Well, in this scenario, Russia is taking on the role of the United States, and the United States is taking on the role of the “banana republic” that is being pushed toward a coup. So they may be a bit confused about who they’re supposed to be helping.

Hope they at least made him wear an ankle bracelet. Otherwise I’d bet $100 he’ll be out there insurrection-ing again on the 20th.

The 25K was for the friend who helped him cover it up after the fact. The cop in question is being held without bond.

I can’t remember who made it (maybe Folding Ideas?), but I saw a video a while back about the concept of “bathos”, and how it’s one of the things that holds the MCU style movies back from being better than they are. One of the points made was how in the Raimi Spiderman movies, important/dramatic/etc. moments aren’t…

Robert O’Brien (National Security Advisor) is really using the term “great awakening” in a tweet about his deputy resigning. That seems brazen to me.

There are studies that show people often will double-down rather than admit they were duped. So that explains some of the middle-ground folks who should know better. Folks who aren’t that bright, but would see the problem if it was happening somewhere else.

I saw some report that one of the planes he sometimes travels in is scheduled to go to Scotland the day before inauguration. So that may be step one of him fleeing the country before consequences can catch up.

With the filibuster still in place, the statehood questions are a tough call.

It’s instructive that he tells the terrorists to respect the police, but not any member of Congress, or the law, or...

There were reports of everyone being evacuated through tunnels. Last I heard on anyone’s status.

In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists shot 5 members of the House of Representatives in the Capitol building.

on the heels of a leaked call in which the president did his best Michael Corleone impersonation

I wouldn’t count on any Biden AG being confirmed by the Senate unless they swear under oath to never charge Trump with anything.

I prefer this version:

I mean, what about the banks, doesn’t anyone ever think of the banks? How will the CEOs justify the size of their golden parachutes if the government stops them from bleeding everyone dry?

Only good thing that might come out of this is the fact that Ossoff and Warnock can point out that it’s GOP senators that are blocking an increase. “Vote me in and you’ll get that money” is a compelling argument.

So it’s not even a $900B relief bill, it’s a $350B bill. I guess the rest of the money is from what they authorized with the CARES act that they couldn’t find time to distribute.

Well, the rules don’t really apply to Trump. You don’t have to look any further than the fact there’s no way in hell DJT or most of his family and staff would qualify for a security clearance under normal circumstances.

A member of the car got out and rushed at him and that’s where the confrontation took place.

Fun fact: Ken Paxton may have a very strong personal interest in who holds the keys to the federal government, given that he’s currently the subject of an FBI investigation for corruption: