Pence now ruling from the chair that the Members of Congress sent to the gallery can't even ask how they can render objections if they're not on the floor.

Pause as the microphones don't work. This is not off to an inspiring start.

Reading off the president's name as "Donald J. Trump of the State of Florida." Queens, we hardly knew ye.

Now, Arizona. Pence recites (as with all the states) that this is the only certificate from the state authorities. Gosar & Cruz object.

Objection leads to groans and applause.

Since I have been highly critical of the manner in which those on the Right are trying to get those in GA to vote for the Republican senators, I feel it is only fair that I set out how I would go about it rather than simply sniping from the sidelines. So here we go.

Given the last few years, to say nothing of the last few decades, it is reasonable for those who lean more towards the conservative side of being a Republican to feel that promises are always made by the GOP but nearly never kept. This does not engender trust by the base.

Likewise, every election is the most important ever and if you do not vote Republican you are assisting in electing Democrats and it will be the end of life as we know it! At a certain point, weariness over such claims is natural. That is one of the lessons of Peter and the Wolf.

The other lesson of Peter and the Wolf, the one that is usually brushed away, is that the wolf always comes. Peter was sent to watch for the wolf for a reason. And right now, given the Democrats' public statements as to their goals, it is fair to say the wolf is at the door.

As of now, the Democrats control the House, where money is appropriated, and likely will hold the Presidency, which controls the administrative branch (to the extent it can be controlled and that is a different rant) and the judiciary. The Senate is the only firewall left.

1/ Woke up to find Arnold Schwarzenegger released a powerful video regarding recent events, revealing personal pain having growing up with an abusive father. He skirted around the details.

This is what he’s done all his life in order to ascend to power.

In the 80’s we all knew.

2/ Before the internet it was hard to track down info, but there were fewer political elites, people knew each other-secrets couldn’t be kept, they left paper trails, many Nazis were still alive and victims who witnessed events confirmed relationships.

Schwarzenegger had a plan.

3/ He said once when young and not yet living in the US, his aim was to to move here, marry into an elite family and govern. He did just that.

He used bodybuilding as an entry into crappy sci fi films,acting became a ladder. He campaigned for Reagan, networked the Rep pol clique

4/ Meeting Maria Shriver he saw his chance to snake his way into a important politically connected family, he used her to ascend then discarded her.

Since the bodybuilding years he was known as a notorious womanizer, a habit which never stopped during the marriage, or after.

5/ He was also known for admiring Hitler, and smoking pot (a pol career killer) as seen in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron and the outakes. In 1991 he paid 1.5mil for the film rights, purchased from producer director George Butler,to sanitize history by editing out the bad bits

Hey @SenShelby ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @lisamurkowski ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @JohnBoozman ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @ChuckGrassley ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @marcorubio ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

We're live, talking about the Georgia Senate election results and more with @AmandaBecker, @AndraGillespie and @beckerdavidj.

@AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "Ossoff did a little worse than Warnock in many counties, and it just seems Warnock picked up a few more votes ... it's really granular," and it will be a while before we can tell why there's a difference, says @AndraGillespie.

@AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "I don't see how [Trump saying votes don't matter] is a message that will energize your voters to get out there and vote, and I think that hurt Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue," says Amanda

@AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "We could do a story on voter fraud, but it would be a very short story. It has been investigated extensively... and evidence of voter fraud is very close to zero," says @beckerdavidj.

@AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj Gabriel Sterling, a top Republican GA elections administrator, told CNN that the loss will "fall squarely on the shoulders of President Trump and his actions since Nov. 3rd … When you tell people their vote doesn’t count, they believe that."

Tough choice: @GavinNewsom and @JoeBiden speaking at the same time...

Going w/@GavinNewsom budget talk:

"There's no better investment than #teacher preparation."

You have my attention...

2/

Adding funds for Special Ed, Early Childhood and Preschool- "Historic investments".

Of the $13B in deferrals $9.2B will be paid off- if #CaLeg adopts proposal

$2B to support reopening schools for in-person teaching

Go on... #Budget2021
3/

"We're going to be serious about women re-entering the #workforce" $2B action package for equity
Early childhood support (3 & 4 YOs)
#Preschool PreK/K

Schools will also get federal funds $6.7B to help re-open
4/

Now onto #highereducation
No tuition, fee increases
More student aid
Community College support (hooray!)
Open source text books (smart)

5/

I think the total divorce from reality evinced by these efforts to overturn the election are not a positive sign for the country's political life and I really don't understand the continued "Oh, haha, it's all ridiculous nonsense" in some quarters

There's this reflexive need to denigrate custom because defending it is either duping oneself into going along with "the system" or just dowdy; I don't share that disposition. I agree it's important to keep perspective and recognize the absurdity, but it's also disturbing

Corey Robin, someone who I admire a lot even though I disagree with him, said recently "Well, Trump lacks the sort of emphasis on the power of the will that fascists have." The point is taken: he is lazy, but his will manifests itself in this total denial of reality

Trump's combination of utter cynicism and total belief in nonsense is part of the reason why fascists viewed him as an avatar of their type of politics, maybe he's more a John the Baptist than a Christ but its nonetheless in the same vein

Again, my position is that this not what Paxton calls "classical fascism" so much as some kind of para-fascism, but the idea "Oh it can't be anything like fascism because its manifestly absurd and attracts losers and crackpots" is just self-contradictory

PM @narendramodi's vision 'sabka saath sabka vikas', reflects in #JalJeevanMission to provide assured tap water supply to every rural household by 2024.

#JJM is implemented in partnership with States to ‘improve quality of life’ & enhance ‘ease of living’.

@PMOIndia

To fulfill the aspirations of every family to have piped water supply in their home, #JalJeevanMission aims to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024 so that people do not have to wait in a queue to fetch water or depend on tankers/ trains during summers.

#JalJeevanMission aims for universal coverage of all rural households by following the principle of ‘equity and inclusiveness’, i.e. every family in the village gets tap water connection and ‘no one is left behind’.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

Under #JalJeevanMission, every family, irrespective of their socio-economic background, to have an assured piped water supply in their home. The principle is ‘no one is left out’.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

#JalJeevanMission is making relentless efforts to bring improvements in the lives of people by ensuring the provision of potable water supply to bridge the rural-urban divide in terms of such a basic necessity of life.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

To every #Democrats who said #DonaldTrump did NOTHING, here is a list of WHAT HE DID.

👇👇👇👇👇

Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.

How Patriots Get Played:

1. @KelemenCari reposts an image from @brettlewis to her followers that she did not fact check. Similar to mainstream media. Just get it out there, fact check later.

I tolerated Obama for 8 years & kept quiet.
Here's my issue with the “let us all be a UNITED States again” that we heard from the crime family syndicate of @JoeBiden. For the last 4+ years, you Dems have gone scorched earth; you salted the fields and now you want to grow crops.

The problem for you Democrats is that 72+ million of us have memories longer than a hamster.

We remember the women’s march (vagina hats and all) the day after inauguration.

We remember the 4 years of attacks and impeachments.

We remember “not our president” & the “Resistance"

We remember Maxie Walters telling followers to harass us in restaurants.

We remember the President's spokesperson being kicked out of a restaurant.

We remember hundreds of Trump supporters physically attacked.

We remember Trump supporters getting Doxed, and fired from jobs.

We remember riots, and looting.

We remember “a comedian” holding up the President’s severed head.

We remember a play in Central park paid for with public funding, showing the killing of President Trump.

We remember Robert de Niro yelling “F" Trump” at the Tony’s and getting a standing ovation.

We remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union Address.

We remember the total "in the tank" move to the left towards Socialism of the mainstream media and social media.

Trump MUST attend #Biden Inauguration: A Thread

There are rumors swirling that Donald #Trump, the outgoing US President, will not attend the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden & Vice President-Elect #KamalaHarris.

1/

I pray these rumors are false.

Yes, we all know Trump lost by more than 6,000,000 votes and 4%. Despite his legal vomiting and protests to the contrary, he knows it as well.

2/

We know that Trump is a malignant narcissist who cannot face defeat.

And we know that his presidency was never about serving nor leading the American people, but to enrich himself, his children, his cronies, and his sycophants.

3/

Trump is likely the sorest loser in the history of the presidency.

All this is true.

And.

Trump MUST attend the BidenHarris inauguration. Why?

4/

I. American democracy is a covenant of trust and respect. Our institutions are strong because we the people give them power. Trump’s absence would be a violation of that trust. Every Republican official MUST call upon Trump to attend.

5/

64 PA legislators want to ignore the results of the election. Here are their names in a single thread. I made the thread when I noticed people following a link to this document, and confusing the recipients with the aforementioned 64 PA

Sincerely,
Seth Grove
Representative, 196th District
Kristin Phillips-Hill
Senator, 28th District
Judy Ward
Senator, 30th District
Mike Regan
District Senator, 31st District
Dave Arnold
Senator, 48th District
2/14

Doug Mastriano
Senator, 33rd District
Joe Pittman
Senator, 41st District
Pat Stefano
Senator, 32nd District
Kerry Benninghoff
Representative, 171st District
3/14

Bryan Cutler
Representative, 100th District
Jim Cox
Representative, 129th District
Kate Klunk
Representative, 169th District
Torren Ecker
Representative, 193rd District
Bud Cook
Representative, 49th District
4/14

Frank Ryan
Representative, 101st District
Tina Pickett
Representative, 110th District
David Rowe
Representative, 85th District
Clint Owlett
Representative, 68th District
Ryan Warner
Representative, 52nd District
5/14