I hate that we cannot edit. I deleted, so I could make a correction.
Buckle up everyone, this week is going to be one heck of a ride. Wow! Committing criminal acts as if no one cares what he does. Oh, wait a minute. He's gotten away with this type of behavior all of his life and last year during the Impeachment trial in the Senate. Of c…
I hate that we cannot edit. I deleted, so I could make a correction.
Buckle up everyone, this week is going to be one heck of a ride. Wow! Committing criminal acts as if no one cares what he does. Oh, wait a minute. He's gotten away with this type of behavior all of his life and last year during the Impeachment trial in the Senate. Of course, he will continue to be brazen in his actions. He knows he will get away with it, and to that I say the new DOJ starting on January 20th needs to begin the process of holding these people to account. Georgia law was broken by Trump and all on that call, and Georgia as a state could absolutely charge them on January 21st, correct? The House and the Senate on January 21st need to call out and name every single member of congress involved in this clear and unmistakable attempt at sedition. The Constitution clearly gives remedy to such behavior in Amendment 14 Section 5 - if these members are not going to be unseated and prevented from ever holding office again, then they should absolutely be stripped of all roles in committees, denied access to classified information that other members of Congress in good standing would be entitled to have, and introduced as Seditionist, TX Sen. Ted Cruz. (wishful thinking, but wearing that S on their title is warranted). These people must be held to account if trust in our government and the rule of law is to be restored. When people of power continue to get away with criminal acts that the average person would be prosecuted for, especially people of color who would be and are always prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, it is hard for the main street American to trust the system.
Title 52 U.S. Section 20511: That law states: “A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office … knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by … the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held” is subject to imprisonment of up to five years.
Threatening Raffensperger with criminal consequences is also arguably extortion. Title 18 Section 875 of the U.S. Code reads: “Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
Alternatively, the state attorney general of Georgia might investigate and bring applicable charges under state law. That would have one clear advantage: Trump cannot receive a federal pardon for state crimes.
Trump can't sue the state for being illegally taped as Georgia has a one-party consent law regarding taping conversations. If one party knows it's being taped, it's completely legal. Trump needs to go NOW. Congressional Republicans need to get on board to defend the country against this criminal and demand he resign immediately. Even if he has to face courts in NY for his financial shenanigans, it'd be sweet if GA could prosecute him for breaking its laws. My state could REALLY make me proud.
HOWEVER...my fear, based on experience here, is that even though state GOP leaders like Kemp, Raffensperger, et al may really not like to rock the Republicans' boat too much with this Senate election tomorrow, and with primaries for the '22 elections scheduled for 18 months from now. Republicans are still petrified of Trump's large base here and won't want to do anything to rile them up, including not prosecuting someone, even a sitting President*, for committing crimes against the state. Republicans' massive fealty to Trump, STILL, in spite of everything he does is simply mind-boggling. Witness: Sen. Cruz. Trump greatly insults him, his wife and his family with the most awful stuff...THEN, Cruz turns around and becomes one of Trump's most dedicated boot-lickers. I mean, WTF???
Anyway, this week could be one of the most interesting in a LOOOOOOONG time, hence lots of popcorn at the ready! (I still prefer making mine on the stove, BTW...)
Bruce, thank you for the clarification on whether Georgia could prosecute, and sadly, I agree that the GOP officials, even if in deep disagreement, will do anything to challenge Trump. Ugh...really disheartening. And yum on the popcorn done on the stove!!!!
Absolutely! The criminals need to be held accountable. Yes, we are all tired of the Trump and his cronies side show who have no concern for taking care of the USA. Trump does not know the first thing about governing and when he is no longer president, he can and should be prosecuted for all of his criminal transgressions. His day of reckoning is hopefully very near. If charges can be brought against him today, it would be perfect.
I was wondering, what would have happened in 2016/2017, had the Dems kept crying foul over the election results. Are we 100% sure that election was fair? Dastardly Mitch would not allow any witnesses during the impeachment trial, so here he is in a pickle because he thought he was playing his cards okay then.
This drama is tiring and we do all want to move on and we will keep moving forward towards more sanity with Biden and Harris at the realm. I feel we must not let Trump and his cronies go free. It is time for him to finally be held accountable.
January 5 – 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia and 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.
January 6 – The 117th United States Congress is scheduled to convene and certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election.[6] Thousands of Trump supporters threaten "wild protests."[7]
January 20: Joe Biden is scheduled to be inaugurated for a four-year term as President of the United States, along with Kamala Harris as Vice President.
Here in Washington (the state), it is pouring down rain like a monsoon and we are battening the hatches for a stormy week.
As for deleting a post in order to edit grammar, spelling, or other problems - I agree it would be preferable to be able to just edit. I wonder though, does the 'deleted' notice appear on the public thread for others to see? Because I don't see a notice for your deleted post.
I think the deleted post disappears as soon as you press Delete. But it seems that any replies to it remain in place, and the readers just sees "Deleted" instead of the original post.
It would be great if Substack caught up with the edit function, especially for the supporters of their #1 revenue source, HCR!
I hate that we cannot edit. I deleted, so I could make a correction.
Buckle up everyone, this week is going to be one heck of a ride. Wow! Committing criminal acts as if no one cares what he does. Oh, wait a minute. He's gotten away with this type of behavior all of his life and last year during the Impeachment trial in the Senate. Of course, he will continue to be brazen in his actions. He knows he will get away with it, and to that I say the new DOJ starting on January 20th needs to begin the process of holding these people to account. Georgia law was broken by Trump and all on that call, and Georgia as a state could absolutely charge them on January 21st, correct? The House and the Senate on January 21st need to call out and name every single member of congress involved in this clear and unmistakable attempt at sedition. The Constitution clearly gives remedy to such behavior in Amendment 14 Section 5 - if these members are not going to be unseated and prevented from ever holding office again, then they should absolutely be stripped of all roles in committees, denied access to classified information that other members of Congress in good standing would be entitled to have, and introduced as Seditionist, TX Sen. Ted Cruz. (wishful thinking, but wearing that S on their title is warranted). These people must be held to account if trust in our government and the rule of law is to be restored. When people of power continue to get away with criminal acts that the average person would be prosecuted for, especially people of color who would be and are always prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, it is hard for the main street American to trust the system.
Title 52 U.S. Section 20511: That law states: “A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office … knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by … the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held” is subject to imprisonment of up to five years.
Threatening Raffensperger with criminal consequences is also arguably extortion. Title 18 Section 875 of the U.S. Code reads: “Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
Alternatively, the state attorney general of Georgia might investigate and bring applicable charges under state law. That would have one clear advantage: Trump cannot receive a federal pardon for state crimes.
Trump can't sue the state for being illegally taped as Georgia has a one-party consent law regarding taping conversations. If one party knows it's being taped, it's completely legal. Trump needs to go NOW. Congressional Republicans need to get on board to defend the country against this criminal and demand he resign immediately. Even if he has to face courts in NY for his financial shenanigans, it'd be sweet if GA could prosecute him for breaking its laws. My state could REALLY make me proud.
HOWEVER...my fear, based on experience here, is that even though state GOP leaders like Kemp, Raffensperger, et al may really not like to rock the Republicans' boat too much with this Senate election tomorrow, and with primaries for the '22 elections scheduled for 18 months from now. Republicans are still petrified of Trump's large base here and won't want to do anything to rile them up, including not prosecuting someone, even a sitting President*, for committing crimes against the state. Republicans' massive fealty to Trump, STILL, in spite of everything he does is simply mind-boggling. Witness: Sen. Cruz. Trump greatly insults him, his wife and his family with the most awful stuff...THEN, Cruz turns around and becomes one of Trump's most dedicated boot-lickers. I mean, WTF???
Anyway, this week could be one of the most interesting in a LOOOOOOONG time, hence lots of popcorn at the ready! (I still prefer making mine on the stove, BTW...)
Stove popcorn is definitely the best!
With real butter.
Bruce, thank you for the clarification on whether Georgia could prosecute, and sadly, I agree that the GOP officials, even if in deep disagreement, will do anything to challenge Trump. Ugh...really disheartening. And yum on the popcorn done on the stove!!!!
Absolutely! The criminals need to be held accountable. Yes, we are all tired of the Trump and his cronies side show who have no concern for taking care of the USA. Trump does not know the first thing about governing and when he is no longer president, he can and should be prosecuted for all of his criminal transgressions. His day of reckoning is hopefully very near. If charges can be brought against him today, it would be perfect.
I was wondering, what would have happened in 2016/2017, had the Dems kept crying foul over the election results. Are we 100% sure that election was fair? Dastardly Mitch would not allow any witnesses during the impeachment trial, so here he is in a pickle because he thought he was playing his cards okay then.
This drama is tiring and we do all want to move on and we will keep moving forward towards more sanity with Biden and Harris at the realm. I feel we must not let Trump and his cronies go free. It is time for him to finally be held accountable.
I agree with you ... but frankly, it'll happen "when pigs fly."
Afraid I agree with you, Jacob.
Predicted and scheduled events:
January 5 – 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia and 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.
January 6 – The 117th United States Congress is scheduled to convene and certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election.[6] Thousands of Trump supporters threaten "wild protests."[7]
January 20: Joe Biden is scheduled to be inaugurated for a four-year term as President of the United States, along with Kamala Harris as Vice President.
Here in Washington (the state), it is pouring down rain like a monsoon and we are battening the hatches for a stormy week.
As for deleting a post in order to edit grammar, spelling, or other problems - I agree it would be preferable to be able to just edit. I wonder though, does the 'deleted' notice appear on the public thread for others to see? Because I don't see a notice for your deleted post.
I think the deleted post disappears as soon as you press Delete. But it seems that any replies to it remain in place, and the readers just sees "Deleted" instead of the original post.
It would be great if Substack caught up with the edit function, especially for the supporters of their #1 revenue source, HCR!
I could see it on my end as a deleted post, but don't see it now. Hmmm.