Here's audio of Trump putting pressure on Georgia election officials to "find" enough votes to make him the winner in Georgia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hrN0cP58Y

Thank god there are still principled people running elections, because the President is on tape asking them to steal it for him.

Here is the argument being presented by the republicans in congress:

"We and the president have been telling the American people the election was a fraud. We have shown no evidence and the courts have tossed out EVERY case because of a lack of evidence. But since we have repeated it so loud and often, millions of our sheep now believe it. And since millions believe the election was a fraud, we must have additional investigation."


Time for some straight honesty:

Trump is simply a whiny asshole who only cares about himself.
The republicans in congress that are supporting his behavior are simply weak politicians afraid of Trump and are more concerned about their next election than serving the country.
Americans that believe this crap are simply sheep that have been suckered by those in power.

Meeting all their promises! Only the best plans carried out by the best people.

And interesting as to where the apologist have went.

All 10 living former defense secretaries weigh in:

"Our elections have occurred. Recounts and audits have been conducted. Appropriate challenges have been addressed by the courts. Governors have certified the results. And the electoral college has voted. The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived."

Calling OCF.

Here is a potential playbook, that has been used before, and might be used again, to replace a Democracy with a Dictatorship:
1. Create a distrust of the Press
2. Drive people to get news from non-traditional sources
3. Fill those sites with un-censored propaganda
4. Target your appeal to people who have guns, private people, plus police and military
5. Create a fear of a boogeyman, such as "communism" that the country must be saved from, and treat it as an imminent danger
6. Create a distrust of elections
7. After the election, challenge the results
8. Contest the election, demonstrating no evidence in court, and filing primarily frivolous lawsuits with untenable legal positions of no merit
9. Intend and expect to lose all those lawsuits, to prove that the courts are unfair, and the legal system can't be trusted
10. Replace top military leaders with people who are 100% loyal, and who you can trust completely
11. Eliminate any top military leaders who oppose using the military against civilians
12. Encourage "wild protests" (not to be confused with "peaceful protests"), and hope said protests lead to rioting nationwide
13. Declare martial law, and use the military to suppress the riots and re-establish order
14. Suspend the Constitution, and remain President "until such time as new, fair elections can be held" under the sole control of the ruling party.

Any similarity to real events is hopefully imagined.....

I don't think that was the issue at all. This was all about Trump. In order to get back at McConnell for recognizing President-elect Biden, Trump sabotaged the Republican candidates by delaying the $600 checks, and by making people feel that they weren't enough, anyway. Add that to the people fed up with Republicans willing to tear up the Constitution, plus Trump's efforts to divide the Republican party by attacking the elected Republicans in Georgia, and it would have shocked me to see either Republican win.

If Trump can't win, he can at least break things.

Today officially marks the point where you should be issuing a mea culpa.

It will be at least a couple before this can spread nationwide.

Just got teary eyed thinking about how gosh darn upset it made me when Colin Kaepernick knelt quietly during the national anthem. How could he be so disrespectful to American ideals?

I rarely agree with you, but I agree 100% here. This is exactly what impeachment is for.

Furthermore, I'll add that any Republican who does not condemn this, and who stands for tearing up the Constitution is not fit for public office. The Republican Party is now a disaster, but they can rebuild, if they turn to young leadership with a new vision for the future.

The person shot at the Capital today has died.