A 38-page PowerPoint that lays out a brazen plan to overthrow democracy landed in the inbox of former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 5. Meadows turned over the information to the special Congressional committee that is investigating the events that preceded the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol.
We all read this, but I can guarantee you that this story will not receive a single mention on Fox, OANN, Newsmax, etc. In fact, and to that point, when Mark Meadows was referred out yesterday by the 1/6 Commission for criminal contempt of a Congressional Subpoena, none of the "conservative networks" even covered it. Not a word. So, we have half the country which does not even know about this insanity and will never find it out. How can we hope to make "the other side" realize how dangerous and crazy its positions area when they will never even hear about the fact that a coup was attempted (and is now taking place again, albeit much more stealthily)?
When I was in college, the journalism school included students who wanted to be journalists, as well as those who wanted to do PR. The journalists looked down on the PR students, but it appears the PR faction has prevailed. Journalism is no longer the “first rough draft of history” - it’s just PR for one side or another. That is why the Congressional investigation is so important. It will create a public record of what really happened, so maybe someday historians will be able to point to 2020 as … whatever we let it be. The beginning of the end? Or the year when we learned the hard way about our vulnerabilities and changed our laws to keep it from ever happening again? I hope it will be the latter, but fear it will be the former.
Wow. SO helpful, SO restrained but SO damning, Judd. Admittedly overwhelmed with news, I would likely never have read the PowerPoint and could not have put it together with various tweets/testimony as you did today. Many many thanks.
And somehow comforting to see the Former Pumpkinhead’s spoken words on the “page,” and see how close to word salad —phrase salad at least—his rabble rousing really is. My favorite:
“...I just spoke to Mike. I said, "Mike, that doesn't take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing, that takes courage."
I guess it takes one to call one out?
Meanwhile, and of course even more comforting, is to observe the dire predictions about Biden’s Presidency, and to contrast them with the latter’s true statesmanship, which continues to pull us back from the brink of chaos (she said hopefully). —I’m even thinking of POTUS’s recent response to SCOTUS’ refusal to strike down SB8 without a full hearing (which, yes, has alarmed the entire Western world…but is a Fact) - very correctly calling on Congress to codify Roe v Wade on the federal level, rather than picking a fight with SCOTUS. As DJT did with judges at all levels, over bupkis (trifles), stupidly and unconscionably increasing the danger for the human beings who make up our judicial branch. (If I sound like the daughter of a former, now-deceased, federal judge, that’s because I am one.)
I can’t recall the public seeing so much evidence on such heinous crimes and such a lack of urgency and outrage by those who are supposed to indict these monsters. There is no reason he shouldn’t be awaiting trial in prison. And talk about a national security risk!
Thank you for this information. You are providing us with incredibly valuable information!
Treason. Yet there they all sit free birds almost a year later. A year from now the 2022 elections will give power back to GOP and it will disappear from view.
Media is 1% owned. They will focus in inflation to help this along
[Lost my beginning] and (where is my heart button? also!--we need to happily click the positive) I have become steeped in so much news that most of this is not new to me. Please, let us know when and who the phone records revelations take place. I remember the Senate hearings in which Josh Hawley and Mike Lee were upset that their phones could be looked into regarding these events. Yesterday's column: have people seen the Kellogg's coverage [CBS Tony Dokoupil] where the strikers who have the better tier payscale and benefits are standing with their friends and neighbors who have been denied these same benefits that made these "good" jobs.]?
I have to ask - why doesn't the DOJ do more toward trying to bring the #tRumpdumpster up on some kind of charges? There's no executive privilege now. Is it really that impossible to hold him responsible for everything he's done to overthrow democracy?
We all read this, but I can guarantee you that this story will not receive a single mention on Fox, OANN, Newsmax, etc. In fact, and to that point, when Mark Meadows was referred out yesterday by the 1/6 Commission for criminal contempt of a Congressional Subpoena, none of the "conservative networks" even covered it. Not a word. So, we have half the country which does not even know about this insanity and will never find it out. How can we hope to make "the other side" realize how dangerous and crazy its positions area when they will never even hear about the fact that a coup was attempted (and is now taking place again, albeit much more stealthily)?
If this was a dry run at a more sophisticated attempt to overthrow an election, as Judd suggests, we should be very concerned.
When I was in college, the journalism school included students who wanted to be journalists, as well as those who wanted to do PR. The journalists looked down on the PR students, but it appears the PR faction has prevailed. Journalism is no longer the “first rough draft of history” - it’s just PR for one side or another. That is why the Congressional investigation is so important. It will create a public record of what really happened, so maybe someday historians will be able to point to 2020 as … whatever we let it be. The beginning of the end? Or the year when we learned the hard way about our vulnerabilities and changed our laws to keep it from ever happening again? I hope it will be the latter, but fear it will be the former.
(Hey where’s my heart button? I ❤️ this column!)
Wow. SO helpful, SO restrained but SO damning, Judd. Admittedly overwhelmed with news, I would likely never have read the PowerPoint and could not have put it together with various tweets/testimony as you did today. Many many thanks.
And somehow comforting to see the Former Pumpkinhead’s spoken words on the “page,” and see how close to word salad —phrase salad at least—his rabble rousing really is. My favorite:
“...I just spoke to Mike. I said, "Mike, that doesn't take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing, that takes courage."
I guess it takes one to call one out?
Meanwhile, and of course even more comforting, is to observe the dire predictions about Biden’s Presidency, and to contrast them with the latter’s true statesmanship, which continues to pull us back from the brink of chaos (she said hopefully). —I’m even thinking of POTUS’s recent response to SCOTUS’ refusal to strike down SB8 without a full hearing (which, yes, has alarmed the entire Western world…but is a Fact) - very correctly calling on Congress to codify Roe v Wade on the federal level, rather than picking a fight with SCOTUS. As DJT did with judges at all levels, over bupkis (trifles), stupidly and unconscionably increasing the danger for the human beings who make up our judicial branch. (If I sound like the daughter of a former, now-deceased, federal judge, that’s because I am one.)
I can’t recall the public seeing so much evidence on such heinous crimes and such a lack of urgency and outrage by those who are supposed to indict these monsters. There is no reason he shouldn’t be awaiting trial in prison. And talk about a national security risk!
Thank you for this information. You are providing us with incredibly valuable information!
Treason. Yet there they all sit free birds almost a year later. A year from now the 2022 elections will give power back to GOP and it will disappear from view.
Media is 1% owned. They will focus in inflation to help this along
[Lost my beginning] and (where is my heart button? also!--we need to happily click the positive) I have become steeped in so much news that most of this is not new to me. Please, let us know when and who the phone records revelations take place. I remember the Senate hearings in which Josh Hawley and Mike Lee were upset that their phones could be looked into regarding these events. Yesterday's column: have people seen the Kellogg's coverage [CBS Tony Dokoupil] where the strikers who have the better tier payscale and benefits are standing with their friends and neighbors who have been denied these same benefits that made these "good" jobs.]?
I have to ask - why doesn't the DOJ do more toward trying to bring the #tRumpdumpster up on some kind of charges? There's no executive privilege now. Is it really that impossible to hold him responsible for everything he's done to overthrow democracy?