Wow. What a week! Most of us have been sitting around on tenterhooks waiting to see what would happen on the anniversary of the horrid January 6 day in 2021. Other than our elected Republicans being, as usual, missing in action, not much. But we do need to leap over the Big Lies (now there are more) and land on solid ground in order to wrap our minds around it.
And finally, the media have started using real words to explain what happened, not the glossy ones. Now, it is a “failed coup,” “overthrow the government,” and “treason. “
That is something that makes Donald Trump’s attempt to “overthrow the government” real. The glossy words kept the whole thing too distant to affect the regular Americans. And now there are at least 31 organizations committed to keeping our Democracy alive, here at When We All Vote.
One other point, we need to visualize what a Dictator Trump life would be like. Well, he has a big old list of enemies, remember “lock her up?” Add to that all of the left-leaning news organizations. That would include me, and that’s the wrong that shade of orange for me. Toss in intellectuals, and people of color. Imagine Russia, North Korea, Turkey. You get the idea. Learn more about dictators at The Borgen Project.
So let’s dive in!
Stay Safe, Stay Well. You and Yours,
Gloria
Terrified Trump Flies Into Friday Mega-Rant Over Biden Speech
Dick Cheney Trashes GOP Insurrectionists Over Jan. 6 Attack
On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, with the nation still wounded and the Legislators deeply divided, President Joe Biden gave the speech of his presidency. And the entire Republican Party’s half of Congress was missing in action. That is with one exception, and that was Wyoming’s Representative Liz Cheney and her dad, who has visiting privileges the rest of his life.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) worked with President George W. Bush. He came to work with his very similar daughter — in action, if not in appearance. He was there for the remembrance speeches. It was interesting to watch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) turn and begin visiting with the two political Cheneys, expressing the mutual respect that used to flow throughout the Capitol chambers almost automatically.
To read more, click on this link to The Bipartisan Report.
Terrified Trump Flies Into Friday Mega-Rant Over Biden Speech
Of course, Donald Trump had a problem with Joe Biden’s speech on January 6. President Biden stood exactly where the MAGA mob breached the Capitol on that horrific day and in essence, the scrappy Irish kid in him told the ex-president to bring it on.
As usual, Trump whined about being a victim after Biden came down on him.
‘THESE RADICAL LEFTISTS IN WASHINGTON CARE NOTHING FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS CONTROL OVER YOU, AND WEALTH AND RICHES FOR THEMSELVES. BUT THEY ARE FAILING. NO ONE BELIEVES THEM ANYMORE.
To read more, click on this link to The Bipartisan Report.
Dick Cheney Trashes GOP Insurrectionists Over Jan. 6 Attack
On the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, with the nation still wounded and the Legislators deeply divided, President Joe Biden gave the speech of his presidency. And the entire Republican Party’s half of Congress was missing in action. That is with one exception, and that was Wyoming’s Representative Liz Cheney and her dad, who has visiting privileges the rest of his life.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) worked with President George W. Bush. He came to work with his very similar daughter — in action, if not in appearance. He was there for the remembrance speeches. It was interesting to watch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) turn and begin visiting with the two political Cheneys, expressing the mutual respect that used to flow throughout the Capitol chambers almost automatically.
To read more, click on this link to The Bipartisan Report.
Stacey Abrams Asks America To Save Democracy From GOP
January 6, 2022, is the anniversary of the horrific riots at the U.S. Capitol Building and Stacey Abrams wants to remind America what happened. Abrams is a Democrat who ran for Georgia’s governorship and has helped shape voting rights across America.
‘JAN. 5 WAS DEMOCRACY AT ITS FINEST. JAN. 6 SHOWED DEMOCRACY IN PERIL. LET ME BE CLEAR: INSURRECTIONISTS DID NOT AND WILL NEVER ERASE THE VOICES OF 2.3 MILLION GEORGIANS, A MAJORITY BEING VOTERS OF COLOR, WHO EXERCISED THEIR POWER AND DELIVERED PROGRESS IN THE FACE OF DARKNESS.’
To read more, click on this link to The Bipartisan Report.
Jan. 6 Committee Honors DC Officers With Wednesday Twitter Tribute
Exactly one year later on January 6, the House Select Committee reflects on some of those who were involved in the horrific failed coup upon that fearful day. In retrospect, their memories are even sharper than they were before. After all, these people literally came within minutes of dying that day. Some police officers have given their lives, an eye, and fingers in return for PTSD and the Big Lie that says it was like a “vacation.” The shock of that day was and continues to be enormous.
They had all entered into a world where reality was just different. Before the failed coup, like us they had taken our country’s government for granted. It had always been in our lifetimes and long before. Now a new reality clothed Americans in the understanding that if we wanted a free and fair country and elections, we were going to have to work hard for them.
To read more, click on this link to The Bipartisan Report.
Three White Lions podcast, Gloria Christie reads a chapter from her book of the same title. She also writes for the liberal online newspaper The Bipartisan Report. Gloria Christie Report her newsletter for people on the go. Written in her own unique style with a twist of humor in a briefer version of Bipartisan Report. Christie’s Mueller Report Adventures In Bite-Sizes a real-life compelling spy mystery (in process). Find her here on Facebook.