by Glenn Greenwald
Underlying so much of the anger and resentment surrounding 1/6 is the complete dissonance between the narrative fed to the citizenry by Democrats and their media allies on the one hand, and the legal realities on the other. It must be infuriating and baffling to a large sector of the population to have been convinced that what happened on January 6 was an unprecedentedly dangerous insurrection perpetrated by an organized group of seditious traitors who had plotted to kidnap and murder elected officials, only for the Biden DOJ to have charged exactly nobody with any criminal charges remotely suggesting any of those melodramatic claims.
This was the same frustration and confusion that beset a large portion of liberal America when they were led to believe for years that Robert Mueller was coming to arrest all of their political enemies for treason and criminal conspiracy with Russia, only for the FBI Superman to close his investigation without charging a single American with criminal conspiracy with Russia and then issuing a report admitting that he could not find evidence to establish any such crime. How to keep the flock loyal when the doomsday prophecies continue to be unfulfilled, as the World-Ending Date comes and goes without so much as a bang, let alone an explosion?
Adam Schiff’s new book — which essentially claims that Mueller is senile and was suffering from pitiful dementia — is obviously intended to provide some solace or at least a framework of understanding for disappointed liberals to keep the faith, but deep down, they know what they were expecting. The endorphin-producing fantasies on which they fed for years — of Trump and Trump, Jr. and Jared and Bannon and Ivanka being frog-marched out of the White House by armed, strapping FBI agents — were way too viscerally arousing for them to simply forget that none of it happened.
A repeat of this disorientation and disillusionment when it comes to 1/6 could be quite dangerous for Democrats. It could be devastating to the media outlets which survive on serving the Democrats’ messaging and feeding dramatic conspiracy theories to the beleaguered liberal flock. In the days and weeks following 1/6, liberals really thought that dozens of members of Congress — from Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene — would be not just expelled from Congress but summarily imprisoned as traitors by a newly righteous Justice Department. They were led to believe that, with Bill Barr out of the way, Trump and his mafia family would finally pay for their crimes.
Instead, they have been served a tepid, cautious, and compartmentally conservative Merrick Garland who seems barely able to send the Evil Insurrectionists — many of whom are just hapless and impoverished lost souls — to prison for more than a few months. The harsh reality is yet again destroying their cravings for promised vengeance and retribution, and something must be done, lest the cult loyalty be lost forever.
That is, at bottom, what the 1/6 Committee is really for. The House Democrats have smart lawyers who are fully aware of all the above-discussed case law and other limitations on congressional power. That is why they purposely structured their third-party subpoenas to ensure nobody can challenge them in court: they know those subpoenas vastly exceed the limits of their authority and cannot withstand judicial scrutiny.
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This congressional committee is designed to be cathartic theater for liberals, and a political drama for the rest of the country. They know Republicans will object to their deliberately unconstitutional inquisitions, and they intend to exploit those objections to darkly insinuate to the country that Republicans are driven by a desire to protect the violent traitors so that they can deploy them as an insurrectionary army for future coups. They have staffed the committee with their most flamboyant and dishonest drama queens, knowing that Adam Schiff will spend most of his days on CNN with Chris Cuomo comparing 1/6 to Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust; Liz Cheney will equate Republicans with Al Qaeda and the Capitol riot to the destruction of the World Trade Center; and Adam Kinzinger will cry on cue as he reminds everyone over and over that he served in the U.S. military only to find himself distraught and traumatized that the real terrorists are not those he was sent to fight overseas but those at home, in his own party.
But the manipulative political design of this spectacle should not obscure how threatening it nonetheless is to core civil liberties. Democrats in politics and media have whipped themselves into such a manic frenzy ever since 1/6 — indeed, they have been doing little else ever since Trump descended the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 — that they have become the worst kinds of fanatics: the ones who really believe their own lies. Many genuinely believe that they are on the front lines of an epic historical battle against the New Hitler (Trump) and his band of deplorable fascist followers bent on a coup against the democratic order. In their cable-and-Twitter-stimulated imaginations, shortly following this right-wing coup will be the installation of every crypto-fascist bell and whistle from concentration camps for racial and ethnic minorities to death or prison for courageous #Resistance dissidents. At some point, the line between actually believing this and being paid to pretend to believe it, or feeling coerced by cultural and friendship circles to feign belief in it, erodes, fostering actual collective conviction and mania.
And when fanatics convince themselves that their cause is not only indisputably just but an imperative for survival, then any doubts or questions about methods and weapons can no longer be acknowledged. The war they are fighting is of such overarching importance and righteousness that there is no such thing as unjust or excessive means to achieve it. Just a cursory examination of liberal discourse is enough to see that they have long ago arrived at and flew past this point of sectarian zealotry. And that is what explains their overwhelming support for state and corporate censorship of the internet, increasing reverence for security state agencies such as the CIA and FBI, love for and trust in corporate media, and a belief that no punishment or level of suffering is excessive when it comes to retaliation against their political enemies, including but not only those who participated in any way in the 1/6 protests.
These weak-minded leftist drones don’t need much convincing to believe anything that is bad of Trump or conservatives. How many times do we see whiny leftists declaring Trump should be in jail. I always ask “For what?” and there is always no answer or some tangential diatribe confirming they are simply unhinged crybabies that want to see someone punished… for something.
Most disturbing is the total lack of curiosity leftists have about seeing the lies they are fed come unraveled. They never seem to care they’ve been played for fools and wonder what ELSE they are being told are lies… or WHY they were lied to. Obviously, they just don’t care if they are lied to as long as the ultimate goal… the one party totalitarian police state… is attained.
In the end, just as every time before, when the results of years of “investigations”, millions of dollars squandered, it is revealed that unarmed “armed insurrectionists” a charged with nothing but trespassing or “parading” there will be no indignant curiosity about WHY they were told violent, racist radicals were being charged. By then, ANOTHER conspiracy will have been generated to take its place.
This is nothing more than a show trial. After nine months and no evidence of a planned insurrection by MAGA, the democrats persist because they have lemmings and sheeple, aka greg…
This is sop for the democrats from their playbook on opposition research. They know the 2022 mid terms are going to be historical in terms of their losses in numbers in both the house and senate…
This is a desperate effort to categorize anyone Trump as a domestic terrorist.
one of the most fascinating themes as a result of the french revolution(aka, liberal socialist), is its tragic yet unavoidable failure. It lasted from 1789 to 1799. Hitler guillotined more victim’s that did the revolutionary courts. It lead to the ground breaking of communism, spread of liberalism, and the initiation of economic growth as we know it today. all of the revolutionary leadership fell to the blade of the guillotine. The liberal revolution established a democratic government and not a socialistic state. Feudalism was buried along with the king, it created a constitution, which the revolutionary leaders did not want. Ultimately, a monarch was reformed under Napoléon which transitioned into a presidency. pencil dick, gay schiff stabbed mueller, the linchpin of the impeachment, in the back (Brutus). true, mueller was reading a report that his mommy wrote at the hearing.
Cannibalism presents itself in many forms and the demorats are demonstrating this political behavior. Reminds me of the Donner Party in the winter of 1846-1847murders. The original party killed 2 and the expeditionary party feasted on 8. So how many demorats well be eaten now? Midterm elections well be another effort by the demorats to steal votes and commit election fraud. Too bad slut hillery could not capitalize on this type of massive fraud.
Gary Miller sock puppet alert.
Thanks
“Hackers broke into Donald Trump’s upcoming social-media site, creating fake accounts for Trump and Steve Bannon and posting a photo of a defecating pig”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hackers-broke-donald-trumps-upcoming-100039761.html
Maybe they should call Cyber Ninjas…
I’d call Mark Zuckerberg instead. He’s got hundreds of millions to burn to ensure the politicians that will make him richer get into office.
And if you need to audit something and manufacturer the result you want, I don’t think cyber ninjas hold the candle to the FBI.
Meanwhile Russian hackers are breaking into our infrastructure with drooling Biden completely helpless to stop them…
Cool story bro. I guess that’s the only dirt you can come up with on Trump.
Wow! You guys are awesome! Was it the picture of Nadler waddling off the stage after he shit his pants?
merrick garland was a complete embarrassment yesterday
What possible legislative purpose does this serve?
Its all political theater just read the FBI findings. Democrats want to see anyone backing Trump punished. They have all lost their minds. No Pee Pee tape, no Russians, they just cant come to terms with not getting Trump, when their reliable sources and those familiar with any investigation were feeding the lying press BS for all these years.
Now we have multiple scandals with Brandon and his pedo incest leaning spawn that all have verifiable proof, even Weiner couldnt escape stupid computer behavior.
If you were to assume for just a moment that the stolen election claim was a lie, what would you THEN think Trump’s intention might be? What would all of his behavior then add up to?
How do you suppose people who don’t believe there was massive fraud because there’s no supporting evidence for it view the events of January 6th?
Add to that the fact that the man behind it is rallying support for another presidential run, while the party he has taken control of is working on the state level to disenfranchise millions of voters, reduce access to the ballot box, or even to allow a state legislature to appoint electors for the person THEY believe should have won.
That’s the reason for the January 6 investigation. People who don’t believe Trump’s stolen election tale believe we could be ONE ELECTION away from the end of American democracy. Once it’s gone, you don’t get it back.
Most Germans didn’t believe there were concentration camps.
But there were.
What people “believe” only matters to Marxist dictatorships who rely on subjective opinions to obsificate objective truth.
In the wake of years of left-wing terrorist violence, Democrats needed to manufacture a right-wing menace that didn’t exist.
The only people who don’t believe there was fraud are the left-wing cult with their sink cost fallacy.
They know Biden is illegally installed. They just can’t admit they are supporting a Marxist state. That’s why the Trump “myth” is so important and why you are being paid to double down on the lies, sh*tstain.
The evidence that the election was rigged is clear.
The evidence that the January 6th hoax was a false flag to manufacture a right-wing enemy that doesn’t exist is also clear.
“President Trump is the first president, in the Republican side at least, to lose the House, the Senate and the presidency in four years. Elections are about winning.”
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) explaining why Donald Trump should not be the republican candidate for president in 2024
75 million votes? The most in Republican history.
Is very clearly the best candidate in 2024 which is why you’re trying to stop him: your globalist Masters are afraid of him.
Trump was doing so good they had to release a virus and rig an election.
Now we’re in a civil war because of you people.
Trump lost the Senate?
A rigged GA election and John “I never want to be a Senator, I’d be bad at it” Hickenlooper helped Dems get a tie with Reps.
A tie. 50/50.
Seems the Dems can’t bulldoze their own like Manchin, they will truly “lose” the Senate when he goes Rep or Independent.
Biden’s agenda is in the tatters while Trump filled a stadiums.
Cassidy is a cuck.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
This RINO has a pathetic liberty score of 53 earning an F grade.
In other words WGAF what he blows out his pissy pie hole.
Trump was the first President to be unseated by election fraud. Currently, he was the LAST President.
A dire warning released today by the bipartisan Florida Supervisors of Elections; they have determined the stolen election claims to be “misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation that sows discord and undermines trust in America’s electoral process.”
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The Great American Experiment, our cherished democracy, is under threat. Our nation is only as strong as the faith our citizens have that their voice, their vote, has a say in our government. In this hour, public trust in our elections is being systematically undermined, to the detriment of all Americans.
As election professionals, we have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Our Constitution is built upon the idea that “we the people” choose our government. We put that idea into practice through elections. It is the foundation and core unifying principle of our democracy.
As the official trusted sources of election information and experts in our fields, we continuously strive to debunk false claims, and ensure voters have access to accurate election information.
We are dedicated to the cause of election integrity, ensuring that every eligible voter’s ballot is counted accurately and that no fraud takes place. But false claims of fraud do not strengthen our elections. Instead, they degrade confidence in the institutions, and discourage citizen participation in our democracy.
During and after the 2020 Presidential Election, the integrity of our democracy has been challenged by misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation that sows discord and undermines trust in America’s electoral process. Many of us have been threatened by our fellow citizens who have been led astray by these deceptions.
Instead of standing idly by, we ask all candidates and elected officials to tone down the rhetoric and stand up for our democracy. We ask that you work with us to understand the safeguards implemented to ensure elections are conducted fairly, securely, and accurately.
In the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln proclaimed that the American people must dedicate themselves to ensuring that “Government of the people, by the people, for the people must not perish from the Earth.” It is through elections that government by the people is accomplished. To this end, we call on officials at all levels of government to commit themselves to the goal of fighting falsehoods and strengthening voter trust.
We can rise to this challenge. Our democracy depends on it.
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https://www.myfloridaelections.com/portals/fsase/Documents/Public%20Policy/FSE_memorandum_102021.pdf
Also today, along the same lines, a professionally conducted, nonpartisan Wisconsin audit found the 2020 election “largely safe and secure”
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“Despite concerns with statewide elections procedures, this audit showed us that the election was largely safe and secure,” said Republican state Sen. Robert Cowles, who co-chaired the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. “It’s my hope that we can now look at election law changes & agency accountability measures in a bipartisan manner based on these nonpartisan recommendations.”
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Here’s the full State of Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau report:
https://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/102221_lab_election_report.pdf
Wisconsin Election Group Findings: 44,272 ‘Permanently Disabled’ Residents Voted WITHOUT Proof Of ID – While Margin Of Victory Only About 20,000
Evidence is every where concerning fraud except your head is still up your ass.
The difference is that the sources I linked are competent and truthful, while yours are LYING and seldom identified. There WAS NO stolen election.
According to you, Comrade Greggie, and your fellow left wing useful idiots, all links and sources that might even lean slightly to the right is LYING and dishonest while every link you ever have provided, including the radical left wing The Atlantic, are honest as the day is long.
What a sad pathetic joke you are as you are being used by those (on the far left) who control you.
Trump and the propaganda outlets that support him are FUNDAMENTALLY DISHONEST. Truth IS NOT whatever Trump claims it to be. Repetition DOES NOT make a lie true.
Oh, yes, do tell us how honest and truthful CNN and the rest of the alphabet soup channels are. Please, do make that statement and confirm for all times what a lying piece of crap you are, Comrade Greggie.
Steve Bannon to Michael Lewis: “The Democrats don’t matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
Donald Trump, October 13th: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ’22 or ’24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
And this: Former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, who pushed baseless election fraud claims, expected to testify before January 6 committee
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The House select committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection is planning for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to testify next Friday — teeing him up to be the first Trump administration official to comply with a subpoena for an interview with the panel, two sources familiar with the committee’s inquiry told CNN.
Clark’s testimony could be a major step forward for Democrats as they attempt to determine what former President Donald Trump, Republican members of Congress and his advisers did and said behind closed doors about overturning the results of the 2020 election before January 6.
CNN has also learned that Alyssa Farah, former director of strategic communications in the Trump White House and assistant to the president, has voluntarily met with Republicans on the House select committee and provided information in several meetings, according sources familiar with the matter. There are two Republicans on the committee — Vice Chair Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
The panel has been talking to an ever-widening circle of witnesses as part of its sprawling investigation — and testimony from Farah in addition to Clark would give the panel a crucial new level of insight into Trump’s thinking after the election.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/jeffrey-clark-january-6-testify/index.html
CNN… Propaganda central. No wonder you are ignorant of everything.
Remember State Farm Arena/fake water main break? Never an explanation.
Donald Trump, October 13, 2021: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ’22 or ’24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
That’s surely the mother of all of his lies. They have thoroughly and conclusively documented NOTHING. They haven’t provided ANY evidence. They have done precisely what Steve Bannon said. THEY HAVE FLOODED THE ZONE WITH SHIT.
Steve Bannon to Michael Lewis: “The Democrats don’t matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
It’s no wonder Bannon won’t answer questions under oath.
Texas has solved it.
Donald Trump, October 13, 2021: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ’22 or ’24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
If you can’t figure out that this ass hat is attempting to subvert and undermine the nation’s democratic election process from a statement like that, maybe we would all be better off if you DID follow his advice.
No former American president of any political party has EVER said such an appalling thing. It’s not a Republican or a Democratic statement; it’s a fundamentally UNAMERICAN statement.
Democrats are fast losing their base, inflation, sexual deviants, domestic terrorists, and commies are the peopleones they pander to. Biden now says no free community college. Dont worry your empty head we will be undoing the illegal unconstitutional shit show the 600 Biden lawyers crammed into 2020.
Your guy scoffs at freedom and workers vaxxed and not are walking off the jobs singing Lets go Brandon.
heres your earworm commie
Donald Trump, October 13, 2021: “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ’22 or ’24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
Do you not understand the implications of that statement? It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out.