Making What’s Left of Trump’s Life Miserable

Trump impeachment "defense" lawyer Bruce Castor says 'don't impeach, just go to Mara Lago arrest him.' I say impeach AND go arrest him.
ATLANTA — Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including a phone call he made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Mr. Trump pressured him to “find” enough votes to help him reverse his loss. On Wednesday, Fani Willis, the recently elected Democratic prosecutor in Fulton County, sent a letter to numerous officials in state government, including Mr. Raffensperger, requesting that they preserve documents related to Mr. Trump’s call, according to a state official with knowledge of the letter. The letter explicitly stated that the request was part of a criminal investigation, said the official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal matters.

Coons & Biden Prepped to Stab the Middle-Class in the Back

This is terrible. Coons' famous bipartisanship shows up just in time to stab middle class Americans in the back.
Biden along with some Democratic lawmakers are open to limiting the $1,400 direct payment to individuals earning under $50,000, with $2,800 going to married couples who earn under $100,000, the Post reported. Biden told Democrat leaders in the House and Senate Wednesday in a private meeting that he would consider using a lower income level to target direct payments to the people who need them most. “Maybe we can — I think we can better target that number,” Biden said, according to a source at the meeting who spoke to The New York Times on the condition of anonymity. “I’m OK with that.” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, confirmed to reporters Wednesday that a conversation about a more targeted payment had taken place. “We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure they’re targeted,” Coons said.

Seriously – What’s with Silicon Valley’s Hard On for Self-Driving Cars?

Elon Musk keeps promising that the fully autonomous car is just days weeks months years away. Now Apple wants to build a fully autonomous electric car by 2024.   I mean, is there some research somewhere that says Americans are clamoring for self-driving cars?   Am I just being an old fart and all the kids want self driving cars so they can take their Tik-Tok selfies and play Call of Duty while eating their avocado toast and drinking their soy bubble tea?  

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021

The challenges facing the country and the Biden administration are monumental, and some of them are not going to be undone as quickly as we all would like. Topping the…

Two Podcasts You Should Listen To

"He Fights"  How the Republican Party Can Recover and Thrive Going into the Midterms

This one is for Democrats only.  No DEGOPer's are allowed to click this link to listen to this FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. in which  Galen Druke speaks with pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson and writers Ramesh Ponnuru and Henry Olsen who have some great insights and discuss how Republicans can keep the Trumpist populism while ditching the craziness.

HIGHLANDS BUNKER - A Rooseveltian Presidency (w/Harvey J Kaye)

Everyone's favorite socialist egghead Professor, Harvey J Kaye, joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the first days of the Biden presidency and how they compare to his promise of a FDR-Size Presidency vs a continuation of the Obama administration.

Stop Telling on Yourself, Fox News

Biden Admin: The Pentagon will investigate whether the Department of Defense (DOD) has adequate procedures in place to prevent white supremacists and other extremists from joining and remaining in the military. Fox News: They are trying to purge us from the military.
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): ...to the Republicans like Liz Cheney... Refuse to allow a single U.S. taxpayer dollar to fund this ideological and un-American purge of the U.S. military. Or expect a lot of us to push for steep cuts in military spending. After all, why should we fund an organization that Democrats plan to use not to protect us, but to restrain us, in order to protect themselves and their grip on power?