1. If the @SenateGOP think that simply turning blind eyes to Trump's high crimes will make them go away they're likely to be disappointed. First, if they fail to convict & ban Trump from future political office, IMO it's likely Trump & members are indicted soon after the verdict.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Asked About New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Being Paid $810,000 From Citadel In Speaking Fees

"Are there any plans to have her recuse herself from advising the President on GameStop and the whole Robinhood situation?"

Here’s my question @SenTomCotton, if the Congress’s role is simply to rubber stamp the state certified electoral college then why include in the Constitution a mechanism, specific to the election of a President, that includes the ability to object to state certified electors? 1/

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What is @LeaderMcConnell doing?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with noise-canceling headphones on, you know that the left has been clamoring for Schumer to blow up the legislative filibuster.

@LeaderMcConnell Progressive groups are spending $$ it to happen. @AJentleson has made a cottage industry out advocating for the elimination of the 60-vote threshold. @AOC wants it gone. @BarackObama too. Even Harry Reid says it’s a matter of when, not if, the filibuster is gets thrown out.

@LeaderMcConnell @AJentleson @AOC @BarackObama So what is McConnell’s first ask of Schumer? To guarantee Schumer won’t do the very thing that most of his party wants to see him do.

@LeaderMcConnell @AJentleson @AOC @BarackObama And that’s what’s holding up the entire Senate -- McConnell's ask of Schumer to guarantee he won't blow up the filibuster. The chamber can’t efficiently function without an organizing resolution, and without some clarity on the filibuster, they won't have an organizing resolution

@LeaderMcConnell @AJentleson @AOC @BarackObama And that's why @JoeBiden nominees are moving slowly in the new president’s first week. Despite being in the minority, Republicans still technically chair committees.

Prediction: the Ontario govt led by Premier Ford and Dr. Williams has been consistent: they want businesses open as much as possible. They will be getting an earful from their backers. We should therefore expect an unscientific, irrational decision to open up much too early.

To do this, they will push hard to reopen schools since the workforce needed for these businesses can't work without school and day care for kids. They will lean on arguments like child mental health, business suffering, and improved safety inspections. They will gaslight experts

They may even resort to more open letters from mayors, business associations, and business petitions. They might even resort to pointing out how well Ontario is doing vs even worse countries or states. They will leave PHU's to make local decisions without support.

They may even resort to directing rapid test inventory to manufacturing sector workplaces, even though those sectors (eg auto parts) have little to do with "essential". They may even direct vaccines to "essential workers" over the 60+ at home vulnerable.

They may even horde federal dollars to focus them on businesses vs programs like paid sickness benefits or expanded testing. Past behaviour points to future behaviour.

The pardon power of the President of the United States is the most narrowly tailored plenary power in the history of plenary powers. Its limits are inherent in the meaning of the word 'pardon.' No such thing as a 'preemptive pardon.' Don't cite Nixon/Ford. Facts are not same.

Nixon had a pending 'Articles of Impeachment' that would have turned into criminal indictments had he left office without a pardon for them. In that sense, they were not preemptive, as matters of impeachment hadn't yet been introduced in the House formally & were still ripe.

Donald's impeachment happened. No pending charges or any articles of impeachment with offenses that would turn into criminal indictments once he leaves office. So he can't pardon himself, not b/c self-pardon's moral & ethical heresy, but b/c he has nothing to pardon himself over.

About the pardons he has granted to people who were convicted of crimes related to the Mueller report: this pardon does NOT preclude a future DOJ from picking up the Mueller Report & prosecuting on other violations of federal criminal law that weren't previously prosecuted.

Depending on statutes of limitations of specific violated statutes, a future DOJ can & most likely will go after the same pardoned people for a whole different set of criminal offenses outlined in the Mueller Report. This includes un-indicted coconspirator AKA Individual One.

First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "Firstly, can I thank you, Presiding Officer, for this recall of Parliament today and join you in wishing everyone all the very best for a new year that we hope, despite its very difficult start, will bring better times."

NS: "The Cabinet met this morning to assess the up to date Covid situation - which I must say at the outset is extremely serious - and to discuss what further action is necessary to minimise further spread of the virus. I will set out our decisions shortly."

NS: "However, I can confirm now, in summary, that we decided to introduce from midnight tonight, for the duration of January, a legal requirement to stay at home except for essential purposes. This is similar to the lockdown of March last year."

NS: "However, before I set out these decisions in more detail, I want to take the opportunity to explain in some detail why they are so necessary.

In the last few weeks, there have been two significant game changers in our fight against this virus."

NS: "One, the approval of vaccines, is hugely positive and offers us the way out of this pandemic.

But the other - the new faster spreading variant of the virus - is a massive blow."

1/ HOW DO WE RECLAIM OUR REPUBLIC?!?!?! Recently, there has been much talk about a secession of states… but that idea should set off MASSIVE alarms in your head. It is setting ourselves up for an ultimate ambush. Allow me a few moments to explain why…

2/ While analytics performed by ex-military analysts have shown the red states would HANDS DOWN win in a civil war, they neglected to include the UN variable. The UN and their NWO have their spindly tentacles sunk into many of our border states...

3/ In liberal heaven New York, Gov Andrew Cuomo has been doing everything in his power for years to drive as many conservatives from the state as possible. He has LITERALLY said, “We don’t want you here”. He has kept the rural upstate portions of the state close to destitute...

4/ They do everything they can to keep big businesses out and prefer as many of their inhabitants on welfare, or close to it. Conservatives have been fleeing the state in droves for years now, and the upstate region population is dwindling… and that is all by design...

5/ Similarly, back in the early 90’s, Rosa Koire, now a retired forensic commercial real estate appraiser specializing in eminent domain valuation, began to notice victims of wildfires were being prevented from rebuilding on their land in certain areas...

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A 'soft' separation is in our best interest. The Constitution allows one state to enter into a compact with another. Multiple states may also enter into compacts. We see this with the DMV where 47 states have enteted into a data exchange.

Another example is the Atlantic Salmon Compact that permits New England states to manage fish stocks in the Connecticut River Basin. They do this collectively, among the states.

With a failed federal congress, corrupted SCOTUS and dangerous subverses operating within the executive this may be Constitution loving states best option. And it is well within their power.

We could, among our states, sign on to Agriculture, immigration, tech, commerce, and/or education compacts among many, many others that would allow us to regulate ourselves as a seperate entity without needing the federal govt or the malignant states approval or signatures.

We create and establish new partnerships for varying policy areas which hardens the alliances, thus creating strength. Thus begins the 'soft' seperation. Red states combined provide their voters with what theyve actually voted for. No need for New York pork spending.

Today militia groups will hold a rally in Olympia & at 1 PM will occupy the capitol grounds to prepare for forcibly taking over the legislative building on 1/11. Neo-Nazi Thomas William Hughes belongs to the militia "Evergreen State Patriots" & will lead the charge.

Known "Evergreen State Patriots" Damon Michael Huseman & Jeffery Brown attended the attempted break-in at the governor's mansion on 1/6/21. `

And so; how much less corrupt is the new “democratic” govt of #SouthAfrica. Like;as far as I know, no major hospital has been built in 30yrs. Infr projects are ignored. There’s no mgmnt of anything needing mgmnt. Kids have dark ages pit toilets. And ATROCIOUS teachers/curriculums

Jails haven’t been built; or nowhere near what’s needed; that’s for sure❗️And illegal immigrants reign free in the untaxable underbelly they don’t care about. And it’s not coz they’re stupid. It’s a system to hide corruption in. And to keep voters where they were!

ie: Unable to think critically; without enough information/education. #ThoughtControl And we ALL, the victims of the other side of the SAME placeholder blame game racism card. Still. Like in #Apartheid. Actually.

And then it’s “Afrikaners” who are a problem. Well; Mandela wanted a new start for everyone; his message was the vision of a rainbow nation. 1995 was an euphoric year filled with hope❗️And then as soon as he was out the way, BEE etc started; and the campaign

to blame whites for the STATE NOT DOING ENOUGH. Like if you’re a whizz kid you’ll be hired. Duh. Who doesn’t LOVE a whiz kid. I was never able to resist them. Across the colour spectrum. Folks weren’t not hiring blacks because of racism. It was coz of the lack of

When academic experts like me try to share our knowledge on social media, we attract our own special kinds of reply guys (and gals!).

Here's my list of academic reply guys! 👇

The Traffic Cop. This type wants you to "Stay in your lane!". You can use social media or you can know what you're talking about but you can't do both! The traffic cop understands that democratic debate works best when everybody involved is ignorant.

The Trash Panda. The trash panda is very picky and will only consume information from unofficial sources. Everything else is fake news! People with PhDs, Government officials, World recognized experts. BAD! Facebook posts, WhatsApp viral videos, Youtube comments. GOOD!

The Conspiracy Theorist. This type assumes the only reason you're giving advice is you're trying to control them. So you want them to ask an expert how to solve a problem, then listen to the answer and then do what that person says? No sir! That sounds like mind control!

The Contrarian. There is nothing you can do to convince this type. If what you're saying is unpopular, they will side with you and once your opinion becomes popular, they will be on the other side. That's just how it is.

Catching my breath after the attack on the Capitol, I’m reflecting on all that we have to do. First, everyone involved in the insurrection, from the President to Josh Hawley to the Lectern Guy must be held accountable. That appears to be happening. But... 1/9

Long after Lectern and Viking Guy are in jail, and ex-President Trump is wrestling with various prosecutors, we will be struggling with the toxic apocalyptic violent hate religion that is their legacy. 2/9

Second, this isn’t just Lectern and Viking Guy and a deranged President. This letter was sent by a parent in New Canaan whose child’s teacher had offered suggestions on how to talk to kids about the attack. Every sentence is provably untrue and filled with hate and violence. 3/9

For context, New Canaan is an enormously affluent, educated center-right town. It’s GOP, but old-school New England Republican. I actually won the town for the first time in 2020, thank you Donald Trump.

And yet, one of it’s citizens produces a screed worthy of Alex Jones 4/9

Speaking of Alex Jones, here’s a video of him at DC’s pre-insurrection MAGA rally: grievance, rage, incitement of violence. IMO, it’s this stuff, not the wokeness of Professors of Semiotics at Middlebury that put 1A at risk. The professors have never tried to kill me. 5/9

here's the agenda for today's albemarle-charlottesville regional jail authority meeting

https://t.co/uljERCsAMc

1. Montana Governor