The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    None Dare Call it Treason?

    By NCD on Wed, 01/05/2022 - 10:44pm |

    Ironic that the hysterical 1964 right wing screed, “None Dare Call it Treason” is flipped on it’s head with today’s right wing grifters and apparatchiks. The title is a quote from a 16th century Englishman.

    In full it is 'Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. ’ Treason has never been so lucrative as with the Republican Party today.

    While AG Merrick Garland displays an unambiguous lack of will to call it, or hold it accountable as, treason.

    Today Merrick Garland did a "both sides" on "political violence", curiously on the anniversary of the most violent attack on our Capitol since the War of 1812. By a mob brought to the city and told to "fight like hell" by the Republican president. Donald Trump, in a scheme to stop the certification of his election loss. Which Trump has never conceded, and still uses to raise money from his cult of disciples.

    Garland today:

    "These acts and threats of violence are not associated with any one set of partisan or ideological views." ...?? link

    Meanwhile, GOP appointed special prosecutor John Durham has been re-funded by Biden’s AG Garland as he continues, going on 3 years, to investigate the FBI investigation of the 2016 Russia/election interference.

    Attorney General Merrick Garland said in October that he wants "as much as possible" of Durham's eventual report to be released publicly….

    Garland stepped up to provide DOJ lawyers to defend Trump’s lying and attacking a woman who sued Trump for lying and attacking her for her claims he raped her.

    Perhaps career FBI agents and career DOJ investigators see the writing on the wall, Garland is a do nothing establishment tool.  Trump's 1/6 cannon fodder are fair targets, the supply is inexhaustible, but Garland will never back going after the big Republican fish, certainly not Trump.

    Careerists at DOJ must be realizing Democrats aren’t going to stop the Republicans, aren’t going to bring them to justice, they will never be even indicted for anything, ergo,  come the 4th Reich in 2024, your government  career is fini,  done, you may even go to prison, if you 'investigate', cross or attract the ire of Donald Trump or the GOP. 

    Comments

    Love your country?


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 4:37am

    Merrick Garland tea leaves?

    (thread continues)


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 4:49am

    I didn't listen to the whole thing, I read the transcript though.

    This. He recalls his glory days, prosecuting a lone homicidal maniac, OKC 1995.

    From Garland's speech.

    Garland linked the 1/6 assault on Congress to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, recalling:

        "tragedies ranging from the Oklahoma City bombing to the January 6th attack on the Capitol."

    But ..... ???? Hold on Merrick..!!

    The Republican Party never called McVeigh to OKC to "save his country." 

    No Josh Hawley was there in Oklahoma City to give McVeigh a rousing clenched fist welcome... as McVeigh lit the fuse.
     
    1/6?   ... Republicans have rallied behind Donald Trump, who told his mob to "fight like hell" that morning.

    They have belittled the attack and now blame it on Nancy Pelosi, for "security failures".


    by NCD on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 10:57am

    Does Garland have a PR machine? Hardly. His job is to win in court and interrogation rooms, and ultimately the rule of law. Trying to out-Hannity - and that's what it would take - is foolish. Garland is the law & order guy. Let the results speak for themselves. But results take time.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 11:41am

    Going for organizers now


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 4:58am

    Sedition hunters, citizen sleuths

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sedition-hunters-capitol-attack-online-sl...

    (elsewhere Marcy Wheeler makes the point that the House Committee is releasing info that can help the DoJ's investigation while being careful not to taint the DoJ's possible court cases or plea bargaining)

    (90% of i dictments don't go to trial. In the case of hushing up cooperation, it's often better not to indict at all)

    (also, while 350 or so already arrested, and those were the easier - flipping the more attractive targets is key, since the bigger import is to climb up the tree to get those near the top. Do not expect Garland to give away details, nor does he want to give the impression he's pursuing partisan indictments - that makes for political catastrophe. He is pursuing violation of law. Not Proud Boys, not Oath Keepers, not Team Trump.)

    (This is not the Mueller investigation - there is no corrupt sitting President with unique constitutional rights, as the courts keep affirming.)

    (It is politically difficult to fire Durham, and yet Durham is so farcical he's actually a help - 2 years, 3 cases of not-well-substantiated lying, with a good chance it all gets thrown out in 6 months (before midterms?)

    (We know much more now about Navarro, Eastman, Alex Jones, Ali, Mark Meadows, Hannity, t

    Roger Stone with Proud Boys(?), the Trump kids, even Trump's intent with Pence, along with the attendance at Jan 5 and earlier planning sessions, the Willard(?) Hotel, and the rather detailed outlines of several likely illegal obstruction plans. [when Trump is told by White House counsel that Pence has no constitutional authority to selectively toss out states yet Trump still threatens him and uses a public forum for more threats and encourages a riot at a government building/proceeding to break up the count despite Pence, all of that leads towards filing actual charges - but proving sedition or terrorism can be harder than obstruction, and the obstruction sentence can be nearly as much. Trump is a master at avoiding civil & criminal responsibility, all Joe's about his intelligence aside. In particular, avoiding hs knack at running out the clock can be tough - appeals are his friend even if he loses, etc.])


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 5:21am

    Pence team squealing

    https://www.axios.com/pence-team-helping-jan-6-committee-d634d742-77f9-4...

    Plus House Committee may do some live public hearings - which might give it that old Sam Ervin Watergate pedigree.

    (Note, it would be improper for the DoJto do such a thing.)


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 9:01am


    This is not Iran Contra or Whitewater, or even the 9/11 Commission.
    If we had a police state like China with surveillance cameras & facial recognition everywhere,
    it might be easier. But fortunately we don't - but unfortunately that means the investigation is slow & methodical,
    "with a little help from my friends"
    We still don't know who dropped the 2 pipe bombs, as a key issue.
    We also suspect someone knew exactly which ground windows had *not* been reinforced,
    and directed protesters to these in advance.
    But it's coming together. We don't have to know everything.
    We need to know enough to punish the main instigators and make sure it doesn't happen again.
    Of course that latter goal is hard to ensure as well. So it goes.

    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 9:27am


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 9:12am

    We can expect nothing but prosecution of the cannon fodder, of which the supply is unlimited in 'Murica.

    To wait for the next command from above, "stand back and stand by" to continue right wing political violence.


    by NCD on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 11:01am

    Might be good if you read 1or 2 of these articles, but can't expect miracles.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 12:01pm

    "Cannon fodder", eh?

    You see how subpoenas for Bannon, Meadows, Eastman & Navarro goes. Should we rush in like madmen to charge the elite, and watch them skip in 6 months due to lack of evidence? Is the years-long fights for Trump's taxes not instructional?


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 1:29pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 4:30pm

    Merrick Garland will not reopen a case that AG Barr closed. NEVUH! 

    THAT WOULD BREAK  NORMS..!!!!! 

    Open Garland to criticism for playing politics..!!!!  Democrats follow the rules, in fact Garland is rewriting the rulebook, ...... (which no Republican AG will ever pull from the drawer.)


    by NCD on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 7:12pm

    Sidney Powell's PAC also under investigation the last 4 months. Sorry they don't tell you everything, but they did announce Barrack's trial.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 10:55pm

    Barrack = nothing to do with 1/6. Grifting from Gulf sheikhs TRUMP FAMILY MONOPOLY anyway..!!! WTF did Barrack think?

    Sidney Powell is stealing the rubes money from MAIN CON , Trump's!!, no 1/6 connection either.


    by NCD on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 2:02pm

    "Merrick Garland will not reopen a case that AG Barr closed. NEVUH!" Plus Barr resigned 3 weeks before Jan 6. 

    Don't like losing?

    (Barrack was involved with those illegal UAE/Trump team meetings just before inauguration, prolly tainting the 2016 election as well)


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 2:05pm

    Who is Clea Mitchell & what other lesser-known characters are in the higher echelons of the coup? What was Bill Barr's responsibility to report the coup rather than just resign to cover his ass? How does Hannity have journalistic cover when he's a conspirator?

    Lots of threads becoming more and more known. Garland is not an investigation dictator - all these plots coming out are individual cases by individual agents. It was in Barr's time when the AG played Little Caesar.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 6:01am

    Republicans were celebrating the anniversary!  Garland is just after the iceberg tip anyway. Too busy re-writing the DOJ Rulebook.

    Guess after impeachment of Biden in 2023, (voters want change, right? Republicans sweep in November?) 

    McCarthy and Company will open 4 investigations of Hunter.


    by NCD on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 2:16pm

    So did u want to discuss something seriously, or just going to patter away? Obviously the DoJ keeps working even after VP Harris takes the impeached president's place.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 3:45pm

    Patter update: Impeachment is not removal from office.

    When Republicans do it it's like voting 52 times to repeal Obamacare. Distraction, and red meat for the manipulated morons of The Base.

    Garland could "keep working" for eternity and he would never rock the boat of the big fish 1/6 Republican conspirators.


    by NCD on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 4:38pm

    If the big fish Republicans are indicted & convicted, all those votes don't mean fuckall, do they. So what exactly is your point? There's a ton of investigation's, gathering evidence, getting people to flip for info on higher ups. Between the House Committee and DoJ and even citizen data hounds, it's all moving along much better than relying on Mueller and 10 or so attorneys under the thumb of a corrupt AG (plus Rosenstein before, who seemed like a snake).

    Expecting Garland to micromanage all the cases ain't gonna happen.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 6:08pm

    My takeaway of "the point" after years of reading NCD: Things and life are not complicated, they are simple. It's that "Republicans" are all evil just like the Nazis were and we must kill them all. And their Vichy-style enablers who claim to be Democrats must go too. And then everything would be fine.. (Don't bring up complications like the majority of the populace being Independents and the U.S. being a set-up where people with low literacy or I.Q.'s can vote, that muddies the picture!)


    by artappraiser on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 12:26am

    FWIW, interesting prayer by an expert in that it suggests hope that feeding trolls will stop:

    The more seriously this is all taken, the more it feeds the beast?


    by artappraiser on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 1:24am

    this whole thread is a good reminder that rabid libertarianism concerning a powerful federal government is not a new feature of American culture (including a weak coalition of 13 states where each state can do its own thing and a "wild west" where one can be free of even those restrictions) :


    by artappraiser on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 1:35am

    and here's a file under interesting minor phenomenon, especially given that all cable news channels are becoming a tinier elderly demographic all the time; a distracting (from reality) kabuki show is how culture wars trolling ends up:

    It's truly Trumpian in the narcissism factor, the "all publicity is good publicity" thing. Does anyone even know his true beliefs anymore? No. Does he even have any? Like Trump, probably not.

    Paying attention to this narrative is what CNN shouldn't be doing, if they were still Ted Turner's CNN. But: ratings.


    by artappraiser on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 4:13am

    Competing with Rachel Maddow

    Still, they have lots of hours to fill


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 5:35am


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 12:03pm

    But Seth clutching pearls


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 12:27pm

    Seth Abramson follow-up on your posted tweet:

     

    ...what attorneys, legal analysts, and criminal investigators *also* know is that it's *impossible* to hide a large-scale federal probes completely. There are subpoenas, raids, document demands, court filings, interrogations, and more that are hard—or even impossible—to hide.

    Instead, the criticism DOJ is facing that matters most—criticism that comes from those who understand how criminal investigations and prosecutions work—is that there is *no evidence whatsoever* that DOJ is conducting *any* large-scale investigation of high-level coup plotters.

    We have seen no court filings from DOJ to this effect. No cooperation deals. No raids. No subpoenas. No document demands. No device seizures. No interrogations. No howling from powerful Trumpists that they are being "targeted" simply for being... seditious insurrectionists.


    by NCD on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 6:43pm

    As a "lay person" and top 10% Dagger I did not need tweets from Seth or the legal community to know Garland. From my main blog:

    ".....Garland will never back going after the big Republican fish, certainly not Trump."

    But Garland is  leaving a new DOJ RULE BOOK!!!   When Trump ( or toadie) gets reelected and appoints some grifting crook to replace Garland. The Rule Book will joked about and ignored.


    by NCD on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 6:53pm

    Well that decides it then - just give up. It's hopeless.


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 7:38pm

    Jest a teensy ques-tion...¿?


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 8:27am

    Any unrealistic expectations?


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 11:18am

    But if you did want to charge him...


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 12:47pm

    Interesting comment by a lefty that I ran across; note the number of likes and retweets


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 2:53pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 7:18am


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 7:30am

    & yes, Garland's teh awesome


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 7:54am

    More McCarthy hearings


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 8:09am



    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/09/2022 - 9:37am


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 12:02am

    Video via Reuters Jan. 6, basically speaking to your concerns, just for the record:

    AG LAYS DOWN THE LAW. HE’S HUNTING ALL COUP PLOTTERS.
    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to hold accountable anyone who was involved in the deadly #January6 Capitol attack by former Trump's supporters https://t.co/K7J8R2Hzic pic.twitter.com/afbvfW7FZD 10

    — Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) January 10, 2022

    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 3:00pm

    This guy thought like NCD about Garland, but is not too proud to admit he may have been wrong:

    I was certain DoJ would stick to obstruction of an official proceeding out of an abundance of caution. I was wrong. I underestimated him. Garland’s willingness to bring Seditious Conspiracy charges shows me he’s more of a bad ass than I thought.

    — Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) January 13, 2022

    This guy is a "recovering" DOJ and Senate " flack"

    The seditious conspiracy charges are important for a lot of reasons, but in my mind the most important is that, should they be convicted, the Oathkeepers will be forever branded as traitors to their country.

    — Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) January 13, 2022

    Marcy Wheeler

    Here's the list of the seditious conspiracy defendants: they're the ones who collected weapons at the Quality Inn Ballston. pic.twitter.com/RZWPrvT9tC

    — emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 13, 2022

    LA Times' legal columnist:

    Those who say DOJ hasn't delivered on the most serious charges have to be quieted today -- seditious conspiracy about as serious as it gets.

    — Harry Litman (@harrylitman) January 13, 2022

    Ken White:

    And there you go -- finally, a seditious conspiracy charge, because they decided they could prove the requisite intent.

    — PoundPoundPoundHat (@Popehat) January 13, 2022

    that was after Ken White retweeted this by George Conway:

    Links to the indictments can be found on this press release. https://t.co/S62MPCQYwh

    — George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 13, 2022

     

     


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:41pm

    How DoJ actually works (thread)


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 2:33am

    Trump Jr in the barrel


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 5:52pm

    Follow the money indeed


    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 1:59pm

    Somebody tell Merrick Garland!

     "Rewrite the Rulebook later!" ....  "Right now a Hell's Cartel of Republican billionaires, grifters, liars and nutjobs needs to face some accountability, or they will succeed next time."


    by NCD on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 12:25am

    What is this "Rulebook" you keep droning on about.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 4:58am


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 4:33pm

    note she tweeted the statute in July and pinned it to the top of her feed, retweeted that here along with the NYTimes article

    and she adds this, obviously following his defense attorney:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 4:43pm

    of course with Oathkeepers news, eyes are turning to Roger Stone:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 6:25pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 7:01pm

    Rep. Liz Cheney tweets two words:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:24pm


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:26pm

    Insurrection thread - oh Lawdy there are tapes


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 12:16am

    But it's just repackaging


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 12:23am

    Sedition & social media

    (note there seems to be coordination between House & DoJ re: /5 Reddit if not others)


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 4:49am

    Backseat drivers & teh stupid it burns


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 5:27am

    WAITING FOR ONE of these idiot REPUBLICAN  CONGRESSMAN to be investigated, raided, grand juried, indicted for sedition ...... or 20 year major felony will do. 

    IN HEADLINES , everywhere, and  not just some expendable cannon foxder/Proud Boys meatheads.

    SOMEBODY tell Merrick Garland  DAGBLOG is demanding get your ass in gear!


    by NCD on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 2:52pm

    2 1/2 years to investigate Epstein's death - I'll pass on your disappointment.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:14pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:32pm

    Brains behind Jan6 & Proud Boys?


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:50pm

    aside:ran across this Bannon deep dive report from Tim Miller at The Bulwark:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 7:33pm


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 6:38pm

    Interesting to see that the Jan. 6 Committee tweeted this yesterday afternoon because the wording sounds almost like a drag em out 1st-amendment fight to the Supreme Court?


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 9:55pm


    by artappraiser on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 3:27pm

    DoJ checking Rudy & Proud Boys connection - who knew?

     


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 7:41pm

    Sedition by numbers, 1-2-3


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 7:51pm

    PATRIOTIC REAL AMERICANS support Republicans non-partisan not witch hunt plans to impeach Biden and investigate Hunter in 2023! Overdue! Stop the 1/6 sham!

    America needs it, wants it, must have it ...! ...?


    by NCD on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 2:06am

    Cancún Teď sez it's true - Benghazi 2.0 (or 14.0, lost count). Will watch "Night of the Hunter" to get in the right mood.

    But it's mid-January - and it's been a rich 30 days or so. Let's count up the higher indictments by April/May. The wheels are turning, quite a bit of grist for that mill to grind. 


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 5:13am

    WHY WOULD ANYBODY pay HUNTER BIDEN to do ANYTHING..????

    Polls say 83% of Republicans want to know, don't trust Hunter, want to see his computer,  and have doubts Hunter is even worth the minimum wage.

    CALLS for investigations will be insurmountable if voters elect honorable truth seeking patriotic nonpartisan unflappable Lincoln like  McCarthy and Paul Gosar leaders of the House this November.


    by NCD on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 5:52pm

    Well they can always impeach Hunter just like the many Republicans who wanted Hillary impeached in 2017. It's probably not enough, but at least it'll partially satisfy their bloodlust.


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 6:13pm

    Good one. Google shows 'http://www.impeachhunter2023.com/' is available. Could be small donation gold mine among Trump base.


    by NCD on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 1:13pm

    Donate now - it's the least we can do. If only Beau was here...


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 1:15pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 12:50am

    Saw that yes. Roger Stone has been reveling in, getting away with, and making a living at political chicanery and lies and  propaganda since Nixon days.

    Giuliani is only slightly above Alex Jones as a witless tool, now legal road kill,  Trump et al could care less at his fate.


    by NCD on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 1:19pm

    Roger Stone was already convicted of 7 crimes. This time he won't have a president to pardon him.
    The evidence around Rog & Rudy & Alex too stacks up to implicate Trump. Sounds like there's more from the Proud Boys side working against him, & there was a setup to pull them back Jan 5. What that was will be interesting to see.
    BTW, Pence will be testifying soon. You know who that's mostly about.


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 2:38pm


    by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 6:20pm

    Rudy & posse get subpoenas-

     


    by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 7:51pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 9:44pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 12:25am


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 12:44am

    Digby gives NYT on Trump filing

    https://digbysblog.net/2022/01/19/trumps-fraudulent-and-misleading-busin...


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:08am

    Gaetz & Stone (which includes Proud Boys) -
    who else? Oh yeah, the Trump gang civil investigation in New York.
    Guess you can say Garland isn't doing this, but however it happens...



    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:22am

    Shocker. I'm verklempt.

    The Supreme Court just stiffed Trump and gave approval for all 700 Trump documents to be sent to the House 1/6 committee.

    Talk amongst yourselves.


    by NCD on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 6:50pm

    NEW: Supreme Court paves way for Trump White House document review by Jan. 6 committee. https://t.co/sfpzsJdm3k

    — ABC News (@ABC) January 19, 2022

    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:05pm

    Well, NCD, I'm woefully disappointed that you are so verklempt that (like Jack Nicholson famously said?) you can't handle the truth! I came to this thread hopefully expecting to see some of your best Trump parody shtick, something along the lines of bitching about how all his justices have turned out to be loser traitors to the greatest legal genius Trump! Take some deep breaths to get your mojo back? wink


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:06pm

    Verklempt is from SNL Mike Myers Coffee Talk. An emotional state of awe when Barbara S. is mentioned. At 2:25 in clip below:

     

     


    by NCD on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:08pm

    Know it well but I disagree with the meaning; it's not "emotional awe", it's "all choked up", as in starting to heave and, about to cry. The verklempt are upset and asking for a moment to calm down so they don't cry when they try to talk.


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 11:32pm

    Barbara Streisand personifies awesomeness..!!  Yes choked up, yes crying, but heaving..? 


    by NCD on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 2:11am

    They're really verklempt over Assange - this is just warmup.

    (I thought she had "the Streisand Effect" - does Barbara get *2* memes? Seems unfair, when so many little people left out of the fame & fortune.)


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 2:16am

    Clarence still broken heart Trump!!! He is the only loyal one willing to MAGA ! (OMG, arta I just thought of this this minute -ALONG WITH THE WIFEY! I recall reading recently, she may actually be in the documents as a funder and/or planner of Jan. 6? That's for another time (or a developing?);  meanwhile here's a few details I came to post:

    The apparent vote is 8-1. Only Justice Thomas would have granted Trump's plea.

    — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) January 19, 2022


    Justice Kavanaugh writes a separate statement. Justice Thomas does not explain his dissent.

    — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) January 19, 2022

    Here is the order pic.twitter.com/FgdbhadUe2

    — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) January 19, 2022

    edit to add: Steven's thinking just like I am:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 8:45pm

    Clarence didn't even bother to explain his vote on executive privilege - Jane Mayer is on Ginni Thomas' activism:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:02pm

    Committee has also subpoenaed leaders of the "America First" or "Groyper" movement who called for the destruction of the Republican party basically because they feel it wouldn't support Trumpism; also note the possible French funding:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 1:44am

    6 Degrees of Treason

    And the day Barr abandoned democracy - more than ever


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 9:30am

    Rudy's chats turned over


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:05pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:10pm

    noting how quickly the National Archives turned the presidential records over after the Supreme Court ruled:

    nice that they take "rule of law" very seriously


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:20pm

    Dan Scavino, come on down!


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 3:12am


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 5:29am

    "monster scoop" - "Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines"


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:31pm

    Maggie Haberman retweeted Swan:

    in reply to the above, this account tweeted this very interesting and suggestive timeline:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 7:19pm

    Barr interviewed - why not announced? I thought the blogosphere was told everything

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-barr-jan-6-panel-bennie-thompson_n_6...


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 12:33am

    Missing:  Department of Justice;  Grand Jury; FBI raid seizes Barr's phone, computers; warrant to court shows criminal charges being considered against coup plotters; ......


    by NCD on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 3:34pm

    DoJ has 3 grand juries going. Coup plotters have already been charged - steadily climbing the ladder. Don't think commandeering the AG's phone(s) is a step they want to take, and since he resigned Dec 23, what i criminating do you think it'll show? He wasn't at the Willard nor the Mall or the Capitol bldg. Yes i think he was complicit, but i doubt he was calling Roger Stone or Steve Bannon or Ali Alexander or Rudy, even before the last 2 weeks.


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 7:27pm

    Dominion Voting Systems aren't calling it treason, but they are still welcome fo continue to claim injurious slander and pursue  major monetary damages:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 1:03am


    by artappraiser on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 4:44pm

    What're they gonna say? Not looking into "Trump coup plot" ?  Who's "plot"? Trump....? Republican Congressmen?

    Trump will never be implicated or indicted for anything under Garland.

    Some hope in Georgia Trump could be criminally in trouble, Grand Jury convened there under state law.


    by NCD on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 7:21pm

    Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown


    by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 8:22pm


    by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 12:30pm

    GOP Governor Scorns Trump’s Pledge to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters: ‘Oh My Goodness, No!’

    By Justin Baragona Daily Beast via Yahoo News Sun, January 30, 2022, 10:44 AM

    Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) placed some distance between himself and former President Donald Trump on Sunday morning, vehemently disagreeing with the disgraced ex-president’s pledge to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters if he get back to the White House in 2024.

    “If I run and I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly, we will treat them fairly, and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly,” Trump declared during a Saturday evening rally in Texas.

    After the governor noted that he’s “been critical of both sides of the aisle,” anchor Dana Bash aired a clip of Trump’s rally remarks before asking Sununu to respond. The Republican executive, meanwhile, compared the seditious violence at the U.S. Capitol to the summer 2020 racial justice protests—a favorite tactic of conservatives.

    While the twice-impeached ex-president’s remarks were quickly embraced by the far-right, Sununu (who has carved out a niche for himself as a MAGA critic) pushed back against such rhetoric during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union.

    “Look, the folks that were part of the riots and, frankly, the assault on the U.S. Capitol have to be held accountable,” he stated. “There’s a rule of law. I don’t care whether you were part of burning cities and antifa in 2020 [or] you were storming the Capitol in 2021, everybody needs to be held accountable.”

    Pressed directly on whether he felt the Capitol rioters should be pardoned, the governor replied: “Of course not! Oh my goodness, no!” [....]


    by artappraiser on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 3:27pm

    Josef Goebbels, New Year's message, January, 1944: " Only if we win will those of you bombed out receive compensation! So you must fight on!"

    Trump, January, 2022: "Only if I run and I win, will those people from Jan. 6 be treated fairly, we will give them pardons!"


    by NCD on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 3:53pm

    Strikes me as far better than your Nazi comparisons; just ran across it just taking a  quick look at the trending hashtag #ArrestTrumpNow

    Today would be a great day to #ArrestTrumpNow pic.twitter.com/SFXpL0XQh5

    — BLUE MAGOO is BOOSTED (@BlueDoggin45) January 27, 2022

    Especially in that it also took a long time to prove Bin Laden was behind 9/11 and that some still don't believe that to this day.

    Godwin's Law came into being for a reason

    So many Hitlers! pic.twitter.com/52sUuPcB93

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 30, 2022

    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 4:27am

    GENUINE SELF-INCRIMINATING NEWS:


    by artappraiser on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 11:05pm

    ^ Twitter just started an "Events" page on it (including the disclaimer thing like like when Trump was a member!) and then they immediately switched the link to "Pence trending", whatever they end up doing you can get your fill of reaction here including major media people and politicians

    Former president Donald Trump releases a statement repeating misleading claims about the 2020 election and discussing former vice president Mike Pence's role in the Senate following the results

    I found this interesting

    and this

    and this

    Maggie Haberman:


    by artappraiser on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 11:21pm

    Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore', Ret., thinks neither Hitler nor Bin Laden are good comparisons:


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:43am

    soooo many things, it never ends, always a new one, he's like a poster child for "the law is for thee, not for me" 


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 6:58pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 7:24pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 7:31pm

    (If you watch the whole thing you'll find, among other things, the medical examiner ruled that he suffered a concussion that led to rapid onset of severe depression and that the widow is suing two of the participants)


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/01/2022 - 1:21am


    by artappraiser on Tue, 02/01/2022 - 11:22am

    But it does seem that Trump not at all afraid to call it treason against Trump when he sees it:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/02/2022 - 5:03pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/02/2022 - 7:45pm

    New revelations raise pressure on Barr to testify on Jan. 6

    Headline story right now @ TheHill.com by MIKE LILLIS AND REBECCA BEITSCH - 02/03/22 06:13 PM EST

    Democrats are amping up the pressure on William Barr to testify before the panel investigating the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021, saying the former attorney general has a unique window into the thoughts and actions of former President Trump leading up to the violent siege. 

    Barr has been in informal talks with the special investigative committee, according to the chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). But recent news reports have added layers of detail to Barr's one-on-one interactions with Trump in late 2020, as the former president sought ways to use the powers of the administration to overturn his election defeat. 

    Those revelations have sparked new interest on Capitol Hill for Barr to brief the committee again — this time in a more formal setting [....]


    by artappraiser on Fri, 02/04/2022 - 2:48am

    Do imagine Garland trying to get Grand Jury testimony from Barr - the howls and th shrieks. Having Congress do it (and not fuck it up by giving immunity a la Iran-Contra) seems essential.


    by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/04/2022 - 2:55am


    by artappraiser on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 12:22am

    First Pence, now McConnell.

    A big hammer is about to drop and they don't want to be in the path. https://t.co/PfJVvNFhdP

    — Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) February 8, 2022

    Phang is @NBC & @MSNBC  Legal Contributor | Co-Host of @CNBC ’s Money Court | Trial Lawyer at Phang & Feldman, P.A


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 6:56pm

    ^ does she mean a hammer this week, because of this?


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 7:00pm

    Trump missive today hitting back at Mitch McConnell:


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 7:06pm


    by artappraiser on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 7:04pm