This is a bipartisan bill. There is no reason for a filibuster.

Senate Republicans have gotten used to the idea of leveraging power over every bill brought before them. They never give any respect to the Republicans in the US House.

The US House is unique in that each member represents a segment of the state's population. It is the US House where elected representatives can bring forth the interests and concerns of the people that elected them. Why is that lost on the US Senate?

When a House Republican votes the Senate Republicans have to apply brevity to that vote. The US Senate is supposed to represent the entire state's interest and is an enhancement to the US House. Why are the people represented in the US House less important to the US Senate. Providing a filibuster to House Republican votes has to be just as frustrating to them as it is to any US Senator that would rather have a functional Senate rather than a divided one.

July 14, 2022

By Karoun Demirjan

House lawmakers (click here) on Thursday approved an $840 billion plan to direct Pentagon policy and spending in the year ahead, lending strong bipartisan support to legislation that aims to help the United States better compete with China technologically, address mistakes made during last year’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, improve scrutiny of the military aid supplied to Ukraine and target a rise in domestic extremism.

The vote was 329 to 101.

The legislation, considered one of the few “must-pass” bills Congress authors each year, is yet to be reconciled with the Senate’s version. The text of that document has not been made public and is expected to reshape some how much money will be directed toward the Defense Department.

The House bill devotes considerable attention to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s breakthroughs in hypersonic weapons and other cutting-edge military technology, and rampant inflation that is battering the U.S. economy. It also directs military leaders to analyze the dangers posed by individuals in uniform who espouse white supremacist beliefs, neo-Nazism and antisemitism. The legislation specifically mentions the Proud Boys, a far-right group whose prominent role last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been an intense focus of federal prosecutors and the House select committee running a parallel investigation....

Italy's President was correct to refuse the resignation of the Prime Minister.

The anti-government forces within a society is what Bannon uses to build his personal wealth. They are unfit to govern.

Europe's parties that are died in the wool democracy that protects the people of the country from harm, economic downturn, and civil rights must join together to form governing bodies to end the threat of the anti-government parties.

Anti-government parties are just that, they want to dismantle government without regard to what it will do to the people. Now, these parties are finding a footing as they never have before because Bannon finds ways to promote them. Bannon is not interested in whether or not his candidates govern well with strong backgrounds, he is interested in money.

In the United States the 2016 and 2020 elections were about the anti-government movements that included White Supremacists/Nationals and even businesses that no longer wanted to pay taxes and were looking for all their money back when Trump passed tax reform.

When Trump was defeated in 2020 after turning loose a corona virus in the USA without regrets and then promoted death of citizens in advocating crackpot treatments, the election loss should be no surprise. A lot of people died because they were never educated well enough about the virus and how to live through it. Even today, Americans are still coping with variants that never ends.

Europe must look at the USA insurrection as a very real event intended to dismantle democracy and place someone, perhaps Trump, at the top of the government to rule as a king. The insurrection at the Capitol was a very real example of the anti-government element and who exactly was leading it. Bannon was riding to even greater fame amid those voters for knowing Trump's plans and able to foretell what was to happen on his podcasts and/or radio transmissions.

Bannon looked to Europe as an untouched field of money. He would go to Europe to find the disgruntled, the disenfranchised and provide for them his expertise as exampled by Trump. People in Europe, many for the first time, began to think differently about governance and provided him the monies he demanded for a change in regime shifting power, not to conservatives, but, to anti-government groups and people.

The re-election of Macron may have been something some French citizens did not want, but, they new their choices otherwise would result in a government that would turn against them and destroy their democracy. 

These are dangerous times, when citizens believe in the internet more than their human leaders. We also know through the investigation by Robert Muller the former FBI Director, that Russia votes in every country's election where freedom is a real commodity. You might almost say, that Bannon and Russia have a symbiotic relationship, each feeding off the uncertainty of people within a democracy. They created enough doubt so the people would lean into something new and different. The people wanted to try something odd, but, it might be something benevolent. That has to end.

The very countries where anti-government and extremist right wing candidates and elected representatives of the people find their power are susceptible to failure. The United States of America's governance is valued enough by the people so that the majority finally saw through the façade of the lies and reversed their beliefs in oddity and loose definitions of freedom. They stopped the dangerous course the election of 2016 put us on and put in office of the presidency a man with the most experience of any statesman in the country. In that, Americans knew the path of Joe Biden and believed in him.

I don't care if governance to form a coalition government seems messy and emotional, it must succeed. There is no doubt the voters within Europe are facing the same danger as the people of the USA. The elected officials cannot play with governance. There is too much on the line. They must govern and now. To do otherwise would be catastrophic.

July 14, 2022
By Jason Horowitz

Rome - Italy’s golden period of stability (click here) suddenly seemed on the familiar precipice of chaos on Thursday after Prime Minister Mario Draghi tendered his resignation in response to a revolt by anti-establishment populists within his broad national unity government.

But in a sign of how traumatic Mr. Draghi’s departure would be for Italy, the country’s president refused to accept his resignation, essentially freezing the political situation in place until next week, when Mr. Draghi will address Parliament.

The unexpected government crisis, and the theatrics and behind-the-scenes machinations, left Italy in a state of suspended animation and created a potential calamity for Europe as it seeks a united front against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and faces a wave of Covid infections and an energy crisis....

Sorry to hear of the death of a beautiful lady.

73 years old is far too young for any woman to die. I am sure her children are grieving her.

This was from an interview.

...Now 71, (click here) Ivana says she splits her time between New York, Miami, and Saint-Tropez (although Page Six recently reported that, due to the ongoing pandemic, she's kept her travels this summer closer to home, choosing to vacation in the Hamptons). But the mother of Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. has had a fascinating, unlikely journey from a childhood in Czechoslovakia to life of glitzed-up leisure. Here's what you should know about her....
 

Does anyone actually believe the Biden White House would produce fraud?

President Biden is chronically fighting fraud and corruption while trying to return competition back to the USA economy to benefit Americans now captured and coveted by Wall Street.

Now, I am angry. Why isn't the FCC fining those that are seeking to "pull a Trump" and create an alternate reality for political purposes. It is time to fine those that believe "infotainment" for political purposes is a real arm of journalism. It is not. It is a platform for political dogma that injures the people of this country.

President Biden is not a toy to bat around as if a joke or a clown. It is time to put this element that chronically lies to an end. They aren't even as entertaining as the daytime dramas with plenty of gossipy plots.

July 13, 2022
by Andrew Welsh-Higgins and Julie Carr Smith

Columbus - An Ohio man (click here) has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case drew national attention following a doctor’s comments that the child had to travel to Indiana for an abortion, an account that had led some prominent Republicans — including Ohio’s attorney general and a congressman — to suggest it was fabricated.

Democratic President Joe Biden highlighted the case last week at the signing of an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion as state after Republican-led state, including Ohio, enacted near-total restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling.

A detective testified Wednesday at an initial court appearance for the 27-year-old suspect that Columbus police learned about the girl's pregnancy through a referral by Franklin County Children Services that was made by her mother June 22, and that she had an abortion in Indianapolis on June 30, The Columbus Dispatch reported....

Of all the topics President Biden will address in his Mideast visit, the most important and pressing is Iran.

President Biden has openly stated a military solution will be considered as an answer to the creation of  Iran's first nuclear weapon.

Russia is not a partner to the Iran Nuclear talks and it should not be allowed into further diplomatic efforts. Iran is a flash point for Putin to engage the USA in war and quite possibly a nuclear exchange. Russia will think nothing of dead Iranians at the hand of the USA attempting to end Iran's ambitions for a nuclear arsenal. To Putin, any actions by the USA to defend the region will result in a counter attack and possibly a sustained war. There is a reason why Russia doesn't care about the nuclear talks with Iran. If Iran agrees to the nuclear talks and an actual signed agreement, Russia loses it's flash point of war with The West.

Russia straddles the Shi'ite crescent.

March 20, 2022
By Javad Heiran-Nia

Russia has abandoned (click here) a recent attempt to exploit the Vienna talks to gain sanctions relief beyond what was guaranteed in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). However, there are no signs that Tehran is walking away from its relationship with Moscow despite Russia’s actions toward Iran and its invasion of Ukraine.

Any improvement in Iran’s relationship with the West has always been a concern for Russia. Its March 5 demand for a written guarantee from the United States that trade with Iran not be affected by new US sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion is the latest example of Moscow playing the Iranian card and jeopardizing Tehran’s interests to secure its own interests.

This isn’t the first time that Russia has used nuclear talks in such a manner.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said in March 2021 during a leaked interview about Russia’s destructive role in the Iran nuclear talks: “The Russians have been trying to prevent the nuclear deal (JCPOA)since 2015 and [Foreign Minister] Sergei Lavrov wanted to disrupt everything on the night of the agreement. After the JCPOA, when Lavrov returned to Russia, he was attacked by the Russian media. Why did you allow this agreement to be reached and Iran to get closer to the West?”...

One would think that in a world where Russia invades at will and attempting to commit genocide of a people, Iran would be the last country to continue it's relationship with Putin's Russia. An ally that imperils it's people is not an ally. This persistence of Iran to continue to see Russia as a benevolent ally is ridiculous. Every Russian ally should be running the other way.

The Middle East witnessed the horror of Russia's attacks on the Syrian people first hand. Iran's only problem is that it believes it needs Russia to protect the Shi'ites, that is the furthest from the truth. Iran needs to stop it's ridiculous pursuit of nuclear weapons and focus on peace and prosperity. Iraq is already a trading partner. I would think the leadership of Iran would be viewed better for the Shi'ites and were accepted throughout the world as a reasonable government interested in economic ties rather than a creator of greater division by promulgating war.

July 5, 2022
LEILA FADEL, HOST: (click here)

U.S. and Iranian officials recently left Doha, Qatar, after one more round of talks to try to restore the Iran nuclear deal. Both sides left disappointed. The two delegations have been trying for more than a year through indirect talks with European Union officials acting as intermediaries. The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, leads the delegation from Washington, and he spoke with our colleague Steve Inskeep about this latest round.

ROBERT MALLEY: The European Union, in its role as coordinator, wanted to try one more effort, at least one more effort, and so they invited both delegations to meet with them in Doha in the hope that the Iranians would show something, some willingness to get to yes. But they seem, at this point, not capable of providing an answer. And so it was a little bit of a - well, more than a little bit of a wasted occasion, I'd say....

There are estimates, either right or wrong, that Iran has enriched enough uranium to build a nuclear weapon within weeks. Iran is a serious problem. Iran has also armed the Houthis against Saudi Arabia. The tensions in the Middle East have to be among the highest ever assessed.

Israel needs to settle their governance.

There are too many guns on the street. What good are "good guys with guns?"

Link to oath (click here).

This isn't the first time cowardice ruled the police response. The San Bernardino response was very lack luster. Writing parking tickets doesn't require combat training. Border patrol agents don't write tickets for misbehavior or arrest drunk drivers.

The response at Uvalde is a growing understanding of poor police response. We saw it in San Bernardino and Parkland, Florida. These police are not trained for combat and that is what they are meeting up with when they respond to a school killing.

Sure the legislature has given the police all kinds of permission to proceed in school shootings, but, where is the urban warfare training? The presence of weapons of war on the streets of America changes the idea of domestic tranquility. There is no domestic tranquility anymore.

The entire idea that the Second Amendment is empowering the public to act in dangerous situations is nonsense. That is not happening. I doubt it was happening when it was written. The Second Amendment of the USA Constitution empowers a militia. It allowed colonists to become a military unit to take their country away from the British crown. Now, today, that capacity is used as a reason to act against a government. I think the Second Amendment is useless. It is more of a danger than a deterrent to violence.

The police should be reviewed for crimes. What comes to mind is negligent homicide in the practice of policing. Manslaughter or murder might apply if it was a conscience decision to allow the killing to occur.

Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson (click here)

The Uvalde shooting involved minority Americans. The character of the police involved needs to be reviewed to understand if they held any prejudices. I realize the husband of one of the victims were among the police. There were other officers. All of them need an ethics review in regard to their view of the people they are empowered to protect.

The reason there are angry young men that plan to attack completely innocent and unarmed Americans, including and especially children, is because a culture of hate is allowed to propagate in the USA. Hate's response is fear. Those two components drive the demand for guns in the USA. Currently there are so many guns on the streets, including safes in homes, in the USA it is impossible to stop this wave of violence.

Weapons of war are not reasonable possessions in a country that prides itself on domestic tranquility and peace. The element of these weapons in society is providing a chronic issue that until confronted will never end. The entire epidemic of violence in the USA has to be a concern for every legislator at every level of government. The allowance of firearms by liberalized laws intended to allow personal protection IS NOT WORKING! The menace that is allowed today in the name of personal safety is a monster that needs to be handled. Background checks accompanied by extensive training and limiting concealed carry permits is a good beginning. The Assault Weapons Ban must return and be the law of the land. The Assault Weapons Ban WORKED. Nothing else is working. To ignore the epidemic of violence is to neglect one's oath of office to the people they are suppose to protect and serve at all levels of government.

The day of the gun slinger is long over, it is time our laws and our streets reflect that.

July 13, 2022
By Edgar Sandoval and J. David Goodman

Uvalde - Families of those killed in a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, (click here) in May voiced a mix of sorrow and anger on Wednesday after seeing a video showing how armed officers stood around waiting before confronting the gunman.

For the first time, the delayed response that had been exhaustively described and debated could be seen in all its agonizing detail, rekindling the outrage at officers who failed to rush to the aid of children inside two classrooms where 19 students were killed, along with two teachers.

The parents, who had fought for weeks to gain clarity on what exactly took place inside Robb Elementary School on May 24, were finally able to watch part of the minute-by-minute police response along with viewers around the country after The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE posted the video on Tuesday....

$250 million in donations to a fund that was a front to his lies in two months time. The frenzy worked.

June 17, 2022
By Rob Garver

Former U.S. President Donald Trump (click here) raised $250 million in donations in the weeks after the November 2020 presidential election for an organization ostensibly intended to fund court challenges in support of his false claims that the election was fraudulent. Instead, he directed that money to an unrelated political action committee, or PAC, according to congressional investigators.

In its second hearing about its findings, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol made the case that the former president knew that he had lost the election but continued raising money from his supporters by sending out appeals for donations to an Election Defense Fund.

The committee played recordings of depositions given by former employees of Trump's campaign, one of whom said, "I don't believe there is actually a fund called the Election Defense Fund."

Another former Trump campaign staffer said the fund was simply a "marketing tactic."...

Trump has proved to have a trend in manipulating public opinion.

What concerns me is the pattern of behavior by Trump over a wide expanse of time.

In this article Michael Cohen states he regrets the blind loyalty to Trump. 

Yesterday during the January 6th Committee Stephen Ayers (click here) witnessed that he wished he hadn't followed Trump's lies. Here we are again with blind loyalty. The mob was not self directing so much as taking orders from Trump to march to the Capitol.

This phenomena that is Trump's is documented and even before he caused the insurgency. 

May 4, 2017

By John Gartner

...Despite all evidence to the contrary, (click here) Trump asserts that his New York office was bugged by President Obama, and that his inauguration had the biggest crowd size in history. Before the election, Right Wing Watch published a list of 58 conspiracies proclaimed by Trump.

Is it all for effect, to rile up his base, deflect blame and distract from his shortcomings, or does Trump really believe the insane things he says? It’s often hard to know, because as Harvard psychoanalyst Lance Dodes put it, Trump tells two kinds of lies: the ones he tells others to scam them, and those he tells himself. “He lies because of his sociopathic tendencies," Dodes said. "There's also the kind of lying he has that is in a way more serious, that he has a loose grip on reality."...

What the January 6th Committee is finding through it's investigation is the methods of Trump. These methods take people in because it is what they want to believe  regardless of the truth. Trump always appears to be credible, treated unfairly and able to have others take the consequences because they followed him blindly.

As the January 6th Committee concludes it's hearings and publishes it's findings, it must take into account the expanse of time that has occurred with Trump's ability to lead people at their own peril while he benefits from the lies. This is a pattern with his behaviors. What occurred on January 6th and leading up to it is more of the same lying, capturing others to blindly trust him and eventually having others take the blame. This time Trump must take the blame for his self-righteous assault on the USA Constitution.

January 17, 2019
By Phillip Ewing

President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen (click here) acknowledged on Thursday that he schemed to rig online polls that sought to make Trump seem like a more plausible presidential candidate.

The story was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. In a tweet following the report, Cohen said he sought to help Trump's political aspirations, having been directed by the candidate.

"What I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of [Trump]," he wrote. "I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn't deserve it."

Cohen's goal appears to have been to pay computer specialist John Gauger to
use software that would help Trump do well in at least two online surveys in order to make it appear that Trump had more support than he actually had.

Trump, who had flirted with presidential runs before but never made much headway, may have wanted to make it seem as though voters found the idea of his candidacy compelling, notwithstanding his lack of government experience....

The newspaper above states "Election 2016." Trump was starting his lie and protests about fraud before the general elections of 2016 ever took place. The date of that is October 19, 2016. It is the exact same pattern as his approach to the insurrection in 2021. Exactly the same. It is a method of fraud, not the truth. He is not someone who is insane or unbalance, quite the contrary, he is in control of the lies and he knows it.

Enough already. 

The January 6th Committee is doing a great job.

1:00 pm 

The committee convenes.

Chairman Thompson focuses on the vote and the fact Donald Trump attempted to coup the USA peoples' choice for president simply because it wasn't him. 

1:05 pm 

Co-chairwoman Cheney speaks to the interview of Mr. Cipollone (click here). President Trump was manipulated by others and why he continues to carry on like a spoiled brat. Really? Trump wants people to believe he was manipulated? As president to the USA he was manipulated by at the very least by Vladimir Putin. So, there might be some truth that he was manipulated and the very reason why he should never sit in the Oval Office again.

l. Evidence team lead by Giuliani knew they had no legitimate challenge to the elections of 2020.

2. Millions of Americans have to accept the fact Donald Trump lied to them and the election of 2020 is legitimate.

1:10 pm Rep. Murphy speaking and introducing the facts that the "Big Lie" is exactly that.

She said there is evidence that Trump deceived the American people by seeking cooperation with corrupt officials in his administration. That cooperation rarely occurred in those final days of the Trump administration. Trump asked for courage from all people he believed to be involved and invested, including Vice President Pence. January 6th was a call to arms, literally, to carry out a coup knowing there was no evidence of the 2020 election pointing to his winning the presidency.

Rep. Murphy will show the evidence instead to the extreme measures carried out by Trump and his minions to carry out a coup.

1:14 pm Rep. Jamie Raskin

There was an unhinged meeting by Trump at the White House to carry out the coup. 

A 1:22 am tweet put forward the movement of his followers to bring about a coup. Alliances were formed before this time to carry out the coup in a physical movement of violence by groups of followers that were already organized as White Supremacists or election organizations.

Politicians whipping up crowd violence has a place in USA history, but, all failed when attempted. Those that would seek the violence will violate all those that accept democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. 

1:19 pm

306 to 232 Electorate College count  (click here)

McConnell accepted the Electoral College outcome.

Many told Trump to accept the defeat and concede. Eugene Scalia attempted to encourage Trump to accept the outcomes. Scalia allowed there were legal processes and once they were done, the current vote would stand. 

There was an interview of Mr. Cipollone for 8 hours. He stated that Joe Biden was President - Elect and Trump was advised to concede as the White House council. He states he did not act politically, but, as someone who could provide good advice to Trump.

Barr thought there would be a new administration. 

Cipollone stated Mark Meadows understood there was a defeat by Trump. Meadows stated that within the area where Mr. Cipollone heard him.

Former press secretary to the White House, Kayleigh McEnany stated she was planning for a new direction outside of the White House because Trump was defeated.

Ivanka Trump states she had a sentiment that she would be no longer involved with the Trump White House.

Another Trump team member stated any litigation was closed according to Deere.

Barr stated the social media of Dan Scavino was asked how long Trump was going to carry on about the Big Lie. Scavino and Jared stated they were working on ending the continued "Big Lie." 

Cassidy Hutchinson also thought the "Big Lie" would end.

Pat Cipollone states everyone, including Trump, was obligated to abide by the courts. He believed that was the president''s obligation. He was the administrator of the Rule of Law from the White House. Obviously, he failed to do that on multiple fronts.

1:31 pm Raskin

Voting machines were not delivering false reports. Barr stated that any indication there was a false reporting was wrong. December 1 stated by Barr the election results were accurate and Pat Cipollone agreed.

Barr stated that the DOJ would never seize any voting machines and that was the end of it as far as Barr was concerned.

There would be a meeting subsequently with Trump advisors to begin the plot to seize machines outside the power of the DOJ. Trump was to name Sidney Powell as a Special Council to seize the machines. Pat Cipollone was not impressed that Sidney Powell was to be appointed to a Special Council. Cipollone adhered to Barr's statement and basically rejected the Big Lie. "Put up or shut up." Sounds right. There are ways to contest elections but seizing election machines was not a proper method.

Cipollone stated there was no evidence he requested to see that supports a Special Council.

...A former member (click here) of President Donald Trump’s legal team told the Jan. 6 committee that former Army colonel Phil Waldron first came up with the idea of Trump issuing an executive order to seize voting machines, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Earlier this month, Bernie Kerik — who worked with Rudy Giuliani on Trump’s legal efforts to find evidence of voter fraud — told the select committee that Phil Waldron originated the scheme, which would almost certainly have been illegal. A person familiar with Kerik’s testimony, who was not authorized to discuss it publicly, described it in detail to POLITICO....

Rusty Bowers - Guiliani had the theories for election fraud. 

Cassidy Hutchinson stated she understood there was a goal to keep Trump in office through voter fraud, but, not enough to overturn the election.

Complete lack of evidence to overturn the 2020 election didn't stop Trump and his minions. 

Patrick Burn 

December 20, 2021
By Brian Schwartz

A former Trump administration aide (click here) and a leader with a pro-Trump Christian group are helping Patrick Byrne, the multimillionaire Overstock founder and ex-CEO, run a nonprofit that has pushed false election conspiracy claims, according to a filing reviewed by CNBC.

The group, called the America Project, is led in part by Emily Newman, who served as an advisor in then-President Donald Trump’s administration, according to the document. The disclosure report was filed this month in Delaware, according to Florida’s division of corporations website. The America Project has a mailing address in Sarasota, Fla.

Rob Weaver, who has a leadership role with the Jericho March, a pro-Trump Christian coalition, is listed on the form as the group’s chief financial officer....

There were a variety of characters of powers and people that was causing the voting machines to produce wrong reports as to the outcome of the vote. There was a great deal of tense moments in a meeting where the minions were attempting to come up with a viable method to prove the election fraudulent due to the foreign influence of Venezuela, China and Iran. Of course, Russia was never a partner in crime to Trump.

Trusted political advisers were actually co-plotters or as Giuliani stated, "You are all pussies." Those advisers were unable to satisfy Giuliani's ambitions for the fraud by Trump. Giuliani liked the cabinet room the best. 

Cassidy Hutchinson sent memos that described the meeting as unhinged and broke up after midnight. Mark Meadows escorted Giuliani off the White House grounds. Sidney Powell was provided security clearance and established by Trump as Special Council. Trump was told the appointment would be meaningless. Cipollone states he did not see Sidney Powell with any special status.

December meeting was the point where Sidney Powell believed she was appointed to carry out the capacity of Special Council and also seeking to be Special Council with validation by others in the White House besides Trump. She was mostly unsuccessful by the people in the White House.

Trump's purpose was to mobilize a crowd. Well, that is an understatement. He was trying to mobilize a crowd in every venue he attempted to influence to carry out a coup. The crowd were organized in many instances before the Trump re-election campaign and now attempted coup.

WILDPROTEST.COM

Alex Jones, the war mongering idiot. The extremist media were a part of the coup. They cooperated in raising alarm and organizing the violence at the Capitol. Salty Cracker. "...the time for action is now...where were you when history called..." 

"Red Wedding" is out of Game of Thrones (click here)

There was information on social media that provided guidance to the mobs in that twitter would be the most important communication tool to the coup.

"Stand back and stand by" became an important statement to consolidate those that would bring violence on January 6th at the Capitol.

It sounds like the people involved with the actual violence was manipulated with populous content and quotes by Trump that provided excitement to the violence. 

"Firing squad," oh, why not? Blood everywhere. 

This entire time Trump was raking in millions of dollars (click here).

Former U.S. President Donald Trump raised $250 million in donations in the weeks after the November 2020 presidential election for an organization ostensibly intended to fund court challenges in support of his false claims that the election was fraudulent. Instead, he directed that money to an unrelated political action committee, or PAC, according to congressional investigators....

Promising of the best of all outcomes, including a successful coup and plenty of blood in achieving it would bring in more money and more a feeling of success was at their hands. Power. Trump was the power that relegated the best of outcomes regardless of the violence.

2:07 pm 10 minute recess

It was all about money and those that were audience to their best hopes of defeating the government and killing those responsible for democracy was a good use of their money. The Trump supporters, regardless of their status, were a ship of fools to believe this would actually happen. The only reason the White House staff was confused about the path of the president, was because they didn't see the banking balance Trump was viewing. Not one of them asked to know if there was fund raising connected to the "Big Lie." They never saw that level of corruption permeating their positions via Trump. Nor did Trump offer that perspective. 

To their credit, the White House staff first felt the responsibility of their positions and to the country before their loyalty to Trump. Pat Cipollone singularly stood the line to end Trump's plans for violence. He even advised Ms. Hutchinson to stand on the right side of the law and the country. It was that deep understanding of their oaths that maintained that line they did not cross. Considering the disharmony Trump insisted on in the White House these are exceptional Americans. The country owes them an understanding of their dedication to the country and the Rule of Law. Bill Barr was also standing the line to end Trump's plans.

2:17 pm

Witnesses are seated in the committee room. They are protesters.

2:31 pm Committee returns to room after technical difficulties

2:32 pm Committee reconvened

Dr. Donell Harvin reports groups were aligning to meet in Washington, DC. The collaboration was nothing that would not have occurred without the understanding of a common cause.

Rep. Raskin describes the groups that attended the violence of January 6th. The information this committee is bringing to the American people is incredible.

The Ministry of Self-Defense including maps and plans to approach DC and how to move. Flynn connects to Oath Keepers. December 12th in picture with Oath Keepers as body guards to Flynn. Trump pardoned Flynn and Stone between the election and January 6th. "Friends of Stone." Friends of Roger Stone were marchers and Stewart Rhodes called for the coup in order to minimize the shedding of blood to achieve their goals. 

Enrica Tarrio was the one Bannon wanted to bail out of jail on January 5th so it would not effect the coup.

Encrypted chats by Oath Keepers and Roger Stone. Stone was taking steps to become a member of the organization. That was all in his capacity as a Trump associate. As far as I am concerned, Stone was enlisting cooperation and loyalty with the Oath Keepers by appearing to be one of them.

2:41 pm Rep. Murphy

There was no evidence that the president and others did nothing to cool the temperature of the groups and followers.

Roger Stone
Alex Jones
Ali Alexander

Trump "likes the crazies" that support Trump.

Ms. Pierson received a phone call from Meadows? Who the heck are all these people with unfettered contact with the White House? 

January 6th was to be announce to his supporters to a directive to meet at the Ellipse in DC at 10 AM. There is no doubt the violence was a method Trump intended to use. It was a secret to most and not a spontaneous movement.

Trump's very speech on the Ellipse is the evidence of the intent as stated and planned earlier. This was a method and not a social gathering.

Congressman Brooks 

Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL), (click here) a candidate in the Republican primary for the 2022 Senate race, engaged in a systematic effort to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and to make the case that its result should be overturned by state legislatures and Congress. Using incendiary language, he encouraged President Trump’s supporters — in remarks at the Rally immediately preceding the insurrection on January 6th — to march to the U.S. Capitol:

Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass. Now our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes, and sometimes their lives to give us, their descendants, an America that is the greatest nation in world history. So I have a question for you, are you willing to do the same? My answer is yes. Louder! Are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America?...

Eastman Theory - Not much of a theory. It is criminal in it's content.

Mr. Cipollone stated he did not believe the Vice President had the power to overturn the election. Cipollone has respect for the former Vice President. He believes Vice President Pence did a great service to the country. 

Right, Giuliani did have a team. A team of fraudulent nonsense stating the election was not true to the "real vote." The voting machines were the problem as were foreign entities.

Bannon states, "All hell will break loose tomorrow...." He was referring to the violence of January 6th. He endorsed and glamorized it. As did Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Ali Alexander.

January 6th the White House vibrated to the music playing at the Ellipse. His mood improved as the violence neared in a way that he did not express before for weeks.

The crowd were fired up or angry because the election was fraudulent. Stone, "Epic struggle between dark and light, god and the godless, etc." That is a cult. A religious cult. Do these people believe their souls are on the line with this movement? They had Qanon and the Shaman. What the heck were they thinking about god in relation to these other belief systems?

Washington is being inundated to those that do not want an election stolen, etc. states Trump. While he was raking in Big Bucks. I guess the Big Lie paid off even if he wasn't going to have the presidency after the insurrection.  I do believe Trump expected to be president forever after January 6th. 

Debbie Lesko was worried about security. She blame Antifa and she states there will be Trump supporters that will "Go nuts" when the election is not overturned. 

Trump edited his speech to bring about inspiration to violence. He edited the speech to his mob until the early morning hours after midnight. He included Vice President Pence in those edits. The White House staff Stephen Miller stated speech writer Eric Hershman had thought the inclusion of Vice President to be counter productive. 

Trump talked to Vice President Pence stating he was a whimp and other derogatory terms after Trump insisted he overturn the election at the meeting of the Electoral College. Ivanka's Chief of staff stated Ivanka Trump attempted to calm her father, Donald John Trump, before the rally at the Elipse. Ivanka Trump is known to have her thumb on the pulse of Donald John Trump. That has been the case since Trump first announced his candidacy. I am not surprised Ivanka "read her father" in a way that caused her concerned before the speech at the Elipse. 

Trump insulted the Republicans that did not support the Big Lie. He insulted them including Pence to the mob. 

Trump lied to all those around him and rallied the emotional content of anger to fight for him at the insurrection. 

The insurrection resulted in American deaths.

3:13 pm Mr. Ayers, Mr. Rhodes 

Mr. Rhodes is a former Oath Keepers.

Mr. Ayers pleaded guilty to charge involving the insurrection. 

The witnesses are sworn in. They agree to the oath they just swore.

3:15 pm Chairman Thompson

Mr. Rhodes describes his experience with the Oath Keepers. He was an independent journalist at several standoffs by the Oath Keepers. He was hired as a media expert by the Oath Keepers. He states they are a violent militia. Stacked military formation going up the steps of the USA Capital. Steward Rhodes courted right wing extremists.

The core idea of Elmer Stewart Rhodes’ group, (click here) the Oath Keepers, is that its members vow to support the oaths they took on joining law enforcement or the military to defend the Constitution forever and the group’s own list of 10 “Orders We Will Not Obey.” The list is a compendium of perceived, unrealized threats from the government – orders, for instance, to force Americans into concentration camps, confiscate their guns or cooperate with foreign troops in the United States.

These supposed threats are, in fact, part of the central conspiracy theory advocated by the antigovernment movement of which the Oath Keepers is a part – the baseless claim that the federal government plans to impose martial law, seize Americans’ weapons, force those who resist into concentration camps and, ultimately, push the country into a one-world socialistic government known as the “New World Order.” In 2013, the group announced the planned formation of “Citizen Preservation” militias meant to defend Americans against the New World Order....

This description aligns with the description of Mr. Rhodes. The impoverishment of these people are not unusual to those that populate the group. They have a grievance with society in general and focus on the government as the problem. 

Do I dare say these folks are largely from Red States?

Oath Keepers: Guardians of the Republic (click here)

Mr. Ayers believed completely the "Big Lie" was real and the election was stolen. In time he moved away from the media that was driving his false belief. He did his own research and shutting down of the websites was what convinced him that his beliefs were wrong.

He went to the January 6th rally and was angry and charged up and continued those feelings at the rally by the speech of Trump. He went to the Capitol because Trump asked him to and expected Trump to be there as he said at the rally.

He want to talk about truths. The insurrection was to be the spark that started the new Civil War. "Community Preparedness Team" and "Veterans Group." The Oath Keepers leader was actually a paramilitary leader and was hoping the Insurrection Act would be the way forward to be a force in the country. Wow.

Stewart Rhodes focus fell in line with violence and believed Trump's nod was permission for the violence the Oath Keepers were ready for.

I believe these men see the law rolling out convictions based in solid evidence changing their point of view. They want the truth to be known as a basis for their morality.  They are concerned for the country. They believe the elections will not serve the country well if the votes are manipulated. 

Ayers went home when Trump came out and asked the mob to disperse. They were brainwashed by the right wing media. That is my opinion. There is media set up to completely sympathize with Trump's point of view.

Losing a job and sold house will do that, too. A lot of the charges against him changed his life and not for the better. He is angry because Trump continues with the Big Lie. He was invested in the outcome that Trump promised. 

"I consider myself a family man and I love my country. I don't think any one man is bigger than those....He feels like he had horse blinders on. He wants people to take a step back and realize the truth before it is too late." He is a moral man. He was misdirected. 

Rep. Raskin - Trump's tweet is unique in history calling for an insurrection.

The Founders of our Constitution predicted there would be people like Trump. They warned such a power in the US Constitution would empower demigods to result as an ambition to rule the country, hence, destroying democracy.

There were serious injuries among the police officers that defended the Capitol on January 6th.

Trump's rage brought about his own words "American carnage." 

Rep. Raskin is stating his understanding and loyalty of the people that came forward to speak to the Committee. Trump wanted to use these people to topple the Constitutional order. He believes the American democracy needs to be fortified. Trump asserts January 6th was the real election. Authoritarianism by the Republican Party loyal to Trump is a priority today. "Constitutional Democracy is the Golden Apple of Freedom exists." 

3:46 pm Rep. Murphy closes with a statement

Evidence has been the leader the committee followed. She loves this country as an immigrant from Vietnam during the Vietnam War. She states Trump used fiction to create the "Big Lie." It is why evidence is the basis of everything the committee has aspired to hold above all else. 

3:48 pm - Chairwoman Cheney

There was an organized effort to carry out deceit and corruption to change state election results from multiple states. Trump brought a mob to the US Capitol for the purpose of over throwing the election, a coup. He oversaw and directed the activity on January 6th. Trump's legal team was working to achieve the result of the mob. Trump's response to pleas from Congress to stop the insurrection did not come until hours later after the violence first started. Trump never called any law enforcement or the National Guard to help stop the violence at the US Capitol. 

Trump is attempting to influence the witnesses to the committee. The referral was made to the DOJ.

3:52 pm Chairman Thompson

What role the federal government should play in our lives. The federal government and the USA Constitution brought about the end of slavery and elevated every person in the USA to be a citizen equal to other citizens. 

January 6, 2020 tested the strength of the federal government. It makes his blood boil in the reality of the insurrection. A president would have been reassured the people to the fail safe of the country. Trump did not do that, but, sent a mob instead to disable and destroy the government. Our system of government held. We came all too close to the disaster inspired by Trump.

3:56 pm

Committee adjorned. 

continuing...

A much needed advocate for sanity.

Besides being a poor investment, crypo is not climate friendly.

Why is crypto failing? Because all the million-billionaires that thought it would replace the US dollar or any sovereign currency is simply trying to get out of it. The incremental drop in crypto is similar to a stock no longer holding value. It is a standard exist of investors without having to take a beating on it's end.

Crypto is a day traders investment. The bubble has to be mastered in order to make money.

July 11, 2022

By Anissa Gardizy

...“[I was] seeing people get screwed over again (click here) and again and again,” White said. “There wasn’t a permanent record of what was actually happening and how poorly a lot of these projects were ending.”

Her first instinct was to start writing Wikipedia articles about crypto and the related field of “web3.” But she quickly realized Wikipedia wouldn’t be the best place for her work — among other things, it would have required her to take a neutral approach.

“I have a pretty strong opinion,” she said....

Journalists on MSNBC are advocating golf in Saudi Arabia based on economic ideology? Really? You should be fully ashamed of yourselves.

I think there is a problem with this video. It appears to have an endangered tortoise.

That appears to be a Centrochelys sulcata species. It strongly resembles the African Spurred Turtle. It looks like it is a younger turtle so the plates of the shell may be slightly different in configuration.

According to the IUCN Red List it is classified as endangered. (click here)

The caretaker obviously loves the tortoise, but, if this is the one I believe it is, owning one is not legal. I do not believe the tortoise is mistreated in any way, except, as an endangered species it is not contributing to increases in the numbers and the genetic diversity. The tortoise needs to be transported to a protected zoo and evaluated. It needs to be placed with other tortoises of the same species. It will be happier there than having a dog as a sibling.

I'd be very interested in knowing where they bought it. It is not legal to sell endangered species.

 

California needs to reach out to these folks.

We know that truck owner-operators are not necessarily real owner-operators so much as a driver for a major carrier that dumps costs for maintaining the truck on the driver, hence, lowering his or her income. The community of truck drivers seems to be having trouble deciphering the law. The State of California needs to develop outreach and/or a process to complete the demands of California Assembly Bill 5. 

In recognition of the need for an outreach to these drivers an extension in the filing will be necessary. I would think a document linked to renewal of driver's license is a reasonable demand to satisfy the law.

July 9, 2022
By Augusta Saraiva and Ngai Yeung

About 70,000 truck owner-operators (click here) who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed US supply chains.

Almost a dozen truckers told Bloomberg News they’re unsure how to comply with California’s Assembly Bill 5, which requires workers satisfy a three-part test to be considered independent contractors, or else be seen as employees entitled to job benefits. The trucking industry relies on contractors — who until now have had flexibility to operate on their own terms — and has fought to be exempt from state regulations for years.

California truck owner-operators must now comply with AB5 after the Supreme Court on June 30 refused to review a case challenging the legislation that sets out the tests for employment-status classification....

Venezuela and Iran are breaking sanctions.

The British navy intercepted an Iranian ship carrying missiles. 

When the USA ends it's DEPENDENCE on the petroleum industry all this will stop for the most part. When is the USA going to achieve net Zero and absolute Zero carbon emissions. If Iran doesn't sell these commodities anymore because they are not in demand of some kind, it won't be able to build missiles.

When is the world going to make the leap of faith and simply stop using carbon energy?

December 2, 2021
By Deisy Buitrago

Iran last year began providing PDVSA with condensate (click here) that is used to make the South American nation’s extra heavy oil exportable. This year, PDVSA and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a swap deal 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-iran-oil-exclusive-idCAKBN2GL09S 

that formalized the exchange of Venezuelan crude for Iranian condensate.

The swaps, occurring amid U.S. sanctions on both nations and their oil industries, have allowed PDVSA to ramp up crude output this autumn to levels close to those of early 2020.

“Two million barrels of diluent have just arrived. Where? – from Iran,” said Angel Rodriguez, a lawmaker from President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist party. “This shows what is the country’s situation. We are forced to receive products we used to make due to the blocking,” he added, referring to the U.S. sanctions.

Rodriguez did not disclose the name of the vessel. PDVSA and NIOC did not reply to requests for comment.

Washington imposed trade sanctions on PDVSA and its subsidiaries in 2019 as a way to oust Maduro after it called his re-election a sham. The measures barred exports to the United States, which used to buy most of Venezuela’s crude....

Regarding the Franciscan nuns in Massachusetts.

Dominos's Pizza supports religious efforts. One of them is at Domino Farms, the "Ave Maria University Chapel (click here)." The chapel has an office there and a book store and conducts fund raising. There may be a chance Domino's Pizza would be interested in working with the Nuns in Massachusetts to protect their monastery. 

Solar windows

(click here for video)

ubiquitous energy (click here)

From the IPCC:

...Opportunities (click here) to advance climate resilient development in cities include implementing integrated, inclusive planning and integration of climate change concerns into investments in urban infrastructure, including social and ecological infrastructures. Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystems and ensuring equitable outcomes contributes has multiple be to multiple benefits for health and well-being, including for marginalized and vulnerable communities....

July 9, 2022
By Alex Knapp and Alan Ohnsman

...Last week, BP released its annual Statistical Review of World Energy, (click here) which provides a comprehensive look at the global energy industry. One of the most interesting statistics within it was the growth of renewable energy, consumption of which grew 15% in 2021. Hydroelectric, nuclear and renewable energy accounted for about 18% of energy consumption around the globe, with the balance being provided by fossil fuels. Wind and solar power combined accounted for 10.1% of total global energy production, the first time that number has been above 10%. “Together, wind and solar power provided 2,894 Terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021,” writes Forbes senior Energy contributor Robert Rapier. “For perspective, in 2010 that number was 380 TWh.”...

"Good night, moon"

The waxing gibbous

11.7 day old moon

89.8 percent lit

July 10, 2022

By Len Melisurgo

The second (click here) of two consecutive “supermoons” will be glowing brightly in the night sky this week, as the full “buck moon” of July 2022 rises and gives sky watchers a special summer treat.

Here are a few things to know about the July full moon, when to see it and why it’s so unique among this year’s moons.

The first full moon of the summer season (the June moon turned full a week before the summer solstice) will officially reach its fullest phase at 2:37 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 13. So, it will be at its biggest and brightest when it rises above the horizon Wednesday night....

Sister Simone Campbell was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

Pope Francis is a Franciscan Jesuit (click here).

President Joe Biden (click here) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sister Simone Campbell, a longtime advocate for economic justice and health care policy, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington July 7, 2022

July 10, 2022
By Emily Sweeney

...Kathy Kottaridis, (click here) the executive director of Historic Boston Inc., said the monastery appears to be the oldest remaining purpose-built women’s monastery in New England. Many in the community want the building to be preserved.

“I’m glad they’re moving in that direction,” she said. “It has such an institutional presence right there, and it has an interesting history.”

Sister Clare Frances McAvoy, the abbess of the monastery, said although the demolition plans are “off the table,” the sisters are moving forward with their plans of vacating the property.

“We do need to move,” she said. “This building is too big. And it’s too expensive.”...

This really does seem wrong. Their income is not all that. I am sure there is a foundation somewhere that can smile on this monastery. Maybe modernize it and make it more livable. But, to allow them to simply move to a different place while their home is taken in as a historical building just doesn't seem right. I am glad the building is valued, but, it needs nuns in it to keep it alive.

Either we believe in longevity or not.

President Biden is liked by a lot of people. Governor Pritzker is supposed to have already endorsed his run for a second term. I strongly believe after the exploitation of the USA with Russia during the time Trump was in office, especially with NATO, Joe Biden as president was a brilliant decision by the American people.

I think it is important for the Democratic Party to be comfortable with him in the presidency, but, in all honesty, except for stuttering from time to time there are really no complaints. The stuttering has been a characteristic for all his life, not simply as he aged. A president with a stuttering disability is no one to be ashamed of either. Who really notices?     

We as a society have valued longevity for a very long time. The only time longevity was not valued for all Americans is when Trump was in office. He didn't care who lived or died during the global pandemic and it was no error because of age; he just didn't care.

President Joe Biden is just the opposite. He cares a great deal about Americans. Refreshingly, he cares a great deal about the Middle Class. I think the country has vastly improved from the Trump years and it was Joe's leadership that did it. He knows what he is doing. He knows the American people. He has had a great presidency to date. NATO is back and not only back but standing the ground against genocide by a country we once trusted enough to be trade partners.

He wants the gun violence to stop. He knows the climate crisis is real and must be addressed. He is appalled by the decision by the Supreme Court about Roe v. Wade, which was considered settled law. He values everything American and wants peace as a top agenda item, but, he is also realistic in knowing other countries don't care about peace.

I have no problem with President Biden being 79 years old. Correct me if I am wrong, but, isn't Social Security encouraging Americans to work until the age of 75? Isn't the benefit for SSI scaled now to reflect some degree of penalty if one retires at the age of 65. So, what are we saying when we worry about President Biden? Are we saying we are worried about him and his ability to lead longer, or are we saying he is simply to old and we want someone else. 

Really? Someone else? Because of age? 

Is that who we are? Is that who we really are?

President Joe Biden gets respect from nearly everyone, except, those that want to replace him in 2024 with who? With Donald John Trump. 

Really? Trump? Is that who we really are? 

July 9, 2022
By Peter Baker

Washington - When President Biden (click here) leaves Tuesday night for a four-day swing through the Middle East, he will presumably be more rested than he would have been had he followed the original plan.

The trip was initially tacked onto another journey last month to Europe, which would have made for an arduous 10-day overseas trek until it became clear to Mr. Biden’s team that such extended travel might be unnecessarily taxing for a 79-year-old president, or “crazy,” as one official put it.

Aides also cited political and diplomatic reasons to reorganize the extra stops as a separate trip weeks later. But the reality is that managing the schedule of the oldest president in American history presents distinct challenges. And as Mr. Biden insists he plans to run for a second term, his age has increasingly become an uncomfortable issue for him, his team and his party...