Just among the Republican congresscritters, you had more than a few interested in an attempt to install Trump. A good portion of the people around the capital were not so hardcore and amazingly, a good portion were not arrested.
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this is a rather special subset, and their corruption is nothing new. of course they were not with shoes on the ground there, nor did they bother to do anything that would jeopardize/implicate them. their interest extends only as far as that. they'd sit quietly by if there really were an effective coup in their favor, but they're not the sort that would lead the charge. they're too cowardly to even do far less politically risky things.
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It wasn't. I didn't sleep for about four days because it took that long to be assured of victory.
That was less about the landslide and more about the function of the electoral college, that turns elections that are "landslides" into "close calls"
And yes... it was a pretty stressful 4 days
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I think I slept a total of 10 hours between tuesday nighy and saturday morning. I was pretty sure Biden was going to win from Wednesday on. I then slept like 24 hours that weekend.That was less about the landslide and about the function of the electoral college, that urns elections that are "landslides" into "close calls"
And yes... it was a pretty stressful 4 days
After all that, the country had no damned right to be surprised on Jan 6th. Of course that was how the Trump presidency ended, of course it was...
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Perhaps ironically, i slept through most of jan 6th. I woke up and saw them already in the capitol on tv (my parents were watching tv).
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Most of the people I work with all work from home, so on Jan 6th we were all IM'ing & texting things like "are y'all watching this?!" & "are we supposed to keep working during an insurrection?"
I was at work when it started and I only noticed it because it came up on a breaking news internet feed.
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I was on winter break as a student at the time.
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This evidence is plainly exculpatory. Because if somebody says "Stop the Steal!" it's really that person who made the Proud Boys attack the Capitol.
Filing motions and law suits is to avoid prosecution is pretty common, especially recently among right wingers charged with crimes. Just look at Trump and his cronies. Criminals do what they can to avoid being tried.
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But don't you dare ask of TMIT, Bird, that we attend to whether the filing meets with any success--as a way of determining whether it has any merit or not.
(Cuz the judge is in on it too, ya see)
(Cuz the judge is in on it too, ya see)
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This is hilarious coming from someone who considers himself media-literate and skeptical
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Wait, you're telling me that julie_kelly2 is not the most reliable source for information about legal affairs?
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I know its not really fair to judge people by their comments threads, but wow that is a lot of racists.
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No! That's impossible!
I suppose we should just trust 'em.Spoiler Aw Shucks :
Better than trusting julie_kelly2 or the people who showed up for Jan 6th (or TMIT)
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