{"id":6675,"date":"2023-12-21T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2023-12-21T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:38:56","slug":"icymi-colorado-did-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6675","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Colorado did WHAT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>The 14th Modification of america prohibits anybody from holding workplace if they&#8217;ve \u201chave engaged in riot or revolt.\u201d And a handful of states are inspecting whether or not that clause applies to Donald Trump and his tried coup on Jan. 6, 2021. Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme court docket dominated that sure, Trump engaged in an tried riot and, as such, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/19\/2212710\/-Colorado-Supreme-Court-bars-Trump-from-presidency-over-insurrection-clause?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><span>is barred from being on the Colorado ballot<\/span><\/a><span>. President Joe Biden agreed that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212852\/-President-Biden-denounces-Trump-as-doubling-down-on-support-for-insurrection?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\" title=\"\"><span>yup, Trump is an insurrectionist<\/span><\/a><span>. (After all, this shouldn\u2019t be controversial.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Trump, the choice is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212865\/-Trump-getting-kicked-off-the-Colorado-ballot-kills-his-electability-argument?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><span>a serious blow to his \u201celectability\u201d argument<\/span><\/a><span>, claiming he&#8217;s greatest positioned to defeat President Joe Biden. A surprisingly giant bloc of Trump supporters aren\u2019t MAGA, although; they only need to win. If the U.S. Supreme Court docket green-lights protecting Trump off the ticket (an enormous <\/span><em>if<\/em><span>, admittedly), it might energize comparable efforts in different battleground states, like Michigan (which is at present litigating the problem) and Wisconsin, the place Democrats recaptured the Supreme Court docket this 12 months. In all, 14th Modification challenges to Trump\u2019s candidacy are percolating in 16 states. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans are predictably dropping their minds, and a few, like these in Texas, are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212809\/-Republicans-plot-revenge-after-court-kicks-Trump-off-Colorado-ballot?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><span>threatening to boot Biden<\/span><\/a><span> from <\/span><em>their <\/em><span>ballots<\/span><em>. <\/em><span>Sadly for them, Biden hasn\u2019t engaged in any insurrections or rebellions, however sound logic isn\u2019t their sturdy go well with, after all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the meantime, strain is mounting for Justice Clarence Thomas to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212860\/-Pressure-grows-for-Clarence-Thomas-to-recuse-himself-from-Trump-cases?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><span>recuse himself from all Trump election-related cases<\/span><\/a><span>, this one included (when it&#8217;s inevitably appealed), given Thomas\u2019 evident conflicts of pursuits\u2014in any case, his spouse, Ginni, was a serious determine in Trump\u2019s try to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><strong>Extra high tales: <\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/19\/2212644\/-New-report-shows-how-Russia-tried-to-help-Republicans-in-2022-election?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>New report shows how Russia tried to help Republicans in 2022 election<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Ronald Reagan is popping in his grave. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/19\/2212670\/-Mitch-McConnell-had-a-very-bad-year?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Even Republicans can&#8217;t stand Mitch McConnell<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The Republican-\u201cled\u201d Home has gotten all the eye this 12 months, however a fading Mitch McConnell within the Senate stays as unpopular as ever amongst everybody, together with Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212651\/-Reddit-conspiracists-discover-climate-change-and-their-minds-are-blown?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Reddit conspiracists discover climate change\u2014and their minds are blown<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>There are actual conspiracies perpetuating local weather change, however depart it to the web conspiracists to reject these for extra outlandish theories \u2026 together with lizard folks and chemtrails. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212822\/-Tuberville-s-tantrum-ends-as-Senate-confirms-military-promotions?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s tantrum ends as Senate confirms military promotions<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuberville stays a chunk of \u2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212691\/-Watch-RNC-chair-struggles-to-tell-Republicans-how-to-talk-about-abortion?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Watch: RNC chair struggles to tell Republicans how to talk about abortion<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>They nonetheless suppose they&#8217;ll speak their approach out of the mess they\u2019ve created. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/19\/2212703\/-Texas-Democrats-are-challenging-all-three-Republicans-on-Supreme-Court-who-denied-emergency-abortion?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\" title=\"\"><strong>Texas Democrats are challenging all three Republicans on Supreme Court who denied emergency abortion<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Good. Republicans have unanimous management of the Texas Supreme Court docket. Subsequent 12 months, we begin the work of reclaiming it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212720\/-Trump-s-Hitler-fantasies-put-Senate-Republicans-on-defense?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Trump&#8217;s Hitler fantasies put Senate Republicans on defense<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>If Republicans are uncomfortable defending Trump\u2019s fascist rhetoric right this moment, wait till he formally secures his celebration\u2019s nomination.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/19\/2212608\/-Cartoon-Mustache-2024?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>Comic:<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"align-center\">\n<figure class=\"image-captioned\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HitlerTrump2024WEB.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dailykos.com\/images\/1257189\/large\/HitlerTrump2024WEB.jpg?1702996695\" title=\"HitlerTrump2024WEB.jpg\"\/><figcaption\/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/blog\/Comics?pm_source=ICYMI&amp;pm_campaign=ICYMI12202023\"><strong>More comics<\/strong><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/campaigns\/form\/sign-up-to-receive-the-brief-in-your-inbox\" class=\"dk-action-link\" data-action=\"form\" data-slug=\"sign-up-to-receive-the-brief-in-your-inbox\" data-src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/widgets\/v4\/form\/sign-up-to-receive-the-brief-in-your-inbox?format=js&amp;source=widget&amp;can_widget_id=can-form-area-sign-up-to-receive-the-brief-in-your-inbox-14183\" data-campaign-id=\"11574\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/campaigns\/form\/sign-up-to-receive-the-brief-in-your-inbox\">Campaign Action<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2023\/12\/20\/2212872\/-ICYMI-Colorado-did-WHAT?pm_campaign=blog&#038;pm_medium=rss&#038;pm_source=main\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 14th Modification of america prohibits anybody from holding workplace if they&#8217;ve \u201chave engaged in riot or revolt.\u201d And a handful of states are inspecting whether or not that clause applies to Donald Trump and his tried coup on Jan. 6, 2021. Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme court docket dominated that sure, Trump engaged in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2426,6608],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-colorado","tag-icymi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}