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servermsh's JournalDavid Waldman says the Democratic Senate can send impeachment to committee
David Waldman, of Daily Kos, who is knowledgeable of Senate rules and who worked before with Senate Democrats on filibuster reform, says if the impeachment trial starts when Democrats are in control, they can send the impeachment matter to a committee while the main Senate works on more urgent matters like COVID.
https://twitter.com/KagroX/status/1348123242318467072
The Senate conducts non-presidential impeachments (as they do for federal judges) in committee. That leaves the floor open for Biden nominations.
IMHO, the Speaker should pause sending notice of impeachment to the Senate until after the Democrats take over.
EDIT: Marcy Wheeler also says a committee can be used:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/01/10/triage-and-impeachment/
CNN: Pence has not ruled out 25th amendment
On CNN now....
Chyron:
Pence not ruling out 25th Amendment; Wants to preserve it in case Trump becomes more unstable.
FYI, 217 votes needed to impeach
FYI, since two House seats are vacant, the total number of Representatives is 433
https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown
Half of that number is 216.5. So 217 votes are needed to impeach in the House, assuming all members are present and voting.
A 2nd Article of Impeachment?
Bring on more! 
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1347997063078936578
New: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a...call...could amount to obstruction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-call-georgia-investigator/2021/01/09/7a55c7fa-51cf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.htmlTrump placed the call to the investigations chief for the Georgia secretary of state’s office shortly before Christmas — while the individual was leading an inquiry into allegations of ballot fraud in Cobb County, in the suburbs of Atlanta, according to people familiar with the episode.
Can Schumer refer the impeachment to committee?
Assuming Pelosi pauses sending notice of impeachment until Schumer is the Majority Leader, can the Democrats decide to send the matter of impeachment to a committee, thus freeing up the Senate to do other urgent business?
David Waldman of Daily Kos, who is knowledgeable, says this:
https://twitter.com/KagroX/status/1347770789429440514
If Trump is no longer in office, it’s no longer a trial of “the president,” and the Senate can hold the trial in committee, the way they do when impeaching judges.
Thoughts?
The president has been suspended from Twitter (apparently permanent)
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1347684684310982660It is apparently permanent:
@realDonaldTrump
account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
Apple Has Threatened To Ban Parler From The App Store
Good!
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/apple-threatens-ban-parler
Murkowski calls on President Trump to resign, questions her future as a Republican
https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/08/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-calls-on-president-trump-to-resign-questions-her-future-as-a-republican/“Well, you know, there’s a lot of people who actually thought that I did that in 2010, think that I became an independent. I didn’t have any reason to leave my party in 2010. I was a Republican who ran a write-in campaign and I was successful. But I will tell you, if the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me,” she said.
Twitter suspends Flynn and Powell. And others.
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1347654102453538819BREAKING: Twitter is taking dramatic action on remaining QAnon accounts for breaking their "Coordinated Harmful Activity" rules, some of whom heavily promoted Wednesday's storming of the Capitol.
Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, 8kun's Ron Watkins banned.
Twitter's statement below:
EDIT: Corrected "bans" to "suspends" because the Tweet itself isn't accurate. But they are suspended.
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