Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Steve Bannon got a last-minute pardon from his boss as Trump left the White House, but that doesn’t mean he’s in the clear.
Schumer Says Organizing Resolution Is Done, Democrats Can Finally Take Gavels
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Wednesday morning that he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had finally finished haggling over the organizing resolution, meaning that Democrats will be able to take over committee chairmanships.
Continue reading “Schumer Says Organizing Resolution Is Done, Democrats Can Finally Take Gavels”
Your De-Trumping Stories #5
From TPM Reader SK …
I’ll start with a tangent: I just learned that you were raised by a biologist. I’m an evolutionary biologist, some of my work is on reproductive behavioral ecology in primates. That evolutionary framework really helps understand Trump’s behavior, like you said! He barely behaves like a modern human (certainly an old testament human), more like a Gorilla or polygynous old world primate like a baboon where dominance is the only currency that matters.
Your De-Trumping Stories #4
From TPM Reader AG …
I loathed Trump from the first time I was aware of him. I have always despised bullies, and Trump was the ne plus ultra of bullies. When he won in 2016, I was distraught at what American voters had done, and what the future would hold. Although I could not have guessed the details of what lay in store, the level of damage, outrage and devastation he caused were in line with my worst fears.
Your De-Trumping Stories #3
From TPM Reader BW …
I remember very well your post from four years ago about living in the house of the abuser and how the abuser’s presence warps everyone else’s reality, because it so accurately reflected my own experience. My father verbally abused everyone and physically abused me, while my mother observed the abuse, normalized it, and made sure it got swept under the rug.
Your De-Trumping Stories #2
From TPM Reader MN …
My post Trump reaction is surprising. While I was aware of a pulsing anxiety that had thrubbed through my psyche over the past four years, I was surprised how quickly the absence of the daily barrage of twitter madness would change things. Both my wife and I noted the morning after the inauguration was the first time we had slept easily in years. On some level we had accepted the daily madness, but hadn’t realized it had damaged our ability to sleep and that we had been living with a bigger ball of anxiety than we had acknowledged
Now our discussions revolve around what must happen over the next 2 years to lance the possibility of future demagoguery. Things Trump has clarified for us …
Your De-Trumping Stories #1
We start with TPM Reader EB. These are in response to this post from yesterday.
On one level, my experience of the end of the Trump presidency looks much like yours. Twitter banning him brought about a rather unexpected peace and quiet. I was expecting him to find some other platform to whine on (like Fox & Friends), and I expected the media to cover that as they have done in the past, and I fully expected him to continue after the election either whining more about how he didn’t lose or hyping up a 2024 run. That I don’t have to hear any of this is a welcome surprise.
‘Attack On Our Workplace’: 370 Congressional Aides Sign Onto Letter Urging Trump Conviction
More than 370 Democratic congressional aides have signed onto an open letter appealing to senators to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting a violent “attack on our workplace” that threatened the peaceful transition of power and left one of their co-workers dead.
House Approves Fines Of Up To $10k For Lawmakers Who Ignore New Security Screenings
The House of Representatives on Tuesday night voted to approve hefty fines for lawmakers who eschew the new security screenings at the entrance of the House chamber that were established in wake of the deadly Capitol insurrection last month.
House GOP Faces Day Of Reckoning On QAnon Rep
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with QAnon-promoting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday night, finally relenting to growing pressure for GOP leadership to address the conspiracy-laden mess kicked up by the freshman lawmaker that has quickly spiraled out of control.
Continue reading “House GOP Faces Day Of Reckoning On QAnon Rep”