@Former Member posted:

Protesters storm U.S. Capitol building during certification of Biden win

By Emerald Bensadoun Global News, Posted January 6, 2021 10:39 am,

Updated January 6, 2021 1:40 pm, Source - https://globalnews.ca/news/755...ess-biden-win-trump/

Earlier on Wednesday, Trump had urged the massive crowd of protesters to march towards the Capitol, vowing he would “never concede” to Biden.

“We will never give up,” he said.

Rep. Veronica Escobar said she was currently sheltering as both the Capitol building, House and Senate chambers were locked down. She blamed Trump for the breach, claiming “this is the chaos and lawles

More to come.

— With files from The Associated Press

Trump with his supporters showing their highest level of their ability to undertake issues in a "peaceful and democratic" manner.

Twitter says Trump’s account is locked and he’s facing a ban

Three tweets contained ‘severe’ policy violations

Twitter is locking President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours after removing three tweets that contained “repeated and severe violations” of its civic integrity policy. It says the account will be permanently suspended if violations continue, and it will not be unlocked unless Trump entirely deletes the three offending tweets. The decision comes after Trump tweeted a video that Twitter said posed a “risk of violence.”

“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, DC, we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” the Twitter Safety account tweeted. “This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked. Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.”

Twitter Safety

Twitter Safety

Trump has repeatedly tested the policies of social media networks, but his messages have at times received special treatment because of his status. Twitter restricted, but did not remove, a proclamation that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” under its rules against glorifying violence. It cited a rule that treats statements from world leaders as particularly noteworthy.

Now, however, Twitter said that the policy was no longer its top priority. “Our public interest policy — which has guided our enforcement action in this area for years — ends where we believe the risk of harm is higher and/or more severe,” Twitter said.

Since Trump’s election loss, the possibility of a ban has loomed online. Twitter confirmed that it would no longer grant his account special status after January 20th at all.

Resentment of social media moderation has driven Trump’s policy agenda, even as his popularity on social media has contributed to his success as a politician. Last year he signed an order undercutting legal protections for apps and websites to punish Facebook, Twitter, and Google for perceived bias against his accounts. He later attempted to block a multibillion-dollar defense spending bill because it did not include a repeal of the aforementioned protections.

@Former Member posted:

Twitter says Trump’s account is locked and he’s facing a ban

Three tweets contained ‘severe’ policy violations

By Adi Robertson@thedextriarchy Jan 6, 2021, 7:13pm EST, Source -  https://www.theverge.com/2021/...ts-policy-violations

Twitter is locking President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours after removing three tweets that contained “repeated and severe violations” of its civic integrity policy. It says the account will be permanently suspended if violations continue, and it will not be unlocked unless Trump entirely deletes the three offending tweets. The decision comes after Trump tweeted a video that Twitter said posed a “risk of violence.”

“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, DC, we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” the Twitter Safety account tweeted. “This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked. Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.”

Twitter Safety

@TwitterSafety

Jan 6, 2021

Replying to @TwitterSafety

This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.

Twitter Safety

@TwitterSafety

Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.

Trump has repeatedly tested the policies of social media networks, but his messages have at times received special treatment because of his status. Twitter restricted, but did not remove, a proclamation that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” under its rules against glorifying violence. It cited a rule that treats statements from world leaders as particularly noteworthy.

Now, however, Twitter said that the policy was no longer its top priority. “Our public interest policy — which has guided our enforcement action in this area for years — ends where we believe the risk of harm is higher and/or more severe,” Twitter said.

Since Trump’s election loss, the possibility of a ban has loomed online. Twitter confirmed that it would no longer grant his account special status after January 20th at all.

Resentment of social media moderation has driven Trump’s policy agenda, even as his popularity on social media has contributed to his success as a politician. Last year he signed an order undercutting legal protections for apps and websites to punish Facebook, Twitter, and Google for perceived bias against his accounts. He later attempted to block a multibillion-dollar defense spending bill because it did not include a repeal of the aforementioned protections.

If Trump had humbled himself and admitted his mistakes, he would have won easily! He shook up those do-nothings though, didn't he?!!

U.S. Congress seals Biden’s election victory after chaotic day in Washington

By Sean Boynton Global News, Posted January 6, 2021 10:51 pm, Updated January 7, 2021 6:50 am,  https://globalnews.ca/news/756...l-count-biden-trump/

The U.S. Congress finally affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory early Thursday, after an Electoral College vote count that was interrupted by both Republican objections and supporters of President Donald Trump who violently sieged the Capitol.

Vice-President Mike Pence declared Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris the winners of November’s election, putting the final nail in the coffin for Trump’s hopes that the results could be overturned, either by Pence or Republican lawmakers.

Those hopes had helped lead supporters to storm the Capitol building Wednesday, interrupting the vote count and debates resulting from Republican efforts to strike down the results of battleground states. Four people were killed over the course of the riot, which forced lawmakers to shelter in their offices and the House chamber for hours.

https://youtu.be/y7-prYZpE84

Trump has spent months falsely claiming the election was stolen from him through widespread voter fraud, which has been debunked by multiple officials. He urged his supporters on Wednesday and the days before to put pressure on Republicans to mount challenges to the electoral vote.

With Democrats in control of the House and top Senate Republicans vocally against objecting to the vote, the efforts were doomed to fail before they began. Biden and Harris will be inaugurated on Jan. 20.

In a statement released by his communications staff shortly after Pence’s declaration, Trump promised there will be an orderly transition of power “even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election.”

“While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!” the statement read.

Dan Scavino --  @DanScavino

Dan Scavino --  @DanScavino

Republicans had mounted an objection to Arizona’s electors before protesters breached the Capitol. After police finally cleared the building, the required debate over the objection resumed.

Yet the chaos of the day appeared to force some Republicans to reconsider, with senators openly stating during the debate that they would no longer object to any certifications of the vote.

Under U.S. law, any objection to a state’s electors must be submitted by both a member of the House of Representatives and a senator. Originally, 13 Republican senators had said they would join the more than 100 House members in objecting.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says it would be ‘uniquely bad idea’ to further delay election result certification 1:18

Once a vote was called, however, only six Senators supported the objection to Arizona’s electors. All other senators against.

The objection also failed in the House by a margin of 303-121 on Wednesday night, with only Republicans voting in support.

Once the two chambers resumed their joint session and continued counting each state’s electors, it became clear that the Republican effort to object to multiple states was largely quashed.

Despite House members’ efforts, objections to the elections in Georgia, Michigan and Nevada were shot down when senators withdrew their support.

An objection to Pennsylvania’s electors was later joined by Sen. Josh Hawley, forcing the two chambers to once again split for debate.

Yet Hawley said he would not give remarks after earlier speaking during the debate over Arizona. The Senate declined to debate the objection at all, leading to another defeat of the motion, this time by a margin of 92-7.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed no other states’ votes will be challenged. But the senators still had to wait for the debate in the House to conclude, which didn’t happen until close to 3 a.m. ET. The House also rejected the Pennsylvania objection.

A final attempt to object to the count, this time for the state of Wisconsin, was quickly defeated after an unnamed senator withdrew their support.

Republican senator says she’ll no longer object to electoral votes certifying Biden after Capitol riots  1:05

Hawley had argued in the earlier Arizona debate that he was doing his Constitutional duty by voicing concerns about election integrity, despite those concerns being based almost entirely on false and debunked claims of fraud.

Even before the Capitol was breached, McConnell said offered a strong rebuke to the challenge, saying the country “cannot keep drifting apart into two separate tribes,” adding that the attempt to overturn the election results would “damage the republic forever.”

“The voters, the courts and the states all have spoken,” McConnell said.

Once it resumed, the debate saw many Republicans condemn their colleagues for delaying the inevitable certification of Biden’s win, particularly in light of the day’s events when protesters breached the Capitol. Senators traced the protesters’ anger directly to statements from Trump and other Republicans questioning the election’s legitimacy.

Read more: Photos, videos show chaos as Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the Republican 2012 nominee, reminded his colleagues that he knows how unpleasant it is to lose a presidential election, drawing hearty laughter.

But he earned an enthusiastic, spontaneous round of applause with a simple observation: “The best way we could show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth. And the truth is, president-elect Biden won this election.”

2:01 Sen. Romney slams Trump, calls Capitol riots an ‘insurrection incited by the president’

Sen. Romney slams Trump, calls Capitol riots an ‘insurrection incited by the president’

While Romney has long criticized Trump and was the only Republican who voted to remove him from office after the president’s impeachment, some of Trump’s supporters in Congress also moved to end the debate over the election.

“Trump and I, we had a hell of a journey. I hate it being this way,” said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally. “From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president. But today … all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”

Senators including Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, who was defeated in Tuesday’s runoff election, said they would no longer object to her state’s election in light of the Wednesday’s events.

1:08 Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz defends Trump after storming of Capitol building

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz defends Trump after storming of Capitol building

In the House, Republicans repeated baseless claims of voter fraud during both debates, while Democrats pointed out that those claims had been rejected by courts and state officials alike.

The Pennsylvania debate hinged on allegations from Republicans that election laws changed to allow more absentee voting amid the coronavirus pandemic were approved unconstitutionally. The arguments ignored that mail-in voting had been expanded before the pandemic by a Republican-led legislature, and that objections to the law were not made during the state primaries last spring.

Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Connor Lamb sparked outcry early Thursday from Republicans after saying Wednesday’s riot was “inspired by lies, the same lies that you’re hearing in this room tonight.”

After Republicans raised objections, Republican Rep. Andy Harris and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred began to yell at each other to “sit down” from across the floor.

A confrontation in the aisle of the House floor followed, with several members of both parties clearing from the seats on their respective sides to try and break up the confrontation.

Biden won all the states that were subject to Republican objections, securing enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency.

–With files from the Associated Press

Impeach the moron now, then lay the numerous charges on him,then..JAIL HIM..JAIL HIM!

Perhaps, it will gradually reach the impeachment stage for Trump ...

Send him to BMH.

Exactly how many times now Biden won the election. Kamala is going to bump him off in no time.

@Former Member posted:

Perhaps, it will gradually reach the impeachment stage for Trump ...

How do we know for sure they ARE Trump supporters? They could be Biden's to make Trump look bad!

@cain posted:

Impeach the moron now, then lay the numerous charges on him,then..JAIL HIM..JAIL HIM!

Gee, just look at this moronic obeah man braying!

Removal of the United States President

25th Amendment, U S Constitution

SECTION 1. In case of the removal of the President from of-fice or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall be-come President.

SECTION 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

SECTION 3. Whenever the President transmits to the Presi-dent pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

SECTION 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists,he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principle officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the Presidentp ro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. There-upon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written dec-laration, or, if Congress is not in session within twenty-onedays after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to dis-charge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; other-wise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

The Twenty-fifth Amendment was an effort to resolve some of the continuing issues revolving about the office of the President;that is, what happens upon the death, removal, or resignation of the President and what is the course to follow if for some reason the President becomes disabled to such a degree that he cannot fulfill his responsibilities? The practice had been well established that the Vice President became President upon the death of the President, as had happened eight times in our history. Presumably, the Vice President would become President upon the removal of the President from office. Whether the Vice President would become acting President when the President became unable to carry on and whether the President could resume his office upon his recovering his ability were two questions that had divided scholars and experts. Also, seven Vice Presidents had died in office and one had resigned, so that for some twenty per cent of United States history there had been no Vice President to step up. But the seemingly most insoluble problem was that of presidential inability—Garfield lying in a coma for eighty days before succumbing to the effects of an assassin’s bullet, Wilson an invalid for the last eighteen months of his term, the result of a stroke—with its unanswered questions:who was to determine the existence of an inability, how was the matter to be handled if the President sought to continue, in what manner should the Vice President act, would he be acting President or President, what was to happen if the President recovered.Congress finally proposed this Amendment to the States in the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination, with the Vice Presidency vacant and a President who had previously had a heart attack.This Amendment saw multiple use during the 1970s and resulted for the first time in our history in the accession to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of two men who had not faced the voters in a national election. First, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973, and President Nixon nominated Gerald R.Ford of Michigan to succeed him, following the procedures of §2 of the Amendment for the first time. Hearings were held upon the nomination by the Senate Rules Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, both Houses thereafter confirmed the nomination,and the new Vice President took the oath of office December 6,1973. Second, President Richard M. Nixon resigned his office Au-gust 9, 1974, and Vice President Ford immediately succeeded to the office and took the presidential oath of office at noon of the same day. Third, again following §2 of the Amendment, President Ford nominated Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York to be Vice President;on August 20, 1974, hearings were held in both Houses, confirmation voted and Mr. Rockefeller took the oath of office December 19,1974.

1 For the legislative history, see S. Rep. No. 66, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. (1965);H.R. Rep. No. 203, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. (1965); H.R. Rep. No. 564, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. (1965). For an account of the history of the succession problem, see R. SILVA,PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION(1951).

Source - https://www.govinfo.gov/conten...CONAN-1992-10-26.pdf

@Bibi Haniffa posted:

Exactly how many times now Biden won the election. Kamala is going to bump him off in no time.

Esteemed Miss Bibi Haniffa ...  

It is well known that a Vice President is one breath away from becoming the President.

Joseph Robinette Biden and Kamala Devi Harris will serve admirably in their respective positions.      

@Bibi Haniffa posted:

Exactly how many times now Biden won the election. Kamala is going to bump him off in no time.

Hold on to that coffee making job Miss Wall Street Tea Lady. In Iran / Middle East, mostly men do this job.

@Bibi Haniffa posted:

Exactly how many times now Biden won the election. Kamala is going to bump him off in no time.

Biden won as many times as trump lost....what's that around sixty?

@Former Member posted:

Gee, just look at this moronic obeah man braying!

You really want to keep up HARASSING posters...sure you wanna go down that road?

There are about 100,000 regular military personnel and national guard forces in Washington DC and surrounding areas. How come these soldiers were not called in sooner to back up the Capitol Police Force?

@Former Member posted:

Esteemed Miss Bibi Haniffa ...  

It is well known that a Vice President is one breath away from becoming the President.

Joseph Robinette Biden and Kamala Devi Harris will serve admirably in their respective positions.      

You in the see-far obeah man business now, DG?

Biden had better still alive because if he dies, Kamala doesnt have a chance of being a good POTUS! Those men will sabotage her!

@cain posted:

You really want to keep up HARASSING posters...sure you wanna go down that road?

Why not, moronic obeah man?

@Former Member posted:

Why not, moronic obeah man?

You're pathetic!

@Prashad posted:

There are about 100,000 regular military personnel and national guard forces in Washington DC and surrounding areas. How come these soldiers were not called in sooner to back up the Capitol Police Force?

Dem waytin fer Generul Prashud!

@Former Member posted:

You're pathetic! I just want to see you make a more complete fool of yourself!

Guyana scores better than the USA in the 2020 democratic election. Irfaan Ali should be the leader of the free world to preach democracy. 

Hold up your draws if you agree. 

Trump says he won't attend inauguration, Democrats weigh another impeachment bid

Democrats had called on administration officials to invoke 25th Amendment, but that seems unlikely

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jan 08, 2021 10:09 AM ET | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago, Source - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/...mpeachment-1.5865921

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a brief concession video 24 hours after his supporters wreaked havoc on the Capitol Building, but his speech is unlikely to quiet the calls from Democrats and some Republicans for Trump to be removed from office. 2:53

Congressional Democrats on Friday were weighing impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time after his supporters, inflamed by his false claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Democrats in the House of Representatives, which holds the power to impeach the president, were holding a conference call to discuss their next steps, according to two Democratic aides.

Amid mounting calls for his removal from office, Trump finally denounced Wednesday's violence that left five people dead, including a police officer. In a video released on Thursday evening, the Republican president also promised a smooth and orderly transition of power later this month, although he stopped short of abandoning his claims of fraud.

In the immediate aftermath of the assault, which halted a session of Congress held to certify Biden's election win, Trump had declined to condemn the incident, instead telling supporters he loved them and repeating his assertion that he was being cheated of victory.

On Friday, he appeared to bow to reality again, stating on Twitter he would not be attending the inauguration on Jan. 20. The tweet did not mention the name of president-elect Joe Biden.

If so, Trump would become the first president since Andrew Johnson in March 1869 to not attend the inauguration of his successor. Johnson — who like Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted in the Senate — did not attend Ulysses S. Grant's inauguration due to the enmity between the two men.

Donald J. Trump   @realDonaldTrump

8:44 AM · Jan 8, 2021

Pelosi speaks to top military commander

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded on Thursday that Vice-President Mike Pence and Trump's cabinet invoke the constitution's 25th Amendment, which allows them to strip the president of his powers if he cannot discharge the duties of his office. Pence opposes the idea, an adviser said.

Pelosi and Schumer, along with other Democratic leaders, called for immediate impeachment proceedings if Pence and the cabinet refuse to take steps to remove Trump from power. Biden is due to take office on Jan. 20.

"The president's dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office," they said in a statement on Thursday evening, accusing Trump of inciting an "insurrection."

The few constitutional tools available to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office are unlikely to work, says Lawrence Douglas, a professor of law at Amherst College in Massachusetts, citing the level of co-operation required to use such tools and the short time frame before Trump leaves office. 6:18

Pelosi said in a letter to Democratic colleagues that she had spoken to the top U.S. military commander on Friday about taking precautions to ensure that Trump cannot initiate hostilities or order a nuclear strike in his remaining 12 days in office.

Pelosi said she spoke to Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about what measures are available to rein in the president.

"The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy," Pelosi said in the letter.

Milley's office said that Pelosi had initiated the call and Milley "answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority."

Katherine Clark, the assistant House speaker, said on CNN on Friday that Democrats were prepared to move forward with impeachment proceedings as early as next week.

Trump's video on Thursday was the closest he has come to conceding defeat in the Nov. 3 election, as he promised a smooth transition to a "new administration," after weeks of making false claims of massive electoral fraud and a rigged vote.

In a speech on Wednesday, Trump had exhorted a crowd of thousands to descend on the Capitol. Rioters stormed the building, overwhelming police and forcing authorities to transport lawmakers to secure locations for their own safety.

A Capitol police officer died from injuries sustained in the assault, the force said on Thursday. A woman protester was fatally shot by the authorities, and three people died from medical emergencies.

Time crunch

With Trump's term almost expired, it was not clear whether there would be enough time to complete the impeachment process.

Pelosi has not announced a decision, although she told a news conference on Thursday that rank-and-file Democrats in her caucus wanted action.

If impeached in the Democratic-led House, Trump would theoretically face trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which is scheduled to be in recess until Jan. 19. Aides to Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, have not said whether he would reconvene the Senate if the House approved articles of impeachment.

Democrats are set to take narrow control of the Senate after winning two runoff elections in Georgia on Tuesday, but the new senators will not be sworn in until the state certifies its results later this month. In the event of an impeachment, the Senate must vote with a two-thirds majority to convict and remove a president from office.

The House impeached Trump in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after he pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, but the Senate acquitted him in February 2020. Only two other presidents in history have been impeached, and none has been impeached twice.

Trump has expressed interest in running for president again in 2024, but an impeachment could conceivably quash those plans. According to the Constitution, "disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the United States" is a possible penalty for an impeachable offence.

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman says President Donald Trump's new video mentioning a smooth transfer of presidential powers to Joe Biden is '60 days late,' but the country has to move on from this 'awful' time.' 9:46

In Thursday's video, a flat-toned Trump struck a conciliatory note seldom seen from him during his presidency, calling for "healing." As recently as Thursday morning, however, he was still claiming the election was stolen.

The Trump campaign and its allies filed dozens of lawsuits challenging the vote counts but state and federal courts rejected almost all of them. Election officials have said there is no evidence to back Trump's claims.

At least two Republicans, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and U.S. congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, said Trump must go.

Biden slams Trump

Several Trump administration officials have resigned in protest over the invasion of the Capitol, including two cabinet members: Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary and McConnell's wife, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary.

At a news conference to introduce his pick for attorney general, Biden blamed Trump for instigating the attack but did not comment on his possible removal.

An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while a throng of people, largely supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, descend on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

Congress certified Biden's election victory early on Thursday, after authorities cleared the Capitol. More than half of House Republicans and eight Republican senators voted to challenge election results from some states, backing Trump.

Trump tweeted his displeasure at Pence for fulfilling his ceremonial role in the certification on Wednesday, essentially stranding his vice-president, along with other Republicans, inside the Capitol building when the mob descended.

The FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 US for information on people responsible for placing pipe bombs in the headquarters of the two main U.S. political parties.

With files from CBC News

@Former Member posted:

Trump says he won't attend inauguration, Democrats weigh another impeachment bid

Democrats had called on administration officials to invoke 25th Amendment, but that seems unlikely

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jan 08, 2021 10:09 AM ET | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago, Source - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/...mpeachment-1.5865921

On Friday, he appeared to bow to reality again, stating on Twitter he would not be attending the inauguration on Jan. 20. The tweet did not mention the name of president-elect Joe Biden.

If so, Trump would become the first president since Andrew Johnson in March 1869 to not attend the inauguration of his successor. Johnson — who like Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted in the Senate — did not attend Ulysses S. Grant's inauguration due to the enmity between the two men.

Donald J. Trump   @realDonaldTrump

To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

8:44 AM · Jan 8, 2021

With files from CBC News

Eh-eh ...

Suh eee gon dig a much deeper hole in the basement to live and cry bitterly plus stay away from others.      

https://www.npr.org/sections/c...4SkUlIxhWsHgnm_STIOM

@Viper posted:

Guyana scores better than the USA in the 2020 democratic election. Irfaan Ali should be the leader of the free world to preach democracy.

Hold up your draws if you agree. 

YOU hold up your dirty drawers! I will mourn!

@Former Member posted:

Eh-eh ...

Suh eee gon dig a much deeper hole in the basement to live and cry bitterly plus stay away from others.      

You DON'T know what's in store for us all through the planned New World Order of Zionist Israel! You think their alien 'god', he of the 'I am thy Lord and thy God' claim is dead, huh? Gravity is the MAIN cause of ageing and he knows its secret! You know nothing, DG! Sorry!

Schumer is a Zionist Jew! Pelousie a paid stooge!

@Former Member posted:

Schumer is a Zionist Jew! Pelousie a paid stooge!

All you 'DemocRATS' go here :Lost Prison Interview with Hermann Göring: The Reichsmarschall’s Revelations (renegadetribune.com)

I saw Elvis earlier today.

@cain posted:

I saw Elvis earlier today.

Me too, in a movie where he married three women.  He was the minister.

@Totaram posted:

Me too, in a movie where he married three women.  He was the minister.

Ram, please don't interrupt the obeah man's ravings! You could become infected with his stupidity!

and his depraved droolings!

Democrats plan swift Trump impeachment, want to remove him from office immediately

Warnings flashing, Democrats in Congress laid plans for swift impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can’t add to the damage they say he’s inflicted or even ignite nuclear war in his final days in office.

As the country comes to terms with the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters that left five dead, the crisis that appears to be among the final acts of his presidency is deepening like few other periods in the nation’s history. With less than two weeks until he’s gone, Democrats want him out — now — and he has few defenders speaking up for him in his own Republican party.

“We must take action,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Friday on a private conference call with Democrats.

And one prominent Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, told the Anchorage Daily News that Trump simply “needs to get out.”

The final days of Trump’s presidency are spinning toward a chaotic end as he holes up at the White House, abandoned by many aides, top Republicans and Cabinet members. After refusing to concede defeat in the November election, he has now promised a smooth transfer of power when Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20. But even so, he says he will not attend the inauguration – the first such presidential snub since just after the Civil War.

In Congress, where many have watched and reeled as the president spent four years breaking norms and testing the nation’s guardrails of democracy, Democrats are unwilling to take further chances with only a few days left in his term. The mayhem that erupted Wednesday at the Capitol stunned the world and threatened the traditional peaceful transfer of power.

1:54 Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account

Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump’s account

The president has sole authority to order the launch of a nuclear weapon, but a military commander could refuse the order if it were determined to be illegal. Trump has not publicly made such threats, but officials warn of grave danger if the president is left unchecked.

“This unhinged president could not be more dangerous,” Pelosi said of the current situation.

Biden, meanwhile, said he is focused on his job as he prepares to take office. Asked about impeachment, he said, “That’s a decision for the Congress to make.”

The Democrats are considering lightning-quick action. A draft of their Articles of Impeachment accuses Trump of abuse of power, saying he “wilfully made statements that encouraged _ and foreseeably resulted in _ imminent lawless action at the Capitol,” according to a person familiar with the details who was granted anonymity to discuss them.

The articles are expected to be introduced on Monday, with a House vote as soon as Wednesday.

If Trump were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he might also be prevented from running again for the presidency in 2024 or ever holding public office again. He would be only the president twice impeached. A person on the call said Pelosi also discussed other ways Trump might be forced to resign.

Senators from a bipartisan group convened their own call to consider options for congressional action, according to an aide granted anonymity to reveal the private discussions.

Not helpful, the White House argued. Trump spokesman Judd Deere said, “A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country.”

Trump was tweeting again Friday, his Twitter account reinstated after a brief ban, and he reverted to an aggressive statement that his supporters must not be “disrespected” after he had sent out a calmer Thursday video decrying the violence. Toward evening, Twitter said it was permanently suspending him from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.”

The soonest the Senate could begin an impeachment trial under the current calendar would be Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.

Conviction in the Republican Senate at this late date would seem unlikely, though in a sign of Trump’s shattering of the party many Republicans were silent on the issue.

One Trump ally, Republican Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, did speak up, saying as the White House did that “impeaching the President with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more. ”

McCarthy said he has reached out to Biden and plans to speak with the Democratic president-elect about working together to “lower the temperature.”

But Murkowski said she wants Trump to resign now, not wait for Biden’s swearing in on Jan. 20.

“I want him out,” she said in a telephone interview with the Anchorage newspaper.

Another leading Republican critic of Trump, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, said he would “definitely consider” impeachment.

Strong criticism of Trump, who urged the protesters to march to the Capitol, continued unabated.

“Every day that he remains in office, he is a danger to the Republic,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Schiff, who led Trump’s impeachment in 2019, said in a statement that Trump “lit the fuse which exploded on Wednesday at the Capitol.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent from Vermont, tweeted that some people ask, why impeach a president who has only a few days left in office?

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“The answer: Precedent. It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government,” Sanders said.

Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer both had private calls with Biden late Friday.

They have called on Vice-President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. It’s a process for removing the president and installing the vice-president to take over.

Pelosi said later that option remains on the table. But action by Pence or the Cabinet now appears unlikely, especially after two top officials, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao suddenly resigned in the aftermath of the violence and would no longer be in the Cabinet to make such a case.

Trump had encouraged loyalists at a rally Wednesday at the White House to march on the Capitol where Congress was certifying the Electoral College tally of Biden’s election.

The House impeached Trump in 2019, but the Republican-led Senate acquitted him in early 2020.

Associated Press writers Alan Fram and Alexandra Jaffe contributed to this report.

Millionaire paupers trying to capture a giant!

The protesters are being arrested one by one.  They are going to get what they deserve. The arm of the law is very long, You do the crime, you do the time.

I get the impression from your posts that Keith, he of the 'Not a Sermon....' is your mentor! Packaged BS, ready for the garbage!

Folks, sit in a quiet place and watch this. Michael Moore describes what happened. This was only a dry run, more coming now to Jan. 20.

https://www.facebook.com/watch...;ref=watch_permalink