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10 Nov 20, 472 tweets, 129 min read
Starting a new thread... following all the ways Trump and the GOP are going to obstruct the transition.

I have a bad feeling this will turn into a LONG thread. Image
First, let's dial back to some of the efforts made to steal this election by the GOP. I have a big long thread on the attacks on the USPS and other voter suppression:
Trump also frequently made it clear that he expected the Supreme Court to secure him the election as quid pro quo for packing it with conservatives.

Throughout the early voting portion of the election, there were direct attacks on voting in many ways, outlined in the thread I posted above. They included shutting down & limiting polling places and ballot dropoff boxes & limiting when votes could arrive & counting times. Image
Mitch McConnell's GOP senate also blocked bills to provide election protection throughout Trump's tenure. Image
Reports indicated that Trump planned to declare premature victory... which he did in the dark of night, at 3 am the next morning, catching many off guard.

axios.com/trump-claim-el…
This was timed with a total lockdown of the White House.
Efforts were made to get ballots tossed in many states, including Texas, where Trump won, before the election, but these were nothing compared to what came down afterwards, even as a federal judge was fighting to ensure all ballots were DELIVERED. nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/…
The challenges began immediately. Trump's tweets were so bad more than half at some points were getting warnings or outright limited, with wild claims like this one (no votes were cast AFTER election day, and the number of ballots that arrived afterwards were minimal... & legal.) Image
Many noted that the lawsuits, which were entirely or mostly tossed out of court in 7 of 7 cases, were not intended to win, but to intimidate and set a narrative.
In Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, & Georgia, where Trump was ahead but Biden was catching up, Trump filed lawsuits to stop the count, while in Arizona and Nevada, where he was behind, they alleged voter fraud and urged the count to keep going.
Part of their plan was to make the long tally times look illegitimate, a plan that dates back months, where GOP state legislatures denied attempts to start counting mail-in ballots early.
Mark Levin even called for Republican-held legislatures to hijack their state votes and send their own electors, an illegal process many had feared the GOP would attempt.
In Nevada, Republican operatives Matt Schlapp and Richard Grenell showed up in a bizarre attempt to cast doubt on the vote where they refused even to give their names.
MAGA protesters tried to storm or disrupt processes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada, the first two to stop the count, the other two because they claimed they were being cheated.

2 were even arrested on their way to attack a Philly location: usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
When the election was finally called for Trump, it was during the low point of the Trump regime perhaps, as Rudy Giuliani was attempting to allege mass voter fraud in Philly... at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
1/3 Trump, out golfing at the time, refused to concede. Having declared himself the winner already, he threatened lawsuits, recounts, and going all the way to SCOTUS, none of which can legally save him. npr.org/sections/live-…
2/3 As Biden wins, Trump golfs, snaps photos with fans, vows to fight

Trump didn’t concede the race after news outlets declared Biden the winner, vowing to fight with lawsuits and courts. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
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1/3 Much of Trump's argument has hinged on a baseless claim, laughed out of court multiple times already, that his observers were denied access to counting locations. nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/…
2/2 Trump allies brace for 30-day legal war axios.com/trump-legal-ba…
1/5 While some scattered Republicans had initially chastised Trump for casting doubt on the election, GOP leadership soon fell in lockstep with Trump, lead by Mitch McConnell.
2/5 Declining to recognize Biden’s victory, McConnell says Trump is ‘100 percent’ entitled to challenge it. nytimes.com/live/2020/11/0…
3/5 McConnell backs Trump’s legal challenges; Biden urges Americans to wear masks to protect against the coronavirus washingtonpost.com/elections/2020…
4/5 McConnell shrugs off Trump concession delay

"President Trump is 100 percent within his rights," the top Senate Republican said of the continued objections by the president. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
5/5 Trump campaign adviser: Conceding ‘is not even in our vocabulary right now’

The president has refused to acknowledge his election loss since the race was called for Biden over the weekend. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
A heavy blow to Trump is the defection of most Murdoch properties from Trump's side; the WSJ, Sun, NY Post, and eve portions of Fox News, such as here where Fox fact checks Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany in real time:
Some rightly called Trump's effort what it is; an attempt at full-blown autocracy.

By Declaring Victory, Donald Trump Is Attempting an Autocratic Breakthrough newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
1/5 Much of Trump's attack has been focused on Pennsylvania, even though the numbers are such that even were he to win, it would not save Trump:
2/5 Pennsylvania Supreme Court says ballots can’t be rejected based on signature comparisons

The court ruling backed up a policy issued by the state election office earlier this year. politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
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1/2 Now it seems the law firm Trump is engaging to attack the election results is having second thoughts and may want to quit...
2/2 Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits

Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system. nytimes.com/2020/11/09/bus…
1/3 A major part of the Trump effort has been blocking Biden's legal rights to federal transition funding, personnel, and other resources, which all go through one obscure position, the head of the General Services Administration, held by Emily Murphy: cnbc.com/2020/11/09/tru…
2/3 A little-known Trump appointee is in charge of handing transition resources to Biden — and she isn’t budging washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
3/3 Trump agency tasked with transition process has yet to recognize Biden's victory cnn.com/2020/11/09/pol…
1/5 Meanwhile, Trump has been cleaning house in disturbing fashion, first firing the heads of the National Nuclear Security Admin. (that overseas the nuclear stockpile), U.S. Agency for International Development, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: npr.org/sections/live-…
2/5 Then firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper via tweet, likely after news emerged that Esper was already planning on resigning. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/n…
3/5 With Esper gone, Democrats concerned over what Trump will do with the military

Fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper has clashed with the president over a variety of topics since the summer. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
4/5 Esper’s firing plunges the Pentagon into a new period of leadership upheaval as it tries to manage an unusual transition period fraught with political tensions and potential security risks.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
5/5 Democrats and independents criticized the decision, saying the abrupt change could endanger American security at an already vulnerable moment. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
1/3 Trump is already muttering about a possibly, though highly unlikely, 2024 run... axios.com/trump-2024-pre…
2/3 ...and there are indications he intends to keep holding campaign-style rallies and using other tactics to raise money to fight the election results. axios.com/trump-legal-st…
3/3 That might explain this:

Trump Camp Uses Online Gimmick to Fuel Donations Into December

The Trump campaign is now automatically checking a box to create recurring weekly donations from supporters until mid-December. nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/…
Looks like Congressional Committees are making a push that the new incoming Biden administration will be needing their updates.

In lieu Trump blocking transition monies and authorityneeded to get Biden up to speed, Congress is pushing it.
World Leaders Ready Themselves for a Biden Presidency

Global leaders congratulated Joe Biden on his election win, as some allies of President Trump stayed silent wsj.com/articles/world…
1/2 Turns out the sudden move by Loeffler and Perdue to try to discredit the Georgia election is a blackmail move by Trump to force them to back him or he'll cut them off from his base in the runoffs: ajc.com/politics/polit…
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Postal worker admits fabricating allegations of ballot tampering, officials say
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
1/6 Pompeo ignores Biden’s victory, claims there will be a ‘smooth transition’ to a second Trump term cnbc.com/2020/11/10/pom…
2/6 Pompeo said Tuesday there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” A State Department official didn’t immediately respond to a request to clarify the secretary’s comments. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
3/6 Pompeo refuses to say Biden has won election axios.com/pompeo-trump-b…
4/6 Pompeo refuses to say Biden has won election axios.com/pompeo-trump-b…
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6/6 Pompeo has half walked back his "joke".
1/3 This is becoming the "The Emperor has No Clothes" thread as Trump pretends to carry on with business as usual.

Trump White House Still Vetting for Job Openings For a Second Term That’s Not Happening

Can one believe something into existence? thedailybeast.com/trump-white-ho…
2/3 White House tells federal agencies to proceed with plans for Trump’s February budget in latest sign of election defiance

The directive is a new example of Trump aides acting as if he won the election and won’t leave office on Jan. 20 washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
3/3 White House National Security Council Aide Is Named to Top Pentagon Post

Trump fired Mark Esper on Monday, setting off shifts among other officials at Pentagon wsj.com/articles/white…
1/2 Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania to block state officials from certifying President-elect Biden’s victory in the state. reuters.com/article/us-usa…
2/2 The lawsuit, brought by the campaign and two registered voters, alleged Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting system “lacked all of the hallmarks of transparency and verifiability that were present for in-person voters.” usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
1/9 Attorney General William Barr authorized federal prosecutors to investigate “substantial allegations” of voter fraud – if they exist – before the results of the election are certified, despite no evidence of widespread fraud. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
2/9 Barr Hands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims

The attorney general said that he had authorized “instances” of investigative steps but that inquiries should not be based on specious claims. nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/…
4/9 It gives prosecutors the ability to go around longstanding DoJ policy that normally would prohibit such overt actions before the election is certified. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
5/9 It gives prosecutors the ability to go around longstanding Justice Department policy that normally would prohibit such overt actions before the election is certified. npr.org/sections/live-…
6/9 In response, Richard Pilger, the Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned in protest after Barr authorized U.S. attorneys to probe alleged elections fraud. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
7/9 Richard Pilger told colleagues in an email that Barr’s memorandum breaks with the Justice Department’s policy on avoiding interference with elections that has stood for 40 years. cnn.com/2020/11/09/pol…
8/9 DOJ official steps down over Barr's voter fraud investigation memo axios.com/barr-voter-fra…
9/9 DoJ officials condemn Barr's approval of voter fraud inquiries without evidence

Richard Pilger, justice department official in charge of voter fraud investigations, resigned due to ‘ramifications’ of Barr’s move theguardian.com/us-news/2020/n…
From Professor Timothy Snyder who wrote the book “On Tyranny” and what are some obvious signs for T’s moves now, not conceding, calling election a fraud and R’s compliance as a move towards Authoritarianism.
1/2 The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud

Trump & his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. Contacted officials said that there were no irregularities that affected the outcome. nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/…
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We have reached the ‘stacks of paper’ phase of Trump’s bid to retain power washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
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State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders

A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump regime is preventing him from accessing them.

cnn.com/2020/11/11/pol…
More than 8 in 10 Trump voters think Biden’s win is not legitimate

Trump’s efforts to undermine the system are influencing his base
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
This Election Result Won’t Be Overturned

Recounts occasionally change margins in the hundreds, never in the tens of thousands.
wsj.com/articles/this-…
Republicans muzzle anger over Trump’s Pentagon culling, afraid antagonizing him could imperil Georgia runoff washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
1/4 There are always more layers of muck in the Trump swamp.
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1/2 Business as usual for the GOP as packing the courts with unqualified Republican operatives has become their sole interest in this pandemic.

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2/2 Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees cisa.gov/news/2020/11/1…
Highlights From the Transition: Biden Wins Arizona, Padding His Electoral College Margin Over Trump nytimes.com/live/2020/11/1…
A new level of Trump chaos has arrived with a host of after-election firings and elections, particularly from the Pentagon and various security positions.
Trump voters are flocking to a TV channel that claims Biden is not president-elect

Newsmax and OANN are vying to become the new Fox News as Trump attacks Fox. cnn.com/2020/11/12/med…
1/3 'No Evidence' Election Was Compromised, Cybersecurity Agency Says

npr.org/sections/live-…
2/3 Shortly thereafter, 2 officials involved with the process were fired.

Bryan Ware, the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), had said he was expecting it.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
3/3 DHS assistant secretary for international affairs Valerie Boyd also resigned amid pressure from the White House. cnn.com/2020/11/12/pol…
1/2 WTAF.

Trump asked aides if he could pursue a wild plan to replace the Electoral College with loyalists who would ignore the vote, report says businessinsider.com/trump-discusse…
2/2 Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future

There is no grand strategy. President Trump is simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next. nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/…
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7/8 John Kelly criticizes Trump over delay of Biden transition

"It’s about the nation," Trump's former chief of staff says in an interview with POLITICO. The wait "hurts our national security."

PS: John Kelly still helped, and helps, cage kids. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
8/8 Legal Avenues Closing As Trump Lawsuits Meet With Defeat Or Dead Ends

npr.org/sections/live-…
With some 130 agents in quarantine due to COVID-19, the Secret Service is struggling to maintain its numbers as it is being called on to provide full protection to President Trump and President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. axios.com/secret-service…
1/8 Once Loyal to Trump, Law Firms Pull Back From His Election Fight

Porter Wright withdrew from a federal lawsuit it had filed days earlier. A top Jones Day lawyer said the firm wouldn’t take on new election litigation. nytimes.com/2020/11/13/bus…
2/8 Another law firm bails out on Trump campaign

Law firms representing Trump in his fight to challenge the election results have come under fire in recent days. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
3/8 Trump team and Pennsylvania election officials clash in federal court filings

Trump wants vote certification halted and the state wants his case dismissed. abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
4/8 Trump strikes out in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania ballot challenges, Biden’s lead more secure cnbc.com/2020/11/13/tru…
5/8 Trump’s long-shot bid to overturn Biden’s victory suffered major setbacks on Friday, with news networks calling Georgia for the Democrat and legal challenges crumbling in three other key states. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
6/8 Trump campaign drops Arizona lawsuit requesting review of ballots, saying Biden’s overall lead in the state is too big for the disputed ballots to make a difference. cnn.com/2020/11/13/pol…
7/8 Michigan judge rejects demand to block certification of Biden win in Detroit and debunks fraud claims cnn.com/2020/11/13/pol…
8/8 Trump campaign eliminates "voter fraud" hotline after it's flooded with prank calls cnn.com/politics/live-…
1/2 ‘There’s damage to this’: Obama slams GOP for lining up behind Trump’s fraud claims

The president’s campaign has continued to mount legal challenges in several states aimed at reversing the election’s outcome. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
2/2 Obama calls Republicans embracing Trump's unfounded fraud claims 'disappointing' nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
1/5 Department of Homeland Security calls election "the most secure in American history" axios.com/cisa-election-…
2/5 Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud

A group of federal, state and local officials working with a Department of Homeland Security agency declared flatly that the election was the most secure in the nation’s history. nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/…
3/5 Repudiating Trump, officials say election ‘most secure’ apnews.com/article/top-of…
4/5 Officials condemn Trump's false claims and say election 'most secure in US history' theguardian.com/us-news/2020/n…
5/5 More than half of all counties in Arizona have conducted post-election audits and found either no discrepancies or microscopic issues that don't affect the outcome of the race, according to reports filed with the Arizona secretary of state's office. cnn.com/2020/11/12/pol…
The Trump regime plans to auction drilling rights in the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden’s inauguration. Biden, meanwhile, has pledged to permanently protect the refuge, saying drilling there would be a “big disaster.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The Trump regime is urging Mitch McConnell to confirm Chad Wolf as Homeland Security secretary before Inauguration Day. Wolf has been acting secretary for a year & his appointment was invalidated by the Government Accountability Office & in federal court. cnn.com/2020/11/13/pol…
1/2 Found that lone instance of voter fraud... again.. from a Republican... again.

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1/2 Seems #FauxNews might be desperately backpedaling to try to keep that coveted "stupid and delusional" demographic.

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Trump puts Giuliani in charge of his lawsuits challenging the election results.

I assume we'll be hearing from Rudy soon as he litigates the case at the Supreme Court Bar & Restaurant in Maryborough, Australia. nytimes.com/live/2020/11/1…
Health officials sound alarm over impact of Trump’s transition blockade

As coronavirus cases spike, those on both sides of the aisle say the president’s refusal to concede the election could cripple the nation’s ability to control the pandemic. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Georgia secretary of state says Lindsey Graham implied he should try to throw away ballots

This would be illegal to do eve in one's own state; when called on it, Graham said he thought it was "a very good call"... like Trump's Ukraine call. cnn.com/2020/11/16/pol…
1/5 Yet more lawyers are bailing on Trump.
2/5 Another shake-up on Trump campaign legal team

The campaign has apparently tried to replace the entire team handling its federal lawsuit seeking to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election results. politi.co/2IIGOar
3/5 Remember Joseph DiGenova & Victoria Toensing, who briefly worked for Trump before he dumped them for looking disheveled? They’re back! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
4/5 The rest of his new team are Rudy Giuliani, Q-Anon re-tweeting Flynn lawyer Sidney Powell, and anti-gay Trump campaign legal advisor Jenna Ellis. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
5/5 Together, this team of five is the worst Super Sentai show ever. Image
Trump tunes out pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss

Trump has not attended a coronavirus task force meeting in “at least five months.” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
On his way out, Trump salts the earth behind him washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
1/3 Rudy Giuliani is on the move in Pennsylvania in a wild case to attempt to prevent the state from certifying its votes.

I am waiting for him to show up in the small town of Williamsport, MD, instead of Williamsport, PA, & start shouting in a courtyard.
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3/3 cnn.com/2020/11/17/pol…
The last time Rudy Giuliani made a personal appearance in a federal court was 1992.

This is gonna be good.

Trump is crowing about a case in Nevada that will not affect the outcome of the presidential election and, if it did, would still not put him anywhere near 270.

But it won't.
Lindsey Graham may have finally gone a step too far in his sycophancy to Trump.

Witness corroborates claim that Lindsey Graham asked about tossing ballots in Georgia
cnn.com/politics/live-…
A closer look at the thing that might finally take down Lindsey Graham.
National security adviser Robert O’Brien: “If the Biden-Harris ticket is determined to be the winner — and, obviously, things look that way now — we’ll have a very professional transition with the National Security Council, no doubt about it.” npr.org/sections/biden…
16 federal prosecutors monitoring the 2020 election say they see no evidence of substantial fraud & urge AG Bill Barr to rescind his directive allowing investigators to pursue allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” before results are certified. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
1/3 Yet another enormous Trump loss at the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court level.

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Oh look, turns out Rudy Giuliani is yet another grifter who wants to be paid $20k a day to fight Trump's legal battles while millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet in a pandemic-caused depression.

1/2 Trump has openly stated that he fired CISA director Chris Krebs for correcting his voter fraud disinformation.

2/2 Trump Fires CISA Director Chris Krebs, Who Corrected Voter Fraud Disinformation npr.org/2020/11/17/936…
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4/6 Board in key Michigan county fails, then agrees, to certify vote totals by deadline washingtonpost.com/politics/michi…
5/6 Monica Palmer & William Hartmann: Michigan Republicans Initially Voted Against Certifying Election Results heavy.com/news/monica-pa…
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Wow. Rudy Giuliani in court is even more deliriously stupid than I thought it would be.

Trump claims Michigan election board was ‘viciously harassed’ to certify Biden vote in Detroit

If he means "pushed to do the right and legal thing", then he's correct. news.yahoo.com/trump-wayne-co…
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Imagine paying $3M n the middle of a pandemic and depression affecting millions to get a recount that cannot possibly change the results, both in Wisconsin itself and in Biden having more than enough electoral votes to have won.

cnbc.com/2020/11/18/tru…
GOP donor to Trump: You lost and country needs you to move on cnn.com/videos/politic…
Giuliani's court bid to overturn Biden victory turns to farce as he forgets judge's name, calls other lawyer 'that angry man,' claims the 11 biggest cities are conspiring to steal election, then gets directions to the nearest martini bar dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
1/2 Well, this is petty and dangerous.
2/2 HHS secretary says department won't work with Biden's team until federal agency determines he won cnn.com/2020/11/18/pol…
1/2 Trump's continued attacks on the election are once again putting elected officials at risk, this time Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who has received death threats.
2/2 Arizona Secretary of State Says She and Family Have Received Violent Threats, Points a Finger at President Trump lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…
1/3 I am pretty sure there are no take-backs here, and "but we'll lose our racism cards" is no excuse.

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So Trump apparently CALLED Palmer to appeal to her inner Karen. "Are you okay? Did they hurt you with their vicious voting? They did? Well, I want you to do me a favor..."

washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11…
1/5 More Trump lawyer incompetence.

Michigan, Minnesota, what's the difference? They both can share MI, right? Might as well toss WI in there... it's just MI upside down, right?
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5/5 Do Trump’s Lawyers Know What They Are Doing? powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/…
1/15 A quick look at the insanity that was the Rudy Giuliani press conference last night, rife with disinformation and lies.

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11/15 Why do any of Trump's lawyers still have licenses?
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14/15 Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
15/15 There is always The Washington Post's Bottomless Pinocchio.

I think this whole debacle has earned one by now.

Here is my rendition of it:

1/5 GOP Senators Ben Sasse & Mitt Romney pan Trump campaign’s tactics in contesting election

The Nebraska Republican's statement was perhaps the most pointed Republican rebuttal yet. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
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1/8 Trump made his most blatant overture yet to attempt to change the election results, inviting Michigan lawmakers to the White House. metrotimes.com/news-hits/arch…
2/8 After Trump tried to sway two Wayne County Board of Canvassers to de-certify Detroit results (a failed effort, they'd already given in after an earlier attempt to block them), he invited Republican heads of both the Michigan state House and Senate. dailykos.com/stories/2020/1…
3/8 Overturning elections sounds like the stuff of secret deals in smoke-filled rooms, but Trump's not even trying to hide his effort to subvert the results of the election as President-elect Joe Biden's margin widens to more than 6 million votes. cnn.com/2020/11/21/pol…
4/8 Photos posted to social media showed the group with what appeared to be a bottle of Dom Pérignon that cost somewhere between $495 to $795, according to the lounge menu. deadlinedetroit.com/articles/26713…
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6/8 In the end, the bribery attempt was for naught; the Michigan lawmakers who met with Trump said they see nothing to change election outcome. cnn.com/2020/11/20/pol…
7/8 “As legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors, just as we have said throughout this election,” said Mike Shirkey, leader of the State Senate, and Lee Chatfield, speaker of the State House. nytimes.com/live/2020/11/2…
8/8 Rumor has it, though, that Trump is prepared to try the same gambit with their counterparts in Pennsylvania.

State representatives in MI, PA, WI, AZ and GA could do the president’s bidding. But the political and legal obstacles are formidable. propublica.org/article/the-lo…
RNC chair urges Michigan board to pause certification of election results

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and Michigan Republican Chair Laura Cox urged the board to adjourn for 14 days to allow a full audit and investigation. politico.com/news/2020/11/2…
1/2 In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania with prejudice (meaning it can't be refiled). washingtonpost.com/politics/us-ju…
2/2 Read the opinion: Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania washingtonpost.com/context/read-t…
One by one, Republican Senators are bowing to reality.
1/2 The Trump campaign just stated Sidney Powell is NOT a member of Rudy Giuliani's legal team.

Wow. axios.com/sidney-powell-…
2/2 Giuliani distances Trump campaign from attorney Sidney Powell thehill.com/homenews/campa…
During the limited recount in WI, Trump poll ‘watchers’ were in some cases escorted out for bullying-type behavior and obstruction in the recount.

Trump wants the ballots thrown out and will do anything under the sun to get them. apnews.com/article/electi…
Business Leaders, Citing Damage to Country, Urge Trump to Begin Transition

At the urging of New York’s attorney general, business leaders in New York push for the Trump administration to begin a transfer of power. nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/…
1/2 GOP Sen. Rob Portman says Biden transition funds should be released axios.com/rob-portman-tr…
2/2 Portman: No proof of mass fraud that would change election result cincinnati.com/story/opinion/…
Chris Christie calls Trump's legal team a 'national embarrassment'
cnn.com/2020/11/22/pol…
Pennsylvania and Michigan will consider certifying election results today. nytimes.com/live/2020/11/2…
Refusing to certify legitimate votes is a felony freep.com/story/opinion/…
1/3 Trump finally allowed the transition to go forward... by tweet, of course. Image
2/3 Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis isn't taking the loss well.
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Nooooo.... really?

Trump fears Giuliani, other lawyers in Biden vote challenge are ‘fools that are making him look bad’ cnbc.com/2020/11/23/tru…
1/3 CEOs Urge Trump To Concede: 'Not A Moment To Waste' In Fighting COVID-19 npr.org/2020/11/23/938…
2/3 Republican national security experts call on Trump to concede, begin transition washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
3/3 Business Leaders, Citing Damage to Country, Urge Trump to Begin Transition

At the urging of New York’s attorney general, business leaders in New York pushed for the Trump administration to begin a transfer of power. nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/…
What The U.S. Election Meltdown Looks Like to Other Countries

Observers with a view from abroad tell us how dysfunctional the U.S. political system looks to everyone else. politico.com/news/magazine/…
On Parler, MAGA’s postelection world view blossoms with no pushback

The rapidly expanding social media site has given Trump backers a platform to simply dismiss the postelection reality and reinforce baseless voter-fraud conspiracies. politico.com/news/2020/11/2…
Wait, what? Really? And yet he didn't cancel HOW many other things?
Hell. This is not going to be good. This is going to kill a lot of people. This is why we were against her.

The Supreme Court blocked New York’s virus-imposed limits on religious services. Justice Amy Coney Barrett was a decisive vote in the 5-4 ruling. nytimes.com/2020/11/26/us/…
Appeal court dismisses Trump camp's lawsuit in Pennsylvania bbc.com/news/election-…
The Trump campaign paid three million dollars for a recount in Milwaukee.

The total did change. In the end, Joe Biden gained 132 votes.

Winning. jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
Donor In Trump’s Election ‘Fraud’ Fight Sues To Snatch Back His $2.5 Million Contribution

Venture capitalist Fred Eshelman blasts group that launched failed court cases that couldn’t come up with any evidence of rigged voting. huffpost.com/entry/fred-esh…
1/2 Trump is now in the "blame my own people" phase of things.

First, he is undermining his party's desperate bid to keep the senate by un-endorsing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp... businessinsider.com/brian-kemp-tru…
2/2 ...and then by claiming the FBI and Justice Department may have helped rig the election.

I wonder what Bill Barr thinks of that? forbes.com/sites/jemimamc…
1/2 Two articles ripping apart Trump's infamously poor exit.

20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the election washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
2/2 The idea ... that the Supreme Court is going to take up this case and issue a game-changing ruling is fantastical. Conservative judges have consistently rejected Trump’s flailing legal appeals, & the justices are unlikely to have a different reaction.
nationalreview.com/2020/11/trump-…
The 40 most utterly unhinged lines from Donald Trump's first post-election interview cnn.com/2020/11/30/pol…
1/2 In a truly hilarious moment, the GOP has become the GOP's worst enemy in Georgia, as fired lawyer Sidney Powell claims Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Gov. Brian Kemp rigged the election against Doug Collins, and thus Trump, to get her into the runoff. newsweek.com/sidney-powell-…
2/2 The conspiracy that could hurt Loeffler, Perdue on Election Day ajc.com/politics/polit…
On Monday President Trump’s campaign lawyer and former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova said that fired Trump cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs should be executed for saying that the election was the “most secure in United States history.” thebulwark.com/trump-lawyer-d…
1/2 On the non-existent Edison County, MI:

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Trump continues his mission to disenfranchise his own party by attacking Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey.

Good. Let him tear the GOP apart. They earned this reckoning.

rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-…
"Trump’s latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can’t ignore it."

But they will. Ignoring reality, and the latest Trump madness, is kind of what they're best at now.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-r…
The 40 most utterly unhinged lines from Donald Trump's first post-election interview cnn.com/2020/11/30/pol…
Bill Barr just admitted there is no evidence of election fraud and Biden won.

Good-bye, Mr. Barr.

apnews.com/article/electi…
'Someone's Going To Get Killed': Ga. Official Blasts GOP Silence On Election Threats npr.org/sections/biden…
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has been telling colleagues and allies that he plans to challenge the Electoral College votes when Congress officially certifies Joe Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, as long as a Senate Republican joins him in the long-shot effort. politico.com/newsletters/hu…
Georgia elections official urges Trump to ‘stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.’

nytimes.com/live/2020/12/0…
Well, this is both nuts and illegal, just like Michael Flynn himself.

The president does NOT has the power to invoke martial law to hold a new election just because he doesn't like the results of the last one. Image
This whole kraken camp is a special kind of nuts.

1/2 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), among other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent illegal deletion of official emails & WhatsApp messages. thehill.com/regulation/cou…
2/2 Many Trump regime members, including Jared Kushner, have used illegal, private, encrypted methods of communication instead of normal channels, and Trump is notorious for destroying documents, also illegal. axios.com/trump-kushner-…
What fresh stupidity is this?

Roger Stone wants us to believe a fleet of North Korea boats sailed all the way across the Pacific and up the Atlantic coast to deliver doctored ballots to a harbor in MAINE to defeat Trump.

Seriously.
newsweek.com/roger-stone-sa…
The MAGA/Trump campaign attempts to prove "voter fraud" are getting progressively more nuts and drunken. They may be hitting the egg nog early...
1/2 Heidi Stirrup, the White House liaison to the Justice Department, has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up information about election fraud. apnews.com/article/heidi-…
2/2 Heidi Stirrup was installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison by chief of staff Mark Meadows in September. Stirrup has already been appointed as a member of the Board of Visitors to the Air Force Academy. cnn.com/2020/12/03/pol…
This just keeps getting dumber.

Sidney Powell, after filing a blank complaint, has now filed one in Georgia alleging Dominion voting machines changed Biden votes to Trump, which would mean Trump got fraudulent votes were it true.

It still isn't.
Trump has fruitlessly pressed Georgia’s governor to call a special legislative session aimed at overturning the presidential election results in that state. apnews.com/article/electi…
Arizona Capitol Times: The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by meeting with Rudy Giuliani. azcapitoltimes.com/news/2020/12/0…
Trump's latest batch of election lawsuits fizzle as dozens of losses pile up

Trump no closer to overturning result, with just one small victory in a month’s worth of cases theguardian.com/us-news/2020/d…
Judge Removes Tentacle of ‘Kraken’ Election-Toppling Bid in Michigan: ‘The People Have Spoken’ lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…
Trump asked the Pennsylvania House speaker for help in overturning the presidential election results, personally intervening in a third state after his failed attempts in Michigan and Georgia.
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
More proof that Republican cries of "states' rights" only apply when it benefits them, as the Texas State Attorney General asks the Supreme Court to interfere in the election results in four other states: Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

texastribune.org/2020/12/08/tex…
I give it 5 until they accuse Justice Alito, who would have been instrumental in this decision, of being part of the Deep State:

U.S. Supreme Court rejects GOP congressman’s last-minute effort to upend Pennsylvania’s election results inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…
Lawyers across the country urge bar associations to investigate Trump’s legal team. nytimes.com/live/2020/12/0…
First Hugo Chavez, now Fidel Castro. When does Stalin return from the dead for the trifecta, and what the devil is wrong with these people?

#Michigan's response to the idiotic #TexasLawsuit that other red states are piling onto now says it all: Image
1/2 The rank hypocrisy of Texas AG Ken Paxton's lawsuit against 4 swing states to overturn the election is that he himself has been indicted on securities fraud and accused by top aides of bribery, abuse of office and other potentially criminal offenses. cnn.com/2020/12/08/opi…
2/2 While the right is foaming at the mouth to take Paxton's lawsuit seriously, many believe this is just a desperate attempt to obtain a pardon from Donald Trump. dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/12/09/sup…
1/3 Pennsylvania AG blasts Texas election suit as 'seditious abuse' of judicial process thehill.com/homenews/campa…
2/3 17 Republican Attorneys General Back Trump in Far-Fetched Election Lawsuit

The move is an attempt to bolster a baseless legal effort by Texas that seeks to delay certification of the presidential electors in four battleground states that Trump lost. nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/…
3/3 106 seditious House Republicans have signed on to an amicus brief backing a lawsuit from Texas to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the results of the election in the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. cnn.com/2020/12/10/pol…
1/2 The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected a bid from Texas' attorney general -- supported by President Donald Trump -- to block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. cnn.com/2020/12/11/pol…
2/2 Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election

The suit, filed directly in the Supreme Court, sought to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from casting their electoral votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/…
The FBI has subpoenaed Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general leading the long-shot lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election for Trump.

Charges being investigated include abuse of office and bribery. businessinsider.com/ken-paxton-fbi…
1/3 'Lincoln told you no': Texas GOP rebuked for secession talk

After SCOTUS rejected the Trump-backed lawsuit from the Texas AG to overturn the vote in 4 states Biden won, the chair of the Lonestar State's Republican Party hinted at secession. msnbc.com/11th-hour/watc…
2/3 '#Texit': A Texas state lawmaker says he will propose a referendum on seceding from the US because the 'federal government is out of control' businessinsider.com/texit-texas-st…
3/3 Texas GOP chair floats secession for 'law-abiding states' after Supreme Court defeat thehill.com/homenews/state…
1/6 Claims Trump is hosting the leader of the Proud Boys today turned out to be false, spread by a Proud Boys leader who took a public tour, even as violent pro-Trump rallies break out in DC.
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4/6 One of the leaders of the far-right Proud Boys tried to pass off a White House public tour as an official visit Saturday. nypost.com/2020/12/12/pro…
5/6 Policing protests: Demonstrators say officers are taking sides as D.C. hosts pro-Trump rallies Saturday washingtonpost.com/local/dc-maga-…
6/6 D.C. braces for clashes Saturday as pro-Trump demonstrators descend on Washington washingtonpost.com/local/trump-dc…
The most amazing part about this post railing against Fox News for failing the My Pillow moron is that it's serious. Image
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Hypocrisy checklist: interrupting the National Anthem?

Check.

Who had MAGAs chanting "destroy the GOP!" on their bingo cards?

I for one would like to thank Nick Fuentes for helping tear the Republican Party apart from the inside.

Never thought I'd say THAT!

1/2 The Proud Boys, these bastions of the party of "law and order" are vandalizing the property of others by taking down Black Lives Matter banners, including from a church.
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1/2 Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence

Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch. nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/…
2/2 Reminder: if your votes didn't give us the House in 2018 and this year, the GOP could have carried off the mad gambit detailed above on Jan. 6th.

But they can not. #YourVoteMatters Image
After the fact: the five ways Trump has tried to attack democracy post-election theguardian.com/us-news/2020/d…
Well, this is nuts, and of course Stephen Miller is the one pushing such nonsense.
The Republicans Who Embraced Nihilism

The Supreme Court thwarts the latest Trumpist attack on American democracy. nytimes.com/2020/12/11/opi…
An article from 2016 that says it all:

Donald Trump’s made-up coat-of-arms reveals his electoral strategy: Never concede washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w… Image
1/3 When does this stop:

In another sign of the lingering unrest over Trump's election loss, an Arizona group sent the National Archives in Washington notarized documents last week intended to deliver, wrongly, the state's 11 electoral votes for him. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
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Trump And His Allies Have Lost Nearly 60 Election Fights In Court (And Counting)

The campaign’s latest legal failures come as the Electoral College votes to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win on Monday. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court denied a last-ditch Trump effort to toss 200,000 votes from Milwaukee and Madison.
nytimes.com/live/2020/12/1…
Michigan Rep. Gary Eisen, a Republican from St. Clair has been removed from his committee assignments after saying he couldn't guarantee a safe day in Lansing Monday as Michigan's electors gather to vote for Joe Biden. wxyz.com/news/gop-rep-r…
Joe Biden is now officially the president elect and Trump just fired Bill Barr.

William Barr To Step Down As Attorney General Before Christmas npr.org/2020/12/14/811…
Wow. This re-tweet from Trump has so much to unpack, from putting the Chinese flag on Georgia Gov. Kemp and SoS Raffensperger and stating they're going to jail to declaring he's "a genuinely good man who doesn't really like to fire people."

In other words, not one true thing. Image
Timing is everything.

After weeks of declining to recognize Biden’s win, Mitch McConnell congratulates him for being the president-elect. nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/…
Basically, cowardly McConnell still needs Trump in Georgia so he's hoping he can acknowledge Biden and not tick off Donnie.

He don't know the petulant pustule pretending to be president very well, do he?

politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
McConnell urged Senate Republicans not to join House members in contesting the state electoral results during the Jan. 6 joint session. axios.com/mcconnell-urge…
1/2 White House refuses to follow McConnell in acknowledging Trump defeat theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…
2/2 White House press secretary declines to call Biden president-elect, says electoral college vote is ‘one step in the constitutional process’ washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Democracy Won Because Donald Trump Couldn’t Break the Judiciary—Including His Own Appointees

Republicans have tried like crazy to rig the judiciary, but thank God it’s still independent enough that even Trump’s own judicial appointees stopped him cold. thedailybeast.com/democracy-won-…
Trump has reportedly been convinced he actually won, tells advisers he may not vacate the White House news.yahoo.com/trump-reported…
The dead voter conspiracy theory peddled by Trump voters, debunked

A barrage of voter fraud conspiracy theories reveal Trump supporters’ fundamental misunderstanding of the system theguardian.com/us-news/2020/n…
We’ve finally identified the source of fraud in the 2020 election. It’s Ron Johnson. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Here is traitor and felon Mike Flynn, who tried to sell another human being to Turkey for millions of dollars, advocating that Trump use a military coup to overthrow democracy.
After legal threat, Fox airs news package debunking election fraud claims made by its own hosts

The package aired Friday night on Lou Dobbs' show & Saturday night on Jeanine Pirro's program, and will air Sunday morning on Maria Bartiromo's show.
cnn.com/2020/12/19/bus…
1/3 Trump sought to tap Sidney Powell as special counsel for election fraud

Powell, an attorney for onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn, has led the president's efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory. nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
2/3 Powell continues to baselessly claim there was a conspiracy to rig voting machines against Trump that involved a range of players including "thousands" of poll workers, deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the CIA and Chinese communists.

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
3/3 Reports are that Michael Flynn was also present, and Trump asked him about the possibility of declaring martial law, something Flynn has urged him to do publicly but which was privately shot down during a loud, heated debate.
politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
Undercutting Trump, Barr says there’s no basis for seizing voting machines, using special counsels for election fraud, Hunter Biden washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Trump rails at Justice Dept., Supreme Court as stimulus bill deadline nears

The president took aim at the FBI and DOJ for not pursuing baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
Louie Gohmert And Republicans Sue To Give Mike Pence The Authority To Overturn The Election

politicususa.com/2020/12/28/goh…
Seditious GOP Sen. Josh Hawley vows to challenge Biden electors, forcing vote McConnell hoped to avoid

The GOP senator's announcement ensures that both chambers will be forced to debate the results of at least one state. politico.com/news/2020/12/3…
Hawley faces heat from Senate Republicans over Electoral College plans

The Missouri senator missed a Thursday call where Mitch McConnell asked him to explain his plans, emailing colleagues later instead. politico.com/news/2020/12/3…
Trump’s ‘Calvary’ Retweet Emphasizes Fear After Election Loss hillreporter.com/trumps-calvary…
I will never get tired of watching Trump's MAGA cult turn on its own.
A federal judge dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a Rep. Louie Gohmert seeking to give VP Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week. usnews.com/news/politics/…
11 Republican Senators Plan to Back Futile Bid to Overturn Biden’s Election

A group of senators & senators-elect, led by Texas' Ted Cruz, said that they would object to the outcome of the election, while conceding that their effort would be unsuccessful. nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/…
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3/5 ‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
4/5 Oh lordy, there is a tape.
5/5 Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to ‘find’ votes washingtonpost.com/video/politics…
On Trump's latest cheat:
The Atlantic Journal-Constitution calls Trump what he is: a cheat.

Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call ajc.com/politics/polit…
1/2 Trump's 'less-than-perfect' call to Georgia officials could also be a crime news.yahoo.com/trumps-lesstha…
2/2 Illinois Senator Dick Durbin: Trump Georgia call 'merits nothing less than a criminal investigation'

thehill.com/homenews/senat…
All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory washingtonpost.com/opinions/10-fo…
Good gods. Here is Georgia lawyer and Trump sycophant Lin Wood in a full-on #QAnonsense twitter meltdown about child murder rings, Chief Justice John Roberts being blackmailed, and... lizard squads?

Whatever Lin Wood is on, somebody take it away, please. Image
1/6 Meanwhile, in reality, Trump committed a crime some are now calling "Callgate", though it makes me think of toothpaste.

Can we just call it "Trump crime number 574" or whatever he's on?
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The GOP is torn apart as large numbers of Republicans both active and retired decry the effort by over 100 Representatives and 12 Senators to steal an election and undermine Democracy for Trump: apnews.com/article/electi…
Parody... or is it?

Georgia Secretary of State Blocks Caller After Receiving Unhinged Threats newyorker.com/humor/borowitz… via @NewYorker
1/2 Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) & Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal probe after the release of a recording of Trump demanding Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) “find” additional votes for him.
nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
2/2 The bombshell call is just the latest "perfect call" from Trump, and one that could see him up on serious charges of, ironically, election fraud.

Two House Democrats ask Wray to open 'immediate criminal investigation' into Trump thehill.com/homenews/house…
Georgia election officials show frame-by-frame of State Farm Arena Election Night video Rudy Giuliani and other Trump supporters called a smoking gun, which turns out to be perfectly normal and legal when taken in full context.

via .@wsbtv
Trump and the GOP's attempt to subvert the Census seems about to fail, as the count will not be finished before February.

thehill.com/homenews/admin…
GOP to block Democrat from state Senate in mail ballot fight

Sen. Jim Brewster, of Allegheny County, defeated challenger Nicole Ziccarelli by 69 votes in the Nov. 3 election, according to state-certified returns. wtae.com/article/pennsy…
In big break with Trump, Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe rejects Electoral College challenge oklahoman.com/article/567968…
Should it really be called a scoop when a Republican Senator does what he's supposed to do?

Apparently so in this era.

Sen. Tim Scott will vote to certify Biden’s Electoral College win axios.com/tim-scott-elec…
He lost the House.
He lost the presidency.
He lost the Senate.

Trump is, and always will be, a LOSSES, no matter how he spins his losses.
cnn.com/2021/01/05/pol…
1/8 Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the capitol, forcing Congress into bunkers.

U.S. Capitol locked down as pro-Trump protesters breach the building axios.com/trump-congress…
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5/8 This could well be the tweet that set this off: Image
6/8 Mike Pence and Chuck Grassley rushed out of Senate chamber as protesters storm Capitol

The vice president was in the chamber on Wednesday to oversee the proceedings, and listening to debate over an objection to Arizona's electoral vote count. politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
7/8 Jake Sherman brings the latest from Capitol Hill where protestors have breached steps, says people in the Senate are receiving messages warning of "an external security threat," prohibiting entry and exit to the building. msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watc…
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I feared it may come to this:
Lawmakers and others are urging Trump to do something to rein in the chaos at the capitol right now, and Trump isn't doing a single thing to do so beyond a couple of tweets, while protesters are attacking and damaging it.
They are not protesters. They are not terrorists.

Here they are taking down and tossing away the American flag to replace it with a Trump flag.

It says everything.

This is not a speech telling people to stop the violence. It was a speech pretending to do so while repeatedly claiming he, and they, have been robbed, and he knows that will whip up even more stochastic violence:
Trump's terrorists are looting and vandalizing the capitol of the United States.

Never forget that. Image
YouTube, Facebook and Twitter squelch Trump's video on Capitol breach

Social media companies faced fresh calls to suspend or remove Trump amid Wednesday’s unrest, which caused Capitol Hill to go into lockdown. politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
I do not see this happening, but this is being called for.

The 25th Amendment: The quickest way Trump could be stripped of power, explained

Vice President Mike Pence & the Cabinet could declare Trump “unable” to serve. But there are some complications. vox.com/2021/1/6/22217…
First lady's chief of staff and former WH press secretary resigns over violent protests cnn.com/2021/01/06/pol…
Twitter locks Trump’s account following video addressing Washington rioters cnbc.com/2021/01/06/twi…
MSNBC has been talking to congresspeople and their workers like Rep. Grace Weng who were trapped all over the building.

She was caught in an office & had to barricade it, turn off the lights, and hope nobody tried to break in. She texted her family.

They feared for their lives.
Election Officials Warned 'Someone's Going To Get Shot,' But That Didn't Stop Trump

npr.org/sections/congr…
1/3 This is why we are angry at the police. There were black and other minority workers in the capitol building who were unaccounted for for some time, and serious worries for their safety, and the police let them in!
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I really want to believe this, but even now I can't.

But I do have hope.

Trump Shouldn’t Get 14 More Days In Office. Invoke The 25th Amendment Now
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…
An explosive device was found at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee in DC and the nearby headquarters of the Democratic National Committee was evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious package on Wednesday. nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/…
Video shows pro-Trump mob charging at news crews and destroying equipment outside US Capitol building
businessinsider.com/pro-trump-mob-…
Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/remov…
House Judiciary Democrats ask Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Vice President Pence on Wednesday evening imploring him to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office.
thehill.com/homenews/house…
D.C. police officials also say two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee. Police found a cooler from a vehicle that had a long gun and Molotov cocktail on Capitol grounds. apnews.com/article/ap-ele…
1/3 Rudy Giuliani is desperately calling Republican lawmakers urging them to delay the electoral vote count by at least one day to allow the president and his team to present more evidence of alleged election fraud. thedispatch.com/p/giuliani-to-…
2/3 Giuliani left a voicemail, intended for Tommy Tuberville, on the wrong congressman's voicemail stating that McConnell wanted to narrow the objections to just three states and that the Trump team wanted to object to 10, asking that he object to EVERY state to bog things down.
3/3 The purpose? To try to swing it so that Republican states can rig the election for Trump, of course:

There is absolutely zero doubt that the nazis and confederates and other insurgents who stormed the capitol today were MAGAs... unless your name is Matt Gaetz and you live in some sort of mirror universe.

1/2 The capitol police need to be investigated and there need to be some firings.

2/2 Just watch as they pal around with these terrorists.
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Ah, the sounds of silence. Image
1/5 Were Pro-Trump Mobs Storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 Actually Antifa?

There was no evidence anyone but a mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol grounds. snopes.com/fact-check/tru…
2/5 No, there is no evidence that antifa activists stormed the Capitol. nytimes.com/live/2020/2020…
3/5 There’s No Evidence Antifa Was Involved In The Attempted Coup At The Capitol

Right-wing figures have spread baseless claims that antifa was behind Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol. buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…
4/5 QAnon Believers Were Part Of Mob That Stormed The Capitol

The collective delusion finally reached the level of violence it always threatened. buzzfeednews.com/article/katien…
5/5 A day of crisis at the US Capitol, fact-checked politifact.com/article/2021/j…
Pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, and sniper rifles were all present (and thankfully not used) yesterday.

This needs to be taken seriously.
Trump banned from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says

The move follows temporary bans of Trump’s accounts by both Twitter and Facebook.

Womp womp.
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Congress confirms Biden's win after pro-Trump mob's assault on Capitol

Overnight, Trump acknowledged the results of the November election but again made false claims about the vote. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
1/2 Holy moly. Speaker Pelosi just called for Pence to invoke the 25th and says if he does not, she will begin impeachment proceedings.

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
2/2 Pelosi and Schumer call for Trump's immediate removal from office axios.com/trump-25th-ame…
‘I can’t stay here’ — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow cnbc.com/2021/01/07/mic…
Trump Announces He Withdrew The Nomination Of Chad Wolf To Run DHS After He Criticized The Capitol Riot

White House officials said the withdrawal two weeks before the end of Trump's term was not connected to Wolf's statement. buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Looks like even war crimes Wolf was not vicious enough for Trump.

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1/5 After months of being stalled by Mitch McConnell's Senate wall, Congress was prepared to pass a new COVID-19 relief bill that only offered $600 per person, far less than Democrats had wanted, but at least something. usatoday.com/story/money/20…
2/5 Trump then threw a wrench in the works, demanding that they raise the sum to $2,000, perhaps expecting Democrats to automatically oppose it on the basis that the idea came from him.

But it's what they wanted all along, so they embraced instantly. cnbc.com/2020/12/22/tru…
3/5 Now it's all on the GOP, who have dragged their feet on this all along. The House has asked for a unanimous consent passage, meaning if the Republicans want to oppose this, one must stand up and do so in person. axios.com/pelosi-trump-c…
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Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈🌊❄️ Profile picture
2 Dec 20
1/ Though presidential pardons & commutations have often generated some controversy, none have done so more than Trump's, who while issuing the fewest since William McKinley has delivered the most corrupt by a wide margin.

It's no surprise he's been using them as bribes. Image
2/ William McKinley delivered just 162 pardons and 50 commutations.

Obama gave 212 and 1715 respectively.

Trump? 27 pardons and 11 commutations. Period.

justice.gov/pardon/clemenc…
3/ So far, Trump has granted clemency less frequently than any president in modern history, and the bulk of the ones he's delivered have gone to celebrity causes and/or people long dead or criminals whose crimes Trump sympathizes with and approves of. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020…
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Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈🌊❄️ Profile picture
17 Nov 20
1/11 Lindsey Graham may have finally gone a step too far in his sycophancy to Trump.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has claimed Lindsey Graham pressured him to throw out any ballots he could to help Trump steal a win from Biden in Georgia.

jacksonprogress-argus.com/cnn/cnn_politi…
2/11 The shocking news broke Sunday, after current Georgia GOP Senators Loeffler and Perdue had been pressuring Raffensperger to resign and/or hold a recount on behalf of Trump, desperate to stay in his favor ahead of the upcoming January runoffs. politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
3/11 Trump Pressured GOP Senators Facing Runoffs to Call for Georgia Secretary of State’s Resignation: Report thedailybeast.com/trump-pressure…
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Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈🌊❄️ Profile picture
17 Nov 20
1/6 The Moderna vaccine announcement is revolutionary; not only does it apparently have nearly 5% more efficacy than the Pfizer one, but it is FAR more stable, and thus easier to ship and store.

nytimes.com/live/2020/mode…
2/6 Why Moderna's COVID Vaccine Has a 'Huge Advantage' Over Pfizer's newsweek.com/covid-vaccine-…
3/6 Why Does Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Need To Be Kept Colder Than Antarctica? npr.org/sections/healt…
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Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈🌊❄️ Profile picture
15 Nov 20
1/3 So a long time back I made the mistake of filling out one of the Trump campaign's surveys to say how much I hated what he was doing, and ever since they've flooded my box with their scams begging for money.
2/3 It didn't much bother me, I got to see what sort of lies and idiocies they sold, but after Trump lost I figured to finally stop it. I found the well-hidden "unsubscribe link"... and discovered it doesn't work. It takes you to a survey that then takes you to WinRed.
3/3 So, basically, more scams. Typical Trump. I'm thinking I need to report them to somebody at this point, though I am uncertain who.
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