[Continuation] The Trump Presidency: Part 27 - Page 9

Captain_Swoop · 7th January 2021, 06:40 PM

Lots of comments like this on the twitter thread

Jessica
@Jessica79946411
God bless you Mr. President. Thank you for serving our great country and fighting so very hard for our freedom. I'm disgusted with what has happened to this election and all of the evil people that had a hand in it! You have fought so hard for so long and achieved so much

Darla
@Darla412
You, Sir, are Greatest President of my lifetime. Thank you for fighting for "We the People"! We love you!

Febe S
@FebeSeiuli
Thank you for your service, you will always be the greatest president. I am going to sit back and watch the Left policies destroy America and people will be grateful for people like youRed heart God Bless you !

No Words Poetry
@NoWordsPoetry
"Our incredible journey is just beginning!" Thank you 4 all you've done. You've had alot against you, but for those who understand what you have accomplished for individual freedom, we see you! God bless you too Mr. President ��ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL!

dudalb · 7th January 2021, 07:03 PM

Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit.

angrysoba · 7th January 2021, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit.

Yeah, and this is a cowardly move, in my opinion. Surely she would be a member of Trump's cabinet. If she is so disgusted by the rioters she should be one of those signing on for the 25th amendment.

I expect we will see a lot more of this. People who don't want to stand up to Trump or stand by Trump quitting instead of making a decision. Then Trump can just replace them with his family members and other sychophants.

Tero · 7th January 2021, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

He tweeted the video
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550

He did not write any of that.

Is the 25th amendment lynch mob outside the fence?

angrysoba · 7th January 2021, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

He tweeted the video

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550

"immediately called out the National Guard"? **** off! This thing was going on for hours before he even bothered to tweet out a video asking them politely to go home after he had incited a riot.

How pathetic!

Incites a mob - stokes a riot - sits back and watches - loses Twitter privileges and is now "OMG, I so want back on Twitter. Do I have to throw some of my goons under the bus? Yes, okay, it's hard for me to make this choice. After all, they are my slobbering loyal goons, after all. Oh **** it, yeah, they're bad guys! I totally sent out the National Guard on those guys. Totally. Can I have Twitter back now?"

SezMe · 7th January 2021, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Horatius

You know, I can understand some cops secretly being on the side of rioters here, but what I don't get is why they're okay with just looking bad at their job.

I mean, even if you secretly want the rioters to sit at Pelosi's desk, why not just take the day off, instead of making yourself and all your cops buddies look like incompetent losers by not pushing back hard enough?

I'm gonna guess that in their employment contract or police policy manual or somewhere it says that if an emergency is called, then it's "all hands on deck" with being fired for non-compliance.

Horatius · 7th January 2021, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by SezMe

I'm gonna guess that in their employment contract or police policy manual or somewhere it says that if an emergency is called, then it's "all hands on deck" with being fired for non-compliance.

Yeah, but an emergency wasn't called until after they'd publicly screwed the pooch. That's kind of the point.

EHocking · 7th January 2021, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Elagabalus

But he wouldn't do that!

It requires too much coordination.

Jim_MDP · 7th January 2021, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Lots of comments like this on the twitter thread

Jessica
@Jessica79946411
God bless you Mr. President. Thank you for serving our great country and fighting so very hard for our freedom. I'm disgusted with what has happened to this election and all of the evil people that had a hand in it! You have fought so hard for so long and achieved so much

Darla
@Darla412
You, Sir, are Greatest President of my lifetime. Thank you for fighting for "We the People"! We love you!

Febe S
@FebeSeiuli
Thank you for your service, you will always be the greatest president. I am going to sit back and watch the Left policies destroy America and people will be grateful for people like youRed heart God Bless you !

No Words Poetry
@NoWordsPoetry
"Our incredible journey is just beginning!" Thank you 4 all you've done. You've had alot against you, but for those who understand what you have accomplished for individual freedom, we see you! God bless you too Mr. President ��ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL!

What's the handle of the Russian social media war room... something "bear"?
I wonder how active they've been these last 36 hours.
Bet they're gonna have a busy weekend as well.

timhau · 7th January 2021, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by eerok

These things are always a bit sad, but maybe Trump will make new friends in prison.

I bet he wishes he hadn't pardoned his old pals now.

timhau · 7th January 2021, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

He tweeted the video

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550

I thought Twitter had banned him for two weeks.

dudalb · 7th January 2021, 11:00 PM

Pence might be the first "De Facto" President since Edith Wilson.

acbytesla · 7th January 2021, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Pence might be the first "De Facto" President since Edith Wilson.

You're not counting Caspar Weinberger?

Checkmite · 7th January 2021, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit.

dudalb · 7th January 2021, 11:37 PM

Well that is to be expected when you have a SecEd who hates public schools.

Aridas · 7th January 2021, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Ryan Fournier Founder and Co-Chairman of Students For Trump tweeted

@RyanAFournier
Facebook and Instagram have banned President Trump until Joe Biden takes office
They banned Trump. And they will ban you next.

Well, I think I see a great candidate to ban with just cause, right there!

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Democrats and some Republicans want to impeach and remove Trump from office
This will divide America even further
We need unity as a nation

...Letting bullies get off scot-free is generally not a good way to end bullying.

Originally Posted by dudalb

He also out and out lied about his sending in the National GUard.

Mark my words, he is going backtrack on this.

I took much of that part of it, when I saw it shown during my break, as little more than an attempt to create an alternate narrative as a defense - one in which he wasn't the prime instigator of outright sedition and therefore in significant legal trouble.

To poke elsewhere, this could go in a couple threads, but...

Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials

Quote:

Multiple European security officials told Insider that President Donald Trump appeared to have tacit support among US federal agencies responsible for securing the Capitol complex in Wednesday's coup attempt.
Insider is reporting this information because it illustrates the serious repercussions of Wednesday's events: Even if they are mistaken, some among America's international military allies are now willing to give credence to the idea that Trump deliberately tried to violently overturn an election and had help from some federal law-enforcement agents.
"We train alongside the US federal law enforcement to handle these very matters, and it's obvious that large parts of any successful plan were just ignored," one source told us.

Trump's continues to drag the US' foreign relations into the mud. That's before getting to all the massive damage to national security and everything else.

Elsewhere...

Oregon State Representative Caught Opening State Capitol to Rightwing “Flash Mob”

Quote:

“OSP (Oregon State Police) has confirmed and informed us that Rep. Mike Nearman did open a door to allow demonstrators into the building. This was a serious, serious breach of public trust. His actions put staff and legislators and law enforcement in danger.”

The Banana Republican Party has a lot of cleaning up to do from its current position as the Party of Tre45on, I think.

Babbylonian · 8th January 2021, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Well that is to be expected when you have a SecEd who hates public schools.

And private schools that use their money to teach students.

Captain_Swoop · 8th January 2021, 07:59 AM

Trump Tweets

The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!

timhau · 8th January 2021, 08:07 AM

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

Mader Levap · 8th January 2021, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

I guess management buckled under pressure from Trump administration. Like game companies and China, really.

JoeMorgue · 8th January 2021, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

Captain_Swoop appealed to Twitter so he had something to do in political threads.

Solitaire · 8th January 2021, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST,
and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future.
They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!

Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday.

dmaker · 8th January 2021, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

The initial suspension of his account was to force him to remove 2 or 3 tweets that could incite violence. Once that was done, a 12 hour hold would start.

He complied, the 12 hours elapsed, and now he can tweet again.

Dave Rogers · 8th January 2021, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by Solitaire

Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday.

I wonder if he even realises that, by that tweet, he's conceding that the election was more or less honest?

Dave

timhau · 8th January 2021, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Solitaire

Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday.

... and a full billion next weekend, which means there ABSOLUTELY was ELECTORAL FRAUD because Trump got way more voters than there are people AND STILL "LOST"! STOP THE STEAL!!

The Don · 8th January 2021, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Dave Rogers

I wonder if he even realises that, by that tweet, he's conceding that the election was more or less honest?

Dave

No, not one tiny bit.

He received 75 million votes - the largest number of votes for any incumbent President - IOW the best result for any incumbent.

Biden OTOH only got 55 million real votes and another 30 million fake votes.

JoeMorgue · 8th January 2021, 09:18 AM

Trump awards Medal of Freedom to 3 Golfers in Closed-Door Ceremony the day after his supporters trash the Capitol.

President Trump award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by his office, to Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Didrikson Zaharias. The three join Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Charlie Sifford as golfers who have been awarded this distinction.

William Parcher · 8th January 2021, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

I read he was banned from Instagram and Facebook, I think.

Dave Rogers · 8th January 2021, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

President Trump award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by his office, to Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

"I must say now, and clearly, that I am of the South Africa of Verwoerd and apartheid ... a nation which ... is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilised values and standards amongst the alien barbarians. The African may well believe in witchcraft and primitive magic, practise ritual murder and polygamy; his wealth is in cattle"

- Gary Player

He changed his mind later in life, but I suspect Trump prefers his early material.

Dave

timhau · 8th January 2021, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by William Parcher

I read he was banned from Instagram and Facebook, I think.

Yes, he got 2-weeks-to-life from those, but I thought his Twitter ban was also extended. Apparently not. Twitter, I hate you even more now.

Aridas · 8th January 2021, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

Yes, he got 2-weeks-to-life from those, but I thought his Twitter ban was also extended. Apparently not. Twitter, I hate you even more now.

Supposedly, he's been threatened with the one more rule violation and he'll be indefinitely banned level of things, at this point.

ETA: Tangentially, I read a quote that observed how Twitter and Facebook just happened to figure out they could do more to rein in Trump's harm... on the day that they found out that the Committees overseeing them would be led by Democrats.

acbytesla · 8th January 2021, 09:39 AM

I see Trump announced he is not going to attend Biden's inauguration. I think he is fully aware that he was as welcome as a turd in a punch bowl.

JoeMorgue · 8th January 2021, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by acbytesla

I see Trump announced he is not going to attend Biden's inauguration. I think he is fully aware that he was as welcome as a turd in a punch bowl.

I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.

Apathia · 8th January 2021, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

How come he's allowed to Tweet again?

They gave him his chew toy back before he slaughtered the cat.

timhau · 8th January 2021, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.

... or Trump will start claiming that he didn't even really run for a second term, because his first term was so fantastic and he got all his promises fulfilled.

Dave Rogers · 8th January 2021, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.

Who knows, maybe that would finally be enough for him to get charged with treason.

Nah.

Dave

Horatius · 8th January 2021, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Trump awards Medal of Freedom to 3 Golfers in Closed-Door Ceremony the day after his supporters trash the Capitol.

President Trump award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by his office, to Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

Okay, so that guy has a good excuse, but why the **** did the other two not refuse this "honor" from this "president" after everything that's happened this week?

Originally Posted by Dave Rogers

"I must say now, and clearly, that I am of the South Africa of Verwoerd and apartheid ... a nation which ... is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilised values and standards amongst the alien barbarians. The African may well believe in witchcraft and primitive magic, practise ritual murder and polygamy; his wealth is in cattle"

- Gary Player

Okay, yeah, that might explain it.

Fast Eddie B · 8th January 2021, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.

There’s at least a bit of precedence:

Richard Nixon's inauguration in 1969 was accompanied by an elaborate three-day counter-inauguration, replete with its own parade, reviewing stand, inaugral ball and workshops on the nature of the political struggle. Thousands came to march, to protest, to highlight, in all the raucous and gaudy ways the times seemed to demand, the bitter divisiveness that racked the country.

The protests that year ended in violence - at least 81 arrested, nearly a dozen injured from the flying rocks and flailing billy clubs that marked the tightest security ever surrounding a presidential inauguration.

FWIW, I demonstrated at that counter-inaugural, and was pretty badly beaten by the D.C. police.

Darat · 8th January 2021, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.

Yep.

But I am sure Trump is taking the high road with this decision as he doesn’t want a mass public event with the potential that has to spread the virus!

(And we can bet Trump will be crowing how he got more people at his inauguration. I am really hoping folk don’t want to attend Biden’s inauguration.)

JoeMorgue · 8th January 2021, 10:13 AM

Last word I got was Biden's inauguration wasn't even really going to be open to the public in the traditional sense.

But yes Trump holding yet another giant super-spreader event while Biden does the sane thing and Trump treating that is him winning... sounds exactly like what Trump would do.

7th January 2021, 07:03 PM	#322
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 49,954	Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit.
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7th January 2021, 07:22 PM	#323
angrysoba Philosophile Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 28,991	Originally Posted by dudalb Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit. Yeah, and this is a cowardly move, in my opinion. Surely she would be a member of Trump's cabinet. If she is so disgusted by the rioters she should be one of those signing on for the 25th amendment. I expect we will see a lot more of this. People who don't want to stand up to Trump or stand by Trump quitting instead of making a decision. Then Trump can just replace them with his family members and other sychophants.
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7th January 2021, 07:23 PM	#324
Tero Master Poster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: North American prairie Posts: 2,163	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop He tweeted the video https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550 He did not write any of that. Is the 25th amendment lynch mob outside the fence?
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7th January 2021, 07:35 PM	#325
angrysoba Philosophile Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 28,991	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop He tweeted the video https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550 "immediately called out the National Guard"? ** off! This thing was going on for hours before he even bothered to tweet out a video asking them politely to go home after he had incited a riot. How pathetic! Incites a mob - stokes a riot - sits back and watches - loses Twitter privileges and is now "OMG, I so want back on Twitter. Do I have to throw some of my goons under the bus? Yes, okay, it's hard for me to make this choice. After all, they are my slobbering loyal goons, after all. Oh ** it, yeah, they're bad guys! I totally sent out the National Guard on those guys. Totally. Can I have Twitter back now?"
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7th January 2021, 08:08 PM	#327
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 28,910	Originally Posted by SezMe I'm gonna guess that in their employment contract or police policy manual or somewhere it says that if an emergency is called, then it's "all hands on deck" with being fired for non-compliance. Yeah, but an emergency wasn't called until after they'd publicly screwed the pooch. That's kind of the point.
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7th January 2021, 06:40 PM	#321
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,377	Lots of comments like this on the twitter thread Jessica @Jessica79946411 God bless you Mr. President. Thank you for serving our great country and fighting so very hard for our freedom. I'm disgusted with what has happened to this election and all of the evil people that had a hand in it! You have fought so hard for so long and achieved so much Darla @Darla412 You, Sir, are Greatest President of my lifetime. Thank you for fighting for "We the People"! We love you! Febe S @FebeSeiuli Thank you for your service, you will always be the greatest president. I am going to sit back and watch the Left policies destroy America and people will be grateful for people like youRed heart God Bless you ! No Words Poetry @NoWordsPoetry "Our incredible journey is just beginning!" Thank you 4 all you've done. You've had alot against you, but for those who understand what you have accomplished for individual freedom, we see you! God bless you too Mr. President ��ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL!

7th January 2021, 07:42 PM	#326
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,837	Originally Posted by Horatius You know, I can understand some cops secretly being on the side of rioters here, but what I don't get is why they're okay with just looking bad at their job. I mean, even if you secretly want the rioters to sit at Pelosi's desk, why not just take the day off, instead of making yourself and all your cops buddies look like incompetent losers by not pushing back hard enough? I'm gonna guess that in their employment contract or police policy manual or somewhere it says that if an emergency is called, then it's "all hands on deck" with being fired for non-compliance.

7th January 2021, 08:50 PM	#328
EHocking Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,454	Originally Posted by Elagabalus But he wouldn't do that! It requires too much coordination.
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7th January 2021, 09:25 PM	#329
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 7,926	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Lots of comments like this on the twitter thread Jessica @Jessica79946411 God bless you Mr. President. Thank you for serving our great country and fighting so very hard for our freedom. I'm disgusted with what has happened to this election and all of the evil people that had a hand in it! You have fought so hard for so long and achieved so much Darla @Darla412 You, Sir, are Greatest President of my lifetime. Thank you for fighting for "We the People"! We love you! Febe S @FebeSeiuli Thank you for your service, you will always be the greatest president. I am going to sit back and watch the Left policies destroy America and people will be grateful for people like youRed heart God Bless you ! No Words Poetry @NoWordsPoetry "Our incredible journey is just beginning!" Thank you 4 all you've done. You've had alot against you, but for those who understand what you have accomplished for individual freedom, we see you! God bless you too Mr. President ��ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL! What's the handle of the Russian social media war room... something "bear"? I wonder how active they've been these last 36 hours. Bet they're gonna have a busy weekend as well.
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7th January 2021, 10:05 PM	#330
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by eerok These things are always a bit sad, but maybe Trump will make new friends in prison. I bet he wishes he hadn't pardoned his old pals now.
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7th January 2021, 10:06 PM	#331
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop He tweeted the video https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonal...34804052844550 I thought Twitter had banned him for two weeks.
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7th January 2021, 11:00 PM	#332
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 49,954	Pence might be the first "De Facto" President since Edith Wilson.
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7th January 2021, 11:10 PM	#333
acbytesla Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 27,955	Originally Posted by dudalb Pence might be the first "De Facto" President since Edith Wilson. You're not counting Caspar Weinberger?
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7th January 2021, 11:34 PM	#334
Checkmite Skepticifimisticalationist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gulf Coast Posts: 26,349	Originally Posted by dudalb Vos, Secratary Of Education just quit.
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7th January 2021, 11:37 PM	#335
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 49,954	Well that is to be expected when you have a SecEd who hates public schools.
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7th January 2021, 11:59 PM	#336
Aridas Crazy Little Green Dragon Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 7,338	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Ryan Fournier Founder and Co-Chairman of Students For Trump tweeted @RyanAFournier Facebook and Instagram have banned President Trump until Joe Biden takes office They banned Trump. And they will ban you next. Well, I think I see a great candidate to ban with just cause, right there! Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Democrats and some Republicans want to impeach and remove Trump from office This will divide America even further We need unity as a nation ...Letting bullies get off scot-free is generally not a good way to end bullying. Originally Posted by dudalb He also out and out lied about his sending in the National GUard. Mark my words, he is going backtrack on this. I took much of that part of it, when I saw it shown during my break, as little more than an attempt to create an alternate narrative as a defense - one in which he wasn't the prime instigator of outright sedition and therefore in significant legal trouble. To poke elsewhere, this could go in a couple threads, but... Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials Quote: Multiple European security officials told Insider that President Donald Trump appeared to have tacit support among US federal agencies responsible for securing the Capitol complex in Wednesday's coup attempt. Insider is reporting this information because it illustrates the serious repercussions of Wednesday's events: Even if they are mistaken, some among America's international military allies are now willing to give credence to the idea that Trump deliberately tried to violently overturn an election and had help from some federal law-enforcement agents. "We train alongside the US federal law enforcement to handle these very matters, and it's obvious that large parts of any successful plan were just ignored," one source told us. Trump's continues to drag the US' foreign relations into the mud. That's before getting to all the massive damage to national security and everything else. Elsewhere... Oregon State Representative Caught Opening State Capitol to Rightwing “Flash Mob” Quote: “OSP (Oregon State Police) has confirmed and informed us that Rep. Mike Nearman did open a door to allow demonstrators into the building. This was a serious, serious breach of public trust. His actions put staff and legislators and law enforcement in danger.” The Banana Republican Party has a lot of cleaning up to do from its current position as the Party of Tre45on, I think.
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8th January 2021, 01:02 AM	#337
Babbylonian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13,424	Originally Posted by dudalb Well that is to be expected when you have a SecEd who hates public schools. And private schools that use their money to teach students.

8th January 2021, 07:59 AM	#338
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,377	Trump Tweets The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!

8th January 2021, 08:07 AM	#339
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	How come he's allowed to Tweet again?
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8th January 2021, 08:10 AM	#340
Mader Levap Graduate Poster Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,546	Originally Posted by timhau How come he's allowed to Tweet again? I guess management buckled under pressure from Trump administration. Like game companies and China, really.
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8th January 2021, 08:26 AM	#341
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 29,934	Originally Posted by timhau How come he's allowed to Tweet again? Captain_Swoop appealed to Twitter so he had something to do in political threads.
	__________________ Yahtzee: "You're doing that thing again where when asked a question you just discuss the philosophy of the question instead of answering the bloody question." Gabriel: "Well yeah, you see..." Yahtzee: "No. When you are asked a Yes or No question the first word out of your mouth needs to be Yes or No. Only after that have you earned the right to elaborate."

8th January 2021, 09:00 AM	#342
Solitaire Neoclinus blanchardi Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,481	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!! Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday.
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8th January 2021, 09:02 AM	#343
dmaker Graduate Poster Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,683	Originally Posted by timhau How come he's allowed to Tweet again? The initial suspension of his account was to force him to remove 2 or 3 tweets that could incite violence. Once that was done, a 12 hour hold would start. He complied, the 12 hours elapsed, and now he can tweet again.

8th January 2021, 09:09 AM	#344
Dave Rogers Bandaged ice that stampedes inexpensively through a scribbled morning waving necessary ankles Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cair Paravel, according to XKCD Posts: 32,237	Originally Posted by Solitaire Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday. I wonder if he even realises that, by that tweet, he's conceding that the election was more or less honest? Dave
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8th January 2021, 09:10 AM	#345
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by Solitaire Oh, dear. Inflation has begun. It'll be 100 million by Monday. ... and a full billion next weekend, which means there ABSOLUTELY was ELECTORAL FRAUD because Trump got way more voters than there are people AND STILL "LOST"! STOP THE STEAL!!
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8th January 2021, 09:15 AM	#346
The Don Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sir Fynwy Posts: 31,034	Originally Posted by Dave Rogers I wonder if he even realises that, by that tweet, he's conceding that the election was more or less honest? Dave No, not one tiny bit. He received 75 million votes - the largest number of votes for any incumbent President - IOW the best result for any incumbent. Biden OTOH only got 55 million real votes and another 30 million fake votes.

8th January 2021, 09:18 AM	#347
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 29,934	Trump awards Medal of Freedom to 3 Golfers in Closed-Door Ceremony the day after his supporters trash the Capitol. President Trump award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by his office, to Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Didrikson Zaharias. The three join Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Charlie Sifford as golfers who have been awarded this distinction.
	__________________ Yahtzee: "You're doing that thing again where when asked a question you just discuss the philosophy of the question instead of answering the bloody question." Gabriel: "Well yeah, you see..." Yahtzee: "No. When you are asked a Yes or No question the first word out of your mouth needs to be Yes or No. Only after that have you earned the right to elaborate."

8th January 2021, 09:21 AM	#348
William Parcher Show me the monkey! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 25,729	Originally Posted by timhau How come he's allowed to Tweet again? I read he was banned from Instagram and Facebook, I think.
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8th January 2021, 09:21 AM	#349
Dave Rogers Bandaged ice that stampedes inexpensively through a scribbled morning waving necessary ankles Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cair Paravel, according to XKCD Posts: 32,237	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue President Trump award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by his office, to Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Didrikson Zaharias. "I must say now, and clearly, that I am of the South Africa of Verwoerd and apartheid ... a nation which ... is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilised values and standards amongst the alien barbarians. The African may well believe in witchcraft and primitive magic, practise ritual murder and polygamy; his wealth is in cattle" - Gary Player He changed his mind later in life, but I suspect Trump prefers his early material. Dave
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8th January 2021, 09:22 AM	#350
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by William Parcher I read he was banned from Instagram and Facebook, I think. Yes, he got 2-weeks-to-life from those, but I thought his Twitter ban was also extended. Apparently not. Twitter, I hate you even more now.
	__________________ When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me. - Emo Philips

8th January 2021, 09:33 AM	#351
Aridas Crazy Little Green Dragon Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 7,338	Originally Posted by timhau Yes, he got 2-weeks-to-life from those, but I thought his Twitter ban was also extended. Apparently not. Twitter, I hate you even more now. Supposedly, he's been threatened with the one more rule violation and he'll be indefinitely banned level of things, at this point. ETA: Tangentially, I read a quote that observed how Twitter and Facebook just happened to figure out they could do more to rein in Trump's harm... on the day that they found out that the Committees overseeing them would be led by Democrats.
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8th January 2021, 09:39 AM	#352
acbytesla Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 27,955	I see Trump announced he is not going to attend Biden's inauguration. I think he is fully aware that he was as welcome as a turd in a punch bowl.
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8th January 2021, 09:40 AM	#353
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 29,934	Originally Posted by acbytesla I see Trump announced he is not going to attend Biden's inauguration. I think he is fully aware that he was as welcome as a turd in a punch bowl. I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening.
	__________________ Yahtzee: "You're doing that thing again where when asked a question you just discuss the philosophy of the question instead of answering the bloody question." Gabriel: "Well yeah, you see..." Yahtzee: "No. When you are asked a Yes or No question the first word out of your mouth needs to be Yes or No. Only after that have you earned the right to elaborate."

8th January 2021, 09:43 AM	#354
Apathia Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 5,800	Originally Posted by timhau How come he's allowed to Tweet again? They gave him his chew toy back before he slaughtered the cat.
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8th January 2021, 09:43 AM	#355
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue I sense a "Alternative Facts Counter Inauguration" happening. ... or Trump will start claiming that he didn't even really run for a second term, because his first term was so fantastic and he got all his promises fulfilled.
	__________________ When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me. - Emo Philips