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Lindsey Graham: Trump’s Pardons For J6 Rioters Are OK Because It Was A Campaign Promise

According to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the presidential pardons that Criminal-in-Chief Donald Trump handed out to hundreds of violent domestic terrorists and insurrectionist scumbags this week are no big deal because Donnie was merely keeping a campaign promise.

During an appearance this morning on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Graham was asked by host Dana Bash, “If somebody was pardoned…and they believe that they can do what they want if they do it in the president’s name, isn’t that encouraging dangerous lawlessness?”

Rather than respond, Graham tried to change the subject.

“You know, when Kamala Harris wanted to go on —” he began.

“Let’s stay on Donald Trump,” Bash insisted.

“I know, but let’s talk about the problem,” Graham said. “The problem is, she tried to raise money, called them freedom fighters who burned down Minneapolis. They tried to burn down the Oakland courthouse.”

“Senator! I’m asking you about —”

“Well, I know you just want to talk about Trump —”

“Well, he’s the president!” Bash reminded the senator.

“But I see it as a bigger problem,” Graham insisted. “I mean, yes, I’ve said clearly, I do not like it when President Trump pardoned people who beat up cops. But I didn’t like it when Biden pardoned all of his family going out the door. I didn’t like it when Kamala Harris tried to raise bail money for people who beat up cops and shot them in the head. I don’t like any of this!”

 “Because there are people who testified, law enforcement who testified in these trials, prosecutors who are worried for their safety,” Bash reminded Graham.

Graham: “Well, the public was told by Trump what he would do, and he did it. So, you can’t say he lied to anybody. Biden said he wasn’t going to pardon his family and —”

“Whether you like Trump or not, he said, ‘This is what I’m going to do,’ and he did it.'”

If Trump does something, it’s fine. That’s where the Republican Party is. Donald Trump is their god, and they’d probably support him even if he started quoting Hitler and demanded that every American bow down and thank God for Cheetolini three times a day.

This is how a democracy dies. We have to resist and overcome these fascist thugs.

 

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January 6 Rioter Arrested And Charged Less Than 24 Hours After Trump Set Him Free

A day ago, Daniel Ball was a free man because the case against him had been dropped by federal authorities in connection with the blanket pardon issued by Insurrectionist-in Chief Donald Trump.

Ball had been charged with federal crimes for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but was on the verge of going home and no longer having a criminal record.

However, today Ball is back in federal custody and charged with gun crimes, according to Kyle Cheney of Politico, who posted the details on social media.

“A day after his Jan. 6 case was dismissed, Daniel BALL was arrested for pending federal gun charges — the first arrest initiated by the Trump-led Washington Field Office.”

JUST IN: A day after his Jan. 6 case was dismissed, Daniel BALL was arrested for pending federal gun charges — the first arrest initiated by the Trump-led Washington Field Office.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-01-22T16:16:09.248Z
 

The good news is that Daniel Ball is now back in federal custody and could well be facing 10 years or more in prison. Unless, that is, our felonious head of state decides to pardon this domestic terrorist yet again.

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MSNBC Host Warns: A ‘Slow Motion Insurrection’ Is Already Taking Place In The US

Could the United States already be seeing a second insurrection much like the one that took place on January 6, 2021?

That’s the contention of MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who noted on his show Friday evening that he fears that former president Donald Trump “is very clearly planning to run the same playbook from last time.”

“We are watching a slow-motion insurrection,” Hayes said. “In these final weeks of the campaign, Trump and his allies are laying all the groundwork, getting ready to reject the free and fair result of this election if he does not win, that’s plain as day – we all know it.”

Hayes then played a video of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) steadfastly refusing to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

“Today J.D. Vance said he would help his running mate in another coup attempt after refusing to acknowledge that Trump lost in 2020, over and over again,” Hayes added. “The 2020 lie is about protecting Donald Trump’s fragile ego.”

“But also, more seriously, we have to take J.D. Vance and Donald Trump seriously. Every day they are telling us how they are approaching this. They are openly plotting to steal this election because while we may be used to the lies and anti-democratic rhetoric, we are headed to a very dangerous and precarious moment.”

The United States is at an inflection point in its history. We will either reject the lies and violence of Republicans or slide further into autocracy and fascism. If the latter happens, this nation is doomed.

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Tom Cotton Gets Schooled For Saying J6 Rioters ‘Just Wandered’ Into the Capitol

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) got called out and corrected this morning when he suggested on ABC News that rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, merely “wandered” into the building.

This Week host Jonathan Karl reminded Cotton of a statement he made following the riot regarding Donald Trump’s role in that horrific day: “It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence.”

“More than three years later, Trump has still not accepted the results,” Karl told the senator. “He is still misleading the American people.”

Cotton incorrectly replied that Trump had accepted the results of the 2020 election “that very day.”

“He still hasn’t accepted the results of the election,” Karl countered. “He’s also calling the people that attacked the Capitol hostages. And he’s suggesting that he would, may pardon all of them. I mean, I assume you don’t agree with that.”

“He said that he would consider pardons, and some of them probably…” Cotton sputtered.

Karl interjected, “And he called them hostages. So you agree these are hostages?”

“Some of them have been held in pre-trial detention longer than the sentences for the crimes with which they are charged,” Cotton insisted. “For people who just wandered into the Capitol, they thought it was open or was on the grounds.”

That’s when Karl slapped Cotton with a timely fact-check.

“I mean, that wasn’t like wandering. This wasn’t a tourist visit.”

Rather than address that point, Cotton whined the Justice Department had failed to prosecute “left-wing street militia threatening to assassinate Supreme Court justices.”

“People who were involved in that riot, who assaulted police officers, or who defaced and damaged public property should face the legal consequences,” he added.

“Isn’t it odd that the Republican nominee doesn’t agree with that?” Karl wondered.

“What shouldn’t be used is every grandma who had a red MAGA hat that was within a country mile of the Capitol on January 6th shouldn’t be sitting in pre-trial detention for a longer time than the crimes for which they might face a sentence,” Cotton whined.

Like nearly every member of the GOP since Donald Trump took complete control of their failing political party, Tom Cotton has become little more than a hypocritical shill who cannot criticize the failed ex-president, even when he incites an insurrection. Is it any wonder why so many Americans are sick and tired of Republicans and their bullshit?

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WATCH A Democrat Shred Jim Jordan For Defending Jan. 6 Rioters: ‘They’re Criminals!’

Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) verbally excoriated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and his Republican colleagues at a House hearing today as they attempted to downplay the horrific January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

During a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Plaskett responded to opening remarks from Jordan.

“At the end of the day, the purpose of this hearing is to minimize what happened on January 6th and the lawful prosecution of individuals who were engaged in that practice,” she said. “The chairman wants us to believe that people are being persecuted for their political conduct rather than their criminal behavior.”

“So basically, he’s trying to tell us that everyone who’s been indicted and prosecuted for January 6th did not engage in criminal conduct,” she continued. “That’s the logic of what he’s saying, and we’ve just come so low in this House.”

However, Plaskett was just getting warmed up, noting that many in the GOP don’t view Jan. 6 defendants as criminals, although they have been charged and sentenced as such.

“When it’s people who fit your political agenda, they’re not criminals anymore They’re patriots. They’re victims.”

“They’re not! They’re criminals! And a jury of their peers found that when so many of them have been prosecuted in our court of law, not by brown shirts, not by Nancy Pelosi, not by Biden’s Justice Department, by a jury of their peers.”

Plaskett concluded her remarks by suggesting that the hearing was little more than a sop to failed one-term former president Donald Trump, who has also been charged for his role in Jan. 6.

“Unfortunately, many of my colleagues on the other side know the truth, but they’re still seeking shelter from Donald Trump’s hordes. They’re still seeking shelter from the truth.”

“They want to protect not just themselves, but their political careers, their jobs. They’re hiding behind lies for that.”

January 6 will be an issue in the November election, and it damn well should be. The man who urged his supporters to march on the Capitol because he lost in 2020 will once again be on the ballot. Here’s hoping he’s rejected the same way he was four years ago and eventually put behind bars for what remains of his pathetic life.