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Senate Decided Not to Call Trump Impeachment Witnesses Because ‘People Want to Get Home for Valentine’s Day’: Report Senate Democrats had, despite their collective vote to hear witnesses, not actually wanted to do anything of the sort and quickly rushed to undo the motion at the request of President Joe Biden‘s leading man in the […]
Trump Acquitted.
57-43. 7 R’s voted to convict: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Pat Toomey, Richard Burr, and Bill Cassidy. That’s a lot. 43 Rethugs sealed their names in history.
Contentious Dems Vs Contented Dems
I understand that some people don’t like confrontation. But to be so devoted to non-confrontation that you prefer humiliation at the hands of scoundrels is beyond me.
Song of the Day 2/13: Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, “You Can Close Your Eyes”
The Senate Republican caucus could adopt this as a theme song, but their voices wouldn’t — ahem — do it justice. James Taylor’s wrote this bittersweet lullaby for his then-girlfriend Joni Mitchell. He was in New Mexico in 1970 filming a movie, Two-Lane Blacktop, about drag racers taking on challengers across the country (Taylor played […]
I Agree With Greg Lavelle–
Or, to be more precise, Greg Lavelle agrees with me. The issue is when should parties hold their primaries for statewide, legislative, and local offices. Back in 2016, I wrote the following: Let’s start with (what I think is) the most interesting bill on today’s docket, and see what you think about it. HB 375 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 13, 2021
Trump Defense Goes Trumpian. Bellicosity and falsehoods in equal measure. Although shorter than the average Trump campaign event. Designed to appeal to one person: Former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team mounted a combative defense on Friday focused more on assailing Democrats for “hypocrisy” and “hatred” than justifying Mr. Trump’s own monthslong effort to overturn […]
Blog Nostalgia
In a way I miss the days when Republican fuckwits would come here and try to defend the horrible shit elected Republicans were up to. It would be especially interesting to hear them argue that attacking the congress and killing cops is OK because …Maxine Waters…used the word ‘fight’ once …(?)
Song of the Day 2/12: Chick Corea, “Hymn of the 7th Galaxy”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There were few more polarizing figures in jazz than Chick Corea, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. But there was never any doubt that he was one of the best keyboard players in the business. He’s best known as the main force behind electrified jazz-rock fusion in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 12, 2021
Rethugs Prepare Voter Suppression Legislation. There are two major parties: The Democratic Party and the anti-democratic party: That notion that lawmakers can simply disregard the will of the people is an affront to the very idea of representative democracy. And yet Republicans no longer seem to be exerting so much effort trying to disguise their […]
Song of the Day 2/11: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down”
Prompted by the fact that Bruce Springsteen is having perhaps the roughest week of his public life. First he filmed a commercial for the first time — for Jeep, of all corporation-people — that was panned by people across the political spectrum. That dust hadn’t settled when news of a DUI arrest last November hit […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
The takeaway from the second day of “Impeachment 2: Impeach Harder” seems to be that Trump deliberately riled up his mob to target VP Mike Pence. Lots of people were shocked at how close rioters came to getting their hands on lawmakers. You knew this already, but now there’s evidence in the form of memos: […]
The Dumbfuck Uprising
Facing financial ruin, did these dumbfucks ever say “Wow, capitalism really is bullshit.” Nope. They said, “I’ll fight for Trump. He cares about regular people like me.” It is really tough to feel sympathy for people this eager to be duped. More than 200 people are facing federal criminal charges for their alleged roles in […]
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.
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