“The FBI has identified one of the most wanted perpetrators of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a man who took on a leadership role after storming the building,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, November 29, 2021 (read story here). Huffington Post noted that about a quarter “of the tota[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
November 26th, 2021 - 6:42 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
What election lawsuit? This is a pillow sale!
“Despite months of promising to file an explosive lawsuit that would ‘pull down’ the 2020 presidential election results and reinstate Donald Trump to the White House, pillow-monger Mike Lindell has instead turned his election-fraud-athon into a four-day sales promotion,” Huff[...]
November 25th, 2021 - 2:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Twisting in the wind
Hundreds of Capitol rioters risked much to support Trump’s bid for an illegitimate second term. He left them twisting in the wind. They were arrested, jailed, and are being prosecuted for the crimes they committed on his behalf, but he didn’t pardon a single one, nor is he helping them w[...]
November 24th, 2021 - 8:13 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
The origin of #StopTheSteal
Like a volcano bubbling underground, the #StopTheSteal hashtag had many wellsprings, but one in particular uncorked the eruption. “The edifice of #StopTheSteal was constructed on a foundation of false claims of widespread election fraud that predates Trump’s candidacy,” Mother Jones sa[...]
Judas is an Oath Keeper
And it may land him in prison. James Beeks (photos), 49, of Orlando, a Broadway actor currently playing Judas in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” betrayed his country on January 6, 2021. He went to Washington D.C. and met up with a group of fellow Oath Keepers, donned tactical outfit, and was p[...]
November 24th, 2021 - 2:21 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Trumper gets 19 months in prison for “kill your senators” video rant
He would later say he didn’t really mean it, but at the time, it sure looked like he did. Brendan Hunt (photo), 37, of Queens, New York, got 19 months in prison for urging his fellow Trumpers to return to the Capitol with guns on January 20 and slaughter Democrats. (Read story here and here.) [...]
November 23rd, 2021 - 8:34 pm § in Politics
Oath Keeper unfit to be legislator, fellow West Pointers say
Alaska state legislator David Eastman is a West Point graduate. He’s also an Oath Keeper, and dozens of his fellow West Pointers aren’t happy. In a letter to an Alaska paper (read it here), they blasted his conduct and demanded he resign, alleging he “discredited” himself and[...]
November 22nd, 2021 - 5:32 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP wife-beater quits Senate run
Sean Parnell (photo, left), an Army veteran and book author with political ambitions, has given up trying to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) after a court awarded custody of his children to his estranged wife, Laurie Snell, The Hill reported on Monday, November 22, 2021 (read story here). Pa[...]
November 13th, 2021 - 12:49 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Capitol rioter gets jail for throwing chair at cops
Bradley Rukstales, 53, of Inverness, Illinois, a former CEO of a data analytics firm, describes himself as a “peaceful and law-abiding citizen” who condemns the “violence and destruction that took place in Washington” on January 6, 2021. But surveillance camera footage show him throwing a ch[...]
November 12th, 2021 - 11:15 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Armed Capitol rioter pleads guilty
He’s crazy. What should society do with him? Lonnie Coffman, a Vietnam veteran from Falkville, Alabama, described by his family as a “hermit” (and Trump supporter), parked his truck near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. When he returned to his vehicle, it was inside a police pe[...]