“Trump tried to steal an election
… and, so far, none of these defenders have mounted a serious defense against the charge. Instead, they carp about the lack of Trump defenders on the committee. As far as it goes, it’s a fair complaint. It just doesn’t go very far. Heck, even Donald Trump blames Kevin McCarthy for it. But there’s nothing stopping the carpers from offering a defense on TV or outside the hearing room.” — Jonah Goldberg.
How did Mike Pence become a RINO?
Gerard Baker in the Wall Street Journal
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“The stolen-election theory carries many of the requisite concoctions of all fabricated conspiracies. But none are as implausible as the premise that the people who stopped Mr. Trump from claiming his rightful re-election were all sinister figures conspiring to hand the reins of power to the illegitimate Joe Biden.
“Because it hasn’t been Adam Schiff and his comrades who have made the most effective case against Donald Trump. It has been Mr. Trump’s own, handpicked people. Think about the list of conspirators that you would have to conclude had somehow become late-convert enemies of Mr. Trump (and American democracy) to believe the former President’s story.
“Mike Pence, impeccable servant of the Republican Party, loyal (crueler observers might say servile) supporter of the former President, who sometime between Nov. 3 and Jan. 6 became a notorious RINO and traitor.
“William Barr, perhaps the most effective defender of Mr. Trump through the mostly manufactured controversies of his term, but who somehow became a double agent for Mr. Biden after the election.
“Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, who stood down Stacey Abrams’s race-baiting charges of a stolen election himself and proved himself a strong conservative in office but somehow plotted with fellow Republicans in the state to confirm a fraudulent victory for his political opponents.”
Get your shine box
Tom Nichols in The Atlantic Daily:
“The January 6 committee, however, deserves a great deal of credit for illuminating the dangerous mediocrities on whom Trump relied for his mischief — the men and women who were certain that their moment had finally arrived. These people — call them the Third String —t hought that they were finally going to The Show, and they were going to burn the Constitution if that’s what it took to stay there.
“Consider, for example, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a minor Justice Department official who sought to oust his own boss and get Trump to make him the attorney general, after which Clark would try to overturn the election results. … Clark got his comeuppance in a meeting in the Oval Office when Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue warned Trump that any such appointment would lead to mass resignations, and told Clark: “You’re an environmental lawyer. How about you go back to your office, and we’ll call you when there’s an oil spill.”
And then there’s John Eastman …
Ann Coulter on 2000 Mules
First, the movie doesn’t show what it says it shows.
• Cellphone tracking isn’t precise enough to distinguish between liberal activists stuffing drop boxes, and store owners, police officers, delivery men and others who have perfectly legitimate reasons to be within a few yards of the same drop box every day.
• In all five battleground states D’Souza considers, it is perfectly legal for third parties to drop off ballots for others, with varying degrees of lenience. …
• Even if every cellphone dot represented a left-wing organizer illegally dropping off another person’s ballot, that still wouldn’t make the ballot invalid. A legal ballot can be illegally delivered, although the guy who delivered it might be in trouble. — (More here.)
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
It beggars belief. And no wonder that destruction continues unabated when local/state leaders encourage it by default. But Portland is not alone in its deflection of reality, just the most noticeable -thus far… It is coming to a city near you soon. Perhaps it’s already here
In Columbus, WI, the 20 year old who mangled the victim’s hand, broke every window in his vehicle and stole his stuff, had 17 priors, (young yet productive) and mostly ALL violent crimes. Battery, substantial battery, ad nauseum.
https://www.channel3000.com/2-men-charged-with-battery-in-connection-to-attack-that-left-victim-with-broken-hand-multiple-face-injuries/
The net result? DISMISSALS of ALL charges in almost every case…. Yoiks… So as the Boy Scouts used to say, B4 they donned rainbow neckerchiefs, BE PREPARED!
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The Gotch saw a new Virtue Signalling sign in Midvale Heights, Silence is Complicity, shoehorned into a real REAL WOKE (three [3] other signs) neighbor’s lawn.
I wonder if they mean the silence, as in NO CONDEMNATION, regarding the riots/looting/general miscreant-lawless-mayhem from the CommonSenseLess Council, the County Board, the Mayor’s office, Urban Triage, FreeDUMB Inc, et al?
Or is some silence more equal than others…?
The Gotch
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Wouldn’t it be better if DHS simply declared martial law and occupied the city?
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What Orwell missed:
Speech is violence
Violence is speech
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Rose City Antifa owns that town, and their goal is to turn it into Mogadishu. Madison has some eyes eagerly watching this and their little “hamster-wheel” brains are spinning.
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Correct me if I’m wrong but I have not heard one Democratic, except Carpenter, disavow this. Some are even embracing it. This IS the new face of the Democratic party.
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apparently you haven’t listened to Biden speak.
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The less Lefty hears from DementiaJoe, the better; they’re absolutely DREADING his fast approaching MUST SEE T.V. debate performance!
The Gotch
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The only people dreading anything is the gop. They are trying to figure out how many more seats they are going to lose. And now they are eating their own. A bunch of old white guys going after Lizzy Cheney. Ann Coulter calling trump an idiot and telling people to vote for the Dem. against the turtle. Trump went from masks are for pussies to patriotic in a day. Every southern state run by a gop goober is out of control with the virus. Faux news is up to their ass in lawsuits AGAIN. Repubs’ in Ohio jailed because of child porn. And it gets worse…the gop convention in Fld, in August, in the midst of covid. What stable genius thought that one up?
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Suck it up Sunshine.
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THIS JUST IN: NY, NJ, IL, MD, MA, CA, PA, OH, MI are GOP Hot Spots!
There exists no unit of measure to accurately determine THAT level of crippling imbecility!
The Gotch
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Satya’s behavior is what eventually leads to lynching. When the citizens lose faith in officials who won’t protect them and prosecute evil doers…….
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Where are Satya, Evers, Pocan, Tammy? Aren’t they leading Madison? They’ve all professed great love for lovely Madison prior to every election. Lord knows they aren’t working. Can’t WSJ/CapTimes get a statement from any of them?
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I am humored at the sycophants on this blog who worship at the altar of Blaska and label any opinion expressed that doesn’t agree with theirs being from a “lefty” and not adding anything to the discussion. Do comments like “Suck it up Sunshine” by madisonexpat. and those of the Gotch and Pantifarts (too numerous to list) seriously add anything to the discussion? Come on guys, you can do better than that!
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Sooooo…we should follow your lead and add LESS than nothing…?
Asking for a friend……….
The Gotch
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Jeez, DLS, can ya NOT scare folks so much? Yer wit and wisdom are indomitable; I pray every Sunday that ya never move closer & you’ll be satisfied sharing fuzzy donuts & reheated coffee on one of Richard’s (AKA: Dick) wobbly decks.
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