"I work at the Pentagon...Don't worry. This nightmare will be over soon."

[kpete]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Goodheart]

1. I'll ask this much: If trump prevails somehow at the Supreme Court 75% of this country will know

that the election was stolen, courtesy of a coup and illegitimate court appointments, and our democracy has ended. CIVIL WAR. On which side would the military fall?

[oldsoftie]

12. I really dont see the SCOTUS backing him up with no real evidence.

If the whole "rigged software" story WAS true, he'd have a point. But its not, so he doesnt.

I dont see him getting the 5 votes for whatever case they'd accept. And even if they DO take one, i dont see it overturning the election
Take the PA case; I could see them saying "The State court was outside its legal authority to change the election rules.(And i actually think the constitution agrees with this) But the votes cast under those rules were cast in good faith & should be accepted"

[Klaralven]

14. Georgia uses the Dominion software. There was no difference between machine and hand count audit.

So the alleged nation-wide rigging is disproved.

[SKKY]

24. I don't think enough people have realized that very point...

...Georgia's hand count should put a fork into anything they have really tried to allege because it's all based on the Dominion software.

[lagomorph777]

30. George Soros will want his money back.

[Moostache]

33. So does Hugo Chavez! (n/t)

[StClone]

61. Poor Hugo needs to pay off the Devil

Apparently his soul wasn't enough. So yeah he wants his money back after all these years.

[oldsoftie]

37. I think Dominion might have a good case for a slander lawsuit.

Not that i'm a lawyer

[questionseverything]

56. While the result didn't change in Georgia,Biden still won

Trump did gain about a thousand votes

A couple different sets of numbers were omitted from the spreadsheets in a couple repub counties so trump gained votes

Really shows why handcounts are important

The part that cracks me up is,this is the first time in decades Georgia’s machines have any paper to count

Repubs were fine with the software even with no paper at all when they were winning

[paleotn]

16. Their oath is to the Constitution...

and the likelihood of getting to that is extremely remote. But, if it were to occur, we probably would part ways. It would be messy, but no shooting war. Unlike 1861, we're too integrated economically and culturally for that. In my mind, it's more of a question of how to divide up the military's assets versus what side the Pentagon is on. And lots of "I'll give you the southwestern part of NY for the eastern half of PA. And on and on.

That's just a thought experiment. The likelihood of that and what might cause it are extremely remote. But it is Vladimir Putin's dream scenario. The only way he gets his gas station masquerading as a country back on top.

[jayschool2013]

27. Could it begin with a tax revolt?

What might happen if deep blue states refused to fund the federal government if it were hijacked by Trump?

[dawg]

29. No taxation without representation.

They can't audit us all.

[sir pball]

42. I'm actually a fan of a "tax fairness" bill, I think Rs would jump on it.

Pass a bill that explicitly says a State cannot receive more in Federal aid than it pays in Federal taxes. Call it the "Maker-Taker Fairness Act" or the "Balanced Tax Distribution Act" or somesuch malarkey that panders to the Right's idea that the blue states, with their welfare queens and food-stamp scammers, are the "taker" states, I really suspect they'd jump on it like flies on shit.

[jayschool2013]

46. Brilliant!

Is anyone writing such legislation?

[bottomofthehill]

57. Not a chance this will happen.

Many of the blue states are donor states and many of the red states are the getting states. The senate will NEVER go for it. Senator Moynihan used to publish a report, I think it was called the Fisk report annually showing how much New York “donated” while being attacked by people like Newt for being a welfare state.

[bottomofthehill]

58. The redder the state the more it gives to the green states

[bottomofthehill]

60. NY, NJ, CT and MA are a piggy bank for the Republican states.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

34. It's over...

There’s going to be plenty of pissed off people just as we were in 2016. Admittedly the republican side has more crazies that bear watching.
There will be a transfer of power in January. Roberts has already said he does not want to legislate an election.

[birdographer]

44. Crazy is right

We were pissed off, but mostly sad, depressed, disappointed, and gobsmacked that a reality TV host was elected president. These clowns? Did you see the Jordan Klepper video from the MAGA march? Those people ain't right in the head, as they say here in the south. I'm reading The Cult of Trump, and that's what they are. Crazed.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

50. If Joe only had 270-280 EV, I'd be extremely concerned

However, at this point, Trump would have to prevail in multiple cases. It just doesn't seem likely, given the degrees to which his attorneys have had their asses handed to them so far. And this isn't Florida in 2000 with a few votes hanging in the balance. Kerry came closer to beating Bush in 2004 and saw it was a lost cause at this point.

[ssgbryan]

51. We got this........

Our oath is to the constitution, not the president.

On a related note.

The DoD has been slow-rolling Fat Nixon since 2017.

Remember those parades he wanted?

If DoD wanted them to happen, they would have. We have enough troops nearby (Transportation School at Ft Lee, for instance).

[Ohiogal]

2. Why don't they stage an intervention

Maybe drag him out of the WH early? I know, I can dream.

[Rorey]

4. Every Republican should be embarrassed and ashamed

They're allowing an obviously unfit man-baby to throw a long ass hissy fit at the expense of the security of our country and its citizens.

[Lock him up.]

43. And all this time, Putin must be scoffing up to asking for some air to breathe

That's what he paid for, init?

And a quarter-a-million dead (and counting) for a bonu$!

[William Seger]

8. Congress could impeach him again

He could be out in a matter of days if congressional Rs had a spine and took their oath of office seriously.

[Ohiogal]

11. Apparently

Since none of them stand up and speak out, that means they all endorse his outrageous and dangerous behavior, right?

[lastlib]

23. "Silence gives consent".......

[Hekate]

54. The House impeaches (and they did) but the Senate has to affirm it (and they didn't). Remind me...

...has anything changed in the Senate since then?

[William Seger]

62. What's changed is that Trump is now a very sore loser

I think it's possible that fact could cause a few R senators to recalculate the value of continuing to support Trump's dangerous behavior, whether out of concern for the country or their own political future. I expect a power struggle in a post-Trump GOP.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Maybe it'll end like "Dallas" -- I'll wake up one morning,

stagger into the kitchen, and there will stand Bobby Ewing, making coffee and saying "Good morning. Did you sleep well?"

And I'll say "Not really. How the hell did you get in here?"

[justgamma]

19. Good grief

When you said "end like Dallas". My mind did not go to the TV show, but to JFK. I fear that is exactly what the Cons rhetoric is aiming for.

[klook]

25. I'm hoping it ends up like the ending of the 2nd Newhart series

and I wake up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.

[cwydro]

5. Works at the pentagon, but can't spell.

Sigh.

[jaxexpat]

7. Not so hard to imagine, is it?

[cwydro]

13. Good point.

I take most of the twits with a grain of salt, lol.

[DesertRat]

17. Exactly

[soldierant]

55. I have to say

I am usually the spelling police, but until you pointed it out, I missed it. It could be an uncaught typo (with double letters that's easy to do.)

[Wednesdays]

9. Who is Michael Thomas?

[SkyDaddy7]

28. I believe he is a...

Running Back in the NFL? ...Or he was. Did not know he worked in the Pentagon.

...Thats about as much credibility I put in those "QAnon" type Tweets whether coming from the Right Left or Center.

[Zeus69]

38. Wide receiver, Saints

But carry on...

[SkyDaddy7]

66. YES!!!!

You’re 100% correct! Thank-you for the correction!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

39. There are probably several million people in this country

with the name "Michael Thomas".

A lot of first and last name combinations are far more common than you'd know.

[lillypaddle]

18. This may be he

https://dgi.wbresearch.com/speakers/lt-colonel-michael-thomas

He has 93K+ followers on twitter, for whatever that's worth. Interesting.

[llashram]

20. needless to say, I HOPE SO

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yet I have awakened every day with dread in my heart because the orange menace still is able to wield power. On Nov. 3rd 2016 I, like many here and nationwide, woke with my heart in the right place. I went to bed just knowing HRC had this. Turned on my computer and my heart dropped 40,000 feet. WTF? WTH? My pets scrambling everywhere. Then the reality, we had screwed the pooch this time.

And with that being set in stone and borne out daily for the last 3 plus years, I am the opposite these days on awakening. I dread turning on my computer. Because I fear a coup will have been somehow been attained.

I don't use Twitter or Facebook, so I hope this tweet is true.

Good luck fellow patriots and com padres.

[scarletwoman]

21. It's a lovely thought, but why should I believe some random, anonymous person on the internet?

Especially since General Miley made a point of saying that the military would have no role to play in this election.

[IronLionZion]

22. This is for the transition, not the election

Since people were worried that Biden wasn't getting briefings and support to transition into office.

[Cryptoad]

26. Hope we are sharing teh same "nightmare"

[liberalla]

31. Not soon enough!

But thanks for the reassuring words!

[gratuitous]

32. QUIT WAITING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION

Go ahead and do whatever it takes for the transition. Let Trump try to stop you. Let him sue your agency heads. Get it into court, and force Trump to make his case for further delay. Proceed as if ascertainment has happened, because it should have happened by now. Let's find out if the administration has the belly to fight for its ruinous delay in court.

[marie999]

36. I'm sure Biden is getting all the help he needs from the people Trump has fired.

[Jon King]

35. The Joint Chiefs of Staff already said it.....

The unsung hero and not told enough story is how the Joint Chief's of Staff General said in his Veteran's Day address that the military takes a oath to the Constitution and not "tyrants or dictators". A clear message to Trump.

Look, the MSM is making money of the ratings for this shit show. Trump has zero percent chance of not leaving office, but thats a lame story. He has little financial backing, the military hates him, and he lost by a landslide.

This is nothing but a Trump money grabbing effort. He is collecting donations and will go off to hold rallies and tweet and collect as much money as he can from the rubes for his coming legal and financial issues. He can back some state level Repubs but has zero intention of getting destroyed again in 2024.

There are not going to be state legislatures flipping electors. Those people are locals, own businesses, have kids. They are not going to destroy their own states for Trump when odds are they would be overturned anyway. Trump is done. But is sure is good for CNN and MSNBC to keep the worry going.

[ScratchCat]

40. Yes, Thank You!

I posted somewhere else that the only places there seems to be a "question" about who will be POTUS come 01/21/2021 is here at DU and on CNN/MSNBC. Anyone with a brain knows the moment an "attempted coup" occurs, the stock market crashes - not goes down - crashes in hours, and all hell breaking loose follows. This whole idea that they will just start a civil war, crash the economy and throw America away to keep a 73-year old, fake reality show can man in office is a joke.

[VA_Jill]

47. Could they just please

appear in the Oval Office tomorrow and quietly usher the Tangerine Toddler OUT?

[BobTheSubgenius]

41. I can't help but feeling comforted and reassured when I hear or read a piece like this.

Especially when they at least appear to have some knowledge and insight beyond that of even a very informed citizen.

When you hear average people say things like "I'd rather be ruled by a Russian than a Democrat!" there are some serious issues out in the wild.

[DENVERPOPS]

45. No Shit........

That is the thing that scares me......70 million feeling that way !!!!!

Biden winning and taking office could be opening Pandora's box....

[BobTheSubgenius]

64. That figure - 70,000,000 - is frightening indeed. No question.

But the only way to deal with it is to lance the boil. The support will peter out, once he can't do anything for them...as if he ever did. But they still hope he will, I think.

Biden taking office could unleash things we can't predict now, but it has to happen sometime, and the sooner, the better. It can't happen gradually, where power is slowly transferred from one to the other as they work together through transition.

Good lord. I could barely keep my fingers moving as they typed "work together." I had no idea they would try to take editorial control.

[handmade34]

48. well, that's great, but

this interim is causing great harm to our Country now! the thousands of people who are still being told that the election was a fraud will not settle into a new Administration very well... there is and will be unrest into the future

[Cha]

49. Rt.. TY Michael Thomas!

[Skittles]

52. now THAT is something we need to hear

yes INDEED

[calimary]

53. We're holding you to that, Michael Thomas my friend.

[LiberalLovinLug]

59. Say goodbye to your job Michael.

[COL Mustard]

63. I Too Work At The Pentagon

It's a big building with a lot of people assigned to it. I don't know Michael Thomas, but in my agency, to my knowledge we haven't received any guidance on the transition. The potential shutdown on December 11 is much more front of mind for us.

I will say that I hope Mr. Thomas didn't tweet that message at work or on his work computer at the time shown. He could have other problems if that was the case. Tweet what you want on your own time, and on your own device but not on Uncle's time or device.

[Autumn]

65. How exciting another anonymous bullshit tweet to his followers from a "hero" who hides

behind a twitter account. I've heard this shit before.