Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s Document Destruction & Mishandling of Classified Materials: When Will DOJ Finally Act?
Meidas Touch – Laughing at the PATHETIC right wing propaganda machine targeting us!!!
Lincoln Project – Vernon Jones
No Dem Left Behind – Donald Trump and the GOP’s Plans to Subvert Democracy
Truth Matters (formerly politicsrus) – Day Without Immigrants
Rocky Mountain Mike – Discourse is Discourse
Beau – Let’s talk about the RNC, McConnell, and Trump….
Glenn Kirschner – Pence Chief Counsel Greg Jacob Testifies, Called a “Patriot.” Jeff Clark Finally Forced to Testify
American Bridge 21st Century – Pres. Joe Biden: “America is back to work”
The Lincoln Project – Respect
Thom Hartmann – Florida’s Nefarious Plan Guts Ballot Initiative Process
Armageddon Update – The Supremes
Puppet Regime – Slim Jong Un: New Look, Same Explosive Appeal
Beau – Let’s talk about Massie’s absurd Voltaire quote….
Yesterday, I looked at the WordPress update and how to install it, and learned that I will need to do a manual backup. While it is going on (and possibly also during the installation), the site will be in “maintenence mode” so I want to make sure to give some notice. Sure, I can do it inthe middle of the night – but I don’t want to be doing it in that part of the middle of the night which is when Lona is able to comment. Today is Wednesday – I won’t do it tonight. Instead, I’ll plan on Thursday night (Friday in Oz). So if anyone is up and looking at some odd hour Thursday night/Friday morning, and you can’t get in, please be patient.
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PEN America – STEEP RISE IN GAG ORDERS, MANY SLOPPILY DRAFTED
Quote – To appreciate the nature of this new crop of bills, it is helpful to focus on legislation from a single state: Indiana. With eight bills currently under consideration, only Missouri (at 19) has made a greater contribution. Of the eight in Indiana, all target public K-12 schools, two target private K-12 as well, six would regulate speech in public colleges and universities, four affect various state agencies, and two threaten public libraries. All are sweeping, all are draconian, and few make any kind of sense.
Click through for story, with illustrative examples. PEN America’ main focus is free speech, but it also does prison work, encouraging creativity in writing, nd rewarding some of the best.
First look: Biden inaugural to blanket airwaves today [Jan 20]
Quote – The committee, which was nominated for an Emmy, is spending several million dollars in leftover inaugural funds to air the ad on broadcast and cable TV today…. “In recognition of the President’s first year in office, the Biden-Harris Presidential Inaugural Committee believed it was important to celebrate the strength and perseverance of the American people in the face of extraordinary adversity, just as we did a year ago today.”
Click through for article. Yes, this is about a video, and yes, yhat video will show up in the video thread. But it’s more than just a video. There’s a story attached, and that should not be missed.
The Conversation – 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is involved
Quote – Military support for Ukraine and political and economic sanctions are ways the U.S. can make clear to Moscow that there will be consequences for its encroachment on an independent country. The risk, otherwise, is that the Kremlin might undertake other military and political actions that would further threaten European security and stability.
Click thrugh for article, which you may want to keep for reference. Heather Cox Richarrdson also has some thoughts – and informtaion.
Bonus Borowitz: Biden Proves Mental Sharpness by Accurately Identifying Peter Doocy
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Glenn Kirschner – From the Jan 10 Stephanie Miller show. He tackles the question of sentencing of insurrectionists.
Meidas Touch – Capitol Police Officer WARNS January 6 can happen again
Armageddon Update – The Lauren We Deserve – I can’t cut the end off, so you will want to stop it at about 4:55
Farron Balanced – Former Trump Officials Join Forces To Prevent Him From Holding Office Ever Again
politicsrus – Sandy Hook HD (hanky alert)
These Are The Struggles Of Growing Up With A Little Brother
Beau – Let’s talk about what Canada can do to get ready….
Glenn Kirschner – Pres Biden & VP Harris Address Nation on 1/6 Anniversary, as 1/6 Committee Ratchets Up Investigation
The Lincoln Project – Biden
Liberal Redneck – January 6th Anniversary
In memoriam Sir Sidney Poitier
MSNBC – Capehart memorializes Sidney Poitier
Colbert – Abhor-Rent
Beau – Let’s talk about Schumer and the filibuster…. Beau has a VERY good idea.
Glenn Kirschner – Jim Jordan’s Text to Mark Meadows & the Crime of Obstructing a Congressional Proceeding
The Lincoln Project – The Fight
MSNBC – New Details Paint ‘Insane’ Picture Of How Right Wing Media Obtained Biden Daughter’s Diary
Robert Reich – How the Grinch Stole the Post Office
Armageddon Update – Taking The World By Storm
Puppet Regime – A Kremlin Christmas
Beau – Let’s talk about the post-Christian church…. (Oh wow.)
Yesterday was quiet enough. I frittered away some of it by looking at sales offered by a couple of my favorite supplers. The one at the knitting supplier awas particularly impressive – knitting needles originally offered at %25-$30 going for $2.99 ( and that’s not an inflated price range – I have paid that much before for needles made from rosewood.) Anyway, I did manage to get things posted – as if you couldn’t tell.
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The New Yorker (Borowitz) – Chris Wallace Ecstatic About Never Riding Elevator with Tucker Carlson Again
Quote – Stressing that his decision to leave Fox “wasn’t about money,” Wallace said, “At CNN+, I’ll never have to ride an elevator with Tucker Carlson, and you can’t put a price tag on that.”
Click through for the happiest photo of him that I for one have ever seen. I’m just as sure this is true as I am that he didn’t really say it out loud. But Andy seems to channel people very well.
ITPI – Yes, this Florida school actually raised test scores by installing street lights
Quote – What I [Jeremy Mohler] love about the community school approach is that it looks at public education as what it truly is: a public good. Meaning, it benefits the common good if all of us have access to it.
Click through for story. This is the kind of activism that “Beau of the Fifth Column” (who shows up in the Video thread daily) advocates more than any other. It certainly points up the difference between a real community and a community merely called so on account of proximity.
Heather Cox Richardson – Letters from an American – December 12, 2021
Quote – Tonight the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol released a report urging Congress to hold Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he has refused to honor a congressional subpoena…. Anyone out there who is concerned that they have not heard much from the January 6 Committee will take heart from this comprehensive document, concerning, as it does, only one witness. The committee must have an astonishing amount of material and a number of talented personnel to produce such a report.
Click trough for a whole lot more. Anyonne can subscribe to her for free, or buy a paid subscription and get more. Not every letter is a powerhouse – but when they are, they really, really are.
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Glenn Kirschner – Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump; Announces “Direct Linkage” Between Trump & Capitol Attack
MSNBC – Brian Wiliams’s Farewell (It ends around 3:40 but I can’t cut off the end. Watch the rest if you want to.)
Thom Hartmann – Democracy’s Only Hope Is With BRAVE Progressives! [Thom says we are among the brave – we are paying attention. Not that those of us who see it don’t need to do more.]
politicsrus – Kentucky HD
Crooks and Liars – Jen Psaki (This is even more blunt than usual, and I applaud.)
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Beau – Let’s talk about the FDA, an FOIA, and 75 years….