“Let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong...”
“such as ... reversing the divine rule, and calling, not the sinners, but the righteous to repentance - such as invocations to Washington, imploring men to unsay what Washington said, and undo what Washington did.”
“Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.”
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” -Lincoln, Cooper Union Address
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The FBI introduces some interesting verbiage in this (terrifying) weapons case, calling the January 6th Capitol insurrection a “purported protest event.” justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
Bill Sweeney in full swagger with this quote
Florea’s violent threats were made on Parler on January 6th. They targeted Senator-elect Warnock, who had just won his race the day before.
After airing her suspicions yesterday, Rep. Sherrill writes to request an investigation of House Republicans’ complicity in the January 6th attacks. Katherine Clark and Frank Pallone sign on as well.
There are more than 30 House D signers in total.
Key line: “These tours were so concerning that they were reported to the Sergeant at Arms on January 5.”
Cheney becomes I believe the second House Republican to say publicly that she will vote to impeach Trump, following John Katko, a representative from Syracuse, NY.
It gets harder and harder to think of an innocent explanation for Capitol Police Chief Sund and his leadership team’s actions before, during, and after the attack. buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanu…
From this story: “Our chief was nowhere to be found, I didn’t hear him on the radio. One of our other deputy chiefs was not there.”