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Lindsey meets his fans.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 8, 12:45 2
- C’mon man, we’re not reposting all our replies from just a few posts ago! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:47 1
  - I didn't see it! -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 12:58
Interesting interview with Arieh Kovler in GQ, the guy who tweeted on 12-21 that supporters would storm the Capitol on 1-6. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 12:40
from @AP : Army secretary tells AP military considering allowing National Guard to carry firearms in DC ahead of inauguration. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 12:33 4
- Frankly I feel things are going to escalate quite dramatically on Inauguration Day. - Mop Jan 8, 12:40 3
  - the mobs went home, feeling shame maybe, feeling betrayed, so any terror acts would be small isolated without cover of riots and confusion -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:48
  - The interview I linked above is pretty optimistic about the 20th, FWIW. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 12:43 1
    - as am I. -- nm - mud Jan 8, 12:45
CNN: impeach is on, as early as Monday -- nm - mud Jan 8, 12:27 14
- Trump: Pardons himself tomorrow. -- nm - JaxSean's guess Jan 8, 12:34 10
  - One limitation to the president's power to grant pardons is "in cases of impeachment." This means that the president cannot use a pardon to stop an of - Spawn Jan 8, 12:36 2
    - to me this suggests that since they addressed the pardon's limitations that donny can indeed pardon himself -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 12:46
    - I assume it just means he can't be criminally charged / held liable - JaxSean Jan 8, 12:38
  - Wait... can a President who has been impeached pardon himself? “Impeached!” “Nope!” “Impeached again!” Nope again!’ -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:36
  - Also Pardons the Mob Terrorists -- nm* - budice Jan 8, 12:34 5
    - These guys in the picture here lets pardon those guys I don't know there names but I know there sorry -- nm - 45 Jan 8, 12:40
    - The arrests will continue until morale improves. -- nm - FBI Jan 8, 12:36
    - And pardons any future insurectionist who do it in his name -- nm - eag Jan 8, 12:36
    - and Ivanka, Jared, and oh why not Baron. - JaxSean's guess Jan 8, 12:36 1
      - Hey BaronWasteland! Good news! - Mop Jan 8, 12:37
- Only President impeached twice, BITCHES! -- nm - Trump Jan 8, 12:31
- Latest draft of the articles of impeachment - includes “incitement of insurrection.” -- (link) - decline Jan 8, 12:30 1
  - Was reading a really interesting article this morning on the legal standard for incitement (Brandenburg). The author was skeptical, but the Senators - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 12:47
Biden said Trump announcing he wouldn’t show up for the inauguration Jan. 20 was something that he and Trump agreed on. -- nm - eag Jan 8, 12:21 8
- He said he wasn’t going to show up and I agreed he was an asshole. -- nm - Biden Jan 8, 12:31
- but don't go too far away -- nm - Merrick Garland Jan 8, 12:24
- i mean, did anyone think that would or should happen? -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:22 5
  - He was always going to be at Mar A Lago engaging in some kind of grift/negative attention getting (nm) - Brian Jan 8, 12:40 1
    - Oh, there WILL be a Trump rally that day. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:45
  - it would have ruined the day for everyone, however he behaved. - mud Jan 8, 12:26
  - He'd be shouting things from the balcony. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 12:26 1
    - I think he does that already -- nm - eag Jan 8, 12:34
director Micheal Apted passes away. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 12:21 3
- I just re-watched Class Action again last month. Excellent film. - David Jan 8, 12:30
- I remember watching Gorillas in the Mist in school, that was a genuine treat. -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 12:27
- :-[ -- nm - mud Jan 8, 12:21
WV State Delegate Derrick Evans has been taken into federal custody. He’s charged after allegedly entering a restricted area of the US Capitol -- (link*) - budice Jan 8, 12:19 2
- I can't tell if she was being sincere or sarcastic when she thanked Trump - Fuzzy Jan 8, 12:25 1
  - civility goes a long way no matter who you are: "is there anything you would like to say?" -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 8, 13:00
The irony in all this is that they would have gotten away if they had. just. worn. MASKS! -- nm - David Jan 8, 12:09 2
- or at least until a great dane and a stoner pulled the masks off -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 12:10 1
  - I award you 97 ty points -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 12:31
Sounds a bit familiar. - Spawn Jan 8, 12:02 5
- people that have protested about these analogies over the last 5 years should realize .. - mud Jan 8, 12:15 4
  - the thing I keep from saying because it sounds like I 'm complimenting Hitler and Mussolini is that fascists were competent -- (edited) - crash davis Jan 8, 12:22 3
    - good grief -- nm - mud Jan 8, 12:23 2
      - You can accuse me of being Pollyannaish but I think the fatal complications to Trumpism started 1/6/21. The 2022 mid-terms should be a test of that -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 12:26 1
        
        fascism can come in many varieties. I read two books last year I would recommend: -- (edited) - mud Jan 8, 12:30
Question of the day.... Warning, double geography -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:01 [Attachment] 25
- also: dammit, I didn't play yesterday and broke my streak - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:03
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:02 [Attachment] 23
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:02 [Attachment] 22
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:02 [Attachment] 21
      - 0/2 -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 12:51
      - 2/2. Moar geography! -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 12:36
      - 1/2 -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 8, 12:28
      - 2/2. I thought the second was a trick question for five points and almost second guessed myself. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 12:13
      - 0/2 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 12:09
      - 0/2 f'in geography -- nm - decline Jan 8, 12:08
      - Spoilers - David Jan 8, 12:06
      - 2/2 but got the first by process of elimination. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 12:06
      - 13 relatively easy points, geography days are the best -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 12:04 11
        
        I don't understand anti-geography trivia people. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 12:10 10
        
        I'm not anti just bad at geography trivia -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 12:25 4
        
        Do more Sporcle! I considered myself pretty good at geography, and it's made me much stronger. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 12:37 2
        
        I need to get back to Sporcle. I used to do an African map every day. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 12:44 1
        
        i should do this too. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:45
        
        Same. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 12:32
        
        Same. I may not be great at it, but it's fun. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 12:16
        
        Well, The Simpsons does, and that's good enough for me! -- nm - David Jan 8, 12:14 2
        
        that was uncanny -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 12:16 1
        
        It really was. -- nm - David Jan 8, 12:46
        
        neither do i, it is so much better than celebrity trivia -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 12:12
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 12:03
Times of India newspaper....Coup Klux Klan -- (link) - Remlik Jan 8, 11:55 1
- Joke Thieves! -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:55
LMAO!!!! -- (link) - Shaun Jan 8, 11:54 6
- ooh those ankles -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 8, 12:06
- I read that the wall they're scaling is just a few feet from the steps. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 11:55 3
  - Yeah but it looks cooler on social media. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 12:14
  - Walls, so effective. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 12:09
  - yep -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 12:00
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:55
David Perdue has just conceded to Jon Ossoff. -- (link*) - budice Jan 8, 11:51 1
- "On second thought, I feel safer in Georgia." - David Jan 8, 11:56
sitwap - I hope to gosh this photo is real -- (link) - crash davis Jan 8, 11:49 2
- it is -- nm* - budice Jan 8, 11:49
- heh -- nm - mud Jan 8, 11:49
Yup. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 11:48 1
- a Venn what -- nm - MAGAhead Jan 8, 11:51
"It's just like Hitler said, everyone needs a dog! ... Oh, so you're anti-dog now, are you?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:48
Brianna Keilor taking Tucker to school right now -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:43 6
- Someone on CNN is saying bad stuff about someone on Fox News? *GASP!* -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:20 2
  - Well they like to call out little Tucker when he's spewing B.S -- nm - eag Jan 8, 12:32 1
    - Guaranteed daily content! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:34
- where is this happening? -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 8, 11:57 1
  - It was on CNN and it was about how Tucker said that what happen wasnt an insurrection -- nm - eag Jan 8, 12:30
- and how -- nm - mud Jan 8, 11:46
POS COS Meadows in state of shock -- (link) - mud Jan 8, 11:31 5
- Someone orchestrated Trump’s speech yesterday. Jared and Ivanka? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:29
- slap him, Maggie, just like they did the hysterical in the old movies -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 11:55 1
  - *gets in line with a bat* -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 12:26
- Good thing "calm in a crisis" isn't a job requirement for COS. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:45
- That obvious thing we all thought might happen happened! Who could have possibly seen this coming? -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:36
The Washington Post has the video of the woman getting shot. Yep, that cop did his job protecting the Speaker’s area. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 11:29 2
- yup, saw that on twitter the other day. - JaxSean Jan 8, 11:51 1
  - word to the im -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 12:00
It's the 10th anniversary of the Beast Quake -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 11:11 1
- thank you, I love watching this -- nm - crash davis Jan 8, 11:51
the cult -- (link) - Bark Multiverse Jan 8, 11:09 32
- continued -- (link) - Bark Multiverse Jan 8, 11:35 12
  - Way to wear that mask, Lindsey. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:19
  - A thread that relates to this -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 11:53 5
    - Right. They're trying to walk the fine line of arguing that "we didn't mean that that there was actually fraud, we're just trying to protect - pmb Jan 8, 12:04 4
      - Chuck Todd of all people! -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 12:09 3
        
        Yeah. He was surprisingly having none of it on Sunday. I thought Johnson might hang up the zoom call. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 12:24
        
        he's just trying to redeem himself in the mudverse but it aint gone happen -- nm - mud Jan 8, 12:11 1
        
        Don't worry, he'll have him on next week to talk about the deficit -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 12:12
  - What is that woman chanting in there. I can't understand it. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 11:38 4
    - Audit the vote -- nm - Max Jan 8, 11:39 3
      - Who wants to explain to these people what an audit actually is. -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 11:43 2
        
        Why can't they match a ballot to a person is what I want to know because I'm stupid and don't know how voting works! -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:46
        
        And the fact that it's already been done. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 11:46
- Look into my eyes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 8, 11:31
- Why didn't he use his folksy charm on them? -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:16 3
  - well slap me silly and call me sally, y'all are madder than a hoppin' frog! -- nm - colin Jan 8, 11:20 1
    - madder than a bag full of badgers! -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:21
  - he probly tried -- nm - mud Jan 8, 11:20
- The US is such a fun place right now. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 8, 11:15 2
  - Incidentally, we've had things like this here for years (politicians being yelled at in public places), mostly against left-wingers. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 8, 11:17 1
    - White *house* staffers getting harassed at restaurants, sarah huckster etc -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:31
- That doesn't make Lindsey Graham want to side with you on any matter. - Mop Jan 8, 11:14
- holy shit -- nm - mud Jan 8, 11:14 7
  - On the one hand, that is hilarious. - Spawn Jan 8, 11:15 6
    - Hilarious until you realize that the guys with badges were allowing that within spitting distance of a US Senator - Max Jan 8, 11:25
    - aye - mud Jan 8, 11:17
    - To be clear, these losers hate everyone in that terminal. Graham is just the current target of their hatred. - Mop Jan 8, 11:17 3
      - Oh, I agree. But this is LGraham. Per his *own* word, he should not have been re-elected, which means he shouldn't even be there that day. -- nm* - Spawn Jan 8, 11:19 2
        
        I think the best hope here is that the republican party has finally broken. That the fight goes internal and they can't turn out enough voters to win - pmb Jan 8, 11:27 1
        
        The GOP is toast! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 12:16
- "We could not have anticipated what was going to happen on that flight." - Air Marshal Service, tomorrow -- nm - Max Jan 8, 11:13
- Love Removal Machine -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:13
The guy arrested for sitting at Pelosi's desk has been charged with 'entering and remaining on restricting grounds'. Punishment? 10 years in prison - decline Jan 8, 11:09 9
- is that considered looting? cause.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:47
- He turned himself in. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:35 2
  - well, it's not like they didn't know who he was. He gave an interview afterwards and identified himself -- nm - decline Jan 8, 11:37 1
    - It was in relation to arrests going easy. I responded in wrong spot. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:37
- What are the odds Trump pardons these yahoos? -- nm - mara Jan 8, 11:13 3
  - I think he very much will. I was thinking they shouldn't ID/arrest them until after he's out -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 11:20 1
    - He could do a blanket pardon and it wouldn’t matter. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:23
  - I'd say zero. He doesn't care about them and has more worrisome things on his plate (like impeachment on Monday) -- nm - decline Jan 8, 11:14
- (he won't get 10 years) -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:10
Chickens roosting everywhere! -- (link) - Mop Jan 8, 11:08
Dear DC Police: -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 11:03 1
- “Organized Crime Organization,” must have taken some real effort to come up with that one. -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 11:05

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