So far the opening statement by Trump’s defense team is “emotion means the law shouldn’t apply” and “Senators are different than people” and also let’s not forget “and I guess we include women too now — sign of the times”
Not sure where this debate club catastrophe is going
“Why is it that we say MY senator?”
Umm actually it’s because English and federalism?
Stunning insights by Bobby genius
“And I guess not all senators agree with each other all the time”
Wut
“And uhhh FEDERALIST PAPERS MADISON HAMILTON because clearly I am losing the audience — should I rap it for you?”
Did they find this guy in an IHOP somewhere?
“And I’ve gotten lost in the Capitol before, many times”
No sh*t, who would have guessed it
“ATHENS ROME uhhhh lessons of history.”
Why is his tie so tiny?
Once heard a speech by a former Australian Prime Minister that sounded like every angry post-it note he had ever written about anything while sitting on the toilet was collected and stapled together and read out loud, and that was better than this guy
“ATHENS ROME ATHENS ROME!! The House managers referenced history before the revolution, why do we care about that?”
....
Another comment from Bobby genius indicating women should not be taken very seriously, and f this guy.
The whole thing is like a long infomercial for future sh*tty legal work he hopes to do for disreputable politicians in the future.
Now he is saying we send armies overseas to defend freedom but at home the mob should rule and honestly I have no idea WTF he is saying.
Bobby genius makes a QAnon reference then laughs it off and says he won’t use it because ha ha
FFS
Now he’s explaining that if constituents don’t like how you do your job, they might also run for election....
The Trump legal team is angry the Dems got “Hollywood” movie production while their own video montage is made by same Trump campaign kids with same ominous background music
Lawyer 2 is the Yosemite Sam to Bobby genius’s Foghorn Leghorn
Really this whole thing would be funny except how they keep referencing QAnon and second civil war hahahaha
Just once I wish someone would quote “the illustrious Calvin & Hobbes” instead of Hamilton over and over.
Lawyer 2 is a poignant reminder that
1) everyone can benefit from public speaking training
2) the answer is often lip balm and not drinking more water
Are they disinfecting the podium/mic? This guy is both saying it & spraying it.
Or did they get vaccine to defend Trump?
Hi, I am begging you to never use a prop pocket constitution
Thank you.
... did he finish by crying at a poem? I’m so confused by the last hour.
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Republican commentator on PBS makes point that by same standard presented by House managers, you could argue many Republican senators also incited violence and anti-constitutional sentiments — but like, yes, that’s the point.
Now she is arguing Trump tweeted a lot, so a hundred or so tweet inciting violence isn’t really a lot in the total volume, and just 😂
Republican commentator on PBS continues: are we getting to the point where everyone is going to be held accountable for what they say? I hope not.
My George Shultz story: he once have me an A+ on a project for making him laugh.
He team-taught an amazing class at Stanford — negotiations? Arms control? Not actually sure what class actually was — with three other big-name “formers” (which is why you took the class) /1
The first assignment was a team project — you were assigned a country and had to present your case on some arms control issue.
Of course my team got Russia.
So we worked out the whole presentation on nuclear whatever and I’m sure it was fine. /2
But when we presented it in class, we staged it so one very serious member of our team read the presentation in English (as the interpreter), while I was the “Russian” diplomat actually presenting. /3
Today’s indictment of Ricky Vaughn for *2016* election interference efforts — that were well documented already in public domain — really makes you wonder what else Bill Barr was sitting on
Serves as notice though that this is criminal. More coming.
In revealing the annual #DoomsdayClock, @BulletinAtomic highlights the proliferation of conspiracies and the consistent eroding of scientific truth as an escalating concern in how we respond to crisis.
Yet, somehow, they leave the 2021 doomsday clock unchanged. /1
Lots of focus from speakers about the anticipated policy shifts a Biden admin heralds, and the need for US leadership in climate, health, arms control discussions. /3