DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 23, 2021
Trump Tried To Engineer Coup At DOJ In Order To Flip Georgia. This stuff is so much more enjoyable now that he’s out of office. This just has to be–criminal, doesn’t it?:
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with President Donald J. Trump to oust Jeffrey A. Rosen as acting attorney general and wield the department’s power to force Georgia state lawmakers to overturn its presidential election results.
The unassuming lawyer who worked on the plan, Jeffrey Clark, had been devising ways to cast doubt on the election results and to bolster Mr. Trump’s continuing legal battles and the pressure on Georgia politicians. Because Mr. Rosen had refused the president’s entreaties to carry out those plans, Mr. Trump was about to decide whether to fire Mr. Rosen and replace him with Mr. Clark.
The department officials, convened on a conference call, then asked each other: What will you do if Mr. Rosen is dismissed?
The answer was unanimous. They would resign.
I hope his lawyers get paid in advance. Let’s also not forget that Atlanta-based DOJ attorney who resigned ‘due to unforeseen circumstances’.
How Trump Helped To Fund The ‘Stop The Steal’ Rally Using His Shell Corporations. Great work from Open Secrets. Gee, I wonder how many of these corporations are ‘incorporated’ in Delaware. More than a few, I’d bet. If anyone reading this works in Kathleen Jennings’ office, you might want to pass this along.
‘Don’t Let The Door Hit You Where The Good Lord Split You’. Trump fires WH usher as he exits WH, leaving nobody to greet the Bidens.
Enough Trump stuff already!
D’s Will Have To Go It Alone On Stimulus Relief. This is why comity is impossible–unless you want to water everything down:
In the face of these competing pressures, Biden may discover he can get a big covid-19 stimulus bill or a bipartisan deal — but not both. The path Biden chooses with his first major piece of legislation could set the tone for the remainder of his first term in office, revealing whether he can make good on his promise to unify Congress and the country.
Everything in the goddam package is popular with the American people. It’s only DOA if the D’s allow it to die. Nuke the filibuster, pass some real good stuff, help the country and boost your chances in 2022. It’s all right there.
Schumer’s Under Pressure. Good.
Hammerin’ Hank Aaron Dies. One of the greatest ballplayers of all time, and a huge civil rights icon. Here is the moment he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. Vin Scully with the perfect call, and the historical context:
BTW, there has been a movement to rename the Atlanta Braves as the Atlanta Hammers. What better time to do it?
What do you want to talk about?
If anybody thinks the GOP isn’t still Trump’s GOP, they have a screw loose.
They’d let the country burn to the ground if it meant that they could avoid a primary.
Dems need to go it alone and make the case to voters. If Coons is still playing Fox News 24/7 in his office, please knock that shit off. Ignore the right wing lie machine and keep moving forward.
Bobble-throated slapdick Tom Cotton (h/t Charles Pierce) has claimed he was an Army Ranger. I’m sure you’re shocked to hear he wasn’t:
https://www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-2650080061/
That reminds me: Here’s yet another Rethug peddling phony credentials:
https://sports.yahoo.com/how-much-did-rep-madison-cawthorn-exaggerate-his-claims-that-he-was-training-for-the-paralympics-173412524.html
Starting to think that, like Guy Caballero (owner and operator of SCTV), he uses the wheelchair for ‘respect’:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Caballero
There will be no “comity”, now or in the near future, the Dems need to attempt to admit the Republicans have been fighting a no holds war for decades against the rest of us. Until they fight fire with fire our advantage will be turned into disadvantage. As noted Trump remains the focus of the Republicans and their slack jawed and drooling base, note to Coons, the Nevile Chamberlain of Delaware, there can be no compromise with these people.
The acclaimed documentary 76 Days about the onset of the Wuhan lockdown, the anniversary of which is this date, is available for free TODAY ONLY at this link — https://www.76daysfilm.com/watch — with a $5 donation going to your favorite arthouse theatre or film society when you watch. (None in Delaware in the list, so pick Philly please.)
Horror stories at the two DMVs giving out vaccines today. People waiting 5+ hours in their cars, some waiting almost as long and going home because they couldn’t take it anymore. The state is blaming the people for not filling out their information online enough.
Gonna be the first story on the local news all weekend.
My wife is a pharmacist. They can only do about 24 doses a day at the pharmacy b/c, of course, they’ve also gotta fill prescriptions, provide advice, etc. So, a million people are calling every day b/c the appointment portal is already filled thru March.
We really need a federal response. Call out the National Guard.