And so it has begun

[GwynnInTheHall]

Republicans tried to 'ban' books at commercial venues in VA--Didn't work.

Give em a few states, rename it Gilead and be done with it.

[madducks]

A New Mexico judge on Tuesday removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack.

Griffin, one of three commissioners in Otero County, is also barred from holding any state or federal elected position in the future, state Judge Francis Mathew ruled Tuesday.

"The irony of Mr. Griffin's argument that this Court should refrain from applying the law and consider the will of the people in District Two of Otero County who retained him as a county commissioner against a recall effort as he attempts to defend his participation in an insurrection by a mob whose goal, by his own admission, was to set aside the results of a free, fair and lawful election by a majority of the people of the entire country (the will of the people) has not escaped this Court," Mathew wrote.

[revo]

A New Mexico judge on Tuesday removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack.

Griffin, one of three commissioners in Otero County, is also barred from holding any state or federal elected position in the future, state Judge Francis Mathew ruled Tuesday.

"The irony of Mr. Griffin's argument that this Court should refrain from applying the law and consider the will of the people in District Two of Otero County who retained him as a county commissioner against a recall effort as he attempts to defend his participation in an insurrection by a mob whose goal, by his own admission, was to set aside the results of a free, fair and lawful election by a majority of the people of the entire country (the will of the people) has not escaped this Court," Mathew wrote.

Thoughts and prayers

[madducks]

[Sour Masher]

You gotta love Raskin. He speaks the truth and it comes from a place of real frustration, not just grandstanding.

[madducks]

I was hoping the attack on Nancy Pelosi's 82 year-old husband at their home in San Francisco was just a robbery attempt and not some deranged Trump supporter. But it is being reported that he was looking for Nancy. So score another one for the lunatic right. Luckily Mr. Pelosi escaped with his life and is expected to make a full recovery.

[GwynnInTheHall]

The Right will gloat, the Left will wring it's hands and those in power will hunker down in their compounds as the rest of the country descends into chaos.

See ya in Dystopia.

[madducks]

[madducks]

Mike Pence spoke Saturday evening at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, DC:

“President Trump was wrong. I had no right to overturn the election and his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable,” Pence said.

Pence also scolded those who have downplayed the people who entered the Capitol on January 6th as tourists.

“Tourists don’t injure 140 police officers by sightseeing,” Pence said. “Tourists don’t break down doors to get to the Speaker of the House or voice threats against public officials.”

Pence chastised Republicans who minimized the insurrection, days after Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired new security footage from inside the Capitol on January 6th in an attempt to defend the mob.

“Make no mistake about it, what happened that day was a disgrace, and it mocks decency to portray it in any other way,” Pence said at the dinner.