Glenn Kirschner – 1st Jan. 6 Insurrection Trial: US v. Guy Reffitt. What to Expect from the Prosecution, the Defense
Don Winslow Films – #RunningOutTheClock
Meidas Touch – Tucker Carlson PANICS, tries to rewrite history of pro-Putin statements… But we have receipts!!!
Lincoln Project – CPAC: Days 3 and 4 in 135 Seconds
Marcus Flowers for Congress [ in Marjorie’s District] –
VoteVets – Party of Putin
Beau – Let’s talk about the Carrington Event….
Glenn Kirschner – Interview with Steven Van Zandt: Rock & Roll Legend AND Justice & Equality Warrior (Part 1)
Lincoln Project – Uh Oh, Donald
Thom Hartmann – Is America’s Militia Problem Growing?
Rebel HQ – Trump Accountant Throws Him Under The Bus
Ring of Fire – Trump’s Candidate Is Failing Miserably In Georgia’s Governor Race
Rocky Mountain Mike – See Karen Whine
Beau – Let’s talk about arbitration, women, and labor….
Glenn Kirschner – Rudy Giuliani “Considering Testifying Before House Select Committee.” Really?
Meidas Touch – Lost Debate [I have never felt that political discussions were fun. I attribute that in part to the fact that even before I got out of the Marine Corps, Republicans were destroying the country as best they could, and that just isn’t fun.]
Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party
American Bridge – Fight for Democracy
NBC News – Georgia May Add Police At Polling Places Ahead Of Midterm Elections (Would providing white escorts or black voters help?)
Really American – What if Jan 6th wasn’t the first?
Beau – Let’s talk about the Republican Govs’ strange move in Georgia….
Yesterday, I got confirmation from LinkedIn that they received they received documantation, closed the account, and send condolences to all of is. I also put together the documents Twitter asked for – I say documents, but just as I had them all together, and went to upload them, it said I only gor one upload to do it all. So I regrouped, got everything into one Word Doc, printed it as a PDF, and then uploaded it. That was late enough in the day that I have not heard back from them yet.
Cartoon – 09 Quincy Loaded
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Crooks and Liars – Neofascist Patriot Front: Clownish Operations With A Military Edge
Quote – The Vanguard America organization marched at Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, where one of its members, James Alex Fields, mowed down an antifascist counterprotester, Heather Heyer, with his car afterward. Patriot Front’s founder, Thomas Rousseau, was photographed standing with Fields and other Vanguard America marchers. He was a Vanguard America member at the time.
Click through for details, and through again for all the data if you’re up to it. Idid manage to get the accompanying video into yesterday’s Video Thread – it gives yu an idea.
Miami Herald – Black lawmakers blast plans for monument to Justice Thomas
Quote – [State Sen. Emanuel] Jones, a Democrat, cited opinions by Thomas that he said would hurt African Americans. “We’re not here talking about Justice Thomas as the man,” he said. “We all have a great deal of respect of his many accomplishments. It’s his policies. It’s his rulings. It’s his decisions that we find extremely offensive.
Click through for story. Jimmy Carter has a statue already, and they are trying to use that as a precedent. Barf.
The 19th – More Black women are leading U.S. law schools and changing the conversation on race and gender
Quote – The reality she faced, which is common for many women of color, can create feelings of isolation, insecurity and frustration. For years, Nelson was conscious of how her actions might affect Black women who wished to follow. “The sense that one possible mistake will reverberate beyond oneself and impact the ability of future generations coming up behind me to have the same opportunities weighs heavy,” she said. But she is less alone now. Last year, the number of Black women leading American law schools reached a high of 28.
Click thrugh for story. Seema to me that now is exactly the right time to put a progressive black woman constitutional scholar on the Supreme Court. We’ve never had so many qualified.
Food For Thought:
Just a small extra. I note that Democrats have a sense of humor strong enough to be able to laugh at ourselves, and isn’t that wonderful.
Glenn Kirschner – DOJ Investigating Fraudulent Electors Presents Opportunity to Flip Them Up the Criminal Food Chain
The Lincoln Project – Tucker Carlson Tonight: Moscow Edition
Thom Hartmann – Alabama Cops Are Terrorizing a Small Town
Robert Reich – How Corporate Greed Drives Inflation
Armageddon Update – CoViD Year Three
Ring of Fire – Documents Show Plot To Overturn Arizona Election Results Included Right Wing Media Personalities
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump and the Georgia special grand jury….
Glenn Kirschner – NY Subpoenas, GA Special Grand Jury Subpoenas, Congressional Subpoenas: All Subpoenas Are Not Equal
The Guardian – Tonga: new footage shows aftermath of volcano eruption and tsunami
Meidas Touch – A Coup in Plain Sight
The Lincoln Project – What Are They For?
The Ring of Fire – January 6th Committee Targets Social Media Companies With Subpoenas
MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross explains Mitch McConnell –
In this week’s essay, @TiffanyDCross discusses Mitch McConnell’s message to voters of color who were concerned that they wouldn’t be able to vote during this year’s midterm elections #CrossConnection pic.twitter.com/HKV9Sjtuhy
— The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross (@CrossConnection) January 22, 2022
Beau – Let’s talk about executive orders, doubt, and machinery….
Glenn Kirschner – Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis Seems Poised to be the First to Indict Donald Trump
Meidas touch – Matt Gaetz INDICTMENTS likely as ex-girlfriend testifies to Grand Jury in SEX TRAFFICKING probe
The Lincoln Project – Ernst Owning the Libs
American Bridge (after 2 months without putting out any videos and much longer since putting up any of general nterest, they have posted 35 in the last two days. Many are state specific. I’ll select a few) – Cecile Richards on ‘The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell’
No Dem Left Behind – Will GOP really make Trump Speaker of the House if they retake Congress?
Really American – COVID-19 vaccine
Beau – Let’s talk about Yellowstone and wolves….
Yesterday, like the day before, I tried to be laid back (and pretty well succeeded.) Sometimes, I just need to do that for a few days when I’ve had too many things to think about, so the mental spinning has a chance to stop, or at least slow down. But I did make the FFT (I want to stress that when I have to insert something that isn’t square, I’m not terribly good at it. I think if I had something more like a pen and less like a mouse to hold, I might do better – but maybe not.) At least it gets the point across.
Cartoon – 13 Dreyfus Loaded
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Comic Sands (a George Takei site) – Houston High School Teacher Charged After Infected Son Is Found In Trunk Of Car At Testing Site
Quote – [41-year-old Sarah] Beam reportedly kept her son in the car because he had tested positive for Covid-19. Beam wanted to isolate herself from him on the way to the testing site where she was planning on having him get tested again. The high school educator decided the trunk was the best place to put her son.
Click through for more. Yes, you read that right. SMH.
PolitiZoom – WATCH: Eric Trump, Trump Lawyer Run To Fox and Newsmax Right After Maddow Bombshell. What Do They Know That We Don’t?
Quote: Here’s what happened in just a few hours on Monday the 10th. Come, let us reason together, as LBJ used to say. First, Rachel Maddow announced that Donald Trump’s lawyers have met in person with the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia. Then Trump’s lawyer showed up on Newsmax and her villain du jour is Letitia James [NY], not Fani Willis [Fulton County]..
Click through for more backgrounsd and even a couple of videos. Rachel reminds us Of TFG’s December 18 rant, calling Democrats in the juducial systems, state and Federal, “thugs who just want to lock people up.” She postulates That that rant and the meeting of his lawyers with Fulton County are related. She may well be right.
The 19th – Lawsuits, complaints and protests are upending sexist school dress codes
Quote – “All of those girls are being framed as dangerous and as disruptive to the ‘peaceful’ learning environment,” said Shauna Pomerantz, author of “Girls, Style and School Identities: Dressing the Part” and associate professor of child and youth studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. “It’s a ridiculous idea to think that [editing] these pictures is going to somehow change the culture of the school. If anything, that kind of action is going to enhance rape culture in any school, and it’s going to give people the message that girls are asking for trouble if they show their cleavage.”
Click through for details and more examples.. “Dress codes” are generally written with the underlying assumptions that “boys will be boys” so girls have to hide their bodies to prevent rape But many dress codea are also racist. Natural black hair is often prohibited, and some articles of clothing which are fashionable in the black community are assumed to be “gang symbols.” This may not be the most obvious issue in a country which ia at risk of losing democracy, but it is an issue which dehumanizes people (some people, rather, at the expense of others) and does not lead to the most hmentally healthy adults.
Food For Thought:
