ABOVE: Still hard to believe Clarence Clemons died so long ago. Ten years already.
ABOVE: Still hard to believe Clarence Clemons died so long ago. Ten years already.
ABOVE: Coitus never fails.
ABOVE: No, this doesn't make you look — gulp — fat.
ABOVE: Looking ahead to 2024.
BELOW: Almost all the talk is of how to get rid of Trump quickly, legally and forever, but ...
Historian of coups and right-wing authoritarians here. If there are not severe consequences for every lawmaker & Trump govt official who backed this, every member of the Capitol Police who collaborated with them, this "strategy of disruption" will escalate in 2021
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) January 7, 2021
ABOVE: She is right. I remain hopeful that the insurrectionists will be brought to justice.
Put it away! (Image via video still)
This is the most appalling footage yet. It shows that Trump, Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Mark Meadows and the rest of the Trump cabal were watching Wednesday's protest — that they then whipped into insurrection a short while after — in the Capitol unfold in a party-like atmosphere, with pop music blaring.
Per The New York Times, Trump watched the actual insurrectionist acts with enjoyment ...
In the wee small hours of the early morning of January 7, outgoing VP Mike Pence fulfilled his constitutional duty, reading the names of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the rightful winners of the 2020 presidential and vice presidential races.
It is satisfying to hear him read this, though I will give him no points for being in the majority of Republican elected officials who decided insurrection was a pinch too far ...
ABOVE: Even Bush can't believe how much worse Trump is than Bush. BELOW: And even Romney is done with this shit.:
POLITICO: After the Capitol was (allegedly) secured, senators are aiming to certify Biden via the electoral college procedure in a late-night vote: “These thugs are not running us off.”
TWITTER: Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas, should be going to prison for a long time:
Here’s Mr. Barnett, who goes by “Bigo,” telling the story in his own words pic.twitter.com/oSyKiCDXgy
— Matthew Rosenberg (@AllMattNYT) January 6, 2021
DAILY KOS: Trump, in a video and in tweets, told the insurrectionists he “loves” them, calling them “very special.”
SAINT ALBANS MESSENGER: Republican governor of Vermont calls for Trump to be removed from office for inciting insurrection:
The fact is the results of this election have been validated by Republican governors, conservative judges and non-partisan election officials across the country. There is no doubt that the President’s delusion, fabrication, self-interest and ego have led us — step by step — to this very low, and very dangerous, moment in American history. The fabric of our democracy and the principles of our republic are under attack by the President.Enough is enough. President Trump should resign or be removed from office by his Cabinet, or by the Congress.
TWITTER: A sobering reminder that the Confederate flag was never paraded through the Capitol during the Civil War, when the Confederates were 100 miles away:
Take this in: Never once, in the years 1860-1865, was this flag ever paraded in the halls of the American capitol. pic.twitter.com/NFFVM0aSY0
— Sam Wineburg (@samwineburg) January 6, 2021
THE HILL: Incoming Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) introduces legislation to sanction and/or remove all the House members who challenged the election results.
THE AP: The insurrectionist shot inside the U.S. Capitol building has died.
Losing the U.S. Capitol during a key electoral procedure to a modestly-sized crowd from a publicly-announced event is not a "failure." It was a decision. They were ordered to not do what they normally would've done. We need a full accounting of every single official involved. https://t.co/YiuqCicEJ0
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) January 6, 2021
TWITTER: This fucking bitch went on camera to whine about being maced, then openly admitted she was participating in insurrection. It's a “revolution!”
“Ma’am what happened to you?”
— ArrestElizabethFromKnoxville (@KirkWrites79) January 6, 2021
“I got maced.” 😂😂😭😭 pic.twitter.com/dR6AMii4dm