I wish the general public could be educated about coups, and why they’re not a good idea. Seems like it’s “it failed, so no harm, no foul”.
Part of this may be the regrettable human tendency to reason poorly about disastrous outcomes.
Another example: Y2K. Many people say “that was no big deal; all the fuss was unnecessary.” It doesn’t occur to them that without “the fuss”—all the work that was done to stave off potential disaster—Y2K could have been a very big deal indeed.
With the coup, many people are anxious to conclude “the system worked; the guardrails worked” because that permits them to avoid thinking about how nearly the coup succeeded—and all the work that we would need to accomplish to make the USA truly coup-proof.
Anything that permits people to say ‘no big deal’ has the virtue of permitting them to stop thinking about difficult topics, and turn their attention to trivial, ‘fun’ topics. (And there’s not a lot that can be done to change this tendency.)
Remember when the riot started, and they showed a bunch of militia types, in their gear, ascend the steps in a single line formation? Where did they go from there? They had 3 hours to commit mischief, and they seemed to be half-assed organized and with a purpose. What were they doing all that time?
Ginni Thomas’s actions around the election are looking worse and worse:
In the days after The Associated Press and other news organizations called the presidential election for Biden, Thomas emailed two lawmakers in Arizona to urge them to choose “a clean slate of Electors” and “stand strong in the face of political and media pressure.” The AP obtained the emails under the state’s open records law.
TL;DR: she was an active advocate for voter fraud and ignoring the results of a – by all accounts – free and fair election that didn’t go her way.
I’m sure that Ginny Thomas has more than one outfit, yet every picture I see of her is in that red clown suit. Does nobody have any other pictures of her?
(And if she is in need of more clothes, might I suggest an orange jumpsuit?)
Do those come in a particularly appropriate shade?
Insurrectionist tries to tell a judge that his trip to Mexico was an emergency. Judge isn’t buying it.
YAY! I bet that resort in Cabo is thrilled, too……especially after that “vegan but not crazy strict” bullshit. Cabo don’t care, dude…Cabo just wants to know what to feed your seditionist ass.
What that response tells Cabo is “I’m going to be a total pain in the ass about my food, I’m going to bitch and whine about being vegan at every meal and if I detect a hint of butter near my plate I’m going to act like you tried to feed me cyanide tipped glass shards, but three minutes after the waiter leaves I’m going to call him back over and send back the vegan meal and ask for a rare bacon cheeseburger because it just smells so good, and I will do something like this at EVERY SINGLE MEAL.”
It’s a passive-aggressive dick move. I bet Cabo is very relieved.
I really recommend reading Judge Howell’s whole (not very long) statement, because it is an absolute gem. She is having none of his shenanigans.
it is amazing how many people think trying to hoodwink the court is a good idea.
my favourite line:
“While the Court does not begrudge defendant’s apparent business success while on pretrial release, his international travel to harvest the bounties of such success will need to wait until he is no longer facing felony charges arising from ill-advised domestic travel in January 2021.”
and favourite technical legal term: boondoggle
Also:
“Business-critical data”. Snerk.
She should obviously be Biden’s next SCOTUS pick.
Yes, what in the hell was that?
Mockery. That’s what it was.
Note that the guy had requested an “emergency motion to travel” to “a corporate meeting” or “work-related conference”. She’s snarking about the fact that this vital work function he needed emergency leave to attend involved t-shirts, booze and for some reason knowledge of his favorite color.
Needed to cross the Bridge of Death.
It’s a business retreat. They are probably handing out T shirts.
Shoes too?
I guess so.
it is not a business retreat. it is a sales reward, basically a trip instead of a money bonus.
Not so! Note this much-reprinted photo of her, cheerleading hubby’s legal depredations with a pom-pom. (Hint: The person in red, partially visible at the far right of the photo, isn’t Ginni Thomas.)
