Trumps last days in office

About fucking time.

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Bet there are more than a few thinking about it, I like my job, or I like my country more.
Republicans eye primaries in impeachment vote
GOP lawmakers who vote to impeach President Trump could draw primary challenges from the right, potentially leading many House Republicans to stick by Trump even as they blame him for stoking the deadly riot that consumed Capitol Hill last week.

The president’s allies privately acknowledge that his political power has diminished dramatically. But they say that even a weakened Trump maintains enormous influence over conservatives outside of Washington, many of whom believe wrongly that the election was stolen and are agitating for Republicans to continue to fight.

Trump’s allies say they expect a backlash against Republicans who cross Trump on impeachment, noting that the president’s campaign raised more than $200 million in the months after the election that could act as a well-funded super PAC to unleash on dissenters.

One source close to the White House said they believe the civil unrest, and the widespread anger directed at Trump in the aftermath, make it more likely that he will be involved in the GOP's 2022 primaries.

“If you’re running in a Republican primary, do you really want your opponent to be able to say that you stood with Chuck and Nancy to impeach President Trump 10 days before he left office?” said one prominent GOP operative.

“Trump has a super PAC with $200 million and he’s got the largest small-dollar email list in the country. Even if his support within the party has plunged from 90 percent to 50 percent, that’s a huge amount of people he’s got with him and when the primaries start later this year, the GOP’s base voters will remember this.”

Oregon state lawmaker who opened door for armed protesters kicked off committees, billed for damages
Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman (R) is facing calls to resign and being billed for damages caused by a group of protesters he allowed to enter the state capitol by opening a door while exiting the building, The Oregonian reported on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Dec. 21 during a special session on the coronavirus and the state's response to it. Footage obtained by the Oregonian showed Nearman exiting through two doors, pushing one open which allowed protesters to enter the building.

According to state House Speaker Tina Kotek (D), Nearman has been stripped of his two committee assignments and fined $2,000 for the damages caused by the protesters.

“His actions have created immense fear among legislators and Capitol staff,” Kotek said in a statement released on Monday. “I believe he should resign immediately because he has already breached the public trust and endangered our ability to safely conduct the people’s business.”

Prosecutors building sedition, conspiracy charges against some Capitol rioters
The Department of Justice is working to build sedition and conspiracy charges against some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol last week, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said Tuesday.

Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for D.C., said in a press conference that he has assembled a team of national security attorneys to explore some of the harshest charges his office could pursue in the wake of the riot that overran the Capitol and left five people dead Wednesday.

"Just yesterday, our office organized a strike force of very senior national security prosecutors and public corruption prosecutors," Sherwin told reporters. "Their only marching orders from me are to build seditious and conspiracy charges related to the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol."

Sedition charges can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. Sherwin said Tuesday that prosecutors have now charged more than 70 cases following the riot and the FBI has opened investigations into more than 170 people.

Most of the demonstrators who have been arrested and charged over the past few days are facing counts ranging from trespassing to weapons charges to assaulting a police officer. But Sherwin stressed that his office is looking to add the most serious charges that it can for certain defendants.

"With this strike force that was established to focus strictly on sedition charges, we're looking at and treating this just like a significant international counterterrorism or counterintelligence operation," he said. "We're looking at everything: money, travel records, looking at disposition, movement and communication records, so no resource related to the FBI, or the U.S. Attorney's Office will be unchecked in terms of trying to determine exactly if there was a command and control, how it operated and how they executed these activities."

Among those who have already been charged is a man who prosecutors say brought multiple guns and bombs to the Capitol last week and was carrying a list of "good guys" and "bad guys."

The FBI is also still investigating who planted pipe bombs that were discovered at the Democratic and Republican party headquarters during the riot. Law enforcement authorities at all levels have been facing tough questions about why they were not more prepared for the massive unrest that burst through the halls of Congress.

Tuesday's press conference came just hours after The Washington Post reported that the FBI had circulated an internal memo from its Norfolk, Va. field office the day before the riot warning of potential violence at the Capitol. At the press conference, Steven D'Antuono, the head of the FBI's Washington field office, defended the bureau's actions during the lead-up to the riot as it was monitoring online discussions among right-wing demonstrators.

"As offensive as a statement can be, the FBI cannot open an investigation without a threat of violence or alleged criminal activity," D'Antuono said. "However, when that language does turn to a call of violence or criminal activity, the FBI is able to undertake investigative action. And in this case, we had no indication, information was linked to any specific person, but that this is a matter of an online discussion."

"This information was immediately disseminated through a written product, and briefed to our command post operations to all levels of law enforcement," he added.

"Based on today’s briefing, we have grave concerns about ongoing and violent threats to our democracy," five Democratic House committee chairs said in a joint statement. "It is clear that more must be done to preempt, penetrate, and prevent deadly and seditious assaults by domestic violent extremists in the days ahead."

"We demand full accountability not only to hold those perpetrators responsible, but to send a strong signal that future seditious activity will not be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law,” they added.

Katko becomes first Republican to say he'll vote to impeach Trump
Rep. John Katko (N.Y.) became the first Republican lawmaker to say publicly that he will vote to impeach President Trump over his role in inciting a violent mob to storm the Capitol last week.

Katko said in a statement to Syracuse.com that he intends to join with Democrats Wednesday when they vote to impeach Trump on a single article of “willfully inciting violence against the Government of the United States.”

Republicans have been gauging support for the article amid speculation that a number of moderate GOP lawmakers could vote against Trump, though none other than Katko have thus far said they'd vote for impeachment.

“To allow the president of the United States to incite this attack without consequence is a direct threat to the future of our democracy,” Katko said in the statement. “For that reason, I cannot sit by without taking action. I will vote to impeach this president.”

“It cannot be ignored that President Trump encouraged this insurrection – both on social media ahead of January 6th, and in his speech that day,” Katko added. “By deliberately promoting baseless theories suggesting the election was somehow stolen, the president created a combustible environment of misinformation, disenfranchisement, and division. When this manifested in violent acts on January 6th, he refused to promptly and forcefully call it off, putting countless lives in danger.”

Stinky is done.

How long before MAGA is named a terrorist organization?

GOP should be named one too.

Judiciary Committee Impeachment Materials PDF download

captainmorgan said:

GOP should be named one too.

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A domestic terrorist watch list is coming, no guns for those on it and anybody who was at the capital or in other plots will be on it, after they get out of prison. Expect plenty of bargains as federal and state authorities auction off their arsenals and body armor. I figure they should snare a large portion of the 2nd amendment crowd, those who will miss their guns the most. Greyhound is gonna do more business over the next few years too.

Tell them they will be equipping an ANTIFA army of super soldiers on the cheap.

Looking like the dam has broke and the GOP are falling in line, the senate may even reconvene and conduct a quick trial and convict Stinky.

McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict

Several GOP sources say tonight that if McConnell supports conviction, Trump almost certainly will be convicted by 67 senators in impeachment trial. "If Mitch is a yes, he's done," said one Senate Republican who asked to be named. Many Rs are staying mum https://cnn.com/2021/01/12/pol

LOL, RUDY RUDY RUDY

captainmorgan said:

How long before MAGA is named a terrorist organization?

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What would MAGA stand for as a terrorist org?

VILEPLUME said:

What would MAGA stand for as a terrorist org?

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anarchy....

TRUMP MUST TAKE HIS PHONY CALL FOR “HEALING AND UNITY” AND SHOVE IT UP HIS ASS

If Trump and the Republicans really believe his crocodile tear words today - “Now is the time for our nation to heal and it is time for peace and for calm” - the checklist to accomplish this is simple:

1. Get Trump on TV to declare Biden won and there was no fraud
2. Tell the morons that Q-Anon and the rest is conspiratorial nonsense
3. Have Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell be the ones to introduce the legislation that bars Trump from ever again holding federal office
4. Get Trump out of office - we don’t give a damn how

FBI: The MAGA Maniacs Who Tried To Overthrow The Government Are Going To Pay

While the president tries to shift blame for last week's insurrection, the FBI and Justice Department are making it clear that the terrorists involved will face very serious federal charges. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington and around the country are bracing for a second wave of right-wing violence.