Trump

[F-ZeroOne]

Also, with the confirmation of the electoral college votes, Trump lost. Again.

[KlaxonCow]

[tufty]

Oh dear. Even Moscow Mitch has manned up to reality.



Who can stop the steal now?

[PFVA]

Is Trump's soap opera over? Or should I say is his reality show over?

[F-ZeroOne]

Oh, we should be that lucky. Though some have commented that Trump might be surprised how quickly former Presidents disappear from the public eye.

[ThetaReactor]

He didn't stop holding rallies while he was President, why should he stop when he isn't?

[KlaxonCow]

Indeed. He is still able to be President for one more term, so he could just dive straight into campaigning for 2024.

Although, this is almost certainly a waste of time, in that the Republicans are not going to want to put forward a one-term President as their candidate, because he can only keep them in power for 4 years at most and he's already lost an election as an incumbent (which is actually, in American history, quite rare, with most Presidents serving the full 8 years), and he was a horrible reality-denying loser about it, who failed miserably in a crisis, so this makes him rather toxic to the Republicans.

They won't want to touch that with a bargepole, when they can have, like, anyone else. So he can campaign for 2024 but, as things stand right now, they'll never take him on as the Republican Presidential candidate and he'll lose the primaries, so it's a complete waste of his time to even attempt it.

But this is Donald, so we should expect him to do it anyway.

[skab]

this makes him rather toxic to the Republicans.

Republicans love toxic. As long as he keeps his fanbase engaged he's of value for the GOP, as you can see by the broad support he got from Republican lawmakers for his ridiculous lawsuits, this is not "amusing him for a while" anymore, they are afraid of the Trump base.

And by just hanging around for the next four years he can block all potential other candidates for 2024, eventually tearing the party apart. At least that's what I hope will happen.

[Dio]

But it's not really tearing the party apart. I was chatting this week with someone in the US who voted for Trump very reluctantly and has hated every moment of his idiocy and admits he's been probably the worst US president ever. But he still voted Republican again because he just can't stand the Democrats that much.

[tufty]

Oh dear. Faux News have backed down on many of their presenters' parroting of election fraud claims. Could this have something to do with Smartmatic and Dominion sending them a number of legal threats? Why yes. Yes it could.

Stay tuned for Dobbs, Bartiromo, and Pirro offering profuse and public apologies. Or possibly being sacked.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/19/busi ... index.html

What you won't have to wait for, though, is the Donald doubling down on election fraud claims on twatter, and pushing the channels that haven't yet backed down. What happens when OANN are forced to do so by their lawyers is anyone's guess.

[Harlequin]

Oh dear. Faux News have backed down on many of their presenters' parroting of election fraud claims. Could this have something to do with Smartmatic and Dominion sending them a number of legal threats? Why yes. Yes it could.

Has Dominion done so? Most of the accusations I have encountered are against that company while Smartmatic machines (which the retractions cover) were apparently only used in a single county.

[tufty]

Has Dominion done so?

They may not have just yet. However, their CEO (I think) was being interviewed in various hearings, and in one that I was watching, was being very clear about the fact he was going to take every legal avenue available to him to clear his company's name. He mentioned Faux by name, but also, made some not very veiled threats against soon-to-be-private-individual Trump and his legal team.

[SuperMappy]

Just in case you are unaware: There is one month left out of 48 as of this post.

[KlaxonCow]

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

[F-ZeroOne]

For what its worth, Biden got his first Coronavirus vaccine dose live on TV. Trump hasn't yet, according to aides, because hes "still protected by treatments he had" when he got it, which I find a somewhat curious statement. Granted, he may have some immunity from having it in the first place but theres still a question mark over how long that lasts...