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Jan 18 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Jan 6 and Ukraine are deeply connected; we see that in many ways. Today, another hint: a group of Senators asked for a special meeting on Ukraine funding (h/t @AndrewDesiderio), and, no surprise - it's the leaderboard for the Senate insurrection metrics (14 of the top 19). 🧵 1/
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Here's the Senate insurrection scorecard with post-Jan 6 actions shown; the new letter is added. Its signers are most of those who contributed to Jan 6 (top groups), plus the "recent radicals" (bottom) who voted for extreme measures in 2023-2024. Only 3 signers are new names. 2/ Image
We have to admit it: the Senators who were most willing to overthrow our government in 2021 are those now most determined to help Russia by defunding Ukraine. Then, we have to ask WHY - and to be open to an answer that could be very, very bad. 3/
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Jan 15
A right-wing party loses a free & fair election, claims election fraud, and refuses to certify the results - first the US, then Brazil, today it's Guatemala. No armed militia but still chaos at the Capitol - pushed by the same people who pushed Jan 6. 1/
Anticorruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo was fairly elected. The losers then blocked the peaceful transfer of power. The NYT shamelessly finds a new low in how to trivialize this attempted coup: "Tempers Flare as Guatemala's Presidential Inauguration is delayed". 2/ Image
One difference: in Guatemala the people in the streets with flags are the winning party, those trying to preserve democracy. As on Jan 6, everyone knew what was coming and converged on the Capitol. 3/
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Jan 13
Now that Trump has flashed a NY Mafia pal (murderer Sammy Gravano of the Gambino family) to threaten Judge Engoron, is it finally time to mention that Trump's NY mob ties also touch his "friendly" Judge Aileen Cannon? Her husband worked for John Rosatti of the Colombo family. 1/ Image
Trump palled around with Colombo buddies John Rosatti & John Staluppi in the 1980s - Staluppi went into business with Trump in 1988. Cannon's husband worked for Rosatti later, 2011-14; could be legit. She's not required to recuse - but she should have. 2/
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Federal rules don't force a judge to recuse when a defendant is a former business partner of their spouse's ex-Mafia employer. But it looks unseemly. And when Cannon keeps granting Trump nonsensical delays on his case, we have to talk about it. 3/
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Jan 7
Please, everyone: at this point in the Jan 6 investigation, any "leak" by sources in Trump's inner circle will be self-serving PR. ABC's "scoop" today just tells you Dan Scavino is nervous. It even gives him a quote: "I didn't do it" ! We have to realize: people use the press. 1/
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The entire ABC story is Scavino reputation laundering. We already knew from Cassidy Hutchinson that Trump didn't want to take action on J6. The only new info here is a claim that Scavino is a good guy too, that "Trump's closest aides" wanted to stop him. And we can't trust it. 2/ Image
On the anniversary of Jan 6, President Biden said that Trump was "trying to steal history" with his lies. So are a lot of people, and they use the press to do it. Readers can help defend democracy by not clicking / liking / RTing stories that are unverifiable PR efforts. 3/
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Jan 6
On January 5th, 3 years ago, DC was crowded. Ali Alexander yelled "Victory or Death!" at the Freedom Plaza rally. The pipe bomber walked their route. Trump worked the phones. A mystery: Trump made THREE calls to Josh Hawley - who never picked up, or returned the call. Why? 1/ Image
When Trump couldn't reach Hawley, he talked to Ted Cruz instead. These two Senators are deeply tied to Jan 6 and talked of as a pair. But Trump made many more efforts to reach Hawley. On the morning of Jan 6, same thing happens: Trump tries, and fails, to reach Hawley. Why? 2/ Image
On Jan 6, Cruz & Hawley sustained the objections and stopped the count. Their odd dance with Trump continues. This Dec. 10, Trump posted a veiled threat they might lose their elections: “Josh and Ted must be very careful, stranger things have happened!” 3/
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Dec 29, 2023
Seems like everyone's talking about the 1860s Civil War now. Was Jan 6 an insurrection? Let's check where officials most tied to the Jan 6 came from (state AGs, US Reps and Senators). No surprise: it's mostly the heart of the Confederacy, states that seceded before April 1861. 1/ Image
Trump didn't act alone, and the Civil War is not over. That map is based on scorecards that track actions of Congressmen & state AGs before Jan 6. Of the early Confederacy, only S Carolina is missing (& just barely - AG Alan Wilson nearly got SC there). 1/
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We have to compare Jan 6 and the Civil War to answer: does the 14th Amendment bar Trump from running? The parallels are helpful. In 2020-21, as in 1860-61, officials from many states tried to overturn the national election to choose their own president. 3/
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Dec 28, 2023
@emptywheel Who are the "11 Senators" whose staffers were considered to receive the fake-elector ballots? Only 8 Senators voted against certifying a state's electoral votes on J6: Cruz (TX), Tuberville (AL), Hawley (MO), Marshall (KS), Lummis (WY), Kennedy (LA), Hyde-Smith (MS), Scott (FL). Image
@emptywheel A possible source of Chesebro's number: 11 Senators signed Ted Cruz's Jan 2 request to delay the electoral count. (Oddly Josh Hawley didn't sign.) Ron Johnson did - and his staffers did try to give ballots to Pence, though on J6 he certified the vote. 2/
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@emptywheel In the end Mike Roman and Ken Chesebro managed to get the fake-elector ballots to Sen. Ron Johnson (WI). On Jan 6 morning, 1 minute after Pence entered the Capitol, Johnson's staffer tried to give them to Pence and was told "Do not give that to him." 3/
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