Above: Armed demonstrators right-wing thugs, who identified themselves as Liberty Boys, pose for fellow demonstrators’ pictures outside the Oregon State Capitol on Jan. 17, 2021, in Salem, Oregon (AP Photo/Noah Berger), eleven days after the violent insurrection in the nation’s Capitol led by Proud Boys, Three Percenters and Oath Keepers militias on January 6, 2021. Armed right-wing thugs … Read more
I have been banging this drum for weeks now. Thank you very much. The New York Times reports, Legal Effort Expands to Disqualify Republicans as ‘Insurrectionists’ (excerpt): A legal effort to disqualify from re-election lawmakers who participated in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expanded on Thursday, when a cluster of … Read more
Update to Judge Orders John Eastman to Turn Over His Documents To The January 6 Committee, Finds Trump Probably Broke The Law. CNN reports January 6 committee obtains emails that former Trump attorney John Eastman sought to keep secret: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained … Read more
The Week reports, 63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming support for NATO and its ‘democratic principles’: The House on Thursday evening passed a nonbinding resolution reaffirming its “unequivocal support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as an alliance founded on democratic principles,” and calling on President Biden “to use the voice and vote … Read more
Earlier this week, the January 6 Committee expressed its utter frustration with AG Merrick Garland. As Bess Levin writes at Vanity Fair, January 6 Panel Politely Requests That Merrick Garland Do His F–king Job: More than 14 months after the events of January 6, 2021, many Americans are pretty frustrated with the fact that, so … Read more