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Deeg

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« Reply #5940 on: January 13, 2021, 03:58:14 pm »
So much impeaching.

brjones

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« Reply #5941 on: January 13, 2021, 04:03:44 pm »
I question whether 10 Republican votes in the House makes the impeachment "bipartisan".

Well, it's not bipartisan...but it's more bipartisan than any other in history. The previous high from the president's party was 5 votes from the Democrats when Clinton was impeached.

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« Reply #5942 on: January 13, 2021, 06:00:39 pm »
Listening to all the comments...alright...MOST of the comments today, I don't agree with the Articles depending on Trump's speech prior to the DC riot.  He should have been impeached for inciting an insurrection by lying for 2 months about the election being stolen even when it was shown him in black and white that wasn't true.  Most of those idiots who were in Washington on the 6th, had been bombarded with those lies everyday since the Election.  If a candidate wants to contest an election, ask for a recount, or just point out a couple of discrepancies, fine, but spreading deliberate lies and rumors, isn't fine.  That's what fired him the lunatic fringe.
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« Reply #5943 on: January 14, 2021, 12:14:01 am »
There are now more troops here in DC than in Afghanistan.

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Deeg

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« Reply #5945 on: January 14, 2021, 07:01:44 pm »
It's becoming increasingly clear that the terrorists were aided and abetted by several members of the House, up to and including giving them reconnoissance tours the day before the attack.  It's going to be very interesting to see what, if any, consequences they suffer as the R leadership keeps demanding "unity and healing" in the press.

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« Reply #5946 on: January 15, 2021, 09:07:03 am »

Garry Kasparov
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Attack, grab territory, then sue for peace and call your victims the warmongers. The GOP's calls for deescalation and unity today are much like the pattern of foreign aggression by dictatorships.

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« Reply #5947 on: January 15, 2021, 12:30:11 pm »
He still doesn't get it and probably never will

Trump's team is reportedly trying to assemble a crowd for a 'major send-off' hours before Biden's inauguration

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"Trump has expressed interest to some in a military-style sendoff and a crowd of supporters," CNN says, but it's unclear "whether that occurs at the White House, Joint Base Andrews, or his final destination, Palm Beach International Airport."

https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-team-reportedly-trying-assemble-052400350.html

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« Reply #5948 on: January 15, 2021, 08:08:31 pm »

Greg Sargent
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The new Post poll has some awful findings among Republicans:

51% say GOP leaders didn't go far enough in nullifying election

56% say Trump bears zero blame for the insurrection

66% say he has acted responsibly
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Deeg

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« Reply #5949 on: January 15, 2021, 11:04:04 pm »
So Trump invited the My Pillow guy to the White House for a discussion of invoking the Insurrection Act and declaring martial law.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/cia-kash-patel-mypillow-notes-lindell-trump/index.html

Jack Birdbath

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« Reply #5950 on: January 17, 2021, 10:04:31 pm »
This is f-ing great.

@kylegriffin1: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense officials tell AP they fear possible inside attack at inauguration, will have National Guard troops vetted.

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« Reply #5951 on: January 18, 2021, 12:30:24 am »
Just have the inauguration at a secure indoor site and televise from there. I don't care if it's a bad look - having the incoming president assassinated by his predecessor's fascist supporters is a worse one.

Bennett

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« Reply #5952 on: January 18, 2021, 07:48:50 am »
Here’s what I hope happens on January 20:

The Secret Service, the FBI, the U.S. Army, the Capitol Police, DC Metro, the National Guard, the Forest Service, NUMA, and everyone else involved in protecting the inauguration comes up with a plan that tricks Trump’s rioters into doing something they just can’t resist.  An opening that looks like a sure fire way to the podium suddenly appears and they all rush into it only to find themselves completely surrounded.

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« Reply #5953 on: January 19, 2021, 11:14:31 pm »
Bill Kristol  @BillKristol  10h
I think Mitch is looking forward to hanging back on the roll call, and then being the 67th vote for convicting Trump.

I'll believe that when I see it.

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« Reply #5954 on: January 19, 2021, 11:31:46 pm »