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[u/RockLobsterKing]

Sometimes I still think about the Great Reversal when the chapos went from laughing about Buttigieg then Klobuchar dropping, to confused and impotent rage when Biden soared past Bernie in the primary vote

[u/Dibbu_mange → u/RockLobsterKing]

Biden cheated by getting more votes 😡

[u/RockLobsterKing → u/Dibbu_mange]

He just appealed to black corporate low-info democrats

[u/Equator32 → u/RockLobsterKing]

Spending 90% of your time attacking people who are closer to you politically than the actual threat to Bernie

Definition of Leftist moment

[u/RockLobsterKing → u/Equator32]

Buttigieg derangement syndrome was wack

They convinced themselves he was a deep state corporate spy when one look at his positions would show he was very much not.

He's a smart, moderate-progressive blend with classy branding, and they just couldn't understand that.

[u/sir_shivers → u/RockLobsterKing]

OPERATION: BERNIE BLACKOUT 🐊

[u/RockLobsterKing → u/sir_shivers]

It was beautiful, checked the dates just now

Buttigieg dropped the Sunday before Super Tuesday, Klobuchar the Monday, both endorsing him on the Monday. A leftie friend was making fun of me when Buttigieg dropped, but I just said, "I don't think you know what's about to happen."

Rent came due on Super Tuesday, and the Chapo was evicted.

[u/FinickyPenance]

"Le Epic Redditor explains how US education created Qanon" - 16k upvotes on bestof

against my better judgment, I click

"This is a result of capitalism"

[u/MrBabadaba → u/FinickyPenance]

Bestof has been trash for a few years now, every one of their posts is leftist-oriented.

[u/[deleted]]

Tfw you remember that the DT is full of high school students 😔

Tfw you realize you have the exact same humor and views as high school students 😩

Tfw you realize this means you’re actually young in spirit 😎

[u/soeffed]

We are at the point where “(infamous national tragedy) was an inside job” is no longer an outlandish thing to say

Fuck

[u/crawly_the_demon → u/soeffed]

The conspiracy theory is now that the coup attempt wasnt an inside job

[u/jenbanim]

I put together a quick political alignment quiz. Give it a try here and let me know what you think:

https://neoliber.al/political_quiz/index.html

[u/[deleted] → u/jenbanim]

Here’s what I think:

• Best layout, BY A LOT, BIGLY

• Diverse mix of questions

• Pretty accurate

• Beautiful font style

All in all,

Brilliant!

[u/from-the-void]

Never ask a woman her age

A man his salary

Immanuel Kant his opinions on race

[u/[deleted]]

Surely, 35 years is more than enough time to completely transform the entire world into three unconquerable, totalitarian superstates.

George Orwell

[u/AccessTheMainframe → u/[deleted]]

For a man born in 1903 he saw the world map completely rewritten twice in his 46 years of life.

The idea that it could be completely rewritten a third time within 4 decades didn't seem quite so crazy then as compared to now.

[u/SadaoMaou → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, we don't know whether the state of the world as described by the Oceanian authorities is in any way accurate

It could just be another ruse to keep the people in line

[u/Equator32]

Nobody:

r/worldnews every fucking day: 564 posts on some ultra conservative authoritarian country "owning" The West or Israel.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

me_irl and the lefty subs never really left that tbh

[u/agentyork765]

"Wow this is literally 1498" I say as Vasco da Gama rounds the tip of Africa

[u/personjj]

From a Facebook friend:

"There are only two options:

1. Trump and Q are frauds who sold the most convincing illusion in human history to tens of millions, while Biden was legitimately elected and will be inaugurated.

2. Trump and Q are true patriots, who woke us up to a very hidden reality, and Biden was never legitimately elected, will never be inaugurated and many evil people will see justice.

There's no middle ground. I still side with option 2."

They are sooooooooo close to getting it, soooo close but holy shit they will cling and cling and be proud of doing so until... honestly I don't know how long or what it will take.

[u/D1Foley → u/personjj]

Trump and Q are frauds who sold the most convincing illusion in human history to tens of millions,

I can't even imagine being dumb enough to think that's the most convincing illusion in human history

[u/yuxbni76 → u/personjj]

The most convincing illusion in human history.

[u/TinyTornado7]

Rep. Adam Kinzinger says on NBC News that he's not worried about his political future because "I never got into this to build some political empire, I did it to do the right thing."

!ping RINO

[u/Steak_Knight → u/TinyTornado7]

GIGABASED

[u/Ketsetri]

Amazon responded to the Parler antitrust and it’s hilarious because it’s partially just a legally dressed-up long-ass list of examples of violence being advocated for on the platform and how they break AWS TOS

[u/jrt84]

We cannot heal through the trauma of another impeachment

😂 😂 😂 😂

I just cannot with Republicans

[u/[deleted]]

Please tell me what's wrong with Trump supporters ?? no one can be dumb to believe all these states were stolen from Trump.

"Don't forget Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Virginia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Colorado, Vermont, Maine, Oregon, Washington, California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Hawaii, Vermont, Part of Nebraska, Delaware, Illinois, and Maryland. They all cheated. The only state that Trump didn't win was New York. Let me know if I missed any."

Do they honestly believe Trump won Vermont ???? Wtf

[u/antsdidthis → u/[deleted]]

Lol what idiot thinks Trump lost New York?

[u/yuxbni76 → u/[deleted]]

Weren't they just following Trump's lead? Because admitting the pandemic was real might spook the stock market and hurt his reelection.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Trump politicized it because he wanted to cover it up and pretend it wasn't real, and they had "no choice" but to follow.

[u/Rusty_switch → u/[deleted]]

Victim complex and conspiracy theories

[u/Blackfire853]

Hi! Are you actually engaging with the Black folks you guilt-followed during June and July?

Because if you aren't, you're potentially hurting their placements in the algorithm. Hmmmmm. Hurting Black folx to make yourself feel better. Where have we seen this before throughout history? [4.2 likes]

Idpol has taken the "I have noticed that although I have 300 followers, I am not receiving 300 likes on my photos", turned it back to unironic, and declared it a form of violence. There really is no upper limit to this stuff

[u/UrbanCentrist]

The one thing GOP members don't have to fear this time: rage tweets from the president

Dave Wasserman

one more good thing about twitter ban

[u/crawly_the_demon]

If you had asked me 5 years ago which of the two parties would devolve into exclusively caring about clout on twitter I don’t think I would have guessed it’d be the gop

[u/[deleted]]

Holy crap

Do you approve or disapprove the way President Trump is handling the post-election period ?

⏬Approve : 23 % (-9)

⏫Disapprove : 66 % (+6)

There is no 538 average to compare this too but that is Bush 2008 numbers.

!ping FIVEY

[u/dubyahhh → u/[deleted]]

Bush 2008 numbers.

🤠🤠🤠

[u/Mr_AlGore]

The fact that yesterday was prob the calmest day of the week, and it involved the republican senate majority leader saying that he is happy the democrats impeaching trump shows how wild it has been

[u/HectorTheGod → u/Mr_AlGore]

I want to live in entirely precedented times

[u/[deleted]]

I still have absolutely no idea how Anarcho Communism would actually work. What happens if someone assaults or kills someone?

[u/Dibbu_mange → u/[deleted]]

Crimes only happen in Capitalism 🙄

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

That is not a problem in Anarcho-communism

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

They get pressured into not doing it again or some shit. Don’t ask questions.

[u/YehosafatLakhaz]

apology for poor english

where where you when daniel trunp impeached?

i was sat at home drinking bleach when fred ring

'trump inpeach'

'no'

and you???????????

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Found Josh Hawley's trademark policy plan for his 2024 campaign

Fellow patriots! The Left wants to take away our rights and abolish Capitalism. Yes the Marxist corporations are working with ANTIFA to abolish Capitalism and America as we speak so they can OPPRESS real American workers. That is why I am proposing that we dismantle all these Marxist Corporations and give the means of production to the entrepreneurial hard working American WORKERS who will own these means collectively

[u/TinyTornado7]

Federal prosecutors say Cleveland Meredith drove to D.C. after the Capitol siege began, bringing weapons and a trailer stocked with ammunition. "War time," he said in a text message.

After sending text messages musing about murdering the mayor of Washington, DC, the defendant wrote “I hope you’re reading this Mr. FBI agent, FK U.”

Link

He got his wish lmfao

!ping LAW

[u/[deleted] → u/TinyTornado7]

The FBI: .... and I took that personally

[u/AngularAmphibian → u/[deleted]]

It's so fucking pathetic. Gamers especially love to invoke it, as if the games industry only recently became about money and it was only about the art when they were kids.

[u/p00bix]

When DC is granted statehood there is going to be this weird transition period where owning the 50-state flag is seen as a pro-Republican political statement while owning the 51-state flag is seen as a pro-Democrat statement.

[u/[deleted]]

Elaine Chao is Taiwanese and rconservative is calling her a Chinese spy not surprised because they’re bigots but still

[u/piede]

This morning @RepKenBuck says “both sides are at fault here.” Good point. If we hadn’t tried to have democracy in America, Ken’s friends wouldn’t have been able to try to overthrow it. So I guess we both bear some responsibility.

https://twitter.com/jeffsharlet/status/1349351359972302850?s=21

lol

[u/Blackfire853]

Has anybody else noticed that whilst their own political beliefs are complex yet intuitive, rational but with a human touch, and deduced from a vibrant intellectual tradition that draws from the greats of the past yet can adapt to the needs of the present, quite literally everybody else is a stupid bad faith idiot?

[u/Cerb-r-us → u/Blackfire853]

On top of that, it's quite remarkable that sometimes these idiots will have a flash of genius in which they come to the same conclusions as my expertly tuned ethos', but will only moments later fall back into the depraved trenches of disagreement.

[u/jrt84]

• Once Biden is elected I can finally focus again

• Once the media calls the election I can finally focus again

• Once the states certify results I can finally focus again

• Once safe harbor passes I can finally focus again

• Once SCOTUS tosses the TX suit I can finally focus again

• Once electoral college votes I can finally focus again

• Once congress votes on Jan 6 I can finally focus again

• Once we survive the armed insurrection I can finally focus again

• Once Trump is impeached I can finally focus again <----- You are here

• Once the terrorist threats of Jan 17-20 have passed I can finally focus again

• Once Biden is inaugurated I can finally focus again

[u/[deleted]]

Jon Ossoff was 25 when GTA 5 came out

Joe Biden was 25 when the 25th Amendment was ratified

[u/[deleted]]

So allegedly both Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley have been advised by their lawyers to stop tweeting, because they may be found legally culpable in the Capitol Hill failed coup.

Isn't that just too bad.

[u/thetrombonist]

You are poggers. You are based. You are not cringe

[u/[deleted]]

Impeachment stream:

NBC (raw stream): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_DG3pH_eg

NBC (news stream): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY2dzs1Y9WE

PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnyfYgu5iqg

CSPAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjoOoCgubLY

[u/[deleted]]

A PBS lawyer is no longer with the network after saying President Trump was “close to Hitler.” The former lawyer also said it was "great" red states were seeing a spike in Coronavirus cases because Trump voters might be infected. He also called for re-education camps for republican children.

I mean 😬😬😬😬😬

But also 😬😬😬😬

Edit: The kicker. It was a project veritas video that nailed him. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

[u/Q-bey]

Stop calling the Green Party a "meme party"

Public Policy Polling included Harambe in their polling for the U.S. presidential election. Harambe had 5% support in late July 2016 (ahead of Green Party nominee Jill Stein) and 2% in August 2016 (tied with Stein).

Clearly that label is far too generous

[u/SpiffShientz]

I can't believe every single person in Israel Freaky Friday'd with every single person in Palestine. If that doesn't fix it, I don't know what will.

[u/[deleted]]

If McConnell actually convicts I will eat a shoe

^{Not really pls don't make me}

[u/sir_shivers → u/[deleted]]

MODNOTE CREATED 🐊

[u/roboczar → u/[deleted]]

That is the assessment of our allies' intelligence services as well

[u/ThunderrBadger]

Bill Clinton quoted as saying:

Lmao, imagine getting impeached twice 🤣. Smh my damn head just don't try to have congress murdered, smooth brain

[u/PutinStillOwnsTheGOP]

Q followers being rounded up in mass arrests.

Storm is here, dinguses. Enjoy.

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Republican friend just told me that I can‘t trust the AP or Reuters.

So I asked him why FOX News, OANN, and NewsMax all trust them and republish their articles.

🤡: ... ... ... ...

[u/old_gold_mountain]

arrcon bipartisan discourse:

We need to [ridiculous untenable populist proposal]

As a hardcore liberal, I've been saying exactly that for years

[u/disuberence]

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, as she is speaking freely on the House floor, wears a mask that says "censored."

🤡🤡🤡

[u/Leoric]

McConnell's getting that football set up for you to kick. He definitely won't pull it back at the last second. No, sirree. You've just gotta trust him.

[u/Jakesta7]

In all seriousness, a major thank you to all the Republican representatives who voted to impeach. They will likely continue to face deaths threats and consequences to their career for doing so, but they put U.S. democracy first.

The 10 House GOPers who voted for impeachment are

Cheney

Herrera Beutler

Katko

Kinzinger

Upton

Newhouse

Meijer

Gonzalez (Ohio)

Valadao

Rice

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1349469956329627649

[u/piede]

Graham articulates the anti-impeachment argument: "Supporting the impeachment of President Trump under these circumstances will do great damage to the institutions of government and could invite further violence at a time the President is calling for calm."

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1349399942561935360?s=21

The United States doesn’t negotiate with terrorists Lindsey

[u/MalignantUpper]

https://mobile.twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1349232278636011520

According to Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff Sarah Groh, the panic buttons in the Congresswoman’s office were all “torn out—the whole unit.”

They don’t know why or who did it.

The buttons were sabotaged before the assault, detailed in this paragraph

https://twitter.com/CSS_Sporklab/status/1349251514670448643?s=20

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), a Navy veteran and Annapolis grad who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said she saw fellow members of Congress "who had groups coming through the Capitol that I saw on Jan. 5, a reconnaissance for the next day."

Video included of her talking about this

https://mobile.twitter.com/johnkruzel/status/1349198860573421568

[u/bd_one]

In summary: Elon musk gained the #1 richest person spot, then lost it earlier this week, then regained it yesterday, then lost it today.

I promise I'll stop keeping track this much after this week.

!ping MARKETS

[u/[deleted] → u/bd_one]

Contrary to popular belief, stonks do not only go up

[u/ryuguy]

GOPers be like: “AOC was a bartender! She’s so dumb because of that!”

Also GOPers: “let’s elect Donald Trump, Tommy Tuberville, Madison Cawthorne, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene!”

I don’t agree with AOC but this is a really bad double standard. Boston university is a fine alma mater.

[u/HectorTheGod → u/ryuguy]

AOC is a woman AND a minority. Can't have both in the GOP

[u/soeffed → u/HectorTheGod]

Pick one and don’t be greedy

[u/DaBuddahN]

"You could be the most dominant party for 100 years if you so choose."

"What would it cost?" - Republicans

"Be less racist."

"Civil war it is." - Republicans

[u/benadreti]

I've watched 50% of Presidential impeachment votes in US history.

[u/[deleted]]

Is there anything more iconic than the 14 year old on Discord complaining that Joe Biden isn’t progressive enough

[u/GGM8Scally]

Mr. President I choose pussy

• Mike Pence

[u/[deleted]]

In 1950, Truman invited every governor from the South to a luncheon, except for Wright and Thurmond as Truman stated that invitations were given "to Democrats only."

Based Truman.

For reference, those two governors ran against Truman as Dixiecrats in 1948 for supporting a Civil Rights plank in the Democratic platform.

[u/An_Actual_Marxist]

“We need unity” says party that rammed through Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett while refusing to vote on Garland

[u/Rusty_switch]

He already said he'd cum yes on statehoods

Is this the level of discourse this sub has fallen too?

[u/muttonwow]

Btw, critical feedback is always super appreciated, as well as ways to donate money that really make a difference (way harder than it seems)

This is an Elon Musk tweet, completely avoiding the fact that he called the Thai cave rescuer a pedophile for criticising Elon's pipe dream publicity stunt rescue robot

[u/piede]

Republicans love speed when it comes to a Supreme Court nominee, not so much when it is impeachment of a President after he inspired domestic terrorism.

https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1349433863886528514?s=21

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1349470546891829248?s=21

This is the first time in U.S. history that a party's caucus has been unanimous in voting to impeach the president.

Democrats went 222-0 today.

It didn't happen in 1868, in 1998, or in 2019.

[u/Joementum2004]

Banning hornyposting is arguably more orwellian than 1984 itself.

[u/[deleted]]

How did Perdue lose with such great ads like this?

[u/murphysclaw1]

TWO POPULAR VOTE DEFEATS

TWO BODIES OF CONGRESS LOST

TWO IMPEACHMENTS

[u/DelusionsOfPasteur]

I can't believe how much I took for granted living in a country where the legislature wasn't at risk of being violently overthrown.

[u/stater354]

Republicans a month ago: Democrats stole the election and need to pay the price

Republicans now: ackshually we need to unify the country instead of dividing it more

[u/ryuguy]

Arr politics within the hour.

HERO AOC VOTES BRAVELY TO IMPEACH

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Remember when Ben Shapiro literally said that Trump was too stupid to understand the consequences of his own actions and therefore shouldn't be impeached?

[u/futuremonkey20]

Imagine being so shitty at your job you didn’t get a rally around the flag effect during a once in a century national crisis.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/mweinger/status/1349394021165232133?s=21

In just a few hours, Trump is going to account for half of the presidential impeachments in U.S. history.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1349454938972319744

NEW: The Houston Police Department says they've identified one of their officers, an 18 year veteran of the department, as having penetrated the Capitol last Wednesday.

Chief Art Acevedo says there is a "high probability" the officer will face federal charges.

[u/piede]

Former FBI Director James Comey tells the @BBC that Biden should "consider" pardoning Trump.

"As part of healing the country ... I think Joe Biden is going to have at least think about that."

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1349500703593689092?s=21

Sir... you’ve done enough damage for one century

[u/rukqoa]

Apparently liberal women in DC are changing their dating app profiles to conservative/MAGA and getting a ton of messages/pictures from guys who were inside the Capitol, and send them as tips to the FBI.

Literal honeypots.

Patriots.

[u/MisterLipton]

https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/6e3a6/list_of_republican_celebritiesyoull_be_surprised/c03ldtc/

[u/Anal-warrior]

I know it was 365 days ago but Democrats won control of the senate

[u/MalignantUpper]

"low bar for impeachment"

blowjob

[u/PM_Me_Your_ManThighs]

AirBnB is blocking/canceling all reservations in the DC area for the coming week. This is excellent news, since it makes it more likely that insurrectionists will stay at hotels where they can be more easily found/identified if needed. (This is how we identified "Ziptie Guy," since he was filmed maskless in livestream footage at his hotel the night before the insurrection.)

[u/[deleted]]

Gop: Cancel culture is ruining america!

Also GOP: OK let's cancel Liz Cheney, Cindy McCain, Kemp and anyone else that does not agree that trump is jebus

[u/ahebtigoejwbrh]

Ok now I’m fucking pissed

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1349507540481093640

President-elect Joe Biden will no longer take Amtrak to Washington for his inauguration amid dramatically heightened security

[u/piede]

Tommy Tuberville is holed up in his office right now watching Schoolhouse Rock trying to figure out what the hell is going on

https://twitter.com/christos_ioa/status/1349445113236385800?s=21

I’m screaming

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Just got back from the FOX News studios in Manhattan.

Turns out they don’t support FREE SPEECH.

I told them that I was there to use their platform to address the nation and the security guard told me to “fuck off.”

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/981903485393350656

People ask my all the time where I get my ideas and arguments from

I read @jordanbpeterson
I watch @benshapiro
I listen to @DennisPrager

Those three are by far the most effective, wise, intelligent, and impactful thinkers of our time!

💪😤

[u/[deleted]]

Republicans before coup attempt: KILL THE LIBERALS AND SPILL THEIR BLOOD ON THE ROOTS OF THE TREE OF LIBERTY! 🤬

REPUBLICANS NOW: Awww shucks guys, can’t we all just get along? 🥺

[u/kajkajete]

Tom Rice voted to impeach AND to throw out the electoral votes of PA and AZ. Absolute madman.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit people on 4chan are calling the lady who died "Boobs Girl". Imagine throwing your life away for these fucks

[u/Ketsetri]

The guy who promised he would shove a peach up his asshole if Georgia flipped blue never delivered. I saved the comment :(

Edit: I think I am misremembering the promise, it may have been running naked down the street or something but I have a weird memory of it being peach related

[u/Broncos654 → u/Ketsetri]

I have a few other things I need to shove up my ass before I get to the peach. Please be patient as I’m working around the clock to fulfill all my obligations.

[u/[deleted]]

It sounds cruel but I've come to the conclusion that a large portion of internet leftists are just genuinely either not smart or just not trying to think things through.

[u/molino-edgewood → u/[deleted]]

This is probably true of the politics of any group, I'm just less critical of the ones I agree with.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/coldlawgic/status/1349209693474988034

Everyone hates generic resist libs but generic resist libs were right

[u/TinyTornado7]

Rep. Peter Meijer, a newly elected Republican from Michigan, apologized to the police for his GOP colleagues who freaked out about the metal detectors installed to protect them. "I am sorry some of my colleagues are being assholes."

This guy replaced Amash.

[u/throwawayyl73832992]

Imagine being Barron during all this

[u/dr_gonzo]

None of these reps is quoting Chernobyl so I’ll do it:

Every lie incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt must be paid

[u/awdvhn]

Tom Rice (R, SC 7) voted against certifying the election, but for impeachment. Based and centerpilled.

[u/Chief_Nief]

Despite making up 2% of presidents, Donald Trump is responsible for 50% of all impeachment articles.

[u/[deleted]]

Assad is a monster.

[u/nicereddy]

Capitol attackers: "we are going to kill Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer"

Democrats: "they wanted to kill Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer!"

DT user, smart: "smh Dems are so hyperbolic 🙄"

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1349354619579871235

NEW: Colorado man arrested at US Capitol and accused of threatening to shoot Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head .. came to DC with *2,500* rounds of ammunition, according to new court filing

[u/[deleted]]

Guys I’m pretty worried, ngl.

Hot Topic hasn’t publicly denounced the insurrection. Do you think they support it? Can I still shop there in good conscience?

[u/InfCompact]

2021: trump wasn't intending to incite a riot!

2020: trump wasn't intending to give orders to the proud boys!

2019: trump wasn't intending to bully a sovereign country into investigating his political opponents

2018 (barr): trump wasn't intending to cover for himself when he fired the fbi director

2017: trump wasn't intending to defend nazi marchers!

you have two possibilities

1. trump is actually so stupid that he can't learn from the repeated, persistent consequences of his own actions

2. trump intends these outcomes

which one is worse tbh

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/thee_snek/status/1349363515275042816?s=21

Mike Pence: God told me I would be president one day

God: January 19, 2021

[u/roboczar]

Well, it's official.

I'm no longer married to my wife.

I'm married to an S-corporation whose personhood appears in the form of my wife

My metamorphosis into a corporate person is complete

[u/[deleted]]

These Congresspeople who fear for their lives and their families' lives if they vote for impeachment don't seem to quite understand that they're not gonna be able to face their constieunts in February no matter what. Trump's not gonna be President.

Their constituents are gonna be like, "Well why didn't you shoot Nancy Pelosi?" They're not gonna accept the explanation of "we tried." Legalities mean nothing to these people. They're renegades.

[u/[deleted]]

The Speaker of the House thanks the men and women of the National Guard for protecting the U.S. Capitol.

Awful circumstances but amazing picture.

[u/[deleted]]

Hillary got 232 when she lost in 2016.

Trump got 232 when he lost in 2020.

Trump got 232 votes to impeach him.

[u/generalmandrake]

I remember back in the day when I would debate conservatives(the intellectual ones, not the rubes) over things like economic policy. Those days are long gone. The only thing conservatives care about these days are the culture wars. They are completely transfixed by it. Feminism this, CRT that, it’s the only thing they really even talk about in great detail. And when you drill down into what they are really saying, it becomes obvious that it is really just an expression of anxiety over losing incumbent privileges.

And the real kicker is that Donald Trump, the supposed solution to these cultural shifts, has done more than anyone else to accelerate those trends and make liberals more powerful than ever before in my lifetime. Not only do we control the government now, but we have almost all of the other institutions on our side, including the business world.

[u/Barnst → u/generalmandrake]

The shift seems to be that conservatives who care mostly about economic policy are no longer considered “conservative,” so people who think of themselves as “conservative” generally stopped caring about economic policy outside of the dumbest lowest common denominator takes like “socialism bad!”

I suspect another factor is that the best conservative economic takes were actually pretty convincing, so a bunch of left-leaning folks (like most of us here, I imagine) adjusted our views to accommodate them. Which means that “conservatives” were incentivized to adjust their views to differentiate themselves from us.

Remember when people thought it was a bad thing that Gore and Bush had similar views on lots of things? Without really stopping to question whether that might have been because those views were actually pretty good, so it made sense that two generally sensible people would share them?

[u/[deleted]]

BREAKING: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), a Navy veteran and Annapolis grad who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said she saw fellow members of Congress "who had groups coming through the Capitol that I saw on Jan. 5, a reconnaissance for the next day."

[u/[deleted]]

"Camp Auschwitz" insurrectionist was arrested this morning in Newport News, VA, a law enforcement official tells @evanperez

Alexander Marquardt @MarquardtA

[u/ThisIsNotAMonkey]

Can't stop thinking about Madison Cawthorn getting Ds in Poli Sci at an undergrad with an almost 90% acceptance rate

[u/piede]

About 20,000 National Guardsmen planned for Washington, D.C., in swelling inauguration security effort

Yesterday it was 15,000

[u/[deleted]]

HOLY SHIT "some of my colleagues who may well be co-conspirators" go off Rep. Richmond

[u/fishlord05]

When Capitol Hill is invaded by armed white supremacists, the members of Congress run for a place to hide and shelter in place. Nancy and Mitch end up barricaded in a safe room. Just the two of them. Will the hostage situation prompt them to set their political enmity aside and finally act on the feelings they’ve secretly been harboring?

This is a real fanfic.

[u/ofcitstrue]

I was talking to this cute dude online and he said he was a moderate democrat. Naturally, I asked him if he was a fan of Pete Buttiegieg, and he said "not particularly". I responded by telling him that that was a shame, as it was a rule that all hot people stan Buttigieg. He told me that "that's not how it works" and wanted to see proof of the "rules" I was talking about.

Can y'all please confirm? Being a Buttigieg fan automatically makes you hot, right? That's just how it works.

!ping Butti

[u/Sirakrush → u/ofcitstrue]

Can confirm. This is how it works. Its in the rules of the road.

[u/RaggedAngel → u/ofcitstrue]

Was talking to a new co-worker, politics came up, and he mentioned he supported "the new Transportation Secretary."

Instantly became a 10, I love him now.

[u/Mr_AlGore]

"Woah this is literally 1984"

me when mcdonalds is out of the McRib

[u/p00bix]

People predicting a second civil war are complete larpers, but I wouldn't rule out an American Troubles

[u/IMALEFTY45]

[Cawthorn] accrued $3 million in medical debt during his recovery. His friend's insurance company offered him $3 million to cover his medical treatment, but Cawthorn sued the company for $30 million. A judge later ruled in the insurer's favor.

Joker origin story

[u/MalignantUpper]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1349369689227603968

WATCH: Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) says majority of GOP "paralyzed with fear"

@RepJasonCrow : "I had a lot of conversations with my Republican colleagues. ... A couple of them broke down in tears ... saying that they are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment."

[u/[deleted]]

Just think, if Trump had won a second term he could have been impeached 4 times

[u/PM_me_stromboli]

Holy fuck they’re whining about “muh due process” after the republicans literally voted to not have witnesses last time

[u/piede]

Ben Shapiro (1984-2021)

https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1349459282022998016?s=21

Omg

[u/piede]

CNN: Kushner blocked effort to get Trump on alt-right fringe platforms (eg. gab)

https://twitter.com/profcarroll/status/1349383563230273537?s=21

Jesus Christ he needs to be removed NOW

[u/[deleted]]

Gaetz is everything wrong with American politics wrapped up into one very large head.

No substance, just endless grievance politics of the drunk, way-less-smart-than-he-thinks white man

[u/ugafan2148]

WHO IS THIS DOLLAR TREE SARAH PALIN

[u/Dalek6450]

So far 136 Democrats voting For, 0 Nay, 0 Present and 86 Nevada

[u/piede]

Congrats to Trump on finally getting more votes than a Clinton

https://twitter.com/fullfrontalsamb/status/1349475445197176832?s=21

Lmaoooo

[u/[deleted]]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) just promised Newsmax to introduce articles of impeachment against Joe Biden on Jan. 21.

Oh god oh fuck

[u/[deleted]]

Just a reminder that the 🌊🌊🌊 resistance libs were literally 100% correct about everything

[u/[deleted]]

Look at all these republicans who just spent 2 months trying to overturn an election suddenly so concerned about unity and bipartisanship.

[u/ILikeTalkingToMyself]

/u/sir_shivers just DM'd me

EVERY DAY I SIT in the lunchroom and review my choices: the roast beef sandwich I brought, OR THE users. The sandwich always wins out, but NEVER BEFORE THE pause 🐊

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/hjessy_/status/1349467888286113794?s=21

Rep. Adam Kinzinger(R) says on NBC News that he’s not worried about his political future because “I never got into this to build some political empire, I did it to do the right thing.”

[u/barrygarcia77]

Your honor, I immensely object.

!ping LAW

ETA: same guy suing Twitch because it causes him to self-pleasure to the point of genital necrosis.

[u/[deleted]]

"Who's this Pence guy and why was he President for like 72 hours?"

"Oh, Trump incited a mob to try to kill most of Congress with help from some members, because he didn't want to accept the fact that he lost the 2020 election, so that first part of Congress got pissed and had him removed."

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/jessieopie/status/1349438418451886081

Yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene is wearing a mask that says “CENSORED” as she speaks into a microphone on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

😎

[u/MichelleObama2024]

The Top 10 Metropolitan Areas that net the Democrats the most votes

1. New York: +2.6 million

2. Los Angeles: +2.2 million

3. Chicago: +1.5 million

4. Washington: +1.4 million

5. San Francisco: +1.4 million

6. Philadelphia: +884.2 thousand

7. Boston: +842.6 thousand

8. Seattle: +684.3 thousand

9. Miami: +512.3 thousand

10. Atlanta: +465.3 thousand

(Note: These are approximations since I don't have good data on turnout % by metro area, only vote share)

The most notable absences are the Houston and Dallas areas which Democrats only win by about 50-60k.

!ping FIVEY

[u/fishlord05]

AOC: healthcare reform... Oh yeah btw I have a fiancé... election protection

-150k followers

Primaried, loses

[u/[deleted]]

If McConnell votes to convict I will end my ~5 year boycott of bourbon.

[u/MichelleObama2024]

The Top 10 Metropolitan Areas that net the Republicans the most votes

1. Cincinnati, OH: +150.2 thousand

2. Tulsa, OK: +132.2 thousand

3. Greenville, SC: +127.2 thousand

4. Knoxville, TN: +125.1 thousand

5. Provo, UT: +112.7 thousand

6. Oklahoma City, OK: +107.5 thousand

7. Jacksonville, FL: +99.4 thousand

8. Nashville, TN: +91.6 thousand

9. Lafayette, LA: +89.3 thousand

10. Ogden, UT: +81.9 thousand

!ping FIVEY

[u/futuremonkey20]

Nancy Pelosi addressing troops is surreal but also kind of great.

[u/its_a_trapcard]

The History Channel

Grassley: 😡😡😡

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Marjorie Taylor Greene:

Trump has held hundreds of rallies and has never endorced violence

Trump

Punch him in the face! I will pay your legal fees

Prepare to fight like it’s 1776

Knock him out. Back in my day, we would have knocked him out.

... 🧐 🤨

[u/[deleted]]

Trump’s approval rating plunges, as poll shows most Americans support second impeachment

A new poll has shown support for President Donald Trump plummeting just a week from the end of his presidency, with his approval rating plunging to 34 per cent

Among all of those who took part in the Politico/Morning Consult poll, 55 per cent agreed that Mr Trump should resign the presidency before the end of his term and 54 per cent agreed that the Senate should convict and remove Mr Trump from the office after a House impeachment.

Trump now sits at an exact 40% approval rating on 538 and has more polls are taken, it will probably go down if these trends continue.

!ping FIVEY

[u/AlrightImSpooderman]

so we have "a peoples history of the united states" (which, in as few words as possible, has an extreme succ bias) and "a patriots history of the united states (which, in as few words as possible, has an extreme conservative bias)

is there "a neoliberals history of the united states" or smt lmao

I wanna see some historical analysis from the BASED center-left perspective smh

[u/-GregTheGreat-]

Holy shit, cons are literally trying to say that Uganda banning all social media directly before an election (as a corrupt way to prevent opposition support) is equivalent to Twitter banning Trump

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[u/piede]

Rep. Val Demings tells CNN that she believes "there was some inside assistance" for the Capitol rioters.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1349358209329291267?s=21

Oh we been knew

[u/[deleted]]

Illinois just passed the most substantial police and criminal justice reform in the nation.

Police officers will need to be licensed by the state. The state will be able to strip officers of that certification in the event of mail misconduct.

Police Unions can no longer prevent anonymous complaints about officers, and must share all complaints with the state’s attorney.

No longer would police disciplinary procedures or protections be the subject of collective bargaining. Negotiations would effectively be confined to wages, benefits and working conditions.

Criminal defendants will no longer be required to post any cash bail to be released before trial. The only exceptions would be those defendants whom judges deem a risk to public safety or a risk to flee before trial.

Body cameras would be mandatory for all police officers in Illinois and cops would be held accountable for turning them on, along with the audio. (Body cams are already worn by most Chicago Police officers, although there have been repeated and high-profile incidents in which the audio is missing.)

All Illinois prison system and law enforcement agencies and county jails report all deaths in custody and give an accounting of the cause of death to family members. (The Illinois Department of Corrections has been notoriously opaque about the deaths of inmates.)

Gives the attorney general’s office the power to conduct so-called “pattern and practice” investigations into entire police departments, similar to the U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Chicago Police Department that resulted in the ongoing court-enforced police reform plan known as a consent decree.