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Facebook took this post from Heather Cox Richardson down yesterday. So, here it is. Guess some people just can't handle the Truth:
January 8, 2021
Heather Cox Richardson
More information continues to emerge about the events of Wednesday. They point to a broader conspiracy than it first appeared. Calls for Trumps removal from office are growing. The Republican Party is tearing apart. Power in the nation is shifting almost by the minute.
[Please note that information from the January 6 riot is changing almost hourly, and it is virtually certain that something I have written will be incorrect. I have tried to stay exactly on what we know to be facts, but those could change.]
More footage from inside the attack on the Capitol is coming out and it is horrific. Blood on statues and feces spread through the building are vile; mob attacks on police officers are bone-chilling.
Reuters photographer Jim Bourg, who was inside the building, told reporters he overheard three rioters in Make America Great Again caps plotting to find Vice President Mike Pence and hang him as a traitor; other insurrectionists were shouting the same. Pictures have emerged of one of the rioters in military gear carrying flex cuffshandcuffs made of zip tiessuggesting he was planning to take prisoners. Two lawmakers have suggested the rioters knew how to find obscure offices.
New scrutiny of Trumps Stop the Steal rally before the attack shows Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL), Don Jr., and Trump himself urging the crowd to go to the Capitol and fight. Trump warned that Pence was not doing what he needed to. Trump promised to lead them to the Capitol himself.
There are also questions about law enforcement. While exactly what happened remains unclear, it has emerged that the Pentagon limited the Washington D.C. National Guard to managing traffic. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested support before Trumps rally, but the Department of Defense said that the National Guard could not have ammunition or riot gear, interact with protesters except in self-defense, or otherwise function in a protective capacity without the explicit permission of acting Secretary Christopher Miller, whom Trump put into office shortly after the election after firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
When Capitol Police requested aid early Wednesday afternoon, the request was denied. Defense officials held back the National Guard for about three hours before sending it to support the Capitol Police. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, tried repeatedly to send his states National Guard, but the Pentagon would not authorize it. Virginias National Guard was mobilized when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the governor, Ralph Northam, herself.
Defense officials said they were sensitive to the criticism they received in June when federal troops cleared Lafayette Square of peaceful protesters so Trump could walk across it. But it sounds like there might be a personal angle: Bowser was harshly critical of Trump then, and it would be like him to take revenge on her by denying help when it was imperative.
Refusing to stop the attack on the Capitol might have been more nefarious, though. A White House adviser told New York Magazines Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi that Trump was watching television coverage of the siege and was enthusiastic, although he didnt like that the rioters looked low class. While the insurrectionists were in the Capitol, he tweeted: Mike Pence didnt have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth! Even as lawmakers were under siege, both Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani were making phone calls to brand-new Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) urging him to slow down the electoral count.
After Trump on Wednesday night tweeted that there would be an orderly transition of power, on Thursday he began again to urge on his supporters.
With the details and the potential depth of this event becoming clearer over the past two daysSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomass wife, Virginia, tweeted her support, and state lawmakers as well as Republican attorneys general were actually involvedAmericans are recoiling from how bad this attempted coup was
and how much worse it could have been. The crazed rioters were terrifyingly close to our elected representatives, all gathered together on that special day, and they were actively talking about harming the vice president.
By Friday night, 57% of Americans told Reuters they wanted Trump removed from office immediately. Nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of Trumps actions before the riot. Only 12% of Americans approved of the rioters; 79% of Americans described the rioters as criminals or fools. Five percent called them patriots.
Pelosi tonight said that she hoped the president would resign, but if not, the House of Representatives will move forward with impeachment on Monday, as well as with legislation to enable Congress to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment. The most recent draft of the impeachment resolution has just one article: incitement of insurrection. As a privileged resolution, it can go directly to the House without committee approval.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has no interest in further splitting the Republicans over another impeachment, or forcing them onto the record as either for or against it. Timing is on his side: the Senate is not in session for substantive business until January 19, so cannot act on an impeachment resolution without the approval of all senators. It can take up the resolution then, but more likely it will wait until Biden is sworn in, at which point the measure would be managed not by McConnell, but by the new House majority leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY). A trial can indeed take place after Trump is no longer president, enabling Congress to make sure he can never again hold office.
Whether or not the Senate would convict is unclear, but its not impossible. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), for one, is so furious she is talking of switching parties. I want him out, she says. Still, Trump supporters are now insisting that it would further divide the country to try to remove Trump now, and that we need to unify. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who led the Senate effort to challenge Bidens election, today tweeted that Biden was not working hard enough to bring us together or promote healing and that vicious partisan rhetoric only tears our country apart.
Trump, meanwhile, has continued to agitate his followers, and today began to call for more resistance, while users on Parler, the new right-wing social media hangout, are talking of another, bigger attack on Washington.
Tonight, Twitter banned Trump, stating: we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. As evidence, it cited both his claim that his supporters would have a GIANT VOICE long into the future, and his tweet that he would not be going to Bidens inauguration on January 20. Twitter says that Trumps followers see these two new tweets as proof that the election was invalid and that the Inauguration is a good target, since he wont be there. The Twitter moderators say that plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.
Twitter also took down popular QAnon accounts, including those of Trumps former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and his former lawyer Sidney Powell, who is having quite a bad day: the company that makes election machines, Dominion Voting Systems, announced it is suing her for defamation and asking $1.3 billion in damages. After taking down 7,000 QAnon accounts in July, Twitter continued by today taking down the account of the man who hosts the posts from Q.
While Twitter officials might well be horrified by the insurrection, the ban is also a sign of a changing government. With the election of two Democratic senators from Georgia this week, the majority goes to the Democrats, and McConnell will no longer be Majority Leader, killing bills. Social media giants know regulation of some sort is around the corner, and they are trying to look compliant fast. When Twitter banned Trump, so did Reddit, and Facebook and Instagram already had. Google Play Store removed Parler, warning it to clean up its content moderation.
Trump evidently couldnt stand the Twitter ban, and tried at least five different accounts to get back onto the platform. He and his supporters are howling that he is being silenced by big tech, but of course he has an entire press corps he could use whenever he wished. Losing his access to Twitter simply cuts off his ability to drum up both support and money by lying to his supporters. Another platform that has dumped Trump is one of those that handled his emails. The San Francisco correspondent of the Financial Times, Dave Lee, noted that for more than 48 hours there had been no Trump emails: in the previous six days the president sent out 33.
This has been a horrific week. If it has a silver lining, it is that the lines are now clear between our democracy and its enemies. The election in Georgia, which swung the Senate away from the Republicans and opens up some avenues to slow down misinformation, is a momentous victory.
~~~~~~~~~~> I say that "MY FRIEND "TRACY" A great Democratic woman said about the poster.
"Tracy" went on to say [the POST .. made by her friend ] ..... She said it was being held in FB jail due to being "reported" but that it would likely be put back up pending review. I have no CLUE as to why it would have been deleted in the first place as she is very good with checking all of her work. She is a professional.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)She said it has happened before and the post gets out back up.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)trueblue2007
(17,203 posts)Facebook took this post from Heather Cox Richardson down yesterday. So, here it is. Guess some people just can't handle the Truth:
January 8, 2021
Heather Cox Richardson
trueblue2007
(17,203 posts)TomDaisy
(1,870 posts)twin_ghost
(435 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)trueblue2007
(17,203 posts)I was a child who saw my hero JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY murdered. I have more Dem in my little finger than maybe your whole body. I LOVE MY CITY, STATE, COUNTRY AND WORLD with all my heart and soul.
This needs to be posted.
we can do it
(12,180 posts)AmericanCanuck
(1,102 posts)The narrative is factual and needs to be spread far and wide.
dware
(12,355 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Cha
(297,120 posts)wrong with it?
we can do it
(12,180 posts)IsItJustMe
(7,012 posts)Must be an English teacher.
Bev54
(10,045 posts)by solidly and standing together to impeach this asshole. That would be a start.
HUAJIAO
(2,383 posts)Bev54
(10,045 posts)they say they want to move on and heal the country, well that would be a start and then after the dems can investigate those in the republican congress assisted Trump with his coup and have them arrested and tried. I think sunlight to all of this will help heal the country.
HUAJIAO
(2,383 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,646 posts)Drumpf has NOT been silenced. He can call a press conference anytime and make his points. But its tougher to grift that way.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)...go figure....
trueblue2007
(17,203 posts)CatWoman
(79,294 posts)that's hilarious
BainsBane
(53,029 posts)considering she has a PhD in history and posts widely. That's pretty basic.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,402 posts)that would allow Congress to enact the 25th Amendment. It doesn't sound like she is claiming that Congress currently has that power though
LiberalFighter
(50,856 posts)Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
AmericanCanuck
(1,102 posts)I am sure Gens. Mattis, Kelly, McMaster and Rex Tillerson would have voted to remove Trump.
JI7
(89,244 posts)BainsBane
(53,029 posts)and the cabinet, it goes no where.
JI7
(89,244 posts)and all he has to do is support them . But he is too weak and cowardly to actually contact them and get the numbers he needs.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)Traildogbob
(8,709 posts)Post a video of himself ranting about Twitter and free speech praising the terrorists and daddy, with that coke Addled smirk on his mug. I really hope this destroys everything Trump forever. Sorry Barron, you should step Away and speak out. Like Ron Reagan Jr. He saved his rep.
Deport the whole fucking bunch.
Let em golf and party with the scum they stirred up.
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)Trump supporters are now insisting that it would further divide the country to try to remove Trump now, and that we need to unify.
An overwhelming number of Americans didn't support your attempt to overthrow our normal governmental processes to the sidelines, thus ignoring long established routines for the continuance of government. As a matter of fact, listening to any trump supporter now is now worthless to me, as their act of insubordination against this Country was clearly shown to all Wednesday, that mob, which contained elected republican officials too.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)Heather Cox Richardson's January 8, 2021 piece on FB but it was posted by Bill Moyer's on his page. I think on Thursday Moyer's and Richardson were working in tandem.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)It is essential reading. She uses sources.
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)patphil
(6,164 posts)It was something a lot of network news shows would be proud of.
It shouldn't have been taken down.
diane in sf
(3,913 posts)which I found here on DU. I did it as a warning to people. But FB took it as an incitement. They are short on people and relying on their faulty algorithms. The algorithms did not understand the explanatory text I put over the image.
BainsBane
(53,029 posts)so I see FB's point.