The Hammer is falling as the Insurrectionists are identified.

[fskimospy]

Not News. After St Ronni scrapped fairness, Rupie The Aussie created FAUX Snooze to further a right wing angle to counter CNN and MSNBC and capitalize on Lush's attacks on Bubba. The entire purpose of it was to be biased.

"The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch to appeal to a conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO.[9][10] It launched on October 7, 1996,"

Fox News - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I agree the purpose has always been propaganda but Fox has used its news arm to launder their propaganda through a more credible source. (the play is basically that an opinion host generates controversy and the news arm reports on the controversy without explicitly endorsing it) This is why people like Chris Wallace and Shep Smith were recruited, because they are genuine, serious journalists. It's why Fox News' polling division is a perfectly respectable organization.

To maintain that credibility requires accepting objective reality though, and since Trump the GOP has increasingly rejected reality so now a choice has to be made because the Trumpkins are now demanding outright rejection of reality instead of just slanting it.

 

[Meghan54]

It's why Fox News' polling division was a perfectly respectable organization.

ftfy....Fox fired more than one member of its polling division since the 2020 election...something about calling AZ before anyone else. Go figure.

 

[hal2kilo]

ftfy....Fox fired more than one member of its polling division since the 2020 election...something about calling AZ before anyone else. Go figure.

Saw an interview with that guy a couple days ago. Yep, they WERE pretty independent.

 

[Shamrock]

3 more Proud Boys gone down . Ethan Nordean, aka "Rufio Panman," Nicholas Ochs, and Nicholas DeCarlo.

New charges allege Proud Boys prepped for Capitol insurrection

Two prominent affiliates of the Proud Boys face new conspiracy charges related to the US Capitol riot, and another was arrested Wednesday, as the Justice Department laid out a planning and funding effort within the far-right extremist group in a major court development.

www.cnn.com

Conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and theft and destruction of government property.

 

[Shamrock]

Whoa, DOJ is mulling using the 1970 "Mafia" law? Or official name RICO statute. In which that law can be used against organized crime. The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.

If it IS used, rioters can be sentenced up to 20 yrs and seizure of assets.

Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters

The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol under a federal law usually used against organized crime, according to two law enforcement sources.

www.reuters.com

 

[trenchfoot]

It tickles me a bit when I think about all of those insurrectionists that haven't gotten a call from the FBI yet. They must be calling their lawyers, sweating it out like any fugitive on the run would, imagining the worst that could happen to them.

And all because they believed the BIG LIE Trump pleaded with them to act out on his behalf. lol

So why isn't Trump hiring lawyers for them, yes ALL of them seeing as if he put them up to it.

I guess loyalty is a one way deal, isn't that so Donald?

 

[alien42]

3 more Proud Boys gone down . Ethan Nordean, aka "Rufio Panman," Nicholas Ochs, and Nicholas DeCarlo.

New charges allege Proud Boys prepped for Capitol insurrection

Two prominent affiliates of the Proud Boys face new conspiracy charges related to the US Capitol riot, and another was arrested Wednesday, as the Justice Department laid out a planning and funding effort within the far-right extremist group in a major court development.

www.cnn.com

Conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and theft and destruction of government property.

"Proud Boys stand back and stand by"

they stood by alright, with 3 more months to prepare.

 

[Greenman]

"Proud Boys stand back and stand by"

they stood by alright, with 3 more months to prepare.

I thought Trump was behind the riot?

 

[VashHT]

He was a big part of it, do you think trumpers would have gone so crazy about fraud without him repeating it all the time leading up to the election and then continuing to tell these people not to back down.

 

[woolfe9998]

I thought Trump was behind the riot?

Without Trump lying about the election, there would have been no riot. So yeah, he was most definitely "behind" it.

 

[fskimospy]

I thought Trump was behind the riot?

I'm confused by this statement - are you saying that other inciting statements Trump said before January 6th would somehow absolve him of responsibility for inciting statements he made on January 6th?

That would be a novel legal argument, haha. 'I couldn't have incited them on January 6th because they were already incited by statements I made back in October!'

 

[zinfamous]

Whoa, DOJ is mulling using the 1970 "Mafia" law? Or official name RICO statute. In which that law can be used against organized crime. The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.

If it IS used, rioters can be sentenced up to 20 yrs and seizure of assets.

Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters

The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol under a federal law usually used against organized crime, according to two law enforcement sources.

www.reuters.com

yeah, this has been discussed for a little while now.

But hey, here's the really fun fact about going RICO here: You know what DA pioneered the use of RICO to take down the NY Mafia, then establishing its use in similar prosecutions?

Rudolf the Red-nosed Drunkey. ...would be great to see his own shit bring him down, too. lol.

 

[Greenman]

I'm confused by this statement - are you saying that other inciting statements Trump said before January 6th would somehow absolve him of responsibility for inciting statements he made on January 6th?

That would be a novel legal argument, haha. 'I couldn't have incited them on January 6th because they were already incited by statements I made back in October!'

I had thought that Trump asked those dopes to go storm congress and stop them from "stealing the election". I had no idea there was a group actually planning an attack. What made a bunch of window lickers think they could actually have any effect on the election is beyond me.
I should note here that I pretty much stopped paying attention back in November. I maxed out on stupid and gave up keeping track of it. I read an occasional blurb and that's about it. My focus has been pretty much work related with a couple projects coming to an end, a new one to get off the ground, and trying to find time to complete a small remodel that I'm doing gratis.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know if I'll be back again ....

Two More Texans Who Took Private Jet to Riot Are Charged

The group took selfies and sang songs as they flew to D.C. but, by the next day, they had taken part in a violent insurrection, prosecutors say.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[shortylickens]

Without Trump lying about the election, there would have been no riot. So yeah, he was most definitely "behind" it.

He also asked his zealots to riot.

 

[Jhhnn]

Trump made it perfectly clear that he'd go to any length to hold power & there were obviously those willing to follow him. He was casting aspersions on the process before the election & went straight to the Big Lie of it being stolen when he lost. It's utterly preposterous. He just didn't get the support he needed to pull it off. Now we get to deal with the broken minds he left in his wake, people so gullible that they believe it was stolen.

 

[Jhhnn]

Without Trump lying about the election, there would have been no riot. So yeah, he was most definitely "behind" it.

When the Electoral voted on Dec 15, Trump had no legal constitutional recourse remaining. Yet he persisted, fabricated colossal untruths, and would have seized power if given the support he needed. That's perfectly obvious. He's a traitor to his oath and a domestic enemy to the Constitution itself. If the GOP won't admit the truth of that, they're complicit.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Full of Bullhorn on the run? The Running of the Bullhorn?

Capitol riot's suspected "bullhorn lady" Rachel Powell taken into custody

Rachel Powell was seen on video during the Capitol assault telling rioters where to go inside, indicating possible knowledge of the building's floor plans.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[uallas5]

Another "patriot" arrested after being turned in by his family. I guess they got tired of him couch surfing to evade arrest?

A Capitol rioter filmed breaking the windows where a Trump supporter was fatally shot was arrested after a relative told on him, FBI says

The relative also told the FBI that after the riot, Alam had been asking other relatives if he could stay with them, saying that the FBI was looking for him.

 

[ivwshane]

Another "patriot" arrested after being turned in by his family. I guess they got tired of him couch surfing to evade arrest?

A Capitol rioter filmed breaking the windows where a Trump supporter was fatally shot was arrested after a relative told on him, FBI says

Let’s put this into perspective. We have a family that is willing to turn in a family member for the good of the country, compare that to a Republican Party that tries to censure a party member who voted to impeach a president.

Country before family vs party before country. If you aren’t disgusted by that then you are part of the problem.

 

[Heartbreaker]

Full of Bullhorn on the run? The Running of the Bullhorn?

Capitol riot's suspected "bullhorn lady" Rachel Powell taken into custody

Rachel Powell was seen on video during the Capitol assault telling rioters where to go inside, indicating possible knowledge of the building's floor plans.

www.cbsnews.com

In custody now:

PA 'bullhorn lady,' mother of 8, taken into FBI custody for involvement in Capitol riot

Rachel Powell is connected to a scene inside the Capitol in which people discussed how to \

www.ydr.com

Background and interview:

A Pennsylvania Mother’s Path to Insurrection

How claims by Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones spurred a parent of eight to become one of the Capitol riot’s biggest mysteries, and a fugitive from the F.B.I.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Pohemi]

In custody now:

PA 'bullhorn lady,' mother of 8, taken into FBI custody for involvement in Capitol riot

Rachel Powell is connected to a scene inside the Capitol in which people discussed how to \

www.ydr.com

Background and interview:

A Pennsylvania Mother’s Path to Insurrection

How claims by Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones spurred a parent of eight to become one of the Capitol riot’s biggest mysteries, and a fugitive from the F.B.I.

www.newyorker.com

Prime example of forced sterilization being a legitimate method of population control. This dumb, crazy c*nt has 8 kids. I would bet that most of them will turn out like her.

 

[woolfe9998]

Prime example of forced sterilization being a legitimate method of population control. This dumb, crazy c*nt has 8 kids. I would bet that most of them will turn out like her.

Yeah, I read that piece on her. She really, really should have thought about those kids and who's going to take care of them while she's in prison, before deciding to raid the capitol building.

 

[Zorba]

Let’s put this into perspective. We have a family that is willing to turn in a family member for the good of the country, compare that to a Republican Party that tries to censure a party member who voted to impeach a president.

Country before family vs party before country. If you aren’t disgusted by that then you are part of the problem.

Now to be fair, most families are probably happy to rid of these assholes.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Hmmmm, not sure about this one:

He turned in footage of the Capitol riot to the FBI. Then he was charged with taking part