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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[josh]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/armed-dhs-agents-were-standby-near-capitol-riot-weren-t-n1253918

DHS agents were on standby on Wednesday, but were not called until too late. (And their leaders were not listening to the television?!)

[facilitatorn]

Someone apparently explained to trump that a self-pardon will be construed as admission of guilt in upcoming civil suits. The bloated diaper worm apparently did not take well to the news.

[bankshot1]

Breaking News

MITCH MCCONNELL says Trump may have committed impeachables offenses.

and may make it easier to purge Trump from party!


Machiavellian Mitch sees the light days before Trump is about to exit one way or another

What a fucking coward!

[josh]

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-news-01-12-21/h_7af2fa0aa4360489f8f69390ae076f46

Hundreds of rioters likely to be charged in the coming weeks, says the DoJ.

[josh]

Breaking News

MITCH MCCONNELL says Trump may have committed impeachables offenses.

and may make it easier to purge Trump from party!

Of course, he didn't say it publicly.

[josh]

Not that it matters much at this point, but Ossoff's lead is now over 55,000 and Warnock's over 93,000.

[bankshot1]

Breaking News

MITCH MCCONNELL says Trump may have committed impeachables offenses.

and may make it easier to purge Trump from party!

Of course, he didn't say it publicly.

Profile in courage!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment.html

Mitch is toying with the idea of letting R-senators vote their conscience re Trump.

But first he may have Mitt Romney run a seminar for his colleagues who are unfamiliar with the term.

[Hamilton Samuels]

As ProPublica and other investigative news orgs found,  it was done on multiple social media platforms.   So,  both Parler and FB were used.   


So do you have an opinion on how Parler is being treated?

I think hosting platforms and App Store have a First Amendment right to determine who gets to use their services and to refuse to do business with anyone they want, provided that reason is not illegal. Why do you hate the First Amendment so much?

You can't sue FB or any other internet platform. You can go after the individual posters, but not the provider. That's how the law is currently written.

[LarryBnDC]

Mitch McConnell to Melania:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcI7V_4aTMw

[Hamilton Samuels]

Breaking News

MITCH MCCONNELL says Trump may have committed impeachables offenses.

and may make it easier to purge Trump from party!


Machiavellian Mitch sees the light days before Trump is about to exit one way or another

What a fucking coward!

First, MachiMitch got his wife to resign from the Cabinet, so she didn't have to go through all that nasty-sticks-to-Mithc-like-glue 25th Amendment stuff. Then, he waited to see which way the wind was blowing. Now, he's supporting the Constitution, again.

Very courageous, like an Old-Age Mutant Ninja Turtle.

[Hairy Lime]

As ProPublica and other investigative news orgs found,  it was done on multiple social media platforms.   So,  both Parler and FB were used.   


So do you have an opinion on how Parler is being treated?

I think hosting platforms and App Store have a First Amendment right to determine who gets to use their services and to refuse to do business with anyone they want, provided that reason is not illegal. Why do you hate the First Amendment so much?

You can't sue FB or any other internet platform. You can go after the individual posters, but not the provider. That's how the law is currently written.

Not for defamation or the content of their posts. But if they were refusing service on the basis of ra e pr.religion? Note parler is suing under antitrust laws.

[Hamilton Samuels]

Jordan Klepper shows you who the Trump "family" really is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDJqipoohc&feature=emb_logo

[Hamilton Samuels]

As ProPublica and other investigative news orgs found,  it was done on multiple social media platforms.   So,  both Parler and FB were used.   


So do you have an opinion on how Parler is being treated?

I think hosting platforms and App Store have a First Amendment right to determine who gets to use their services and to refuse to do business with anyone they want, provided that reason is not illegal. Why do you hate the First Amendment so much?

You can't sue FB or any other internet platform. You can go after the individual posters, but not the provider. That's how the law is currently written.

Not for defamation or the content of their posts. But if they were refusing service on the basis of ra e pr.religion? Note parler is suing under antitrust laws.

Here's the law that SM platforms follow:

(c)Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material

(1)Treatment of publisher or speaker
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.

(2)Civil liability
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of—

(A)any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or

(B)any action taken to enable or make available to information content providers or others the technical means to restrict access to material described in paragraph (1).[1]

Here's my source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

But, you're the lawyer.

[Hamilton Samuels]

The Treasury Department announced a new spate of sanctions on Monday targeting the “inner circle” of Andrii Derkach, the pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker who aided Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to probe unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing by President-elect Joe Biden and his family.

The department had previously designated Derkach himself for sanctions related to foreign interference in the 2020 election in September. But on Monday, the department “took additional action against seven individuals and four entities” that it alleged were “part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network” associated with him.


“Russian disinformation campaigns targeting American citizens are a threat to our democracy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. “The United States will continue to aggressively defend the integrity of our election systems and processes.”


In his own statement acknowledging the sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Derkach “has been an active Russian agent for more than a decade, maintaining close connections with Russian intelligence services.”

Those designated for sanctions on Monday included former Ukrainian government officials Konstantin Kulyk, Oleksandr Onyshchenko and Andriy Telizhenko, as well as current Ukrainain lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky.

Also designated for sanctions were Petro Zhuravel, a “key member of Derkach’s media team;” Dmytro Kovalchuk, a “long-time supporter” of Derkach who assisted with his media efforts; and Anton Simonenko, who “served as Derkach’s assistant for nearly a decade and helped Derkach hide financial assets,” according to the Treasury Department.

Derkach met with Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, in Kyiv in December 2019. He is also suspected of sending packets of disinformation on the Bidens to prominent Trump allies around the same time. And in August 2020, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence accused Derkach of being part of the Russian government’s efforts to damage Biden’s presidential candidacy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/11/treasury-department-rudy-giuliani-sanctions-457460

[kidcarter8]

Breaking News

MITCH MCCONNELL says Trump may have committed impeachables offenses.

and may make it easier to purge Trump from party!


Machiavellian Mitch sees the light days before Trump is about to exit one way or another

What a fucking coward!

MM has his six years....Trump pick cant primary him til then

The wife has already turncoated

Keep the peace at home.