When your own family says your involvement in the insurrection makes you unfit for office:
Every circus needs a ringleader
67% of Republicans polled feel that voting is a privilege, and not a right. If that is not fucking terrifying, you are not paying attention. The events of 1/6 are not singular, they are a prelude. I grow increasingly certain we will see increasingly violent acts of terrorism in support of Il Douche and his fascist minions. I am glad my grampa is not alive to see this.
while I definitely agree that there will be escalated violence, a fascist takeover is not guaranteed.
we are, i believe, stronger and more resistant than know-nothing supremacists.
Iâll not abandon ship and I know you wonât either, but to anyone who still despairs for our democracy - fragile as it is - we are not lost.
hold the line.
This seems as good a place as any:
Who knew âtourismâ could be so deadly to some?
Too fâing bad the insurrectionists canât be charged with murder.
Honest to God, the very small number of people who stood between the insurrectionist party and their successfully overthrowing the democratic experiment here is terrifying. They wonât get thanks, and most will probably never even come to light, but we do owe them.
What can brown do for you? Nice job coworkers!
Canât know yet if this was connected, but it sure sounds suspicious.
He stabbed the officer in the head from behind, then disarmed the officer and proceeded to shoot the officer with this own gun, according to law enforcement sources. The assailant was likely killed by a gunshot wound, the sources said, but it was unclear whether he shot himself or was killed by police.
According to a criminal complaint that was unsealed on Wednesday, prosecutors said Yoder admitted to storming the Capitolâand even provided FBI agents with his cell phone and the colonial outfit he wore that day during a March interview. He also told investigators that he went inside the building after attending a Trump rally with his family and âthat his brothers had been exposed to tear gas, and one was hit by rubber bullets.â The interview was just days before Yoder was featured in a Newsweek article, where he described how he walked into the Capitol through an open door âand that wearing the George Washington costume was a nod to Americaâs founding,â the complaint states. On Yoderâs company website, the father-of-two is also photographed wearing colonial clothing.
Pretty much it seems like it came down to Donoghue, and this line in an e-mail reply:
âThere is no chance that I would sign this letter or anything remotely like this,â Donoghue said. âWhile it maybe true that the Department âis investigating various irregularities in the 2020 election for Presidentâ (something we typically would not state publicly) the investigations that I am aware of relate to suspicions of misconduct that are of such a small scale that they simply would not impact the outcome of the Presidential Election.â
For people who think democracy isnât fragile, the fine line is right here.
ETA:
Interesting. When I lived in Kentucky, this would typically be an Amish last name.
Here in the valley, it is very much a Mennonite name, not one that would be associated with violence of any sort. But things changeâŚ
People arenât bound by the political and religious beliefs of a surname adopted centuries ago.
I admit I havenât been following this discussion super closely, but had this been posted yet?
seems notable
Mo should know: you canât throw Trump under the bus. Trump is the bus.
Worldâs second smallest violin for Mike Pence. He had 4 years to go all 25th amendment on 45 and couldnât be arsed. Thereâs nothing new that was revealed on Jan 6 that wasnât already well understood about 45 in 2016.