Second Oath Keeper Charged With Capitol Attack Conspiracy Pleads Guilty | Talking Points Memo

On Tuesday an Alabama man became the second Capitol attack defendant to plead guilty to participating in an Oath Keepers conspiracy to interrupt Congress on Jan. 6. 


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The “second” one to plead here refers to this one being the second to plead guilty to conspiracy. The feds are making damned sure there’s every bit of encouragement for future juries to convict on the big C charge.

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He allowed Grods to await that hearing out of detention — on several conditions, including that he not communicate with anyone associated with the Oath Keepers or defendants in the Oath Keepers conspiracy case.

Wow. Sixty days without talking to anyone? Seems a bit harsh, even cruel and unusual.

Also, I’ll bet fifty bucks he violates the terms, and I doubt Judge Mehta would take that bet.

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Hope they were able to refill his job at the local Waffle House. It’s a tight labor market, and those plates aren’t gonna wash themselves.

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I want to know why in every video I’ve seen of these traitorous monsters there are numerous cretins with the same red-white bullhorns. Who distributed them and who were the recipients and subsequent bullhorn blowhards.

Anyway, this video is enraging even though we’ve seen most of it before.

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“…with a big stick”?

Did he claim that he was only speaking softly, though?

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OT: Biden is moving ahead with his agenda. He already has 2 appeals court judges and 5 district court judges confirmed.

Clearly, the GOP are flummoxed, with running out the clock their only apparent strategy. Yet, a “friendly fire” narrative is making the rounds. This e.g. in Vanity Fair:

Even as the GOP is unable to find purchase against Biden, the most liberal members of his own party are growing more restless. Progressive lawmakers and groups are criticizing Biden’s $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal as failing to sufficiently address liberal priorities such as climate policy, and are demanding more than Biden may be willing to give for a reconciliation bill—among several points of tension between progressives and the White House on infrastructure, Bloomberg reports.

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‘Military tactical gear’? That not even like worthy for cosplay.

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I just can’t get over the name Grods.

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hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Because the Blue-white bullhorns are for Dems. I’ve got one downstairs somewhere… uses an ungodly amount of ‘D’ cells. But it’s good for a mile at least.

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Yeah, but those are war zone scissors so back off.

/s

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Grods plead guilty to being part of a conspiracy against the United States and that the “purpose of the conspiracy was to stop, delay, and hinder the Certification of the Electoral College vote.”

So, it is officially an insurrection. The participants say it was, and that was their intention. It should never again be referred to as a “riot,” except as snark.

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Lest we forget Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.) who compared the mob’s breaching of the building to a “normal tourist visit.”

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Concern trolls are very, very concerned. About their clicks.

(not calling you a concern troll)

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That’s the new GI Joe Dillhole Force Command, with “Signal comms” and tactical moustache comb.

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Like something out of a Mike Royko column. Slats Grobnik, anyone?

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But what if they conducted it between the velvet ropes?

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The search for bothsiderism has been fulfilled. My only surprise is it took them so long.

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