Glenn Kirschner – Allen Weisselberg, another Trump fall guy, goes to prison while Donald Trump golfs
The Lincoln Project – Waning
MSNBC – In Trump’s classified documents case, the obstruction makes the difference
Farron Balanced – Matt Gaetz And Pals Are Raising Money By Embarrassing The Republican Party
Tiny Kitten Befriends The Wild Deer Who Visit Her Yard
Beau – Let’s talk about 6 republicans and McCarthy….
Glenn Kirschner – Georgia DA Fani Willis takes important next step toward indicting Donald Trump for election crimes
The Lincoln Project – Presidential Citizens Medal Ceremony
MSNBC – Supreme Court hears case threatening workers’ rights
Farron Balanced – George Santos Paid Someone To Impersonate A Kevin McCarthy Staffer To Swindle Donors
Senior Pittie Gives Birth In Foster Mom’s Hand
Beau – Let’s talk about 2 years, Trump’s lawsuit, and medals….
Glenn Kirschner – Scott “Pardon Me” Perry wants on the congressional committee to oversee DOJ’s criminal probe of HIM!
The Lincoln Project – Violence
Ring of Fire – Republicans Plan To Gut IRS And Ethics Office To Protect Themselves And Their Donors (I’m not sure why he pictured Mitch, when it’s the House that’s pushing this. It will never get through the Senate.)
Armageddon Update – New Year, New World! (First new one for some time)
Woman Rescues Feral Kittens From An Abandoned Mansion
Beau – Let’s talk about what national interests are….
Glenn Kirschner – Republican clown show: Jim Jordan tries to seize power to have DOJ reveal criminal investigations
The Lincoln Project – Last Year in the Republican Party
Farron Balanced – MAGA Lunatics Accuse GOP Congresswoman Of Practicing Witchcraft
Cleff Schecter – The Truth Behind MAGA: Is a Secret Shame Driving Republican Faceplants?
Woman Spots An Injured Pittie In A Blueberry Field, And Then…
Beau – Let’s talk about preaching to the choir….
Yesterday, Joyce Vance wrote a prequel column to her normal “The Week Ahead” column which comes out today. It’s called, “How does the First Day of a New Congress Work?,” and she wrote it in order to get the normal stuff out of the way so she can pay more attention to the abnormal stuff she, and everyone else, is expecting. Even professional analysts are overwhelmed by the happenings of last week. Actually, it’s quite possible that te more one knows, the more overwhelmed one is. Heather Cox Richardson quoted some from Jeffries’s speech, including the entire A-to-Z section, which I re-quote here because it is so comprehensive:
“American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, democracy over demagogues, economic opportunity over extremism, freedom over fascism, governing over gaslighting, hopefulness over hatred, inclusion over isolation, justice over judicial overreach, knowledge over kangaroo courts, liberty over limitation, maturity over Mar-a-Lago, normalcy over negativity, opportunity over obstruction, people over politics, quality of life issues over QAnon, reason over racism, substance over slander, triumph over tyranny, understanding over ugliness, voting rights over voter suppression, working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, ‘yes, we can’ over ‘you can’t do it,’ and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation. We will always do the right thing by the American people.”
Also there was a Trump**-style coup attempt in Brazil. And Brazil may not be the last country to play copycat (thoughwhy it’s called copycat, I can’t imagine – cats are not known for being followers, of anyone or anything.)This is a deeloping story and you shouldn’t have any trouble finding developments.
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Southern Poverty Law Center – Rosewood Remembered
Quote – For almost 60 years the massacre, which left at least six murdered while the rest, including dozens of children, escaped in the middle of the night, running through swamps, hiding in the woods and leaping onto train cars, was all but erased from historical memory. No law enforcement agency investigated, and no one was ever charged with crimes. The erasure mirrored that of racial violence across the U.S., where lynchings and mob attacks in Chicago, Tulsa, Omaha, and in small towns and large cities across the country were, and in many cases continue to be, left unremarked and unremembered save by communities of survivors.
Click through for article. It does frost me that white Floridians (and Georgias, and Oklahomans, and Illinoisians, and Nebraskans, and white people alll over our country were are are so hell-bent on covering up our real history. The cover-up really is worse than the crome. Obviously they don’t get that.
The Daily Beast – New Congresswoman Fights Rival Over Witchcraft Accusation
Quote – Rep. Anna Paulina Luna came to Congress on her first day in office ready to do battle—not just with Democrats, but also with her own party, as she became one of the 20 Republicans to vote against electing Kevin McCarthy speaker. But back home in her conservative Florida district, Luna is waging a very different kind of war: a legal fight with political enemies who say she is a literal witch. A letter obtained by The Daily Beast reveals that the Florida Republican retained the high-powered law firm Holland & Knight to go after a would-be rival who leveled a series of outlandish allegations against Luna on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show in the fall.
Click through for details. The legal action itself proves she is not a witch. Casting a spell would be easier and cheaper than going to court – if sh could do so . So, she can’t. (And I have to say the title “Bubba the Love SPonge” doubtless tells you everything you need to know about the intellectual level of the program.)
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Glenn Kirschner – Special Counsel Jack Smith puts together aggressive & experienced Trump prosecution team
The Lincoln Project – MAGA vs. MAGA (The Project is rapidly making up for the long holiday break.)
Thom Hartmann – Shocking Reason These Republicans Hate McCarthy
Ring of Fire – Kari Lake Is TERRIFIED About Becoming Irrelevant
Watch This Scruffy Feral Cat Turn Into A Blue-Eyed Beauty
Beau – Let’s talk about what McCarthy knows that you should too….
Glenn Kirschner – DOJ’s inaction allows Donald Trump to AGAIN victimize GA election workers Shaye Moss & Ruby Freeman
The Lincoln Project – McCarthy (v)
Ring of Fire – Lauren Boebert Brags About Republicans Removing Metal Detectors From Congress
Robert Reich – Behind the Silence on Record Corporate Profits
Watch This Little Bird Sneak Up On His Butterfly Siblings
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden, negotiations, and the briar patch….
Yesterday, the Daily Beast newsletter was a gosip rag, and Steve Schmidt wrote about January 6. Rep. Scott Perry told us that the adage “Be nice to people you meet on the way up; you’ll meet them again on the way down” even applies to Republicans like Kevin McCarthy. In other news, Bold Progressives is collecting signatures for a Get-Well message to Jamie Raskin.
Also yesterday, my new space heater (and a spare) arrived 5 days earlier than promised. They are larger than I expected but they fit in the space, and they are most definitely adequate for the job. So I expect to be able to qui wearing socks with my (faux of course) fur lined shoes and boots.
And I would add Cavin’Kevin was finally elected on the 15th ballot … but it was after midnight in DC, so it actually happened today.
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Crooks and Liars – Now It’s The Proud Boys’ Turn To Find Out
Quote – The seditious conspiracy trial of Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and four [other] members of the Proud Boys … is underway. Opening statements have not yet begun, however. Instead, jury selection has moved at a glacial pace at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C…. [They] face nine charges apiece including seditious conspiracy; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging their duties; obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder; destruction of government property; and aiding and abetting, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers.
Click through for story. The seating of the jury is taking longer, because the Proud Boys are a tad more notorious than the Oath Keepers – otherwise, we can hope this trial will go pretty much like that one.
Wonkette – Dipsh*ts Charged In Christmas Attacks On Four Washington Substations
Quote – Matthew Greenwood, 32, and Jeremy Crahan, 40, were charged in federal court Tuesday with conspiracy to damage energy facilities, and Greenwood also caught charges of possessing unregistered firearms. When Greenwood was arrested, he was found with an illegally modified short-barreled rifle with a homemade silencer, as well as a short-barreled shotgun, neither registered as required by law. In the Justice Department press release announcing the charges, US Attorney Nick Brown noted, “We have seen attacks such as these increase in Western Washington and throughout the country and must treat each incident seriously. The outages on Christmas left thousands in the dark and cold and put some who need power for medical devices at extreme risk.”
Click through for details. Basically, these people are murderers who are too cowadly to face their victims. There are colder places than Western Washington (the ocean to its west gives it some protection from the kind of blizzarda and sub-zero temperatures we see on the prairie and in the northeast) but it can still get cold enough fot hypothermia to kill- even if one doesn’t need oxygen or other electric-powered medical support.
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