Rewriting HistoryEven with the Epstein drama still unfolding, MAGA Republicans are making plans to consolidate their hold on the American psyche. They know, because Donald Trump has invested a lot of time and energy in this project, that their marching orders are to rewrite history. They have to reframe the January 6 insurrection, Trump’s role in it, and their role in it, to ensure Trump’s place in history. And they’re ready to do it.
That means that the House will vote on the creation of a new subcommittee (after it returns from the prolonged break designed to let Epstein fever die down). The effort has been underway since January, but it stalled on the question of what the subcommittee’s ambit would be. Politico is reporting that the White House intervened and a deal has been struck to allow the issuance of subpoenas to compel testimony or the production of information. Georgia Republican Barry Loudermilk will be at the helm. Previously, in December 2024, a House subcommittee that Loudermilk led released a 128-page report calling for the prosecution of Liz Cheney because of her role on the January 6 Committee. The goal of Loudermilk’s new endeavor is simple. MAGA has apparently read, or at least been told about, George Orwell’s 1984: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” That’s precisely where we are. Trump has continuously claimed, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that Democrats launched an attack on him. In preparation for this new erasure of history, he has already pardoned or commuted sentences for January 6 defendants, including those convicted of seditious conspiracy. And Loudermilk told reporters that it was Trump who insisted on getting the subcommittee’s work underway and that he was disappointed that it hadn’t already begun. Trump is intent on rewriting history so he can whitewash his legacy. He continues to believe that if he tells the lies for long enough, they will morph into truth, at least in the minds of the public. Today, during a scrum, he told reporters: “Everything is fake with the Democrats.” Then, he spoke with reporters before he took off for Scotland, on the taxpayers’ nickel, to promote his Scottish golf courses. If we’re not careful, the fake news is going to be the history that is taught to our children. It’s more important than ever to stay informed, to stay alert, and to share what you’re seeing with the people around you. We’re in this together, Joyce |
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The Patriot Front’s fascist rhetoric could make it a natural successor to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as Donald Trump’s favorite white nationalist group.
But unlike past congressional hearings into other major scandals like Watergate, the hearings have not provided a sense of closure or of lessons learned but rather one of foreboding. That’s because they don’t just offer a look back at what happened in the 2020 election, but also a glimpse of what is likely to happen in 2024. The January 6 hearings feel like a prequel.
In fact, even as the hearings constitute the clearest public account of Trump’s coup attempt, a series of incidents around the country has ominously shown that the threat of a repeat in 2024 is very real.
During the first hearing, the House committee highlighted the leading roles played on January 6 by pro-Trump white nationalist groups, particularly the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. The committee documented how the Proud Boys helped lead the insurrectionist mob into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The Justice Department has also focused on the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers leaders, charging them with seditious conspiracy for planning to prevent the “lawful transfer of presidential power by force” on January 6. On Wednesday, prosecutors made public a document showing that Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, had specific plans to gain control of key buildings in Washington in an effort to overturn Joe Biden’s election. The criminal charges against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have signaled that the Justice Department is intensifying its probe into the planning behind the insurrection, a shift from its earlier practice of issuing minor charges against low-level individuals who stormed the Capitol.
Meanwhile, other white nationalist groups are starting to rise to prominence. On June 11, for example, just two days after the first January 6 committee hearing, police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, stopped a U-Haul truck and arrested 31 men, all wearing identical clothes, who police later said were planning to start a riot at a Pride event in the city’s downtown. They were members of a white nationalist group called the Patriot Front, formed in the wake of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
In addition to the racist language about a “European diaspora” that typifies white nationalist groups, the Patriot Front’s “manifesto” includes fascist, dictatorial rhetoric that could make the group a natural successor to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as Trump’s favorite white nationalist group, whether he gets reelected in 2024 or not. The Patriot Front’s rhetoric sounds vaguely socialist, but only because its goal is to get the “collective” — America — to bend to the will of a white nationalist autocracy. “Individualism, while originally good in concept and proposition, has been allowed to run rampant in our modern society, where it has become a plague in its amplification,” the manifesto states. “The nation of the future will not abolish the individual, nor will it ruthlessly enforce a sole collective, but the merits of both must be structured to complement one another.”
It’s not surprising that the Patriot Front chose to attack in Coeur d’Alene. The small city in northern Idaho, which was once a Democratic stronghold thanks to a heavy concentration of unionized miners, has in recent decades become a magnet for conservatives and right-wing extremists. The Aryan Nations, a white nationalist group prominent in the 1990s and labeled a domestic terrorist organization by the FBI, was based in the area before it splintered and its power waned in the face of investigations, lawsuits, and internal division. After the Patriot Front arrests, Jim Hammond, the mayor of Coeur d’Alene, insisted that “we are not going back to the days of the Aryan Nations. We are past that.”
Yet droves of conservatives are still moving to northern Idaho from California and other states; many Los Angeles police officers have retired in the area. Some real estate agents in northern Idaho specifically market themselves as conservative to attract right-wing customers who want to move into the region.
The arrests in Idaho came just as the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning of a heightened threat of domestic terrorism from such extremist groups throughout this year, spurred at least in part by the midterm elections. To be sure, Homeland Security’s warnings are often overblown, but the department does warn that among the groups extremists may target are racial and religious minorities, government facilities and personnel, and the media.
The House committee’s second hearing on Monday focused on Trump’s lies about the election, showing that he kept pushing to overturn the results even as he was repeatedly told by top advisers that there was no proof of fraud. Former Attorney General William Barr testified that he told Trump the Justice Department had looked into claims of voter fraud and found them to be “bullshit.” Former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told Trump that the fraud claims were “not supported by the evidence developed.”
But Trump kept pushing. Thursday’s hearings focused on the former president’s attempts to force then-Vice President Mike Pence to derail the certification of the election on January 6. The hearing showed that Trump kept pressuring Pence even though he and his allies knew it would be illegal for Pence to interfere with the certification. Trump kept up the brutal pressure on Pence, calling him a “wimp” and “pussy” on a phone call from the White House, and after the mob broke into the Capitol, calling for Pence to be hanged, Trump didn’t bother to check in on him.
The House committee has shown conclusively that Trump’s own inner circle repeatedly told the president that his claims of a stolen election were false, yet his election lies continue to dominate the Republican Party.
More than 100 Republican candidates who say the 2020 election was stolen have been nominated for either statewide office or Congress, according to recent analysis by the Washington Post. If elected, they could use their new power to try to overturn the 2024 presidential election to make sure that Trump or another Republican is installed in the White House. They could join other Republicans like Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, who, on January 5, 2021, gave a tour of the Capitol to someone who joined the insurrection the next day screaming threats about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to footage released by the January 6 committee.
A confrontation in New Mexico shows the continuing threat the Republican Party poses to the integrity of U.S. elections. This week, the New Mexico Supreme Court was forced to order county commissioners in rural Otero County to certify results from the June 7 primary election there. The three county commissioners, including Couy Griffin, founder of “Cowboys for Trump,” who is due to be sentenced Friday on charges related to his involvement in the January 6 riot, have refused to certify the results because the votes in the primary were counted by voting machines from Dominion, a company that was repeatedly and falsely attacked by Trump and his supporters as they sought to hold onto power.
Dominion Voting Systems has filed defamation lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who both lied publicly about the company’s machines while trying to help Trump invalidate Biden’s victory. But that hasn’t stopped Republicans from buying into the lies.
Facing a state Supreme Court order, the Otero County Commission finally voted 2-1 on Friday afternoon to certify the primary election results. Couy Griffin called in from Washington, where he had just been sentenced to time served for having entered restricted areas outside the U.S. Capitol, but not the Capitol itself, on January 6.
Once again, Griffin voted not to certify the results.
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Friday, June 17, 2022
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The January 6 committee released some shocking new video footage this week.
Despite previously claiming that he gave no tours to the public, surveillance footage shows Representative Barry Loudermilk giving a tour the day before the attack on the Capitol to a group that included an insurrectionist. The video footage shows the insurrectionist using the tour to photograph hallways, tunnels, and staircases within the Capitol complex.1
In addition to this surveillance footage, the January 6 Committee released cell phone video that captured that insurrectionist during the attack saying,: “There’s no escape [...] We’re coming for you. We’re coming in like white on rice for Pelosi, Nadler, Schumer, even you AOC. We’re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hair.”
After Alexandria shared her story on January 6, there was a brutal disinformation campaign to discredit her. Right-wing news personalities, even conservative members of Congress downplayed the attack – claiming she was never at risk. But the truth always comes out.
The disinformation must stop. Alexandria is fighting for accountability for the representatives who were complicit in the January 6 attack that put her and all of her colleagues in danger of losing their lives.
When Alexandria shared her experience of January 6, the conservative disinformation machine didn’t waste a minute accusing her of ‘overreacting’ or ‘exaggerating’.
We believed Alexandria then, and the facts and evidence shown since she shared her story just confirm what we already knew: That this was not a small attack carried out by a small group of people. The threat was real and intentional.
Republicans are trying to walk away from this. Trying to pretend it didn’t happen. It’s our responsibility to remember.
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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Ginni Thomas conspired with Trump attorney John Eastman in lead-up to Capitol insurrection
The revelation proves that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was deeply involved with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY: House 1/6 committee releases evidence of GOP rep. leading rioters on tour of Capitol
The stunning footage suggests that there may have been even closer coordination between the insurrectionists and Republican lawmakers than previously thought.
Take Action: Demand Congress ban insurrectionist Trump from running for office in 2024!
Don't miss out on DAY 3 of the January 6 Committee's highly anticipated hearings TODAY!
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CNN boss tells anchors to stopping use the phrase "Big Lie" in order to pander to Republicans
Newly installed CEO Chris Licht told producers that he would prefer anchors stop referring to the disgraced ex-president’s baseless claims about a "stolen" 2020 election as "the Big Lie" because it sounds partisan.
Take Action: Prosecute Trump and his insurrectionist cronies for seditious conspiracy!
Companies face intense backlash over tone-deaf Juneteenth-themed products
It didn't take long for profit-crazed corporate hacks to turn America's newest federal holiday celebrating the emancipation of Black slaves into a deeply offensive marketing gimmick.
Herschel Walker's campaign confirms he has a secret second child
The Republican charlatan's all-American persona appears to be one lie layered atop another. Let's hope Georgia voters see through the flimsy facade in November.
GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote due to conspiracy theories
The Republican assault on democracy just entered a terrifying new stage.
January 6 Committee SINKS Trump with brilliant tactic
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: WOW.
Elon Musk throws his support behind Ron DeSantis for the presidency in 2024
The world's richest man made it clear that he's willing to support an anti-LGBTQ, right-wing extremist if it means he might get some tax cuts.
Joe Biden signs executive order to fight anti-LGBTQ state bills
The president took a bold stand against the wave of Republican bigotry sweeping the nation.
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Confederate flag-toting man and his MAGA son convicted in Capitol riot
Chalk up another defeat for the Confederacy.
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Today’s Action: Get out the vote in the primaries!
There are four primaries taking place next Tuesday — Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Virginia. We all know the biggest enemies of progress in America are Republicans, but it’s also been painfully clear that just a few bad Democrats can muck a LOT of things up for all of us. This is our chance to do something about it — to not just elect any Democrats, but to reshape the party with real progressives to advance our legislative priorities!
If you live in one of the four states voting next Tuesday and don’t yet have a plan to vote, make yours now. If you have friends in those states, call them and cajole them to the polls! Find out when your own state’s primaries will be held, and identify your current polling place here. It is absolutely critical to show up this year — and every year — to build a truly progressive future.
Every. Vote. Matters. Check your voter registration status and polling place to ensure you’re prepared for upcoming primaries and the midterms — and tell your network of like-minded friends and family to do the same on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, at the park, in the bleachers, in the pews, at the dinner table, and anywhere else you can!
No matter how unpopular Trump and the GOP seem to be, Americans are still dealing with extreme income inequality, incessant voter suppression schemes, relentless attacks on reproductive care, and the demonization of marginalized communities, because corrupt Republicans are regularly joined by a few bad-faith Democrats. Fortunately, we have some amazing progressives running for office this year. But they can’t win if we don’t show up.
Every meaningful electoral victory shares a common thread: progressives turning out in full force on Election Day.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Jan. 6 committee releases new footage of tour given by GOP Rep. Loudermilk day before Capitol violence
Jan. 6 committee releases new footage of tour given by GOP Rep. Loudermilk day before Capitol violence
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