Can’t remember where, but someone I read made the point that *before* the failed coup attempt, it was crickets from this crew. The decision to impeach now is too little, too late.

A wazzu grad, huh. I’ll bet he gets Cougar cheese at Christmas. I do !
(I’m not a grad but my brother-in-law works there)

My bet is that they mostly convey them (in a generalized way, to create the climate of fear) in the form of calls to the constituent phone lines — besides the vicious, relentless trollery that can be seen in the replies to any congressperson’s/elected’s social media. Protracted venom and imagery go far. I hadn’t heard of the texts but in this context it wouldn’t take much to pepper in some vague threat that way, and the language might be carefully crafted via burners (or even overseas hired robodialers) amidst such a flood that only so many can be pursued.

Add in the fact that public officials’ addresses are generally known and it wouldn’t take much from these psychos for officials to imagine what they might do.

One female PA legislator told the NYT last month (possibly late November, but prob December) that she declined to sign a statement against Trump’s shenanigans with the PA electors because if she did the magas would bomb her house (by the next day or two, she did sign onto an amicus brief for one of his election lawsuits). That read to me like she had filled in the blanks herself, as do a lot of the other statements of fear of the magas.

I always go back to Kathy Griffin: she’s the first person* who experienced the Trump wood chipper (as she called it) and no one cared then, most shunned her. She suffered media attacks (not merely criticism, but MSM and other powerful outlets acting as Trump force amplifiers), twitter swarms fueled by the family/GOP officials, robocalled bomb threats shutting down her tour, credible death threats (including, later, via Caesar Sayoc’s list) (she had FBI agents assisting her the whole while — they told her how to handle her mail, which threats to forward or disregard). She’s also explained how Trump used the power of his office to try to silence her (a true violation of First Amendment rights) via Sessions’ DOJ and SSUS investigations; she was put on the no fly list, the Interpol list. On and on.

She really was the exemplar for what happens when Trump and his machine feel crossed, too bad more didn’t realize that and act accordingly — her case is a microcosm of what the country is experiencing now — though we could say that about most of the fair warnings from his history.

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*Not to discount in any way what he did to the Central Park Five (six) with traditional media, for example. But Griffin’s case, in the throes of new media and with IRA trolls for the assist, is of a different scale, and occurred while he had presidential powers.

Right, and the AZ GOP (via tweets, at least) have been the most rabidly vocal/vocally rabid I can recall (and of course Alabama is Alabama…).

But Ali had already publicly credited those three, and himself, with planning the Jan 6th “rally” back on (at least) December 28th when he was complaining that the PB’s fav DC hotel had closed for the days around the event. [Ali doesn’t mention Alex Jones in that Dec 28th posting, yet he and Jones were working together on the 6th.]

There’s also all of those pix of Ali with (what I’ll call) maga bigwigs like Wood, Powell; PB leaders; others.

Makes me wonder if his earlier public declaration of the reps’ involvement was a “jumping them in” gang initiation. The behind the scenes folks need faces, pawns, willing/ useful idiots (I forget which one of the three reps denied any involvement to Will Sommer*).

So saying those three names now, and not saying more, is to the plotters’ advantage and reveals nothing the public doesn’t already have.

That’s mostly why I’m suspicious. [Isn’t that convenient.]

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*That DB piece is pretty funny for the parts where it looks like Ali had been trying to suggest better opsec to their mob before the insurrection. To no avail.

“High crimes and misdemeanors” is exactly what this is. It’s not a criminal thing, it’s political. Read the posts here from the previous one; I’m sure that this was explained then.

He (and this made me choke with laughter) apparently wants to pore over Rudy’s expenses for the traveling road show *personally.* Very important!

I’m imagining an old-school style printed receipt for Fantasy Island, the sex shop next to Four Seasons (Not the Hotel!). Maybe some greasy burger receipts.

As bmaz has stated, more or less, the devil will be in the details. They will try to keep as much 5th A privilege as possible while, at the same time, enjoying the benefits of a pardon.

So heard something funny this morning on Deadline Whitehouse, regarding McEnany. Trump’s pissed that none of his usual dumbasses will go out and defend what he did–including her! And so, now we’re at the point in the story where Trump has lost Kayleigh McEnany with his little insurrection bullshit! I’m not saying that she’s personally put off by his behavior but she’s at the point in her “what happens to ME next” life choice-point where ‘how will others see ME in the context of what I do/say to defend HIM’ creates a different calculus for HER in which Trump looses. And once Trump realizes he has lost THAT battle in someone’s head, and they begin working for their own interest instead of HIS, then that pardon protection gets yanked back real quick.

KMcEnany: “Bad dog! No biscuits!”

He intimated that Rosenstein sat on it.