Today is the one year anniversary of the INSURRECTION which occurred at our nation’s Capitol Building on January 6th, 2021. It’s true many of those who breached the Capitol Building that day actually believed they were acting as “patriots” answering the “call” from individual 1 who they were unable to force themselves to believe/understand he is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR who’d been LYING to their faces for the previous 5 years. However, the reality is there was a strong presence at the Capitol that day by organized groups of RACISTS (White Nationalists) who were taking advantage of individual 1’s willingness to give them a platform in America’s “mainstream” of politics.

These are the people who were marching at Charlottesville chanting “Jews will not replace us,” people associated with the KKK like David Duke and Don Black and groups like the so-called “Proud Boys,” the so-called “Oathkeepers,” the “3 percenters,” etc. etc. and a wide swath of the “evangelical Christian” community which either doesn’t understand history or, if they do, well, that’s even worse. It was a similar group of “Christians” who formed the “base” of the Third Reich. Just sayin……….

Today, there wasn’t a single republican, save for Liz Cheney and her father Dick, standing in the chamber of the House of Representatives when they recited a prayer and gave a moment of silence for the Capitol Police members who, many, are still suffering the after effects of the siege of the Capitol that infamous day. So much for the party of “law and order.” (Sadly, I believe MANY of the members of the police across this nation are sympathetic to individual 1 and the INSURRECTIONISTS!)

I’m a Christian and I can barely stand to broach the subject with any of those who attend my church – or people I have considered friends previously. The bottom line is those who invaded the Capitol with the intention of stopping the lawful certification of the Electoral College vote (simply a formality) were committing SEDITION. There is no doubt the “low hanging fruit” will not face any kind of charges of that magnitude – but some of the conspiratorial ringleaders? That SHOULD be another story altogether.

And, what about individual 1 and those who worked with him to stop the counting of the votes that day, January 6th, 2021? The evidence of CRIMINAL activity by our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president is MOUNTING by the day. Trust me, Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, the co-chairs of the January 6th Select Committee would NOT be citing words that mirror federal statutes if they didn’t have the “goods” on individual 1 ALREADY. I believe he’s going to receive a CRIMINAL referral for AT LEAST obstruction of Congress and likely other charges. (Sedition???)

That would suggest people like Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Steve Bannon, Scott Peters, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, and, presumably, others, need to be checking in with their lawyers. Will the select Committee subpoena members of Congress? I certainly hope so, if they refuse to testify voluntarily. Sean Hannity may well get a subpoena if he chooses to “blow off” the committee’s request for voluntary testimony – not as a journalist, but as a “fact witness.” They’ve even requested the testimony of Mike Pense – which I assumed would happen eventually – and, I hope he won’t force them to subpoena him – but……… (Will they subpoena individual 1???)

The bottom line is it’s obvious there was an attempt to OBSTRUCT a lawful function of the Congress and anyone who participated may be liable for a serious FELONY. It’s true members of Congress have “leeway” in their “speech” – but, I don’t believe that includes the commission of a CRIME. It appears there was a group of sycophants to our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president who were willing to participate in his attempt to prevent Joe Biden’s lawful ascent to the presidency. To me, that would be TREASON (ie SEDITION) which is among the MOST serious of all crimes according to our constitution.

I’ve stated here for the past MANY months there will be NO “healing” in this nation without ACCOUNTABILITY for those who would tear our government apart for their own ends. It’s as if they believe the only election which they would agree with the outcome would be one where their candidate happened to be the winner. And, they apparently don’t believe in the idea of getting the most votes via the result of a “battle” of ideas but via partisan election officials, voter suppression tactics, partisan gerrymandering and the ability to overturn results legislatures don’t like. I’ve been pointing out for a few years now – individual 1 is a fascist – as a mob boss along the lines of his idol Vladimir Putin – and republicans are “all in.” It’s win at all cost – including the cost of our constitution.

Can you just imagine how the right wing militia’s are going to respond when individual 1 is indicted? And, keep in mind, there are several options for the first indictment. There’s the Manhattan DA, there’s the Fulton County Georgia DA, and there’s the Justice Department. I’ve stated my concern regarding the latter, led by Merrick Garland, on several previous posts. Yesterday he gave a speech at the Justice Department and I, for one, was not overly “mollified.” My FEAR doesn’t come from individual 1’s “base,” my FEAR is that AG Garland FEAR’S individual 1’s base. We’ll get a better idea on where he’s coming from when we find out if he’s going to INDICT Mark Meadows for CONTEMPT of Congress.

To me, the indictment of Mr. Meadows will mean there will be fewer potential witnesses to individual 1’s OBSTRUCTION of Congress on January 6th, 2021 choosing to ignore Congressional subpoenas. To me, it’s a requirement EVERYONE understands – refusing to answer a subpoena of Congress (or a Court) is a “non starter.” For example, should Jim Jordan and Scott Perry choose to refuse to answer a subpoena their careers would be on the line. Contempt of Congress is a FELONY. Can you imagine Sean Hannity refusing to answer a subpoena?

No matter how all these people respond – and, I’m sure, some of them are prepared to use their fifth amendment rights, due to the FACT CRIMINAL charges are beginning to come into focus, in their testimony – I believe the Select Committee KNOWS enough to recommend CHARGES already – they’re (the committee) “dotting the ‘i’s’ and crossing the ‘t’s'” at this point in the investigation. I believe they already know the answers to the questions they want to ask strategic insiders of individual 1’s scheme. The question (hopefully) will become, do you want to answer our questions or face CRIMINAL contempt charges – again, a FELONY?

Today, for example, Stephanie Grisham – former communications director for individual 1 said she gave her testimony to the Committee yesterday and it appears it was VERY damning. On CNN she shared she witnessed individual 1 “gleefully” watching the INSURRECTION on TV – constantly rewinding and replaying segments of the breaching of the Capitol. Emphasis on the word “gleefully” – should anyone (are you paying attention Mr. Garland?) have any misunderstanding about the INTENT of our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president. This testimony very well could be the final “nail” in individual 1’s “coffin.”

Of course, there were others in the White House that day who witnessed what individual 1 was doing – and, MORE importantly, NOT doing – so, I believe there would be several others who would confirm what Ms. Grisham testified. In addition, there were many people calling him that day and, I believe, once he FINALLY loses in his attempt to block Congress from getting his papers from the National Archive – those phone calls will be exposed (are you listening Jim Jordan? Did you LIE to Congress?)

I pointed out right from the start after individual 1 stared fomenting the so-called “Big Lie” the “truth will come out – bit by bit.” Well, that’s exactly what is happening and, I believe, the ultimate CRIMINAL prosecutions from what happened on January 6th, 2021 will make Watergate PALE in contrast. If you remember, virtually everyone around Richard Nixon who participated in his ASSAULT on our republic ended up in JAIL. (Well, if you’re not as old as me, you might not “remember”) I can see the same result here, despite the lack of WILL coming from the republican party in helping to uncover the TRUTH. Stay tuned………….

Final Thought: My previous post gave my thoughts on Facebook after reading “An Ugly Truth” Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang. As I’ve followed the day today, one year after the ASSAULT on our Capitol INCITED by individual 1, it’s just crystal clear in my mind Mark Zuckerberg owns MUCH of the responsibility for what happened that day and for the reality so many Americans continue to believe individual 1’s LIE “the election was stolen.”

I’ve suggested numerous times here republicans who allow themselves to believe the so-called “Big Lie” – and, for that matter virtually anything individual 1 claims (if his mouth is moving, he’s LYING) – are, sadly, STUPID. It’s true they watch outlets like Fox “news,” “Newsmax,” “OANN,” and other right wing propaganda websites – but the evidence of their use of FACEBOOK is overwhelming. Absurd “conspiracy theories” are shared and they go viral.

Here’s how bad it is in the republican party. Today, in Washington DC, the spokespeople for the republicans were Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Green (Both alleged by some to have been part of the January 6th plot) and, well, to no one’s surprise (no one rational that is) they were once again blaming the INSURRECTION on the FBI – calling it an “inside job.” Yikes! Yet republicans all over the country are falling for this absurd nonsense – and, much of it is because they read it on Facebook, see it on Fox (especially via Tucker Carlson) or the other outlets – or even more extreme places on the internet.

Here’s the part which bugs me – and, now I’m referring to the so-called “mainstream media.” The republicans, long ago, adopted the “Big Lie” theory of the Nazi’s – “coined” by Hitler himself in “Mein Kampf,” and perpetrated by the head of Nazi propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. The theory goes like this: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

Virtually every person involved in the “mainstream media” refers to individual 1’s claims the “election was stolen,” as the “big lie.” However, I’ve yet to hear ONE of them give the historical significance of the “theory” behind the “big Lie.” This is EXACTLY why I believe individual 1 has become dominant in the republican party – he’s a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR so he fits perfectly as the leader. Most republican insiders (Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, yes, even Ted Cruz) fully understand their fuhrer is a LIAR – but, they also believe they can manipulate him to get what they want when is “power” and they believe he’s the “ticket” to their return to the majority. I just wish our media would expose the “root” of the big LIES to the American public – and that democrats would expose it to people who have been sucked in via adds, public events, whatever. Oh yes, they have adopted “The Big Lie Theory” because it works! Yikes!!!