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The media’s dysfunction is occurring in the “Musk hellscape” that is Twitter. Shortly after Musk took over Twitter, he tweeted,
Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences! In addition to adhering to the laws of the land, our platform must be warm and welcoming to all.
It took all of twenty-four hours for Musk to break his promise by converting Twitter into his personal “free-for-all-hellscape” by promoting a baseless, offensive, defamatory statement about the attempted assassination of Nancy Pelosi and assault on Paul Pelosi. Though Musk deleted his tweet, he offered no correction, no apology, and no suspension of his own account for violating Twitter’s terms of service. Twitter is quickly reflecting the disordered nature of Musk’s mind and personality. That bodes ill for Twitter and democracy.
How should people who use Twitter legitimately react to Musk’s takeover and his immediate abuse of the platform? For the moment, I hope that responsible commentators will remain on Twitter and continue to provide fair, factual, and important commentary. Although I do not actively post on Twitter, I respect many who do. We cannot abandon Twitter to extremists and conspiracy-theory mongers who seek to undermine our democracy. There may come a time when being associated with Musk and Twitter is untenable. That time has not yet arrived. So, if you use Twitter responsibly, I hope you will continue to add balance and reason to Musk’s hellscape.
Without regard to whether we use Twitter, each of us has a role to play in fighting the disinformation and hate that seem poised to overwhelm and sunder that platform—and our nation. Speaking the truth requires that we educate ourselves about the truth. That is the only way we can navigate the free-for-all-hellscape created by Elon Musk. I understand that can be difficult and exhausting—but that is what the trolls and lunatics who lurk on Twitter are counting on. In whatever way you can, to whatever degree you can, be an ambassador for the truth. Our nation’s future depends on it.
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I hate that I have to use the term "fellow Aspergian" to describe Elon Musk. He is emotionally permanently the 12-year old who got so badly bullied it affected him mentally, as he demonstrates daily. Aspergians are really smart where we are "interested," plus we can be very successful in those areas when we apply ourselves because of our 8-10 hour spans of attention. Where we aren't interested, it's "in one ear and out the other" and we might as well be morons. I learned at an early age that "the mark of the intelligent man is to know where he's stupid," as my Aspergian (only they didn't know that was what it was then) father once told me. I stick to what interests me and all of you think I am really smart. Which I am. In those things. Trust me, I can be a moron's moron when it comes to what doesn't interest me, which is a long list.
Musk, because he was interested in computers and able to apply his span of attention, got rich with what became PayPal at an early age. Once that happened he was in danger, because being rich means being in "a world where there is no 'no,'" which eventually drives the inhabitant crazy but his enablers say nothing and he comes to believe because he is rich he is a genius in all things. The result is what we see with Musk (who I call Muck and that's not a typo).
Personally, I'd like to take the worthless piece of shit and stick him in one of his tinny toys, then stuff that in one of his rockets and fire it into the sun. Make the universe great again.
But god I hate the fact I understand him because he's one of us.
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What happens now? Judge Dearie will continue his review of the non-classified documents. We should expect that process will turn out badly for Trump. And then . . . sometime in 2023, we should expect an indictment of Trump for espionage.
“A reader asked in the Comments section yesterday whether the crime of espionage requires an intent to share the defense secrets with another party. It does not. Under Subsection (d) of the 18 USC § 793 (Espionage Act), if a person lawfully obtains possession of information harmful to the security interests of the United States (if disclosed), the person is guilty of espionage if he “willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it."
Thus, under the Espionage Act, there is no requirement of an intent to share the information with anyone. Continued possession of defense secrets after a demand for their return is espionage. That is why the DOJ will indict Trump.”
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88 Comments “This was quite a masterpiece Mr. Hubbell. I appreciate your excellent summary of events and the links to documents. I would also like to add Mr. Raskin's diatribe against the Republicans in the House yesterday. He gave them heck concerning the January 6 Select Committee. Here is the link:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/let-s-tell-some-truth-raskin-goes-scorched-earth-on-republicans-during-hearing-over-opposition-to-jan-6-committee/ar-AA126gqR#:~:text=View%20Profile-,%E2%80%98Let%E2%80%99s%20Tell%20Some%20Truth!%E2%80%99%20Raskin%20Goes%20Scorched%20Earth%20on%20Republicans%20During%20Hearing%20Over%20Opposition%20to%20Jan.%206%20Committee,-Michael%20Luciano%20%2D
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“There is a DOJ rule against indicting within 69 days of an election. I suppose a November or December indictment is possible .”
“Is it possible for TFG to appeal the 11th Court's decion to the Supreme Court?” Robert B. Hubbell Author “Possible. Highly unlikely that the Court would grant review.”
“A terrific newsletter! To add frosting to the cake of Robert's excellent perspective, check out Lawrence Tribe's conversation Wednesday at the weekly Community Advocates/Jews United for Democracy and Justice. It's on YouTube at” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAg9rT2csgc.
COMMENTS “And may I quote constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe, who last night stated on a Zoom with Jews United for Democracy and Justice: "The recoking is coming for the president." (Former president!) I slept well.”
Legal expert reacts to Trump's inaccurate claim about declassifying
https://youtu.be/wAkvJPd1uoI
Attorney who sued Trump over real estate properties speaks out
CNN's Jim Sciutto and Poppy Harlow discuss the New York attorney general's lawsuit against Trump accusing him of business fraud with New York real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey. Bailey has sued Trump in the past over his real estate properties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_HZlL8cJg
Trump Seems To Think His Presidential Powers Continue
“Former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor, former FBI counterintelligence agent Pete Strzok, former U.S. attorney Harry Litman, and Wall Street Journal Justice Department reporter Sadie Gurman react to Trump’s claim that he declassified documents just by “thinking” about it “
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Trump's campaign speeches on Wednesday
Trump was not in trial on Wednesday, so he made two campaign appearances. He said many things that were incomprehensible, alarming, and ridiculous. Rather than detail everything, let’s focus on one of the most ridiculous statements: He said he would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. Doing so would
increase the deficit,
eliminate the $35 per month cap on insulin,
deny access to the Affordable Care Act to millions of Americans,
increase the cap for prescription medications under Medicare D from $2,000 per year to $3,500 per year,
eliminate billions in investments in states and local communities for clean energy projects, and
imperil 150,000+ jobs.
Trump is intent on destroying the accomplishments of the Inflation Reduction Act because it authorized money for the IRS to replace staff that will retire or quit over the next decade. With Trump, it’s always about evading or reducing taxes (and Putin).
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In his rally in Waukesha, WI, Trump explains the decline and fall of Europe and the rise of Russia—because England and France allowed dark-skinned people to swarm London and Paris, whereas Russia is keeping its Central Asian guest workers in place as serfs and sends them to the meat grinder in Ukraine. It's pure racism. And the MAGA crowd loves it. "Look at Paris. Look at London. They're no longer recognizable. I'm going to get myself into a lot of trouble, but you know what? That's the fact, they are no longer recognizable. We can't let that happen here."
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In describing his fever dream of autocratic powers, Trump said he would take (or allow) the following actions:
Allow states to monitor the pregnancies of women to ensure they comply with abortion bans (a grotesque violation of liberty, privacy, and dignity).
Fire US attorneys who refuse to prosecute defendants targeted by Trump (a violation of US norms dating to the creation of the Department of Justice).
Initiate mass deportations of alleged illegal immigrants using the US military and local law enforcement (neither of which are authorized to enforce US immigration law).
Pardon insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
Prosecute President Biden (for unspecified and non-existent crimes).
Deploy the National Guard to cities and states across America—likely those with predominately Democratic populations (presumably under the Insurrection Act, a deployment would violate the terms of the Act and implementing regulations).
Withhold funds from states in the exercise of his personal discretion (a violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974).
Abandon NATO and South Asian allies if he feels the countries are not paying enough for their own defense.
Shutter the White House pandemic-preparedness office.
Fire tens (hundreds?) of thousands of civil servants and replace them with Trump acolytes with dubious qualifications (other than loyalty to Trump).
Most readers of this newsletter understand the seriousness of Trump's threats and are working tirelessly to prevent a second Trump term. But tens of millions of Americans seem oblivious or apathetic in the face of an imminent and dire threat.
If elected, will Trump succeed in achieving any of his stated goals? No—not if Democrats continue their resistance in the courts, in Congress, in state legislatures, and in the hearts and minds of most Americans.
However, whether Trump succeeds in achieving his stated objectives is beside the point. He will attempt to do so—and his attempts will tear at the fabric of democracy and destroy legal norms that have served as the bedrock of our republic since its founding.
To be clear, I am not attempting to frighten readers of this newsletter. To the contrary, I believe that we can and will defeat Trump—or outlast him, whatever it takes. But the interview confirms that we are not frantic alarmists exaggerating the threat posed by Trump.
No, far from it.
When we challenge the milquetoast, both-siderism reporting of the media or the normalization of Trump by spineless politicians, we are not overreacting. We are sounding the alarm in a responsible, necessary way. For reasons that defy comprehension, our warnings have been unheeded—often dismissed, minimized, or patronized.
We must redouble our efforts. Commit the above list to memory. Copy the URL so you can forward this newsletter or the Time Magazine article to friends, colleagues, and complete strangers who doubt that Trump is a danger to democracy. Pick two or three issues and be prepared to discuss them when the moment arises. We have been warned—and we must act accordingly.
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Matt Wuerker, Politico :: [Robert Scott Horton]
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The demise of the GOP.
ROBERT B. HUBBELL
AUG 23, 2023
For the first time in months, Donald Trump talked about something other than himself and his quiver of grievances. Per the Washington Post, Trump told Fox Business personality Larry Kudlow last week that he favored a universal 10% tariff on all goods imported into the US:
“I think we should have a ring around the collar” of the U.S. economy, Trump said in an interview with Kudlow on Fox Business on Thursday. “When companies come in and they dump their products in the United States, they should pay, automatically, let’s say a 10 percent tax … I do like the 10 percent for everybody.”
Per the Post’s reporting, Trump and his advisers are developing the idea of a universal tariff on all imports as “a central 2024 campaign plank” in Trump's bid for a second term. See Washington Post, Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war. (This article should be accessible to all.)
Tariffs are generally a bad idea (I am not referring to targeted tariffs designed to address unfair trade practices). A 10% universal tariff would be an economy-destroying debacle of generational proportions. As one expert said about Trump's support for a 10% universal tariff,
[T]he idea [is] “lunacy” and “horrifying” [and] would lead the other major economies around the world to conclude the United States cannot be trusted as a trading partner.
The problem with tariffs is that they are a hidden tax that is ultimately paid by US consumers. Worse, they inevitably result in retaliatory tariffs on exports, harming US farmers, small businesses, and major manufacturers. See Pablo D Fajgelbaum, et al., The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Return to Protectionism (2019).
Proposing a universal tariff betrays short-term thinking and the inability to anticipate foreseeable consequences. US imports in 2022 approached $4 trillion. If that 10% universal tariff was passed through to consumers (as it would be), the tariff would impose $400 billion in price increases on Americans already struggling with inflation.
So, as Republicans attack Biden for inflation, they are proposing the worst idea possible for consumer prices. And let’s recognize that tariffs are regressive taxes on the poor. Lower-income consumers spend a greater share of their income on imports than higher-income consumers.
Here’s the point: It is easy to focus exclusively on Trump's authoritarian, anti-democratic tendencies. But he is also profoundly ignorant and guided by brute emotions. His presidential policies damaged US foreign relations, national security, climate security, manufacturing, agriculture, and technology. We should not forget that fact. Hopefully, farmers and manufacturers have not forgotten the pain inflicted by Trump's ill-fated tariffs against China in 2018. See The Guardian, (12/02/18), US farmers' troubles over tariffs show the value in looking ahead.
The reasons for not electing Trump are manifold (reproductive liberty, national security, climate, energy, job security, retirement security, medical care, LGBTQ equality, and tariffs!). Let’s be sure to include those reasons when we work to convince our fellow citizens that Joe Biden is the only rational choice in 2024.
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Commentators are still struggling to contextualize Joe Biden’s announcement that he is seeking re-election. David Brooks added to the conversation in his op-ed in the NYTimes, Opinion | Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul. Brooks reviews Biden’s first campaign, which was cast as a struggle for the soul of America. Brooks then writes,
You may disagree with Biden on many issues. You may think he is too old. But that’s not the primary issue in this election. The presidency, as Franklin D. Roosevelt put it, “is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.”
One of the hardest, soul-wearying parts of living through the Trump presidency was that we had to endure a steady downpour of lies, transgressions and demoralizing behavior. We were all corroded by it. That era was a reminder that the soul of a person and the soul of a nation are always in flux, every day moving a bit in the direction of elevation or a bit in the direction of degradation.
A return to that ethos would bring about a social and moral disintegration that is hard to contemplate. Say what you will about Biden, but he has generally put human dignity at the center of his political vision. He treats people with charity and respect.
Well said. As I noted when Biden announced his bid for re-election, no one who votes in 2024 will view the choice as “Biden versus Trump.” It is a choice between two disparate visions of America, between moral leadership and moral disintegration. The next eighteen months will be challenging and angst-inducing but we should be confident that Americans will respond to the vision of America in which people are treated with dignity, decency, and humanity. Never bet against that vision of America.
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Concluding Thoughts.
Astute observers of politics will note that I “buried the lead” in waiting to comment on the fact that the US reached its borrowing limit on Thursday. As a result, the Treasury began a series of “extraordinary measures” to manage available cash to avoid default. Under current estimates, the US has sufficient cash (or equivalents) to fully fund government operations until mid-June.
The media will spill oceans of ink about the potential consequences of a default and the political maneuvers available to avoid a default. For the moment, it is probably sufficient to note that the financial markets have accounted for the risk of default by acting as though the US will not defaults on its debt or authorized spending. That is a good sign.
Paul Krugman explained in an op-ed in the NYTimes that there are four ways a crisis can be averted: (a) a discharge petition in the House to force a vote on increasing the debt limit; (b) minting a trillion dollar coin and depositing it into an account at the Treasury; (c) issuing “premium” bonds that effectively increase borrowing power by granting higher rates of return, and (d) deciding that the President has authority under the 14th Amendment to ensure that the debts of the US are honored.
The details of the above strategies are complicated and beyond the scope of the current newsletter. But here is the point: there are multiple ways to avert a debt crisis, even if all (or most) Republicans in the House refuse to vote to increase the debt limit. While no one can guarantee that Republicans won’t do something monumentally stupid, Democrats can unilaterally avoid disaster. While that may not be the preferred solution, it is a solution, nonetheless.
Do not let Republican threats vex you or destroy your sense of security and well-being—at least not any more than usual. We are not defenseless, and we have a political advantage in the Senate, the Oval Office, and in the hearts and minds of tens of millions of Americans who rate Social Security and Medicare as their most important legislative priorities. Republicans can read polls—and the polls tell them that a debt default will be an extinction event for the GOP.
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The murder of O’Shae Sibley
O’Shae Sibley was a well-known dancer and choreographer in New York. Last week, he was vogueing in a parking lot in Brooklyn. O’Shae was approached by a group of young men. They hurled racial and anti-gay slurs at O’Shae before a high-school teenage member of the gang fatally stabbed O’Shae. The teenager has been charged with a hate crime. See NYTimes, Mourners Pay Tribute to O’Shae Sibley at the Scene of His Murder.
While we should not jump to conclusions, it appears that O’Shae was murdered because he was a gay man dancing in public. If true, such a crime is the inevitable result of the drumbeat of anti-LGBTQ propaganda coming from MAGA extremists and politicians, most notably Ron DeSantis. Yet another reason that we must speak out against every anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation and propaganda issued by MAGA extremists.
As the Times article above notes, mourners have begun to gather near the gas station where O’Shae was murdered. Reader (and friend) Jonathan Atkin is one of the nation’s leading aerial drone photographers. He took the photo below last Friday and granted me permission to publish it. (It is copyrighted, so please respect Jonathan’s intellectual property.)
The photo is evocative for reasons I cannot fully explain. It is oblique but converges to a point. It communicates the power of the crowd from a distance. (As noted in the Postscript below, the distance is a sign of respect for the mourners.) But most importantly, it illustrates the outpouring of grief, support, and anger provoked by the killing of O’Shae Sibley—whose name deserves to be said and remembered.
Thanks, Jonathan, for sharing your photo.
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Jonathan Atkin took the photo of the O’Shae Sibley mourners using an aerial drone. Drone photography is highly regulated and should not be attempted by amateurs, especially near crowds. Jonathan describes his precautions as follows:
Drone flight completed with the following safety protocols:
a.) FAA "B4UFLY" checked and indicated airspace was "free to fly.” (A convenient sliver of airspace in busy NYC.)
b.) Google maps showing Coney Island Ave & P Street were consulted the night before, showing no aerial obstructions.
c.) Wind aloft: minimal. Flew Under 150 feet altitude.
d.) Notified NYPD Aviation as per my recognized practice with a "Situational Awareness Notice," similar to each notice I send for over 26 years producing aerial photographs of large ships, with crewed helicopters in the Port of NY/NJ).
e.) Flew at the site with a "V.O" (visual observer for safety)
f.) Utilized a powerful but small drone with a telephoto lens, providing an oblique angle to ensure I would be distant and not overhead of the gathered crowd.
g.) Chose my launch site behind a barricade in a protected spot. Drone prepped in advance with fully charged batteries on both drone and Remote Controller, to fly as minimally as possible to get the iconic image.
h.) Flew about 8 minutes; understanding drone usage might invoke negativity or provoke concern as drones often do particularly where emotions are high.
i.) Wore a highly visible red windbreaker to be transparent.
j.) The NYPD 66th Precinct was considerate and helpful.
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The Final Report: “The central cause of Jan 6. was one man.” ::: December 23, 2022
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Late Thursday evening, the House Select Committee released its Final Report on its investigation of Trump’s attempted coup and insurrection. The Final Report is here: Final Report: Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. It would be impossible to summarize the 845-page Report in today’s newsletter. But the table of contents provides a roadmap to the Committee’s findings. Below are the major headings in the Report:
1. The Big Lie.
2. “I just want to find 11,780 votes.”
3. Fake Electors and the “President of the Senate” Strategy.
4. “Just call it corrupt and leave the rest to me.”
5. “A coup in search of a legal theory.”
6. “Be there. Will be wild!”
7. 187 minutes of dereliction.
8. Analysis of the attack.
The Report sets out its thesis in the Executive Summary (page 8): “The central cause of Jan. 6 was one man, former President Donald Trump.”
Among the remedial actions recommended by the Committee, one stands above all others: To create a formal mechanism for Congress to consider whether Trump should be barred from holding state or federal office under the provisions of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The table of contents suggests that the Report is drafted in a literary style grounded in the evidence. It will stand as the judgment of history on Trump’s effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. It is a prodigious effort that will serve as a resource for prosecutors and historians alike. There will be much more to discuss in the coming weeks.
Before the Committee released its Final Report, it released the interviews of Cassidy Hutchinson. The transcript is here: Cassidy J. Hutchinson (Redacted) . Her testimony provides a sordid and sobering view into the pervasive corruption of the Trump administration, his lawyers, and the GOP dark-money infrastructure that sought to “protect the president” at all costs.
Acting like mobsters protecting their “don,” Trump’s advisers attempted to intimidate, cajole, deceive, bribe, threaten, and use Cassidy Hutchison to conceal the truth about Trump’s criminal effort to overturn the results of the election. It is worth reviewing her story because it previews much of what is to come as special counsel Jack Smith assaults the wall of silence that has protected Trump for too long.
The remarkable story of Cassidy Hutchinson’s ultimate refusal to commit perjury to “protect her boss” is a testament to Hutchinson’s strength of character and moral courage. Hutchinson did not have the resources to pay for a lawyer to represent her in testimony before the Committee, so she begged her estranged father for a loan so she could hire her own lawyer. She explained to her mother why she did not want to be represented by a “Trump-world” lawyer:
I’m f*****d. I was like, No, I am completely indebted to these people. . . . And they will ruin my life, Mom, if I do anything that they don’t want me to do.
Per Hutchinson, her Trump-world attorney, Stefan Passantino, would not tell her who was paying for her defense. But he made clear that her job was to protect Trump. She testified that Passantino told her,
We just want to focus on protecting the President. We all know you’re loyal.
Hutchinson broke with her Passantino after he counseled her not to correct untruthful testimony in her second examination by the Committee. Hutchinson testified about the moment Passantino told her to lie by saying “I don’t recall” when she did recall the facts elicited by the Committee’s questioning:
I looked at Stefan, and I said, “Stefan, I am f*****d.”
And he was like, “Don’t freak out. You’re fine.”
I said. “No, Stefan, I’m f****d. I just lied.”
And he said, “You didn’t lie.
I said, “No, Stefan. Do you know how many times they just asked me that
question? I just lied.”
And he said, “They don’t know what you know, Cassidy. They don’t know that you can recall some of these things. So you saying ‘I don’t recall’ is an entirely acceptable response to this.”
If Trump’s corrupt lawyers suborned perjury with Cassidy Hutchison, it is reasonable to infer they provided the same advice to other witnesses. Stefan Passantino will likely be disbarred and prosecuted. If he hopes to avoid a lengthy prison term, he should begin cooperating with special counsel Jack Smith ASAP.
And so it begins. All it takes is one witness who tells the truth. That allows prosecutors to flip other witnesses up the chain. The walls surrounding the Mafia don are beginning to crumble and he is losing his ability to punish those who betray him. Because of one courageous 26-year-old staffer, the most corrupt president in history may finally be held to account for his crimes and be sentenced to prison.
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Kevin McCarthy’s treachery.
Axios reported on Monday about a new scandal involving Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson that will reverberate for months—a near eternity in political dog-years. McCarthy has granted private access to Tucker Carlson’s producers to more than 1,400 hours of surveillance video from inside the Capitol on January 6th. See Axios, Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape.
I urge you to read the entire relatively brief article in Axios to learn the details. Tucker Carlson claims that the January 6th insurrection was “mere vandalism” and will comb through the videotapes to find footage of insurrectionists who happened to walking from one portion of the crime scene to another—making it appear that they were tourists who had lost their way.
McCarthy’s action is stupefying. He has granted access to non-public materials to a propagandist who has continuously misrepresented the facts about the 2020 election and the January 6th insurrection. More importantly, the materials to which Carlson has been granted exclusive access do not belong to Kevin McCarthy, to Fox News, to the GOP, or to Tucker Carlson. They belong to the American people. If full transparency is appropriate, then it is appropriate for all news organizations and the American public, not merely to a politically motivated hack like Tucker Carlson.
But the full set of videotapes should NOT be released! They show, among other things, the movement of the Vice President, Speaker Pelosi, and House and Senate leaders. If those tapes are released, all members of Congress will be less safe during the next emergency.
What could Kevin McCarthy have been thinking? Did he make a deal with Tucker Carlson to gain the on-air personality’s assistance in securing votes for McCarthy's Speakership bid? It makes absolutely no sense and is a gross violation of congressional ethics and the constitutional office occupied by McCarthy. The co-Chair of the January 6th Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, called out McCarthy’s actions. See The Hill, Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage.
Per Bennie Thompson,
If Speaker McCarthy has indeed granted Tucker Carlson — a Fox host who routinely spreads misinformation and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s poisonous propaganda — and his producers access to this sensitive footage, he owes the American people an explanation of why he has done so and what steps he has taken to address the significant security concerns at stake.
This is a breach of ethics and trust of epic proportions—and should be treated as such by the media and American citizens. Do your part. Don’t let this travesty fly under the radar. Speak up!
[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]
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