The Daily Sedition Watch

"Daily," because we're confident addled dead- enders supporting the overthrow of the duly elected administration of President- elect Joe Biden will be an on- going presentation of the Right-Wing Howling Loon Theater.  Here's today's sampling (not meant to be all- inclusive):

North Carolina:

On Facebook, North Carolina state Sen. Bob Steinburg (R) paraphrased a conservative commentator to make a radical suggestion: President Trump should declare a national emergency, suspend civil rights and remain in power over his baseless claims of election fraud.

Asked by a local TV station on Tuesday whether he stands by those sentiments, Steinburg doubled down, insisting that nefarious forces had corrupted President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

“There’s something going on here bigger than what anybody is willing to talk about,” Steinburg told WRAL Tuesday evening. “I don’t like conspiracy theories at all. But something is going on here that’s bigger than meets the eye.”

Virginia:

State Sen. Amanda F. Chase, a brash Republican gubernatorial contender who bills herself as "Trump in heels," called on President Trump on Tuesday to declare martial law to prevent his removal from office.

One day after the electoral college formally confirmed former vice president Joe Biden’s victory over Trump, Chase (Chesterfield) doubled down on baseless allegations of election fraud in an early-morning Facebook post.

“Not my President and never will be,” she wrote, referring to Biden. “The American people aren’t fools. We know you cheated to win and we’ll never accept these results. Fair elections we can accept but cheating to win; never. It’s not over yet. So thankful President Trump has a backbone and refuses to concede. President Trump should declare martial law as recommended by General Flynn.”

 Georgia (QAnon Congresstwit):

 

Every “Republican” that isn’t fighting for @realDonaldTrump’s 2020 landslide victory is supporting the Chinese Communist Party takeover of America.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 15, 2020

 

Billionaire Cabinet Secretary:

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged career employees at the Education Department on Tuesday to “be the resistance” when the Biden administration comes into power next month, according to a recording of her remarks obtained by POLITICO.

During a department-wide virtual meeting to discuss the shift to the new administration, DeVos acknowledged that most of the agency’s thousands of career employees “will be here through the coming transition and beyond.”

“Let me leave you with this plea: Resist,” DeVos said. “Be the resistance against forces that will derail you from doing what’s right for students. In everything you do, please put students first — always.”

Convicted felons:

💯 agree@realDonaldTrump @SidneyPowell1 @BernardKerik @LLinWood @RudyGiuliani @JennaEllisEsq @kayleighmcenany @tracybeanz @lofly727 @DanScavino @PatrickByrne https://t.co/Rkgb78Z7sI

— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) December 16, 2020

 

 

Bye Bye Bernie

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie "Bad Cop" Kerik has been ordered to jail by a Federal Judge after attempting to influence witnesses and jurors in his upcoming trial for corruption. He had been out on $500,000 bail awaiting trial.

As best buds with former NYC mayor and Rethug Presidential washout Rudy "Rudy!" Giuliani, Bad Cop was once Dumbya's pick to be Secretary of Homeland Security at the urging of Rudy!, but had to withdraw as corruption allegations mounted.

We wish Bad Cop the best in doing jail time, but crooked cops usually find themselves at the bottom of the food chain in the slammer. Oh, and he'll need to buy some soap-on-a-rope for those communal showers. . . .

(photo: Rudy! demonstrates the "inmate hug" to Bad Cop)

Fuxing Around In Presidential Politics

Salon.com has a thorough write up of the links between Rudy "Toot Tooty" Giuliani and the Fux Network, and its parent company, the Rupert Murdock-run News Corp. In essence, what is being alleged in Judith Regan's lawsuit against News Corp. is that some of their key executives asked her to lie to the FBI during investigations of Giuliani buddy Bernie Kerik to protect Giuliani's presidential ambitions. Regan and Kerik had an adulterous affair (including using an apartment in lower Manhattan reserved for 9-11 rescue workers), and she may have surmised some of Bernie's mob connections at the very least. Fux News President Roger Ailes is a former Rethug media consultant, and a close personal friend of Rudy Toot Tooty's, as is Rupert Murdock.

This would seem to be a big story, certainly among the Fux Network's competitors, and some are covering it. But there are Giuliani fans embedded elsewhere in the media, who are pretending not to notice. For example, Tweety Matthews can't seem to get what on earth could be wrong here. The News Corp. should just pay Regan to go away, Tweety believes. Then he could go back to his unabashed man-love of the Mayor of 9-11, and stop pretending not to understand the problem there.

Known By The Company You Keep

The day after receiving the "blessing" of crackpot talibangelist Diamond Pat Robertson, Rudy Toot Tooty Giuliani's former protege, Bernard Kerik, is expected to be indicted by a Federal grand jury on tax evasion and other charges. Kerik, whom Giuliani recommended to Dumbya as Homeland Security Secretary, is a former NYC police commissioner and Giuliani gofer who shares Rudy Toot Tooty's penchant for extra-marital affairs.

Rudy is currently polling a statistical dead heat with Hillary Clinton (45 to 46 percent, respectively). When a larger number of Americans remove their heads from their asses and start paying attention, one would think (hope?) the associations Rudy has had, and continues to cultivate, would cast some doubt over the man's judgment and ethical underpinnings.

UPDATE: Kerik has been indicted on tax evasion and corruption charges. Maybe Rudy Toot Tooty can get his new American Taliban friend Pat Robertson to say a little prayer for him.