Clear and Present Danger

Two Times a Loser:  Trump was impeached again yesterday by a vote of 232 to 197, with ten Republicans voting against him this time. Coincidentally or not, 232 is also the number of Electoral College votes he scored during his losing reelection bid. The ten  Republicans voting for impeachment include Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Fred Upton of Michigan, Dan Newhouse of Washington, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, David Valadao of California and Tom Rice of South Carolina. In the face of the same incoming death threats that some of their wimpier colleagues used as excuses for voting “no,” each of them cast their votes on principle, citing the overwhelming evidence like videos, speeches and Trump’s despicable acts.  While ten might not seem like such a large number, it’s historic, in no other presidential impeachment did that many cross the aisle to cast a vote against their party’s leader. Liz Cheney’s vote, while expected, has some like the despicable Jim “Gym” Jordan calling for her to step down from her party leadership role but she seem unconcerned, playing a long game, possibly believing that as more information comes out about the planning that went into last Wednesday’s attack, she’ll come out on top, eventually displacing Kevin McCarthy as House GOP leader, maybe even becoming House Speaker if or when the Republicans win back the House.  As to McCarthy, he actually acknowledged the evil of the attempted coup and Joe Biden’s victory while voting against impeachment to “unite” the country, too little too late but still enough to infuriate Trump who viewed his statement as a betrayal.  Apparently a very defiant and delusional Trump who still insists that he won the election by a landslide is also furious at Rudy Giuliani, is no longer taking his calls, at least for now, and, the part I like best, refusing to pay his bills or even reimburse him for his travels to hotspots such as the Philadelphia “Four Seasons,”  the one nestled between the porn shop and a crematorium. Speaking of crematoria, Grim Reaper Mitch McConnell who earlier teased that he might be team impeachment, is doing what he does, so despite hopes that he would immediately act upon the House’s articles of impeachment, he’s back to punting any impeachment trial to Chuck Schumer who takes over as leader right after Joe Biden and break all ties voter Kamala Harris’ inauguration next week. 

Not Soon Enough: The inauguration is still on but with more violence expected and Washington DC turned into a war zone, Biden has changed his plans, despite his affinity for Amtrak, he will no longer be traveling to DC from Delaware by train. Nodding to  Washington Mayor Bowser’s request that people, even Biden/Harris supporters stay home, Airbnb and another system I’ve never heard of have cancelled all Washington area reservations.  FBI Director Chris Wray is warning about embedded violent extremists and has told state law enforcement agencies that going forward there is no such thing as oversharing, they are to forward every piece of intelligence they pick up, so don’t even crack a joke about what could happen next week unless you want those men in black showing up at your door.  New York, the city that warned America about Trump and consistently voted against him, announced yesterday that their cancelling Trump’s skating rink, golf course and merry-go-round contracts, which could cost the Trump organization around $30 million and another bank, this one in Florida announced that it would no longer do any business with Trump.  Additionally, more corporations including Walmart, Marriot and Dow Chemical will not be making contributions to any of those Republicans who voted against certifying the Biden’s victory. How ironic that some in the party of pollution won’t even be able to look to Dow for support.  And Speaker Pelosi, who remains steelier than ever despite the attempts on her life, isn’t just furious with Trump, she over Republicans, and thus far it’s only Republicans who refuse to go through the Capitol metal detectors; she’s putting in place financial penalties for those who raise a stink, planning to deduct up to $5000 for each violation from their salaries.   

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