Christmas week 12/21

[addymac]

Hugs clucky. I hope next month more relief comes soon. 💜

[cinnamonstick]

Dec 21, 2020 14:03:32 GMT -6 blurnette989 said:

Dec 21, 2020 13:58:49 GMT -6 kbw said:

Is there a reason why we need rules around the style we can use to make federal buildings?

Trump doesn't like how too many current government buildings are ugly because they were constructed for efficiency and not looks.

I am guessing it also means he hasn't actually read his favorite fictional book either.

nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/trumps-role-model-is-an-ayn-rand-character.html

[elle]

Dec 21, 2020 21:02:24 GMT -6 addymac said:

Dec 21, 2020 15:23:35 GMT -6 elle said:

This is wild.

Oh my god. This is insane.

“ When Shkreli found out about this article, though, he stopped communicating with her. He didn’t want her telling her story, she says.
......
I tell Smythe I’ll need to ask Shkreli for comment. “Maybe this will be a reason for him to reach out to me,” she says. Later, when I relay Shkreli’s statement—“Mr. Shkreli wishes Ms. Smythe the best of luck in her future endeavors”—to Smythe via video chat, she says, “That’s sweet,” quietly, not convincingly.“

OH MY GODDD

Right? Just all kinds of wtf throughout that entire thing.

[elle]

[dc2london]

Just a pit of vipers

[dc2london]

Ruh roh Rudy

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1250714?__twitter_impression=true

[jkjacq]

Dec 22, 2020 6:29:59 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Ruh roh Rudy

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1250714?__twitter_impression=true

I was wondering how Lev and Igor were doing.....

[dc2london]

wtop.com/fairfax-county/2020/12/fairfax-county-prosecutor-ends-cash-bail-system/amp/

[dc2london]

Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary nyti.ms/3repsnc

[Diordra]

Can I get some reassurance that these off hinged meetings at the White House and the seizing of voting machines, people in the house voting to not accept the electorate votes is all just bullshit? Logically I know it is, but emotionally I am fragile and still a bit afraid.

[jkjacq]

Dec 22, 2020 9:13:52 GMT -6 Diordra said:

Can I get some reassurance that these off hinged meetings at the White House and the seizing of voting machines, people in the house voting to not accept the electorate votes is all just bullshit? Logically I know it is, but emotionally I am fragile and still a bit afraid.

I had a mini freak out with the news that top brass is avoiding the white house and making possible scenario lists 

BUT I think Vpotus has juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust enough whatever to not fuck with his LITERAL JOB of reading the electoral results on Jan 6.  Hes enough of a politician to see the very very bad outcome if he doesnt.

AND that on Jan 20, Roberts is going to swear in Biden. 

I dont think the top military leaders are going to let 45 institute martial law, or roll tanks where ever.  Plus unless he drains he 2020 campaign funds he doesnt have enough money to fund a mercenary band of merry men.

[Diordra]

jkjacq I did read an article that Pence is going to read the results on 1/6 and then hop on a plane to avoid Trump.

[Wtfshouldmynamebe]

jkjacq I did read an article that there will be challenges, but that they have zero chance of meaning anything. If (and it's a big if) a senator actually challenges also, it will get shut down by Mitch when voted on.

[greykitty]

Per CNN, quoted in this story.

www.al.com/news/2020/12/trump-met-with-mo-brooks-other-lawmakers-for-last-minute-election-challenge.html

Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, urged lawmakers to remember that an effort to block the election results in Congress was “just not going anywhere.”

“I mean, in the Senate, it would go down like a shot dog,” Thune told CNN. “I just don’t think that it makes a lot of sense to put everybody through this when you know what the ultimate outcome is gonna be.”



In a better world, I'd say some of these meetings with Trump are just to use up time and keep him from concentrating on even more things that could hurt the nation, let alone the next administration. One article I read said there had been screaming meetings in the WH between the President and staff. I keep thinking of the Secret Service and whoever has the nuclear football backing quietly away into the background. I really do wonder if the SS has been working on protocols for January 21 'just in case'.

[TheoV2]

Dec 22, 2020 9:10:39 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary nyti.ms/3repsnc

After reading up on him, I am happy with this choice.

[trueblue]

Dec 22, 2020 11:31:26 GMT -6 TheoV2 said:

Dec 22, 2020 9:10:39 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary nyti.ms/3repsnc

After reading up on him, I am happy with this choice.

I am reserving judgment. My sisters are teachers in CT (thus directly impacted by his actions currently) and are lukewarm on him at best and ‘paper pushing do nothing’ at worst while other teacher friends rave about him.

[dc2london]

Dec 22, 2020 9:13:52 GMT -6 Diordra said:

Can I get some reassurance that these off hinged meetings at the White House and the seizing of voting machines, people in the house voting to not accept the electorate votes is all just bullshit? Logically I know it is, but emotionally I am fragile and still a bit afraid.

Neither the Justice Department nor the military is cool with this. It's very, very unlikely.

[richard]

California people, how do you feel about Padilla?

[dc2london]

Just bananas.

The pre-Christmas votes capped off an unprecedented run for the 116th Congress, which began in 2019 with a weeks-long government shutdown, included the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, and faced a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. And there will be more work to do: both chambers are expected to return in the days after Christmas for the first — and only — veto override of Trump's presidency over the annual defense bill.

www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/12/21/congress-verge-approving-massive-stimulus-449504?__twitter_impression=true

[jaygee]

Dec 22, 2020 12:12:44 GMT -6 richard said:

California people, how do you feel about Padilla?

Just coming here to post this. I feel pretty good. This is how I expected it to go. Padilla and Newsom are very close. I’m still like yikes about how all of our leadership is getting poached (he was our Secretary of State) but it’s a good opportunity for others to rise up.

This pick was a no win. Obviously strong push for replacing a Black woman with a Black woman. But also strong push for a Latino representative. I feel the Latino representation is really important for our demographics tbh. I understand the void of losing Senator Harris as a Black woman on the Senate, but we need some other states to step up. CA can’t diversify the Senate on our own. You know.

I really hope that there is an opportunity to nominate a woman of color in Senator Feinstein’s seat sooner than 2024. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her, but I would love to see her resign on her own. It’s a long shot but I hope it happens.

But overall, I like Alex Padilla and think he will be a good Senator for CA. He’s no Senator Harris but she’s one in a million. Glad I had her while I did. (I get really attached to my elected officials if you can’t tell).

[richard]

Kicks things.

[jaygee]

I am glad he finally picked someone because the dialogue has been getting nasty. I understand all the strong feelings because representation is so important. But the in fighting is ugly when it’s made public.

[trueblue]

Dec 22, 2020 12:50:52 GMT -6 richard said:

Kicks things.

If Twitter doesn’t have a contingency plan for an automatic transfer of control now I surely anticipate one by 1/20/21. Ideally it will go hand in hand with disabling Trump’s personal accounts for violating the TOS for .... 4 years.

[crimsonandclover]

Dec 22, 2020 12:50:52 GMT -6 richard said:

Kicks things.

So freaking petty. As if Trump's followers from his base wouldn't immediately unfollow the account on Jan 20th? Or start trolling it? But no, go ahead and make every single journalist and politically interested person re-follow just to soothe the ego.

[jaygee]

Dec 22, 2020 12:56:38 GMT -6 trueblue said:

Dec 22, 2020 12:50:52 GMT -6 richard said:

Kicks things.

If Twitter doesn’t have a contingency plan for an automatic transfer of control now I surely anticipate one by 1/20/21. Ideally it will go hand in hand with disabling Trump’s personal accounts for violating the TOS for .... 4 years.

This. So much this. If they don’t kick him off twitter, I’m probably going to abandon my 13 year old twitter account. I enjoy twitter but I can’t stand how they have let him just do whatever he wants.

[miawallace]

Alex Padilla went to my high school.
]I do like that he’s a local to my city.

[dc2london]

[jaygee]

Dec 22, 2020 13:17:32 GMT -6 miawallace said:

Alex Padilla went to my high school.
]I do like that he’s a local to my city.

I think that’s important too. The senate reps have felt very nor cal heavy for a long time. I know Kamala was good about repping LA, but...it will be good to have a true So Cal voice.

[wickedcandy]

Dec 22, 2020 12:50:52 GMT -6 richard said:

Kicks things.

Those aren't your personal accounts dickwad     
Twitter should change the passwords at 12:01 and give them to Biden's team

[greykitty]

Maybe this is more Covid - but Dr. Birx to retire. To some extent, I felt for her. I kept thinking she was trying to keep her job and provide some reasonable input to an administration that didn't want to hear it, and she just stepped wrong in combining flattery and truth. To this day I'm surprised Trump didn't try to fire Fauci publicly - but I think Trump tried to lay the groundwork for getting rid of Fauci.

And, yeah, the optics of her Thanksgiving trip not great


www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/white-house-coronavirus-response-coordinator-deborah-birx-says-she-will-retire/2795633/?amp