Posted on 01/08/2022 2:00:09 AM PST by Liz
Speaker Pelosi and her Democrat colleagues were criticized after inviting the cast of Broadway's “Hamilton” to perform at a ceremony marking Jan. 6.
“We’re privileged to have a contribution from one of the great creative talents of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Pelosi said by way of introduction. “May his beautiful words be an inspiration to us.” After Miranda spoke, several members of different tour casts launched into a version of “Dear Theodosia,” which is sung in the show by Aaron Burr to his infant daughter.
Video of the virtual performance quickly spread across social media, with many criticizing it as inappropriate.
“Some of the absolute dumbest and most out of touch people on the face of the planet run this country,” sports blogger Anthony Irwin wrote.
“Having a real hard time coming to grips with the deadly riot being commemorated by ‘Dear Theodosia,’” posted the New York Times’ Evan Hill .
“All I ask of my Democratic coalition partners is to act like we are in a grave and protracted crisis of democracy, and this isn’t that,” The Atlantic contributing writer Tom Nichols posted.
“Jan. 6 will increasingly be seen by historians as just one pitched battle in the long-running snark vs. smarm debate,” tweeted Texas Monthly senior editor Christopher Hooks.
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12 Questions the Justice Department and FBI Need to Answer About January 6
American Thinker | 7 Jan, 2022 | Julie Kelly
Posted on 1/8/2022, 7:45:17 AM by MtnClimber
Dear Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans:
1) Why does the Justice Department consider 14,000 hours of surveillance video captured on January 6 by taxpayer-funded security cameras as “highly sensitive” government material? Why are even 30-second clips used in court proceedings under protective orders with strict rules about how defendants and their attorneys can view the evidence against them?
2) What is the status of the FBI’s lengthy investigation into the alleged “pipe bomber” and why, despite using every intrusive tool, including geofence warrants, to collect information on Capitol protesters, has the FBI not yet identified a suspect?
3) Is Ray Epps an FBI asset? If not, why has he not been charged despite clearly engaging in the same behavior that resulted in felony criminal charges against other January 6 participants?
4) Did the FBI run informants into alleged militia groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers before January 6? Can you confirm the New York Times reporting from September that disclosed at least two FBI informants were with the Proud Boys when they breached the first exterior barrier right before 1 p.m. on January 6?
5) Why is Stewart Rhodes—the founder of the Oath Keepers and “person one” in every indictment for the 20-defendant conspiracy case against the Oath Keepers—still not charged with any crime even though he clearly organized the alleged conspiracy and was on Capitol grounds on January 6?
6) Explain why the Justice Department, notwithstanding testimony to the contrary, had elite FBI forces stationed at Quantico the weekend before January 6. Hundreds of FBI agents were deployed to the area around the Capitol that morning and some entered the building with the first set of protesters who breached the actual building. Is this not a contradiction of what Justice Department and FBI officials previously testified under oath?
7) How many pre-trial detention orders has the Justice Department sought against January 6 defendants? How many remain behind bars right now? How many face nonviolent charges and have no criminal record? How can the Justice Department continue to ask for delays in trial dates for detained defendants—is this not a clear violation of the Sixth Amendment?
8) How many detainees have been held in solitary confinement conditions in the D.C. jail specifically used to house January 6 defendants?
9) Does any police officer face possible charges for excessive unlawful force, including the two D.C. Metro police officers who beat, punched, and maced Victoria White inside the lower west terrace tunnel on January 6?
10) Is there a formal investigation into the death of Rosanne Boyland outside that tunnel on January 6? Video and eyewitness accounts suggest she did not die of an accidental drug overdose but actually may have been the victim of police misconduct.
11) How many raids has the FBI conducted to arrest January 6 defendants and does this include Americans only charged with misdemeanors?
12) How much taxpayer money has the Department of Justice spent so far in what Merrick Garland called the agency’s largest investigation in history?
The Capitol riot was shameful but American democracy was never going to be toppled by a guy in face-paint & Viking horns & everybody except the demented, dishonest Democrat party knows it.
Daily Mail UK ^ | January 7, 2022 | MEGHAN MCCAIN
Posted on 1/8/2022, 8:09:40 AM by sevinufnine
Over the past 13 years, from Obama to Trump and continuing through the Biden years, it has become increasingly challenging to discern truth from propaganda touted by our media and the political ruling class.
January 6th 2021 was a horrible day in our history. A tragic, heart-breaking, insane, historically-paradigm shifting day for all of us. I’d never belittle the events of the attack on the Capitol. It felt surreal.
The man in the Viking horns is bizarrely from my hometown. It is a deeply shameful moment in our history. BUT. At the same time, January 6th is not 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. It is not a day that was an act of war. It was not a terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans.
I was absolutely disgusted that V.P. Harris would make such an intellectually dishonest comparison to our nation’s history. 4 people died on January 6th. But only 1 of those was caused by an act of violence being shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer. All of those losses are tragic.
But to put this in proper perspective, nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9/11. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 U.S. personnel and destroyed 19 US. Navy ships leading to the dropping of 2 nuclear bombs on Japan.
9/11 led to America’s longest war in Afghanistan, a 20-year conflict for which we are still seeing an average of 20 veterans a day commit suicide. January 6th is NOT the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
It is NOT 9/11.
It is disrespectful to all our veterans, alive and dead, to say so. There is no comparison between the wars that brave Americans have fought and died in to the riotous attack on the Capitol. It’s not just wrong. It’s stupid.
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It doesn’t get any gayer than this.
Everything the Liberals DO is broad farce. They forgot, if they ever knew, about governance.
Liberals ARE the media and have become totally detached from the population and even from the people who go through the motions of ‘electing’ them.
I thought we fought a revolution to throw off a government that was detached, uncaring, inaccessible and so self absorbed that the welfare of the citizens was less than an afterthought to them. It seems like we’re back to square one!
Obama’s mentor Bill Ayers tried to blow up the Capitol Bldg. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bomb-explodes-in-capitol-building
NOT ONE WEAK PUBBIE WILL DEMAND THOSE ANSWERS....NOT ONE FRICKING ONE!
Nancy’s tries Drama again and fails again
Disgustingly true.
Questions that we’ll NEVER get answers from, from the swamp.
Bannon had Julie Kelly on his show, for almost the entire show, the other day.
If it wasn’t for the murder of Ashli Babbitt Jan 6 would just be another day. Still the Dems ignore what was the only significant event that day. At least we learned that the Capitol Police can shoot the unarmed with no consequences.
I guess in the future I’ll pass on seeing the Capitol as I see what could happen if you end up in the wrong place after being separated from the tour.
In regard to the historical accuracy of the show, Chris Van Dusen has said that the show "is a reimagined world, we’re not a history lesson, it’s not a documentary. What we’re really doing with the show is marrying history and fantasy in what I think is a very exciting way. One approach that we took to that is our approach to race". The aristocratic Bridgerton family, Lady Whistledown and most of the other characters in the show are entirely fictional.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgerton
Hmmmm "MARRYING history and fantasy".....isn't that the definition of historical revisionism?
Also seems redolent of what the wokesters are doing in the public schools with their "critical race theory."
How January 6 would be covered if we had a neutral press
SHARYL ATTKISSON ^ | DATED: JANUARY 7, 2022 | BY SHARYL ATTKISSON
Posted on 1/8/2022, 12:22:44 PM by Hojczyk
Mostly Peaceful.
The rioting that happened on the Capitol grounds was conducted by a relative minority of the throngs of peaceful protesters present that day, and the violent attackers included not just right-wing Trump supporters, but also some left wing activists who joined the crowd, and an undetermined number of undercover federal officers.
The media has generally treated the entire “date,” and everyone who attended the Trump event in Washington D.C., as if it were some sort of criminal conspiracy from beginning to end.
If we had a generally neutral media, the media would be careful not to lump the mostly-peaceful rally attendees and the peaceful protesters in with the violence that happened at the end of the event on the Capitol grounds. The press, if neutral, would also demand to know the extent to which the FBI or other federal officers were planted as undercover agents in the crowd, and what role they played.
It would not be the first time that federal agents or their operatives took a controversial part in an event as part of an undercover mission; it’s a legitimate question to ask.
It’s especially relevant since it’s been proven that Dept. of Justice and FBI officials conspired against Trump for years, from the time he was a candidate, including an FBI attorney doctoring documents in order to secretly spy on a Trump associate.
Not usually mentioned (though it should be) is that Americans also have the right to enter the Capitol building and watch Congressional proceedings from the gallery.
The attendees who were invited into the building by Capitol police had no right to be violent, but they arguably had a legitimate right to enter the building to watch the proceedings.
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Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene Hold Presser On The ‘Truth Of The Jan. 6th Protests’
The Hill ^ | 7/1/22 | Gaetz, MTG
Posted on 1/8/2022, 3:09:25 PM by Eleutheria5
MTG and Gaetz and others were contesting electoral empanelment of states with suspect voting practices, when riot interrupted and upset their effort. Clips montage of Ray Eps in action on 1/6. Justice and FIB are stonewalling requests for info on agents and provocateurs.
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Jonathan Turley
EXCERPT By declaring the Jan. 6th riot an “insurrection,” some Democratic members of Congress and liberal activists hope to bar incumbent Republicans from running. Even support for court filings is now being declared an act of rebellion.
Speaker Pelosi helped fuel this movementJonathan Turley
EXCERPT By declaring the Jan. 6th riot an “insurrection,” some Democratic members of Congress and liberal activists hope to bar incumbent Republicans from running. Even support for court filings is now being declared an act of rebellion.
Speaker Pelosi helped fuel this movement — before Jan. 6 even occurred — by declaring that the Republicans supporting election challenges were “subverting the Constitution by their reckless and fruitless assault on our democracy which threatens to seriously erode public trust in our most sacred democratic institutions, and to set back our progress on the urgent challenges ahead.”
However, it has not been treated legally as an insurrection.
Those charged for their role in the attack that day are largely facing trespass and other less serious charges — rather than insurrection or sedition.
That’s because this was a riot that was allowed to get out of control by grossly negligent preparations by Capitol Police and congressional officials.
While the FBI launched a massive national investigation, it did not find evidence of an insurrection.
AND THIS
Demands For Secure Elections Do Not Constitute ‘Insurrection’
The Federalist ^ | JANUARY 03, 2022 | Jordan Boyd
Posted on 1/4/2022, 2:13:47 PM by george76
To corrupt media, Democrats, and Big Tech, anyone who protested the 2020 election is no different than the fools who stormed the U.S. Capitol.
On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the corporate media is working overtime to convince the American public that Republicans as a whole stormed the nation’s beacon of democracy at the beginning of 2021 and have waged a war on all that is good and decent. While lunatics and fools did invade the Capitol last January, tens of thousands of Americans peacefully assembled to demand answers from the government about what they believed to be the sloppiest election in which they’ve ever voted.
Political violence should always be condemned, but a majority of the people present in Washington, D.C., and on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 weren’t violent. Yes, hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Capitol in a riot, but tens of thousands of people of all ages, races, backgrounds, and lifestyles gathered together that day at the Save America Rally to protest the Democrats’ sleazy election manipulation and hear from President Donald Trump. ——Snip——
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