Frankly, I'd be extremely embarrassed to be a republican, to side with republicans on ANY issue or to be able to pretend that trump is anything but a useless,mentally disabled creep.
Gotta love propaganda. I think what the older generation in Russia likes about Rootin Pootin is they feel it's been a time of prosperity, a break from the cloak and dagger times of the USSR and the cold war, where actually nothing had really changed other than they don't have to wait in line for rationed toilet paper.
But how accurate is that poll? We’re talking about a communist regime that doesn’t allow freedom of speech, rig’s its own elections, arrests protesters, blocks social media, control’s the media and conveys whatever message they want, to the rest of the world. I don’t trust anything that Russia or China says when it comes to numbers, votes, etc.
Interview with Barr this morning on CBS. He makes me barf. Barr says he would vote for Trump again if Trump were the Republican candidate.
I think he actually meant that if Trump is the GOP front runner, and because he’s Republican- that’s the only way he would end up voting for Trump again. Barr will vote for whoever the Republican front runner is, regardless if it’s Trump or not, and never Democrat. He didn’t seem like he really cared for Trump.
The older people in Russia, like older people in the US, don’t like change. While life, under the Soviet system, wasn’t great, it was something they were used too. One other thing, most of these people are poorly educated. Indoctrination, not education, was the priority under the Soviet system.
The Texas man is the first accused rioter to stand trial for the Capitol attack. ByQuinn Owen and Alexander Mallin March 8, 2022, 1:52 PM Guy Reffitt, 1st accused Capitol rioter to stand trial, found guilty on all counts excerpt: "A Texas man who is the first to stand trial in the prosecution of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty Tuesday on all charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, for his role in disrupting the certification of 2020 presidential election. Guy Reffitt was also found guilty of making threats to obstruct justice, transporting a firearm, and bringing that firearm to a restricted area he refused to leave. The jury returned the verdict after fewer than four hours of deliberation." Guy Reffitt, 1st accused Capitol rioter to stand trial, found guilty on all counts
Guy Reffitt, first January 6 defendant to stand trial, found guilty on all charges excerpt: "Reffitt's 19-year-old son, Jackson, who turned his father into law enforcement following the January 6 attack, told the jury that he had learned of his father's membership in the mob when he returned to the family's home on January 6 to see his mother and sister watching news coverage of the events, and his mother told him that his father was there. According to the recordings played for the jury, Jackson captured his father admitting he had carried a gun outside the Capitol, an offense that is punishable by years in prison. "You carried a weapon onto Capitol grounds," Jackson is heard saying. "Okay," Guy responded, adding later, "I did it. I did bring a weapon on property that we own." A former Capitol Police officer and a former Texas Three Percenter also testified for the prosecution in the case.."
Guy Reffitt has been found guilty on all counts today. Reffitt's son, Jackson, is in the lower right of the photo. Jackson is now 19. Guy Reffitt reportedly threatened his family if they turned him in to authorities. It appears to have been a peaceful family until Trump radicalized the father. image:
Summary of Reffitt My Dad Attacked Cops at the Capitol Riot. I Turned Him In. excerpt: “I was paranoid through the roof for a while because my dad would constantly go to protests and he would constantly bring his guns and constantly get involved in stuff that he shouldn't be in,” Jackson told VICE News. “And it probably would have gotten worse and worse until someone broke into our house, or he killed someone or somebody killed him.”"
The Dallas area has spawned numerous Trump rioters at the Capitol, including Jenna Ryan who just finished a 60 day prison sentence and Reffitt who was convicted today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...8646f2-8299-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html excerpt: "Over the past two decades, Collin County, north of Dallas, more than doubled its population to 1 million, according to census data, with newcomers drawn by the mild weather, good schools, low taxes and the arrival of several big employers and new corporate headquarters, including Toyota, Liberty Mutual and the Dallas Cowboys. The rapid expansion created an air of Disney World built on the clay soil of the Texas plains, one Frisco consultant noted, where everything is new and planned. The median household income is $97,000, well above the U.S. median of $69,000. But this utopia on the Dallas North Tollway has its fissures, which have deepened in the last year, with debate over pandemic restrictions, the country’s racial reckoning and the divisive 2020 presidential election that pitted neighbor against neighbor and continues to divide. Unlike many other suburban counties in the country that helped sway the election for Biden, Collin County stayed red, with 51 percent voting for Trump and 46 percent for Biden. The county’s rapid growth has increased its diversity — with the Latino and Asian American populations growing, and the White population in decline — causing tensions, some residents say. In 2017, Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere was challenged by an opponent who promised to “keep Plano suburban,” which LaRosiliere, who is Black, said was a “dog whistle” for residents wanting to keep the town White and affluent. LaRosiliere won the four-way nonpartisan race with 52 percent of the votes, but his “keep Plano suburban” opponent won 42 percent. This year, Plano City Coucil member Shelby Williams came under fire when he said in a post-riot blog post that “things could be much worse . . . People in many parts of the Muslim world are still slaughtering one another today.” Frisco Realtor Hava Johnston said some residents feel the area has become “too diverse.”"
A review of Trump's rioters found that the bankruptcy rate for them was twice the national average. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...8646f2-8299-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html excerpt: “They created this perfect little bubble of the way they wanted things … now we’ve got true diversity, and those Christian nationalists are afraid of losing their power,” said Johnston, a Democratic activist and one of the Internet sleuths who helped unmask local residents who participated in the Capitol riots. “These are the very people who would do things like have Trump parades every weekend and take a private jet to a riot.” Brian Miller was among those who boarded a private plane to the nation’s capital — posting gleefully on Facebook he was “D.C. bound to #stopthesteal!” He said economic fears drove the rioters, many of whom were small-business owners struggling to maintain their North Texas lifestyles even before the pandemic hit. “They’re more concerned about losing everything we have gained in the last four years,” Miller, 49, said. The real estate agent said he spent six months on unemployment last year. “A lot of people lost their livelihoods because of the pandemic, moving in with family to try and make ends meet,” he said. A Washington Post analysis last month of the financial records of more than 100 of those facing charges in the riot found nearly 60 percent of them had prior money troubles, including bankruptcies, bad debts and tax liens. That includes Jennifer “Jenna” Ryan, 50, the Frisco real estate agent who had invited Miller on the plane ride. Ryan once filed for bankruptcy and nearly lost a home to foreclosure.
Pro-Trump Christian nationalism. The rioter next door: How the Dallas suburbs spawned domestic extremists By Annie Gowen March 21, 2021 at 7:33 p.m. EDT https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...8646f2-8299-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html excerpt: "Shortly before Biden's inauguration, Pastor Brandon Burden of the KingdomLife church — a boxy, largely windowless sanctuary in Frisco — mounted the pulpit and gave a stemwinder of a sermon that went viral. Burden spoke in tongues and urged his flock of “warriors” to load their weapons and stock up on food and water as the transfer of power loomed. The emergency broadcast system might be tampered with, so if Trump “took over the country,” he could not tell them what to do, he said. “We ain't going silently into the night. We ain't going down. This is Texas,” Burden preached. Prophetic voices had decreed Trump would remain in office, he said. “We have an executive order — not from Congress or D.C., but from the desk of the CEO of heaven, the boss of the planet,” Burden said. “He said from his desk in heaven, ‘This is my will. Trump will be in office for eight years.’ ” Here in the heart of the Bible Belt, the Capitol insurrectionists’ embrace of Christian nationalist symbols — they went bearing crosses, toting signs that said “God, Guns and Trump” — has prompted reflection in the faith community. Some say evangelical Christian leaders went too far linking love for God and country, stoked fear in their communities and bear some responsibility for the tragic events of Jan. 6."
Pastor Brandon Burden of Texas talking about what he calls a possible military tribunal before Biden took office that could cause a national blackout (47 minute mark in video). Youtube video: The Independent Rap Uploader - Pastor Brandon Burden Tells Church To Keep Guns Loaded & Stock Supplies Before Biden Inauguration!!