GOPer Trying To Delete Trump’s Jan. 6 Impeachment

INSIDE: Oz v. McCormick ... Elon Musk ... Vermont
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on April 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The hearing follows the release of an unclassified report by the inte... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on April 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The hearing follows the release of an unclassified report by the intelligence community detailing the U.S. and its allies will face "a diverse array of threats" in the coming year, with aggression by Russia, China and Iran. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The Daily Beast reports that Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who’s running to replace outgoing Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), will unveil a resolution today seeking to “expunge” the House’s second impeachment of Trump for inciting the Capitol insurrection.

  • After all, “the Democrats’ weaponization of impeachment against President Trump cannot go unanswered in the history books,” Mullin declared in an email to his GOP colleagues that was obtained by the Daily Beast.
  • Mullin’s reported resolution also mentions “the legitimate concerns held by protesters” in context of Trump’s 2020 election lies that led to the Capitol attack, language that sounds mighty familiar.

Catching Up On Last Night’s Primaries

Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s key primaries in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Idaho:

  • Idaho gubernatorial GOP race: Incumbent Gov. Brad Little (R) fended off a challenge from white nationalist-adjacent Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin (R).
  • Trump’s endorsement wasn’t a lifesaver for everyone, as Cawthorn and McGeachin found out the hard way (on the other hand, Mastriano did win his race).

Pennsylvania Senate GOP Race Too Close To Call

As of Wednesday morning, Trump-backed reality TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz and ex-hedge fund CEO David McCormick are still neck-and-neck in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania Senate.

Elon Musk’s Trying To Weasel His Way Out Of Twitter Deal

It looks like Tesla CEO Elon Musk is out of “goblin mode” and is now in “oops I made a $44 billion deal to buy a gigantic social media company that I don’t actually want to buy when I was in goblin mode” mode: The billionaire declared on Tuesday that his deal with Twitter “cannot move forward” until the social media giant can prove that less than five percent of Twitter accounts are spam bots.

  • That’s a hilariously fake pretense: Musk has griped about Twitter having too many spam bots and claimed one of his reasons for buying Twitter was “defeating the spam bots” (of which there are far too many), and now he’s whining that he doesn’t want to buy Twitter because it has too many spam bots.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Matt Levine explains Musk’s Kabuki theater better than I can.

DOJ Asks House Jan. 6 Panel For Transcripts

The Justice Department has requested the House Jan. 6 committee send transcripts of its interviews with witnesses, including people in Trump’s inner circle, according to the New York Times.

  • The assistant attorney general for the criminal division and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia reportedly said in their letter to the committee that the transcripts “may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting.”

Biden Rips White Supremacy During Buffalo Visit

During his visit to Buffalo, New York in wake of the deadly shooting, the President gave a fiery speech decrying the “poison” of white supremacy that allegedly inspired the suspected shooter to open fire in the grocery store in a Black neighborhood.

Finland And Sweden Apply To Join NATO

Breaking decades of their well-established neutrality policies, Finland and Sweden officially submitted their applications to join NATO on Wednesday, a historic move that Russian leader Vladimir Putin can take full credit for with his unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

Vermont GOP Guv Running For Reelection In Ghost Town Race

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) announced on Tuesday that he’s seeking a fourth term (Vermont governors serve two-year terms). Nobody else has actually filed the paperwork to join the gubernatorial race, per the Bennington Banner, and the only other person who’s announced a bid so far is a Democratic activist named Brenda Siegel.

Trump Gets Gentle

Usually Trump’s fundraising emails try to berate the recipient into giving him cash, warn the recipient they only have a limited amount of time to give him cash that he’ll match by 600x and demand to know why the recipient hasn’t given him cash yet.

Rarely are they ever this tender:

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  1. Russian media have gone crazy for Rand Paul lately. He seems to be the top Putinist in the Senate at the moment. Good job, comrade! A seat in the Duma (or at least United Russia) always awaits you.

  2. People died, a government was nearly overthrown, a riot took place. This was televised, millions of people saw it in real time. Take your gaslight somewhere else.

    What a maroon!

  3. Let’s raise the profile on the poison of Great Replacement bullshit. The lie needs to be forcefully countered over and over six ways to Sunday.

  4. Avatar for mec mec says:

    The attempted rewrite of history could be challenging. Orwell’s instruction manual was too light on pictures to be very helpful for these cretins.

  5. History will record that TFG was impeached twice for excellent cause, and this doofus’ resolution might possibly be a weird footnote.

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