Biden Will Become the 46th Commander in Chief
“The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon body comprising the military’s top generals, issued a memo to the entire U.S. military on Tuesday condemning the Capitol riot and confirming Joe Biden will become the 46th commander in chief of the armed forces on Jan. 20,” the Washington Post reports.
that this is news is, in itself, breathtaking h https://t.co/vi6w4AL9Zq
— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) January 12, 2021
Direct Assault on Congress
https://twitter.com/SevenByTen201/status/1349104895748698113
Never before has the Joint Chiefs of Staff felt the need to confirm who the next president will be, to protect and defending the Constitution “against all enemies foreign and domestic.”
That is an enormous and well deserved slap in the face to President Trump.
Be There, Be Wild
“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” That was one of several Trump Tweets on December 19 promoting the day.
All Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Pentagon brass characterized the violent riot as “a direct assault on the U.S. Congress, the Capitol building and our Constitutional process,” and said the military remained fully committed to protecting and defending the Constitution “against all enemies foreign and domestic.”
The unusual (to say the least) statements by the Joint Chiefs of Staff are a total rebuke of Trump and his promise of a “wild” January 6.
Civics Lesson
LOL – More Gateway Pundit bullshit for the masses.
Impeachments Don’t Disappear
It is a statement of fact
Clinton, Andrew Johnson, and Trump were impeached.The impeachment does not go away, BY DEFINITIONhttps://t.co/5PtDGBWqxg https://t.co/LuV8zNof8o
— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) January 12, 2021
It is a sorry state of affairs but numerous Trump supporters believe Trump was not impeached. The issue came up numerous times on Twitter and at least twice in comments to my post.
Three presidents were impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Donald Trump in 2019.
Trump will be impeached for the second time in 2021, most likely tomorrow.
Nixon would have been impeached, but he resigned before it happened.
Impeached means being charged. It does not imply conviction. Indeed, no impeached president was ever convicted in the Senate.
A failure to convict does not remove the impeachment. That is a statement of fact, by definition, not an opinion.
It takes a 2/3 majority of “those present” to convict Trump. That means it does not necessarily take 67 votes to convict.
Neither impeachment nor conviction would prohibit Trump from running for office again.
However, as a result of impeachment, by a simple majority, the Senate can bar Trump from running again.
It is an open constitutional question if Trump can be convicted by the Senate after he is no longer president.
Three Related Articles
- Trump to be the First President Twice Impeached
- The Sorry Saga of Ashli Babbitt Shot in the Capitol
- Trump Crossed a Constitutional Line and Should Resign
Regarding Point # 3.
So the Editorial Board believes Trump is guilty of impeachable offenses and should resign, but wants Biden to call it off.
Amazing
WSJ: Trump Crossed a Constitutional Line and Should Resignhttps://t.co/zHgujIxI9u
— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) January 12, 2021
Stand Down?!
Stand Down From What?
How about Trump stand down from his asinine “I Won Big” nonsense and apologize to the nation!!!
Yes, it is time to “Stand Down”
Thank You https://t.co/6Z2Mg5wTvb
— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) January 12, 2021
Healing of America
Finally, please consider The Healing of America is an Enormous Undertaking
Enormous Undertaking
Uniting America after this debacle will be an enormous undertaking.
Trump purposely sowed seeds of disunity that may easily last many years.
About a third of the nation wrongly believes Biden stole the election despite the fact there is virtually no evidence of the charge, to a degree that would change anything.
Healing would start much faster if Trump admitted the truth and apologized to the nation. The truth is Trump Lost Big.
Mish
Mish, I think that if you are going to talk about the memo then you should publish it on your site.
What you lost your fingers? You don’t know how to google?
If any were impeached it was only in the narrowest most meaningless sense of the word, as per political spectacle. The word impeach was reworked to include mere accusation in the 16th century, accusation in a formal setting being of no more gravity than any other until restrictive actions are taken as a result, which they were not. So spectacle, or at best in etymological terms efforts to “hinder, stop, impede; capture, trap, ensnare” … but just “efforts” and so not a true definition of having accomplished those as the word would demand… except maybe ensnare, which is an unusual act to celebrate. So the modern meaning of the word impeach is quite empty and only suits political theater, which is probably why various people see it as insignificant due to lack of result. Obviously those caught up in the drama and potential outcome of the attempt actualy being a positive action are coming from somewhere slightly different.
Apparently just mention of the Gateway Pundit gets your comment deleted.
I just undeleted a comment by Rocky Racoon and about a half-dozen others I do not know what the spam filter caught
….Phone numbers belonging to two of Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) offices appeared to be listed as contact information in a note found in a truck belonging to Lonnie Coffman, who has been indicted for allegedly carrying unregistered firearms and 11 Molotov cocktails in that same vehicle during the pro-Trump insurrection last week….
Well, Cruz’s dad did kill JFK. It’s in the blood.
From Rolling Stone…
To wit, a treasury of people who really, really hate Ted Cruz:
George W. Bush:
“I just don’t like the guy.”
Bob Dole:
“I don’t know how he’s going to deal with Congress. Nobody likes him.”
John Boehner:
“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”
Lindsey Graham:
“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.”
Peter King:
“I hate Ted Cruz, and I think I’ll take cyanide if he ever got the nomination.”
Donald Trump:
“He’s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.”
Marco Rubio:
“Ted has had a tough week because what’s happening now is people are learning more about him.”
Rand Paul:
“He is pretty much done for and stifled, and it’s really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem.”
Chris Christie:
“For him to somehow be implying that certain values are more appropriate, more American, depending upon what region of the country you’re from, is to me just asinine.”
Carly Fiorina (aka, Cruz’s hypothetical running mate, as of this week):
“Ted Cruz is just like any other politician. … He says whatever he needs to say to get elected, and then he’s going to do as he pleases.”
Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer:
“Everybody who knows him in the Senate hates him. And I think hate is not an exaggeration.”
Conservative columnist Ann Coulter:
“Cruz is a sleazy, Rovian liar.”
Former Republican staffer John Feehery:
“Cruz is an army of one, alienating anybody who is in his path. He advocates losing strategies purely to further his own career at the expense of the party.”
Princeton classmate Mikaela Beardsley:
“There are not that many people in my life who I can think of who I didn’t actually have extensive interactions with who bring up such bad feelings.”
Another Princeton dormmate:
“He was just sort of an odious figure lurking around.”
Princeton roommate Craig Mazin:
“Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being. I have plenty of problems with his politics, but truthfully his personality is so awful that 99 percent of why I hate him is just his personality. If he agreed with me on every issue, I would hate him only one percent less.”
It’s going to be intense from the 17th on…
(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.”
Article 94 UCMJ: Mutiny and Sedition
“Biden Will Become the 46th Commander in Chief”
Or, maybe 47th.
Pence needs to do the 25th.
Given that there is no segment of the population immune to Trump delusions, it is entirely appropriate that the troops are reminded of their constitutional duty under the lash of military justice.
Enough cops and former military took part last week. Look for assignments with units separated from units from the same state.
Another effn snowflake who wouldn’t know communism if Marx hit her over the head with Das Kapital(or maybe he did, which explains her current state of stupidity)
A tweet…
@RepDLesko
….Congresswoman Debbie Lesko
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For members of Congress to enter the floor of the U.S. House, we now have to go through intense security measures, on top of the security we already go through. These new provisions include searches and being wanded like criminals. We now live in Pelosi’s communist America!
In some ways Pence was the man of the hour on January 6th
“You can either go down in history as a patriot,” Mr. Trump told him, according to two people briefed on the conversation, “or you can go down in history as a pussy.”
“Pence had a choice between his constitutional duty and his political future, and he did the right thing,” said John Yoo, a legal scholar consulted by Mr. Pence’s office. “I think he was the man of the hour in many ways — for both Democrats and Republicans. He did his duty even though he must have known, when he did it, that that probably meant he could never become president.”
You give him too much credit..he’s an opportunist–what better time to break with your boss when it is clear he’s going down.
His future is separate from Trumps, and he and his mommy know it.
If he stuck with Trump his political future would always be behind Trumps’ family.
I interpret this slightly differently. Trump spent November-December replacing people in the Department of Defense, a very odd thing to do AFTER losing an election, when the norm would be to wind things up. Presumably he has nothing but loyalists in the Department of Defense, now. Therefore, I presume this was the Generals telling the Department of Defense, they will honor the election results.
Trump was testing the waters with the military when he went after the BLM protesters and staged his bible photo in front of the church. So I don’t disagree with you .
In hindsight I think the Dept of Defense resignations were not Trump firing anyone but Cabinet Secretaries not willing to do what Trump asked. It may be a small distinction but I think its an important one
I took it as a message to the troops. “Don’t think you can get away with any Trump-related bad behavior. Your bosses are going to work for a new President and you better toe the line.”
But maybe it was intended for the new Trumpite civilian leadership at DoD. Hopefully it put all concerned on notice.
I think you are right, it was a message to the troops as well as to the DoD.
Jim Hoft’s “Gateway Pundit” is a publication for sheep and not for critical thinking conservatives.
Apparently just mention of the GP gets your comment deleted.
I just undeleted the above by Rocky Racoon
I am no fan. Jim Hoft came up through the St. Louis Tea Party movement. These people propped Roy Blunt as a Tea Party candidate, and the rewards soon came for people like Dana Loesch. Clearly Blunt isn’t Tea Party. I bet they regret that today.
Hoft and his Gateway Pundit for years bitched about deficits, bailouts, redistribution of wealth etc. under Obama and are quite silent about these actions pushed by their dear leader Trump. Hoft has selective outrage. Typical of the entire St. Louis Tea Party movement and really the Tea Party in general.
They are not principled conservatives.
Seriously in hindsight were the Nuremberg trials divisive?
I saw the comment about the joint chiefs. My first thought were to question whether this is standard or extra-ordinary. So you’re reporting is this is a singular occurrence or unique. That changes things. It suggest that with 8 days to go Trump might make another attempt. The man truly is a danger. I feel all along his goal was to become dictator. He was throwing around trial balloons of a third term. Trump doesn’t joke. He meant it. If Trump had achieved a second term our Democracy would have been over.
I find the notion that Trump should leave office without consequences simply gob-smacking. Trump attempted a coup, He’s guilty of sedition. This is exactly what the founders envisioned when they came up with impeachment. It certainly wasn’t for a blow job. Remember Aaro Burr wasn’t impeached. By killing Hamilton he wasn’t guilty of treason. He didn’t commit a crime against the United States. Donald Trump did! Trump tried to circumvent the transfer of power. He tried to stop an election.
(Whilst humming a tune made famous by the Talking Heads in my head)
So our fearless leader has started another house fire; his quintessential political tactic. As with all the other fires he started the American people, even is devotees, cannot seem to look away. But, unlike all the others, this time he has set his own house afire. So the smartest-guy-who-has-ever-held-the-office turns out to be a complete political fool in the end. No big surprise.
Regrettably, it took this fire for many of our nation’s leaders to finally call him what he is; SEDITIONIST. Sadly, it took four years.
(Whilst humming a familiar tune by the Talking Heads)
Our fearless leader has once again started a house fire; perhaps his most quintessential political tactic. And, just like all the others over the past four years, the people cannot seem to look away; even his former devotees. But, unlike all the others, this time it is his own house he as set afire. So the self-proclaimed smartest guy in America turns out to be a complete fool in the end. No big surprise.
Kudos to those who have finally called him what he is, a seditionist. What a shame it has taken so long.
Slightly off topic, but does anyone here have a link to transcripts or video of Trump encouraging mob violence.
I ask because when one side screams that someone on the other side said something bad, it’s usually a straw-man, an exaggeration, or an outright lie.
Video clip including 30 seconds or a minute of shoulder around the offense. Same for transcript. Tightly clipped extracts are guaranteed to be lies.
Gee, you’re on line–you should know how to google that….
I typed in “transcript of Trump speech before riot”
and gosh, result after result…
Trump’s speech that ‘incited’ Capitol violence: Full transcript …www.aljazeera.com › news › full-transcript-donald-trump…
Here is the full transcript of Trump’s speech: … Trump clash with authorities before successfully breaching …
2 days ago · Uploaded by Al Jazeera English
Thank you. I’d Googled some days ago and found a 3 hour video. Nope. Sorry. Important sock drawer to rearrange.
Long talk. Mostly minutia. The quote below seems to be the (only) meat with regard to the crowd. The money quote is “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Clearly the incendiary words of an evil dictator bent on insurrection and mayhem.
For others who are curious, here’s the quote inside context:
“But we look at the facts and our lecture was so corrupt that in the history of this country, we’ve never seen anything like it. You can go all the way back. America is blessed with elections all over the world. They talk about our elections. You know what the world says about us now? They said we don’t have free and fair elections and you know what else? We don’t have a free and fair press.
Our media is not free. It’s not fair. It suppresses thought. It suppresses speech, and it’s become the enemy of the people. It’s become the enemy of the people. It’s the biggest problem we have in this country. No third world countries would even attempt to do what we caught them doing and you’ll hear about that in just a few minutes. Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his back. It’s like a boxer, and we want to be so nice. We want to be so respectful of everybody, including bad people. We’re going to have to fight much harder and Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us. If he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our constitution.
Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. After this, we’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you. We’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.
We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country. Our country has been under siege for a long time, far longer than this four-year period. We’ve set it on a much straighter course, a much … I thought four more years. I thought it would be easy.”
Thank you for posting the link. It’s a lot of oratory (judging from the lack of style) without teleprompter. I for one, would have loved to watch Teddy Roosevelt pound the podium: I respect what’s little is to be found of oratory skill in politicians today. Most politicians would resemble a deer in the headlights, if the teleprompter fails. I sympathize, I would be no better. Trump was tough on non-citizens, hands off on citizens. We are about to get a double dose of the opposite. Apologize to your children, now.
This election was a coin flip. Way north of 100 million votes came down to thousands. You could compile a long list of minor things that, if they had happened another way, would have changed the coin flip.
Same for 2016 (which was not a huge win for Trump and therefore not a mandate for huge changes to American governance such as the 2020 winners are claiming for themselves). And same for 2000.
As the stats types have noted, such elections hinge on whether it rains in some small location.
One thing that will be apparent but largely un-noted by March or April will be who got caught up in the herd – the stampeding mobs – of January. Who lost their heads? We know some of them: The people who were pushing through the barricades in DC. And who threw the Molotov cocktails in DC and many other cities throughout the year. They are not the sorts you want to listen to when the herd starts moving faster around you.
Does the CCP have the right idea? Keep a tight lid on anyone who threatens to move the herd in any way not currently vetted by the “leaders”? I personally don’t think so. But, as such strategy has been taught and modeled in schools for some time now, we’re gonna find out whether it’s the right idea.
Even with operation red map the republicans lost.
I guess you could say the same thing about Clinton’s loss to Trump in 2016. She lost some swing states by some very narrow margins. Both Hillary and Biden won the popular vote. The difference is that not only did Trump lose the electoral vote but he lost the popular vote by some 8 million vote. But while Trump lost the electoral vote in Georgia by only a 13 thousand or so, he lost by far more in Pennsylvania and Michigan etc. Basically in reality the vote was not that close. Biden cleaned Trump’s clock
Yes, Trump lost the “certified” vote by a sliver. And the numbers or Trump supporters that fought their way into the Capitol, was a sliver compared the thousands that stayed outside, and the few others that wandered in through open doors an aimlessly inspected their property. No torches or guns. Go figure.
The State has spoken. Long live the State! I’m sure that when my re-education term is complete, I will (like Winston) state with tears in my eyes that I love Uncle Joe.
War is the health of the State. If you wanted to increase State power, attacking it is best way.
The corollary would be that not attacking it would tend to not increase it.
Words to the wise.
link to en.m.wikipedia.org,authority%20and%20resources%20during%20conflicts.
Thank you. Yes, attacking is a non-starter. But what did you have in mind?
…if Trump would tell the truth…
…if Trump were smart…
Some big IF’s that will never be.
If brains were dynamite Trump would not have enough to to blow his nose.
Soon might just be when a geo-political event materialises if an external force wants to move. China on Taiwan or something in the mid-east.
The next few years will be more fraught with danger than any recent time.
There is a green light on CCP’s path to Taiwan. And they’ll get no push-back from Russia, our ‘sworn’ enemy. We could not do much for Hong Kong, and thanks to a Biden swear-in, we will not do much for Taiwan.
Hong Kong was out of the question because of the logistics problem. Taiwan is a different matter. Giving the CCP a free hand in Taiwan would alienate Japan and SK and even if Biden wanted to do that might be impossible to deliver.
If China wants Taiwan its game over. There might be a big war but pretty sure the Chinese will ultimately win and a major humiliation to USA. Penny hasn’t dropped yet. World has changed and no going back.
USA global roll will ebb away over next 5-25 years as others take the seat.
EU understands this and will look to the east and US influence diminish. Russia and China dont care and the others are too small to matter outside of India of course.
If Trump were smart and Pence played ball he’d resign then have Pence pardon him. I know why the Joint Chiefs did this. The crazy crap going around the nutcase right wing networks includes everything from a retired 5 star general at a base planning a stop the steal military move to Trump declaring a state of emergency 3 hours ago. Per a 2016 survey of police unions 84% supported Trump and I suspect the volunteer military rank and file support is not much lower.
Nailed it.
So, are you suggesting the command is feeling so much pressure from below, they need a “stand down” order?
Pence is raging at Trump. Trump sealed Pence’s future and how he will been seen by history. I am sure that Trump is worried that once resigns Pence will tell him to f-off.
“It is an open constitutional question if Trump can be convicted by the Senate after he is no longer president.”
When the Senate tried Grant’s Secretary of War William Belknap (after he had resigned), they debated on whether they had jurisdiction, given the resignation. They voted — that they could still try him. Ultimately they acquitted him, but that set the precedent.
I don’t see language in the Constitution that says impeachment can’t happen with only 10 days left in a term. The Founders clearly intended the term to be 4 full years.
Perhaps I can get impeached, too? I see no language that is must be a President. After all, I might be President someday.
Subtle yet fruity, with just the slightest hint of 25th amendment.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.