Dump is GONE

Thanks OP!

YAAAAS. Cut off his residuals...

[quote]According to a financial disclosure report he filed in August, Trump receives a $90,776 pension for the acting work he performed on SAG-covered shows and an $8,724 pension for his AFTRA-covered work. If he’s expelled, his pension wouldn’t be affected, nor would he be prevented from working in SAG-AFTRA’s jurisdiction.

Disgusting.

Didn't you learn anything from horror movies, OP?

What residuals could he possibly be earning?? 90k for a couple of seconds of work?

R4 My favorite horror film, too!

Can’t post in part 3 for some reason. Anyway, I did not know this:

Don’t trust the list.

Trump doesn’t have to reveal the names of anyone he pardons.

Trump can issue SECRET PARDONS.

Trump can pardon himself & his family and keep that secret until they are charged with federal crimes.

54% say Pres. Trump should be charged criminally with inciting a riot for having encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds.

Not for nothing but this is the image Trump will see when he leaves the White House for the final time Wednesday morning. Have a feeling Trump will be incensed he never had anything as striking, poignant & well executed during his entire presidency.

Tonight the National Mall is covered in upwards of 200,000 flags to represent the people who could not attend the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. @nbcwashington

It’s midnight. Welcome to the last full day of trump’s failed presidency.

It must be a relief to Putin; tomorrow is the last full day that he has to rule over two countries at the same time.

[quote]this is the image Trump will see when he leaves the White House for the final time

Unless he's sleeping at the Capitol, the r9 image is not what he will see when leaving the White House.

He'll be golfing and eating and watching them talk about himself on TV... while his fans are trying to remember Freedom.

Those flags are more tasteful, considered, and moving than anything that traitorous cunt managed in his failed four years, and the fucker hasn’t even left yet.

I agree. Those flags are stunning. I hope dumpy spews bile when he sees them.

'Baby Trump' protest balloon becomes a museum piece — literally

Episode 6: Last stand in Georgia

Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term. Axios takes you inside the collapse of a president with a special series.

Episode 6: Georgia had not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992 and Donald Trump's defeat in this Deep South stronghold, and his reaction to that loss, would help cost Republicans the U.S. Senate as well. Georgia was Trump's last stand.

On Air Force One, President Trump was in a mood. He had been clear he did not want to return to Georgia, and yet somehow he'd been conscripted into another rally on the night of Jan. 4.

If both David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — the two embattled Georgia senators he was campaigning for — lost their runoff elections the following day, the GOP would lose control of the U.S. Senate. And Trump did not want the blood of Georgia on his hands.

The TV in the plane's conference room was set to Fox News, with the sound off. As the screen showed footage of supporters filling up the Dalton, Georgia, rally space, Trump's spirits lifted briefly. "Look at that crowd," he mused.

Then Fox shifted to an interview with Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — whom Trump loathed for refusing to deny Joe Biden's win or validate myths about fraud. The president's disgust set back in. "What a horrible, incompetent guy," he growled.

The day before, the Washington Post had published an extraordinary recording of Trump's phone call pressuring Raffensperger, a Republican, to "find" 11,780 votes to overturn the results of the election in Georgia. Trump had accused Raffensperger of a "criminal offense."

Loeffler and Perdue had been desperate to get Trump to return to Georgia. They'd backed his 11th-hour demands for $2,000 stimulus checks, an about-face for the two multimillionaire conservatives.

In return for an enthusiastic Trump at the rally, Loeffler submitted to an even greater concession: She agreed to join other Trump loyalists in voting against the Electoral College results certification which was coming up on Jan. 6 — the day after the Georgia runoffs. It was a decision she would reverse once rioters stormed the Capitol.

The situation in Georgia was fraught. Establishment Republicans feared Trump's volatile denunciation of top state election officials would depress turnout.

In a series of phone calls through early and mid-November, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, had tried to impress upon Trump just how high the stakes were for the Georgia runoffs. McConnell's pitch was direct and unvarnished: We need these wins to protect all the progress we've made on a range of issues, he warned. Trump's own legacy was on the ballot.

But the president wasn't hearing it. He would immediately derail these conversations with McConnell by ranting about the stolen election and his conspiracies of fraud.

Before the flight, Trump was briefed on turnout scenarios. Republicans anticipated correctly that Democrats would dominate the early Georgia vote, but they underestimated how big the Democrats' turnout would also be on Jan. 5 itself. Republicans believed 900,000 Election Day voters would put them in a decent position to win the runoffs and that anything over 1 million was golden. They were wrong.

Trump's growing congressional conspiracy caucus had a high-profile member on Air Force One that day. Joining the aides and family members who usually accompanied the president was the recently sworn-in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had gained national notoriety for her past QAnon support and whose district included Dalton.

Also aboard were two key allies — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Club for Growth president David McIntosh, a former Indiana congressman who co-founded the Federalist Society and had studied law under the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

They sat around the long table in the conference room in brown leather chairs, served quinoa salad with roasted chicken before waiters brought in macarons. Graham asked instead for his standing dessert order when flying on Air Force One: strawberries and cream.

The president came down when they were finished eating and stood at the head of the table, where he chatted with them for most of the flight. Graham and McIntosh, who had exchanged strategy notes before the flight, tried to shake him out of his mood.

"Look — if they win, you'll be vindicated," McIntosh said, pleading with Trump to offer a full-throated endorsement of Loeffler and Perdue. "Everyone knows that if they win, you'll get the credit for putting them over the top. And it'll show that in an election where they don't cheat, Republicans win."

Trump disagreed: "No, they won't, David. They'll blame me if we lose. But if we win, they won't give me the credit."

Graham tried another tactic: "This is about your legacy, Mr. President."

"We've got to win these so that the Democrats can't unwind your legacy on everything from the courts to the economic policies to your work with China," Graham insisted.

At one point in the flight, Trump pulled McIntosh into his private office cabin to sign an autograph for McIntosh’s personal trainer, an avid supporter of the president. McIntosh tried to open a conversation about the future. "Mr. President, you know, if it doesn't turn out..."

Trump interrupted, by asking: "What do you think my odds are?" — referring, 62 days after the election, to his chances of serving a second term. McIntosh leveled, "It doesn't look great, sir." Trump agreed, "Yeah, that's probably right."

"Mr. President, if it doesn't work out, will you run again?" McIntosh asked. Trump's response was a rare and transitory blip from his usual strident pose. "Yeah, I'm thinking about that," he said. "But you know, I'm going to be four years older."

In Dalton, Trump stepped out onto the stage with his wife, pointing, smiling, waving, and clapping, as Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." blared. He was in his element, and the crowd went wild.

Less than 48 hours after Trump's Georgia rally, both races had been called for the Democrats, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The Republicans had lost control of the Senate.

Trump was right that everyone would blame him. After all, he had spent months puncturing confidence in the voting system, turning his fire on Georgia’s own GOP leadership, and obsessing over states that he had lost fair and square.

He had allowed outsiders and conspiracists to supplant the professionals around him. He had fed a national sense of mistrust, rage and despair. Georgia was the last state where Trump would take his stand.

He was about to incinerate his legacy. Within 24 hours, the feral ground troops the president had summoned to execute his fantasy of overturning the election would storm the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

I am playing this on repeat, bitches:

AP Wire: AP Morning Wire:

• Biden to reverse Trump, propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants.

• US nears 400,000 virus deaths amid harsh surge.

• WHO chief lambasts vaccine inequality.

• US Capitol Police command structure crumbled fast during riot.

New Yorker: Barry Blitt’s “A Weight Lifted”

CNN: "Donald Trump ends his tumultuous presidency with the nation confronting the greatest strain to its fundamental cohesion since the Civil War." | Analysis by @RonBrownstein

Pelosi raises alarm after Trump loyalist installed as top NSA lawyer

New York Magazine: Trump Wanted to Erase Obama’s Legacy. He Failed.

By Jonathan Chait

When President Obama left office four years ago, his legacy was dominated by a mood of pervasive defeatism. The shock of Donald Trump’s election loomed over everything Obama had done, casting his supporters into despair and his critics into jubilation. Trump was supposedly poised to wipe away Obama’s achievements. And in a broader sense, the 45th president seemed to have overturned the country’s very sense of itself that Obama had cultivated.

Four years later, we have a more mature, less hysterical perspective on Obama’s tenure. Trump has suffered first an electoral defeat (by a 7 million vote margin) and then a broader repudiation. And the man who beat him is Obama’s vice-president, who campaigned on a Biden-y version of Obama’s program and governing vision: a liberal uniter, appealing to our better angels and expressing confidence that America can rise above its ugliness.

[More at link.]

Trump is Gone

R26 😂

CNN: "As US President Donald Trump hands power to Joe Biden on Wednesday -- however reluctantly -- he also hands his successor a far more dangerous world than it was four years ago." Analysis by @angeladewan and @jgriffiths

Pre-2016 gays: what was DL like? I wasn't on DL before 45

[quote]Pre-2016 gays: what was DL like?

Instead of paying, every poster got a check for $15 and a handy from Muriel EVERY MONTH!

[QUOTE] before waiters brought in macarons.

Oh, dear.

I was trying to do a dry January but I will be getting drunk as a skunk tomorrow night that’s for sure

If confirmed by the Senate to be Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen will be in position to restore regulations the Trump administration rolled back. Watch her confirmation hearing live:

ABC News: NEW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi expected to send article of impeachment against Pres. Trump to the Senate later this week, sources tell @ABC News—a move that would kick off formal proceedings the next day.

NBC News: The list of companies and organizations looking to cut business ties with President Trump after the attack on the Capitol is getting longer.

[quote] Pre-2016 gays: what was DL like? I wasn't on DL before 45

I can’t even remember what we used to talk about. It’s been decades in emotional years.

R31 What's wrong with that?

He probably thinks it's spelled "macaroons," R37.

R29, not that different. We're talking about Trump more now because of the attempted coup, and all the people the last couple of days whining about "too many Trump threads" need to suck it up, because the dude just tried to overthrow our government. We're gonna be talking about that for a while.

The TV, movie and food threads we have now were just more numerous, with fewer political threads. Keep in mind though that the anti-Democratic trolls will eventually be back, and the alt-right isn't going anywhere. Those trolls are embedded here and until someone does something about it, that won't go away.

It’s pretty weird that Trump is going out so quietly. Today could be a bit wild with the pardon list, his farewell address, and whatever the hell else he has up his sleeve.

Only 24 hours until Twitler and Cuntress Melania are banished to Florida. 🤗

Keep in mind tho that as more info comes trickling in on what transpired in last 4 yrs and led to coup attempt, we'll be easily triggered, but Dems have control for at least next 2 yrs, and we don't become complacent. Look @ what we accomplished in GA

The farewell address was taped a few days ago so it probably won't be particularly wild, I have a feeling he's been frightened by something -- maybe his lawyers finally got through to him -- and he's been keeping quiet because of that. We'll see.

The farewell address is already in the can, and according to sources who've seen it, it's a textbook summary of accomplishments.

r38 Well, both of them are valid words.

R43 Maggie Haberman reported that his lawyers have told him he faces serious legal liability for the insurrection which is why he’s been hidden, because he can’t be trusted to keep his mouth shut. That “concession” speech he gave was written by one speechwriter and three lawyers

No pardons announced yet today, must mean he wants them announced very last minute, which probably means the pardons will make everyone's hair stand up on end!

I think there are going to be a few people pardoned who will piss everyone off, but allegedly most of the people were pushed by criminal justice reform groups.

I still think there’s a small chance we get to see him dragged out of the WH tomorrow

[quote]whatever the hell else he has up his sleeve.

4 12 packs of McNuggets in one and plenty of honey-mustard sauce in the other.

True r45; what I should have said was that the "oh dear" was probably because he didn't know the word "macaron" was correct, and thought the only correct version was "macaroon."

Macaroons are the little pile-of-coconut cookies while macarons are the delightful little sandwich confection.

Dang. Even Pence isn’t going to his send off 😂😂

He's not seeing Trump off but he IS going to the inauguration! Damn, that's cold.

The excuse is funny too. The send off is at 8am. They could get pence there in a 5 minute helicopter ride. Plenty of time to do both.

Trump will pardon ALL prisoners in the US justice system to create chaos. He will do a blanket pardon of all future crimes, causing a Purge situation.

R55 and the MyPillow guy have ensured I won't even THINK of smoking crack!

Tiffany announces her engagement on dear old dad's last day in office. CNN reports:

"It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and create memories with my family here at the White House, none more special than my engagement to my amazing fiancé Michael! Feeling blessed and excited for the next chapter!" Trump posted on Instagram, with an image of herself and Michael Boulos standing on the White House colonnade, a ring on Trump's finger.

Boulos, described by Town & Country as a "scion from a wealthy family overseas" and by Vanity Fair as a "billionaire heir," posted the same image, writing, "Got engaged to the love of my life! Looking forward to our next chapter together."

Michael -- you in danger, gurl!

Adults who wantonly and unnecessarily use exclamation points deserve to die alone. Fucking idiots.

Turner Classic Movies announces an all-Joe lineup of films tomorrow to celebrate incoming President Joe Biden.

TCM’s lineup on Jan. 20 is as follows: Ode to Billy Joe (1976), Polo Joe (1936), The Fabulous Joe (1947), The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Joe Smith, American (1942), A Guy Named Joe (1943), Pal Joey (1957) and Mighty Joe Young (1949).

[quote] Graham asked instead for his standing dessert order when flying on Air Force One: strawberries and cream.

What, no commentary about the Senatrice's dainty and ladylike dessert of choice?

Longest 24 hours ever. We aren’t out of the woods until 12:01pm

And still no pardons announced. The announcement is obviously going to be so controversial and explosive that he wants to make it at the last possible hour so he get outta town as soon as he can afterward.

Randy Rainbow's Trump send-off:

R60, I love it!!

Sounds like a threat

And he still refuses to say Biden’s name

I think he wants to wait till tomorrow morning to announce the pardons, in order to take away focus from the inauguration.

Up for sale...

R60 That's pretty awesome. I checked TCM's schedule a few days ago to see if they had anything special planned for inauguration day -- remember, they very-pointedly aired 'A Face in the Crowd' on inauguration day four years ago.

It suddenly hit me last night how close Dump came to being reelected, if not for the sheer determination of Democratic voters. When I think of having to live through another four years of that vile, hateful old bastard, it brings tears to my eyes.

FUCK CNN for airing one more word from this absolute fucking piece of orange shit.

Oh, hi Ari Melber

Self-styled financial genius Donald Trump lagged behind Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in terms of stock market returns.

According to The Hill, the Dow Jones rose 56% from Trump's inauguration day through end of day today.

The DJ rose 73.2% in Obama's first term and 105.8% in Clinton's first term.

[quote]Speaker Nancy Pelosi expected to send article of impeachment against Pres. Trump to the Senate later this week

And then what happened? Did she change her mind?

[quote]Trump posted on Instagram, with an image of herself and Michael Boulos standing on the White House colonnade,

I just can't with this family.

On the last possible day, still gotta scam for the 'gram.

I give Tiffany’s marriage 2 1/2 years. Her fiancé is way too good looking for her.

Plus, there's really no money.

^ meant to add—and he ain’t that good looking!

So he’s apparently going to give a speech at his send off at Andrew’s tomorrow. I’m sure that will go well...

Ivanka actually acknowledged Biden as president elect

The “save my reputation” tour begins! I hope she tries to come to NYC. She’ll be chased out by an angry mob

Fascinating.

NY Times: The Complete List of Trump’s Twitter Insults (2015-2021)

[quote]The “save my reputation” tour begins!

Stay tuned for the "Jared is a Hero of the Republic, and saved America when Orange was at his worst" campaign.

Seasons of Trump

Bette Midler’s goodbye to Dump.

@PamelaBrownCNN — Trump has decided to pardon Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made hours before he’s scheduled to leave the WH. Officials cautioned CNN Trump's decision is not final until he signs the paperwork but Trump has told people he’s decided to pardon Bannon

Hottie attorney, and CNN legal contributor Eli Honig indicated that Bannon’s current indictment for skimming donations (from Trump supporters), to continue to build the wall, is a mix of both federal and State crimes. Trump’s pardon WILL NOT save Bannon from the State charge. And, to make it more spicy, the State charge involves New York. Lol. Go get them Letitia James and Cyrus Vance.

[quote]She’ll be chased out by an angry mob

I've been saving up clumps of old dog shit and rusty nails for weeks R79. Plus - running 5 miles a day. She will be properly pelted.

I just awoke and passed through the living room to see Trump on the news, flying away, taking a long circular route around the Capitol. I thought there was supposed to be a long, self-pitying, self-justifying speech before he went. And a military band. And a twenty-one gun salute. It's kind of early, don't you think?

Are there any Trumps left in DC? Or have they all left, with three hours' worth of clearance and considerable distance before the inauguration?

It feels weird to me, like something is off.

It is my understanding, PoisonedDragon, that all Trumps remaining in DC at sundown will be rounded up and executed.

I just have a suspicion that they're going to make another attempt, perhaps in a way that all the national guard and troops will not be equipped to handle or prevent.

I hope I'm wrong, and that it's really over.

I know what you mean R89. It's just that he's such a slippery, manipulative, unethical fucker -- that you're always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Personally, I'd like to be viewing him lying in state for a lasting memory.

He may be gone, but we will feel the ramifications of his presidency for a long time. He did every thing in his power to destroy the country. I have the TV on and someone said this is not the peaceful transfer of power, Trump made sure of that.

My nerves are a mess, and then Yahoo confronts me with this shit:

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.

A U.S. official said that a military aide will accompany Trump to Florida with one of the footballs and that 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟏:𝟓𝟗:𝟓𝟗 𝐚.𝐦. 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲. Trump's being physically out of Washington will not affect his launch authority or access to the football until noon. (There are multiple footballs that allow a president to launch a military strike while traveling.)

Another military aide with a second nuclear football will hand over the authority to Biden once he is sworn in, the official said, and the military aide with Trump will bring the football back to Washington.

[quote] YAAAAS. Cut off his testicals...

There, fixed that for ya. 🤣

R92 I understand your anxiety, I really do, but take a Xanax.

[quote] "The United States has a two-man rule in place at nuclear launch facilities, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be verified by the secretary of defense to be an authentic order given by the president."

Biden and Harris have been inaugurated. Forrest Trump is officially OVAH!

Things not going well in the QAnon group chat:

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Whew! Now I can relax... a little bit. ;)

Trump is gone, and two solid uninterrupted weeks of "prime time" is over too! Hallelujah!

I was watching CNN yesterday afternoon and some WH correspondent was commenting about all the preparations for the Trumps moving out. She said "...and of course the preparations will involve a deep-cleaning, which you can well imagine." I nearly spit my coffee!

[quote]So he’s apparently going to give a speech at his send off at Andrew’s tomorrow.

Oh, dear.

97 - looks like Vairst Letty must have gotten paid double today if she’s holding his hand.

Someone's really gotten into the spirit!

Diamond & Silk involved with pardons:

[quote] I just awoke and passed through the living room

Biiiitch... 😂

This read too fucking cute. I pictured you with a long, billowing robe and sleep eyewear pushed up over your head.

Meanwhile, I woke up like -

Ding Dong The Criminally Corrupt Pathologically Lying Fascist White Supremacist is gone!

Which old Criminally Corrupt Pathologically Lying Fascist White Supremacist?

The WICKED Criminally Corrupt Pathologically Lying Fascist White Supremacist!!

[quote] looks like Vairst Letty must have gotten paid double today if she’s holding his hand.

It's one of the fakes so it's in the contract.

Actually - that probably applies to Mel too.

No, seriously, WTF was up with two solid weeks of PRIME TIME in here??

Any word that trump killed himself yet?

R109 We had containment.

HA! right. . . .

Melania lost a lot of weight. I hope Ivanka porks out, especially with that tiny head. She’ll look ridiculous

I noticed that too, r113. She looked pretty great (she was getting a little chubby). I wonder if she’s already planning on landing the next husband?

There were different women playing the role of Melania on January 20.

Really r115? I don’t know the last time Melania was in public before this, but the woman yesterday was significantly slimmer. What did you notice to make you think that?