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13 Jan, 9 tweets, 4 min read
BREAKING: Ten Oath Keepers and associates including leader Stewart Rhodes charged with "seditious conspiracy" for January 6.
This is my uncut video of the moment the Oath Keepers stack breached the Capitol East side.

(Footage available to license)

Rhodes will be an interesting case. I photographed him on the Capitol East side; he was generally speaking to several men, but he did not appear to go inside or physically get involved with the action.

This is the one video clip I captured of Rhodes on that day (just before taking the photo in the previous tweet).

He is visible wearing black cowboy hat.
Charges are expected to be unsealed later today.

One week ago, Rep. Matt Gaetz asserted to me that Stewart Rhodes may be a federal asset.

I'll definitely follow up with his office to see if today's charges change his opinion.

Criminal complaint released. Still going through it, but something that quickly catches my eye: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes swiftly shot down claims that antifa was storming the Capitol.

"Nope. I'm right here. These are Patriots."
Pages 24 and 25 in the indictment detail allegations that Stewart Rhodes called directly for the first stack formation that breached the east side, gathering first to regroup on the south side.

My tweet below shows the stack itself.

The government also includes post-January 6 planning in their charges of "Seditious Conspiracy," particularly focusing on Stewart Rhodes and Jessica Watkins.
Stewart Rhodes currently being held in federal custody, with detention hearing on January 20.

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13 Jan
Fun news today in the federal regulatory state:

Today, DHHS will publish its final ruling on the definition of the term “French Dressing.”

In a 14-page draft document, they say they plan to follow the Association for Dressings and Sauces’s advice to drop the legal definition.
According to their economic analysis, the federal government reforming the definition of “French Dressing” is not expected to have an impact on the economy.

The “227 distinct pourable products sold as ‘French dressing’” will not have to rename.

federalregister.gov/public-inspect…
The DHHS also evaluated that changing the definition of “French dressing” is not expected to:

-Cause measurable environmental impact

-Alter federalism by changing the relationship between national government and the states

-Affect tribal governments

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-00494.pdf
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7 Jan
"Can we hear it for constitutional patriots like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger," said @RepRaskin tonight.

"Progressives and liberals can never defeat fascism on their own."

"It is always progressives and liberals and the center right that come together to defend democracy."
"We saved democracy," says @RepJayapal of Jan 6.

"And when I say 'we' I am not talking about 'we members of congress.' I am talking about 'we the people'" she says, commending those who voted out Trump.

She adds there "wasn't enough courage" to convict Trump on impeachment.
DC Congresswoman @EleanorNorton pointed out that DC's local police department worked to defend the Capitol "yet House Republicans fight DC by fighting against the DC statehood bill only a few months after the attack."
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27 Dec 21
Reminder: According to the IRS, if you stole property this year, you must return it to its rightful owner before New Years.

If you keep it, you will be required to declare its fair market value in the income section on your taxes.

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More end-of-year tax advice: According to the IRS, you may still be able to get a tax credit for your child, even if they were kidnapped this year.

The IRS only requires the child lived with you for half of the year before the date of the kidnapping.

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More advice: If you decide to snitch to the IRS for money this year, your “whistleblower’s award” will be taxable.

You may write off court costs/attorneys from the snitch tax, but not in excess of the award itself.

irs.gov/publications/p… ImageImage
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23 Dec 21
Mainstream media continues to be plagued with use of the exonerative tense when it comes to government acts.

Nobody denies Kim Potter shot Daunte Wright, an act for which she has been convicted of a crime.

Still, the caption on the header image detaches her from her actions. Image
As all gun owners know, bullets don’t magically fly into people’s bodies.

A human being, through a decision or through negligence, fires a bullet, and the firearm is a tool to do so.

Mainstream media weaponizes grammar to separate people from actions, especially state agents.
To be clear, the problem of exonerative language blaming situations or tools for actions committed by people is not exclusive to government acts, nor to guns.

With narrow exceptions perhaps like self-driving cars, a person crashes a car.

A car does not spontaneously crash.
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19 Dec 21
Truckers are calling for a boycott of Colorado after mandatory minimum sentencing meant trucker Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 23, got 110 years for an accident that left four dead.

He had no drugs/alcohol and government agrees it was an accident.

foxnews.com/us/truck-drive…
Prosecutor Kayla Wildeman is absolutely ecstatic about the conviction of Aguilera-Mederos.

After achieving a 110-year prison term for the 23-year-old truck driver whose brakes failed (no drugs/alcohol), she calls a brake shoe trophy a “special gift.”

westword.com/news/prosecuto…
Chief Deputy District Attorney Trevor Moritzky, who apparently gave Wildeman the brake shoe trophy, gave a misdemeanor plea deal (90 days jail) to a cop in 2017 who “brutally raped” an intoxicated arrestee in the back seat of his police car.

kdvr.com/news/local/for…
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18 Dec 21
Robert J. Contee, who has since become Chief of Police, once voted to overrule the firing of a DC officer who admitted to drunkenly attempting to solicit sex work and pointing his MPD-issued Glock at the sex worker when they refused, @DCist reports.

dcist.com/story/21/12/18…
Out of 24 cases in which MPD officers were found by MPD’s Disciplinary Review Division to have committed crimes and recommended for firing, the Adverse Action Panel blocked all but three firings.

dcist.com/story/21/12/18…
The cops got “an average of a 29-day suspension without pay. These officers amassed disciplinary records for domestic violence, DUIs, indecent exposure, sexual solicitation, stalking, and more. In several instances, they fled the scenes of their crimes.”

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