It seems like whenever there is a breakthrough and we see exactly how the prosecutors and J6 committee are making progress (yesterday there were a few) that's when the agitators and demoralizers come out.
I have a few theories.

One of my theories is that social media is a rage machine and rage needs a target. Whatever happens to be in the news becomes the target of rage and agitation.
The problem of course is that keeping people agitated is also demoralizing, and demoralizing the people who need to be working to strengthen democracy is counter-productive.

I tried explaining this privately to 2 large rage accounts. The project failed.
Here is how bad it is.

When we learn of new evidence or an indictment, 2 things happen:

(1) I want to write about the legal implications
(2) I brace myself for the onslaught of "what's taking so long, Garland should be fired, he's killing democracy."

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Mar 5
Well. We have three more court filings in the John Eastman-Trump-J6 saga.

Shall we read them together? 🤓

Bottom line: Eastman is in trouble. And he's not happy.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

politico.com/f/?id=0000017f…

1/
Background: The Eastman-Jan. 6 committee saga left off with
🔹Eastman is trying to keep certain emails from J-6 by claiming executive privilege

(Eastman says you can't have them because they are privileged communication between me and my client Trump.)

2/
🔹J-6 invoked the crime-fraud exception (there is no executive privilege over legal advice was given in furtherance of illegal or fraudulent activity).

The way this works is the court looks at the communications to see if the lawyer was offering help in committing a crime.

3/
Read 23 tweets
Mar 4
An interesting tidbit:

Joshua James, who just pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and is cooperating with prosecutors, was in Stone's hotel suite a few hours before the attack.

Sounds like Roger Stone changed his mind: After the attack, he decided it would be a bad idea.
Joshua James, who was in that hotel room with Roger Stone, is now presumably telling prosecutors everything.

Roger Stone has been in a panic since the insurrection.

He raged against Trump for not pardoning everyone involved. "See you in prison," he said to a buddy. Image
As part of his plea deal, Joshua James even agreed to testify before a grand jury.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

Roger Stone is saying Uh-oh." (Actually using much much harsher language)

I'd wager James knows things that have never been made public. Image
Read 7 tweets
Mar 3
Yup. And here's the statement of the offense:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Joshua James pleaded guilty.

The facts include "agreeing to take part in a plan developed by Rhodes to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power by January 20, 2021" by force.

By force.

1/
James is naming names. (Screenshot #1)

At the end of a 🔥 statement of the offense, the prosecutors let us know that the details included do not constitute a "complete statement of all facts known by Joshua James or the government."(#2)

They're not telling all they know.

2/
The easiest way to get convictions is to get people to plead guilty. Duh, right?

The DOJ now has a conviction for seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to prevent the transfer of power by force.

The easiest way to collect evidence is to get it directly from co-conspirators.

3/
Read 15 tweets
Mar 2
OK. I ran it through Google Translate. Here you go:

"Many people ask me to comment on the sanctions.

In short, my scientific conclusion as a professor of finance, doctor of the University of Chicago is . . .
. . . FUCKED. And double fucked up that the inhabitants of Russia, even the educated, for the most part, do not understand what awaits them.

I explain. Very soon, the Russians will face a shortage of basic products. I'm not talking about all kinds of iPhones . . .
. . . the import of which has already been banned, but about food, clothes, cars, household appliances, etc.

Gazprom, the main exporter of gas, is already under sanctions, that is, it is generally unclear how it will receive foreign exchange earnings.
Read 11 tweets
Feb 28
The Rand Corp. has a paper on how to combat the 'firehose of falsehoods,' a Russian propaganda technique.

(The technique is also used by Fox and America's far right-wing. What a coincidence, right?)

The paper is here: rand.org/pubs/perspecti…

1/
The use of this method tells rapid and continuous stream of lies.

The user exhibits a “shameless willingness” to tell outrageous lies that lots of people know are lies.

The liar doesn’t care about consistency. He doesn’t care if it’s obvious he’s lying.

2/
The goal is the “disruption of truthful reporting and messaging.”

While we must refute the falsehoods, “retractions and refutations are seldom effective.”

Therefore, “Don’t expect to counter the Firehose of Falsehood with a squirt gun of truth.”

3/
Read 12 tweets
Feb 26
Hi, @FrankLuntz, you're getting lots of answers.

One answer comes from the political psychologist.

But first, the simpler answer: The modern Republican Party + Putin = true love because they have common goals.

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Putin’s regime, remember, is built on white nationalism, homophobia, and fear of those who are different.

As part of Putin’s rejection of all things communist, he embraced Christianity and aligned himself with American evangelicals.

Here is a timeline . . .

2/
2013: Russia enacted anti-homosexual legislation.
theguardian.com/world/2013/jun…

2014: Pat Buchanan said Putin was “entering a claim that Moscow is the Godly city of today.” He praised Putin for stamping out western evil like easy divorce and homosexuality.
buchanan.org/blog/whose-sid…
3/
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