***OFFICIAL JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS THREAD***

I'm definitely watching. It's the least we can do.

R1, if you think this is about "Democrats" rather than democracy, then go fuck yourself.

We had a fucking clown try and install himself as a dictator with a bunch of feral terrorists trying to help him do it.

Thanks for opening this thread. I'll be watching on MSNBC except from 7:30 to 8:00 when Jeopardy is on.

Where's the red carpet?

My dad called me to make sure that I watch this. He also told me that my brother owes him $11. They are semi-estranged but apparently met up in Vegas for lunch a couple years ago. My dad feels that it shouldn't have been split 50/50, since he used some of his casino credits on the lunch. But yes I am going to watch it.

What they're saying is that at the beginning, we'll be seeing a lot of Bill Barr. I'm guessing he knows he has nothing to lose with the Trump crowd and is trying to stay in the good graces of the "old school" conservative crowd.

Side note: One of Bill Barr's best friends is Mark Meadows' attorney George Terwilliger.

MSNBC or CNN?

We are watching Downunder... Will be interesting to see how all this pans out. I hope prison cells all over America are ready and willing to take the Cult followers!!

Mark Meadows eats donkey poop.

The one who needs to watch is Merrick Garland.

What’s the point? There is no such thing as consequences anymore.

R8, airing on all networks but FOX. I'm sure they've chosen to re-air the Benghazi hearings.

I really believe there is footage of Trump watching and laughing and calling for Pence to be hanged and we will see it tonight.

I just turned on the tv for the first time in a couple weeks, will watch on PBS.

Watching on MSNBC and....am I crazy......or is Nicolle Wallace channeling Melania Trump?

I wish Claire McCaskill was on the MSNBC panel, she can be a hot shit.

Merrick Garland has told his staff he will definitely be watching the hearings as much as he can. I'm watching CNN. Anderson, Laura Coates, Chris Wallace and Gloria Borger I prefer them. I don't need to be told what to think by ideologues, so I get very restless watching MSNBC. On CNN, they voice their opinions and argue but it's different. Now, I will turn away from CNN in a heartbeat if Chris Cilizza shows up. I cannot stand him. And as journalists go, I trust Anderson. Yes. Seems silly to say it, but I do.

But Anderson always has that deer in the headlights look on his face.

The suspense is killing me!

[quote]Merrick Garland has told his staff he will definitely be watching the hearings as much as he can.

"as much as he can"??? He has something better to do???

Headed out to dinner and to see a film. DVR is my friend.

R17, I'm sure she'll be on after it's over.

I seriously love Ofc. Daniel Hodges. He was on with Andrea Mitchell and I saw clips. He's so cute and very well-spoken.

I know it's kind of a backhanded compliment, but he seems far too intelligent to be a cop.

R17, Claire's on now!

Claire McC has entered the room!

Claire apparently has dressed for a cocktail party.

PBS is covering it at 8 pm. Looks like CNN is, too....naturally. I hope a lot of people watch this like Watergate back in 1973.

Already on my second glass of wine: I hope I can stay awake through this!

Sadly, the whole world could be watching but there will be no consequences.

I think it'll be an hour and a half? I might have heard wrong, though..

It’s great to see Woodward & Bernstein on CNN.

R30.

R28, what wine would you recommend for a hearing about overthrowing the govt? A simple Pinot Grigio?

CNN has Woodward and Bernstein. I'm in!

Claire AND Ari Member, along with Joy, Nicole and Rachel? The only thing that would make it better would be Jill Wine-Banks.

Adam Schiff will open with a what if? riff, based on "On The Waterfront": "Mike, I coulda been someone... I coulda been a contender- instead of Joe Palooka!".

[quote]But Anderson always has that deer in the headlights look on his face.

Which is why you can trust him. He's too dumb to be biased.

I wish Bob Woodward would shut up. Gloria Borger and Jamie Gengal are my spirit animals.

R34 2 legends. They have John Dean as a commentator too (but not so far tonight.)

I think Liz Cheney has the opening. It's supposed to be detailed and very good.

It's not just for tonight right?

EVEN TODAY, that whore that is Mccarthy STILL STILL STILL would not answer the question: Did Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election!

STILL TO THIS DAY! HIs typical oh so so so many times response: "Joe Biden is the president"....

MOTHER F&CKER! that is not what the reporter asked! He asked you if Joe Biden WON the election! and then Mccarthy goes on and on saying that it's ALL our fault, EVERYONE"S FAULT what occurred on january 6th ! WTF??!!..

[quote] along with Joy,

^^why I will not be watching MSNBC.

At least, after this, it will become the real history of what happened.

Deflect, lie, deflect, lie...repeat and repeat. repubs way..

R43

This is the event of the century.

History in the making.

....R44

Stop this R# fuckery RIGHT NOW motherfuckers, goddamn!

"Americans are ONLY concerned about the price of gas and inflation, they don't care about what happened over a year ago!" the mantra that is and will be repeated over and over again, from now on until eternity to the right wing audience... Then again, the typical fox news viewer CAN"T be concerned about both!..At the same time....

Djdhdjdjndjiaijs

These people are not here to play.

Bennie Thompson rocks

R9 Do yourself a favor and don't take any of this seriously. It's big puppet show like the impeachments were.

Preach, Rep. Thompson!

They are the same people who justified slavery. Same evil.

That's what baby water buffalo Yamiche Alcindor has been spewing all week on MSNBC, R49, damn her!

I’ve heard enough from Benny Thompson already. Let’s move on to Liz Cheney.

Bennie Thompson went there! “Ku Klux Klan and lynchings.”

5 minutes in....He's not holding back any punches.

And Kinzy! Where's Kinzy??

I'm ready for the tell all.

R54 Lmao what is this ludicrous buffoonery?

Tucker Carlson is on Fox talking about how one of the Capitol cops ACTUALLY died from a stroke. 🙄

This history is important. People don't know their history and some of these people need to hear this.

Will the sexy cop with the neck tattoos be testifying tonight (I hope)?

I LOVE how Mr. Thompson ties this treasonous insurrection to the Confederacy, KKK, lynching, etc

Thompson is only 74. I can’t believe Pelosi put such a youngster in charge of this committee.

R64 I still don’t know how he was hired as a cop with that neck tat.

"He axxed them..."

Oh, dear.

I love Benny, but come on, sir: "ASK"

Barr: “I told the president this was bullshit.” hahaha

R3. It's nice to see that way down deep in your pea-brain you know what's really going on here. I really don't think you're going to like it when the real dictators take over, will you?

"Sprawling multi-step conspiracy"

Conservative heads are exploding.

I don't care about congresspeople speaking in ebonics, if they are intelligent and know what they're talking about, which Bennie Thompson clearly does.

Not sure why others do ...

R68 R69 Why do black people almost all say “ax” for “ask?”

I wish these hearings were closer to November.

Conservative heads aren't watching, r73.

Tragically.

I thought Liz Cheney was making the opening statement.

This is fucking awesome. And fuck you racist pieces of shit. Do you ask why Bostonians say "Cah?" It's a fucking regional dialect/accent.

R71, the real dictators would be red shithole states *dictating* what my blue state can and can't do, and doing so on MY dime. The real dictators are multiple red shithole states with populations combined that are smaller than my city and getting countless senators to my two senators so they can destroy the country every single day.

Love or respect!

That’s exactly right.

R78 Cheney more likely to get the closing.

No but enough middle of the road people who are sensible and persuadable will watch.

Over the next few weeks??

[quote]Conservative heads aren't watching, [R73].

i disagree. They were the first to tune in

[quote]We had a fucking clown try and install himself as a dictator with a bunch of feral terrorists trying to help him do it.

No shit, sherlock.

Now when are the elected democrats of this country going to hold the entire Republican party accountable for aiding and abetting the clown?

Cue the excuses......

I turned on FOX News - Tucker Carlson is presenting a 180 degree different story than what the other networks will present with their live coverage of the congressional committee.

Audience numbers tomorrow should be very interesting.

R75, I don't think it's because he's black, I think it's more that he's southern.

I mean I'm from Brooklyn and my Italian neighborhood uses "axe." I did as a kid and stopped around HS.

I really hope you're right, r85.

Congressman Thompson is very...homespun, sincere and grandfatherly; he'll resonate with many Americans.

We need Eric Swalwell!

Ignore the potted plants, R79. Chairman Thompson's opening statement was thorough and enlightening.

I love Congressman Schiff and Congressman Raskin.

[quote][R75], I don't think it's because he's black, I think it's more that he's southern.

THIS is a GREAT day for the State of Mississippi!

Axe..ask...tomato...tomahto...it's all good.

I really dont care that Fuckwad Carlson has a large devoted following of idiots. They dont even make up a decent portion of the American population. Who gives a shot what they think?

Deplorables are absolutely watching for the same reason they stay on Twitter and didn't go off to their safespace platforms. They love hating "libs."

On the final night, FOX NEWS will, finally, hang Mike Pence.

I wonder what that Dick Cheney thinks of his daughter.

Get in line, r93! 😉

That made laugh r98

Interesting. Whereas Chairman Thompson referred to donald as "Donald Trump," Chairman Cheney calls him "President Trump" in every instance.

Damnit the autocorrect changed it to shot. Meant who gives a shit what deplorables think about this? Of course they won't watch.

Liz just might be setting herself up for a run for the presidency.

Jason Miller the Human Thumb

R99 He's proud of her. He attended the one year commemoration of the attack on the Capitol by her side.

Thank God he kept his mask on, I hate that ugly thumb.

Do you think Trump is watching?

Saying President gives more seriousness to the charge. He was a sitting President.

Is Liz the lesbian daughter?

Except it's one of those killer masks with a vent. The fat pig.

Not the chinless wonder Jason Miller, ew.

Tons of conservative talking heads are watching this so they can plan their distractions and lies accordingly.

It's a fucking shame Liz Cheney is such a rightwinger. She's very impressive.

There’s no there there”

R108, I pray he is and that it kills him.

People need to stop acting like this is no big deal.

This was a fucking coup.

An unsuccessful one. But it came extremely close.

R113 and sadly their idiot followers will eat up their lies

Nope R110. She has a husband and FIVE kids.

[quote]Is Liz the lesbian daughter?

No. That’s Mary.

[quote]Do you think Trump is watching?

ABSOLUTELY!

TFDFG is watching FOX. Bet on it.

R117, That is the purpose of televising 8 hearings.

He's watching over a big bowl of mashed potatoes.

It's been on less than 30 minutes and I can see already that Trump and many others in Congress currently are probably already shitting their pants. By the time this is over many of them may have stroked out or dropped dead.

R117, as has been said: A failed coup that goes unpunished is just a practice run.

Vocal fry cunt

Freakvanka!

Oh shit Ivanka - !

Don't get my hopes up, r124! 🤞

Ivanka looks like a fucking blowup doll corpse.

That would be nice R124....starting with trump.

From your lips to God's ears r124.

[quote] conservative talking heads are watching this so they can plan their distractions and lies

They’ll say the committee is cherry-picking these video clips for starters.

This is going to go on for a week. It’s like the Olympics.

These people have all the tea and all the receipts.

I’m stunned. I’m in shock.

Ivanka’s out of the will!

Ivanka eternally needs to FOAD

R110: Her sister Mary Cheney is a lesbian.

Don't fool yourselves; Dick Cheney has his daughter's back, and has donald in his crosshairs.

I hope this is just nothing but footage of everyone in Trump's life turning on him.

She sounded medicated down.

Can't stand Ivanka's fucking Bambi voice.

Ivanka looks like shit.

But I guess 200 million dollars can buy a lot of Botox.

Many people have told me how Ivanka is a liar. She had a bitch for a mother. Sad!

Ivanka is a stepford daughter... a robot.

Unfortunately, nothing will come of this

Liz Cheney is a really good speaker.

Yeah, R137. She know she has her father and other powerful Repigs with her.

[quote]And fuck you racist pieces of shit. Do you ask why Bostonians say "Cah?" It's a fucking regional dialect/accent.

Which “region” does “axx” come from?

LOL.... pardon shopping!

Holy shit Congressman asking for pardons? Did they get secret ones?

I hate to say it, but I’m falling asleep.

I’m not going finish all of my popcorn.

Man Liz Cheney is out for blood, baby! She is taking it right to Tump. Calling his name repeatedly, and using his daughter's own words! Hot damn. I said this a long time ago: Do not fuck with a Cheney. Ever.

Your popcorn will get stale over 6 weeks, R150. Finish it now,

Side note: Ms. Cheney is dressed in a lovely shade of blue. Not red; blue.

Mr. Kellyanne calls color....

TONS of ancient threads are being bumped like crazy tonight!

Vanky's off the guest list

It looks purple-ish on my tv.

Liz is NOT OUT FOR BLOOD, asshole. She is out for truth. You know, when get filmed and don’t lie. Truth. Not blood. Truth. STFU R151.

R152, the first episode of a reality show is always background and exposition. This is being masterfully produced.

Pence is a closet fag.

"Do not fuck with a Cheney. Ever."

That was my first thought when she entered the battle. The only way she was going in was knowing she was coming out with heads.

I'm wary of chiming in on threads like these, but I've been watching the hearing from the beginning and I think the opening remarks are pretty damn powerful. No holds barred. I have to agree with someone upthread who said that Cheney is a good speaker.

Would you call that Cerulean or Cornflower?

[153] ..I noticed that too. It does two things: In costume design, blue is the most sympathetic color you can put a character in. So, that's working for her. And...she's sending a subliminal signal as to where her loyalties lay.

Claire, it's oddly, Pelosi Royal Blue.

LOCK HIM UP!! LOCK HIM UP!! LOCK HIM UP!!

Closer to cornflower, with just a whisper of periwinkle....

Cornflower! Yes, R163.

Cornflower blue for a female politician. Groundbreaking.

This is deliciously Dragnet format:

Nothing but the facts.

Is the lady in green a Latina?

... "including Republican Leader McCarthy, who was, quote, 'scared.'"

You can never have enough hat, gloves or monotone introductions into damning video clips.

No Reagan Red for Liz!

Red is traditionally the formal color for women choosing not to wear black ... what a message Ms. Cheney is sending!

I can only imagine Trump is watching this and making a list of people to attack and defame in the coming hours.

I almost wish he was back on Twitter.

Jared looks puffy

Whining.

What an asshole.

"Whining..."

rolls eyes

By the time this is over tonight I'm betting Trump will be in bed curled up in the fetal position with the covers over his head.

That made Jarbot look really shitty.

Jared needs to be slapped.

BIG finish!

Brilliant, Ms. Cheney! Give the Chairwoman a standing ovation.

These hearings are brilliantly thought out - all in prime time over many spaced out evenings and not too many hours each night as Americans get bored quickly.

Superfluous observation- wig or real, Rep Cheney's hair looks awesome.

Liz Cheney should replace Beanie in Funny Girl

Liz just cursed the Republican Party. One day Donald Trumps will be gone but your shame shall remain.

Yeah. Violence and Strong Language!

“To my Republican colleagues defending the indefensible… your dishonor will be remembered”. Great line.

Dishonor she said

God, I don’t miss hearing Trump’s voice everyday

I have no doubt Liz is furious with her Repug compatriots.

Yet she’ll still be as Red R188

Jesus Christ this video is fucking chilling.

It was still a curse.

LIZ CHENEY *is* Matron Mama Morton in Chicago!

6 weeks only!

Jesus, woven together... inside and out... wow.

Damn it looks like they just started walking through even before people started storming.

The fact that all this white trash almost got what they wanted is still stunning.

Poor cops! Can you imagine being confronted with all that? And on the Capitol steps?!?

It’s still so surreal watching this…

Even a conservative white guy I know said of Jan 6th, holy shit if they (Trump's Looters) were black they'd have been machine-gunned.

This is very sobering.

This video is making me nauseous.

Did that red neck just yell white power?

White folks are wild

And the noose was "donald orange." Deliberate color choice?

I believe if that amped-up mob had managed to drag Pence out, they actually would've executed him.

hand to hand combat. Fucking hell.

Who books these Capitol Tours? Gym Jordan?

I hope they show Ashli Babbitt's death, uncensored. I don't beleive in god but I hope she's burning in hell.

Bloodthirsty! Like something out of Shakespeare.

Looters!

I’m not even American, and this footage is making me feel physically ill.

Yeah, no wonder Faux "News" doesn't want their sheep watching this "liberal propaganda".

Where did they all think they were going? Mind boggling how barbaric this was.

I'm real upset. Crying I'm so angry watching this. It's terrifying. They wanted Nancy too!

“A normal tourist visit.”

All this for… Donald Trump.

Road rage on steroids.

False Flag!

Every one of the scumbags involved in this needs to be EXECUTED. From the toothless yokels storming the building, all the way up to Green, Hawley, Kushner, et al, and Trump himself. Treasonous motherfuckers need to die.

If there was ever any doubt they would have killed Pence, Pelosi or any member of Congress that's fucking gone now.

Look at all them Antifa/BLMs! *rolleyes*

Jesus, with hockey sticks.

Now, what's that about America being "exceptional"?

Those people were ANIMALS!

Give the video editor a raise

This piece is beyond maddening, but it's perfectly edited.

C'mon now... These were just a few tourists that wanted to see the statues in Statuary Hall....

At least I’m wide awake now.

Fox is bashing Hunter Biden instead; calling him Joe’s top advisor. That’s Joe’s son, and he is not on the government payroll.

I envision that by the time the hearing tonight is over Trump will have said either to himself or so others "well, I'm fucked".

I'm watching MSNBC, it's good to hear Rachel's voice.

CHOKE ME, MR. TAPPER

Ohhh, finally a pee break!

And Trump withheld the National Guard...

He may THINK it, R234 but he'll continue the "they're lying" bullshit he's been spouting all this time.

So many great clips and sound bites that will be played all weekend.

And Trump did not send in the National Guard.

white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them.

Is the shaved head Black guy the security guard who led the crowd in the wrong direction?

Joy Reid got her church wig on for this.

I hope Dump blows his brains out tonight.

OH! I love Nicolle's dress! And Joy.... is actually wearing a decent wig!

Did Nicole send Claire to bake a cake?

Smart to provide a short break so the news people can summarize & comment.

R245:

Sexy cop with neck tattoos sighting! Yayyyyyy!

R185, No.

6/13, 6/15, 6/16, and 6/21 are televised at 10:00 a.m. EST.

Watching all the vision.....It's even more horrific in hindsight now. What a bunch of savages the mob were. Watching thru Youtube. Fuck CNN or MSNBC.

R242, and we've just seen horrifying visual proof that's not true.

[quote]Smart to provide a short break so the news people can summarize & comment.

And, go to the bathroom and refresh drinks and snacks!

So serious question, what happens on January 20 2025, when Trump is the nominee again in 2024?

Can anyone watching these videos of the 2021 attack not see where this is headed?

Switching back & forth between CNN & MSNBC.

The DoJ needs to bring charges on Trump in a MILITARY TRIBUNAL. There is a reason Gitmo has not been closed.

How can these MAGATs deny that fact they are entirely WHITE….AND MALE! The barbaric ANGRY WHITE MALE!

Did they show the cop shooting and killing the unarmed, Ashli Babbitt?

ANGRY WHITE MALES.

Hope the resuscitation paddles are working at Mar-A-Lago. No, I don't!

Stick a pitch fork in the GQP ... it's ovah!!!

r258, shockingly, there were a fair number of white women storming the Capitol, too.

Certain Karens follow "their men" dutifully.

Tell me again about how Republicans want this year's midterms to be about "law and order."

CSPAN rules.

No better summation of what the GOP has become than their rejection of Liz Cheney even as they wholeheartedly embrace the woman who believes in Jewish space lasers.

I disagree with virtually everything Cheney stands for, but she is an impressive politician.

Please, God and Baby Jesus, let it come out in these hearings that Marjorie Taylor Greene planted that pipe bomb at the Capitol.

I wonder who took that video. Had to be one of the marchers?

Brilliant to give the Networks a 10 minute recess. Just like a sports recap of the first half of a football game.

Is Trump watching CNN?

Or Fox?

I believe CNN currently.

I really don't like that so many are dressed "busines casual" rather than suit and tie.

Your daughter, the love of your life, didn't believe your claims! Your own daughter!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless, disloyal child.

R270... awesome... Trump has to watch one of the networks he hates to know what's going on.

I was going to say the same thing, r271. How odd that the film maker would come to testify in an untucked shirt and no jacket. Though I realize it's his words that matter, it's just a strange choice of wardrobe.

Smart to start with an attractive woman.

OH! Who is the blonde's hairstylist! Her hair moves and falls so beautifully

Barron, get begs of money from hidink plez, NOW! Mumma call lawyer!

No time to be stoic, Officer Edwards. If the tears well, let them flow.

R259, You mean the Trojan Horse Ashlee Babbitt? The dame who was smashing the door glass for her violent fellows with her?

Here's what she deserves: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😈

"You mean the Trojan Horse Ashlee Babbitt?" 😂😂

Fuckng cunt. R.I.P.--in hell.

[quote]Please, God and Baby Jesus, let it come out in these hearings that Marjorie Taylor Greene planted that pipe bomb at the Capitol.

I’d settle for her being identified as one of the “pardon-seekers.”

Stand back and stand b... oh fuck.

I can't stand to watch video clips of the assholes invading the capitol but I am keeping up with Tweets right now

I'm watching CNN on my television, but switching to MSNBC for commentary when it comes up. (I can't get MSNBC on my television.)

R259, she's sucking dick in hell. She's a hungry white-trash cum sucker, even in death.

Interesting that there's been no video of the crazy guy with the furs and horns. Yet, anyway.

Shockingly in the video of the crowd storming the Capital I saw at least one trio that looked like a mon, dad, and their child they were dragging along with them into the building.

He made an appearance, R287.

Shit's gettin' real for the Special Ops cosplaying Proud Boys!

[quote]Interesting that there's been no video of the crazy guy with the furs and horns. Yet, anyway.

They briefly showed him in the crowd earlier.

R286, sorry.

R259=freeper cunt fuck.

You just keep thinking 'What if they'd managed to..."

Holy shit, I feel like I’m having PTSD reliving this and seeing Trump again

I must have been furiously posting on DL then, r288.

Untucked cameraman is a posh Brit. That would explain the casual frock.

Really? You can’t get dressed up to appear at a Congressional hearing?

Give Joe Biggs a break. Maybe he was just trying to rescue Miss Lindzey, and carry her to his hotel suite?

They showed him only as part of the crowd when they first breached the Capitol R287.

I first knew of Nick Quested as the director of this Trick Daddy ft. Trina video…

The worst part is knowing that this is likely a glimpse of the future more than an isolated event. Wait for President DeSantis and his thugs.

R274: That filmmaker was probably editing and finessing footage for approval until the last minutes leading to this presentation. His attire is irrelevant.

R301, DeSantis will be much more organized. He will have his crew in uniforms.

[quote]I first knew of Nick Quested as the director of this Trick Daddy ft. Trina video…

You don’t hear much about Trina these days…

Tacos?!

Current WaPo headline: Opening statements clearly point to Trump

Subhead: Jared Kushner called threats by White House counsel to resign ‘whining’

The dude doesn’t look to happy to be there.

A couple of hundred Proud Boys marching to the Capitol BEFORE Trump began speaking. Conspiracy!

r307, I don't see that at all. He's taking it all very seriously as he should. Did you want some smiles and jokes?

Execute every motherfucking last one of these traitors.

The Chairman's doing a good job but his cadence is hard to listen to.

[quote]He's taking it all very seriously as he should. Did you want some smiles and jokes?

There’s nothing wrong with some random inappropriate giggling!

Okay so what is going to be the outcome of this?

I’m starting to think these people don’t really believe that Blue Lives Matter.

They should put Adam Kinzinger's leaked naked ass pic on the big screen.

Garland will be shamed into indictments.

Oh god, everything but the bloodhounds licking her heels!

R313, are you suggesting this should only be in service to an immediate outcome? Don't you think this as a country's historical record is fucking important?

Blue lives only matter to them when the situation involves the killing of unarmed black people.

We're watching a record being created of attempted insurrection, r313.

I've seen a lot of things in my 60 years but that wasn't on my bingo card.

Maybe he’s pissed that all his footage is no longer exclusive? What about his documentary?

Trump in handcuffs r313? In fact they should just cut to that right now.

It will be interesting to see how they present information throughout the hearings. This is only opening night.

Officer Sicknick died two days later.

This is all for naught unless Trump gets indicted.

Absolutely R318 but I’m also quite jaded.

No, that's not true, R325. This is bigger than that putz.

Better to charge Trump after all this information is presented.

Trump commits suicide. He knows drama and knows what gets ratings.

Fox really doesn’t want its viewers watching even a second of this hearing. Tucker ran without commercials tonight.

Well, R326, you're doomed to disappointment.

r320 - Nor mine, Della.

He’d never off himself

[quote]Garland will be shamed into indictments.

That, or situating his resignation letter on the resolute desk by choice or demand. Somebody grow a pair at least equal in size to Liz's.

Officer Edwards has great bone structure.

Summary of Trump plot by Jake Tappet

Narcissists are incapable of suicide.

Amber Heard IS Office Edwards in the upcoming Hulu biopic miniseries.

Trump and his team tried their best to keep things calm. The bad apples in the crowd had no connections to Trump.

She is beautiful, r335.

[quote]Execute every motherfucking last one of these traitors.

The democrats could and should have rounded everyone involved in this attempted coupe and taken them to Guantanamo Bay. The republican's very own Patriot Act allows for such a thing. And the democrats wouldn't have even had to worry about giving any of them a trial. Terrorists don't have any rights to a trial. That's how the republicans wanted it when they wrote the patriot act

And if the situations would have been reversed, it's exactly what the republicans would have done to the democrats

I was slipping in blood. It was carnage...

Riveting

[quote]Amber Heard IS Office Edwards in the upcoming Hulu biopic miniseries

Shut the fuck up

Officer Edwards would be found to be unbelievable casting in a movie of the Insurrection. What an amazingly articulate young woman, a true sheroe!

I was slipping in blood. It was carnage.

Okay R344.

Gillian Anderson could pull it off, R345.

R347, some Marys are just a little too serious for their own good. Looking at you, R344.

For those who might need a free MSNBC live stream

So the documentarian WAS there under duress.

He was subpoenaed!!!

I told you he didn’t look happy to be there.

Rachael just mentioned it.

^R351, he said that at the beginning of his testimony...'here under subpoena'.

What was that documentarian Mary's problem--why the attitude?

I won't be watching anything else this summer. I felt sick to my stomach and ashamed of this country watching that footage. The media is complicit in all this, Chis Krispy Kreme Christie is a guest on ABC, why give that man an out?

I was impressed, they kept it short and to the point. I was particularly pleased at how they've laid out how each subsequent hearing will make their case.

[Quote] I’m starting to think these people don’t really believe that Blue Lives Matter.

They were actually chanting “Fuck the Blue! Fuck the Blue!”

The video was absolutely sickening.

How dare the GOP call this “Acting like normal tourists “!

I’m watching on ABC, what’s up with David Muir’s face???!

Liz Cheney is going to lose her election to a Trump pick. What will she do next?

Well….I found it compelling, but my mind was not blown, Jamie Raskin. The imbedded video of the melee and the video of the meetup in the parking garage was new, but pretty much everything else was known. Why didn’t they ask Quested if he discussed plans with Terrio. You know damned well they did.

That ending, where guy after guy after guy was talking about how he came because Trump asked him to (as if it was personal) ... mark my words, we're going to find out that so many of them had raging crushes on him.

Proud bois are cops with million dollar pensions your tax dollars pay for.

I may be mistaken, but I think Fat Fatty is on the ABC payroll, R355, via "This Week With George Stephanopolus."

(P.S. re: your summer viewing -If it's any consolation, the final season of "Animal Kingdom" airs this season. Just in time.)

Liz Cheney is going to lose her election to a Trump pick. What will she do next?

My hope is she runs as Independent and splits the R vote

[Quote] Barr: “I told the president this was bullshit.”

In public however Barr supported the president’s charge of a stolen election

No r366 he did not. I hate Barr with the heat of 10,000 suns for what he did to the Mueller report AND for kissing Trump's ass after his resignation BUT he did tell the American people that there was no evidence of fraud in November 2020. I have to give the fat fuck that.

r364, I don't WANT to watch anything else, I turned the TV off when the hearing ended and will never support Chris Krispy Kreme's rehabilitation.

R99 Regarding Dick Cheney, check out VICE with Christian Bale. It gets into his relationship with both daughters.

Arch-creepy pollster Frank Luntz was watching the hearing "with a focus group of high school/college students" - "they are not paying attention, this is too boring for them..."

Hence our civilization's dark present: social media has taken the "seriousness" out of everything. Likes, self absorption, video gaming, short attention span, all turning like captive little Monads to the their tribal bubble... BUT..... R366 what will last from tonight is Bill Barr saying "it is bullshit" and Ivanka then saying.. "I trust and believe Barr" It almost sounds like mental health.

Redstate.com never disappoints. Not a mention of the hearings on their front page. Just multiple hit/hate pieces about how Biden, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, and Joy Behar are threats to our democracy and way of life. Oh, and an article about AR-15s being 'not so bad', and how gas price hikes around the globe are the fault of Biden.

Arch-creepy pollster Frank Luntz was watching the hearing "with a focus group of high school/college students" - "they are not paying attention, this is too boring for them..."

Yes. Sure. They were bored. I will have to privately enlighten them. At least the bored males.

I have a short attention span and did not move from in front of the television. People saying over and over again " nothing will come of this" are dump supporters who voted for that freak 4 times using different addresses.

Well, one person on Twitter said her former Trumper parents watched with her and said they would never vote for a Repub after that. It would be great if there are more like them.

2/ All of the vandals, liars and MAGA extremists will be flushed out in a coherent story that people can understand. Those people are Americans and they like America. The facts and the presentation are going to hit MAGA like a Neptune missile piercing a Russian hull.

[quote]I turned the TV off when the hearing ended and will never support Chris Krispy Kreme's rehabilitation.

I'm with you. I can't believe that POS still has any kind of credibility in anyone's eyes. But leave it to the increasingly inhuman looking David Tyler Muir and company to have him as a political analyst.

R35 Or Olivia Troye!

The documentarian is on CNN now.

Laura Ingraham is on Fox News saying the hearing was “a flop” but she’s not running any footage of it.

I didn't notice anything off with David Muirs appearance. I'm a pasty bitch too and prefer to have a tan. Pasty skin looks sickly.

Me thinks perv Gym was one asking for pardon. Hope Marj and Bobo are some others.

Fox will have its license removed by the FCC. Fox is banned in New Zealand.

The insurrection failed because it was led by an ignorant fat fuck and a bunch of losers, stars of their personal Instagram pages.

What happened was shocking, I was upset by the videos. How dare those unwashed fools try to overthrow an honest election? trump belongs in prison. I hate that smug arrogant ass.

Now we have to keep the insurrection failed. Dangerous liars still live among us. They're stupid and they don't care who they hurt in their quest to create a fantasy land that never was and will never be. The best trump and his stinking followers managed to do was shit in the halls of Congress. Fools incapable of unselfish rational thinking, believers of lies from the mouths of charlatans.

trump and legislators who participated in this should not be allowed to hold public office. They should be in prison.

Can’t speak for the channel, but foxnews.com is kind of burying Trump by omission which surprises me. Might just be too soon, but the are reporting accurately testimony with no editorial pushback.

Again, might be too soon.

Jackie's cookie jar!

"Fox will have its license removed by the FCC."

What world are you in, R382?

I knew the country was in trouble and that January 6th was beyond disgusting and that DJT is a mob guy at heart and action but I had no understanding JUST HOW horrible and crazy and sick Jan. 6 was and how many crazy POS are in congress in the GOP and the white trash POS in our country. There ar NO words for that video-I thought I had seen the worst but that video was chilling. I hate those dogs that invaded the capitol-they can burn in hell!

I honestly cannot understand anyone but someone as amoral and pscho as DJT thinking what happened on Jan. 6 was OK -and that so many don't understand this could happen again and next time will be worse. GOP are TRASH and garbage. Along with this and the fact that not a god damn thing will be done on guns-well this country can gom to hell!

I'm not in love with Biden or the weak ass pussy Dems either-they need to fight like street thugs or this country will descend into hell.

I know I know-MARY!. But holy nshit balls this was devastating. Now we have to wait until Monday , Very impressed and very depressed.

I am not one to glorify this country but the events of January 6th were appalling and reprehensible. There is absolutely no excuse and if we don’t get rid of the people involved who are still serving, and prevent any possibility of Trump returning, we are even stupider than I thought.

[Quote] I hate Barr with the heat of 10,000 suns for what he did to the Mueller report AND for kissing Trump's ass after his resignation BUT he did tell the American people that there was no evidence of fraud in November 2020. I have to give the fat fuck that.

Barr did finally agree there was no evidence of fraud but originally Barr opened investigations into possible fraud. Everyone knew it was nonsense right after the election.

I watched it with my 94 year old Trumper-lite father. He was at my house watching tv January 6th and he was shocked but after a few days he was repeating the FOX talking points about the crowd being Antifa. This time he started up with all the crap about how no one has proved anything against Trump and it's all the liberal media's fault. He quieted down after the first half hour or so. I think seeing the footage again knocked some sense back into him.

R390 Interesting.

Somehow I think the only solution is to love the MAGA-lost back, not to some agreed upon policy positions, but rather back to mental health. I don't know how that happens nationally, but I guess, like so much, do the best thing in front of you. Do we have MAGA Dads and Moms? Love them. Love them as much as they will allow.

OK, everybody - let's take a break and end tonight with a laugh.

The pronunciation is from Dorset R147

Is this thread official official? I don’t want to waste my time.

Yes, r394.

Can I see the certificate?

Cheney is out for blood. She wants to get the Members of Congress who were evil too, and she especially plans on destroying McCarthy forever. Anyone who was involved in the whisper campaign to remove her from leadership and pressured Dickhead McCarthy, all of them are going to get drenched in the pig's blood. This is Prom night and she's Carrie. As I recall, Liz Cheney was with Trump 90% of the time at first. When did she fall from his good graces? I remember he said mean things about her, and instead of her dropping to her knees with her mouth open, she kicked his ass and it was on, baby. Trump may have also said mean things about her daddy. I wish I could remember how it all fell apart. I have a feeling McCarthy was out to get her and went to Tump complaining about her. Kevin is a snivelng cowadly POS and undehanded too.

Norm Eisen on Don Lemon. Ha! Loving him. How have I not heard his commentary before?

[quote] Fox will have its license removed by the FCC.

If you mean Fox News, it's a cable network. The FCC only regulates broadcast networks, not cable. There is no FCC license to remove.

FYI: Enique Tarrio is Cuban American, He was, at one time an FBI informant. Pure sleaze, pure opportunist. Evil violent thug.

Oh, I forgot. He is also a "close friend" of Roger Stone's.

I hope they make public the Members of Congress who asked for PARDONS.

Fuckers knew they were guilty of criminal acts.

None of this would be uncovered without a majority of '1' in the House (Kamala). Thanks for voting, but we have to do better. There are enough anti-Republican voters in the U.S. to take the House and Senate this fall. All of us have to vote or we will lose everything.

Every single one of you is absolutely insane if you think politics is more consequential than daytime soap operas.

I don’t think Liz Cheney’s motivation is personal. She is just not willing to swallow shit.

Who was asking for pardons?!!

^ who knows, but we're gonna find out soon enough.

I have r1 blocked. You should block foot face from Shittsburgh too.

R406 Rep. Scott Perry and "several other GOP House members. "

I'm convinced that Adam Kinzinger will run for the 2024 POTUS nom for the sole reason to shred Trump onstage during the primary debates.

Colbert said Carlson’s show ran without commercials so the Fox audience wouldn’t stray.

I hate Republicans, but I have to admire Liz Cheney’s willingness to torpedo her political career over the GQP coup attempt. Unfortunately, she and Kinzinger seem to be the only non-fascist Republicans in Congress.

predictable yet fucking despicable that Fox didn't air the hearing. The real news networks all did. I'm eager to see the ratings.

I hate to say this given her past but Cheney really shined. I love how good she is at targeting those involved with the insurrection, notably Trump. LOVE how she dangled the crumbs of some repub congress members seeking pardons regarding their conduct and then the whole part about Trump being perfectly fine with the idea of the mob hanging Pence.

I want to see more of the testimonies from Barr, Ivanka, Jared and hopefully other big names too

lmfao @ Jason Miller

really smart for the committee's first witness to be an attractive blonde white woman capitol guard. The average person watching would be horrified to know someone like her was getting assaulted by those Trumper thugs.

[quote]None of this would be uncovered without a majority of '1' in the House (Kamala).

Is there a political equivalent of "Oh My"?

R370, Those students are perfect young Capitalists. They know there is big money in Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and the rest of the self-aggrandizing Internet "media." They seek to become "influencers" with followers and sponsors.

IOW: They cannot monetize these hearings; hence, "boring."

Who makes all the big decisions at Fox now? Lachlan?

[quote] Why do black people almost all say “ax” for “ask?”

The original spelling of the word was "aks."

What’s this about Mike Pence being hung?

Only by the neck.

[quote]Fox will have its license removed by the FCC

They're a cable channel, they don't have one to take away. And networks do not have FCC licenses. Individual broadcast stations do.

Fox should lose its press pass to the WH

we've known they aren't a news channel for many years but this is the biggest public revelation of it.

[quote] None of this would be uncovered without a majority of '1' in the House (Kamala).

R403 is confusing the House of Commons with the House of Lords.

[quote]let it come out in these hearings that Marjorie Taylor Greene planted that pipe bomb at the Capitol.

If it had been her, she'd have been busted by now. She's too stupid to not have been caught by now.

God the pipe bomb…may the culprit be revealed.

Aww, I'm bothered that they didn't reference people taking shits in the building. Still floored by how many people were there. They could've taken over that entire city if they wanted to.

It's quite satisfying to hear that Ivanka threw daddy under the bus.

As I predicted she would, r426, many months ago when the then existing Manhattan DA investigation, NY State investigation, Georgia's and this one geared up.

Ivanka is gonna save herself. In in doing so, if she has to drop a dime on Daddy, so be it. She knows if the shoe were on the other foot and he had to sacrifice one of his kids to save himself, he would.

Ivanka got there first.

I like the touch of reverse "King Lear" that it was his favorite child that has so publicly wielded the knife.

Tucker Carlson threatened another insurrection

He said something like, why are they calling that an insurrection? It wasn't an insurrection, but if they want an insurrection, they might get one.

The DOJ/FBI need to investigate him. In the past year he went over to Belarus to watch how a real authoritarian country steals an election. He met with their dictator and He's also visited Putin,

P.S, according to everyone on Twitter fox did not have any commercials because they didn't want to risk any of their viewers turning the channel to the hearing. They showed clips of the insurrection, but they didn't show any of the terrorists inside the capitol.

I very much enjoyed the look on Ivanka's face, that was somewhere between irretrievably stupid and terrified.

I wonder if Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, feel a twinge of soul sickness that they owe their appointment to the likes of Trump.

I hope so.

^HA! Now, that was funny, Della...

Yeah, I know, I know, r432.

I could take a running start, flap my arms and fly over Lake Michigan before they'd feel any revulsion, but it's nice to daydream.

"This is prom night and she (Cheney) is Carrie".....love that line R397.

The committee & video failed to mention Miss Lindsey even once. She was quite distraught that day.

R425, God bless the cop who killed Ashli Babbitt.

That dose of reality stopped the rioters.

I wouldn't mind repub Cheney running for President in 2024. I wouldn't vote for her, but I wouldn't be nervous if she won.

Don't be stupid, r417.

Too bad more of the protesters weren't shot.

Not protesters...treasonist rioters^^

R437, Please. She is yet a Republican, with all the agenda, principles, and philosophy that entails.

That she appears rational now makes her no less a greedhead in the service of the 1%.

Well...there will always be a republican candidate...so, I would rather it be her, than DeSantis or trump. She at least, seems to have some ethics....unlike the rest of her thug party.

Miss Lindsay ran into chambers to shuck and jive after the terrorist attack was quelled on J6

Does Miss L have any close friends?

Depends on how much he is willing to pay them r444.

Ivanka may have thrown daddy under the bus, but she and Jared have enough money from all of their grifting during their "term in office" they don't need him or his bullshit anymore.

[quote]She at least, seems to have some ethics....unlike the rest of her thug party.

Which means she has no chance of making it through Republican primaries. Currently, she's running 20-30 points behind the MAGA opponent for her Wyoming House seat.

Tuning into FNC now to relish their DEEP denial. lol

Like someone said upthread, she should run as an Independent, then. That would split the party votes....even better.

They’re making it all about Pelosi and said that Jim Banks and Jim Jordan are running their own “investigation” with Banks calling last night “a big dud.” Poor Fox.

That clip of Ivanka testifying looked like a deer caught in the headlights, I wish it was possible to see the complete testimony of Ivanka, Jared and Bill Barr, well maybe more of the highlights since they all testified more than 8 yours each. No one should have to watch that much of those people.

Bennie Thompson is not good at this. His editorializing on the the horror - it's fine in his introductions and transitions. Bbugged the crap out of me that he was leading the witnesses, editorializing in his leads in his questions, and editorializing on their statements, and drawing meaning and conclusions from their statements. DURING their testimony. It's not a good look. Save if for AFTER and BETWEEN witnesses. Won't any of the lawyers on his commission tell him to cut that out?

I guess the wind is blowing to the left this morning?

[quote]Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera: Proud to call Bernard Kerik my friend. After the gift of pardon granted him by President Trump I’d be shocked if Bernie didn’t back POTUS 100%. President Trump was my friend too. But he took an aberrant turn after losing the election that put his interests ahead of his country.

The idea that the FCC and NO organization has any control over cable "news" broadcasting is unbelievable!

carlson early in the night: ashley babbit was innocent and unarmed she didn't deserve to die...and I might add throughout his show he did that utterly BIZARRE INAPPROPRIATE WILD LAUGHING OF HIS! And that literally a second later, went back to his furrowed brow serious facial expression of "concern" look!... WHAT THE FUCK! is that guy on something! he's so weird!...

hannity: what about a congressional hearing about all of the riots, looting and burning of buildings with BLM? and the democrats wouldn't allow so and so to be on that committee boo hoo! (what happened and stopped them from having their own investigation then or a independent one hannity? nothing!)...

R453.. anyone, I repeat ANYONE whose been friends with Donald Trump for years and years (Geraldo) is a p.o.s. too... end of story....

and that goes for mr. back track now from being trump's friend donnie deutsch on msnbc..

The Donald Trump Butthurt Tour continues apace:

"Bill Barr was a weak and frightened Attorney General who was always being “played” and threatened by the Democrats and was scared stiff of being Impeached. How do you not get impeached? Do nothing, or say nothing, especially about the obviously RIGGED & STOLEN Election or, to put it another way, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY! The Democrats hit pay dirt with Barr, he was stupid, ridiculously said there was no problem with the Election, & they left him alone. It worked for him, but not for our Country!"

The ghost of Roy Cohn was weeping in Hell, last night.

Who am I kidding, Cohn had no soul. Just like Trump.

I mean, a bunch of angry WHITE SUPREMACISTS. How can they not see this with their own eyes? That they are exclusively white. Hmmm…Maybe because they see themselves as having a Jesus-ordained white man supremacy. Every other Jesus ordained “lesser” group should immediately recognize thi.

My point is, these MAGATs see this footage as them simply exercising their Constitutional rights to “save” their country.

[quote]Every single one of you is absolutely insane if you think politics is more consequential than daytime soap operas.

Это именно то, что я ожидал от вас, но вы слишком очевидны.

I expect we'll see more of Ivanka's testimony and I hope we'll see more of her than those extreme closeups. I'd love to study her body language. Jared, too.

"Ivanka's an idiot," says dear old Dad.

Your dishonor will remain.

MMPH! I'll say something nice...

He held off much longer than I would have expected.

[quote]Your dishonor will remain.

I wonder how Mitt Romney (among a few other Republicans) feel this morning...

BELIEVE MY LIES, BELIEVE MY LIES, BELIEVE MY LIES.

Re: Bill Barr

I thought Trump only hired the best people.

I didn’t watch, but did they air anything Ivanka said? I imagine she’ll be using this to help rehabilitate her image. I think Trump’s tweet actually kinda supports that - he’s saying she had long checked out. Is that supposed to mean she wasn’t knee deep in the shit like the rest of them? Or coke, like Jr and his tranny wife…

[quote]ashley babbit was innocent and unarmed

Among all of the idiocy and hypocrisy of the parasitic cockroaches on the right, this is without question among the stupidest. Aside from the fact that only a moron comes along AFTER THE FACT to say a person literally coming through a window she and her fellow feral terrorist creatures had just broken for the sole purpose of going to hunt for MoC, how in the fuck would anyone know whether she was armed or unarmed IN THAT MOMENT? Make her brown or black, you think these fuckers would defend that behavior? They've defended the murders of minorities for far less reasons. These assholes defend killing black people in their own homes and in their own bed, but a terrorist literally there for the sole purpose to commit violence is innocent? She was warned, right-wing fuckers.

Aren't they the ones who tell people to obey the police and you won't get hurt? That in a nutshell tell you the sense of entitlement with conservative whites - scum of the earth.

Everyone should keep one thing in mind about Bill Barr and what a scumbag he is (not that it wasn't already evident): He said he would still vote for Trump again.

far fewer reasons*

A twitter comment said...trump will cast out Ivanka, like his ex-wifes. So true...

I do wonder about how those people who were there in Washington DC for the Trump mess, (the overthrowing of the US government) feel about their attendance and participation now? I do know of one former friend who was there and was Instagramming live about it. His thing was that it was peaceful, etc. He later made posts pushing the right-wing bullshit that the coup was peaceful and the people arrested were illegally arrested and suffering without due process, yadda, yadda.... However, for the past 2-3 months he doesn't mention anything about it and has gone off to some other right-wing bullshit. At one point he asked me why did I follow him (I've had to put him "in-check" a few times) and my reply was that I think that he is a radicalized right-wing nut extremist that should be monitored and should he cross the line I have the FBI on speed dial to report him. Surprisingly, he hasn't blocked me which just leads me to believe that a lot of these idiots are just looking for attention and want to be a part of something that they define as a massive group movement. They fail to entertain the notions that they were simply being used and were participating in the overthrow of the government.

Why Mitt Romney, R464?! He not only voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial (making him the first Senator in history to vote to convict a president of his own party), but voted to convict him in the post-1/6 impeachment trial.

You have to know there are many republicans in the political class who are secretly hoping that either these hearings or - more likely - the criminal law process will take Trump out for them.

[quote]A twitter comment said...trump will cast out Ivanka, like his ex-wifes. So true...

Why would she care. She is legitimately rich ever since her marriage to Kushner. There's real money there unlike the money Trump purports to have. That's why Trump has always been up Jared's asshole. Real money versus fake money.

[quote]Why Mitt Romney, [R464]?! He not only voted to convict Trump in the first impeachment trial (making him the first Senator in history to vote to convict a president of his own party), but voted to convict him in the post-1/6 impeachment trial.

-"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.

-Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor. -- Ginetta Sagan

This whole thing is pointless imo. Sure the videos and testimony were chilling, but they didn’t tell us anything we don’t already know. And so far there’s been lots of talk about norm breaking or just generally shitty behavior (like Trump saying maybe Pence should be hung) but nothing that’s going to result in anyone going to jail. So basically it’s a weeks long demonstration of how the mob was violent (we already know) and Trump and his minions are assholes (we already know). None of this is going to change anything. Anyone who was still on board with Trump after Jan 6 is unreachable at this point.

"He sucked!" - Donald Trump, former president of the United States, ladies and gentlemen.

In all seriousness, we need to burn down the country if only to purify it of this toxic shit who has so defiled the presidency with his mere presence. What a stupid, vile , odious buffoon.

Barr totally obfuscated the criminal findings of The Mueller Report for Trump and now he thinks he sucks.

It’s never enough.

Tha baby needs feeding...

So, Nick Quested, the Brit documentary film maker, was "embedded" with the Proud Boys.

Does that mean he fooled the Insurrectionists into believing he was on their side and filming their actions for their benefit? I'm just trying to get a better sense of who he is....

R480, as someone who’s worked in doc production before, with these types it doesn’t take much - they want the attention SO bad.

Quested probably could’ve held a shoebox and told them it was a camera and it would’ve been fine. They’re absolutely DESPERATE for attention.

[quote]Sure the videos and testimony were chilling, but they didn’t tell us anything we don’t already know.

New information revealed, per NPR:

Not previously publicly seen video footage from police body cameras, Capitol hallway and office footage, as well as police radio communication;

Trump Attorney General Bill Barr telling investigators in his on-camera deposition that he told Trump his allegations of election fraud were "b*******." Barr revealed this in his book, but it carries different weight with him telling it to a congressional committee;

Ivanka Trump, the former president's daughter and a former senior adviser in his White House, saying she accepted what Barr had to say. "I respect Attorney General Barr," she was shown saying, "so I accepted what he was saying."

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley saying Vice President Mike Pence was being direct and wanting the military's help at the Capitol. The response from the White House, on the other hand, was very different. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Milley said, wanted instead to shape a "narrative" that Trump was in control. Milley said that wreaked of "politics, politics, politics," and it was a "red flag";

Cheney said Rep. Scott Perry and "multiple other Republican congressmen" sought "presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election";

New texts between Fox News host Sean Hannity and then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany; Former campaign adviser Jason Miller saying on camera that he told Trump in "pretty blunt terms that he was going to lose;"

Trump lawyer Alex Cannon affirming there was no evidence of widespread election fraud or the election being stolen.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on camera saying they went to the Capitol that day because they believed that's what Trump wanted done, they felt he'd asked them to do it and that after Trump's "Stand back and stand by" remark in a debate, membership tripled.

Did anyone pound on a table and rant about THE TRUTH? Just wondering if I should tune in for the next episode.

I was about to say, R481. It's the same reason they stay on Twitter rather than go off to their echo chambers of idiocy. Same reason they were all literally filming their behavior. Why do you think Trump appeals to them aside from his hate? His narcissism.

It all leads back to Trump.

My complaint is that they needed subtitles. Not everything was clear.

Your only post, r476?

[quote] When you hear the GOP rail against Jan 6th Committee hiring a TV producer, remember that Trump leaving Walter Reed after getting Covid was a Mark Burnett production replete with long helicopter ride over the Potomac at sunset. It was a propaganda commercial for fascism.

R484, it’s also why they troll DL.

Have the viewership ratings been released?

I do hope will see some of the twat Kayleigh McEnany's testimony next week.

Colbert

R485. Proving the linkage personally and directly to Dump is what they need to show. Use a chalk board with names and arrows, with interview footage. They need to show a direct link to Dump himself….a SLAM DUNK LINK to Trump directly.

Former FOX employee will be testifying on Monday

[quote]I do hope will see some of the twat Kayleigh McEnany's testimony next week.

I'd love to see her asked about the text between her and Hannity invoking the 25th amendment, if only for the paroxysm of rage it will induce in Trump.

I saw a video montage of new clips from Jan 6 clips with the Fox News logo. Was that doctored or did Fox News actually air it?

LOL!

[quote]This is Prom night and she's Carrie.

LOL... I think that is very true. She is much better than Bennie Thompson. I find him hard to follow. I don't know what her motive is... either revenge or patriotism, but she's actually pretty scary... hard right... not who you want as president. But I'll thank her for this.

[quote]I wonder if Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, feel a twinge of soul sickness that they owe their appointment to the likes of Trump

I usually reject conspiracy theories as a matter of principle. They're a waste of time and the crowd pushing them are not the kind of people you want to hang with. But last night was so effective I actually found myself wondering if those three are in on something. I mean, the gap between their confirmation hearings and the Roe decision cannot be explained favourably.

My goodness...

Re the idea of Ivanka rehabilitating herself... she's really in hell. If you tied her down and threatened to make her wear polyester, she'd admit she despises the deplorables. Few other people would want anything to do with her. She will stink of the stench for the rest of her days. She is in hell.

It's going to be like the end of Citizen Kane for her, alone on her pile of money... after all, prison sentences may run in the Kushner family for all we know... they're still comparatively young... there's lots of time to get caught.

One thing I took away from last night is that Trump, for me, kind of lost his idiocy. All along I thought he's just stupid, mentally deficient. But he knew... it wasn't Hitler's bunker... some people were telling him the truth... and still he persisted. He's not so stupid he couldn't form intent.

I also partly wonder if everybody thinks nothing will change, but the whole exercise is to make Trump (and possibly many other Republicans) so repellent to swing voters that it spares the country his re-election. Because after this, if he was... it would be taking a torch to the rule of law because there will always be somebody willing to say 'You bet, Mr. President!"

And all I want for Christmas is the names of those Republicans who sucked after pardons. How damning.

I want to see Cheney debate Dump in the primaries. He would wilt and resort to name calling and make another ass of himself. If he has any places left on his body for another ass.

[quote] Sure the videos and testimony were chilling, but they didn’t tell us anything we don’t already know.

After a year of GOP bs-ing that these were just tourists at the Capitol, it was nice to remind the country of the truth.

Also, it showed that nearly everyone in Trump's inner orbit knew all the talk about a stolen election was crap, so Trump surrounded himself with people who would believe him.

Am I right in thinking last night was opening arguments, and the subsequent days and night will provide the evidence and proof of the opening argument?

Personally, I didn't find the cop or the documentarian particularly compelling - truthful, certainly, but not compelling. The video was sickening, though. I hope in addition to the TV producer they have some very good prosecutors helping them connect the story as it is told. I much admire Adam Schiff, but I fear so much this is going to devolve into a bunch of politicians delivering remarks written in the style of JFK but as ever without the delivery skills of JFK. That's why I like Cheney. She's a school teacher, but you can follow the lesson.

Last night was the only evening session, right? Won't the rest be in the afternoon?

I think the last one is at night, too.

Big finish.

R493 obviously hasn’t been following along. There are plenty of direct links, esp. with Eastman. Wait until they get into the coup plot, don’t know why they didn’t lead with that last night.

The key thing is Barr’s testimony and others like it - proving that Trump KNEW what he was doing was wrong and illegal. He can’t just say, “I really thought I won.” It’s obvious he was obstructing the peaceful transfer of power at all costs.

Trump is toast.

Blah blah blah blaaaaah!!!!!

NOTHING will happen to these asshole cunts! NOTHING! Sadly this is just a show. Repigs get away with EVERYTHING without punishment because WE LET THEM! Those cocksuckers Lindsey and Mitch knew about Jan 6th and they will walk free! Same goes for fat ass Cruz. He knew all about this and he'll waddle away a free cunt! Americans are the dumbest cunts on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only we had R508 in charge. She really gets it.

R471 I wonder if those who asked for preemptive pardons ever thought their ask would be made public.

Looking at you Gym Jordan.

Plus, I want to see all the Trump videos that were NOT used when the I Love You video was.

The January 6 Committee needs to subpoena Lachlan Murdoch and news & programming executives from their Fox propaganda machine. There was coordination, and anchors, such as Hannity, had certain communication with Trump and/or his staff during the insurrection period.

r509 will be standing alone a month from now saying, "What now?"

Kinzinger lobs a grenade.

I'm never 100% whether Steve Schmidt is sane or not but he's damned entertaining.

Poor DL got no taste of Republican boyfriend Kinzy.

That hearing has me concerned.

[quote] It’s never enough.

Tell me about it. All I did for this motherfucker was to win him the '16 election by keeping open the Scalia seat.

R451 Ivanka is even more pissed that the lighting in that clip makes her look like a ghoul. But Stephen Colbert had a great line last night when he said that Donald Trump finally got screwed by his daughter!

Marjorie Taylor Greene Insists Trump Isn't Responsible For Capitol Riot

R501, the point you make is important. Trump isn’t the buffoon both friend and foe often think he is. He fully understood what he was doing. He’s not delusional—he’s evil.

R500, I hope it is more like the end of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS. For all of the Trumps.

Meanwhile on Fox News

R519, no one needs to click on that and no shit that the neanderthal cunt thinks that.

Farron makes some excellent points, r523, but you do you.

Is it on again tonight? I watch it on YouTube. I don’t know the schedule. Does anyone know, and could you post that? Tia!

Who is Farron?

Farron Cousins, r526.

Monday morning at 10:00 Eastern time is next hearing -- on MSNBC and probably CNN.

Farron balanced

So what is the outcome? who is getting charged?

Go back to sleep, r530.

[quote] One thing I took away from last night is that Trump, for me, kind of lost his idiocy. All along I thought he's just stupid

Trump has been completely dumbfounded how he can tell his supporters any lie and they buy it hook line and sinker. It is a power he really enjoys and abuses. Since we don't fall for his bullshit it makes him look ignorant to us, I think Trump probably has average intelligence, not smart not dumb just average but since he has told his supporters that he has a very high IQ and that he is a stable genius they believe it.

How many times must it be said this is all informational? It's not a court hearing. It's for the official record, to educate the American people and to get the DOJ to move their asses on some super fucked up shit.

He is a grifter from birth. Grifting is a skill requiring one to be able to read people correctly.

Thank you, R533. I don't know why people aren't getting it. This committee can't "charge" people. It's on the DOJ to watch this, see the evidence and do something.

[quote]He is a grifter from birth. Grifting is a skill requiring one to be able to read people correctly.

Yes - I don't think he is necessarily smart from an IQ standpoint, but he has some survival instincts and ability to manipulate that have served him well. The fact that he has no conscience, lies with every breath, and no sense of loyalty or shame has helped him further his agenda.

R508 is such a troll, knowingly or not.

This is EXACTLY what the fascists want you to think.

Stevie, baying at the moon again, but bitching like a DLer...

no accountability is a turn on for magats. "Nothing will happen" gives them a boner, it is why they voted for him multiple times in multiple states.

Definitely knowingly, r537.

Gas prices...

When's the next public hearing?

Remember when Ivanka and Jarod dreamed about both being presidents one day...

R542, Monday, 10 a.m. am pretty sure.

Lafayette Square gallows? Line them up. It’s time to see the trumpanzie’s swinging from the ropes. Fucking seditious traitors.

R474, Jared's money?! Can you say "Saudi Arabia's"?

I thought you could.

Jared Kushner most definitely has a punchable face.

I wish they would have quotes from the various Republicans who called the mob "tourists" and Trump saying they were "peaceful."

Trump is not angry with Ivanka for what she said to the committee. She was mislead. Here he is on Truth Social:

[quote] Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!).

I know there are many more things to hate about Dump, but I really fucking hate how he randomly capitalizes words.

Is Trump implicitly claiming that he studied election results? Like, buried himself in the data?

[Quote] no accountability is a turn on for magats. "Nothing will happen" gives them a boner

Yes it is. That's is why Repigs get away with EVERYTHING since Reagan. NO ONE outside of Repigland does one thing to stop them.

R533 (et. al.) who doesn't get what? It's a congressional hearing... which has its own form, its own history, and its own impact. Is this a DOJ prosecution? Of course not. Will it put pressure on DOJ? Duh, of course.

[quote]Is Trump implicitly claiming that he studied election results? Like, buried himself in the data?

Here's Trump's data: The moment you tell him what he doesn't want to hear, he brings in the next set of kooks who tell him what he wants to hear. He only listens to you if you agree with him on every fucking thing. The moment you tell him the truth, you're the "worst" AG/Def. Sec/Labor Sec/gardener who ever existed.

You can be devoted to his scumbag ass for 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds and if you disagree during that one second, he hates you for life.

His brain is underdeveloped. An immature pile of shit.

[Quote] How many times must it be said this is all informational? It's not a court hearing. It's for the official record, to educate the American people and to get the DOJ to move their asses on some super fucked up shit.

Sadly no one gives a fuck! Americans are dumb and want to stay that way! They spend 24/7 on their cell phones. Repigs will get away with Jan 6th. Those cunts Lindsey, Mitch and fat ass Cruz will get away with knowing everything about Jan 6th before it happened. Americans will just say, "Jan 6th, what?"

It's odd he tweeted "Ivanka Trump" instead of just "Ivanka".

And Republicans know Americans are mostly morons because they can scream "gas prices" and "baby formula" and no one in the media says outright that Republicans voted AGAINST bills specifically addressing those issues.

[quote]It's odd he tweeted "Ivanka Trump" instead of just "Ivanka".

We're not on a first-name basis, I barely know her.

So from what I'm seeing, the far left is having orgasms over these hearings and the far right is saying they're bullshit. Correct?

LOL! ^

That was for R558 because R559 is clearly a moron.

[quote]It's odd he tweeted "Ivanka Trump" instead of just "Ivanka".

My two guesses;

1) He just simply LOVES seeing his name "Trump"

2) He is sending a subtle message to her to BEST remember who she is and if she doesn't.... well, they haven't found Jimmy Hoffa have they?

Not. Incorrect. As usual.

R559 Ms Cheney is far right, Pookie.

LOL!!!

Trump’s Truth Social Is Banning Users Who Post About Jan. 6 Hearings, According to Reports

The irony is rich: Truth Social, Donald Trump’s Twitter copycat claiming it is “free from political discrimination,” has reportedly banned users who posted information from Thursday’s congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — in which the former president is a key focus.

That’s according to several posts on Twitter by users who claimed Truth Social was censoring them. Reps for Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns and operates Truth Social, did not respond to a request for comment.

Travis Allen, whose Twitter bio describes him as an information security analyst, on Thursday evening posted a screenshot from the Truth Social app that said “Account suspended,” and he wrote: “My Truth Social account was just permanently suspended for talking about the January 6th Committee hearings.”

He added, “So much for ‘free speech.’ This is censorship!” Allen did not provide details about what allegedly led to Truth Social kicking him off the platform.

“Seeing a lot of folks getting banned from Trump’s Truth Social for posting updates about the January 6 Committee hearings,” Max Burns, communications director for New York State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, tweeted Friday. “Apparently free speech has its limits even in Trumpland.”

Also Friday morning, another Twitter user reported, “Just put out my first post on Truth social and they deleted it. Real freedom of speech champs there.”

Truth Social’s terms of service state, “We reserve the right to, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, deny access to and use of the service (including blocking certain IP addresses), to any person for any reason or for no reason… We may terminate your use or participation in the service or delete [your account and] any content or information that you posted at any time, without warning, in our sole discretion.” (Twitter’s terms of service include similar language.) In the U.S., under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, internet platforms like Truth Social have legal protections for their content-moderation decisions — a carve-out that Trump unsuccessfully sought to revoke when he occupied the White House.

Twitter permanently banned Trump in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot citing the risk of ongoing violence after he posted a video praising the violent mob seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Billionaire Elon Musk, whose $44 billion bid for Twitter is pending, has called Twitter’s ban of the ex-president a mistake and a decision he would reverse.

Earlier this year, as a counter to the alleged anti-conservative bias of Big Tech, Trump launched Truth Social. It’s not clear how many users are on Truth Social. Trump currently has 3.2 million followers on the app; before he was banned from Twitter, he had more than 88 million followers.

As of March 31, 2022, Trump Media & Technology Group had not generated any revenue to date and has warned investors that “TMTG may never generate any operating revenues or ever achieve profitable operations.” Sarasota, Fla.-based TMTG had approximately 40 full-time employees as of the end of March, per a regulatory filing by Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that intends to merge with TMTG.

At some point, Trump’s media company plans to launch a subscription-streaming service called TMTG+ with a range of right-wing and “non-woke” content, including “Trump-specific programming” as well as “blue-collar comedy” and “cancelled shows.”

I think Nick Quested, the documentary filmmaker who followed members of the Proud Boys during the Capitol riot wanted to make it clear he was testifying under subpoena because, lets face it, The Proud Boys are some really nasty individuals and I am sure he is concerned about retribution.

Well, R565. Clearly, "Truth Social" needs Musk to buy it to restore free speech!

[quote] It's odd he tweeted "Ivanka Trump" instead of just "Ivanka".

They're not tweets. The posts on Truth Social are referred to as "Truths."

R559 I wouldn't describe Liz Cheney, or any of the Bushes and Cheneys, as far right. They're about as establishment as you can get. They've also always been repugnant warmongers to me, and I can't believe the love they're suddenly getting. This is why I'm cynical about politics.

R569, stop it. I cannot stand Liz Cheney and I would never in a millions years vote for her, but this is an enemy's enemy situation. No one is looking to have her be president. She is absolutely a neocon and warmonger and I've always hated her, but we need her with a shiv against an even bigger enemy.

And let's not pretend Trump himself wasn't desperate to use military "toys" to start a war. He kept goading Iran into war and only because Iran wouldn't go for it and the American people saw right through it, he never got his war. A psycho who wants parades with tanks and the like is a scumbag itching to use them.

Does Liz have the combination to her dad's man-sized safes?

R569, just being “establishment” is enough. They believe in functioning within the system, even if they want the wrong things. They are light years above Trump, who believes in no system, no law, no social order.

Sorry R570, I'm just still enraged at the Bush regime, as everyone should be. Disgusted that they hold any kind of power.

[quote]Steve Bannon: Let me reiterate this. Donald J. Trump won the presidency again on the 3rd of November on 2020. And Marc Elias and all you guys, and let’s leave the machines aside for all of you guys for another day but CISA already tells they can be hacked six ways from Sunday. That’s DHS. Donald J. Trump won the presidency. And he is the legitimate President of the United States. And your guy is illegitimate. And the American people are awakening to that. And we don’t care what you have to say. And I dare Merrick Garland to take that crap there last night and try to indict Donald J. Trump. We dare you. Because we want to impeach. We’re going to win in November and we’re going to impeach you and everybody around you! Screw Merrick Garland!

R573, I'm right there with you. I can't even stand seeing Bill Kristol being treated like some elder statesman when that PNAC fuck should've been put before a firing squad, but we need her right now.

Over 20 million viewers tuned in for the hearing.

ABC led the major networks

MSNBC had a very commanding night 4+ million viewers.

CNN a distant third place.

FOX news in second with a rebroadcast of the Benghazi hearings

[quote]Over 20 million viewers tuned in for the hearing.

Is that good? I'm seriously asking because I have no idea.

Wait, did they actually air the Benghazi hearing??? I thought that was a joke going around. I never know what's true and what's not with those people because they're so hard to parody at this point.

[quote] Over 20 million viewers tuned in for the hearing.

Fake News

That Ivanka statement that she ACCEPTS Barr's statement is Mafia Family parsing for a woman who has given MANY depositions. She said words that in court could be pivoted on. I accepted Barr's statement AS NOT TRUE. I accepted his statement as HIS statement. It was not a definitive. She did not say she AGREED with him. Mafia Speak.

R577 Yes those are good numbers

There's a silver lining in it for Ivanka: at least he won't be coming to her bedroom for some time.

[quote]Steve Bannon: Let me reiterate this. Donald J. Trump won the presidency again on the 3rd of November on 2020.

If anyone believes Bannon believes Trump won, then you should be sterilized because no one needs those dumbass genes being passed to another generation of idiots.

Luckily I don’t think Bannon can reproduce. His swimmers are all pickled.

Jared was in full bitch mode. " yah, I just thought they (attorneys threatening to resign) were like, whining and I was like busy with like, the pardons".

R584, alas, he already has. He has three daughters, but I'm sure they have nothing to do with him since he's a wife beater.

" WHAT ABOUT HER EMAILS?!?!?!?!"

r587

R588

What was the going rate that Jared was charging for the pardons he was working on?

[quote]And Republicans know Americans are mostly morons because they can scream "gas prices" and "baby formula" and no one in the media says outright that Republicans voted AGAINST bills specifically addressing those issues.

Nothing to add. I just wanted to re-post this because it's so fucking true.

R532...I watched an old YouTube video of trump on Morning LIVE with Kelly and Michael...back in late 2015. The audience was enthralled with him....and (hate to admit this), but he was charismatic and even charming. He smiled...no angry scowl, with his braggadocious (sp) bullshit. I can sort of see why people were so drawn to him. I wasn't btw. The best conmen are the most charming, with tons of charisma. His campaign revealed what a vile person he is...but you had no idea how evil he would be, at any cost...until later. The Oz curtain was opened.

Interesting moment was Gen. Milley's blunt interpretation of the 'narrative' instruction by Meadows:

"Politics, politics, politics - Red flag for me personally - No action".

[quote]Bennie Thompson is not good at this. His editorializing on the the horror - it's fine in his introductions and transitions. Bbugged the crap out of me that he was leading the witnesses, editorializing in his leads in his questions, and editorializing on their statements, and drawing meaning and conclusions from their statements. DURING their testimony. It's not a good look. Save if for AFTER and BETWEEN witnesses. Won't any of the lawyers on his commission tell him to cut that out?

I was most disturbed by his use of "axxed".

r578, that's a joke.

I wonder if Ricky Schroder's sister, Dawn Gregg, has been arrested or questioned by the FBI.

Each of the major broadcast television news networks preempted their regularly scheduled programming on Thursday to show continuous live coverage of the two-hour hearings. ...

Friday’s preliminary figures are likely to grow and do not include viewers who watched the hearing via streaming service online through YouTubeTV or other platforms. ...

Of course not r596

cunts!

CUNTS!!!!!!!!!

Is there a part 2?

Ratings for the hearing across all the networks were 20 million viewers, MSNBC had 4 million viewers so one fifth of all viewers watched MSNBC.