Trump Claims Democrats ‘Were Staging a Coup,’ Blames Pelosi for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Trump Claims Democrats ‘Were Staging a Coup,’ Blames Pelosi for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Donald Trump said he was the victim of an attempted “coup” and claimed Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “responsible” for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

In an interview with Rob Schmitt of Newsmax that aired on Tuesday night, the 45th president gave viewers a tour of an alternate reality in which he was the victim, rather than the perpetrator of an attempted overthrow.

Donald Trump didn't reshape the Republican Party.

He revealed it. - Middle Age Riot

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Hawley calling on Biden admin to drop support for Ukraine's eventual membership in NATO: report
• Pull back from Ukraine if you're not going to invade, Blinken tells Russia
• Oath Keepers founder set to be deposed by the House January 6 Committee on Wednesday
• Trump Slams 'Ruthless' Capitol Police Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt: 'He Thinks It Was Great That He Shot Her'

I’m sorry but I can’t get over the fact that a few Irish fishermen bested Vladimir Putin. - Santiago Mayer

Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Former Staffers Are Getting Sued. Happy Wednesday!
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council and emerged as a star witness against then-President Donald Trump during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment, is suing Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers, alleging they conspired against him.

A new bill in Oklahoma will fire teachers if they teach biology and offend Christian students

Tell me how republicans are different from the Taliban again? - flexghost tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Bashes Lindsey Graham As a 'RINO' Who 'Doesn't Know What the Hell He's Talking About'
• Jesse Watters Says Trudeau ‘Looks Like He Wet His Pants’ and Greg Gutfeld 'Almost' Calls Him a ‘Douchebag’
• Tucker Carlson Reportedly Donated to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Reelection Campaign
• Gaetz's fundraising dips as sex trafficking investigation intensifies
• $250k Will Get You Dinner With Trump and the Privilege to Pay For a Room at Mar-a-Lago

Pretty soon there’s gonna one book left in Texas. 

The Bible. - Jay Arnold

Good. The Head of CNN Fired. He Turned It Into Fox Lite.

Jeff Zucker has resigned as head of CNN after failing to disclose his relationship with a senior executive at the company.

Zucker, in a memo to CNN employees, said he was asked about "a consensual relationship" with a colleague as part of an investigation into the conduct of former anchor Chris Cuomo. 

Just read a piece that says the anti-vax movement is taking over the Republican Party. With almost a million Americans dead of Covid, how can they be so stupid? - Stephen King

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Rock The Voter News

• All-out effort to keep Biden COVID-free; no 'normal' yet
• 'Moonshot' 2.0: Biden announces new front in war on cancer
• Democratic senator's stroke exposes fragility of 50-50 Senate majority

Just to f*ck with the MAGAs, Biden should announce that he will now consider men and women of all races for his SCOTUS nominee...

...but only if they are fully vaccinated. - Stonekettle

The Unviewing of Whoopi
Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two weeks as co-host of “The View” because of what the head of ABC News called her “wrong and hurtful comments” about Jews and the Holocaust.

what kind of sh*thole media suspends Whoopi Goldberg and rewards Joe Rogan. - Jeff Tiedrich

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Business/Tech News

• OPEC and Russia keep promising to pump more oil. They're not delivering
• Borrowers rush to get the last of the low mortgage rates, with refinances jumping 18%
• Starbucks raising prices to offset soaring costs
• Flores says lawsuit alleging racism against NFL 'much bigger than coaching'
• Reuters Issues Major Correction to Report Originally Claiming Ivermectin Was Found Effective Against Omicron

If Trump wanted to seize voting machines and overturn an election imagine how badly he was ripping people off when he owned casinos. - Noel Casler

NFL Team Named After Biden's New Pup?

The NFL team formerly known as Washington Football Team unveiled its new name on Tuesday with much fanfare.

In a video posted to Twitter, the team announced that it will now go by the "Washington Commanders."

I love how people who want to wear masks are derided as “living in fear” by people who want to carry guns. - Ed Solomon

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Odd News

• Activity under Three Sisters volcanic region monitored by experts
• A hot burst of solar gas is headed to Earth this week
• Man with record-breaking 864 insect tattoos: 'I hate bugs'
• Miami agrees to do something about its peacock problem
• Wandering hen taken into custody at Pentagon security area
• Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow: 6 more weeks of winter

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Ancestral tree at the Aburi gardens in Ghana. Sculptor unknown.

Peace.

Trump Calls for the Jan. 6 Committee to Investigate Mike Pence

Trump Calls for the Jan. 6 Committee to Investigate Mike Pence

Trump made some news on Sunday evening when he flatly blamed his Vice President Mike Pence for not overturning the election, which he returned to again in a statement that, true to form, opens with insults of those who oppose him.

I just sort of feel like after the 50th smoking gun, somebody should maybe get indicted or something. - The Hoarse Whisperer

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Russia denies report it has responded to US proposal on Ukraine
• Holocaust survivor decries 'abuse' of yellow star at COVID protests
• Trucker convoy protest: 'I have never seen such a display of hate,' Canadians say as demonstrators crowd Ottawa for third day
• California firefighter shot, killed while responding to fire

For many Americans, the most profound legacy of the Trump era will be the painful knowledge that a significant portion of their friends, neighbors, and relatives are total f*cking morons. - Middle Age Riot

Apparently, The New York Times Has An Obsession With Democrat's Emails

The New York Times has sued the State Department in order to obtain emails related to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.

According to Politico which first reported the news of the filing, the lawsuit seeks to “obtain emails from Romanian embassy officials sent between 2015 and 2019 mentioning a number of international business people, including the president’s son and his former business associate...

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. 

--Isaac Asimov

Let's Go "Branon?"

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP leaders silent on Trump's claims that VP could overturn elections
• Trump's political operation enters 2021 with $122 million in the bank
• Cruz: Biden commitment to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court 'offensive'
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham after he called it 'inappropriate' for Trump to float pardons 
• Ron DeSantis Attacks the Media, Ilhan Omar After Being Asked to Denounce Nazis He Calls 'Jackasses'
• Ex-President Bush backs two high-profile Republicans slammed by Trump
• GOP Gov. Candidate: Rape Victims Shouldn’t Get Abortions Because Fetus Could Become POTUS
• Book ban efforts are nothing new in U.S. schools, but experts call recent political tactics 'startling'
• Judge Rejects Plea Deals for Travis and Gregory McMichael After Objections from Arbery’s Family
• National Archives receives Trump records that were ripped apart, taped back together: report

Books being banned by people who don’t read in the first place. - Chris Barron

Apparently, Kayleigh McEnany Doesn't Plan On Serving Any Prison Time For Trump
Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a source familiar with the investigation -- the latest indication of the extensive level of cooperation the committee has received from many witnesses.

Mr. Trump’s public confession, all but daring the Attorney General to seek a grand jury indictment against him for seditious conspiracy and for giving aid and comfort to an insurrection to “overturn the election,” is the last straw. The Government must call his bluff. - Laurence Tribe

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Rock The Voter News

• Top Democrat says 'several Republican senators' open to a Biden Supreme Court pick
• Senate Democrats unveil proposal to reform Electoral Count Act
• Universal healthcare bill in California fails to pass state legislature

When conservatives call liberals fascists, does that make them Antifa? - Kelly Scaletta

Apparently, Biden Doesn't Want His SCOTUS Nominee To Shout, "I Like Beer"

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants his candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to have courtesy, respect and a judicial philosophy of unenumerated rights.

Biden told reporters at the White House that he still hopes to choose his nominee by the end of Feburary and that he wants the advice and consent of the Senate to factor into that decision.

Happy Black History Month 

And if you're Tucker Carlson, Happy "White People Are The Real Victims" Month. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• Layoff rate hit record low in December despite omicron surge
• Tesla issues recall for nearly 54,000 vehicles over 'rolling stop' feature
• New York Times Buys Viral Game 'Wordle' for Amount 'In the Low Seven Figures'
• India Arie, Graham Nash join musicians leaving Spotify over Joe Rogan
• Critics slam Spotify for using 'Facebook playbook' on Joe Rogan controversy

Trump Accuses New York Times of Buying Wordle To Spread Pro-spelling Propaganda. - Andy Borowitz

Apparently, Safety Protocols Weren't Followed
A fire burning at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fertilizer plant Tuesday has forced emergency responders to urge the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison.

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Odd News

• China releases video of spacecraft orbiting Mars for Lunar New Year
•  Florida boy reels in .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles while fishing
• Police: Florida Driver’s Onboard Camera Captures Him Shooting At Another Driver 11 Times On I-95
• Skier clings to tree as large avalanche sweeps down Colorado mountain, officials say
• A 'sea pickle'? An animal that can grow to 60 feet long is washing up on the Oregon coast

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A five year old Mongolian girl practicing her archery. 

Peace.

Trump says he wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election

Trump says he wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump in a statement Sunday said he wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election, repeating the false claim that Pence had the power to do so and slamming recent bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act.

Trump’s Claim of Winning Presidency Twice Disqualifies Him from Running Again, Experts Say. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Trump calls for protests if prosecutors 'do anything illegal' in targeting him
• Kamala Harris Drove Within Yards of DNC Pipe Bomb On January 6: Report
• 'Oh My Goodness, No!' Republicans Recoil on the Sunday Shows When Confronted With Trump's Idea to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters
• GOP Senator Pushes Back on Tucker Carlson Questioning Why It's Disloyal to Stand Behind Russia: We Side With Democracies
• DeSantis' press secretary deletes tweet asking if Nazi rally was a "stunt"

Americans Support Tucker Carlson Enlisting In Russian Army. - Andy Borowitz

It's A Slow Motion Civil War

At least six historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) received bomb threats Monday morning leading to campus lockdowns and police investigations.

Bowie State University, Southern University, Bethune-Cookman University, Albany State University, Howard University and Delaware State University all reportedly received bomb threats Monday morning, according to multiple news outlets and university statements.

I've done a lot of stupid sh*t in my life but I never put out a press release confessing that I tried to overturn an election - Jeff Tiedrich

Make Nazis afraid again. - David Hogg

Republican Shenanigans

• The Secret Service Is Watching Former Ambassador John Bolton
• Trump Heaps Faint Praise On MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell: 'Greatest Purchaser of Advertising I've Ever Seen'
• Watch Susan Collins Twist Herself in Knots to Avoid Saying She Won't Support Trump in 2024
• Poll: Abbott leads GOP primary, O'Rourke by wide margins
• Maus Is Now the #1 Best Selling Book on Amazon After Outrage Over Tennessee School District Removing It from Curriculum

It's lucky for Donald Trump that he's just a privileged white man openly confessing to past crimes and promising to commit more of them, and not, for example, a black man selling loose cigarettes on a street corner, because there are serious consequences for that. - Jeff Tiedrich

What Trump said at his Texas rally last night was far worse than inciting an insurrection at the Capitol. He called for riots in at least three major cities if he’s arrested.  This is right out of the Mussolini playbook. - Liz Cheney

The Last Two Republicans Left In Congress Have Something To Say.

Republican Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) called out former President Trump after he suggested that former Vice President Mike Pence should have overturned the results of the 2020 presidential election.

There should be a law that after 200 confessions of guilt you go directly to jail. - TG tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• DNC rakes in $10.7M in December, bringing 2021 total to more than $157 million
• New Poll: More Than Three-Quarters of Americans Disagree With Biden Pledge to Consider Only Black Women for Supreme Court
• Kansas man held on charge of threatening Joe Biden

The only crime Trump hasn’t confessed to yet is his next one.

Oh, wait….- TG tweet

The Slow Motion Civil War Continues
A Georgia district attorney reportedly asked for the FBI's assistance in providing security after former President Trump called prosecutors investigating him "racist" and called for massive protests if they "do anything illegal."

Imagine if Joe Biden got caught breaking campaign finance laws paying off a porn star? - Tim Hannan

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Business/Tech News

• Global stocks rebound but head for worst January since 2016
• Teenager seeks $50k from Elon Musk to delete Twitter bot tracking private jet
• Lockheed selects Alabama and Georgia for next-gen air tanker plants
• Spotify Announces 'Content Advisory' Warning for Podcasts Discussing Covid Amid Joe Rogan Uproar

Biden has done more in his first year than virtually any other president. Record jobs, record GDP, record legislation, record judges, ended the forever war. The fourth estate is failing us and risking democracy in the process. - Mueller She Wrote tweet

Stupid Unvaxxed Americans Have Caused Almost Half Unnecessary Deaths

U.S. COVID hospitalizations would be halved with European vaccination rates, analysis finds.

The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus pushed U.S. hospitalizations to a pandemic peak of about 161,000 cases a day in mid-January, but that number would be much lower if the U.S. had the same vaccination rate as many European countries...

It's January 31st. Your gym isn't crowded anymore.- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Cruise ship enters launch hazard area, forcing SpaceX to scrub mission a fourth time
•  How a group of Irish fishermen forced the Russian Navy into a U-turn
• 'The snow couldn't stop us': Rhode Island couple's outdoor wedding goes on during blizzard
• This Hot, Toxic Lake in Costa Rica Could Explain How Life May Have Existed on Mars
• Rail car breaks away from Washington train, travels 16 miles down the tracks

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Peace.