Posted on 01/18/2026 11:05:13 AM PST by EBH
By conducting repeated, non-authorized “hearing-like” events across multiple states, Democratic lawmakers are substituting narrative judgment for formal oversight — a practice that weakens institutional norms without formally breaking them.
They explicitly disclaimed constitutional authority while theatrically imitating it — which tells you they understood the limits and chose to step around them anyway. This hearing asserts criminal guilt against federal law enforcement outside the courts while enforcement is ongoing, effectively placing Congress in an extra-constitutional adjudicatory role.
By moving a self-described “sixth hearing” out of Washington and placing it under the control of ideologically aligned senior members, Democrats are asserting adjudicatory authority over federal enforcement without constitutional process.
Why “Sixth Hearing” Matters — and Why This One Is Different
Calling this the sixth hearing is not incidental. It’s an attempt to borrow procedural legitimacy by accumulation — to suggest continuity, authority, and inevitability.
But two deviations are critical:
1. Not in Washington, D.C.
Formal congressional oversight hearings: occur under committee jurisdiction, in designated hearing rooms, with enforceable procedural rules.
Holding this one outside D.C., during live federal operations, strips it of institutional constraint while preserving the aesthetic of authority.
That’s not a logistical choice. It’s a strategic one.
2. The title is the charge
The banner on the video reads:
KIDNAPPED AND DISAPPEARED This is not metaphor. It is criminal classification. Kidnapped = felony abduction Disappeared = extrajudicial detention (international human-rights framing)
Together, they assert that:
federal custody is illegitimate by definition, federal agents are criminals by default, and the U.S. government is acting as a rogue regime. That is not oversight. That is criminal indictment without a court.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) She did not approach this as a neutral overseer. Her public framing — “Trump’s deadly assault on Minnesota” — confirms that.
The framing asserts causation, not inquiry
“Trump’s deadly assault on Minnesota.”
An assault is a completed violent act. A deadly assault assigns outcome and blame.
So before a single witness speaks:
guilt is established, intent is assumed, consequences are morally pre-justified.
That is the classic structure of a show trial:
verdict → narrative → performance → record.
(4 hour video of the 'hearing' is at the link)
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If you heard rumors of a shadow hearing on Friday, you can watch here yourself.
Pramila Jayapal - D ishonest
How many rupees has Pramila Paypal collected since she was “elected” to Congress?
What a supreme waste of good.............well, whatever. Useless!
My gawd... she is ugly inside and out.
So you prefer sticking your head in the sand to knowing what the enemy is up to?
I know what the enemy is up to. I’m on X.
And I know crazy far left propaganda when I see one. This is one.
Hey somebody has to keep an eye on them and be willing to report back what they are up too. LOL.
You do understand they are basically holding faux hearings around the country fomenting these protests, riots, and violence...
I won’t be shy about trying to get FR to see the pattern and realize just who the ring leaders are.
Here you can actually discuss how crazy it is and learn what other people think about it. I learn a lot from other people's comments, even on things I am very familiar with.
On X all you can do is be exposed to crazy left wing propaganda and whine about it into the void.
I guess you prefer whining into the void.
Democrat practice that weakens institutional norms.
It’s why the party was formed they will never change for a reason control.
Nope.
This is not the old Twitter.
It's X.
One post from Elon alone is enough to crush thousands of posts from far left crazies.
And Musk has over 230 million followers, far more than anyone else.
Plus the “trending” is led by conservative posts and conservative posters are getting more traffic.
I take it you have thousands of followers?
If not, you're just whining into the void, just like I said the first time.
Just watch a few Sovereign Citizen traffic stops. Some of them actually scream for help as they are being handcuffed, screaming "help, they're kidnapping me!"
Correct, and we are winning on X.
Huge difference from when Dorsey and Vijaya Gadde were in charge.
I never even joined till Musk took over and got rid of the chaff.
You have thousands of X followers?
And I’m the King of Scotland.
Those Sovereign Citizen stops on the Cop shows are hilarious.
Sometimes when a veteran cop realizes that is what they are dealing with on a traffic stop you can see the cop body language “oh no not this again”.
It is such a waste of the cop’s time to debate with these clowns.
This is time they could be using to take drunk drivers off the road or deal with real criminals.
If they exit a plane in their home country, they haven’t “disappeared”.
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