Just a quick drive-by to note the Gym Jordan (R-treasonweasel) seems to be heading for the speakership. At least Josh Marshall thinks so: Yesterday we noted that the latest GOP Speaker wannabe, Jim Jordan and his allies have shifted to mobilizing base MAGA supporters against the substantial number of holdouts who have either claimed they …
Goddamned Traitors
Robert E. Lee Is Trending, That’s Never a Good Sign…
In the wake of Richmond, VA removing the monument statue to Confederate General Robert E Lee this week, Trump decided to do one of his favorite things: issue a stupid statement rooted in his gleeful ignorance of just about everything. In this case he managed to max out the stupidity in regard to not only …
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It Can Happen Here
I, like many here, have said that we’re in an existential moment for the Republic. But I’ll confess that for all the cynicism and world-weariness I’ve accumulated over the years of Trump and the GOP’s steady turn towards authoritarianism, I still held on to the delusion that the US really had a robust immune system …
Endless Digging
Sometimes I wonder how much lower Republicans can sink, and the answer is always “there is no bottom.” They elected a dumb, incompetent, malignant conman. Stood by impassively while he played cock-holster to America’s most implacable autocratic foe. Protected him when he attempted to extort a vulnerable ally to cheat in a presidential election. Made …
ETA: There IS Joy in Mudville
Following up on Adam’s bulletin below, my son just introduced me to the crab song and meme. It is the perfect funerary dirge for one Rush Limbaugh: I’m so with Clarence Darrow on this one: I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction. Open thread. No nil …
A classic Gambino style roll-up
NEW: Audio of militia members narrating the Capitol invasion: “We have a good group: 30 to 40 of us. We’re sticking together and sticking to the plan.” “We are in the main dome right now.” “Keep going.” “…Everything we fucking trained for.”https://t.co/TJnfEnX81H — Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) January 14, 2021 I am not a lawyer. However, …
Sunday Rabble-Rousing Open Thread: IMPEACH HIM NOW
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers to be prepared to return to Washington for action on President Trump https://t.co/t0bX4tspe3 — Bloomberg (@business) January 10, 2021
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