This verdict is well timed. With only days to go before Congress recesses, much is left to do. The establishment of a conspiracy breathes life into the Jan. 6 investigation so that even when McCarthy (presumably speaker) tries to eclipse the significance of this finding, he will be hard pressed to justify doing so. May justice be served, may justice prevail.
This verdict is well timed. With only days to go before Congress recesses, much is left to do. The establishment of a conspiracy breathes life into the Jan. 6 investigation so that even when McCarthy (presumably speaker) tries to eclipse the significance of this finding, he will be hard pressed to justify doing so. May justice be served, may justice prevail.
The next 34 days on the House floor could be quite eventful. I signed up early this am for Steny Hoyer's floor Updates.Right now, the House is scheduled to be in session for about 1/2 of those upcoming days. Buckle Up.
This is why I am not as concerned about the Midterm results - some of the Republican congressmen are just as guilty and at the least should not be serving!
And so it shall...Time and again false conspiracy mongers have said that the authoritarians among us who plotted and perpetrated the crimes involving the attack on the Capitol would somehow manage to skirt justice and that our democracy wouldn’t prevail. Their lack of faith in our strong and resilient democracy was misguided and wrong. Americans love freedom as much as we respect the rule of law which operates effectively to protect us from lawless chaos. I want to express my thanks to the members of the jury who sat for 7 long weeks hearing the arguments of the lawyers for the prosecution and defense and reviewing the evidence presented against the defendants. They did their duty quietly and well. They kept the faith. The importance of their verdicts is loud and clear to the American people who have been demanding that justice be done: the attack against Congress was an attack against all Americans and our way of life. There will be many more convictions to come and the perpetrators will pay the price for their crimes. In order to do the more important work ahead we must always be willing to do what we must to protect and preserve the foundational values embodied in the Constitution and its supporting laws. This takes faith, determination and sacrifice which is something the American people understand instinctively. “Don’t Tread on Me” is a rallying cry of the patriots who declared our independence in 1776. It is not a slogan that can be adopted by a gang of criminal thugs seeking power and gain for themselves.
Jan. 6 is looking more and more like the subprime crisis that nearly threw the world into the second Great Depression. Yet after years of investigations on its cause, NOT ONE bank executive was put behind bars. The foot soldiers take the heat and as the leaders shower, fix their ties and run for re-election.
I am hoping they had to declare a 'seditious conspiracy' took place on 6 Jan before they can go after tfg. Precedence has now been set. I think they climb the ladder of justice up to the big guy. One can hope...
Exactly Randy. I hate Trump with a passion - I will admit. It emotional to me and probably clouds my sense of justice; I want him to pay and pay dearly. I have doubts still, even with this important verdict. If he doesn't get what I think is his just due, I am going to be all ears as to why. DOJ will have lots of explaining to do if they let him off with a slap on the wrists - the precedent that would set is just unthinkable.
I have no problem admitting how much I despise death star. I usually do not waste energy on hatred, but he is so loathsome that I have run out of words which express exactly the depth of what I feel. I do think he will be indicted and I understand why it has taken so long as prosecutors do not want him to be able to weasel out of any charges. His insane mutterings tell us how worried he is even thought he found time for the infamous dinner.
The present day criminals do have a way of coopting certain symbols like this and including the US flag. This angers me no end because in no way are these thugs and criminals patriots.
Yeah - it's a victory but how big remains to be seen. I don't know if the House has any influence on the DOJ machinations going forward. I hope not. But you can rest assured, any kind of peripheral influence that can be conjured up, McCarthy will do it. He and his fellow insurrectionist boot lickers will beat the drums loud and continually, spinning truth into lies, trying to sway the public in favor of his orange god.
McCarthy seems to be having troubles finding the votes to be Speaker. But we can be assured that the House for the next two years will be a dumpster fire with all the investigations these unfit for public office types are lining up. My only hope is that their razor thin margin might and I emphasize might, mitigate things. One thing is certain. They will do nothing to help ordinary Americans and actually govern.
Yes Michele - you're right on the money. It looks like McCarthy is going to get it, but will have to make some pretty sick promises to get it. We will watch the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a profoundly unfit lawmaker (activates my gag reflex to even say "lawmaker") and Matt Gaetz and Gozar, etc, be given outsized influence in our national politics. It boggles the mind. BTW - that is why I never jumped on the victory bandwagon for the mid-term results. I mean, total disaster was averted - that I will acknowledge - but loss of the House, even a slim loss, is a big loss indeed. It's going to be two more years of paralysis unless the administration can wave some magic wands. The climate - my number one issue - just cannot continue to wait out inaction or insufficient action by the most prominent nation on earth. You can rest assured the climate will not be on the republican agenda.
I believe these despicable people and their platform of revenge, hate and obstruction will make it clear how harmful the present day Republican Party is. People across the country will be witnessing and benefitting from the many pieces of legislation Biden and the Democrats were able to pass, all while watching the idiots in the House and their performative nonsense. Unfortunately this colossal waste of time will hurt all Americans and continue the march toward a climate disaster. Anyone who continues to support them is complicit in the harm they are causing our country and the world.
They are in total denial about the climate despite a lot of their rural adherents suffering from water problems among other things. I was just reading an article about what small animals do for forests and other habitats, but we are busy ruining the habitats and killing animals right and left. I can feel myself getting sick. Yes, the House is going to be a true s....show. I may abandon the news for a long while.
MtG is no lawmaker. She is law-less and will be the master mistress of the Pro-Rape Party’s House unless, of course, Jack Smith comes up with any revealing evidence on her. 🤞🏼
That would be just delicious! I try but cannot "un-see" the sinister smile on her face in the safe room on Jan 6, proudly declining an offer by Rep Rochester to wear a mask. I suspect however she is clean on this particular thing though. Somebody inside helped out the mob if not her. The perp can be narrowed down to about half a dozen persons, a couple of whom were just elected to Congress the prior November.....
Michael Moore's podcast today reminds us that with the razor thin House margin, odds are not unreasonable that enough turnover could give House back to Dems before 2024 election.
This verdict is well timed. With only days to go before Congress recesses, much is left to do. The establishment of a conspiracy breathes life into the Jan. 6 investigation so that even when McCarthy (presumably speaker) tries to eclipse the significance of this finding, he will be hard pressed to justify doing so. May justice be served, may justice prevail.
And one more thing—May justice reach into congress, to those repubs who helped him (looking at you, Scott Perry).
The next 34 days on the House floor could be quite eventful. I signed up early this am for Steny Hoyer's floor Updates.Right now, the House is scheduled to be in session for about 1/2 of those upcoming days. Buckle Up.
This is why I am not as concerned about the Midterm results - some of the Republican congressmen are just as guilty and at the least should not be serving!
and women... MTG & L Boebert (among others)
CRUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ... you traitor
And so it shall...Time and again false conspiracy mongers have said that the authoritarians among us who plotted and perpetrated the crimes involving the attack on the Capitol would somehow manage to skirt justice and that our democracy wouldn’t prevail. Their lack of faith in our strong and resilient democracy was misguided and wrong. Americans love freedom as much as we respect the rule of law which operates effectively to protect us from lawless chaos. I want to express my thanks to the members of the jury who sat for 7 long weeks hearing the arguments of the lawyers for the prosecution and defense and reviewing the evidence presented against the defendants. They did their duty quietly and well. They kept the faith. The importance of their verdicts is loud and clear to the American people who have been demanding that justice be done: the attack against Congress was an attack against all Americans and our way of life. There will be many more convictions to come and the perpetrators will pay the price for their crimes. In order to do the more important work ahead we must always be willing to do what we must to protect and preserve the foundational values embodied in the Constitution and its supporting laws. This takes faith, determination and sacrifice which is something the American people understand instinctively. “Don’t Tread on Me” is a rallying cry of the patriots who declared our independence in 1776. It is not a slogan that can be adopted by a gang of criminal thugs seeking power and gain for themselves.
Jan. 6 is looking more and more like the subprime crisis that nearly threw the world into the second Great Depression. Yet after years of investigations on its cause, NOT ONE bank executive was put behind bars. The foot soldiers take the heat and as the leaders shower, fix their ties and run for re-election.
I am hoping they had to declare a 'seditious conspiracy' took place on 6 Jan before they can go after tfg. Precedence has now been set. I think they climb the ladder of justice up to the big guy. One can hope...
Exactly Randy. I hate Trump with a passion - I will admit. It emotional to me and probably clouds my sense of justice; I want him to pay and pay dearly. I have doubts still, even with this important verdict. If he doesn't get what I think is his just due, I am going to be all ears as to why. DOJ will have lots of explaining to do if they let him off with a slap on the wrists - the precedent that would set is just unthinkable.
I have no problem admitting how much I despise death star. I usually do not waste energy on hatred, but he is so loathsome that I have run out of words which express exactly the depth of what I feel. I do think he will be indicted and I understand why it has taken so long as prosecutors do not want him to be able to weasel out of any charges. His insane mutterings tell us how worried he is even thought he found time for the infamous dinner.
Need more info here, not sure what this is alluding to?
Wall Street was bailed out, and Main Street shat upon.
zackly
The present day criminals do have a way of coopting certain symbols like this and including the US flag. This angers me no end because in no way are these thugs and criminals patriots.
And may Trump be indicted.
Yeah - it's a victory but how big remains to be seen. I don't know if the House has any influence on the DOJ machinations going forward. I hope not. But you can rest assured, any kind of peripheral influence that can be conjured up, McCarthy will do it. He and his fellow insurrectionist boot lickers will beat the drums loud and continually, spinning truth into lies, trying to sway the public in favor of his orange god.
McCarthy seems to be having troubles finding the votes to be Speaker. But we can be assured that the House for the next two years will be a dumpster fire with all the investigations these unfit for public office types are lining up. My only hope is that their razor thin margin might and I emphasize might, mitigate things. One thing is certain. They will do nothing to help ordinary Americans and actually govern.
Yes Michele - you're right on the money. It looks like McCarthy is going to get it, but will have to make some pretty sick promises to get it. We will watch the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a profoundly unfit lawmaker (activates my gag reflex to even say "lawmaker") and Matt Gaetz and Gozar, etc, be given outsized influence in our national politics. It boggles the mind. BTW - that is why I never jumped on the victory bandwagon for the mid-term results. I mean, total disaster was averted - that I will acknowledge - but loss of the House, even a slim loss, is a big loss indeed. It's going to be two more years of paralysis unless the administration can wave some magic wands. The climate - my number one issue - just cannot continue to wait out inaction or insufficient action by the most prominent nation on earth. You can rest assured the climate will not be on the republican agenda.
I believe these despicable people and their platform of revenge, hate and obstruction will make it clear how harmful the present day Republican Party is. People across the country will be witnessing and benefitting from the many pieces of legislation Biden and the Democrats were able to pass, all while watching the idiots in the House and their performative nonsense. Unfortunately this colossal waste of time will hurt all Americans and continue the march toward a climate disaster. Anyone who continues to support them is complicit in the harm they are causing our country and the world.
They are in total denial about the climate despite a lot of their rural adherents suffering from water problems among other things. I was just reading an article about what small animals do for forests and other habitats, but we are busy ruining the habitats and killing animals right and left. I can feel myself getting sick. Yes, the House is going to be a true s....show. I may abandon the news for a long while.
Yes, it will be, Michele. I will mute Gym Jordan if his face and loudmouth appears on my tv screen.
he is way beyond disgusting
MtG is no lawmaker. She is law-less and will be the master mistress of the Pro-Rape Party’s House unless, of course, Jack Smith comes up with any revealing evidence on her. 🤞🏼
That would be just delicious! I try but cannot "un-see" the sinister smile on her face in the safe room on Jan 6, proudly declining an offer by Rep Rochester to wear a mask. I suspect however she is clean on this particular thing though. Somebody inside helped out the mob if not her. The perp can be narrowed down to about half a dozen persons, a couple of whom were just elected to Congress the prior November.....
Michael Moore's podcast today reminds us that with the razor thin House margin, odds are not unreasonable that enough turnover could give House back to Dems before 2024 election.
I’ll have to look at Michael Moore’s podcast.
My fear, exactly.