Headshot wrote: » Just reading Barr's resignation letter and people thought he couldnt get any worse What a vile man and hopefully it's the last time we ever hear from him
L1011 wrote: » That's the @POTUS account which gets recycled for Biden, his ban-worthy content is on the main one.
L1011 wrote: » That's the @POTUS account which gets recycled for Biden, his ban-worthy content is on the main one.[/QUOTE Edit: went looking for access to same, so easy-peasy even without an account.
extra gravy wrote: » https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1338513515330613248?s=19 From the article: "Warning labels and fact checks have not stopped President Trump from continuing to spread conspiracy theories and use violent rhetoric on Twitter, but after Inauguration Day, those kinds of tweets could land the outgoing president in hot water, and eventually cause him to be banned by the platform, a Twitter spokesperson told Forbes.
aloyisious wrote: » Is Barr getting out ahead of whatever he suspects Trump & Co are going to do next in order to reduce the stain on his blotter, or did he and Trump take the easy way out by presenting his departure as a resignation in order to avoid the GOP et al erupting if he fired him? The updating of Trump on the investigation would probably have been interesting to watch.
EltonJohn69 wrote: » We will miss you William Barr xxx Does this mean Trump is free to pardon everyone ??? Lock up the Bidens ???
abff wrote: » I dread to think what kind of damage he’s going to do over the next five weeks. He’s like a jealous husband who decides to kill his wife because, if he can’t have her, nobody can. I just hope that somebody can step in and stop him before he goes too far.
seamus wrote: » I fear unfortunately that the fact that Trump didn't manage to completely dismantle and destroy the system of government in the U.S. will be applauded as a testament to the amazingness of the founding fathers and the perfection of the system they created, and thus nothing needs to be fixed because US democracy is impervious to dictators. The damage that has been done will be ignored as will the fact that a path has been paved for a considerably smarter and more devious individual to exploit it.
aloyisious wrote: » As con-jobs go, Trump is allegedly running his own electoral college vote in competition to the one run in line with the constitution, leaving one to wonder which one Mike Pence will choose to select the vote envelopes from in the senate next month [if Trump pushes the envelope - pun - out that far] when he's required to read the vote result into the record and finalize the show before the inauguration. I can't imagine him going along with Trump's con-job in front of the senate and the USSC, whatever about the U.S public. He has to know what would happen to his own chance of running for office in 2024 if he went along with Trump's plan to supplant Biden. The fake electoral college would be subversion of the constitution worthy of federal criminal charges after Trump was shown the exit door. I hope some reporter asks Pence what he think's of Trumps plan.
Brussels Sprout wrote: » I'm glad Barr is gone (even if he'd have only been in the job for another 5 weeks anyway). Trump surrounded himself with a lot of incompetent people but Barr didn't seem to be one of them. He was cold, calculated and dangerous. He deserves no credit for doing the absolute bare minimum around the election declarations. I hope that's the last we see of him.
robinph wrote: » Could that trigger something like they have in the UK HoC where bringing the house into disrepute, or picking up the ceremonial mace, could get you arrested by the sergeant at arms equivalent and locked in a Capitol Hill ceremonial prison? Doing something so idiotic in the chamber gaining an instant boot out the door.
aloyisious wrote: » It might account to a contempt of congress charge. More likely, in reality, that Pence will keep a respectable distance from any alternative electoral college if he hears it mentioned from his bosses mouth while playing along in encouraging tones to ensure he is one of the "good" guys either way. Barr had a contempt of congress charge laid against him last year but it seems to have flowed off him like water off a ducks back.
aloyisious wrote: » Ghosts from the past with Christmas approaching: Milo Yiannopoulos, the former Breitbart editor and fan of Trump, went on the warpath on Parler, saying “I lost everything helping to put Trump in office. My life and career were completely destroyed. Was it worth it? No. I feel utterly betrayed. I will have vengeance.” and he's dedicating the rest of his life to burning down the republican party. He think's "Trump’s SCOTUS appointments were pointless. We defended a selfish clown for nothing".
Water John wrote: » It will be difficult to hold the two wings of the GOP together. There is no national figure to do it.
robinph wrote: » No doubt the fundraising they are doing is bringing in some money, but is it really enough to make it worth carrying on the charade. Couldn't he make more money from staying at MarALago for the next month and charging the secret service for following him around in golf carts, but with a lot less stress. The money he's scamming out of people has to dry up at some point with the lack of any winning he's managing to achieve with it.
abff wrote: » I not sure what, if anything, would need to happen for Trump to accept reality and abandon his tantrum. The extent to which he has acted out has once again exceeded all expectations.
The Nal wrote: » Romney could. Maybe Nikki Haley. Or both.
MadYaker wrote: » I'm a bit surprised I didn't think he had genuinely swallowed the Trump BS.
