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The 'Republican Party is imploding before our very eyes': Analyst says McConnell is digging his own grave
January 26, 2021
Speaking on MSNBC Tuesday, "The Circus'" Alex Wagner said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would weaponize the Senate gym if he was able to do it.
She explained that while the country is facing a slate of challenges, "we're dealing with a Republican Party that's imploding before our very eyes. We talk about the fact that Mitch McConnell be is trying to weaponize an organizing resolution. Everybody should take a moment and absorb that. This is the organizing resolution is a pro forma piece of Senate parliamentary procedure. Mitch McConnell tried to weaponize it. That, to me, indicates the Republican Party will leave no stone unturned in terms of the levers of power. If they could weaponize the Senate gym, they would. Anything that there is, they will try to use as a lever of power because they understand they are dealing with an administration and a Democratic Party that is emboldened, that is scared for the future of the country and that is willing to do a lot of really big things to save what I think they see as the country on a precipice."
<p>Wagner didn't say it but public opinion alone is working against the GOP. President Joe Biden enjoys a 66 percent job approval according to Gallup, while former President Donald Trump left office with the lowest polling of his presidency at 34 percent. </p><p>The argument over the parliamentary procedure is about <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-freaking-out-filibuster/" target="_blank">the filibuster, which Mitch McConnell wants to preserve</a> and many Democrats oppose because it has stopped majority rule in the Senate, which is outlined in the Constitution. The founding documents outline a simple majority of Senators to pass legislation, but due to the threat of a filibuster, a super-majority of 60 votes is needed to pass any legislation. It was a tactic used during the Jim Crow era to block Civil Rights legislation and it has been employed by McConnell over the past decade to stop the Senate from passing bills. </p><p>Host Ari Melber said that McConnell admitted in public that he would use whatever obstruction tactics available to him to stop the Democrats from passing any legislation. </p><p>"It's completely counterintuitive," Wagner said. "Mitch McConnell doesn't want anybody to do away with the filibuster because it's the one tool he has. It is a very, very effective tool the way the Republicans have used it. He's virtually guaranteeing the Democrats are brought to the edge of getting rid of the filibuster because his tactics to preserve it are so willfully wrong if you will. I mean, it is so plainly obvious what he -- he's laying out his agenda of obstruction and hoping that the Democrats don't fight. I think honestly if you had asked me a week ago whether there was momentum within the Democratic Party to get rid of the filibuster, the antics of the past few days have almost ensured there is going to be a real groundswell of consensus inside the Democratic caucus to do something about the filibuster because of McConnell's behavior over the last couple of days."</p><p>See the video below: </p><p><br/></p>
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'We are armed and nearby your house': Ex-sheriff's sergeant arrested after threatening congressman's family
January 26, 2021
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that federal authorities have arrested Robert Lemke, a former Air Force captain and sheriff's sergeant who allegedly sent threatening messages to the family of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the fourth-ranking member of the House Democratic leadership.
"Your brother is putting your entire family at risk with his lies and other words," said Lemke in a text message, according to federal prosecutors. "We are armed and nearby your house ... we are not white supremacists. Most of us are active/retired law enforcement or military." According to the report, Lemke also sent threats to a relative of ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, saying, "We are nearby armed and ready."
<p>The criminal complaint also notes that Lemke's Facebook cover photo was a picture of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who brandished guns at George Floyd protesters and went on to speak at the 2020 Republican National Convention. The McCloskeys were later <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/infamous-gun-waving-st-louis-couple-indicted-for-threatening-blm-protesters-and-evidence-tampering/" target="_blank">indicted</a> for unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence.</p><p>Threats to federal politicians lives have exploded in recent weeks, with the most prominent example being the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol, where armed supporters of former President Donald Trump tried to hunt down members of Congress and chanted "Hang Mike Pence!"</p>
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LISTEN: My Pillow CEO in off-the-rails interview says Twitter was ‘running’ his account after suspending him
January 26, 2021
'Penal Code 601 of the Twitter Code'
Mike Lindell, the pro-Trump founder and CEO of My Pillow who falsely claims Trump won re-election got permanently booted off Twitter Tuesday night for spreading lies about the election, but in an off-the-rails interview on WABC radio Wednesday Lindell claimed that Twitter was "running" his account days earlier, the first time he was suspended.
<p>"Well I've been fighting Jack Dorsey and Twitter and Facebook and you wouldn't believe that about two weeks ago, or three weeks ago when I, when they had that new evidence of the [voting] machine fraud, I put that up on Twitter," Lindell told the “Bernie & Sid" show.</p><p>(There was no voting machine fraud.)</p><p>"Now they took my Twitter down there for about seven or about 12 hours, when it came down I put it up again. And this time, I want everyone to listen to this, they took my Twitter, or they took me off of Twitter, but they left my account up there and they were running it, they, they were, they were running it, was, my friends are going, 'Mike, Are you on, are you still up on Twitter?' I go, 'yeah but I can't control it,' they were liking things and and tagging things that weren't me that's where my friends."</p><p>"They would retweet things under my name. And they would retweet things so they wouldn't type things under, but they and then I tried to take stuff down, and I got a letter from Twitter Germany, I said, or was the email, and it said, 'You are not allowed to take this down. Penal Code 601 of the Twitter code,' I said, 'what is going on?"</p><p>Less than two weeks ago the internet exploded when Lindell was photographed walking into the White House with notes that appeared to mention <a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/01/internet-explodes-as-trump-meets-with-my-pillow-guy-whose-notes-reportedly-mention-insurrection-act-and-martial-law/">"martial law" and the "Insurrection Act."</a></p><p>Listen:</p><div class="audio-container embedded-advance-single-player"><iframe class="wpb_audioplayer single-player-iframe" frameborder="0" height="210" scrolling="no" src="https://wabcradio.com/wp-content/plugins/wpb-show-core/modules/jplayer_new/jplayer_twitter_ver_1.php?podcastName=Bernie+and+Sid&podCastImage=https%3A%2F%2Fdehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F1494%2F2021%2F01%2F18111344%2FBernie-and-Sid-Podcast.jpg&title=Mike+Lindell+%7C+01-26-2021&siteurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwabcradio.com&fileList%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=154848&fileList%5B0%5D%5Bmp3%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fdehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F1494%2F2021%2F01%2F26084909%2FLindell.mp3&fileList%5B0%5D%5Btitle%5D=Mike+Lindell+%7C+01-26-2021&fileList%5B0%5D%5Bactual_mp3%5D=&blogid=1494&rss_feed_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwabcradio.com%2Fpodcast%2Fbernie-and-sid%2Ffeed%2F%3Fpost_type%3Depisode&podImg_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fdehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F1494%2F2021%2F01%2F18111344%2FBernie-and-Sid-Podcast.jpg&podCastId=1420&episodeId=154848&audioPlayerOption=advance&gmf=-5&ckd=wabcradio.com&betterAudioStats=1&embedFlag=episode&e_id_val=0" width="600"></iframe></div>
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