US election 2020 thread

[JuanTwoThree]

In some ways I'm surprised no other president has tried to pull sth like this. If you have some kind of elected 18th Century monarch then the kind of person who wants to be one may well not like to relinquish their considerable power.

Another obvious facet of USA as monarchy is its apparent need for dynastic families. However successful disbarring Donald Sr may prove to be, there are Trumplings to take over. Or have they collectively screwed the pooch?

 

[danny la rouge]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

That. Is. Incredible.

 

[brogdale]

AFAIA, Trump is free to express anything he wants.
None of us can control who the corporate platforms permit to create their content, can we?

e2a: apols if this looks a bit random; it was supposed to be in reply to TomUS 's post containing the Chomsky quote...don't know what happened to the reply function there?

 

[rekil]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

Spoiler

 

[killer b]

e2a: apols if this looks a bit random; it was supposed to be in reply to TomUS 's post containing the Chomsky quote...don't know what happened to the reply function there?

There's nothing in his post other than a quote of you, and a quote of Chomsky, and the reply function leaves out quotes...

 

[hitmouse]

The 'i approve of what happened on wednesday' numbers have gone down a lot, according to this. Smashing a policemans head in with a fire extinguisher only approved of by 1 in 5 Republicans . View attachment 247860

I think this point has been made already, but I would LOVE to know what is going on in 3% of Democrats' heads.

 

[brogdale]

There's nothing in his post other than a quote of you, and a quote of Chomsky, and the reply function leaves out quotes...

Thanks; good to know.

 

[killer b]

I think this point has been made already, but I would LOVE to know what is going on in 3% of Democrats' heads.

Some democrats will no doubt think that this action will destroy the Republicans for a generation or more, and approve of it for that reason if nothing else.

 

[rekil]

I think this point has been made already, but I would LOVE to know what is going on in 3% of Democrats' heads.

Maybe they thought that such a spectacular own goal was funny.

edit: 2 slo

 

[moochedit]

Here's a round up of bans, in addition to Trump's ban on twitter, so far.

What about Lin Wood? Not seen any mention of him yet. Or doesn't he have a Twitter acount?

 

[Lord Camomile]

However successful disbarring Donald Sr may prove to be, there are Trumplings to take over. Or have they collectively screwed the pooch?

I have absolutely no idea about this, but certainly curious.

I have, fairly successfully, tried to avoid them as much as possible, but my impression is that Ivanka is generally the most ahem 'respected' and seen as the least completely moronic, and then there's the bearded son (genuinely still don't know which one's which) who is a coke-addled ranter in the true tradition of his father?

 

[Yossarian]

Talking of parody; some of the stuff coming out is beyond it...

It's not often I express any sympathy for law enforcement, but these Capitol cops seem to have mainly been glorified security guards protecting a building that last experienced a mass security breach in the war of 1812 - if I was in the same job and the building was being stormed because the bosses had failed or deliberately neglected to provide enough manpower to protect the building, and the person who had encouraged the invasion was the insane president, I'd probably stand back and say "whatever" instead of getting myself killed by an angry mob that had the president's blessing.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

There is expression, and there is telling lies and inciting violence.

 

[Treacle Toes]

What about Lin Wood? Not seen any mention of him yet. Or doesn't he have a Twitter acount?

He is feeling sentimental

 

[keybored]

What about Lin Wood? Not seen any mention of him yet. Or doesn't he have a Twitter acount?

Not any more.

 

[moochedit]

He is feeling sentimental

View attachment 247897

Ok so he obviously got banned as well!

 

[Yossarian]

He is feeling sentimental

View attachment 247897

"We had joy, we had fun, we supported QAnon..."

 

[Ax^]

Ok so he obviously got banned as well!

oh he got banned of Thursday for suggest Antifa stages the storming of Capitol hill and suggesting Pence be executed

 

[Ax^]

seen this threading on twitter shame most trump diehards won't accept it

 

[TopCat]

Would you say that all religious people are thick?

Not thick but deluded?

 

[rekil]

A few people drawing comparisons with the loonstorming of the reichstag in august and speculating about coordination.

 

[bimble]

This (long thread) is pretty convincing, the reasons why if he was acting rationally and out of pure self interest, and if he had a decent lawyer, Donald would probably choose to resign now without delay today.

 

[Winot]

This (long thread) is pretty convincing, the reasons why if he was acting rationally and out of pure self interest, and if he had a decent lawyer, Donald would probably choose to resign now without delay today.

I thought so too. The only thing I wasn't sure about was her premise that he will be impeached. Is that so certain?

 

[bimble]

I thought so too. The only thing I wasn't sure about was her premise that he will be impeached. Is that so certain?

I don’t really understand how impeaching works, at what point it’s actually deemed to have happened. Not happening yet anyway.

 

[killer b]

I don’t really understand how impeaching works, at what point it’s actually deemed to have happened. Not happening yet anyway.

Impeachment is done by a simple majority in Congress (this would be relatively easy), conviction by a supermajority in the Senate (more tricky, but a number of republic senators have said they'd do it, so not impossible). He would still have been impeached even without the conviction though. Chances are he's resign before it gets as far as conviction if it looked like the numbers were stacking up though (cf Nixon)

 

[Raheem]

I don’t really understand how impeaching works, at what point it’s actually deemed to have happened. Not happening yet anyway.

He's impeached at the point the house votes to impeach.

 

[bimble]

So it will probably happen on Monday? Even if 0 republicans vote for the impeachment and even if the trial doesn’t happen until 2027 Trump would still be impeached already, twice. Which in itself has all those real consequences.
this explains it quite well if anyone else was confused too

How Trump could be impeached again – but faster

A look at how impeachment works and what Congress can do in the short amount of time until Trump’s term ends.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It appears that Parler has been removed from the Google Store. Apple may follow:

Parler removed from Google Play store as Apple App Store suspension reportedly looms (msn.com)

I'm sure we're going to see an epic meltdown of conservatives over "free speech" on this one too. Someone should tell them that sedition isn't covered by free speech either.

 

[killer b]

yeah, the congress bit is definitely going to happen. I'm not sure if there would be a Senate trial after he's left office though

 

[Winot]

yeah, the congress bit is definitely going to happen. I'm not sure if there would be a Senate trial after he's left office though

Is just the first stage going ahead enough to prevent him running again etc.?

(Presumably not as he’s been impeached once already?)