==================== House impeachment managers will show never-before-seen security footage of the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in their presentation today, CNN reports. They also will not use their full 16 hours to argue the case. =====================
============================= Twitter CFO Ned Segal was asked on CNBC whether Donald Trump could ever turn to the platform in the scenario that he returns to the White House in four years. The answer was an unequivocal no: “The way our policies work—when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform.” ===============================
Is everyone watching the Senate trial? Any parts I have to miss due to meetings I am taping to watch in the evening. It blows my mind that ANYONE can see this trial and not convict DT. But their copout is that they don't think it's appropriate for the Senate to do this, it should be through the courts. Any Senator who shirks their duty should be held complicit.
I'm not watching the Senate trial; figure I can read about it. Certainly it IS the job of the Senate, and they can't dump it into the courts. Either Trump's attorneys do not know the meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" or they are trying to confuse the deciders of fact (I suspect it is the latter). The precedents go back to at least 1649. [Click]
I'm watching the trial by day and rewatching parts of it with Wil evenings. There isn't anything like actually watching it. And it infuriates me that half the Republicans are either absent or reading newspapers or otherwise not paying attention. They should be held in contempt of Congress!
I have no doubt that seeing it is superior to reading digested bits of it; but I receive an adequate ration of aggravation as it is. It sounds like the Dems are giving a masterful presentation; maybe they could distribute it on discs.
A Forgotten Black Founding Father: Prince Hall [Click] Interesting to me, particularly for its revelation of the practical importance of Freemasonry under those particular circumstances. My parents were not “joiners,” and neither am I. To the best of my knowledge no one in my family has ever been a member of a fraternal organization; no Masons, Eagles, Odd Fellows, Foresters, Red Men, Clampers, Knights of Pythias, Rosicrucians, Raccoons, fraternities or whatever. I grew up and remain suspicious of such organizations. Indeed, I avoid the lot of them like the plague. But for Mr. Hall and others I see that they were truly reasonable associations.
My favourite new word of the week: Gladjalyktit
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alan!
Whether or not conviction happens, how many votes in the Senate would be needed to determine that DT cannot hold office again?
ReplyDelete51 if the 14th amendment approach is used, 67 if convicted in the impeachment trial.
Deletehttps://www.vnews.com/Vermont-town-hopes-to-replace-destroyed-covered-bridge-38774407
ReplyDeleteYeah, that bridge is a main route in the town. Stupid snowmobile. There are towns up that way that allows snowmobiles ON town roads.
DeleteSeems pretty weird to me, but I don't know much of anything about snowmobiles and their inherent hazards.
DeleteRepublicans who have left the party: 140,000 and counting. [Click]
ReplyDeleteMost Arrested at Riot Had History of Financial Trouble [Click] It isn’t surprising on its face that someone who can fall for Trump’s nonsense would not be good at handling their money—just like Trump.
GOP envisions future with fewer fat cats. [Click]
BTW, yesterday I saw that all the Trump-Pence signs had disappeared from our neighborhood.
Dems’ coronavirus relief bill includes big changes to Obamacare. [Click]
Huge Bipartisan Majority Wants Relief Package [Click]
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ReplyDeleteHouse impeachment managers will show never-before-seen security footage of the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in their presentation today, CNN reports.
They also will not use their full 16 hours to argue the case.
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GA Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe Into Trump Call [Click] Second so far, after NY.
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Twitter CFO Ned Segal was asked on CNBC whether Donald Trump could ever turn to the platform in the scenario that he returns to the White House in four years.
The answer was an unequivocal no: “The way our policies work—when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform.”
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Trump impeachment defense team scrambling to make new videos to bolster case [Click]
China Mars mission: Tianwen-1 spacecraft enters into orbit [Click]
Remarkable age of bog beetles revealed [Click]
Over 33,000 registered voters left California GOP in January [Click]
ReplyDeleteHome free: Florida town lets Donald Trump keep living at Mar-a-Lago [Click]
Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument [Click]
OHIO; COVID cases 928,631 and 11,856 deaths.
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DeleteIs everyone watching the Senate trial? Any parts I have to miss due to meetings I am taping to watch in the evening. It blows my mind that ANYONE can see this trial and not convict DT. But their copout is that they don't think it's appropriate for the Senate to do this, it should be through the courts. Any Senator who shirks their duty should be held complicit.
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching the Senate trial; figure I can read about it. Certainly it IS the job of the Senate, and they can't dump it into the courts. Either Trump's attorneys do not know the meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" or they are trying to confuse the deciders of fact (I suspect it is the latter). The precedents go back to at least 1649. [Click]
DeleteNYT: Takeaways From Day 2 of Trump’s Impeachment Trial [Click]
DeleteI'm watching the trial by day and rewatching parts of it with Wil evenings. There isn't anything like actually watching it. And it infuriates me that half the Republicans are either absent or reading newspapers or otherwise not paying attention. They should be held in contempt of Congress!
DeleteI have no doubt that seeing it is superior to reading digested bits of it; but I receive an adequate ration of aggravation as it is. It sounds like the Dems are giving a masterful presentation; maybe they could distribute it on discs.
DeleteNow there's an idear!
DeleteWidespread dissension among Republicans does not augur well for their 2022 campaigns [Click]
ReplyDeleteA Forgotten Black Founding Father: Prince Hall [Click] Interesting to me, particularly for its revelation of the practical importance of Freemasonry under those particular circumstances. My parents were not “joiners,” and neither am I. To the best of my knowledge no one in my family has ever been a member of a fraternal organization; no Masons, Eagles, Odd Fellows, Foresters, Red Men, Clampers, Knights of Pythias, Rosicrucians, Raccoons, fraternities or whatever. I grew up and remain suspicious of such organizations. Indeed, I avoid the lot of them like the plague. But for Mr. Hall and others I see that they were truly reasonable associations.
ReplyDeleteOzone layer 'rescued' from CFC damage !!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56014092
Very good; I had heard about the localization of the emissions, but not their control.
DeleteReuters: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party [Click] They are not very imaginative when it comes to a name, and gaining ballot access in all fifty states is unlikely—but I don’t think there has been anything comparable to the present situation since the 1850’s.
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting; it might even have commercial promise:
ReplyDeleteWhat did medieval peasants use instead of Plastic wrap? [Click]
Six vegan waxes [Click]