Mitch McConnell signaled the end of the Trump presidency today by telling associates that he’s “pleased” that the Dems are impeaching Trump and that impeachment will make it easier to purge him from the party.  Said associates immediately leaked the comment to the press.  That’s McConnell’s way of communicating to Trump to pack his shit and get out. Clearly the money stream is drying up due to Trump’s attempted coup last week, and McConnell now sees him as a liability.  Folks, it’s over.

Looking into my Crystal Bourbon Bottle, I predict that Trump will be gone by Friday.  Republican resistance to the impeachment effort in the house is tepid at best, coming mostly from Drooler Caucus, and even McCarthy is backing away from Trump.  Having lost McConnell’s support Trump is toast.  Now it’s just a matter of how Trump leaves, and I predict he will try to resign rather than face a conviction and removal from the Senate.  The thing is, though, to purge Trump, they’ll have to convict, then vote again to disqualify him from holding any other federal offices.

“Turn out the lights, the party’s over…”

I heard it with my own two ears.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to build sedition and conspiracy charges against some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol last week, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said Tuesday.

Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. Attorney for D.C., says he’s putting together a team – a strike force – to begin investigation for the high possible crimes on people who tried to pull off a coup while advertising it on social media.  They have already charged 70 cases and are currently investigating 170 more.

Hey, it looks like they are taking this seriously.  I hope it’s just not Show for Joe.

A new truth: if I shoot somebody, you better not punish me because that’ll just make me mad enough to shoot somebody else.

Texas Republican Rep. Kevin Brady (R) put it this way: “Those calling for impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment in response to President Trump’s rhetoric this week are themselves engaging in intemperate and inflammatory language and calling for action that is equally irresponsible and could well incite further violence.”

Okay, so Brady isn’t known for being smart, but up until now he wasn’t known for being a wife beater either. So now responsibility, rule of law, duty and accountability are intemperate and inflammatory language?

Lindsey Graham said, “If Speaker Pelosi pushes impeachment in the last days of the Trump presidency it will do more harm than good.”  He’s obviously not weighing harm and good on the scales of justice.  And it vaguely sounds to me like Lindsey is threatening.

And Trump, who refuses to shut the hell up, had this to say …

“This impeachment is causing tremendous anger,” he said. “I think it’s causing tremendous danger to this country. … I want no violence.”

So if there’s violence, it’s our fault.

It must get mighty tiresome and weighty for Republicans to carry around that load of caca del toro everywhere they go.

Thanks to Epp for the heads up.

Oh no. I just snorted all over my computer screen.

Fox News Anchor Bill Hemmer asks Trump National Press Secretary Hogan Gidley if the president feels emasculated from "the social media crackdown." pic.twitter.com/lIirtRXWhN

— The Recount (@therecount) January 11, 2021

He said that.  He really said that.  I looked it up other places just to be sure he wasn’t misquoted or something.

Or, maybe he doesn’t know what masculine means.

Or maybe he’s drunk or lost.

Or maybe WTF.

Rumor has it that they are all cuddly this morning.

The NYTimes is reporting that the son of a New York Supreme Court judge, Aaron  Mostofsky, has been arrested in Brooklyn and charged for his participation in the attack on the Capitol last week.  His father is Shlomo Mostofsky. I don’t think this will set well with Old Dad.

Oops.