Fiz’icked

  147. 147.

    danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 9:26 am

    @germy:

    My personal fave:

    It’s like he just spent 4 years putting his dick in a drawer of the resolute desk and repeatedly slamming it.
    — Brandi, Kemi Talbot’s Chief Of Staff ? (@ItsTheBrandi) January 20, 2021

  148. 148.

    Hungry Joe

    January 20, 2021 at 9:27 am

    One of his administration’s great accomplishments, he noted on this great day, was the creation of the Space Force. Space Force! Hilarious. Space Force! It still kills me. Biden will junk it, or maybe just provide $0.00 in funding. But I’d kind of like to see it stick around, if only on paper and with some tacky uniforms and cereal-box badges. Space Force!

    Yeah, I’m in kind of a good mood. A little giddy/ditsy, even. Space Force!

    Bye Don.

  149. 149.

    lee

    January 20, 2021 at 9:27 am

    I made a meme for today. I’ll share it here first.

    Damage Report

  150. 150.

    lamh36

    January 20, 2021 at 9:27 am

    video congratulating Kamala from Golden State Warriors!

    https://twitter.com/warriors/status/1351891982558375936

  151. 151.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 9:27 am

    Kiddo and I were listening to a real 90s throwback song on the way to daycare this morning.  Whoomp, there it is!  I may be laughing like a loon.

  152. 152.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:28 am

    McCaskill and Williams tasked to yatter on MSNBC.

    Tweedleblech and Tweedleblecher.

  153. 153.

    artem1s

    January 20, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Is it weird that I’m nervous for Joe and Kamala?

  154. 154.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 9:31 am

    150 minutes

    (Edited twice! for time speeding up

    (ETA2 – and I still was late)

  155. 155.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:31 am

    17 House GOP freshman send letter to Biden committing to work with him.

    "We firmly believe that what unites us as Americans is far greater than anything that may ever divide us," they wrote.

    — Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 20, 2021

  156. 156.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:31 am

    @NotMax:

    Tweedleblech and Tweedleblecher.

    Glad Ozark has a worthy substitute this morning. Wishing him well in his procedure today.

  157. 157.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 20, 2021 at 9:32 am

    @dmsilev:

    Think of it as onion layers.  The crazier the myth, the fewer people believe it.  There is someone insane enough to believe anything, but in a few days all but the tiniest core will know their last Trump-related hopes are dashed.

    There’s a big problem where you can’t poll this stuff, because one of the core Republican sentiments Trump ran on and validated was “Fuck you, libs.  I will never acknowledge I am wrong and you are right about anything.”

  158. 158.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:32 am

    @Suzanne: OMG! Ewwwww!!!!!!

  159. 159.

    Nelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:33 am

    Asking for some help.  Trying to email Water Girl about the Zoom meeting but each time I click on her name, I get sent in another direction.

  160. 160.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 9:33 am

    @Barbara:

    They might actually try to have their own political careers, but almost certainly, the path will be downward unless they work a whole lot harder than they ever had to in the past. 

    You might say that their futures are skyrocketing downward.

  161. 161.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 20, 2021 at 9:35 am

    @Suzanne:It means Trump is trying to preemptively take credit for the Biden administration getting the pandemic under control.  In other words Trump always knew if he got off his fatt, useless, orange ass and did some work the situation would be manageable.

  162. 162.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:36 am

     

     

    @rikyrah: God willing and the American people be up for it…

  163. 163.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Barbara:

    They might actually try to have their own political careers 

    From… prison?

  164. 164.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Nelle: WaterGirl at balloon-juice.com

  165. 165.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @frosty: I was wondering if AF1 had taken off late enough that it would cease being AF1 in flight, like when Nixon left. But I think it took off early enough that it’ll be on the ground by noon.

  166. 166.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    I thought it was his previous claim that COVID numbers were a hoax used to make him look bad, and once they couldn’t be used to smear his name, the real numbers would be used and those are tiny.  I think he has dropped that one, so you’re probably right.

  167. 167.

    Princess

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @rikyrah: Is there any evidence that Melania is capable of writing in English?

  168. 168.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:39 am

    You can follow Trump’s progress here.

  169. 169.

    Tazj

    January 20, 2021 at 9:40 am

    @NotMax: About the only thing I’ll give Melania credit for is keeping Barron out of the spotlight.

    So Trump left Biden a note. Please, there’s nothing meaningful he could say at this point.

  170. 170.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:40 am

    @artem1s:   No.  Do you mean for today, or for the coming months?

  171. 171.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:41 am

    @Punchy: Paw Patrol is something Dump would never watch – it’s too sophisticated.

  172. 172.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:41 am

    @Martin: I’m dead, now. Thanks for sharing!

  173. 173.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:42 am

    ❤️ pic.twitter.com/AjdP39dwwA

    — Igor Levit (@igorpianist) January 20, 2021

  174. 174.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:42 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:   Thank you.  That’s cool.

  175. 175.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:42 am

    @Nelle

    Her e-mail is figure out-able at this comment she made yesterday.

  176. 176.

    Ken

    January 20, 2021 at 9:42 am

    @Matt McIrvin: But I think it took off early enough that it’ll be on the ground by noon.

    Unless another air-traffic center gets shut down because of COVID, and his plane has to be diverted. Say, to New York.

  177. 177.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:42 am

    @aliasofwestgate: There is no white trash quite so godawful as white trash born into money…

  178. 178.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 9:43 am

    @Frankensteinbeck: It seems to me that Trump well understands what a 1980’s gay bar was like:

    Gif link

  179. 179.

    Ramalama

    January 20, 2021 at 9:43 am

    @p.a.:

    Never too early for a celebratory shot.  Of whisky

    That’s ………… a good idea possibly. But for me, it might be whisky sirop d’erable (maple whisky in Canada).  I don’t think I’ve ever done any day drinking but why not.

  180. 180.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:44 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: Huh. He’s using one of the C-32s (the Air Force Two planes)? I guess a lot of airports can’t handle the 747s.

  181. 181.

    Lyrebird

    January 20, 2021 at 9:44 am

    @Ohio Mom: 
    and again we say AHMEN!

    @lamh36:  I can’t wait until people start putting the video of him leaving with the “about to lose your job” song…

  182. 182.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:44 am

    @mali muso: Now I’m laughing like a loon!

  183. 183.

    narya

    January 20, 2021 at 9:44 am

    I did, in fact, haul my sorry ass out of bed and run the Inauguration Mall Loop. And I’m wearing my pearls. I remember when Obama was sworn in the first time, a lot of staff (many of whom were african american) gathered around a little TV in the conference room. It may well be the first inauguration I actually watched, and I was just so moved. (Plus: Aretha’s hat. Because she’s Aretha and she can.) I expect today will be the same–I’ll be here alone, but I know millions of others will be virtually with me, including all you jackals.

    Thanks to all of you for helping me get through the past four years.

  184. 184.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2021 at 9:45 am

    @NeenerNeener:

    Melania wants to go back to New York.

  185. 185.

    MoCA Ace

    January 20, 2021 at 9:45 am

    It appears multiple members of the Trump family are crying during Trump’s final speech

    The bitter tears of pardons not given, and summons yet to come!

  186. 186.

    Amir Khalid

    January 20, 2021 at 9:45 am

    @Princess:

    Melania is probably better than Donald at writing in English.

  187. 187.

    The Dangerman

    January 20, 2021 at 9:46 am

    @mrmoshpotato: 

    Cell block President.

    Gotta feel for Donald. Unless he’s completely fucking out of his mind (yeah, I know), he must know Ivanka will never be the first woman President. His second biggest dream involving his daughter (let’s not discuss the biggest one) was she would win that honor some day.

  188. 188.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:46 am

    @Frankensteinbeck

    You mean it didn’t disappear the day after the election and we’d never hear about the virus again like he promised?

    //

  189. 189.

    jonas

    January 20, 2021 at 9:47 am

    @PST: He wished the new administration well.

    Just like Ghislaine Maxwell, eh?

  190. 190.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:47 am

     

     

    @Frankensteinbeck: I may have to pop on over to CopingMaga on twitter. This…this is going to be emotional…

  191. 191.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 20, 2021 at 9:47 am

    @danielx: “It’s like he just spent 4 years putting his dick in a drawer of the resolute desk and repeatedly slamming it.”

    and the whole time live tweeting it while whining about what the evil liberals made him do.

  192. 192.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:47 am

    @Matt McIrvin:  It looked like the 747 when it was taxiing out.

  193. 193.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 9:48 am

    @mrmoshpotato: hehe, you’re welcome!  Sometimes the cheesiest tunes are the best ones. lol

  194. 194.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:48 am

    @Matt McIrvin: It is Air Force One as long as POTUS is on it. If it is still in the air at noon, the call sign will change.

  195. 195.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:49 am

    @Elizabelle: Maybe that’s a different plane, or maybe there’s intentional obfuscation happening?

  196. 196.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:49 am

    @dmsilev: If it came from 4chan, odds are at least 2:1 it’s a troll.

  197. 197.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 9:49 am

    @narya: Way to go!  Starting the day off right. :)  And now we party!

  198. 198.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 20, 2021 at 9:49 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: What’s the overlap with the group that refused to acknowledge the EC count?

  199. 199.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:50 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: Yeah, I know those planes function as Air Force One pretty frequently, as needed.

    They’re modified Boeing 757s. Aviation geeks love them because they’re so overpowered (just by virtue of being 757s). One of them was in the news recently for taking a bird in the engine at Manchester, NH while Mike Pence was onboard.

  200. 200.

    Kristine

    January 20, 2021 at 9:50 am

    @dmsilev: the thing that gets me about those face-grafters is that they don’t take body size/weight/appearance into account. I know, don’t expect logic. But still. If you’re going to go all SFnal, at least make an effort. It’s embarrassing.

  201. 201.

    jonas

    January 20, 2021 at 9:50 am

    So he touches down at JBA to…Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” blaring over the pa system?

    Later there was a reprise of what he apparently considers to be his personal theme song, CCR’s “Fortunate Son.”

    A tactless, tasteless — and clueless — clown to the bitter end. So happy to finally see the last traces of this human skidmark wash down the drain.

  202. 202.

    Wanderer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:50 am

    Glad the slag heap has left the building… Disinfect it like crazy and inventory everything.

  203. 203.

    VOR

    January 20, 2021 at 9:50 am

    @Matt McIrvin: That was the entire plan. Trump wanted it to be AF1 for the entire trip.

  204. 204.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:51 am

    Congratulations to my friend, President @JoeBiden! This is your time. pic.twitter.com/LXzxGnBAfz

    — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 20, 2021

  205. 205.

    JPL

    January 20, 2021 at 9:52 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: I was afraid it was going to be a road to hell, when I clicked on.

  206. 206.

    Subsole

    January 20, 2021 at 9:52 am

    @Princess: As long as she has someone else’s work to copy, yes.

  207. 207.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 9:52 am

    @Gin & Tonic: I don’t have any more than just that tweet.

  208. 208.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 20, 2021 at 9:53 am

    @Immanentize:Wasn’t Trump’s glory days Studio 54 back in the 70s?

  209. 209.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 9:53 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    It delights me to think that what feels historical and amazing to us today—a woman sworn in to the vice presidency—will seem normal, obvious, “of course” to Kamala’s grand-nieces as they grow up. And they will be right. pic.twitter.com/1gQOvmNipB— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 20, 2021

    And shade:

    So excited to call these two wonderful people “Mr. President” and “Dr. Biden.” pic.twitter.com/m4Ed9gJDRp— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 20, 2021

  210. 210.

    narya

    January 20, 2021 at 9:53 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: Okay, FINE. Someone finally made it dusty in here, and it’s not even 9 am, so thanks for THAT.  ;-)

  211. 211.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 20, 2021 at 9:54 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Yes.

  212. 212.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:54 am

    Touch down in Florida by noon leaves enough time to get in a round of golf.

    //

  213. 213.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 9:54 am

    Fucker just cleared Virginia airspace.  He’s in NC now.

    Fun to watch that tracker.  That jet moves.

  214. 214.

    zhena gogolia

    January 20, 2021 at 9:55 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    My question exactly!

  215. 215.

    Sloane Ranger

    January 20, 2021 at 9:56 am

    @MattF: They were actually playing “My Way ” as the plane taxied and took off. Anderson Cooper and the other CNN anchors were openly sniggering.

  216. 216.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 9:56 am

    @The Dangerman:

    Gotta feel for Donald. Unless he’s completely fucking out of his mind (yeah, I know), he must know Ivanka will never be the first woman President. His second biggest dream involving his daughter (let’s not discuss the biggest one) was she would win that honor some day were the Russkies to shit enough garbage into enough Americans’ skulls for months on end through FuckZuckFace. 

    Fixed.  No charge on this day.

  217. 217.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 9:56 am

    @Elizabelle: I’m a little surprised they allow tracking of AF1.

  218. 218.

    Tazj

    January 20, 2021 at 9:57 am

    @MattF: I heard television reporters saying they decided to use his campaign playlist. One said “How can we forget this, it’s seared into our memory.” Even Chuck Todd made a comment about the song being inappropriate.

  219. 219.

    Mike in NC

    January 20, 2021 at 9:57 am

    Many of us first viewed Donald Trump on TV about 40 years ago and instinctively knew that he was a sleazy megalomaniac. Only much later did we realize he was also a Russian-owned stooge and illiterate, racist piece of shit. Good riddance indeed!

  220. 220.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 9:58 am

    Elizabelle is right, the video I’ve seen shows one of the 747s taking off, but the plane on the tracker is identified as one of the 757s that (most of the time) the Vice-President uses. I wonder if they did a little shell game for security–I wouldn’t be surprised. I think Pence is actually attending the inauguration.

  221. 221.

    zhena gogolia

    January 20, 2021 at 9:58 am

    Did anybody post James Corden’s “One Day More” yesterday? It’s brilliant. They finesse the “Q-adjacent” problem by having insurrectionists in the mix, played by (I think) Shuler Hensley and Patti LuPone.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=E4aTjeCP0Lo

  222. 222.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 9:58 am

    @Elizabelle

    “Why are we heading out to sea?”

    “He ordered the pilot to not fly over Georgia.”

  223. 223.

    LurkerNoLonger

    January 20, 2021 at 9:58 am

    To quote Dr. Loomis from the 1978 movie Halloween: “He’s gone! The evil has gone from here!”

  224. 224.

    Punchy

    January 20, 2021 at 9:58 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: I see 17 House freshman with primary challengers by 2:24 EST today.

  225. 225.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 20, 2021 at 9:59 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: I wish Twitter had a way of crediting photos. I suspect this is a Pete Souza, but it would be nice to be able to know for sure.

  226. 226.

    C Stars

    January 20, 2021 at 10:00 am

    Oh thank the Lord. I remember the night he won and I honestly didn’t think we’d ever recover our democracy. So glad we made it to this day.

  227. 227.

    Chief Oshkosh

    January 20, 2021 at 10:00 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: He’s taking a 757?

  228. 228.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 10:01 am

    @mali muso: I was going to post the original but then I saw Madagascar – I Like To Move It.

  229. 229.

    Ken

    January 20, 2021 at 10:02 am

    @Baud: I’m a little surprised they allow tracking of AF1.

    Q cultists will see this as further proof that it’s not Trump on the plane, and that he’ll be triumphantly sworn in at noon.

  230. 230.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 20, 2021 at 10:03 am

    another democratic president has to clean up after a republican mess— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 20, 2021

  231. 231.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 10:06 am

    On the eve of Trump’s last day in office and the avalanche of “WE SURVIVED” tweets, I’m once again thinking about this @ClintSmithIII poem pic.twitter.com/IINwRmcqUu

    — Tess Fabeck  (@tkfabeck) January 19, 2021

  232. 232.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    January 20, 2021 at 10:06 am

    The Fall of Saigon

  233. 233.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 10:06 am

    @mrmoshpotato: YAS!  I may have to queue that one up for the 4 year old when she gets home tonight.

  234. 234.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 10:06 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Yes (and early 80’s before the AIDS plague really took off.)  But whenever I se him dance like that to YMCA, I just think he is demonstrating muscle memory from days spent in the bath houses of New York.

  235. 235.

    p.a.

    January 20, 2021 at 10:07 am

    @Hungry Joe: How bout amnesty for all tRumpturds who successfully complete SpaceForce training (signing x on application) for first Earth-to-Sun Expeditionary Force.

  236. 236.

    Ksmiami

    January 20, 2021 at 10:09 am

    @germy: to which I say, we must destroy the GOP once and for all

  237. 237.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 10:09 am

    @NotMax:   LOL.  To see

    I love that Georgia went William Tecumseh Sherman on GQP’s ass.

  238. 238.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 10:09 am

    @zhena gogolia: Not sure if it was posted here, but I saw it on FB this morning.  Just perfection. lol.  Gonna be saving that one.

  239. 239.

    Brachiator

    January 20, 2021 at 10:09 am

    I am just waking up here in Southern California and was going to ask if Trump was gone yet.

    So glad to see him go. If there’s video somewhere of crying MAGAs, I don’t want to see it.

    Gotta work but will take a peek at the inauguration.

    Feels better already.

  240. 240.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 10:10 am

    @Tazj: ?Our bankrupt mobster asses will have to stay at a YMCA before we all go to prison you say-eh?

  241. 241.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 10:10 am

    He seems like a very happy old man looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see! pic.twitter.com/G8gObLhsz9

    — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 20, 2021

  242. 242.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 10:11 am

    @p.a.: “No problem! We’ll land at night.”

  243. 243.

    Steeplejack

    January 20, 2021 at 10:12 am

    @Martin:

    Possibly my all-time favorite Jon Stewart clip!

  244. 244.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 10:13 am

    Fucker’s over South Carolina now. The state “too small for a republic, but too large for an insane asylum.”

    Now with a cosmetically enhanced traitor to the US miles above it.

  245. 245.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 10:13 am

    @germy: Remind me never to cross Greta.

  246. 246.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 10:13 am

    @Ken:

    Q cultists will see this as further proof that it’s not Trump on the plane, and that he’ll be triumphantly sworn in at noon. 

    Less than 2 hours until the batshit crazy hits the fan then.

  247. 247.

    bluefoot

    January 20, 2021 at 10:14 am

    @lamh36: That is excellent.  I lived in Oakland through the 90s so this made me tear up.

  248. 248.

    Elizabelle

    January 20, 2021 at 10:14 am

    Did all his family get on the plane to freeload one last time on the taxpayers?

    And it’s possible Barron and grandparents are on board as well.  Good on Melania if she spared him the crowds and ordeal.

  249. 249.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 10:14 am

    @Patricia Kayden: Tradition, Oliver.  Tradition.

  250. 250.

    NeenerNeener

    January 20, 2021 at 10:14 am

    @Steeplejack: I wonder if the boyfriend was willing to wait 4 years for her. She was supposedly dating the head of security at Tiffany & Co back in 2016.

  251. 251.

    p.a.

    January 20, 2021 at 10:15 am

    @C Stars: Sam Gamgee, The Scouring of The Shire chapt: “I shan’t call it the end, till we’ve cleared up the mess.”

  252. 252.

    p.a.

    January 20, 2021 at 10:17 am

    @Spanky: ???????

  253. 253.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 10:22 am

    @mali muso: At your discretion.  I just looked up the lyrics, and the second half isn’t as light hearted ridiculousness.

  254. 254.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 20, 2021 at 10:25 am

    @lee: Stolen. BWAHAAHAA

  255. 255.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 10:28 am

    @mrmoshpotato: Will have to see about a kiddo version then. ;-)

  256. 256.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 10:30 am

    @Chief Oshkosh: The plane shown on the tracker is one of the 757s that is normally Air Force Two, but can be Air Force One as the occasion demands.

    But! As Elizabelle said, the news footage I can see all shows him getting into one of the 747s. So either that’s file footage, or maybe there’s a little security-motivated misdirection going on and the real Air Force One isn’t on the public tracker. I imagine they wouldn’t use the other 747 because they’d want it ready for Biden if need be.

  257. 257.

    C Stars

    January 20, 2021 at 10:31 am

    @germy: LO fucking L. I hadn’t seen that. Thanks for posting.

  258. 258.

    C Stars

    January 20, 2021 at 10:33 am

    @p.a.: So true of Mr. Gamgee. Still, today’s a good day to start.

  259. 259.

    Ruckus

    January 20, 2021 at 10:49 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Why? He’s been getting them for 4 yrs now and has only gotten dumber. Except he’s always been pretty much at rock bottom stupid to begin with. Which is why it won’t make any difference if he gets them or not. Except he’d probably sell them to the highest bidder. I imagine it’s not the first time he’s done that. Mostly it’s a waste of the risk, paper and manpower to produce.

  260. 260.

    Suzanne

    January 20, 2021 at 10:59 am

    Watching the festivities. One woman who I don’t recognize was wearing gloves but a very deep V-neck dress. Her boobs must be chilly.

  261. 261.

    Central Planning

    January 20, 2021 at 11:02 am

    @mrmoshpotato: I hope they continue the intelligence briefings but put false information in there to see if he is leaking it.

  262. 262.

    karen marie

    January 20, 2021 at 11:02 am

    @Ella in New Mexico: Not just a small crowd but made up entirely of nobodies.

     

    I would like to know who, if anyone, from the House or Senate showed up.  Investigate them for participation in the insurrection.

  263. 263.

    montanareddog

    January 20, 2021 at 11:20 am

    I wish we could post screenshots because the flight tracker is showing the plane still heading south at the tip of Florida. Could he be heading for Havana?

    And I see it passed just to the east of Tampa. Does this mean he got an eyeful of the Cracker buttocks?

  264. 264.

    montanareddog

    January 20, 2021 at 11:22 am

    @montanareddog: Rats! It has just done a 180. He is not running to a non-extradition country.

  265. 265.

    Ascap_scab

    January 20, 2021 at 11:23 am

    @SFAW: That sounds like a P-anon conspiracy.

  266. 266.

    Miss Bianca

    January 20, 2021 at 11:26 am

    @Kristine: Well, if you really want to blow wingnut minds, you could, say, point them in the direction of the Twitter photo Cheryl posted of PBO and JB from the back. “Both slender, tall, and fit…hmm…they could more credibly do the “Face/Off” exchange than JB and Trump. MAYBE THEY HAVE!!”

    MWAH HA HA!!

  267. 267.

    WaterGirl

    January 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @Nelle: I just sent you an email message.

  268. 268.

    WaterGirl

    January 20, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    @NotMax:  Thanks NotMax,

    For anyone who is interested, CONTACT US in the white menu bar that’s at the top every screen gives instructions for reaching any front pager by email.

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