All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Tami]

77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election

By Thursday the 12th of November, President Donald J. Trump’s election lawyers were concluding that the reality he faced was the inverse of the narrative he was promoting in his comments and on Twitter. There was no substantial evidence of election fraud, and there were nowhere near enough “irregularities” to reverse the outcome in the courts.

Mr. Trump did not, could not, win the election, not by “a lot” or even a little. His presidency would soon be over.

Allegations of Democratic malfeasance had disintegrated in embarrassing fashion. A supposed suitcase of illegal ballots in Detroit proved to be a box of camera equipment. “Dead voters” were turning up alive in television and newspaper interviews.

The week was coming to a particularly demoralizing close: In Arizona, the Trump lawyers were preparing to withdraw their main lawsuit as the state tally showed Joseph R. Biden Jr. leading by more than 10,000 votes, against the 191 ballots they had identified for challenge.

As he met with colleagues to discuss strategy, the president’s deputy campaign manager, Justin Clark, was urgently summoned to the Oval Office. Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was on speaker phone, pressing the president to file a federal suit in Georgia and sharing a conspiracy theory gaining traction in conservative media — that Dominion Systems voting machines had transformed thousands of Trump votes into Biden votes.

Mr. Clark warned that the suit Mr. Giuliani had in mind would be dismissed on procedural grounds. And a state audit was barreling toward a conclusion that the Dominion machines had operated without interference or foul play.

Mr. Giuliani called Mr. Clark a liar, according to people with direct knowledge of the exchange. Mr. Clark called Mr. Giuliani something much worse. And with that, the election-law experts were sidelined in favor of the former New York City mayor, the man who once again was telling the president what he wanted to hear.

[Amadeus Arkham]

House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

[green_garnish]

And now he probably regrets it. I bet a number of them do, or are starting to.

That seems far-fetched. They did what was in their best interests then, and they are doing the same now. It's no more complicated than that for most of them. For the others, their innate insanity is showing.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

I say, set the Precedent.

We already know that the plans of the GOP if they retake the majority (and it's not at all a dead certainty that they are making it out to be) is to Impeach Biden, which they assuredly will do. What will they do to House Dems? Keep AOC off committees, censure Pelosi and others. Go ahead and sink yourself.

[Malvolio]

I say, set the Precedent.

We already know that the plans of the GOP if they retake the majority (and it's not at all a dead certainty that they are making it out to be) is to Impeach Biden, which they assuredly will do. What will they do to House Dems? Keep AOC off committees, censure Pelosi and others. Go ahead and sink yourself.

There were several Republicans in the House who wanted to impeach Obama. But every time, the veteran Republicans in Congress explained to them that you can't impeach a President just because you don't like him or disagree with his policies. You have to charge the President with a crime. And in Obama's case, wearing a tan suit or his wife encouraging kids to eat their vegetables aren't crimes. So what would they charge Biden with? Making people wear masks? Attempting to root out corruption in government? Raising the minimum wage?

[green_garnish]

So what would they charge Biden with? Making people wear masks? Attempting to root out corruption in government? Raising the minimum wage?

Politicians and lawyers can always drum up a crime. That's the least of their worries, especially when they know their constituents will support them them without question.

[Jack Dracula]

Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP

It's worth noting that some of these people are abandoning the GOP for the Libertarian or Constitution parties because they're disappointed GOP lawmakers didn't all fall in line to support Trumps' attempt to overturn the election.
It's disturbing the modern GOP isn't militant or crazy enough for them.

House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

Because Greene speaks for the party now?

[Mecegirl]

House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

She forgot all about what happed to Steve King from Iowa....There is no precedent being set. They are not talking of kicking her out of committee assignments just because they don't like her. Its because she is a racist dingbat.

[Wildling]

Because Greene speaks for the party now?

Didn't she say Trump supports her? Which would be as good as saying she's the soul of the Greene Old Party here. And McCarthy sure is not helping to dispel that notion.

A part of me wishes for her to be allowed to continue to lower the image of the Biden term GOP to her level. Throw every imaginable tantrum (short of pulling her purse gun of course).

[Bruce Wayne]

There were several Republicans in the House who wanted to impeach Obama. But every time, the veteran Republicans in Congress explained to them that you can't impeach a President just because you don't like him or disagree with his policies. You have to charge the President with a crime. And in Obama's case, wearing a tan suit or his wife encouraging kids to eat their vegetables aren't crimes. So what would they charge Biden with? Making people wear masks? Attempting to root out corruption in government? Raising the minimum wage?

They can just make up something. They can easily accuse him without evidence of having intervened in Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Because Greene speaks for the party now?

For the House GOP, she certainly does. They orbit around her and Boebert far more than Kevin McCarthy, a complete coward and rank incompetent who plainly has no real control over the party.

[Amadeus Arkham]

Looking at this woman’s twitter feed, it’s clear she was brainwashed(it’s full of COVID propaganda and election conspiracy theories) but I’m sad she’s gone even if she was doing the wrong thing.

It’s so sad this tragedy happened and she really didn’t deserve what happened to her, and I hope she rests in peace.

[babyblob]

It happened at last. my aunt had her Twitter account suspended. She has been posting for months about stolen elections. But today she posted that Biden was not the real president. That Harris was running the show. That is why she is always around for him signing his orders or any talk he gives. She is keeping him in line and making sure Biden Does what she says because Hunter's laptop not only has all those emails from China proving he is in their pocket, but also tons of child porn. And the only reason Hunter is not in prison for Child Porn right now is because Harris is keeping him out of prison to control Biden.

Just wow!

[shooshoomanjoe]

It happened at last. my aunt had her Twitter account suspended. She has been posting for months about stolen elections. But today she posted that Biden was not the real president. That Harris was running the show. That is why she is always around for him signing his orders or any talk he gives. She is keeping him in line and making sure Biden Does what she says because Hunter's laptop not only has all those emails from China proving he is in their pocket, but also tons of child porn. And the only reason Hunter is not in prison for Child Porn right now is because Harris is keeping him out of prison to control Biden.

Just wow!

How did she handle the ban?

[babyblob]

How did she handle the ban?

Very badly. The liberal media is shutting up the truth, trying to silence all the GOP, it wont be long before all the GOP are in camps etc.. She is going to look into lawyers in the morning.