Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

The willow is too close to the house.

Nevertheless, she persisted.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Call the National Guard if your insurrection lasts more than four hours.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Four legs? good! two legs? we’re not so sure…

I’m going back to the respite thread.

… makes me wish i had hoarded more linguine

The house always wins.

This fight is for everything.

People are complicated. Love is not.

We still have time to mess this up!

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

It was down to kool-aid drinkers and next of kin at the trump White House

Yes we did.

There will be lawyers.

Consistently wrong since 2002

‘Forty-two’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

I don’t care how fun he is after a few whiskies. fuck that guy.

They are all Michael Cohen now.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

The revolution will be supervised.

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  1. 1.

    germy

    It’s been 4 years, but I never forgot this image. Trump is plowing ahead into the WH while the Obamas–the epitome of kindness & decency–offer Melania support. Melania not reaching out to Jill Biden or being there to offer a welcoming hand reveals Melania’s true nature. 1/ pic.twitter.com/JpafOEVzS5

    — Nell Scovell (@NellSco) January 19, 2021

    This is on her. Melania stayed in NYC until the spring of Trump’s 1st year in office. She could stay an extra day in DC to welcome the Bidens. But she won’t because she’s a terrible person–a selfish, bigoted bully just like her husband. 2/

    — Nell Scovell (@NellSco) January 19, 2021

    I can’t wait for Dr. Biden to turn Melania’s ridiculous tennis pavilion into an art center for DC school kids. And I hope that by spring, they restore Jackie Kennedy’s rose garden. 3/

    — Nell Scovell (@NellSco) January 19, 2021

    I don’t know if Latin is one of the 5 languages she lies about speaking, but she should look up the phrase “Damnatio memoriae.” It’s gonna be coming up a lot. #ByeMelicia

    — Nell Scovell (@NellSco) January 19, 2021

  3. 3.

    MisterForkbeard

    I have an inexplicable love of Russell Crowe movies, and I’ve always liked him in this.

    It’s… appropriate, too. For today.

  4. 4.

    rikyrah

    Tiffany Trump, 27, reveals she is ENGAGED to 23-year-old billionaire Michael Boulos as she finds reason to celebrate on her father’s final day as President: ‘Feeling blessed’

    • The 27-year-old shared the happy news on Tuesday – her father’s final day as President – in a gushing social media post 
    • She spoke about what an ‘honor’ it has been to ‘celebrate many milestones’ in the White House, saying that the most ‘special’ was her engagement to Michael 
    • Tiffany did now share when or where the proposal took place, but added that she is ‘feeling blessed and excited for the next chapter’ 

    By CHARLIE LANKSTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
    PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 19 January 2021 | UPDATED: 12:29 EST, 19 January 2021

  6. 6.

    raven

    See here how everything lead up to this day
    And it’s just like any other day that’s ever been
    Sun going up and then the sun going down
    Shine through my window and my friends they come around

  7. 7.

    laura

    I’m going to finish baking a celebration cake today – Meyer lemon and elderflower, press the flag and prepare to fly it on Wednesday. Going to listen to music and make a dinner with leftovers because tomorrow’s a holiday and I may not be fit to rattle the pots and pans for dinner. I’m going to text with the Roadie Brothers, cousins and dear friends. I’m going to cry a purging cry so ugly and cathartic that just typing it out brought tears. I’m going to light candles at sunset in remembrance of those lost and broken by Covid. I’m going to clean my house so tomorrow it’ll be a bright as the new day a dawning.

  8. 8.

    NYCMT

    I debated this, and I think there’s too much blood and storm for this song to be appropriate today – too Q-adjacent. These fuckers break all the nice things.

    I was walking down the street earlier under the main branch of the LIRR, and the Ramones are there frescoed, so, twen-twen-twentyfour hours to go…

  9. 9.

    Mike in NC

    Moscow Mitch on MSNBC denouncing Trump’s mob trashing the Capitol. Please proceed to convict him!

  14. 14.

    Betty Cracker

    Looks like the Senatortoise from KY favors the “rip the bandaid off” approach to the post-Trump GOP:

    Of course, he’s just been reelected to a term that will probably expire AFTER he does, so…

  15. 15.

    germy

    Senator John Thune (R-SD) tells Janet Yellen he is concerned about the “massive amount of debt that we continue to rack up” and says “we seem to have no concern” about it

    — Arthur Delaney (@ArthurDelaneyHP) January 19, 2021

    Who here could have predicted they’d start worrying about the debt on tRump’s last day? Who could have predicted?

  18. 18.

    mali muso

    I have had the refrain “one day more” in my head all day already. It feels like the longest 24 hours…since yesterday.

  20. 20.

    piratedan

    The part that surprises me the most about this ongoing slog to the end of the 45 Administration is the number of pundits and newspaper folks that just blithely posit that Trump will be a political force for quite some time yet.  I really have a hard time reconciling that with the fact that once he’s a public citizen again that he’s looking at the following in various and sundry court dockets:

    New York wants him for tax evasion and fraud.

    The likelihood he gets brought into the Gjisane Maxwell child trafficking cases

    The litany of existing sexual assault and rape cases against him

    The GOP Senate may not have convicted his ass, but will the Biden DOJ go after his ass for treason, perjury, campaign finance violations, emoluments, Hatch Act?  Depending upon if he continues to be a rallying cry for that merry band comprised of Q-Anon, III%’s, Oathkeepers, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boys and any number of other assorted militia and white nationalist groups, can he be allowed to continue to break the law and embolden these groups.

    The crime of instigating the assault on the Capitol

    Humanitarian crime against those seeking asylum

    The likely financial siphoning off of tax-payers dollars to the pockets of his supporters.

    They all behave as if all this shit is going to be reconciled by the fact that he finally left office (we think) and I’m sorry, we’re in for a rough road because as of now, allowing this shit to go unchallenged is plain unadulterated bullshit and needs to be attended to.

  21. 21.

    Steeplejack

    @rikyrah:

    I don’t get Tiffany. She hid out for a long time and distanced herself from the evil side of the family, but in the last year or two it’s like she got out of a lifeboat to get back on the Titanic. I think it started around the time the whole family went to Britain on Daddy’s state visit. Maybe she’s a fan of the royals.

  23. 23.

    JMG

    Trump is in the Oval Office right now, doubtless working on pardons. What’re the odds he pardons at least one fictional character he’s seen on TV and thinks is real. Walter White? The Penguin? Boris Badenov?

  24. 24.

    mrmoshpotato

    @germy:

    Who here could have predicted they’d start worrying about the debt on tRump’s last day? Who could have predicted? 

    Hello!  Right here. :)

    I doubt Yellen told Senator John Thune (Asshole-SD) to suck a bag of stale, salted dicks for four years, but one can hope.

  25. 25.

    Miss Bianca

    @piratedan: Let’s not be too sure that the Senate won’t vote to convict on the articles of impeachment, either. Sounds like McConnell is making the calculation that it’s better to be rid of Trump entirely than to coddle him any further.

    Now, whether McConnell can actually keep his cohort of GOP Senators aligned on this objective is…an open question, still.

  26. 26.

    Punchy

    Melania not reaching out to Jill Biden or being there to offer a welcoming hand reveals Melania’s true nature

    Nah, I think this describes her true nature even better.

  27. 27.

    Another Scott

    @Betty Cracker:

    He believes, rightly, the party's only hope is cauterize with a blowtorch and crawl forward. He wants to convict but won't do it until the wind blows in that direction. He's not God but he does have some skill in helping the weather. https://t.co/UAxXSCZ778

    — Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) January 18, 2021

    I’m convinced that his donors turning off the money is the only thing that got Moscow Mitch’s attention. If he actually votes to convict and convince his members to, it’s only because they told him so.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    Amir Khalid

    @MisterForkbeard:

    A lot of people like to trash his singing in Les Misérables, but I think it suits the character Javert perfectly. Having perfect singing voices all over this gritty looking movie would have ruined its believability.

  30. 30.

    Brachiator

    @piratedan:

    The part that surprises me the most about this ongoing slog to the end of the 45 Administration is the number of pundits and newspaper folks that just blithely posit that Trump will be a political force for quite some time yet.

    Trump may continue to be a political force because the GOP did not stop him when they had the opportunity. They have been fools ever since they let him run in their primary.  Short term gain for potentially a huge long term loss.

    Former presidents get a lot of deference.  That Trump is going to be slapped down in various court cases is not a foregone conclusion.  I hope he gets it hard, but who knows

  31. 31.

    Betty Cracker

    @germy: My guess is there’s nothing McConnell wouldn’t do to get his gavel back. If he thinks convicting Trump is a path to reclaiming power, he’d do it without hesitation. Been reading about super PACs that refuse to fund Republicans who voted to overturn the election. That’s probably got the old ghoul spooked.

  34. 34.

    Punchy

    @Steeplejack:Maybe she’s a fan of the royals.

    With Alex Gordon retired, they’ll need a new left fielder.  But they have some talent at shortstop, pitching staff looks solid, and Cleveland just traded away their team.  So their division is up for grabs.

  36. 36.

    Brachiator

    @Amir Khalid:

    A lot of people like to trash his singing in Les Misérables, but I think it suits the character Javert perfectly. Having perfect singing voices all over this gritty looking movie would have ruined its believability.

    Still have not seen this movie. I am not usually a musicals person, but I have this one my list.

    I see your point about Crowe’s singing in relation to his character.  Makes sense.

  37. 37.

    mrmoshpotato

    @piratedan: Well put.

    Everything’s not going to be a-ok in 23 hours. There will still be a Soviet shitpile mobster conman’s crimes to deal with, but he’ll no longer be protected by the Presidency.

  38. 38.

    Ruckus

    @germy:

    At least they are fucking consistent. Not that it’s an improvement over them not saying anything, but, at least one knows what to expect.

  40. 40.

    Ruckus

    @piratedan:

    I agree 1 million percent.

    I’m also about 1/3 of the way to thinking flogging should make a comeback. Turns to be sold, funds used for paying down the deficit. A twofer.

  41. 41.

    Nicole

    @MisterForkbeard:

    I have an inexplicable love of Russell Crowe movies, and I’ve always liked him in this.

    I dislike this movie intensely, but I cut Russell Crowe a big break in it.  Javert is every bit as hard to sing as Valjean, and it was just too low for Crowe.  He’s not bad at all in Javert’s final song, which is higher. He definitely acted the songs the whole way through. I thought Hugh Jackman was terribly, terribly miscast.  He has a lovely voice and should sing everything Rodgers & Hammerstein ever did, but he did not have the range and vocal quality for that role. But hey, he’s the movie star Hollywood knows can sing, so there you are.

    I have issues with the obsession with actors having to sing their roles in recent musical films, since studios only want to cast name actors in those same films.  Dudes, either cast actual musical theater performers or pull a Marni Nixon and just let them lip sync.

    And also… maybe Broadway should consider producing musicals that aren’t so eager to compete with pop music. I read a depressing article in… Playbill, maybe it was?  Maybe Backstage? Anyway, it was about how musical theater actors are getting more frequent vocal injuries, due to the more extreme vocal demands of contemporary musical theater and feeling pressure to hide the injuries, for fear of not getting hired anymore.  It’s just not realistic, and it’s cruel.  Pop singers don’t have to sing their big hit 8 times a week (twice on Wednesdays and Saturdays).

    (Look what a good job I’m doing today not thinking about politics!  Less than 24 hours to a new President now!)

  42. 42.

    Amir Khalid

    @Brachiator:

    You definitely should see Les Mis. The movie holds its own against the best spoken-word adaptations of the novel. Anne Hathaway absolutely nails Victor Hugo’s Fantine.

  45. 45.

    Roger Moore

    @Brachiator:

    Former presidents get a lot of deference. That Trump is going to be slapped down in various court cases is not a foregone conclusion. I hope he gets it hard, but who knows

    This is the guy who is still fighting a court order to provide a DNA sample in the Jean Carroll case and who had to give up his charitable foundation because he was nailed by the NY AG, all while sitting president. I don’t expect it to go any easier on him as former president.

  49. 49.

    Amir Khalid

    @Nicole:

    Interestingly, Hugh Jackman perfectly matches Hugo’s physical description of Jean Vajean: tall, with the strength of four men. I was fine with his singing, except for Bring Him Home, which didn’t convey the emotional weight that the song needs. (And which also did not need to be accompanied by a walking tour of the barricade set.)

  51. 51.

    cain

    @germy:

    The good senator seemed to not had any recorded concern for the 4 years. These people have absolutely no creativity – it’s like let’s go back to the old playbook.

    Homie don’t play that way. I think the experience of having the Capitol overrun, and their lives very much in danger have probably changed the psychological DNA of the Democratic party. Nothing is more personal than a near death experience.

  53. 53.

    catclub

    Remember how Trump and the press talked so much about the stock market going up after he was elected?

    Much, much  less talk with Biden, but market up much more than between election day and inauguration day than for Trump.

  56. 56.

    Gravenstone

    @Betty Cracker: Other powerful people like …. members of your caucus there turtle boy? Name and shame them if you’re at all serious about trying to move on and not just covering your own ass.

  58. 58.

    wvng

    @NYCMT: too Q adjacent is right. The seditionists see themselves as the plucky revolutionaries who are trying to crush the deep state (Crowe) in one day more.

  59. 59.

    MisterForkbeard

    @rikyrah: Neat. Don’t care. She can go be married somewhere and we don’t have to pay attention to her or her family anymore.

    Except for the prosecutions, I mean. And she’ll probably be far away from those.

  60. 60.

    MisterForkbeard

    @piratedan: Yep. What most groups fail to consider is that besides having the literal Presidency to keep Trump from prosecution on all this, he’s also had a captive and corrupt DOJ to put their thumb on the scales. He doesn’t have that any more.

    Not to mention many of these cases will be civil and not criminal.

    Though I do think part of this overall prediction is that Trump’s base won’t care if he’s repeatedly convicted and shown to be a monster, rapist and a con artist. Which I think is somewhat correct. That said, they’re going to have a much easier time dropping him when he’s not the literal leader of their party, so my guess is that he’ll be regarded like Clinton is generally by the Democrats: Good, but had some personal issues that don’t keep him from exerting limited influence in the party.

  61. 61.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Nicole: Honestly, I think my appreciation of Russel Crowe comes almost entirely from Master & Commander. It’s appropriate that his character in that is a musician, I think, and I’ve somehow always felt like Crowe knew that was an indispensable part of the character.

    I feel like his rendition here is… fitting for Javert? I don’t know. I’m not an expert on Les Mis or musicals in general, but I like this particular interpretation of him. He’s not nearly as talented a singer as some of the other actors, but it seems appropriate for the character and what he does seems to fit well within the movie.

    I have little to no opinion on the rest of the movie. It was watchable but nothing I really need to watch again.

    EDIT: I feel like most Hollywood musicals lose a LOT from the original broadway plays. A lot of the conventions on broadway don’t really apply to a mass-market movie and it takes a ton of talent from the entire cast, the writers, and the directors to make it work properly. Off the top of my head I can’t really think of one that excels in the past couple decades, though there have been a number of good enough results.

  64. 64.

    Nicole

    @MisterForkbeard: I thought Chicago was great.  But they adapted it to the medium of film.  Really well directed.  But yeah, most of them are kind of meh

    I thought Crowe was outstanding in The Insider. Outstanding.  I felt like the Oscar he got the next year for Gladiator was actually the apology Oscar for not giving to him for The Insider.

  65. 65.

    Nicole

    @Amir Khalid: Yeah, it was hard listening to him shout “Bring Him Home” to get the notes.  Well, not everyone is Colm Wilkinson in his prime.  (nice to see his cameo in the movie)

    Forbidden Broadway did a parody of “Bring Him Home,” as I recall.  I think the lyrics went something like, “The song’s too high/It’s much too high/Bring it down/Change the key.”  Ha!

  66. 66.

    JeffH

    @Nicole: Yes, the “More Miserables” sequence which is absolutely brilliant. It’s on Forbidden Broadway Vol. 2 which also includes a parody of Sondheim (Into the Words) which still makes me chuckle.

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