Check out Senator Christopher Murphy's (D-Connecticut) scathing indictment of the 06jan21 pardon. Start at the three-minute mark. https://youtu.be/ud0OTYq_BAk
Shame resigned from the right side of the aisle after Joe Wilson yelled "you lie" during Obamas' SOTU and faced no consequences for the insult to decorum.
Yes, during the 80s they were shamelesly claiming the moral high ground with Reagan at the helm. I was furious with them but they were fraudulent in their righteousness and successful. They managed to move a whole portion of the voting population in a shift to the right. Progressive policies got thrown under the bus and the next dem to take the stage was Clinton...He was also shameless and resembled a moderate republican to my eyes. Don't forget this https://tinyurl.com/565yn8n3 "Alleged and actual crime and wrongdoing during the Reagan administration exceeded that of previous presidents, including Nixon, Harding, Grant, and Buchanan. Between 1980 and 1988, over 200 individuals from the Reagan administration came under either ethical or criminal investigation." And guess what GH Bush did upon entering office? He pardoned those who had been convicted and jailed.
Probably none of them were in the chamber to hear that speech. They were probably somewhere on a phone asking their rich owners for more money.
There should be a requirement that our Representatives and Senators sit their behinds in their seats and actually debate each other rather than ignore anything they do not want to hear.
Incredible. I wish there was a camera trained on some of the GOP senators to watch their reactions, though I suspect they'd look just like Trump did in the church.
Ned McDoodle -- Grateful thanks for your Chris Murphy YouTube link! I'm debating whether or not to post it on Facebook "simply" because Sen. Murphy's life could be put further in danger. I am also wondering how many senators of both parties actually were present. I watched his entire presentation -- no need to skip the first three minutes.
I wonder where the Doomsday clock stands now. Can it be pushed any further towards both hands being straight up without an actual world-ending occurrence?
ItтАЩs at its lowest point since the Cuban missile crisis. Donnie no fit. Sociopaths are prone to impulsivity. No discipline in the decision making process. No process, no ethical decision making framework. No framework for problem solving. No consideration of others, or consequences. ( same as Hegseth), and Pete is a no filter / no guardrail / not an advisor, under pressure they launch. IтАЩm afraid.
You've touched on my worst nightmare: a crisis that requires exceptional leadership in order to prevent the unthinkable. When there is a leader whose only consistent trait is the obsessive need for loyalty and the willingness to punish all who aren't, none of us can feel safe.
Consider the possibility that the world-ending occurrence is actually happening now. For us, four years (or more) will seem like an eternity. But four years are merely a moment on the timeline of Earth's history.
If the Project 2025 goons accomplish everything laid out in their agenda, the world will, in fact, end in the very near future. AND THAT IS THE GOAL.
More than anything else, christianists look forward to the end of the world and "The Millennium," or thousand years reign of peace. This is when Jesus returns from Heaven and rules the world. (Don't ask any metaphysical questions.)
Two things are preventing that from happening: 1. The last "heathen" in the remotest corner of the planet must hear the gospel of Jesus, and 2. The battle of Armageddon must take place.
Christianists are doing their utmost to spread their religion around the world and provoke another world war focused on the Middle East, because that's where biblical prophecy says it will take place. All because christianists want their place in the sun. And they don't care who has to die for them to get there.
Thank you for the term "christianists." As a practicing Christian, I have been looking for a way to distance myself from people who profess to be Christian, but who do not adhere to any of Christ's stated principles.
Why not take a leaf from Republican senator Tim Burchett who claimed that it was unclear if some of the defendants were truly violent? "Do I know that they were violent - I don't know" he told CNN's Jim Acosta and he was there (he claimed during the interview that he was the last member of Congress to leave the building on that day).
тАЬDo I know that they were violent - I don't know". Yea, you donтАЩt know because you were hiding under a desk with gas mask on in the Senate chamber as they tried to break down the doors.
If they werenтАЩt violent, then why did Tim Burchett hide (cower) under his desk? We all witnessed, unedited and in real time, the violence and destruction that took place on J6.
Well, the rest of us need to snap out of our comfy apathy because our country is now a 1500-alarm fire. Time to buck up and prepare to defend our democracy and loudly call out these fascist political leaders and their criminal mob.. All of them.
Has Burchett ever looked at the many videos that clearly identify the violent attacks and the men who perpetrated the violence? How can any honest person say what he said with a straight face?
Of course he has. He's a creep. When asked about Trump's claim that he would be a dictator on day one (and boy has that come to pass) senator Burchett said: тАЬJust bravado. ThereтАЩs still checks and balances.тАЭ On that he's certainly right and Trump's fledgling administration, being staffed almost entirely with idiots, is already facing a blizzard of lawsuits.
Well, they had their day in court and evidence was produced. Shall we say no one is ever guilty of anything if Burchett and these other clowns claim they didnтАЩt see it with their own eyes. These people are a disgrace to this country.
A number of judges now (Howell, Chutkan, Lamberth, Nichols, and Kollar-Kotelly) have refused to dismiss J6 cases 'with prejudice' which would prevent charges to be filed against the men in the future. Some of these pardons won't be worth the paper they're written on.
This idea of an тАЬoff the booksтАЭ military type group to support a president is perhaps one of the most frightening aspects of this assault on the very notion of democracy. Yes the act of pardoning them is wrong on its face but the motivation is where the outrage needs to focus. Is this a payback for their support in the attempt to invalidate the electors on January 6th or is this a marshaling of a paramilitary organization to strike fear in any opposition? Or both? For example could a cognitively failing president resist 25th amendment replacement by use of such organizations?
So there always must have been groups like these and also the KKK and hard for me to figure out alll the different threads and twists and turns but were they ever tracked? And like in my town knew but hands were tied?
When I made my last post, and did the math, I realized that it was 40 years ago that I started my career (no freaking way I am that old...oh, yes I am!). I remember thinking that I was on the cutting edge of a new wave in law enforcement (I was, kinda, as a woman). To think that 40 years before I started my career was 1945 (ЁЯдп) and I thought the "dinosaurs" (old cops, at that point mostly in service since the late 1960's) were past their prime. We were of one mind, however, about these militia/paramilitary/constitutionalist movements.
My last day in uniform was in April, 2022; I was part time doing courthouse security, and during the George Floyd murder trial, I got to watch the young guys coming into the patrol division. As much as I politically and practically disagreed with a lot of them, they appeared to be cut from the same cloth regarding the anti-government movements.
I have been aware of the paramilitary movement for decades. My townтАЩs police department were aware of one family who had ties in Michigan. That was 1995.
The poor man is blind Dana, he didn't see any violence.....not even in the hundreds of very graphic videos played over and over on the news and congressional investigations.
We SAW the attack on the capitol with our own eyes. A day we can never forget.
Trump wants his own off-books army in addition to being commander in chief of the United States military.
He is behaving exactly as expected. None of us should be surprised.
Check out Senator Christopher Murphy's (D-Connecticut) scathing indictment of the 06jan21 pardon. Start at the three-minute mark. https://youtu.be/ud0OTYq_BAk
Wow! If Republican senators can look themselves in the mirror without flinching after that, there is no shame among them.
Shame resigned from the right side of the aisle after Joe Wilson yelled "you lie" during Obamas' SOTU and faced no consequences for the insult to decorum.
Thank you for bringing up this incident. He should have been escorted out of the address immediately. And spanked.
There has been no shame for decades, didnтАЩt anybody noticeтАж
Yes, during the 80s they were shamelesly claiming the moral high ground with Reagan at the helm. I was furious with them but they were fraudulent in their righteousness and successful. They managed to move a whole portion of the voting population in a shift to the right. Progressive policies got thrown under the bus and the next dem to take the stage was Clinton...He was also shameless and resembled a moderate republican to my eyes. Don't forget this https://tinyurl.com/565yn8n3 "Alleged and actual crime and wrongdoing during the Reagan administration exceeded that of previous presidents, including Nixon, Harding, Grant, and Buchanan. Between 1980 and 1988, over 200 individuals from the Reagan administration came under either ethical or criminal investigation." And guess what GH Bush did upon entering office? He pardoned those who had been convicted and jailed.
I remember the old witticism back then: the Moral Majority is neither.
Somewhere I have a list of the perps and their crimes. I think itтАЩs titled тАЬ why I never vote for republicans.тАЭ
Probably none of them were in the chamber to hear that speech. They were probably somewhere on a phone asking their rich owners for more money.
There should be a requirement that our Representatives and Senators sit their behinds in their seats and actually debate each other rather than ignore anything they do not want to hear.
HOLY COW!
Incredible. I wish there was a camera trained on some of the GOP senators to watch their reactions, though I suspect they'd look just like Trump did in the church.
A stiff frown, I suspect.
Thanks, Ned. Wow. And then what happened?
Two days ago, I believe.
Yes, but was there any response?
I doubt it. Fear is intoxicating these days, especially among Republicans.
A bit like an invisible poison gas. What a situation! The brains and courage are all on one side of the aisle.
Ned McDoodle -- Grateful thanks for your Chris Murphy YouTube link! I'm debating whether or not to post it on Facebook "simply" because Sen. Murphy's life could be put further in danger. I am also wondering how many senators of both parties actually were present. I watched his entire presentation -- no need to skip the first three minutes.
Risk is the price that we all will pay as we stand up to this fascism.
Great and important clip Ned thank you
The clock strikes 13.
The clock struck 13 on Nov 5.
I wonder where the Doomsday clock stands now. Can it be pushed any further towards both hands being straight up without an actual world-ending occurrence?
ItтАЩs at its lowest point since the Cuban missile crisis. Donnie no fit. Sociopaths are prone to impulsivity. No discipline in the decision making process. No process, no ethical decision making framework. No framework for problem solving. No consideration of others, or consequences. ( same as Hegseth), and Pete is a no filter / no guardrail / not an advisor, under pressure they launch. IтАЩm afraid.
You've touched on my worst nightmare: a crisis that requires exceptional leadership in order to prevent the unthinkable. When there is a leader whose only consistent trait is the obsessive need for loyalty and the willingness to punish all who aren't, none of us can feel safe.
Consider the possibility that the world-ending occurrence is actually happening now. For us, four years (or more) will seem like an eternity. But four years are merely a moment on the timeline of Earth's history.
If the Project 2025 goons accomplish everything laid out in their agenda, the world will, in fact, end in the very near future. AND THAT IS THE GOAL.
More than anything else, christianists look forward to the end of the world and "The Millennium," or thousand years reign of peace. This is when Jesus returns from Heaven and rules the world. (Don't ask any metaphysical questions.)
Two things are preventing that from happening: 1. The last "heathen" in the remotest corner of the planet must hear the gospel of Jesus, and 2. The battle of Armageddon must take place.
Christianists are doing their utmost to spread their religion around the world and provoke another world war focused on the Middle East, because that's where biblical prophecy says it will take place. All because christianists want their place in the sun. And they don't care who has to die for them to get there.
Thank you for the term "christianists." As a practicing Christian, I have been looking for a way to distance myself from people who profess to be Christian, but who do not adhere to any of Christ's stated principles.
Why not take a leaf from Republican senator Tim Burchett who claimed that it was unclear if some of the defendants were truly violent? "Do I know that they were violent - I don't know" he told CNN's Jim Acosta and he was there (he claimed during the interview that he was the last member of Congress to leave the building on that day).
тАЬDo I know that they were violent - I don't know". Yea, you donтАЩt know because you were hiding under a desk with gas mask on in the Senate chamber as they tried to break down the doors.
When are people like Acosta going to stop asking questions he knows won't be answered and simply say, "Stop your goddam lying"?
When CNN grows a pair.
CNN is a lost cause
Ha! I cannot see that coming anytime soon.
12th of Never, Philoctetes.
Was going to post the same thing but you beat me to it!
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If they werenтАЩt violent, then why did Tim Burchett hide (cower) under his desk? We all witnessed, unedited and in real time, the violence and destruction that took place on J6.
If that was MAGA's 'day of love', it would probably be wise to lay low when they get angry.
Nope. They're notches.
Burchett says aliens are living under the seas. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5102361-tim-burchett-aliens-earth/
Burchett is a walking MAGA machine and a stupendous embarrassment to TN.
Well, the rest of us need to snap out of our comfy apathy because our country is now a 1500-alarm fire. Time to buck up and prepare to defend our democracy and loudly call out these fascist political leaders and their criminal mob.. All of them.
The Daily Show on why Tim Burchett and other GOP legislators are тАЬunclear if some of the defendants were truly violentтАЭ. ЁЯШВ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA
I will continue to call and write to тАЬhalf-horseЁЯР┤тАЭ, Rick Scott. Not giving up in the тАЬfreedomтАЭ state!
They need eye drops to be able to see " clearly "
Never miss it!
Burchett is TNтАЩs village idiot. And my rep.
At least you are not one of the many idiots in your "village" .Congratulations!!!
Wish he had stayed (on January 6), perhaps heтАЩd be singing a different tune.
Has Burchett ever looked at the many videos that clearly identify the violent attacks and the men who perpetrated the violence? How can any honest person say what he said with a straight face?
Of course he has. He's a creep. When asked about Trump's claim that he would be a dictator on day one (and boy has that come to pass) senator Burchett said: тАЬJust bravado. ThereтАЩs still checks and balances.тАЭ On that he's certainly right and Trump's fledgling administration, being staffed almost entirely with idiots, is already facing a blizzard of lawsuits.
Well, they had their day in court and evidence was produced. Shall we say no one is ever guilty of anything if Burchett and these other clowns claim they didnтАЩt see it with their own eyes. These people are a disgrace to this country.
A number of judges now (Howell, Chutkan, Lamberth, Nichols, and Kollar-Kotelly) have refused to dismiss J6 cases 'with prejudice' which would prevent charges to be filed against the men in the future. Some of these pardons won't be worth the paper they're written on.
They saw it. TheyтАЩve conveniently revised their memories and expect us to buy it.
This idea of an тАЬoff the booksтАЭ military type group to support a president is perhaps one of the most frightening aspects of this assault on the very notion of democracy. Yes the act of pardoning them is wrong on its face but the motivation is where the outrage needs to focus. Is this a payback for their support in the attempt to invalidate the electors on January 6th or is this a marshaling of a paramilitary organization to strike fear in any opposition? Or both? For example could a cognitively failing president resist 25th amendment replacement by use of such organizations?
George, the answer to your first question is "both". The answer to your second is "yes."
So there always must have been groups like these and also the KKK and hard for me to figure out alll the different threads and twists and turns but were they ever tracked? And like in my town knew but hands were tied?
When I made my last post, and did the math, I realized that it was 40 years ago that I started my career (no freaking way I am that old...oh, yes I am!). I remember thinking that I was on the cutting edge of a new wave in law enforcement (I was, kinda, as a woman). To think that 40 years before I started my career was 1945 (ЁЯдп) and I thought the "dinosaurs" (old cops, at that point mostly in service since the late 1960's) were past their prime. We were of one mind, however, about these militia/paramilitary/constitutionalist movements.
My last day in uniform was in April, 2022; I was part time doing courthouse security, and during the George Floyd murder trial, I got to watch the young guys coming into the patrol division. As much as I politically and practically disagreed with a lot of them, they appeared to be cut from the same cloth regarding the anti-government movements.
I have been aware of the paramilitary movement for decades. My townтАЩs police department were aware of one family who had ties in Michigan. That was 1995.
I've been aware since 1985 when I started my law enforcement career.
From one George to another: that is my worst nightmare.
Not surprised but further filling with more hatred. He is Satan.
The poor man is blind Dana, he didn't see any violence.....not even in the hundreds of very graphic videos played over and over on the news and congressional investigations.
Blind with a blank, open-eyed stare as when he sat looking at Bishop Budde.
Exactly right Joann ЁЯШЙ
The тАШoff-booksтАЩ army is so scary because I think our military mostly takes their oath to defend the constitution not a person seriously
A day that "will live in infamy " Asher.
He is behaving like a dictator!