Hope that old crackhead saved some money.

The beauty of this claim is it's perfect. If something happens, no matter how small, they can use it to target Trump supporters. And if nothing happens, they can credit their vigilance and... use it to target Trump supporters.

But for those who interfered with the certification of the election, there are no signs that big business is prepared to forgive and forget. JPMorgan said it was pausing all political contributions for six months, and Mr. Dimon, who has flirted with a run for president in the past, was unsparing in his critique.

"No one thought they were giving money to people who supported sedition," he said.

Charles Schwab, the brokerage firm founded by a Republican who supported Mr. Trump, said it would shut down its political action committee altogether. And many companies, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have sought to punish Mr. Trump's supporters in Congress by depriving them of crucial funds.

"For those members of Congress that were involved in helping to incite the riot, and support the riot, there's going to be consequences, no question about it," said Ed Bastian, chief executive of Delta Air Lines.

"This thing was a little different. I mean, we had sedition and insurrection in D.C.," said Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase. "No C.E.O. I know condones that in any way, shape or form. We shouldn't have someone, you know, gassing up a mob."

The fallout has been swift. After the president exhorted his supporters to march on the Capitol, chief executives used their strongest language to date to repudiate Mr. Trump, and some of his longtime allies have walked away. Ken Langone, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot and an ardent supporter of the president, renounced Mr. Trump, telling CNBC, "I feel betrayed."

"I can't remember a time when the business community has spoken out so strongly in opposition to an administration on so many important issues," said Rich Lesser, chief executive of Boston Consulting Group.

"It's not just a break with Trump but potentially with the Republican Party," said Richard Edelman, chief executive of the global corporate communications firm Edelman. "It's not OK what's going on in America, and businesspeople are going to hold you to account."

Now, in the aftermath of the deadly Capitol rampage by Mr. Trump's supporters, corporate America is turning its back on many senior Republicans, and flexing its political muscle.

One major trade group called on Mr. Trump's cabinet to consider removing him from office. Dozens of companies, from AT&T to Walmart, have said they will no longer donate to members of Congress who opposed the Electoral College certification of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.

And a senior House Democrat asked big banks and other financial services companies on Friday to stop processing financial transactions for people and organizations that participated in the Capitol riot.

Tim Ryan, the chief executive of PWC, who said his firm was among those suspending donations to members who voted against certification, called for the country to come together. "I believe this is the best country in the world, and we can't let all that go to hell in a handbasket," he said. "We need to stabilize. We need certainty."

He added, "If we can't come together, can't stabilize, or if it got worse, it wouldn't be good for business."

In an exclusive interview in his Park Avenue office, Bornstein told NBC News that he felt "raped, frightened and sad" when Keith Schiller and another "large man" came to his office to collect the president's records on the morning of Feb. 3, 2017. At the time, Schiller, who had long worked as Trump's bodyguard, was serving as director of Oval Office operations at the White House.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

McConnell is punting to the Democratic senate for conviction.

He's waiting to see how many more loonies will emerge next week. That'll shake a few more awake in the senate.

Trump belongs on Mt. Impeachmore.

Remember, Remember the 6th of January ...

We should commemorate this day annually by throwing an orange out of our front door.

Remove them and lock them away for 20 years.

@DanRather

The plot is getting thicker than my grandmother's gravy.

This is good,

On Monday, Mr. Biden telephoned Mr. McConnell to ask whether it was possible to set up a dual track that would allow the Senate to confirm Mr. Biden's cabinet nominees and hold a Senate trial at the same time, according to officials briefed on the conversation who disclosed it on condition of anonymity. Far from avoiding the topic of impeaching Mr. Trump, Mr. McConnell said it was a question for the Senate parliamentarian, and promised Mr. Biden a quick answer.

McConnell is already working with his old friend Joe. Maybe Moscow Mitch is ready for Glasnost.

They're all afraid of reprisal. That's what happens when you promise the mentally vulnerable and then not pay off. Evangelical preachers can get away with it, not politicians.

Elizabeth Warren has been after FB for a while. After the Georgia vote yesterday, his blow hole puckered up.

Donald Trump destroyed the GOP.

The first job of the government is to protect the government. Corporate lackeys protect corporations first. The government is protecting their major donors. If you're not a corporation or a major donor, you can go to helll.

The Wrath of Trump.

Turns out this isn't a policy fight. Trump is upset Republicans have abandoned him in regards to the EC. Trump has been bailed out his entire life. He's come to the realization that he won't be rescued. It's making him crazy.

Madness takes it's toll.

Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS

Do conservative populists and their sympathizers find it at all strange or concerning that the entire Democratic Party supports the Populist-in-Chief's call for more help for ordinary Americans, and virtually the entire Republican Party opposes it?

This young lady is amazing!

It's not going away. We're going to learn to live with it.

Pandemics typically have two types of endings: the medical, which occurs when the incidence and death rates plummet, and the social, when the epidemic of fear about the disease wanes.

"When people ask, When will this end?,' they are asking about the social ending," said Dr Jeremy Greene, a historian of medicine at Johns Hopkins. In other words, an end can occur not because a disease has been vanquished but because people grow tired of panic mode and learn to live with a disease.

Trump knew. Woodward has the recording.

Science haters. This bullshhit has been going on since Reagan agreed to allow poor people to die to fund tax cuts. God'll get you for that.