Sadly, this guy is my congressman. Here is The Washington Post: Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was […]
January 6
It’s time to drain the swamp
I knew Trump’s catchphrase, “drain the swamp” would one day be good for something. Those watching the January 6th hearings are witnessing the machinations of the most corrupt president in American history and the people who stood with him and […]
Where are the Rusty Bowers Republicans?
Watch Rusty Bowers testifying yesterday before the House Select Committee on January 6th: Here is E.J. Dionne at The Washington Post: Note to every politician in the GOP: You have to decide. You can be a Rusty Bowers Republican. Or you can […]
The “martydom” of Ashli Babbitt
Over at Vanity Fair, Jeff Sharlet writes about the right-wing religious movement that has emerged around Ashli Babbitt, a women who was shot while breaching the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a taste: At the podium […]
National Review: Trump “was unfit to be entrusted with the office”
The editors of the conservative National Review have never been big Trump fans. In 2016, the magazine opposed Trump’s candidacy. Since then, the response to Trump has been mixed. Here is today’s editorial: As has been true of so many things […]
“God is watching us”
Yesterday, retired federal judge Michael Luttig testified before the House Select Committee on January 6th. Luttig is a veteran of the Reagan administration, clerked for Antonin Scalia and Warren Burger, and held various positions in the George W. Bush White […]
It’s time to step up, Mike. Do it for God and country!
Today the House January 6th Select Committee portrayed former vice-president Mike Pence as the savior of the republic. We learned that Pence refused to succumb to Donald Trump’s attempts to get him to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He and […]
Evangelical roundup: January 6th hearing edition
How are evangelicals responding to Thursday night’s January 6th Select Committee hearing? I think the real story here is how many public evangelicals said nothing so far, I am sure there are all kinds of reasons why these folks did […]
Early thoughts on the first January 6th Committee hearing
I am building these comments around the live-tweeting I did last night. I am sure we will all have more to say in the coming weeks. Bill Barr began by calling the idea that Biden stole the election “bullshit”: Later, […]
My congressman, Scott Perry, asked for a presidential pardon after January 6th
Here is Myah Ward at Politico: Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, as well as multiple other Republican lawmakers, contacted the White House in the weeks after Jan. 6, 2021, to seek presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn […]
Fox News will not air the January 6 committee hearings
Here is Philip Bump at The Washington Post: The Republican Party made a decision early last year that it would rather use the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as a cudgel against Democrats than engage in […]
Why the McCarthy anti-Trump audio won’t hurt him politically
In case you missed it, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said some negative things about his supreme commander, Donald Trump, in the immediate wake of the January 6, 2022 insurrection. To quote the New Republic e-mail blast I received yesterday, […]
Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump was responsible for the January 6th insurrection
Watch Trump’s top law enforcement agent: The full interview with Lester Hold will be aired Sunday night.
North Carolina decides against Madison Cawthorn on insurrectionist law
The pro-Trump Congressmen may be disqualified from running again. Here is Kyle Cheney at Politico: The North Carolina attorney general’s office says a constitutional prohibition on insurrectionists seeking federal office could be applied to GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn if a […]
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is raising money off his fist pump to the January 6, 2021 insurrectionists
For $20.00 you can get a Josh Hawley fist-pump mug. Of course Hawley says he is only fist-pumping the peaceful protesters.
“Legitimate political discourse”
Yesterday was a big day in American politics. The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two members of the GOP who sit on the House committee investigating the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, […]
Peter Meijer is the only freshman representative in U.S. history to vote to impeach a president of his own party
Over at The Atlantic, Tim Alberta has a fascinating piece on Peter Meijer‘s first year in the House. On the morning of the impeachment vote the newly elected Grand Rapids (Michigan’s 3rd District–Justin Amash‘s old seat) Republican received an encrypted […]
David Blight on fighting the Trumpian Lost Cause
The Yale historian wants us to keep battling for democracy. Here is a taste of his piece at The Guardian: On 6 January 2021, an American mob, orchestrated by the most powerful man in the land, along with many congressional […]
McCarthy: Trump said he admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the January 6 attack
In the days following the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told a California radio station that Donald Trump said he was responsible for the attack. Here is what McCarthy told KERN radio […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin of the Jan. 6 select committee calls Trump a “walking crime wave”
He also said that the upcoming hearings will “blow the roof off the House.” Here is David Knowles of Yahoo News: On a Thursday Zoom call with progressive activists, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said that the upcoming hearings by the Jan. […]