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Did you just hear that on Brian Williams? (Original Post) canetoad Oct 2021 OP
I needed that. Nt BootinUp Oct 2021 #1
Same same SAME, Boot Leghorn21 Oct 2021 #3
Good to hear Poiuyt Oct 2021 #2
Cowardly GOP/Trump operatives covering their asses. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2021 #8
Oh I hope so. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #4
I wonder if they are giving them Turbineguy Oct 2021 #5
I agree, but they are also cowards. Could be trying to get on the good side of the commission. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #18
First in line gets the deal? cbabe Oct 2021 #6
Exactly what I was thinking! SeattleVet Oct 2021 #9
excellent Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #7
I'm being a bit of a jerk, I know KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #10
my 2 cents worth on how not to be a jerk NJCher Oct 2021 #11
Or, we could all just realize that people posting on Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2021 #17
+1 lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #20
Speaking of targets.... ShazzieB Oct 2021 #28
Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #30
I wish KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #31
No collusion? Nyet! czarjak Oct 2021 #12
Over the ...."Long Haul"...Changes will be made...small but significant changes....that Stuart G Oct 2021 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #14
Didn't 4,500 people send tips re: Kavanaugh to the FBI tip line? Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #32
I can just imagine that ceremony. Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #34
Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #16
Republican traitors getting closer to justice Champp Oct 2021 #19
I was sleeping but that is music to my ears malaise Oct 2021 #21
There is not statute of limitations on Treason Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #22
Maybe the spouses of some traitors are calling in. Ilsa Oct 2021 #23
The subpoena issued to Bannon may have been the catalyst. If they aren't the first to spill the Martin68 Oct 2021 #24
It certainly appears wryter2000 Oct 2021 #25
Good! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #26
Good to Know.. TY! Cha Oct 2021 #27
👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #29
unbidden? What does that mean? twin_ghost Oct 2021 #33

Irish_Dem

(47,058 posts)
18. I agree, but they are also cowards. Could be trying to get on the good side of the commission.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 09:21 AM
Oct 2021

Before the shit hits the fan.

But I assume it is probably a combination of rat effing and singing like a canary.
Usual combination of sociopaths and cowards.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
9. Exactly what I was thinking!
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 11:49 PM
Oct 2021

Well, that - along with the typical repuke ratfucking we see as they gleefully toss everyone else under the bus to make themselves look better and try to save their own guilty butts.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
10. I'm being a bit of a jerk, I know
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 11:50 PM
Oct 2021

Until convictions and jail and barred from holding office happens it is meaningless.

I'm glad people are coming forward but I don't have a whole lot of faith anything serious will come of it. In my lifetime, it just doesn't happen at that level unless the party the bad actors belong to push for it. In this case the entire GOP is behind it and supports more of it and worse.

NJCher

(35,669 posts)
11. my 2 cents worth on how not to be a jerk
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 12:07 AM
Oct 2021

Just say "to me" and don't attempt to tell others that what they think is meaningless.

Example: "...barred from holding office happens it is meaningless, at least to me."

When you place a value judgement on how others think, it comes off as thinking that you are a smarter, better thinker than others. This is just my impression. It may not affect others the same way.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
17. Or, we could all just realize that people posting on
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 07:39 AM
Oct 2021

internet furums are sharing their own impressions and opinions, and, unless they say so, are not judging or pronouncing themselves smarter, better thinkers than others who hold different opinions. And so, maybe don't give them targeted advice on how not to be a jerk.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
30. Agreed
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 08:52 PM
Oct 2021

I would prefer the lot of them be sent to Gitmo and forgotten about forever.

That said, when I start seeing some real consequences beyond wrist slaps and token fines that it is all pretty meaningless.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
31. I wish
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 09:34 PM
Oct 2021


Everyone is celebrating this. I wish I could too but my faith in justice being done is pretty shaky.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
13. Over the ...."Long Haul"...Changes will be made...small but significant changes....that
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 01:43 AM
Oct 2021

turn into larger ones over time....Got proof???

Well..............women got the right to vote...............then...............
....................Afro-Americans who were denied the right to vote, got the right to vote...
....................more????.............let's see .....now 18 year old people can vote.....

.................But....not this one......... ................But.......

......You have that right..............but...you do not have to vote ....do you

.......................................YES, LOTS OF PEOPLE DO NOT USE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE...WHY?
..........................................i HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE...SAYS STU............time to have a drink...

Response to canetoad (Original post)

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
15. Didn't 4,500 people send tips re: Kavanaugh to the FBI tip line?
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 02:04 AM
Oct 2021

And didn't Director Wray package those tips up and send them to an associate of the accused?

Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #15)

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,231 posts)
16. Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 02:41 AM
Oct 2021

If this asshole takes the 5th during this interview that fact will be used in his disbarment proceeding. Taking the 5th Amendment in a civil proceeding can be used against a lawyer. This asshole needs to be disbarred




“It will happen,” Chair Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said in an interview Tuesday of a subpoena for Eastman, who played a key role in the legal operation that was run out of a “command center” at the Willard Hotel in Washington in the days and hours leading up to Jan. 6. Thompson did not provide a timeline for when the subpoena will be issued.

The committee has requested documents and communications related to Eastman’s legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.

Eastman told The Washington Post last week that he had not been contacted by the panel investigating the insurrection, but a person familiar with the select committee’s work disputed that claim and said investigators have been in touch with Eastman. This person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, added that a subpoena would be avoidable if Eastman cooperated with the committee’s investigation voluntarily. The committee is expected to issue subpoenas to other witnesses in the days ahead.

Farmer-Rick

(10,170 posts)
22. There is not statute of limitations on Treason
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 10:42 AM
Oct 2021

So, even if they fail to bring charges now.... Someone is going to eventually develop a backbone and file charges maybe 4 years down the road. And all the evidence is documented and recorded. All it needs is one guy with guts.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
23. Maybe the spouses of some traitors are calling in.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 10:44 AM
Oct 2021

Even if you're like-minded, they can't be easy to live with.

Martin68

(22,801 posts)
24. The subpoena issued to Bannon may have been the catalyst. If they aren't the first to spill the
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 12:07 PM
Oct 2021

beans, someone else will and they will end up behind bars.

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