(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E113: Trump Pretends To Oppose Immediate GOP Coronation [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-25 S2E113 of the Countdown podcast is up! iHeart Radio link; list of all podcasts there Omny.FM link; list of all podcasts there ivoox also carries his podcast. YouTube, later Preview: A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: Since Nikki Haley refused to enslave herself after he defeated her in New Hampshire Tuesday, Trump has lost what little remained of his damned mind. He is now running on a novel platform: “Trump 2024: EFF AMERICA!” He wants to crash the economy, leave the borders open so (he says) terrorists can pour in. Yesterday a resolution was floated to the RNC to effectively cancel the remaining 48 Republican primaries and declare Trump the nominee NOW. Even though the GOP rules require 1,215 delegates for nomination and he has exactly 32. Moreover, one of the underappreciated ratfinks of the fascist push in America for a quarter century, David Bossie of the Clinton Hunt and Citizens United, is the Committeeman who has actually introduced a resolution subverting what passes for democracy within the GOP, to the Republican National Committee. Last night Trump made a big deal of saying he doesn’t want this, that he wants “to do it the old fashioned way” and guess what? I think he’s lying. He wants it — he just doesn’t want to be seen as being BEHIND it. So if it happens, does Nikki Haley then sue? She certainly hasn’t shrunk away from challenging Trump. He threatened to blacklist her donors? She tweeted the news and attached a link TO donate to her campaign! She’s clearly aware that unlike almost any other Republican since 2016, she has destabilized him, and threatened him back. How far will she go? Especially since Trump’s desire to blow-up the border deal may have created an anti-Trump bloc among Republican Senators who might serve as a Haley base of support. And the mainstream media will report this as: “The GOP kills democracy. How does this hurt Joe Biden’s reelection chances?” B-Block IN SPORTS: A college athlete illegally betting on his own school’s games at a legal betting site? How’d EVER have expected that? And why it doesn’t matter whether he bet for or against his own team. Plus Jim Harbaugh’s new job lets me tell the story of the filming of the ESPN commercial Dan Patrick and I did with him. “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.” — Keith Olbermann (28:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Surprise! The January 6th Sprinter, Josh Hawley, is suddenly Senator Socialism! x Some billionaire wants to put 500 Missourians out of work and walk away with the profit. Can’t happen. This plant and these workers are too important to the nation to shut down — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 25, 2024 Rep. Ralph Norman, unrepentant insurrectionist and Kaitlin Collins who didn’t call him on it. x Rep. Ralph Norman, who sent a text three days before Biden’s inauguration asking Mark Meadows to declare “Marshall law,” says he only regrets misspelling it. pic.twitter.com/mOLPuSjxPc — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 25, 2024 LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! And led by the last GOP nominee for governor of New York, Lee Zeldin, and resident Fox stooges “Typhoid” Tyrus and Greg “Guttersnipe” Gutfield, decide it’s ok to now use the “R-word” on TV, never realizing they’d be the first three guys you’d use it to describe. C-Block FRIDAYS WITH THURBER: I was talking about my Dad again yesterday and almost immediately I was reminded of HIS favorite Thurber story. So I offer it to you today: “I Went To Sullivant” Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/25/2219619/-Countdown-With-Keith-Olbermann-S2E113-Trump-Pretends-To-Oppose-Immediate-GOP-Coronation?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/