A coup would require military support and that ain’t happening, explains @therickwilson in a way only he can:
“They may be telling him that [they are], but it is the fake orgasm of coups. They're making noises that sound real, but it's not real.” trib.al/HwSN0bK
But the reality of a coup hasn’t stopped Team Trump from soliciting donations for voter fraud lawsuits.
“If you wrote this in a Hollywood script about a family of presidential grifters, it would be too on the nose,” adds @therickwilson. trib.al/HwSN0bK
Beast national security reporter @attackerman makes his @newabnormalpod debut to explain Mark Esper’s ousting and how the Pentagon is basically planning to f*ck Joe Biden.
“I'm not the guy who does the comforting stories,” he laughs. trib.al/HwSN0bK
Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. trib.al/HwSN0bK
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NEW: On Friday, the remnants of Trump’s failed re-election campaign informed staff that they were putting an end to “voter fraud” hotline duty. It meant the death of a workspace that one senior campaign official described simply as “the room from hell.” trib.al/zL129Pq
According to three sources, the hotline was inundated by crank callers impersonating public figures, anti-Trump callers launching into vulgarity-laden tirades, pranksters making sounds of flatulence, and others issuing threats at Trump 2020 staffers trib.al/zL129Pq
For every three or four hours of threats and pranking endured, staff estimated that they’d get roughly one caller with an earnest, maybe-promising tip. Staff would often leave looking visibly upset, worn out, and feeling undervalued. trib.al/zL129Pq
NEW: President Trump continues to refuse to cede the election. His national security adviser Robert O’Brien is enabling the mayhem, four senior officials told The Daily Beast. trib.al/5eaO6wK
Sources say O’Brien has pushed national security officials to publicly embrace the absurd Trump message that the election has not been certified and that there are still legal battles playing out across the country that could turn in the president’s favor trib.al/5eaO6wK
“If you even mention Biden’s name … that’s a no go. You’d be fired,” one national security official said. “Everyone is scared of even talking about the chance of working with the [Biden] transition.” trib.al/5eaO6wK
Last time around, there was so much talk about those damn emails. “Hillary went from up 11... and then in the very last NBC poll, she was up 4 points, with 16% undecided,” recalls @amyewalter.
NEW: For over a year, members of the “Boogaloo” movement planned for insurrectionary violence in a private chat. Thousands of messages were released by the nonprofit media collective Unicorn Riot, revealing the makings of the far-right Boogaloo scene. trib.al/eLQYJyT
Members of the movement have a fixation on fighting, or inciting, a second civil war called the “Boogaloo.”
Leaked Discord chats show members actively encouraging violence–even against civilians, and particularly, leftists. trib.al/eLQYJyT
Despite the movement's hatred for law enforcement and federal agents, many are soldiers themselves. Some members indicated that their participation in the violent movement could lose them their jobs in the law enforcement, military, or intelligence sector. trib.al/eLQYJyT
EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani vents to Trump that Bill Barr is screwing up his Hunter Biden play trib.al/0g89XOR
Instead of conceding that the broader public might not be interested in the story, Trump and Giuliani have instead put the blame for the failure to break through in part on Attorney General William Barr trib.al/CHXc7wo
Trump and Giuliani discussed their mutual frustrations with the lack of action from Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray saying that the emails and Hunter files have provided legal ammunition to probe the Bidens, the person close to Giuliani said trib.al/CHXc7wo