Saw this in Vienna, where I suspect others may translate the word according to vernacular &/or Yiddish.
Sure seems like the place to 'celebrate' the biggest #schmuck known: #DJT
Apropos lunacy - #disinformation #TrumpVirus #sedition #DJT #psychopathology - #GQP
And on target:
Yes, the appeal court did a masterful job of demolishing Judge "Loose" Cannon's inside-out 'reasoning' in giving #TrumpVirus what he asked for, which like usual involves abandonment of reality-testing and suspending normal belief.
Here it is, full-text:
Laid out super-clearly (you don't need to be a lawyer!) one can see each twisted premise in the call for a "special master" by someone who stole documents and was caught (had no "standing" to then stall), in claiming he could use his hand-picked unqualified judge due to his status of having his Constitutional rights egregiously violated etc. In essence, each of his 4 bases for a stay was shown to be pure BS, and Judge Cannon wiped the floor with her ignorance and blatant lack of objectivity or legal knowledge.
Time for #accountability and #truth, to arrest the #TrumpVirus and #MakeAmericaSaneAgain #sedition #espionage #DJT
So here's a fun story cutting across NJ, PA, and the land of #Oz in the Kingdom of #TrumpVirus - and #Fox too.
I got to this story from another RawStory article about Drumpf's being adrift from Fox, as both Donny & poor Rupert grow estranged.
That story, for the interested (basically suggesting Fox's allegiance to party/#GQP mission rather than Lord StableGenius) -
Poor baby.
Gee, Fox doing something sane and positive - twice now! - Must be some mighty strange bargaining and payback among the devils.
#media #propaganda #disinformation #gaslighting #RupertMurdoch #DJT #StableGenius #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
Here we go, an uplifting segment of last night's Late Show with #Colbert and his guest #Jan6Committee participant/former #TrumpVirus impeachment manager #JamieRaskin - Some smiles & hope borne of #truth BOLUS may be losing his magic! š¤
No Houdini, #DJT, even if lucky enough thus far, #TeflonDon. A tough spot to be in, televising your every crime of #sedition.
Lord StableGenius of the slippery was also described as being a "Houdini" who (please G-d) met his match.
Sweet. And unexpected. The #TrumpVIrus noose is tightening, it truly seems. Tuesday 10AM Jan 6 Committee, after a closed-door with Cipollone on Friday, and talk of a 2nd (prime-time) hearing on Thursday. So much #truth to get out, for those who care, anyway...
#Bannon #sedition #treason #Jan6 #6Jan #DJT #corruption #justice #truth #accountability
#Justice and #Truth slowly coming into focus as the #TrumpVirus hate & #sedition #accountability work their way to the top, where our tax-payer bucks stopped.
In this sad, twisted tale, the same place as Trump U, Trump Wine, Trump Steak, and everything else Trump.
Getting closer.... As in, "whose orders & interests were the Proud Boys following?"
What are the odds of Lord #TrumpVirus pivoting away from "terrific people" who love him, to "it's their fault, not me, never me...."
#truth #justice #accountability #treason #sedition #Jan6 #6Jan #ProudBoys #Drumpf #DJT #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
Uh oh. The surest indication that Trump WILL do something is a categorical statement that he will NOT.
"I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH," (talk about Doublespeak and oxymoron!)
From the Fox Ministry of Disinformation:
#TrumpVirus #lies #DJT #ElonMusk #Twitter #SocialMedia #disinformation #media #speech #oligarch #ego
(gagging) So only a brief intro: I saw this story on Twitter, alongside a comment :
Would like someone to challenge Alex Jones to settle their differences in a ring. My money wouldn't be on Mr. Big Bad Vitamin-Seller.
My suggestion for an opponent would be fellow snake-oil and #TrumpVIrus fan, Dr. Oz. (wrestling/boxing/MMA?) Better yet, #DJT !
#slime #alexjones #charlatan #snakeoil #grifter #GQP #crazytown #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
Never made it to the last Woodward book (among so many that I did read, from Cohen to Mary Trump & others)...
But this already promises to be pure motherlode of facts and interaction of the moving pieces of the #TrumpVirus "method" & "thinking". And times two - with the formidable journalist Robert Costa leaving PBS to collaborate on this with legendary Woodward.
#BobWoodward #RobertCosta #DJT #tyranny #Peril #history #journalism #MakeAmericaSaneAgain
That a candidate who is guilty of such clear abuses of power and is possessed of such autocratic and anti-democratic impulses is a viable prospect for the presidential nomination of one of Americaās major political parties is a commentary on the extraordinary current state of politics. It also means that whether or not he eventually runs, Trumpās legacy of epic political corruption will pose a dire threat to the democratic traditions most people saw as invulnerable to challenge.
The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection.
The acquittal comes more than a month after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were counting the electoral results that certified Trump's loss. Five people died in the riot, including a police officer. Two other officers later killed themselves.
A majority of senators voted to convict Trump ā 57 to 43, including seven Republicans. But two-thirds, or 67 votes, was needed to convict. It was the second time Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial.
The seven GOP senators who voted to convict Trump on Saturday were: Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House twice, and the first to be tried for impeachment after leaving office.
The verdict closes the book on this Trump presidency, though the Senate, by not convicting and barring him from holding public office in the future, left open the possibility that Trump, a 74-year-old Republican, could run again for president.
Seven GOP senators were patriots and voted to convict. Another ten were required. Moscow Mitch McConnell voted to acquit. He and the other 42 GOP senators voting to acquit are traitors to the United States and its Constitution.
#impeachment #uspol #politics #djt #TwiceImpeached #GOPTreason #Jan6Coup #Insurrection #RichardBurr #BillCassidy #SusanCollins #LisaMurkowski #MittRomney #BenSasse #PatToomey #treason
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate president pro tempore, is expected to preside over former President Donald J. Trumpās impeachment trial when it formally begins on Tuesday, assuming a role filled last year by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., aides and other officials said on Monday.
The Constitution states that the chief justice of the United States presides over any impeachment trial of the president or vice president. But it does not explicitly give guidance on who should oversee the proceeding for others, including former presidents, and it appeared that Chief Justice Roberts was uninterested in reprising a time consuming role that would insert him and the Supreme Court directly into the fractious political fight over Mr. Trump.
Mr. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, recently reclaimed the mantle of president pro tempore ā the position reserved for the longest-serving member of the majority party ā when Democrats took control of the Senate. Mr. Leahy, 80, has been in office since 1974.
I've been sufficiently news-lite that though I'd caught news of Senator Leahy (D-VT) being hospitalised, and a brief mention that he was "presiding" over the impeachment, I'd missed the fact SCOTUS CJ Roberts has refused to preside as mandated by the Constitution.
That itself is unprecedented.
And could well throw a wrench into the works, though there is no appeal for impeachment either: "The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments", so if the SCOTUS CJ refuses to serve the role mandated by his office, the SCOTUS itself cannot hear appeal on procedural, or any other, grounds.
Justice Roberts has declined comment, and I'm unaware of any statement, though the Times links a 2020 article at the conclusion of the first impeachment of the recently unelected President.
Given the current state of the seditious GOP, I anticipate shenanigans regardless.
And given today's symbolic vote with 45 of 50 GOP Senators opposing the impeachment, the needed 17 loyeal constitutionalists appear to be lacking.
#impeachment #politics #PatrickLeahy #JohnRoberts #USConstitution #TwiceImpeached #DJT #unprecedented
The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Trump an unprecedented second time, on a charge of āinciting violenceā against the U.S. government. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) left open the possibility of voting to convict at a trial, which would occur after Trump leaves office next week.
During debate on the House floor, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Trump ābears responsibilityā for last weekās violent takeover of the Capitol but argued against impeachment so close to the end of his term. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Trump āa clear and present dangerā and said āhe must go.ā ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/13/trump-impeachment-biden-transition-live-updates/
NPR: A majority of the House have voted to impeach Donald John Trump for the second time
Ten Republicans have joined with all Democrats who've yet voted. Voting continues, but the outcome is certain.
#uspol #impeachment #TwiceImpeached #djt #Jan6Coup #politics #NPR
(Reuters) - Alphabet Incās YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trumpās channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last weekās assault on the U.S. Capitol by the presidentās supporters.
Online platforms and social media companies are distancing themselves from, and taking action against, those that encouraged or engaged in the violence in Washington, DC.
Trumpās channel is now prevented from uploading new videos or livestreams for a minimum of seven days, which may be extended, Youtube said in a statement. ...
#AMightyWind #TheGreatDeplatforming #Jan6Coup #DJT #youtube #google #sedition #Banned #politics #uspol #coup #sedition #traitor
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. The House is voting on Wednesday to formally charge Mr. Trump with inciting violence against the country.
At the same time, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader and one of Mr. Trumpās most steadfast allies in Congress, has asked other Republicans whether he should call on Mr. Trump to resign in the aftermath of the riot at the Capitol last week, according to three Republican officials briefed on the conversations. ...
Twitter and Facebook have banned DJT, GooglePlay have banned Parler, Apple appears ready to, and more, as ... scattered over numerous posts. @Joerg Fliege suggests:
I think we need a meta post to discuss this sudden change in Twitter/Facebook/Google/Apple[?]/Reddit[??] behaviour. Together with all the resignations from the White House it does feel like the wind is coming from a new direction.
(And I continue to be reminded of stories from my grandma, who lived through Hitlerās regime. The amount of people who suddenly decided to burn their uniforms in Spring 1945 was amazing. They all turned up later, well embedded in the new administration, mind you.)
I aim to please (though my aim is poor). Here's that meta post.
I'll collect other links in comments, though the inspiration post is Google pulls Parler from Play Store for fostering calls to violence.
Also: Twitter have permanently banned Trump:
General political / media topics welcomed.
#AMightyWind #Politics #Facebook #Twitter #Google #Apple #Parler #DJT #Jan6Coup #Defacification
In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.
The below is a comprehensive analysis of our policy enforcement approach in this case. ...
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25691912
#uspol #twitter #AccountBans #djt 3Jan6Coup #sedition
