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Azathoth

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15. Anyone who says "the system held" is kidding themselves

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 09:37 PM

Jan 2021

The only reason the DOJ did not attempt to overrturn the Constitution was because a handful of men who were only 95% loyal to Trump understood his deformed psychology well enough to successfully talk him out of the plan.

That's not a structural "check and balance." That's a stroke of luck due solely to the fact that Trump was so cognitively impaired and incompetent that he wasn't able to install lackeys that were 100% loyal.

Trump has definitively proved that the only thing standing between us and Turkey is the lack of a Republican fascist that is competent enough to make it happen.

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NYT: Trump wanted to oust Acting AG and force Georgia to overturn results [View all] servermsh Jan 2021 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jan 2021 #1

Dear Senate: Convict this insurrectionist now. nt spooky3 Jan 2021 #2

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2021 #3

Worse and WORSE!!! 😠😠😠🤬🤬🤬🤬 electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #4

Always, from day 1 n/t hibbing Jan 2021 #18

This POS Jeffrey Clark needs to be investigated dalton99a Jan 2021 #5

Good evidence for the impeachment trial- hope they subpoena them all. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2021 #11

This!!! Ford_Prefect Jan 2021 #36

Maybe not a bad idea to slow walk the Treason.... OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #6

Where do these criminal hacks come from? choie Jan 2021 #7

Not mentioned: firing Rosen wouldn't force Raffensberger to change the results Fiendish Thingy Jan 2021 #8

No logic whatsoever - dump truly never had a clue as to how the Constitution or... thenelm1 Jan 2021 #28

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What about Lindsey Graham's interference??? Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #9

The question is why? Biden would still have won even without Georgia. subterranean Jan 2021 #10

Hoping to start a domino effect. ret5hd Jan 2021 #13

Agree +1000 WA-03 Democrat Jan 2021 #20

Ego. Trump felt entitled to their loyalty. The refusal to find votes enraged him. Marcuse Jan 2021 #17

I'll maintain, to the day I die, we would have been in far worse trouble if the election came down.. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2021 #38

Georgia, then Pennsylvania, and Arizona? BelieveCassandra Jan 2021 #45

Could be. subterranean Jan 2021 #48

All In with Chris Hayes is covering this right now. Eugene Jan 2021 #12

The longer they push back the senate impeachment trial, the more evidence will come out turtleblossom Jan 2021 #14

Anyone who says "the system held" is kidding themselves Azathoth Jan 2021 #15

This. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2021 #16

Valid point. H2O Man Jan 2021 #23

Yes and No malaise Jan 2021 #37

I agree with you. There is no "system", no government, WheelWalker Jan 2021 #41

Yep. Exactly. Some scary shit. Pepsidog Jan 2021 #29

Valid points Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #42

The judicial branch held because there was no serious attempt to use it Azathoth Jan 2021 #51

The more the biggest GOP donors learn maybe just maybe they will put pressure on GOP. SayItLoud Jan 2021 #19

It simply boggles the mind ailsagirl Jan 2021 #21

If this impeachment fails, this behavior will become the norm for Republican Presidents. Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #22

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2021 #24

Its so stupid. GA's votes still wouldnt have given him the win oldsoftie Jan 2021 #25

Could you do me a favor ... ? badboy67 Jan 2021 #26

Kick canetoad Jan 2021 #27

So Moscow Mitch wants more time tonekat Jan 2021 #30

If the Senate doesn't convict Trump Joinfortmill Jan 2021 #31

Criminally pathological Larissa Jan 2021 #33

+ about a million. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #35

Still confusing to me. Even if they succeeded to reverse GA, Biden would still have more question everything Jan 2021 #34

Domino effect... kirby Jan 2021 #39

Trump's new AG would have pressured Arizona and Pennsylvania. sarcasmo Jan 2021 #52

Trump never has and never will understand the most fundamental notions of democratic government or Nitram Jan 2021 #40

I wonder how anyone can be "stunned" by any revelations arising from this? BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #43

Jeff Epstein probably wasn't surprised. yonder Jan 2021 #46

You are probably right. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #54

k&r BSdetect Jan 2021 #44

I worry about sleepers left behind in the executive branch bureaucracy bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #47

So do I. This isn't over, even if Trump wnylib Jan 2021 #50

KnR secondwind Jan 2021 #49

Thank God dump et al are not the sharpest knives in the drawer burrowowl Jan 2021 #53