Hey there! How are you doing? Did you watch the House January 6 Select Committee’s presentation last night? I did. It surprised me that it felt as if I was right back there watching the horrid events unfold once again! I sure didn’t expect that.
What that tells me is the Select Committee was very good. Representative and Co-chair of the Committee Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) knew that she could easily be ending her political career. But she is more committed to our Constitution than her re-election.
She spoke directly for the Republican legislators and said in essence that Donald Trump will be gone one day, but your dishonor will live forever. She said it better than I did, but you get the idea.
I thought Ivanka threw her dad under he bus — a little. No surprise there. Like father like daughter. She appeared shell-shocked almost, but who knows if that was a real emotion. Her husband Jared came across as a snob.
What did you think?
The next hearing is Monday morning. Stay Tuned.
Gloria
American CEO’s Unite To Pressure Politicians On Gun Control
An Axios exclusive uncovered new information about 220 U.S. company CEOs who are demanding that our legislative branch pass gun laws. In a surprise move, these corporate leaders are so committed to gun control that they wrote a letter to the Senate saying “take immediate action.” It may be that in the absence of a functioning Republican Senate, corporations may step in and demand action for the greater good of the country.
The companies behind the CEO’s letter are national, covering each of the country’s 50 states. They included:
‘LEVI STRAUSS & CO., DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, LULULEMON, LYFT, BAIN CAPITAL, BLOOMBERG LP, PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP AND UNILEVER U.S.’
‘Lincoln Project’ Lays Out Republican Hypocrisy For All To See
The Lincoln Project’s latest videos show us two Republican legislators who are the best examples of GOP double-speak. In private they actually act as if they have a spine when it comes to Donald Trump. But when the ex-president can hear them, they are spineless and could not grovel lower. These two “realities” show us how crazy-making propaganda works.
Senator Ron Johnson wants us to believe that “the violent mob” was “nothing more than upset patriots” — never mind those Capitol Police Officers who died protecting our Democracy from the former president’s coup.
Or Johnson may not believe the lie, but he is savvy enough to know that his next couple of years in office totally depend upon him sucking up to the orange president. The Lincoln Project tweeted that Johnson wanted “you to forget the insurrection ever happened:”
Hillary Clinton Trashes Trump & GOP Over Jan 6 Hearing
The prime-time night we have all been waiting for has arrived — finally. Secretary Hillary Clinton reminded people in a tweet that the January 6 Committee will be having its first public hearing Thursday evening. It will be aired on all of the traditional networks plus CNN and MSNBC. Stephen Colbert will even go live. But there is one notable exception.
Now, why would Fox News refuse to air the hearings? Clinton pointed out that there is any number of reasons to watch the hearings, but perhaps the top one is that Trump and his less-than-merry band of Republican legislators abhor the idea:
‘JUST ONE GREAT REASON TO WATCH TODAY’S JANUARY 6 HEARINGS? TRUMP AND THE MAGA REPUBLICANS DESPERATELY DON’T WANT YOU TO.’
New York Urgently Raises Semi-Auto Rifle Purchase Age To 21
New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new state law signed Monday by Governor Kathy Hochul (D). That makes the state among the first to enact a major gun control plan following the Buffalo, New York mass shooting.
If an individual cannot buy a beer until the age of 21 by state law, surely they should not be able to buy a weapon of mass death, a semiautomatic rifle before that age either. New York’s governor has just signed legislation that holds people must be 21 to buy these military-grade weapons. Governor Kathy Hochul signed 10 bills into law related to safety.
Among them was a law requiring “microstamping new firearms,” according to The Associated Press (AP). It imprints an identification code on the bullet cartridge every time the gun is fired, The Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence showed. The purpose of this law was to assist police as they investigated crimes involving guns.
Former Trump Lawyer Ordered To Give ‘Sensitive Documents’ In Jan...
His lawyer’s language originally hid an unholy crime. John Eastman stood on the stage on January 6 with Donald Trump to inflame the rally that would storm the nation’s Capitol, attempting to steal the election. But they failed. Tuesday a judge ordered the ultra-conservative attorney to hand over 159 “sensitive documents” to the House’s January 6 Select Committee. In his emails, Eastman talked about a “coup in search of a legal theory,” The POLITICO wrote.
Eastman worked on former Vice President Mike Pence, trying to get him to call the election against President Joe Biden. But Pence’s legal resources told him to avoid that scheme. The attorney wanted the former VP to drop large numbers of the president’s electors and then hand the election over to the House for a vote that would guarantee a second Trump term.
In addition, the attorney rammed some swing state legislatures to give Pence an excuse. But Eastman’s attempts failed all the way around. So he took his plan to the boiling hoard of rioters.
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