January 29, 2021

President Biden: "Covid relief has to pass. There are no ifs, ands or buts."

Biden, asked if he supports moving Covid package via reconciliation: "I support passing Covid relief with Republican support if we can get it, but the Covid relief has to pass. There are no ifs, ands or buts."

https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/1355233255767896064?s=20

January 29, 2021

Paul Krugman: The Republican Party is stuck, probably irreversibly, in a doom loop of bizarro.

Here’s what we know about American politics: The Republican Party is stuck, probably irreversibly, in a doom loop of bizarro. If the Trump-incited Capitol insurrection didn’t snap the party back to sanity — and it didn’t — nothing will.

...On Tuesday Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, who has said that Donald Trump’s role in fomenting the insurrection was impeachable, voted for a measure that would have declared a Trump trial unconstitutional because he’s no longer in office. (Most constitutional scholars disagree.)

On Thursday Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader — who still hasn’t conceded that Joe Biden legitimately won the presidency, but did declare that Trump “bears responsibility” for the attack on Congress — visited Mar-a-Lago, presumably to make amends.

In other words, the G.O.P.’s national leadership, after briefly flirting with sense, has surrendered to the fantasies of the fringe. Cowardice rules

via:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/28/2012628/-Paul-Krugman-The-Republican-Party-is-stuck-probably-irreversibly-in-a-doom-loop-of-bizarro?utm_campaign=trending
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/republican-lies.html

January 28, 2021

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January 28, 2021

Republican Hypocrisy

https://twitter.com/DearAuntCrabby/status/1354573745810247684?s=20

January 28, 2021

Biden administration pauses arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE

Washington (CNN)The Biden administration has paused arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as it conducts a wider review of agreements worth billions of dollars made by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told CNN Wednesday.

Secretary of State Tony Blinken confirmed that pending arms sales are under review, as is typical at the start of a new administration, "to make sure that what is being considered is something that advances our strategic objectives, and advances our foreign policy."

He did not reference any specific sales or countries in his remarks, which were made at his first State Department news conference as top US diplomat.

The move to freeze the pending sales to the Gulf allies could signal a change in approach by the Biden administration after the Trump administration approved major sales in the last months of its tenure.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/us-pauses-saudi-uae-arms-sales/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2021-01-27T21%3A42%3A04&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

January 27, 2021

3 people associated with OATH KEEPERS indicted on charge of conspiracy for US Capitol Insurrection

Three people associated with OATH KEEPERS are indicted on charge of conspiracy for US Capitol Insurrection. One from Clarke County, Virginia, two with ties to an Ohio militia. Allegations of coordination behind the attack
https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1354546456535969795?s=20

January 27, 2021

Oxford commas matter.

@RudyGiuliani

How about we keep the Party of Lincoln, Reagan and Trump and the traitors leave. twitter.com/catturd2/statu…
https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1354272294688927745?s=20

January 27, 2021

Mary Trump: This is what they accept. This is what we fight against.

Btw perfect example of proof this was planned. Pretty sure that no one brings supplies for gallows construction (just in case they need it) to a rally!
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https://twitter.com/KarenEDeering/status/1354254194799210498?s=20

January 27, 2021

Feds Preview More Serious Charges, Including Sedition, For Capitol Attack

Feds Preview More Serious Charges, Including Sedition, For Capitol Attack
By Matt Shuham January 26, 2021 5:01 p.m.

Washington, D.C.’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday previewed more, and more complicated, charges for individuals involved in the Capitol attack earlier this month as the pool of evidence from the event continues to grow.
As investigators picked apart tips, video, social media information and other leads for hundreds of distinct case files, D.C.’s Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said he expected that his office would bring more conspiracy, sedition and assault on law enforcement charges against Capitol attackers.

[...]

“There’s no manpower issue here, we have no issues with the court,” Sherwin said at one point, seemingly refuting a report that authorities were considering not charging certain individuals involved in the siege.

“These numbers are on a steep incline.”

[...]

“We are closely looking at evidence related to the sedition charges,” Sherwin said, noting the charge could result in decades of prison time for those found guilty. “We are working on those cases, and I think the results will bear fruit very soon.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-preview-more-serious-charges-including-sedition-for-capitol-attack
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/26/2012114/-Feds-Are-Readying-More-Serious-Charges-for-Insurrectionists-SH-T-Gettin-REAL-Dog?utm_campaign=trending

January 26, 2021

Gaetz has some explaining to do

Matt Gaetz:

1:09 PM · Dec 4, 2019

You actually can impeach a former President, FWIW

https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=20