Boom! Jan. 6 Committee Cranks Up The Pressure On Merrick Garland | Talking Points Memo

[occamscoin]

@castor_troy

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

Nobody knows, it’s never happened.

Lame. Battle of the Marne, and I didn’t even have to look that up.

[Fire_Joni_Ernst]

@pshah

Russian bots have been largely sidelined from social media,

Yeah, sidelining the bots has a double benefit - 1) Misinformation regarding the unjust invasion dropped, and 2) bot support for TFG has dropped dramatically.

And we shall maintain the vigilance against such foreign influence by a ruthless dictator!

[steviedee111]

@castor_troy

Why are the streets of Paris lined with trees?

Because Germans like marching in the shade.

Blithely dismissed are these people:

The French Resistance - History Learning Site

[ajswift89]

I had read about the DeSantis tantrum, but seeing it directly sure is something! Look at that giant paragon of manly manliness getting so worked up over…uh, students wearing cloth over their faces. Literally how democracy dies.

[lizzymom]

And yet, Cucker would be mortally offended if asked to produce his SAT or GRE scores…

Oh, wait, can’t produce the latter because he never went to grad school…

And this from Wikipedia for laughs (and because it explains so much):

After college, Carlson tried to join the Central Intelligence Agency, but his application was denied, after which he decided to pursue a career in journalism with the encouragement of his father, who advised him that “they’ll take anybody.”[33][58]

[ralph_vonholst]

[darrtown]

If Russian bots were sidelined… they forgot discobot

[grack]

Top Secret! The Resistance

[opaquesquid]

@teenlaqueefa

That’s too bad

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Hoodlum (NotHoodlum)

Annie Howell, 31, of PA, said she was surrounded by Congressman, Senators, even Trump advisers and promised a job in the WH for storming the Capitol and posting 5 videos. Instead she’ll spend 60 days in prison, 3 years probation,and may lose custody of her son. “I feel betrayed”

If what she alleges is true, she’s got actionable evidence of elected officials and Executive Branch staff committing crimes.

[21zna9]

@steviedee111

“More than a year after the near-coup, with no public sign that the Justice Department is investigating the higher-ups in the conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 committee is laying down an important marker for judging the performance of Attorney General Merrick Garland. Is he up to it?”

So far? No.

[steviedee111]

@opaquesquid

If what she alleges is true, she’s got actionable evidence of elected officials and Executive Branch staff committing crimes.

Garland has taken note of her testimony, and formed a crack team of investigators and prosecutors to track down every one of them and have them indicted.

[left_in_washington_state]

@darrtown

Did John Eastman ever get paid by trump? Or was his flattery pro bono?

I think his flattery was pro Bozo

[lastroth]

@teenlaqueefa

Like a zombie?

The fly wasn’t a big enough clue, for you?

[benthere]

Was Mike Pence ever alive or was he just a robot?

[arrendis]

Mike Pence has been dead inside since his radio show days.

[21zna9]

@Le_Monde_Inverse

However, Eastman’s lawyers can point to an absence of DOJ requests of documents or interviews with Eastman or his close associates as indicating that there is no active investigation.

Deadlines are quickly approaching too. This is the moment of truth for Garland.

[occamscoin]

@alyoshakaramazov1

Joshua James is first out of the blocks to rat on his comrades.

And he pled guilty to conspiracy to commit sedition. Jan 6th is now officially declared sedition.

[thebigragu]

I’m not sure what “betrayal” she means. The party that lost the election promised her a “ job in the WH”?

[21zna9]

@powwow

OK Merrick Garland, follow the yellow brick road. The select committee has provided the map!

[arrendis]

Right, because it’s not like the French people engaged in a 4-year insurgency that only ended with the defeat of Germany.