1Molly3028
AND BEYOND
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/02/one-three-americans-violence-gov...
One in three Americans say violence against government justified – poll
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/02/trump-capitol-riot-aftermath-526277
At time of Capitol prayer service Jan. 6, Trump will deliver remarks doubling down on the ‘Big Lie’
People around the world may again be watching in horror as the events taking place in America unfold on this January 6. A combination of the Trumpism religion and an international pandemic is placing a horrific strain on America's democracy several years before the celebration of our country's 250th birthday. The Nixon era provided a similar strain on our democracy a few years before the celebration of our country's 200th birthday. However, modern-day GOP reps don't appear to care about saving our democracy this time around ~ preserving their power is their 21st century goal.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/02/one-three-americans-violence-gov...
One in three Americans say violence against government justified – poll
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/02/trump-capitol-riot-aftermath-526277
At time of Capitol prayer service Jan. 6, Trump will deliver remarks doubling down on the ‘Big Lie’
People around the world may again be watching in horror as the events taking place in America unfold on this January 6. A combination of the Trumpism religion and an international pandemic is placing a horrific strain on America's democracy several years before the celebration of our country's 250th birthday. The Nixon era provided a similar strain on our democracy a few years before the celebration of our country's 200th birthday. However, modern-day GOP reps don't appear to care about saving our democracy this time around ~ preserving their power is their 21st century goal.
2Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-delivers-grim-reflection-on-janua...
Conan O’Brien Delivers Grim Reflection on January 6: ‘I Think The American Experiment Is Ending’
O’Brien jokingly pointed towards the rioters anxiety for the reason they decided to storm the capitol. “When you’re stressed you try to undue a 220 year constitutional experiment,” O’Brien said. “That’s what we all do when we’re stressed.”
Conan O’Brien Delivers Grim Reflection on January 6: ‘I Think The American Experiment Is Ending’
O’Brien jokingly pointed towards the rioters anxiety for the reason they decided to storm the capitol. “When you’re stressed you try to undue a 220 year constitutional experiment,” O’Brien said. “That’s what we all do when we’re stressed.”
3John5918
The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump (Guardian)
Republicans are busy at work undermining the next election. And they don’t need Trump in the White House to do so...
Republicans are busy at work undermining the next election. And they don’t need Trump in the White House to do so...
4librorumamans
The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare
The long read in Saturday's Globe and Mail by Thomas Homer-Dixon of the University of Waterloo and Royal Roads University.
The long read in Saturday's Globe and Mail by Thomas Homer-Dixon of the University of Waterloo and Royal Roads University.
5Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/news/donie-osullivan-confronts-trump-supporters-over-ja...
Donie O’Sullivan Confronts Trump Supporters Over Jaw-Dropping Denial and Nuttery One Year After Capitol Insurrection
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Should a majority of Americans allow these Twilight Zoners to direct America's economic, social and political policies going forward??? Their actions and statements are an indication of why their lives unfolded the way they have.
Donie O’Sullivan Confronts Trump Supporters Over Jaw-Dropping Denial and Nuttery One Year After Capitol Insurrection
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Should a majority of Americans allow these Twilight Zoners to direct America's economic, social and political policies going forward??? Their actions and statements are an indication of why their lives unfolded the way they have.
6Molly3028
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-riots-donald-trump-only-on-ap-congress-...
Less than half of GOP say 1/6 was very violent: AP-NORC poll
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In other words, ignore what your eyes saw and what your ears heard that horrific day!!!
Less than half of GOP say 1/6 was very violent: AP-NORC poll
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In other words, ignore what your eyes saw and what your ears heard that horrific day!!!
7Molly3028
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-party-2656215294/
Former Republican frightened by all the ‘scoundrels’ and ‘perverts’ in the GOP
In his column for the Daily Beast, conservative Matt Lewis, who left the Republican Party due to Donald Trump only to return after his election defeat, cast a jaundiced eye at what the party has become, before asserting it has opened its arms to an assortment of "freaks ... perverts, and weirdos" who have become the face of the party.
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In other words, this is not the Grand Old Party to which your parents and grandparents were affiliated.
Former Republican frightened by all the ‘scoundrels’ and ‘perverts’ in the GOP
In his column for the Daily Beast, conservative Matt Lewis, who left the Republican Party due to Donald Trump only to return after his election defeat, cast a jaundiced eye at what the party has become, before asserting it has opened its arms to an assortment of "freaks ... perverts, and weirdos" who have become the face of the party.
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In other words, this is not the Grand Old Party to which your parents and grandparents were affiliated.
8Molly3028
https://www.foxnews.com/media/one-year-later-why-january-6th-still-erodes-our-de...
One year later: Why January 6th still erodes our democracy
by Howard Kurtz
I now say January 6th was a double tragedy.
It was an ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY that we all saw play out in chilling fashion, on screens and smartphones, in real time.
And it has morphed into a deeply polarizing debate over what happened, how bad it was, who is to blame, and whether the investigation of those events is excessively partisan.
In some ways, our hate-filled polarization is worse than the death and destruction inflicted at the Capitol, because it strikes at the heart of our republic.
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HOW REFRESHING ~ A Foxite actually telling the truth for a change.
One year later: Why January 6th still erodes our democracy
by Howard Kurtz
I now say January 6th was a double tragedy.
It was an ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY that we all saw play out in chilling fashion, on screens and smartphones, in real time.
And it has morphed into a deeply polarizing debate over what happened, how bad it was, who is to blame, and whether the investigation of those events is excessively partisan.
In some ways, our hate-filled polarization is worse than the death and destruction inflicted at the Capitol, because it strikes at the heart of our republic.
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HOW REFRESHING ~ A Foxite actually telling the truth for a change.
9Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/breaking-trump-cancels-jan-6-presser-at-ma...
BREAKING: Trump CANCELS Jan. 6 Presser at Mar-a-Lago
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Apparently, somebody was able to help him turn off his self-destructive tendencies for once. Thank The Lord. Trump, however, still plans to rant at a January 15 rally.
BREAKING: Trump CANCELS Jan. 6 Presser at Mar-a-Lago
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Apparently, somebody was able to help him turn off his self-destructive tendencies for once. Thank The Lord. Trump, however, still plans to rant at a January 15 rally.
10Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/dinesh-dsouza-attacks-capitol-police-using-massive-a...
Dinesh D’Souza Attacks Capitol Police For Using ‘Massive Amounts of Force Against Unarmed Trump Supporters’ on Jan 6th
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How dare they protect Congressional reps and staff members from a very angry mob acting out the assault orders of a cult leader.
Dinesh D’Souza Attacks Capitol Police For Using ‘Massive Amounts of Force Against Unarmed Trump Supporters’ on Jan 6th
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How dare they protect Congressional reps and staff members from a very angry mob acting out the assault orders of a cult leader.
11davidgn
>4 librorumamans: Thanks for sharing the original referenced in the piece I put in the Breitbart thread.
I'm just encountering this little sign of the times: Brian Williams's sign-off last month.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/brian-williams-signs-off-the-11th-hour-for-the-final...
I'm just encountering this little sign of the times: Brian Williams's sign-off last month.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/brian-williams-signs-off-the-11th-hour-for-the-final...
Well, look at the time. I’ll try to keep this brief. After 28 years of peacock logos on much of what I own, it is my choice now to jump without a net into the great unknown. As I do for the first time in my 62 years, my biggest worry is for my country. The truth is, I’m not a liberal or a conservative. I’m an institutionalist. I believe in is place. And in my love of my country, I yield to no one.
But the darkness on the edge of town has spread to the main roads and highways and neighborhoods. It’s now at the local bar, and the bowling alley, at the school board, and the grocery store. And it must be acknowledged and answered for. Grown men and women who swore an oath to our Constitution, elected by their constituents possessing the kinds of college degrees I could only dream of have decided to join the mob and become something they are not while hoping we somehow forget who they were.
They’ve decided to burn it all down – with us inside. That should scare you to no end as much as it scares an aging volunteer fireman.
To my coworkers, my love and thanks. And I say again, everyone I’ve worked with has made me better at what I do. To my family, love and thanks doesn’t begin to cover it. But now I have the time to better express it. My friends know who they are. No one’s been blessed with better friends. To the guests on this broadcast, as you heard the nice man say a few minutes ago, it’s always been about you. Otherwise, I’d be staring into the camera for an hour, five nights a week. And nobody wants to see that. You are The 11th Hour and will continue to be The 11th Hour. This is where I thank you, however, for being so great for explaining these last five years.
As a proud New Jersey native, this is where I get to say, regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. What a ride it’s been. Where else, how else was a kid like me going to meet presidents and kings and the occasional rock star? These lovely testimonials that I can never truly repay make me hyperaware that it has been and remains a wonderful life. It’s as if I’m going to wake up tomorrow morning in Bedford Falls. The reality is though, I will wake up tomorrow in the America of the year 2021, a nation unrecognizable to those who came before us and fought to protect it, which is what you must do now. My colleagues will take it from here.
I will probably find it impossible to be silent and stay away from you and lights and cameras after I experiment with relaxation and find out what I’ve missed and what’s out there. Every weeknight for decades now, I’ve said some version of the same thing. Thank you for being here with us. “Us,” meaning the people who produced this broadcast for you. And you, well, without you, there’s no us.
I’ll show myself out. Until we meet again, that is our broadcast for this Thursday night. Thank you for being here with us. And for all my colleagues of the networks of NBC News, good night.
12Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/on-eve-of-jan-6-anniversary-trump-issues-state...
On Eve of Jan. 6 Anniversary, Trump Issues Statement Calling On ‘MAGA Nation’ to ‘Rise Up’ Against Vaccine Mandates
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Is this by any chance a warning shot to HIS Supreme picks??? The mandates issue is on deck on 1-7.
On Eve of Jan. 6 Anniversary, Trump Issues Statement Calling On ‘MAGA Nation’ to ‘Rise Up’ Against Vaccine Mandates
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Is this by any chance a warning shot to HIS Supreme picks??? The mandates issue is on deck on 1-7.
13Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/liz-cheney-blasts-fellow-republicans-for-looking-the...
Liz Cheney Blasts Fellow Republicans for ‘Looking the Other Way’ and Embracing Trump: ‘That’s How Democracies Die’
To mark the anniversary of January 6th, Cheney sat with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, where she remarked that “we came very close” to “the violent overthrow of a valid election” last year.
Liz Cheney Blasts Fellow Republicans for ‘Looking the Other Way’ and Embracing Trump: ‘That’s How Democracies Die’
To mark the anniversary of January 6th, Cheney sat with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, where she remarked that “we came very close” to “the violent overthrow of a valid election” last year.
14davidgn
Merrick Garland does not pull punches here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dqO8_hnDsM
Merrick Garland vows to pursue all those responsible for 6 January attack
Attorney general says justice department has ‘no higher priority’ and promises further actions over ‘assault on our democracy’
Write-up: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/merrick-garland-us-capitol-attac...
Merrick Garland vows to pursue all those responsible for 6 January attack
Attorney general says justice department has ‘no higher priority’ and promises further actions over ‘assault on our democracy’
Write-up: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/merrick-garland-us-capitol-attac...
15Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/karl-rove-jan-6-op-ed/
Karl Rove Challenges GOP in Blistering Jan. 6 Op-Ed: ‘What If the Other Side Had Done It?’
So, on this anniversary, here’s a simple thought experiment: What if the other side had done it? What if in early January 2017, Democrats similarly attired and armed had stormed the Capitol and attempted to keep Congress from receiving the Electoral College results for the 2016 presidential election?
What if Democrats claimed that Donald Trump’s razor-thin victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin resulted from extensive voter fraud and should be rejected, despite having failed to establish in a single court that extensive fraud had actually occurred?
What if some of these Democrats breached the Capitol defenses and threatened violence against the Republican speaker, Paul Ryan, and Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell?
What if they insisted that in his role as Senate president then-Vice President Joe Biden had sole authority to seat Hillary Clinton’s electors from any contested states and thereby hand her the presidency?
If this happened, would some of my fellow Republicans have accepted it as merely a protest? Would they have called patriots those charged with violent acts against our country, its laws and Constitution? Would they have accepted such extralegal means to change the outcome of a presidential election?
No they would not. I’m certain of that.
Karl Rove Challenges GOP in Blistering Jan. 6 Op-Ed: ‘What If the Other Side Had Done It?’
So, on this anniversary, here’s a simple thought experiment: What if the other side had done it? What if in early January 2017, Democrats similarly attired and armed had stormed the Capitol and attempted to keep Congress from receiving the Electoral College results for the 2016 presidential election?
What if Democrats claimed that Donald Trump’s razor-thin victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin resulted from extensive voter fraud and should be rejected, despite having failed to establish in a single court that extensive fraud had actually occurred?
What if some of these Democrats breached the Capitol defenses and threatened violence against the Republican speaker, Paul Ryan, and Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell?
What if they insisted that in his role as Senate president then-Vice President Joe Biden had sole authority to seat Hillary Clinton’s electors from any contested states and thereby hand her the presidency?
If this happened, would some of my fellow Republicans have accepted it as merely a protest? Would they have called patriots those charged with violent acts against our country, its laws and Constitution? Would they have accepted such extralegal means to change the outcome of a presidential election?
No they would not. I’m certain of that.
16Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-fox-news-airs-devastating-supercut-of-republic...
WATCH: Fox News Airs Devastating Supercut of Republicans Denouncing Capitol Riot a Year Ago — In a Paid Advertisement
One year after the violent and deadly attack on the Capitol Building, somber reflection will be a programming staple for many news media outlets. Viewers of Fox News, however, will likely see the most damning criticism of that day because of a paid advertisement from the Republican Accountability Project.
The ad is running nationally across all three cable news networks and is underwritten by a group led by Bill Kristol which is an organization aimed at holding GOP lawmakers accountable for spreading misinformation and the events of Jan. 6.
WATCH: Fox News Airs Devastating Supercut of Republicans Denouncing Capitol Riot a Year Ago — In a Paid Advertisement
One year after the violent and deadly attack on the Capitol Building, somber reflection will be a programming staple for many news media outlets. Viewers of Fox News, however, will likely see the most damning criticism of that day because of a paid advertisement from the Republican Accountability Project.
The ad is running nationally across all three cable news networks and is underwritten by a group led by Bill Kristol which is an organization aimed at holding GOP lawmakers accountable for spreading misinformation and the events of Jan. 6.
17Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/qanon-shaman-blames-media-for-making-him-the-face-of...
‘QAnon Shaman’ Blames Media for Making Him the Face of Jan. 6, While His Mom Says Trump Invited Him to the Capitol
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Mother knows best!
‘QAnon Shaman’ Blames Media for Making Him the Face of Jan. 6, While His Mom Says Trump Invited Him to the Capitol
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Mother knows best!
18davidgn
Jimmy Carter: I Fear For Our Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opinion/jan-6-jimmy-carter.html
(as covered without paywall):
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jimmy-carter-jan-6...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opinion/jan-6-jimmy-carter.html
(as covered without paywall):
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jimmy-carter-jan-6...
19John5918
>15 Molly3028: This is a very important article. If one side can do it, then any side can do it (except that the Democrats are broadly too decent to do so, as they demonstrated when Al Gore eventually stepped back from challenging Bush's "hanging chads"). It sets a nasty, dangerous and undemocratic precedent.
>18 davidgn: The Guardian also has a couple of "fear for democracy" articles:
When American democracy crumbles, it won’t be televised
The insurrection is only the tip of the iceberg
>18 davidgn: The Guardian also has a couple of "fear for democracy" articles:
When American democracy crumbles, it won’t be televised
Don’t expect a dramatic fascist storming of the Capitol building or a military takeover when our crisis comes to a head...
The insurrection is only the tip of the iceberg
Behind the insurrection of January 6 was a coup plot that was months in the making, and which involved a dastardly cast of characters...
20Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/carl-cameron-reacts-to-sean-hannitys-texts-amid-jan-...
Hannity ‘May Have Been Playing Both Sides of the Fence and Got Caught’ Says Former Fox News Reporter Reacting to Host’s Texts
Carl Cameron:
“I suspect that there’s been an awful lot of closed-door conferences about how to deal with it,” replied Cameron. “And I suspect that a lot of Fox News watchers are wondering when they’re going to reply. Bottom line is, it looks like Sean may have been playing both sides of the fence and got caught. So, Fox viewers heard him seemingly gung-ho for all this when in fact he was talking to both Meadows and Jordan, saying we’ve got a problem. It’s bad and it’s gonna get worse.”
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Murdoch will not allow one of his three favorite "bought and paid for" mouthpieces to disappear from the FOX News weeknight scene.
Hannity ‘May Have Been Playing Both Sides of the Fence and Got Caught’ Says Former Fox News Reporter Reacting to Host’s Texts
Carl Cameron:
“I suspect that there’s been an awful lot of closed-door conferences about how to deal with it,” replied Cameron. “And I suspect that a lot of Fox News watchers are wondering when they’re going to reply. Bottom line is, it looks like Sean may have been playing both sides of the fence and got caught. So, Fox viewers heard him seemingly gung-ho for all this when in fact he was talking to both Meadows and Jordan, saying we’ve got a problem. It’s bad and it’s gonna get worse.”
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Murdoch will not allow one of his three favorite "bought and paid for" mouthpieces to disappear from the FOX News weeknight scene.
21Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-accuses-ted-cruz-of-repeating-merrick...
Tucker Carlson Accuses Ted Cruz of ‘Repeating the Talking Points That Merrick Garland Has Written’ About the Capitol Riot
Tucker Carlson Accuses Ted Cruz of ‘Repeating the Talking Points That Merrick Garland Has Written’ About the Capitol Riot
22Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/adam-kinzinger-blasts-kevin-mccarthy-history-will-re...
Adam Kinzinger Blasts Kevin McCarthy: History Will Remember Him for Resurrecting Trump After Jan. 6
Adam Kinzinger Blasts Kevin McCarthy: History Will Remember Him for Resurrecting Trump After Jan. 6
23davidgn
Some valuable synopses here.
How does this end?
Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22814025/democracy-trump-january-6-capit...
How does this end?
Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22814025/democracy-trump-january-6-capit...
24Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/news/dick-cheney-rips-republicans-for-failure-to-defend...
Dick Cheney Rips Republicans for ‘Failure to Defend the Constitution’: ‘Not Leadership That Resembles Any of the Folks I Knew’
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No pre-Trump era GOP president or VP would want to associate with anyone in this modern-day GOP cult. Sadly, the pre-Trump "normal" may be history.
Dick Cheney Rips Republicans for ‘Failure to Defend the Constitution’: ‘Not Leadership That Resembles Any of the Folks I Knew’
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No pre-Trump era GOP president or VP would want to associate with anyone in this modern-day GOP cult. Sadly, the pre-Trump "normal" may be history.
25Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/presidential-historian-douglas-brinkley-says-videos-...
Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley Says Videos Provided ‘Proof’ of Capitol Riot — Like Footage of Nazi Concentration Camps
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Fortunately, the videos will be seen by generations of people during this century.
Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley Says Videos Provided ‘Proof’ of Capitol Riot — Like Footage of Nazi Concentration Camps
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Fortunately, the videos will be seen by generations of people during this century.
26Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/news/theres-the-big-jew-lets-get-him-schumer-recalls-ho...
‘There’s the Big Jew, Let’s Get Him!’ Schumer Recalls How Capitol Police Helped Him Flee ‘Nasty, Racist, Bigoted Insurrectionists’
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Jews and brown people have targets on their backs thanks to Trump and the modern-day GOPers.
‘There’s the Big Jew, Let’s Get Him!’ Schumer Recalls How Capitol Police Helped Him Flee ‘Nasty, Racist, Bigoted Insurrectionists’
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Jews and brown people have targets on their backs thanks to Trump and the modern-day GOPers.
27Molly3028
One year later ~ people in America and around the world witnessed the low regard modern-day GOP reps, show hosts on radio and TV and pundits have for preserving America's democracy going forward.
28Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-rejects-claim-bidens-speech-was-divisive-...
Chuck Todd Rejects Claim Biden’s Speech Was Divisive: Not Partisan ‘If You’re Pro-Democracy and Pro-America’
Chuck Todd Rejects Claim Biden’s Speech Was Divisive: Not Partisan ‘If You’re Pro-Democracy and Pro-America’
29Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/megyn-kelly-blasts-jan-6-misrepresentations-ac...
Megyn Kelly is ‘Sick’ of Media Coverage of Jan. 6: MSNBC and CNN Are Trying to ‘Inflate Their Ratings’
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I, for one, am thrilled that this Twilight Zoner is no longer on any public network or cable news channel in America. Today, she appears to be doing a "Tucker Carlson in drag" act.
Megyn Kelly is ‘Sick’ of Media Coverage of Jan. 6: MSNBC and CNN Are Trying to ‘Inflate Their Ratings’
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I, for one, am thrilled that this Twilight Zoner is no longer on any public network or cable news channel in America. Today, she appears to be doing a "Tucker Carlson in drag" act.
30Molly3028
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-husband-woman-shot-capital-riot-nev...
Ashli Babbitt’s husband says she wouldn’t be dead if he were there: ‘We never would’ve been in the Capitol’
https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/ashli-babbitts-mom-defends-daughters-actions-at-ja...
Ashli Babbitt’s mom defends late daughter’s actions at Capitol riot
Ashli Babbitt’s husband says she wouldn’t be dead if he were there: ‘We never would’ve been in the Capitol’
https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/ashli-babbitts-mom-defends-daughters-actions-at-ja...
Ashli Babbitt’s mom defends late daughter’s actions at Capitol riot
31Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-oath-keepers-founder-charged-for-seditious-...
BREAKING: Oath Keepers Founder Charged for Seditious Conspiracy in Major Jan 6 Arrest
Rhodes’ attorney, Jonathon Moseley, confirmed to the media that his client and 10 others have been arrested by the FBI. All 11 of them have been accused for “seditious conspiracy,” marking the first time that the Justice Department has invoked this charge against those who partook in the Capitol riot.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/oathkeeper-rhodes-arrested-doj/index.htm...
Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
"All I see Trump doing is complaining. I see no intent by him to do anything," Rhodes allegedly wrote. "So the patriots are taking it into their own hands. They've had enough," he allegedly said on Signal at 1:38 p.m. that day, shortly after the siege had begun.
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One year later the axes are beginning to fall. AMEN
BREAKING: Oath Keepers Founder Charged for Seditious Conspiracy in Major Jan 6 Arrest
Rhodes’ attorney, Jonathon Moseley, confirmed to the media that his client and 10 others have been arrested by the FBI. All 11 of them have been accused for “seditious conspiracy,” marking the first time that the Justice Department has invoked this charge against those who partook in the Capitol riot.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/oathkeeper-rhodes-arrested-doj/index.htm...
Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
"All I see Trump doing is complaining. I see no intent by him to do anything," Rhodes allegedly wrote. "So the patriots are taking it into their own hands. They've had enough," he allegedly said on Signal at 1:38 p.m. that day, shortly after the siege had begun.
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One year later the axes are beginning to fall. AMEN
33Molly3028
>32 davidgn:
I wonder which of Murdoch's prime-time hosts will be the first to defend this anti-American dude and his group. My money is on Tucker.
I wonder which of Murdoch's prime-time hosts will be the first to defend this anti-American dude and his group. My money is on Tucker.
34Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-interviews-thomas-caldwell/
Oath Keeper Charged With Seditious Conspiracy Tells Tucker Carlson, ‘This Is Good Versus Evil’
“You know, this whole thing has just crushed my wife and I – emotionally and financially,” he said. “We have all the faith in the world in God. We believe that this is good versus evil. And we are Christians.”
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Seditionists know that they are always welcome to appear on one of Murdoch's FOX News prime-time programs ~ especially TC's white power hour. Christian White Nationalism is on the rise.
Oath Keeper Charged With Seditious Conspiracy Tells Tucker Carlson, ‘This Is Good Versus Evil’
“You know, this whole thing has just crushed my wife and I – emotionally and financially,” he said. “We have all the faith in the world in God. We believe that this is good versus evil. And we are Christians.”
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Seditionists know that they are always welcome to appear on one of Murdoch's FOX News prime-time programs ~ especially TC's white power hour. Christian White Nationalism is on the rise.
35Molly3028
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/us/sirhan-sirhan-newsom-denies-parole/index.html
California Gov. Gavin Newsom denies parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
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When, and if, this political assassin is ever paroled, one of his first stops will be an interview on the 8 p.m. hour on FOX News ~ Tucker, with Murdoch's blessing, will welcome him with open arms.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom denies parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
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When, and if, this political assassin is ever paroled, one of his first stops will be an interview on the 8 p.m. hour on FOX News ~ Tucker, with Murdoch's blessing, will welcome him with open arms.
36Molly3028
Where the heck is Kellyanne's book? Is she still perfecting the wording of the hundreds of pages of lies she is writing for posterity?
37Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/rioters-called-pelosis-office-about-a-lost-and...
Rioters Called Pelosi’s Office About a ‘Lost and Found’ After Storming the Capitol, Says Rep. Jamie Raskin
According to Raskin, who serves on the Jan. 6 committee, rioters called and were “asking whether there was a lost and found because they forgot their phone there, or they left their purse or what have you.”
Predictably, authorities became involved and suckered the rioters into giving them their personal information.
“The officers quickly got on the phone and said, yeah, just give us your name, your address, your social, you know, and we’ll tie up those loose ends,” Raskin said. “But what’s so fascinating to me about that there really were people who felt as if they had been summoned to Washington by the president.”
“They didn’t have any kind of subtle understanding of the separation of powers,” he said. “They just thought that the number one person in the U.S. government had invited them to be there, and therefore they had a right.”
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These people are an example of the type of 21st century voters who are going to be electing our future leaders. Our democracy is hanging by a few threads. Local school board members are already being elected by these clueless citizens.
Rioters Called Pelosi’s Office About a ‘Lost and Found’ After Storming the Capitol, Says Rep. Jamie Raskin
According to Raskin, who serves on the Jan. 6 committee, rioters called and were “asking whether there was a lost and found because they forgot their phone there, or they left their purse or what have you.”
Predictably, authorities became involved and suckered the rioters into giving them their personal information.
“The officers quickly got on the phone and said, yeah, just give us your name, your address, your social, you know, and we’ll tie up those loose ends,” Raskin said. “But what’s so fascinating to me about that there really were people who felt as if they had been summoned to Washington by the president.”
“They didn’t have any kind of subtle understanding of the separation of powers,” he said. “They just thought that the number one person in the U.S. government had invited them to be there, and therefore they had a right.”
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These people are an example of the type of 21st century voters who are going to be electing our future leaders. Our democracy is hanging by a few threads. Local school board members are already being elected by these clueless citizens.
38Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/theres-a-place-for-that-in-the-op-ed-section-ted-kop...
‘There’s a Place for That in the Op-Ed Section’: Ted Koppel Blasts Media Bias Against Trump
BULLCRAP
Was this dude off-planet on 1-6 of 2021? Does he think what happened on that day was a good thing for our democracy? When a country is fighting to save its democracy from going down because of a lunatic fringe and its insane cult leader, every person and entity must join the fight. Following the old, established rules is not going to prevent the sinking of our Ship of State.
‘There’s a Place for That in the Op-Ed Section’: Ted Koppel Blasts Media Bias Against Trump
BULLCRAP
Was this dude off-planet on 1-6 of 2021? Does he think what happened on that day was a good thing for our democracy? When a country is fighting to save its democracy from going down because of a lunatic fringe and its insane cult leader, every person and entity must join the fight. Following the old, established rules is not going to prevent the sinking of our Ship of State.
39Molly3028
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/01/15/david-brooks-america-is/
David Brooks: America is coming apart at the seams
This is what it feels like to live in a society that is dissolving from the bottom up as much as from the top down.
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Common sense and common decency are waning.
David Brooks: America is coming apart at the seams
This is what it feels like to live in a society that is dissolving from the bottom up as much as from the top down.
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Common sense and common decency are waning.
40Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/news/america-now-identifies-as-majority-republican-afte...
America Now Identifies As More Republican Than Democrat After 14-Point Swing Toward the GOP in 2021: Gallup
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One year after an insurrection, this poll indicates how fast a global pandemic wave could change this democracy into an authoritarian government going forward. People who have the same world view as a 'Steve Bannon' type could be running the country within a few years if this trend continues. Thanks to Murdoch and FOX News, fact and fiction have cross-pollinated in the minds of tens of millions of Americans. Uneducated white dudes and white nationalists will be thrilled going forward.
America Now Identifies As More Republican Than Democrat After 14-Point Swing Toward the GOP in 2021: Gallup
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One year after an insurrection, this poll indicates how fast a global pandemic wave could change this democracy into an authoritarian government going forward. People who have the same world view as a 'Steve Bannon' type could be running the country within a few years if this trend continues. Thanks to Murdoch and FOX News, fact and fiction have cross-pollinated in the minds of tens of millions of Americans. Uneducated white dudes and white nationalists will be thrilled going forward.
41Doug1943
It wasn't an insurrection, by any meaningful interpretation of that word.
It was a 'riot', sort of, with the intention pressureing Congress to not recognize what its participants thought of as a stolen election.
The word 'insurrection' should be used to refer to attempts to seize political power from an existing regime, replace its people with those of the insurrectionists choice.
By that defintion, neither were violent AntiFa/BLM riots of that summer 'insurrections'.
Here's how you carry out an insurrection: you seize and imprison the existing government; you seize or neutralize all the means of communication; you take control of, or neutralize, the armed organs of the state -- the police and military.
For an example of a successful insurrection, read Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.
For examples of unsuccessful ones, read A. Neuberg's Armed Insurrection. Both available free fromhttps:// Marxists.org.
Both the AntiFa/BLM rioters and the 6 January rioters should be subject to the appropriate legal actions.
Those who wish to support the misguided patriots of th3 6 January events should see https://PatriotFreedomProject.com/.
The 6 January events, whether or not there were agents provocateurs present, were a huge gift to the Left -- yet another example of the political primitiveness of the ranks of the Right.
We should have had twenty thousand men there, organized into groups which could steward the main demonstration -- both protecting it from AntiFa violent attacks, and dealing with agents provocateurs or hotheads who wanted to to play into the hand of the Left by turning a peaceful demonstration into a riot.
The French CP and trade unions, who have a lot of experience of mass demonstrations in tense situations, have something called a service d'ordre to marshall their demonstrations.
Patriots need to emulate them.
It was a 'riot', sort of, with the intention pressureing Congress to not recognize what its participants thought of as a stolen election.
The word 'insurrection' should be used to refer to attempts to seize political power from an existing regime, replace its people with those of the insurrectionists choice.
By that defintion, neither were violent AntiFa/BLM riots of that summer 'insurrections'.
Here's how you carry out an insurrection: you seize and imprison the existing government; you seize or neutralize all the means of communication; you take control of, or neutralize, the armed organs of the state -- the police and military.
For an example of a successful insurrection, read Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.
For examples of unsuccessful ones, read A. Neuberg's Armed Insurrection. Both available free fromhttps:// Marxists.org.
Both the AntiFa/BLM rioters and the 6 January rioters should be subject to the appropriate legal actions.
Those who wish to support the misguided patriots of th3 6 January events should see https://PatriotFreedomProject.com/.
The 6 January events, whether or not there were agents provocateurs present, were a huge gift to the Left -- yet another example of the political primitiveness of the ranks of the Right.
We should have had twenty thousand men there, organized into groups which could steward the main demonstration -- both protecting it from AntiFa violent attacks, and dealing with agents provocateurs or hotheads who wanted to to play into the hand of the Left by turning a peaceful demonstration into a riot.
The French CP and trade unions, who have a lot of experience of mass demonstrations in tense situations, have something called a service d'ordre to marshall their demonstrations.
Patriots need to emulate them.
43Doug1943
>42 librorumamans: If they're tough enough, sure. In fact, special all-female squads would be useful in some situations ... I think most anti-Fa are too depraved to have a spark of chivalry -- they're perfectly happy to throw half-bricks into crowds with grandmothers in them -- but it might give us an advantage in some situations.
But the problem is, conservative men are chivalrous -- or most of them are. And the problem with a mixed-sex group is that the men would want to protect the women, which would distract from completing the mission. In these situations, everything must be subordinated to completing the mission.
Okay, I'm a "man of the old formation", as the Russians say, so maybe I'm out of date here. I'm a pragmatist. Whatever works to make my side stronger is fine, and anything that's motivated by 'social justice' or other stupidities should be discarded.
But the problem is, conservative men are chivalrous -- or most of them are. And the problem with a mixed-sex group is that the men would want to protect the women, which would distract from completing the mission. In these situations, everything must be subordinated to completing the mission.
Okay, I'm a "man of the old formation", as the Russians say, so maybe I'm out of date here. I'm a pragmatist. Whatever works to make my side stronger is fine, and anything that's motivated by 'social justice' or other stupidities should be discarded.
44Molly3028
https://deadline.com/2022/01/brian-cox-succession-donald-trump-memoir-interview-...
‘Succession’s Brian Cox Goes Full Beast Mode On Donald Trump, Talks Jeremy Strong, Johnny Depp, & ‘Adaptation’ Absence In New Memoir
COX: I mean when you get to my age, you look back and you say, “It’s a f*ck-up.” Especially if you’ve lived through four years of Trump. You go, how the f*ck can this country vote for such a f*cking asshole? And yet, this part of this country will, you know, adore him. What is it they adore? What is it they want? And how disappointing that is. So I feel that disappointment in the human experiment.
I feel it, but again, it’s a shifting thing. It may change. We will get better. We have moments of greatness in our history, but we have these incredible down moments, and we’ve just been through the riot of January 6 — put the kibosh on everything, as far as I was concerned. And all the love that I had for America, I just thought, “What the f*ck’s going on? What is this? What is this?”
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The far-right lunatic fringe in America has grown by leaps and bounds since June 15, 2015. And, they prefer not to separate fact from fiction.
‘Succession’s Brian Cox Goes Full Beast Mode On Donald Trump, Talks Jeremy Strong, Johnny Depp, & ‘Adaptation’ Absence In New Memoir
COX: I mean when you get to my age, you look back and you say, “It’s a f*ck-up.” Especially if you’ve lived through four years of Trump. You go, how the f*ck can this country vote for such a f*cking asshole? And yet, this part of this country will, you know, adore him. What is it they adore? What is it they want? And how disappointing that is. So I feel that disappointment in the human experiment.
I feel it, but again, it’s a shifting thing. It may change. We will get better. We have moments of greatness in our history, but we have these incredible down moments, and we’ve just been through the riot of January 6 — put the kibosh on everything, as far as I was concerned. And all the love that I had for America, I just thought, “What the f*ck’s going on? What is this? What is this?”
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The far-right lunatic fringe in America has grown by leaps and bounds since June 15, 2015. And, they prefer not to separate fact from fiction.
45Molly3028
>41 Doug1943:
January 6 was very bad news for America's democracy going forward no matter what kind of label you want to slap on it.
January 6 was very bad news for America's democracy going forward no matter what kind of label you want to slap on it.
46Molly3028
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/opinion/joe-biden-inauguration.html
Is America Ungovernable Now?
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Sadly, the answer is ~ yes! Our democracy is in deep trouble because fact and fiction have cross-pollinated in the minds of far too many righties.
Is America Ungovernable Now?
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Sadly, the answer is ~ yes! Our democracy is in deep trouble because fact and fiction have cross-pollinated in the minds of far too many righties.
47kiparsky
>41 Doug1943: The word 'insurrection' should be used to refer to attempts to seize political power from an existing regime, replace its people with those of the insurrectionists choice.
This seems quite in line with your description of events: they wanted to seize power from the duly and legally elected government of the United States and replace it with people of their choice.
By your definition, this is an insurrection.
The fact that they were not successful in their insurrection does not make it any less an insurrection.
protecting it from AntiFa violent attacks, and dealing with agents provocateurs or hotheads who wanted to to play into the hand of the Left by turning a peaceful demonstration into a riot.
Neither of which were in evidence, so let's not try to pretend that this was anything but what it was: a bunch of people hoping to overthrow the government of the United States by violent action.
This seems quite in line with your description of events: they wanted to seize power from the duly and legally elected government of the United States and replace it with people of their choice.
By your definition, this is an insurrection.
The fact that they were not successful in their insurrection does not make it any less an insurrection.
protecting it from AntiFa violent attacks, and dealing with agents provocateurs or hotheads who wanted to to play into the hand of the Left by turning a peaceful demonstration into a riot.
Neither of which were in evidence, so let's not try to pretend that this was anything but what it was: a bunch of people hoping to overthrow the government of the United States by violent action.
48margd
Evan Neumann, a US citizen who took part in the storming of the Capitol in January 2021, was granted asylum in Belarus today. He fled the US last August after six criminal charges were allegedly brought against him.
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- Tadeusz Giczan 🇺🇦 @TadeuszGiczan | 11:10 AM · Mar 22, 2022
Belarusian journalist, PhD Researcher @UCLSSEES...
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- Tadeusz Giczan 🇺🇦 @TadeuszGiczan | 11:10 AM · Mar 22, 2022
Belarusian journalist, PhD Researcher @UCLSSEES...
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49kiparsky
Good riddance to bad rubbish. I've said all along: if traitors don't like it in America, let them leave, and not come back. They're not needed here.
Hopefully he'll be followed by his liar-in-chief, and all of those who abetted his crimes.
Hopefully he'll be followed by his liar-in-chief, and all of those who abetted his crimes.
50proximity1
More Scandals Envelop the Scandalous FBI |
For years, congressional Republicans promised to hold FBI officials culpable for various scandals but failed to act. | By Julie Kelly | March 31, 2022
“You’re in big fucking trouble.”
"So said an FBI agent to Julian Khater, one of two men accused of assaulting Capitol police officers with pepper spray on January 6, during a tense interrogation last year. Desperate to sustain the falsehood that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by Trump supporters during the Capitol protest, the FBI claimed to possess video footage that showed Khater and his friend, George Tanios, attacking Sicknick and other officers with chemical spray. Khater was arrested on an airplane at the Newark airport on March 14, 2021 after he arrived home from a trip to Florida." ...
