I wonder if House Republicans will commemorate the two year anniversary of a failed fascist coup by still failing to get a Speaker elected

Delightful news: More indictments for Trump! He just got nailed with four charges related to the Jan. 6 coup attempt.

NPR: Trump charged with four felony counts for attempt to overturn the 2020 election

The Jan 6 Committee is officially referring Donald Trump to DOJ for violating: 

Obstruction of an official proceeding

Conspiracy to defraud the United States

Conspiracy to make a false statement

Inciting, assisting or aiding/comforting an insurrection

First they’re backing criminal charges against the orange one, and then another committee might decide to release his tax returns? That fool sure has a hell of week ahead of him!

WHAT KIND OF AMERICAN ARE YOU SUPPORTING AND VOTING FOR THESE FUCKS?

Three years after the Jan. 6 insurrection, where do Wisconsin cases stand?

A summary of the cases involving people arrested in Wisconsin and where each stands, using information from sources including federal court records, the U.S. Department of Justice and NPR's database of Jan. 6 cases.

By Sarah Lehr | Wisconsin Public Radio Saturday marked the three-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.  Since then, federal authorities have filed charges against more than a thousand people across the country in connection with the attack. That includes nearly a dozen people arrested in Wisconsin. Of the 11 men arrested here, nearly half have their cases pending.…

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This tweet sums up the bad faith throughout the rotted, fetid Republican Party.

You can't reason with the unreasonable.

You can't reason with fascists who must protect their corrupt, decaying, bankrupt leader.

Trump rails against Jan. 6 committee following final report release - The Hill

Trump rails against Jan. 6 committee following final report release – The Hill

Former President Trump railed against the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Friday following the release of the committee’s final report on the attack. Trump said in a video posted to Truth Social that the American people have been “Deceived with lies” about the attack from the committee. Trump said the committee “Cut the part” of his speech at the rally at…

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GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT!!!

The Supreme Court of the United States

Who else is eager to find out what's happening regarding the Jan. 6th Insurrection? #Truth #SCOTUS #Jan6th

In this groundbreaking case, a serious conflict exists between the decisions of lower appeal courts and the constitutional provisions and statutes that govern them. The trial court has jurisdiction to try the merits of this case, which would result in the removal of a sitting President and Vice President of the United States, as well as members of Congress deemed unfit from holding office. This…

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New Post has been published on Books by Caroline Miller

New Post has been published on https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/self-evident-truths/

Self-Evident Truths

Most of us remember January 6, 2021, when Republican Senator Josh Hawley raised his fist to indicate support for insurrectionists gathered outside the Capital.  Many of his fellow Americans were shocked by his gesture, but not all.  Recently, Hawley felt enough wind at his back to try rabble-rousing again, this time with a Bible in his fist. In his words, Without the Bible, there is no modernity.  Without the Bible, there is no America.  “Hold on, buckaroo. Your facts are wrong, I wanted to say.  But The Editorial Board of The Kansas City Star had a better response.  They reminded Hawley that many of our founding fathers weren’t Christians but deists. They pointed out the many times Thomas Pain attacked the Bible.  Thomas Jefferson, they added, cut out parts of the New Testament to create a spiritual guide that eliminated superstition and nonsense.  In 1785, James Madison charged that Christianity had been on trial for “fifteen centuries.” In his Memorial and Remonstrance, he opposed a Virginia legislative proposal to establish a state religion. Given our country’s history, The Editorial Board had no recourse but to regard Hawley’s remarks about ours as a Christian nation to be the “ramblings of an arrogant, partisan senator.” Hawley may be arrogant. Nonetheless, there is a method in his ramblings.  Like the rest of The Republican party, he strives to divide our nation along religious, race, class, political, and economic lines. His endgame is to preserve a model of political and financial power that harkens back to slavery, an era where much of the nation’s wealth depended upon free labor. In the short run, slavery was a benefit to a privileged class that was willing to blind itself to the misery the system caused. These short-term gains withered over time, however, leaving the nation morally bankrupt and with a wealth gap we have yet to solve. One consulting firm speculates that the aftermath of slavery in the coming decades will “cost the U. S. economy  $1 trillion to 1.5 trillion in lost consumption and investment. (“The Hierarchies of Weakness,” by Amitav Acharya, Foreign Affairs, July/August 2022, pg. 78.) Those who see themselves as the beneficiaries of that former system appear willing to foment division to preserve it. That might be good for them but the majority of Americans would fare better if those divisions were healed. As the matter stands,  1% of the world’s adult population controls 43% of global wealth while the remaining 54% controls 2% (Ibid pg. 77)  If wealth were shared equitably, allowing women and minorities to move out of poverty, the resulting entrepreneurship and consumerism would secure America’s financial power. It would also grow the world’s wealth by $28 trillion over the next five years. (Ibid, pg. 81.) In that economy, no one would go to bed hungry.   Contrary to the evidence, Republicans like Hawley advocate for a system that subjects large swaths of the population to discrimination.  The result is violence and disruption. (Ibid, pg. 80.)  No nation can long endure instability. At the moment, we are a country at cross-purposes. How do we save ourselves?  We might begin by challenging old assumptions.  Are democracy and capitalism inextricably linked, for example? As it stands, capitalism seems to work against the democratic notion of equality. Consumerism, the cornerstone of capitalism, requires purchasing power.  Like a great Ponzi scheme, it appears to favor those who spend more.  It also requires perpetual growth. The concept defies nature. Even the universe, scientists speculate will end. My blog on the fast fashion industry illustrated the harm of unbridled consumerism. As a society, we should examine its value. Last year Forbes published an article that listed the 4 best uses of money: 1) purchasing experiences rather than things; 2) concentrating on small pleasures. Data shows small pleasures provide greater satisfaction than big-ticket items; 3) spending money to buy time to enjoy small pleasures; 4) engaging in charitable giving.  Studies show that being generous to others is one of the top six predictors of satisfaction. If governments pursued Forbes’ brand of consumerism, we would live in a different world. Capitalism may not be at odds with democracy. Our standards could be the problem. If so, what needs to be changed? Ever curious, scientists have studied the values of peaceful nations.  Those with the greatest internal harmony promote public spaces and events that bring people together. Civic leaders rather than military figures are memorialized in statues. The media offers news without hyperventilating to gain attention. More statues to honor women and minorities, more green spaces, and a press that doesn’t monetize violence seem doable. Or, we could return to basics. We are a government of all people, by all the people, and for all the people.  When we honor equality, we will be the masters of this system we call democracy

Note: They're saying "alleged" because that's what journalists are supposed to do until there's a conviction. ABC isn't trying to cast doubt, they're trying to follow professional standards and also not get sued for libel.

"Former President Donald Trump, bent on staying in power, undertook a sweeping "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including repeatedly pushing lies about the results despite knowing that they were correct, and doubling down on those falsehoods as the Jan. 6 riot raged, a sweeping federal indictment alleges.

This is the third indictment faced by the former president, who -- as the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race -- continues to insist that the vote was rigged.

Prosecutors say the alleged scheme, which they say involved six unnamed co-conspirators, included enlisting a slate of so-called "fake electors" targeting several states; using the Justice Department to conduct "sham election crime investigations"; enlisting the vice president to "alter the election results"; and doubling down on false claims as the Jan. 6 riot ensued -- all in an effort to subvert democracy and stay in power.

The six alleged co-conspirators include several attorneys and a Justice Department official.

The sweeping indictment, based on the investigation by special counsel Jack Smith, charges Trump with four felony counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights...

In the history of the country, no president or former president had ever been indicted prior to Trump's first indictment in April."

-via ABC News, August 1, 2023

WE FUCKING DID IT

A brief reminder of what a peaceful transfer of political power in America once looked like, until today’s traitorous Republican Party + seditious sore losers like Donald Trump came along.

#LockHimUp

Wisconsin man accused of pepper-spraying police at US Capitol on Jan. 6 pleads guilty

He will be sentenced in December.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal assault charge after being accused of bragging in a social media message that he pepper-sprayed police officers so severely during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol that they had to undress. Prosecutors charged 24-year-old Riley Kasper, of Pulaski, in March 2022 with counts in federal court that included assaulting an…

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