TWGB: Sometimes You Need A National Security Emergency, Is All

 

Former Trump COS Mark Meadows might not actually be the sharpest ball in the ball pit, because damn, he seems to have incriminated himself by giving "just the tip" of information to the House January 6th Committee, because it looks like the "but her emails" crew learned nothing about properly digitally maintaining and giving over records required to be kept. Also, they may have just gotten enough to pretty much nail Meadows' involvement down, anyway. And you, know, besides all that, he did undercut himself about wanting to keep privilege about certain details by a) Writing a book and b) going on news shows to talk about just what he wasn't willing to talk about. 

And all this before he knows exactly how the courts are going to come down ultimately on the executive privilege claim--but it doesn't look great for him. Because we only have one president at a time, Trump isn't it right now, and OMG YOU ASSHOLES TRIED TO STEAL AN ELECTION. And left a detailed PowerPoint about what the fuck?

So, before I go all Stringer Bell about taking notes on a criminal conspiracy (again! because I'm pretty sure I did that reference before) I have to note there are similarities between the PowerPoint and the Claremont war games. The really hilarious things are how the PowerPoint definitely leans on the Chinese Thermostat/Italian satellite kind of conspiracy theories for what happened to give the election to Biden (instead of like, the COVID-19 disaster, the unemployment and the fucking constant drama) and relies on "a national security emergency" on or about January 6 that means the military totally has to take over. So sad!

Like, exactly what Mike Flynn was pressing for? So, the sad thing was the people who monitor your basic brownshirt accounts (Antifa always has an ear to the ground) realized all the nutters were fixing to crack lib/socialist/antifa heads that day, and word went out to not be there. And the pre-baked narrative that antifa was Reichstagging shit died. It was all Trumpers. Everyone knew in real time who the crazies were. And you kind of understood why--because after certification, that was it. The coup in part failed because the antifa menace was not a thing. Biden won the election. The apeshit was all on MAGAts. 

And this was the crazy in the head plan that was going to be given to "R. Congressmen". And you know what? I'm casting my assessment of Sen. Chuck Grassley in a whole new light. He was ready to step in and do Trump a favor that people didn't think Pence was going to do. Because they had some idea Pence might not be there--not because of anything to do with Pence. But which goes back to why he didn't want the Secret Service to take him out of there. And I never thought I'd be giving it up for Pence's courage, but he served his country that day. So maybe Grassley was signifying his eligibility to do coup shit. 

And never forget, several congressional personages of the right-wing persuasion after all the teargas and what not dissipated still voted against certifying assorted states, just not ever enough to have Trump win. Because he was useful, but not that useful, The narrative of his loss was rage-inducing enough to the punters for them to keep some kind of post-Trumpular GOP alive. 

They tried to do their own national security emergency, and it didn't even go right. Sad! Or, I mean, not actually sad for the USofA. But like, I get why Republicans might feel sad. 

In funny old other news, Tish James, who is staying with being an amazing Attorney General for NY, is going to get Trump to do a deposition by January 7, 2022. Maybe. I guess he'll balk at that because he isn't really good at talking, because last I checked, he tells on himself.  Like,  over and over.  Because as a narcissist, he can't actually fathom that he's ever done anything wrong, without extensive coaching that maybe he should bend a little to optics to maintain his most necessary fictions.

But since he's still telling the big lie in interviews, I wonder what happens if the Jan. 6th Committee comes calling for him. 

Others can try and protect him, but who protects him from himself? Also, he can self-incriminate, and he can refuse to self-incriminate, but as long as he obstructs, you know it's because he has reasons. It looks bad because it is bad.