January 11, 2021

Losing Loser Who Lost

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

He’ll be recalled as our worst president and greatest of scofflaws.
His administration’s record will give future historians pause.
But his greatest achievement —
Born of lies, hate and bereavement —
Is the creation of the myth of Donald Trump’s Great Lost Cause.

Trumpism to Join Other Famous ‘Lost Causes’

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

“One hundred and fifty years after the emergence of the Confederate Lost Cause ideology, a new Lost Cause invaded the U.S. Capitol with the incitement of the president of the United States. Waving American, Confederate, Gadsden and, especially, Trump flags, Donald Trump’s loyalists desecrated the greatest symbolic edifice of America. … Trumpism has already become a lethal Lost Cause. It does not quite have martyrs and a cult of the fallen in which to root its hopes and dreams. But it does have a self-destructive cult leader about to leave power in a defeat that has been transformed into a narrative of betrayal, resistance and a promise of political revitalization.”

— David Blight

Fox Bets on Opinion, Not News

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60 minutes

“Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer,” CNN reports.

Pelosi Uses the ‘I’ Word on ’60 Minutes’

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“This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on “60 Minutes.”

Pentagon Took Hours to Approve National Guard Deployment at Capitol

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“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday it took nearly two hours for the Pentagon to give authorization for his state to send its National Guard into Washington to help protect the U.S. Capitol as it came under attack from a violent pro-Trump mob,” USA Today reports.

Corker: Trump a ‘Tin Pot Dictator’

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“My observations about his character and his conduct certainly have been validated, unfortunately, with people’s lives being lost. And our country appearing to be run by a tin pot dictator to people around the world.”

— Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by Politico, on President Trump.

Majority Says Trump Should Be Removed

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56%

A majority of the country, 56%, believes President Trump should be removed before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 and two-thirds hold him accountable for the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

Day: January 11, 2021

Losing Loser Who Lost

Trumpism to Join Other Famous ‘Lost Causes’

— David Blight

Fox Bets on Opinion, Not News

60 minutes

“Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer,” CNN reports.

Pelosi Uses the ‘I’ Word on ’60 Minutes’

“This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on “60 Minutes.”

Pentagon Took Hours to Approve National Guard Deployment at Capitol

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“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday it took nearly two hours for the Pentagon to give authorization for his state to send its National Guard into Washington to help protect the U.S. Capitol as it came under attack from a violent pro-Trump mob,” USA Today reports.

Corker: Trump a ‘Tin Pot Dictator’

“My observations about his character and his conduct certainly have been validated, unfortunately, with people’s lives being lost. And our country appearing to be run by a tin pot dictator to people around the world.”

— Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), quoted by Politico, on President Trump.

Majority Says Trump Should Be Removed

56%

A majority of the country, 56%, believes President Trump should be removed before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20 and two-thirds hold him accountable for the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%