Republicans in Congress should (but won’t) use the 14th amendment to prevent Trump from being president again

This column is naive. Near the end it states:

“Congress, led by Republicans willing to break with their party’s extremists, should bring the Jan. 6 tragedy to a close…”

Does anyone really think Republicans would do this? Look what happened to Kinzinger and Cheney. The gutless Republicans in Congress are not going to go against their Trump cult base. Sure, using the 14th amendment to prevent Trump from running is a good idea but it’s not going to be done by Congress once Republicans take over the House. The base doesn’t think Trump led an insurrection – they think he won.

Criminal prosecution of Trump is the only option. It won’t divide the country more than it is already.

Interesting article. But it’s not an either/or.

“Criminal prosecution is the wrong idea. Use the 14th Amendment on Trump.” https://t.co/N50VdCBLUE
— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) December 29, 2022

Eliminate the Electoral College

For all 25 elections in the 1900s, the popular and Electoral College votes aligned.

For two of the six elections in the 2000s, the Electoral College overrode popular vote choices. (Both times Republicans benefitted, just like they did in 1876 and 1888).

It serves no value. Time for it to go.

“The Electoral College now – which has given us five popular-vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone – has become a danger, not just to democracy, but to the American people,” Rep. Jamie Raskin said in an interview https://t.co/cZ6T1PxWn0
— CNN (@CNN) December 26, 2022

“We spend hundreds of millions every year exporting American democracy to other countries, and the one thing they never come back to us with is the idea that, ‘Oh, that Electoral College that you have, that’s so great, we think we will adopt that too.’”
https://t.co/5DpPZeMfcz
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) December 28, 2022

Republican leaders don’t object to lying

Santos is just the latest example. Cowards.

So they’re going to treat santos the way they treated trump? https://t.co/e2Hn7RdRVB
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 28, 2022

The Cadillac Cyclone concept car

I love the cars from the late 1950s and early 1960s with the huge fins. The Cyclone was never mass-produced.

Would anyone like to have a 1959 Cadillac Cyclone concept car? pic.twitter.com/Rb1VipwuTs
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 28, 2022

1959 Cadillac Cyclone, which was never mass produced: pic.twitter.com/8N6CHdXXfC
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 9, 2019

The New York Times said Santos lied but the Washington Post didn’t

The Post did a poor job here.

George Santos, a Long Island Republican who won a pivotal U.S. House race in November, acknowledged that he embellished his biography, seeking to explain his actions by saying in a radio interview that “a lot of people overstate in their résumés.” https://t.co/Gmf6DyI8Tw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 27, 2022

The Times said he lied. You should do it too.https://t.co/gEdrIea3BL
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 27, 2022

Santos admits to a bunch of his lies about his background, but provides no insight into how his income jumped from $55k to $750k and going from no assets to several million in just two years https://t.co/g1EBTbG1ak
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) December 26, 2022

The Carpenters: Space Encounters

Why it’s hard to explain the 1970’s.

I present you The Carpenters: Space Encounters. (1978) pic.twitter.com/Du41OGFZ5h
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) December 24, 2022

For anyone who wants to see the whole wacky Carpenters-in-space special with me, @SuzanneSomers, Charlie Callas @DannyDeraney referenced, it's here: https://t.co/LrrWDw7cuR
— John Davidson (@johnhamdavidson) December 25, 2022

What other year could deliver the Carpenters in space, a Flintstones roast, disco Archie, KISS, Wookiees and "Ognir Rrats"?https://t.co/OyL0ZpHH8g
— MeTV (@MeTV) December 17, 2022

Santa with (or played by) celebrities

Mr.T and Nancy Reagan!

That time Nancy Reagan sat on Mr. T's lap in 1983 pic.twitter.com/l7QXoY19O7
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) December 25, 2022

One of the more bizarre Christmas pics in the history of everything.🎄 pic.twitter.com/NkuIOI9yLW
— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) December 25, 2022

Joe Dimaggio as Santa holding his son, Joseph. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/OOFO17RXEC
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) December 25, 2022

Willie Mays as Santa, 1977. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/v6ZUifcygn
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) December 26, 2022

Christopher Lee is one very tall department store Santa pic.twitter.com/l4BRzlXcni
— Hammer Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) December 26, 2022

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁#Godziban pic.twitter.com/gpZm2nIVck
— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) December 25, 2022

Santa shaking hands with Walter O'Malley. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/KxKesWjLCP
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) December 26, 2022

Jackie Robinson plays Santa Claus, 1959. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/G2SFSLQjLn
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) December 25, 2022

Christmas festivities are underway over at the Addams Family house. Morticia's just handing out the presents. pic.twitter.com/t313jK4eYi
— Time For A Film (@TimeForAFilm) December 25, 2022

Bela Lugosi plays poker with Santa Claus in 1938 pic.twitter.com/BSeES5L5kS
— Hammer Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) December 24, 2022

Babe Ruth as Santa Claus. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/FiOmX8KDFc
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) December 25, 2022

Santa Claus and Elvis Presley, 1965 #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/m4nLx0biV9
— Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) December 25, 2022

Mr. Ed and Santa (Wilbur) at Christmas, 1963: pic.twitter.com/4OAvvel74H
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 26, 2022

Santa Claus and Alice Cooper playing ping-pong together, 1972 #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/4ijKftk89u
— Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) December 25, 2022

Ignoring their cries, Godzilla Claus steals the children's gifts. pic.twitter.com/W5Zat8GGwx
— Toho Kingdom (@TohoKingdom) December 24, 2022

Four Nights of a Dreamer is streaming for two weeks

Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) is a great film that has never been released in the US on Blu-ray or DVD. I saw it about 50 years ago.

Now showing: FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER a rarely-seen revelation by ROBERT BRESSON

Two wayward souls meet on a bridge: a girl who may jump, a boy who may save her. Bresson arranges for them a play of hands, doorways, and audiotape.

For 2 weeks on https://t.co/ze1aiG4mBX. pic.twitter.com/C57fVizXhn
— Le Cinéma Club (@lecinemaclub) December 23, 2022

Will the Circle Be Unbroken – 50 years

After 50 Years, ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’ Still Bridges Generations @NoDepression #music #musichistory https://t.co/C5mP24imf2
— Michael Gigandet (@Motobec810) December 23, 2022

Signed vinyl and CDs for Will the Circle Be Unbroken are now on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s web-store, along with autograph copies of the new book Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Making of a Landmark Album.

Don’t forget to pickup your copy of the new album, Dirt Does Dylan. pic.twitter.com/t87d0DJh6Y
— NittyGrittyDirtBand (@GrittyDirt) December 15, 2022

I think my longest but bestest read from 2022 is this reported piece celebrating the 50th anniversary of the epic Will The Circle Be Unbroken album and a look at the contemporary Nitty @GrittyDirt Band now in its 56th year! https://t.co/tiRVvRbPuh
— Craig H. (@chavighurst) December 24, 2022

The Washington Post on the real story of the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware

#OnThisDay in 1776, General George Washington led the remnants of his army across the icy Delaware River on Christmas night. ⁣
Learn more: https://t.co/3trvjIC6hL
⁣ pic.twitter.com/ewr7NcQyZz
— Mount Vernon (@MountVernon) December 25, 2022

That patriotic painting of George Washington on Christmas? It was German.

The historical reenactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is held every December in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. https://t.co/c9KvLxVN6A
— ABC News (@ABC) December 25, 2022

#MerryChristmas to all who are celebrating! #OTD in 1776, General George Washington & his troops crossed the Delaware River to storm the Hessian forces at Trenton, NJ. The successful surprise attack inspired a painting by Emanuel Leutze, on which these 1976 stamps are based ©USPS pic.twitter.com/uja1eR3ro4
— Postal Museum (@PostalMuseum) December 24, 2022

Metropolitan Museum of Art visitors viewing Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. The photo is from 1907. https://t.co/1901JUo0U9 pic.twitter.com/vRtOXv1lgq
— Presidential Trivia (@triviapotus) December 25, 2022