January 6

Democrat Denialists

Featured image In 2001, 2005 and 2017, some Democrat House members objected to the certification of electoral votes for the winning Republican presidential candidate. Those objections, while “denialist,” were only symbolic. But Democrat leaders in the House are now suggesting that if they control that body following November’s election–as they well might–they may refuse to allow a victorious Donald Trump to take office. The Atlantic did the original reporting, behind a paywall. »

Perjury In a J6 Trial?

Featured image The Department of Justice’s prosecution of a group of Oath Keepers was one of the centerpieces of the Democrats’ effort to build the January 6 protest into an “insurrection.” It worked: the Oath Keeper defendants were convicted and sentenced to up to 18 years in prison. Now investigative journalist Steve Baker of Blaze News has pieced together security camera footage released by the House Republican majority that, he says, proves »

Can the Democrats Keep Trump Off the Ballot?

Featured image Two states, Colorado and Maine, have ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for the presidency in those jurisdictions. These rulings are popular with Democrats: Rasmussen finds that: Sixty-six percent (66%) of Democrats approve of efforts to keep Trump off the ballot, including 50% who Strongly Approve. It is noteworthy that even among independents, 41% approve of Trump being removed from the ballot–not an auspicious sign for those who »

It’s always January 6 somewhere

Featured image The Biden administration has exerted itself to elevate President Trump in the eyes of Republican voters. Donald Trump is in any event President Biden’s opponent of choice in the 2024 election. Is that really debatable? Biden seems to have tired of promoting Bidenomics as his ticket to reelection. He kicked off his 2024 campaign in earnest yesterday near Valley Forge with a speech whose heading tells you everything you need »

Rep. Bowman Explains [Updated]

Featured image Congressman Jamaal Bowman bizarrely pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon Office Building, apparently to disrupt the vote that was about to take place on the stopgap continuing resolution that Republican leaders had agreed to. Cannon claimed that he was just trying to open a door, an excuse that has prompted hilarity and lots of memes. Now Bowman’s office has produced talking points for use by his Democratic colleagues. Here »

“Insurrections,” Ours and Theirs

Featured image On Thursday evening our time, I was on Sky News Australia’s U.S. Report, hosted by James Morrow. We talked about the sentencing of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison, two years longer than the maximum penalty prescribed by law, for participation in an “insurrection” that he missed. We contrasted that with the 10-year sentence, half of the presumptive punishment, for an arsonist/murderer who was engaged in »

Killa strikes again

Featured image Krazy-Eyez Killa Jack Smith announced the election-related indictment of Donald Trump yesterday. Listening to his brief statement (text here, video below), I learn that it was just unsealed. Killa must have had it ready to go for some time. He appears to have had it filed and unsealed in response to the testimony of Devon Archer before the House Oversight Committee the day before. Something tells me that the indictment »

Democrats Indict Trump Again

Featured image This is the shoe we have long been waiting to see drop: Special Counsel Jack Smith has indicted Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 protest. The indictment is embedded below. It includes four counts: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, and Conspiracy Against Rights. Speaking of conspiracies against rights, is that maybe »

Coming soon

Featured image In the adjacent post I note the appearance of the IRS whistleblowers to testify in public before the House Oversight Committee tomorrow. I should have guessed that the Biden administration would have a news-hogging indictment in store, as indeed it does. President Trump has disclosed that he is a target in Biden Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation. He will be indicted some time soon. That »

Chief of Capitol Police to Tucker Carlson: J6 Crowd Was ‘Filled with Federal Agents’

Featured image Tucker Carlson joined comedian and political podcaster Russell Brand on the Friday edition of his podcast, “Stay Free.” Their discussion focused on the truth behind the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Carlson told Brand that he had interviewed former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund in April. He planned to air the segment on his Fox show, he said, but was abruptly fired before he could do so. (Sund, you »

The FBI and the Proud Boys

Featured image I haven’t followed the January 6 prosecutions as closely as I probably should have. I thought it was obvious that the Capitol riot was the most overblown story of modern times. The idea that the protesters who entered the Capitol (mostly peacefully, as far as I could see, more or less invited in by Capitol guards) were mounting an “insurrection” was and is absurd, given that not a single one »

William Shipley responds

Featured image William Shipley is Jacob Chansley’s current counsel. He has represented Jacob Chansley since November 2021. Watkins was fired in Nov. 2021. Pierce filed the Notice of Appeal because I was not then admitted to the DC District Court. I am now and I have represented Jake at all times since. There is no "formal" filing stating that because there is no matter pending. https://t.co/1rC7BUETFR — Shipwreckedcrew.substack.com (@shipwreckedcrew) March 14, 2023 »

Albert Watkins responds

Featured image Albert Watkins was Jacob Chansley’s lawyer through the guilty plea and sentencing. I asked Mr. Watkins for comment on the brief filed by the government that I quote in the adjacent post. He quickly responded with a message bearing markings that made it look to me like the message had been sent out to four or five others before me. I find his statement not entirely responsive or on point, »

Prosecutors respond to Tucker Carlson

Featured image I commented on Tucker Carlson’s four segments featuring suppressed January 6 videos last week in posts here (March 9) and here (March 10). Now January 6 defendant Dominic Pezzola has brought a motion seeking dismissal of the case against him “due to recent revelations on the Tucker Carlson show” that purportedly prove that Congress overreacted when members of a mob that had overrun officers, broken windows and doors, and was »

Censored by the Right

Featured image Days after Jan. 6, 2021, Army Col. (Ret) Mike Ford, a highly decorated infantry officer and a former colleague of mine, was sitting in church with his wife. The pastor read a prayer that had been sent to congregations in the area by the District Bishop. Below is an abridged version of the prayer: Compassionate God, we come before you with heavy hearts. We are grieved by the violence that »

Another take on Tucker

Featured image I wrote two posts on Tucker Carlson’s four January 6 segments featuring suppressed video of the Capitol and focused on the case of Jacob Chamsley. I found Tucker’s presentation of the case deficient and misleading. I sought to provide relevant facts that might inform the views of readers who would otherwise take Tucker at face value. All in all, I thought that Tucker’s four segments were a dud. That is »

Lifelong Liberal After Watching Tucker Carlson Tapes: ‘Dear Conservatives: I Apologize’

Featured image My ears always perk up when I hear about a lifelong liberal suddenly experiencing a profound change in their political beliefs. Like many of us, liberal author Dr. Naomi Wolf, a one-time advisor to former President Bill Clinton, watched Tucker Carlson’s presentation of excerpts of previously unseen surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021 on Monday night. To say she was moved by what she saw is an understatement. What followed »