“…the real sadness is that he was voted into office in 2016 despite his history of criminality—and that we spent the following four years watching his shameless degradation of American justice, the rule of law and the presidency itself.” https://america.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-a-criminal-defendant
Donald Trump is a Criminal Defendant

A few thoughts on this historic day

America, America
@StevenBeschloss And the Republicans enthusiastically still carry his water. A lot of these people can’t even stand the guy and they’re still doing the “nobody is above the law BUT…” thing in their TV interviews. They can’t even see their own hypocrisy it’s so close to them now. If that doesn’t speak volumes about the absolute lack of any decent policy (or any other ideas regarding governance) in the GOP nothing does.
@Highlandista @StevenBeschloss Yep. He never should have been elected. All elected Repubs and their voters could have stopped it in 2016, but they went along with it for the power and permission to be their worst selves and we’ve all suffered because of it it. That’s the real “sadness”

@StevenBeschloss

Republican billionaire donors funded Trump's coup.

Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Uihlein. Schwarzman. Ellison. Thiel. Yass. Mercer. Musk. Hendricks. Fancelli. Lauder. Schwab. Buckley. DeVos. Marcus. Singer. Wynn. Bradley. Scaife. Mellon. Tim Dunn. Farris Wilks. Barre Seid. Deripaska. Prigozhin. Kelcy Warren.

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled

Trump’s Billionaire Enablers: The 63 Billionaires Worth $243 Billion Who Bankrolled Trumps Re-Election Bid

While much has been made of the shock and dismay at last week's insurrection by America's corporate leaders,

Common Dreams
@StevenBeschloss so the billionaires found a clown to distract the rubes while they picked their pockets, and the rubes thought he was that guy in the stupid reality show, not a two bit con man.
@StevenBeschloss and he put 3 judges on the Supreme Court.
@StevenBeschloss I've just wanted to see him face down on the sidewalk with a knee in his back and cuffs on his wrists since 1975. At this point, I don't think I ever will.
@StevenBeschloss I lay the blame on reality TV shows that created an audience that roots for the most disgusting player. Now we have a reality TV politics world. Nastiness and evil is rewarded. Unfortunately, the GOP fit right in to this programming.
@StevenBeschloss bc: "anybody except a woman" 😡