Easy one. Promise not to do it, then do it anyway. Mitch would understand.

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Of course he would. And at the same time the Democrats can blame the Republicans for forcing them to eliminate the filibuster because they refused to allow the passage of the very legislation that Biden promised and got 81 million votes from Americans to institute.

IOW, the Dems hate to break with tradition, but the recalcitrant GOP senators left them with no alternative because they refuse to be bipartisan.

The Post story notes that Charles Flynn was supposed to be in the room during the phone calls and discussion about the insurrection. It was a part of his duties, but he didn't have any role in what transpired but for listening in case he was later asked to facilitate any orders stemming from those making the decisions.

That doesn't explain why someone lied about Flynn's presence in the room and it doesn't answer to what the former Capitol Police chief reported that someone in the Pentagon said, alluding to his opinion that the demonstration was "peaceful" and didn't necessitate the involvement of the military - something consistent with how Michael Flynn would likely describe the mob scene his own exhortations fueled, justified by the ends he openly sought, namely the stopping of Joe Biden's electoral college vote certification.

As has been said already, this incident is ripe for further investigation to find out what exactly happened and who might be culpable for transgressions.

Well, that didn't take long, did it? But don't despair progressives, here's some good news if it holds:

Trump's poorly attended sendoff at Andrews AFB had the feel of an ousted autocrat flying off into exile.

Excuse me, 27 years.

You really are nothing more than a putrid POS. Did you bother to read your own link, idiot?

The Claim

Carlson said that while Clarke was president of Harvard University's Black Students Association, she compared Black vs. white genetics in an article she wrote for the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson.

The Facts

Clarke addressed recent criticism following Carlson's show in an interview with The Forward on Wednesday night when she again said that her article Blacks Seek an End to Abuse was a direct response to The Bell Curve.

The Forward reported Clarke saying that The Bell Curve "was generating wide acclaim for its racist views," so she introduced her article "with an absurd claim that Black people are superior based on the melanin in their skin" in order to "hold up a mirror to reflect how reprehensible the premise of Black inferiority was set."

"It was meant to express an equally absurd point of view "fighting one ridiculous absurd racist theory with another ridiculous absurd theory," Clarke told The Forward.

Although she did not address Carlson's criticisms directly, she claimed in her interview that conservative outlets are "putting out a lot of false and twisted information."

The Ruling

True.

Despite Clarke's recent assertions that her 1994 co-authored article for The Harvard Crimson was meant to "express an equally absurd point of view," it is not stated in the article that her and Kennedy's claims on Black vs. white genetics were not serious at the time.

Nothing but a race baiting piece of BS - exactly what Carlson deals in daily.

So, eat a bag of dicks you liar.

You beat me to it.

GFY Mensadupe and stop posting unatributed partial quotes completely out of context like your butt buddy Tucker Carlson spoon fed you.

To be clear, Pence did not advocate that Trump should be removed by impeachment, but the gist of his comments were that the impeachment process was the correct constitutional action to take if Congress wanted Trump removed legally, not cajoling him to use the 25th Amendment in a way that isn't consistent with the language on which it is written.

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I think that's much too harsh JPW. I can't believe I'm going to do this, but I have to give Pence credit for both of his important decisions - while still criticizing him for even asking questions about the first one.

Pence asked constitutional experts about his role in the Electoral College vote tabulation and followed their conclusions even when Trump found quacks to try and change his mind. Secondly, it's been reported that Pence did the same thing with the 25th Amendment question and he was told that the language of it was tacitly written for medical or physically catastrophic incidents where the President could not perform his duties, not for cases like Trump's where the President was simply not upholding his constitutional duties - and probably committing crimes - due to his own irrationality. Pence's view is that impeachment or resignation are the only proper ways for Trump to be removed prior to the end of his term under the current conditions.

Again, I think that this argument is wholly consistent with a fair reading and understanding of the 25th Amendment's purpose even though most everyone can see why at this 11th hour very few people would hold it against him for invoking it due to Trump's own seditious actions coming 2 weeks from the end of his term, seeing as how there are no guarantees that Trump won't try even more pathologically tragic machinations before 12pm Wednesday.

Further, by tweeting that Pelosi had left the floor, Boebert communicated to those listening inside the mob not to bother coming to the floor looking for her because she was gone.

Again, this message was 100% tactical information to assist the insurrectionists, full stop.

Everyone is acting like what Boebert tweeted wasn't tactical. It absolutely WAS tactical. Letting others know that she was leaving the House floor told them that she'd be on her way to a shelter location, a rational contingency that plotters would have planned for if their intent was to capture her.

Any tactical information was useful at that point, and stop for a second and think: Why in the world would Boebert be tweeting about Pelosi's location during the siege anyway? She openly loathes her and calls her and other Democrats threats to the nation, so nothing she says about Pelosi in this context is benign. It was the very definition of active tactical information, obviously helpful for those inside the Capitol on missions to capture her and others.

I expect to see Rep. Boebert charged with multiple crimes before these investigations are put to bed.

Can't you imagine the Republicans doing this horrible thing!!!! I was so scared" move.

You really don't keep up with the news, do you?

The proximity of the Jan. 6 attackers to the vice president and the delay in evacuating him from the chamber " which have not been previously reported " raise questions about why the Secret Service did not move him earlier and underscore the jeopardy that top government leaders faced during the siege.

With besieged police officers now recounting their horror stories of being assaulted and battered at the same time as more evidence of preplanning and potential coordination with inside sources is alleged, there can be little doubt that the President's role in giving the final marching orders to this mob are unquestionably worthy of his impeachment.

And I believe the days that follow will reveal more shocking stories which will likely lead to his conviction once the trial is over in the Senate. Because the worst part of this is always indisputed: Trump has always been lying about systemic widespread election fraud because there wasn't any which affected the overwhelming results.

she is accusing the Capitol police of collision without any evidence whatsoever, and for that she is absolutely wrong.

Have you been avoiding the news before AOC even made her comments?

Will Jeff Sessions do it pro bono?

He really wants to get out of the cornfield, just ask him.

Karma and Justice. What an opportune time for this charming pair of fair maidens to appear.

It's almost like it was meant to be for some reason, eh?

A trio of GOP freshmen have drawn particular attention and concern from colleagues: Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Madison Cawthorne, R-S.C., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

Some lawmakers have suggested that Boebert, a Second Amendment advocate and past QAnon sympathizer may have deliberately revealed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's location during the attack on Twitter. Boebert also tweeted "Today is 1776" the morning of the rally.

The concerns are not limited to Democrats. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., called Boebert "culpable" in the attack in an interview with National Journal, citing her tweet about Pelosi.

Wow.

Isn't it funny how some on the most radical right believes that every single person who cast a ballot for Trump is in lockstep agreement with all the pathological delusions the most fervent sycophants adhere to?

And people question why the Democrats want to make sure that this woman (and others) aren't packing heat on the House floor?

And before anyone gets started, the first articles of impeachment (which were not acted upon) against Donald Trump were based on obstruction of justice related to first his asking of then FBI director Comey to afford Michael Flynn leniency from prosecution and then later firing him and then admitting doing so to stop investigation into his own role in coordination with Russia during his election campaign.

To my knowledge there is not any credible allegation of Joe Biden doing anything which would justify overturning the will of voters on the first full day of his administration other than the insanity of foes such as Taylor Greene who mistakenly believes that those who voted for Trump have more rights than the 7 million more who voted for Biden.

Did the mob even say her name or is she not really that big a deal even to them?

It's less about the "mob" in general than it is about specific militia members who were operating on pre-planned orders that included the capture, trial, and execution of specific Democratic members of Congress. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to surmise that the highest valued targets would be the Speaker, Senate Minority Leader, and especially any and all members of the Squad who are the most vilified representatives in the right wing fever swamps and with white supremacists because each of them are women of color.

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Thanks, but no need. I throw elbows too.

Well, they didn't 'come for her'.

AOC says that indeed, they did come for her and that she feared for her life at that moment. You weren't there, she was.

Trump has privately expressed concern with some of Giuliani's moves and did not appreciate a demand from Giuliani for $20,000 a day in fees for his work attempting to overturn the election.

As he watched impeachment quickly gain steam, Trump was upset generally that virtually nobody is defending him " including press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, economic adviser Larry Kudlow, national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, according to a senior administration official.

"The president is pretty wound up," said the senior administration official, who, like some others interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid. "No one is out there."

It couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.