Joy Reid Nails Exactly Why Pro-Trump Rioters Were “Not Afraid” While Storming Capitol Chuck Schumer Calls For Trump’s Removal Following Violent Insurrection https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/chuck-schumer-calls-for-trumps-removal-170004660.html Members of Trump Cabinet discussing invoking 25th Amendment: Sources https://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-call-trumps-impeachment-via-000500191.html House Democrats take first serious steps towards impeaching Trump again day after riots at the Capitol https://news.yahoo.com/house-democrats-first-serious-steps-174020966.html ‘Dumb as a rock’: GOP …
Elephants in Our Rooms ~ 12/30/20 ~ Hosts Janet Kira Lessin & Debra DeFranco
Hospital worker in Wisconsin intentionally destroyed 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Mike Pence opted out of Louie Gohmert’s scheme to disenfranchise seven states so Trump can ‘win’ Manhattan district attorney escalates Trump financial probe Daily Kos relies on small-dollar donations to make ends meet. Please chip in $5 to help us close the books on …
Elephants in Our Rooms ~ 12/24/20 ~ Janet Kira Lessin & Debra DeFranco
TOPICS: Radicalization, COVID, Trumpism, Stochastic Terrorism, Active Measures and more. House Oversight to renew subpoena for Trump’s financial records next Congress The House Oversight and Reform Committee will renew its subpoena for President Trump’s financial records in the next session of Congress, the panel told a federal appeals court on Monday. Read in The Hill: https://apple.news/A1q6lpxyjTTaU72BmrXSkJg …
Can Trump really stage a coup? Experts weigh in on whether it’s possible
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-really-stage-coup-experts-011835905.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=ma For the first time in history, an incumbent president is refusing to concede after clearly and indisputably losing a presidential election. That’s making observers, citizens, and experts nervous that Trump may be preparing to stage a coup of some sort, or perhaps call again on his supporters to commit violence to sustain his rule. Though it sounds alarmist, …
Fascism creep: Laughing away coup incompetence while smarter, future fascists study and learn
Even though the “boiling frog” analogy isn’t factually true, Trump and company’s slow-motion coup attempt provides a road map for a more competent effort down the line. The acquiescence and complicity of Trump’s GOP enablers is no accident. Back on November 9, an anonymous Republican source told the Washington Post: “What is the downside for humoring him for …
Trumpkin pastor calls for Democrats and journalists to be executed
With the religious right’s otherworldly loyalty to Trump and outright endorsement of his coup attempt, it was only a matter of time before a Trumpvangelical crossed the line into calling for outright violence. Well, last week Rick Wiles of TruNews did exactly that. On the day before Thanksgiving, he called for Trump to have Democrats …
Elephants in Our Rooms ~ 11/26/20 ~ Janet Kira Lessin & Debra DeFranco
How Indigenous people are reclaiming their lands — and their sovereignty – CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/us/indigenous-people-reclaiming-their-lands-trnd/index.html Gang of young Marines and ex-porn star moved to Idaho to create Nazi ‘death squad,’ plot attacks Trump reportedly concerned his lawyers are ‘fools that are making him look bad’ While Republicans play politics with American lives, Ben Carson was close …
Secret Service planning for Trump spending lots of his post-presidency in Palm Beach
Anthony Man, South Florida Sun Sentinel 5 hrs ago Lindsey Graham Agrees He’s ‘Cheap’ After Gowdy Jokingly Complains About…Pa. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s five casesSecret Service planning for Trump spending lots of his post-presidency in Palm Beach The Secret Service is planning for a stepped-up presence in Palm Beach County starting on Jan. 20 — when …
In Another Country This Would Be Called a Coup: Detroit NAACP Head on Trump Trying to Overturn Vote
In any other country, this would be considered an attempted coup. We must not allow our Democracy to die. Trump has already committed election fraud by interfering with the post office thus making it difficult to vote during a pandemic. He also killed 255,000 Americans who could have voted in this election because he did …