Some facts about Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol (Page 1/10)
rinselberg JUN 21, 01:46 PM
The website for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
https://january6th.house.gov/

The Select Committee was created in the wake of May 28, 2021, when Senate Republicans blocked a plan for an independent "9-11 style" commission that had been approved by the House of Representatives, where 35 of the 210 House Republicans had joined with all 217 House Democrats to approve the independent commission by a vote of 252-175.

In the Senate, the independent commission garnered 54 votes to bring it to the floor for debate, including 6 Republicans, but that was not enough Republican crossovers to achieve the 60-vote supermajority threshold to bring it to the floor of the Senate.

The Select Committee is comprised by 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans.

Of the 7 Democrats, Jamie Raskin and Zoe Lofgren are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The other Democrats—committee chairman Bennie Thompson, and Adam Schiff, Pete Aguilar, Stephanie Murphy and Elaine Luria—are not members of the Progressive Caucus. Of the 220 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 100 are literally "progressives" in the sense that they are members of the Progressive Caucus.

There is no "Squad" representation on the committee. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka "AOC", and Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley—not on the committee.

The two Republican members are Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. Cheney and Kinzinger voted not to impeach President Trump in the run-up to Trump Impeachment I. Kinzinger has said that, in retrospect, he regrets not having voted to impeach Trump for "I". Liz Cheney has said that she does not regret voting against Trump Impeachment I.

Both Cheney and Kinzinger voted to impeach President Trump after the Capitol riot on January 6, along with 8 other House Republicans who joined with the Democrats to queue up Trump Impeachment II. (The Roman numerals are a "nod" to the NFL's longstanding Super Bowl tradition.)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy nominated 5 Republicans for the committee, who would have joined with the Republican ranking committee member Liz Cheney to create a committee of 6 Republicans and 7 Democrats. McCarthy nominated Republicans Jim Jordan, Jim Banks, Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy Nehls. None were among the 10 House Republicans who voted for Trump Impeachment II. Jim Jordan, Jim Banks and Troy Nehls were among the 139 Republican members of the House who voted not to certify the election of Joe Biden as President.

House Speaker and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi accepted Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy Nehls, but gave a "thumbs down" to Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. She asked McCarthy to nominate two other Republicans instead of Jordan and Banks.

McCarthy would not, effectively withdrawing the nominations of Davis, Armstrong and Nehls, and telling Nancy Pelosi to "go pound sand." (In so many words.)

At that juncture, Speaker Pelosi invited Republican Adam Kinzinger to join the committee.

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rinselberg JUN 21, 06:52 PM
By way of comparison, a quick look back at the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which famously grilled the former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.



Chaired by Republican Trey Gowdy, the Benghazi committee had 7 Republican members and 5 Democrats.

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rinselberg JUN 23, 03:29 AM
Tom Nichols: "What Are Trump Supporters Afraid Of?"

Thomas M. Nichols describes himself in this on-air video segment as "Center Right."

YouTube video content; 7+ minutes.
https://youtu.be/LXR1f1NA40I

Here's a brief (very brief) summary of the life and "creds" for Tom Nichols:
https://pll.harvard.edu/ins...tor/thomas-m-nichols
rinselberg JUN 28, 08:04 PM

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[Cassidy] Hutchinson also recounted a separate Trump tantrum after then-Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press in December 2020 there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

"I remember hearing noise coming from down the hallway," Hutchinson began. She saw the President's valet in the dining room, changing the tablecloth, ketchup dripping down the wall, and a porcelain plate shattered on the floor.

"The President was extremely angry at the attorney general's ... interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall," Hutchinson said. "I grabbed a towel and started wiping the ketchup off the wall."


I'd heard the idiom "throwing stuff against the wall to see if anything sticks" before, but this takes it to a new level..!

"7 takeaways from Tuesday's shocking January 6 hearing"
Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Alex Rogers for CNN; June 28, 2022.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06...utchinson/index.html

I guess this is more like a blog than a thread. The "rinse blog." Just the latest example of that, to be "real" about it.

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blackrams JUN 29, 09:28 AM
While yesterday's Docu Drama most surely galvanized the Anti-Trump side of the so-called investigation, it lacked significant credibility in that secondhand information/accusations are not normally accepted in a court of law. But then, this isn't a court of law. It's obviously an attempt to discredit DJT from ever running for office again. I heard so and so say that so and so did or said.........................

Not being a DJT fan, I have hope that two specific other potential candidates will run, hopefully as a team. But, while I may not be a personal fan of DJT, I can say he did more to make us a stronger economic force than any President before (in my lifetime). IOWs, I'd prefer a Candidate/President that doesn't tweet but has similar economic/security/immigration/defense and other policies.

Ask yourself, are you better off now than you were two, three or four years ago.....................

Rams

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olejoedad JUN 29, 09:54 AM
Geez, Ron, now you went and done it.

By commenting on this thread, you may have lent an air of credibility to the author.
blackrams JUN 29, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

Geez, Ron, now you went and done it.

By commenting on this thread, you may have lent an air of credibility to the author.




My apologies. I should have known better...............

I didn't think (initially) that this would effect the OP's credibility in the least, I think that's been settled for a long time.
It's like trying to make a cherry pie with apples, lemons and strawberries and a hint of horseshit. It's obvious the baker has no clue regardless of how much "Cherry flavoring" he adds.
Distraction is what he's after. I (initially) thought some truth should be added to the recipe.

Rams
williegoat JUN 29, 11:51 AM
Cassidy Hutchinson is full of crap. She is the Christine Blasey Ford of the DNC's latest sitcom. She is the Jussie Smollett of the traveling minstrel show.
rinselberg JUN 29, 01:47 PM
cliffw JUN 29, 07:45 PM
A guy (maybe) started this thread.

Then, he responded to it four times, before anyone else did.

Hmmm.

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Originally posted by rinselberg:


In the end he posted his mug shot.