| Title | Post Boost | Reach | Like | Comments | Shares | Clicks | Hide | Hideall | Cost | Topic |
| 57-43 | 2021-02-13 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | impeachment | ||||
| Trump is not on trial! | 2021-02-11 | 24 | 4 | 3 | impeachment | |||||
| Trump doesn't need lawyers that won't fight for him! | 2021-01-30 | 38 | 6 | 2 | impeachment | |||||
| How much time does this trial need? | 2021-01-28 | 7 | - | 1 | impeachment | |||||
| Should Trump be allowed back on Twitter to defend himself | 2021-01-26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | impeachment | |||||
| 45 SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LEGALIZE INSURRECTION! | 2021-01-26 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 1 | impeachment | ||||
| "Republican senators are balancing the demands of | 2021-01-25 | 11 | - | impeachment | ||||||
| Is disqualifying Trump for 2024 the best plan? | 2021-01-15 | 20 | - | 2 | impeachment | |||||
| Mitch is right! Keep Trump on good behavior with | 2021-01-15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | impeachment | ||||
| Why does it need to take so long? Why couldn't the | 2021-01-08 | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | impeachment | ||||
| "I heard you paint ballots" | 2021-01-03 | 80 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | impeachment |
The table above has these entries. Post entries with just one line for Reach were not boosted. Boosted posts have two lines for Reach and several other items. The upper line reflects all interactions, the bottom line just those resulting from paid ads.
========== 57-43 43 Republican senators voted for insurrection and can trade their copy of Profiles in Courage for Franz von Papen's biography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen 7 voted for the Constitution - Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse, Toomey. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-trials-impeachments-b245b52fd7d4a079ae199c954baba452 5 are going to need a new political home; Burr and Toomey are retiring. 43 are safe from the Trump base - until Trump sets the next loyalty test, which will be harder. As von Papen could testify, their moral degradation and public humiliation and historical censure is just beginning. One ex-president not convicted; 43 senators convict themselves. Now that the trial is over, can Trump muzzle himself? Not likely - "another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country... our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to make America Great Again has only just begun" https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/13/full-text-of-trumps-statement-on-impeachment-acquittal/ He'll claim complete exoneration even though he got off on a convenient technicality of dubious validity. And his base will agree. Republicans were eager to get the trial over in order to get back to their main order of business, which is to block Biden at every turn. But their return to deficit hawking probably will not include sending the National Guard home or tearing down the new fence around the Capitol. They know the next mob, like the first, will consider everybody in the Capitol to be their enemy. Sasse and Haley and Hogan already said they're putting their 2024 hopes on NOT being Trump. Do they think they can get the donors and then the voters? But what about Hawley, Cruz, Pompeo, Pence, Don Jr, Tucker Carlson, and all the rest that thought they could inherit the Trump base in 2024? Do they think they can get the voters and then the donors? What's their next gig? What's YOUR next gig? https://www.dscc.org/ #PS1impeachment https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-trials-impeachments-b245b52fd7d4a079ae199c954baba452 ===== comments 1 impact 118 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-02-13 ratio 8 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 57-43 topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 294 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 ID 1355142498163599 impress 45 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 34 likeusers 1 likeuusers 27 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 45 oreach 32 posted "02/13/2021 01:22:40 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 32 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355142498163599 ========== Trump is not on trial! The law and the facts are clear and everybody knows it. The outcome is clear and everybody knows it. No need for a trial of Trump. What's on trial is Trumpism - rule by cult of personality instead of rule by law - and all its enablers in the GOP and collaborators in the media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/republicans-are-out-excuses/ And most directly of all, of course, Republican senators, who get to blacken their names to the shame of future generations. It's not law, or facts, or logic, or fairness, or what would you have done if Obama had incited resurrection. When rich donors spend millions of dollars sending them to the Senate and keeping them there, their job #1 is staying in power to deliver to their donors. That means surviving the next primary by appeasing the Trump base, and surviving the next general by avoiding the appearance of endorsing violent insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/ Impeaching their characters, and the character of Trumpism, is the highest goal here. There's no impeachment for moral relativism but an antiseptic measure would be to end unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations == Votes for acquittal are votes for violence as a standard tactic in American politics, just like the third world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/stakes-trumps-trial-whether-gop-will-fully-denounce-political-violence/ In the James Bond thriller "From Russia with Love", the SMERSH honcho justifies his elaborate scheme by quoting some Russian predecessor to the effect "it is not sufficient to kill a man, you must also kill his reputation". In the case of violent Trumpism it's ONLY the reputation that matters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-legacy.html == As for punishment of Trump personally, that will work out in state and Federal civil and criminal courts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/11/trump-faces-tax-questions/ He might try to run again in 2024 even if he's broke and in jail. But he might have become old news by then - like Sarah Palin - outshone by Marjorie Taylor Greene or somebody worse. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/for-donald-trump-sarah-palins-fall-shows-the-limits-of-media-obsession #PS1impeachment https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-legacy.html ===== impact 217 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2021-02-11 ratio 3 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Trump is not on trial! topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 310 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 5 ID 1353798748297974 impress 26 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 23 likeusers 4 likeuusers 22 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 26 oreach 24 posted "02/11/2021 11:13:36 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 24 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353798748297974 ========== Trump doesn't need lawyers that won't fight for him! Bring back Giuliani and Powell - they're not afraid of being disbarred! Trump will rebar them when he's re-elected in 2024! Or maybe Trump wants to defend himself in person in his own words that his base will recognize - turn his trial into a campaign rally and be as outrageous as he likes, all to see which of the Republican senators are too weak to be relied on and must be replaced by 2024. Trump's allies are showing the way to deal with weaklings - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-censures-elections-impeachments-south-carolina-1fc2d4832b5c29746acb870f90a3292c https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-iowa-d0d59ee3ef2b2bdd659ccc6a33afd255 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-south-dakota-pierre-elections-9d222929b080274c98232f3fd2179f33 Trump can announce that in 2024 he'll pardon any strong supporters convicted for Jan 6! That'll excite his base. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-impeachments-trials-373faf83e36e5fd2e4be1bdf46b406ff Why are they impeaching Trump instead of all those weak governors, judges, Supreme Court justices, election officials and legislators that refused to support Trump's re-election and find all the fraud? #PS1impeachment ===== comments 2 impact 116 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2021-01-30 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Trump doesn't need lawyers that won't fight for him! topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 145 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 5 ID 1346134715731044 impress 47 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 5 likeuusers 37 oimpress 47 oreach 38 posted "01/30/2021 10:32:54 PM" reach 38 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1346134715731044 ========== How much time does this trial need? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/as-senate-prepares-for-a-speedy-impeachment-trial-some-are-urging-a-slower-more-deliberative-approach/2021/01/28/fe56430a-6178-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html Everybody has already decided how they are going to vote, same as last time. The Republicans want a long drawn out trial with lots of evidence and witnesses, not because they will pay any attention - they were eyewitnesses! - but to delay Biden's agenda and, they hope, rouse up the Trump base again. So an hour for the Georgia tape. An hour for the Ellipse speech. An hour of highlights from the riot. An hour for the vote. Be done with it before the insurrectionists can charter their buses. Numerous Republicans predicted exactly what happened years in advance! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/28/who-could-have-predicted-capitol-siege-plenty-people/ They thought it was bad then, but now they've changed their minds. #PS1impeachment ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-28 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title How much time does this trial need? topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 119 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1344765835867932 impress 10 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 6 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 10 oreach 7 posted "01/28/2021 07:44:19 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344765835867932 ========== Should Trump be allowed back on Twitter to defend himself during his impeachment trial? It won't affect the trial - 45 Republican senators made that clear today. Can he resist the urge to self-incriminate by Federal felony calls to violent action? He'll have a harder time running for president in 2024 if he's in jail after a criminal conviction in a regular Federal court. But it would be like giving crack to an addict and telling him not to take it! #PS1impeachment ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-01-26 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Should Trump be allowed back on Twitter to defend himself topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 82 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 ID 1343281856016330 impress 25 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 22 likeusers 2 likeuusers 22 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 25 oreach 25 posted "01/26/2021 04:43:36 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 25 type Status URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1343281856016330 ========== 45 SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LEGALIZE INSURRECTION! All out of fear of the Trump base. https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-senate-eeff16bd40a4fe3b65b5efc9f1582289 They pretended it was about the constitutionality of an impeachment trial, as if the founders intended that a lame-duck president who committed high crimes and misdemeanors be immune from punishment. But nobody is fooled. These 45 will all vote to acquit, no matter how much evidence and how many witnesses are produced. They won't vote for censure or the14th amendment, either. Do they think the next lynch mob will be able to tell Democrats from Republicans? No matter what good they might have done in the past or might do in the future, NOTHING WILL ERASE THIS STAIN FROM THEIR NAMES! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/three-weeks-after-attempted-insurrection-senate-republicans-again-close-ranks-around-trump/ Because we already know the lesson Trump will take from that - THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR INSURRECTION AND HE MIGHT AS WELL BE BOLDER NEXT TIME. No doubt Hawley, Cruz, Pence, Don Jr, Pompeo, Carlson, and Haley are all disappointed that their dreams of glory in 2024 are in tatters. But they dare not say so to anybody lest it leak and they reap the wrath of the base. The best news for Trump is he doesn't need to set up a Patriot or MAGA Party. He's got the GOP from top to bottom. What's to become of those 5 lonely senators and 10 lonely representatives who don't fit into the Trumpist GOP? For the rest of us, it's time to look at regional federalism! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html We already had a sedition caucus in the House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/11/violent-mob-overran-congress-3-takeaways-weeks-ahead/ Now we have one in the Senate as well. #PS1impeachment ===== comments 4 impact 444 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 0 posted 2021-01-26 ratio 3 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 45 SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LEGALIZE INSURRECTION! topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 261 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 12 ID 1343267562684426 impress 60 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 12 likeuusers 44 oimpress 60 oreach 56 posted "01/26/2021 04:09:11 PM" reach 56 sharesimpress 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1343267562684426 ========== "Republican senators are balancing the demands of deep-pocketed donors who are distancing themselves from Trump and voters who demand loyalty to him" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-impeachments-eeff16bd40a4fe3b65b5efc9f1582289 Their only hope is to dismiss the impeachment so they don't have to choose between earning the judgment of history by voting for insurrection or earning the judgment of the Trump base by voting against Trump. It's real simple - the majority of Republican voters think that Trump, Cruz, Hawley, Giuliani, and the rioters DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. Are Republican senators with their voters or against them? Are there enough donors to finance enough lies to get them through their next primary and their next election? The right choice is obvious - how would they have voted if Obama had been accused of the same thing? Instead they pretend to be interested in the testimony and evidence. But they were eyewitnesses! Most already knew how they would vote before the insurrection even happened. Those that vote for insurrection or for avoiding the issue should be censured by their state legislatures and expelled by the Senate. https://www.approve-or-expel.net/ https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-impeachments-eeff16bd40a4fe3b65b5efc9f1582289 #PS1impeachment ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title "Republican senators are balancing the demands of topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 179 ID 1342793616065154 impress 11 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 11 oreach 11 posted "01/25/2021 10:33:46 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1342793616065154 ========== Is disqualifying Trump for 2024 the best plan? If convicted in the Senate, Trump could be disqualified, or by application of the 14th Amendment. That would be a gift to unrepentant would-be successors like Hawley, Cruz, Pompeo, Pence, Don Jr, Tucker Carlson, Nikki Haley, etc, who need to get Trump out of the way without saying it or voting for it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/senators-trump-impeachment-republicans.html The Trumpist Party will be around for a while, whether it's called Republican or something else. It's about 1/3 of the electorate. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-republicans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/trump-second-impeachment.html Is it better to have Trumpism led by politically incompetent Trump, who will continue to alienate as many persuadables as possible, or one of his abler, bolder successors who are better at sweet talk to former Republicans? If Trump is able to credibly talk about running in 2024, that might deprive the wannabes of media and press attention, and more importantly, starve them for campaign donors. Trump's actual viability as a candidate may turn on how his many criminal and civil liabilities pan out. He may be in court full time for the foreseeable future, especially if he keeps Giuliani in charge of his defense. Let's hear it for incompetence! So while a conviction after he's already out of office would serve notice to future Trumpists, a symbolic penalty like cancelling his pension might be wiser than disqualifying him for 2024. And as far as social media go, restoring Trump's Twitter might be the best thing for the country - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/opinion/republicans-trump.html since he has so many scores to settle with non-Trumpist Republicans. #PS1impeachment ===== impact 51 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-15 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Is disqualifying Trump for 2024 the best plan? topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 255 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 ID 1336282030049646 impress 23 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 19 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 23 oreach 20 posted "01/15/2021 02:45:46 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 20 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336282030049646 ========== Mitch is right! Keep Trump on good behavior with uncertainty. It's essential to avoid Trump still being president with nothing left to lose. And nothing left to lose is how he'll be after he knows what the outcome of the Senate vote will be, for or against. The Trumpist senators will drag out the trial as long as possible, maximizing the risk. So Mitch isn't saying how he'll vote, and he's not telling others how to vote - https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-donald-trump-capitol-siege-biden-cabinet-trials-a87675ac14ce32cf466e628ae4ac1908 and the trial won't begin until Trump is safely out of office and Biden inaugurated. They'll all say they want to hear all the facts and arguments, but they already know all that - they were eyewitnesses. What they mean is they need to hear from their donors before they know how to vote. So the outcome is far from certain. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachments-capitol-siege-mitch-mcconnell-29ca8c7dff7943c3daf2952d4a809097 #PS1impeachment ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-01-15 ratio 4 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Mitch is right! Keep Trump on good behavior with topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 140 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 5 ID 1336152096729306 impress 28 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 23 likeusers 2 likeuusers 22 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 28 oreach 24 posted "01/15/2021 09:32:31 AM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 24 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336152096729306 ========== Why does it need to take so long? Why couldn't the House meet on Saturday and pass an impeachment resolution? Why couldn't the Senate meet on Sunday and vote up or down? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trump-mcconnell/2021/01/08/5f650ad0-520d-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html It shouldn't be that hard to figure out. What would they have done is Obama did any of these things? Operation Warp Speed 10 then! But now Republican senators need time to return to their states and consult with their donors to find out where they should stand. The impeachment resolution could have a comprehensive 50-page list of impeachable offenses, or just one article "Trump is a dangerous criminal and a jerk!" and the votes for or against would be exactly the same in both houses. So further wordsmithing is pointless. Likewise debate. For evidence just replay the speeches inciting riot and proposing fraud. The vote might turn on what Trump says or does this week, not on the text of the impeachment or evidence. Last time, Republican senators didn't need to read the impeachment or hear evidence. They just voted the way that seemed best for them politically, as their donors instructed. This time, it will be the same. The important thing is to get the Republican senators to vote up or down on the record instead of ducking the issue as they have for five years. If there are 67 votes for conviction and removal then punishment must include disqualification for any future Federal office per Art I Sec 3. Security must be literally bulletproof from now until the Senate votes and Biden is inaugurated, whichever comes last. Trump's violent supporters are talking about a big last stand and now we know that some of them mean it. https://www.theday.com/article/20210110/NWS13/210119965 Trump is not telling any of them to stay home. == For the future - we need to do better but as a nation we don't seem to be ready to be better. Trump remains the most admired man in America. https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx Regional federalism might be the only way forward. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Having a quick way to get rid of an incompetent or corrupt president would be prophylactic - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html == https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trump-mcconnell/2021/01/08/5f650ad0-520d-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html #PS1impeachment ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-08 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Why does it need to take so long? Why couldn't the topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 350 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 ID 1331477700530079 impress 24 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 18 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 24 oreach 20 posted "01/08/2021 11:36:48 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 20 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1331477700530079 ========== "I heard you paint ballots" If that isn't impeachable, then what is? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-call-georgia.html https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-a7b4aa4d8ce3bf52301ddbe620c6bff6 https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/trump-demands-georgia-elections-official-overturn-his-defeat-in-hourlong-call/6MRGK445JNAGHBL2HXLZ3FIVZU/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia.html Grounds for the 25th Amendment, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution This shouldn't be hard for Republican senators to figure out. All they have to do is ask themselves how they would have reacted if Obama had done the same. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html == https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1impeachment ===== comments 3 hideall 1 impact 196 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 1 posted 2021-01-03 ratio 2 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title "I heard you paint ballots" topic impeachment wordrate 0 words 49 audclicks 20 audreach 12 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 27 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 ID 1327883184222864 impress 84 likeclickusers 23 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 69 likeusers 13 likeuusers 67 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 14 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 84 oreach 80 posted "01/03/2021 11:02:49 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 7 reach 80 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1327883184222864