Robert Reich2 years ago Capitol was attacked. Man who incited it is now running unopposed for Republican nomination for President. His co-conspirators in Congress are now deciding on next Speaker and on what terms. None have been prosecuted.
This is not the way to mark the second anniversary of the day American democracy almost died. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-not-to-mark-the-2nd-anniversary?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=94937594&isFreemail=false&utm_medium=email
MrCopilot@rbreich A small group of Republicans trying to delay the constitutionally mandated work of congress seems like a rather regular tradition nowadays. Needs a catchier title though.
Stu Duerson, machina exo deus
LeRoy Dennison@rbreich Why is it that those newly elected to the House of Representatives, who have not been sworn in yet, get to vote for the Speaker of the House? They are not officially representatives yet.
Kenneth John Bardsley
Jason Odell 📷@rbreich it’s almost as though the Justice Department is afraid of these unhinged people
Richservo 
@EvolvedGuppy @rbreich it’s almost as if the system made for the people has been corrupted to such a degree that the people don’t matter anymore.
Lady Gee@EvolvedGuppy @rbreich or that there are too many in their ranks who side with them
krakalak 
@rbreich And..... The DOJ has issued zero indictments. 😞
Catmama 🐈It's really outrageous that those people are still walking around free 😠
Gordon1956@rbreich We are witnessing the fall of America.
Savah Rellcast@Gordon1956 @rbreich that's what it sure does look like. And the higher you rise the further you fall. 😣😖
lauratck@rbreich When enough Americans have decided they've had enough, and shut down the economy and take to the streets, then maybe those who should've been prosecuted, or at the very least run out of town, will be held accountable. Until then - business as usual.
Yugoboy@lauratck @rbreich Which is literally what these fascist obstructionists want. They *want* the government to be seen as a failure and for violence to erupt so they can swoop in with a "law and order" mandate, and create an autocratic regime where white Christian nationalists make all the rules.
Either we're Weimar America, or we're We the People.
I'm convinced too many don't know this and don't know the difference.
Erin Conroy@rbreich And an insurrection backer who refused lawful house subpoenas, McCarthy, is treated as if he's a normal candidate for Speaker.
“the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol referred four GOP members of Congress to the House Ethics Committee for sanctions for failing to comply with the select committee's subpoenas. Those four members are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Scott Perry, all close allies of Trump.”
Too many Democratic commentators on these Potemkin proceedings are basically just helping the GOP shift the Overton window. Drastically.
@chargrille @rbreich the media is fascist. Helping them take over.
@travellovewine @chargrille @rbreich the media is complicit. Fox, OANN, Newsmax, et Al are fascist as well.
Sir Dr Rusty o the Isle 🖤💛❤️@rbreich #USInsurrection #BrokenUSA #Sedition
The whole world is watching in horror that this can be so.
The whole world is watching in horror that this can be so.
Yoshia Burton@rbreich symptoms of a broken country.
@rbreich what do you mean unopposed? I’m sure all the jokers will be vying for the seat. DeSatan will def be in the running.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️“Even key individuals who worked closely with President Trump to try to overturn the 2020 election on January 6th ultimately admitted that they lacked actual evidence sufficient to change the election result, and they admitted that what they were attempting was unlawful.”
~January 6th Committee, Executive Summary, page 4
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466439/j6-executive-summary.pdf
The DOJ needs to hold EVERYONE who was involved in the #TrumpCoupAttempt accountable.
Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦@rbreich We are at the point where evil has acted and the good people are just huddling behind the walls of justice they built. The walls are being breeched and soon the good people will be faced with a terrible decision - comply or fight.
@Savvyhomestead @rbreich I’m down to fight myself
Froo with a View@rbreich what happened to DeSantis? I thought he had more backing?
Tracy K@rbreich Well, not completely unopposed Mike Pence says he wants to be president! 🥴
AngelaMorgan@rbreich I hope the strategy of "give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves" works. If it doesn't, I worry the harm to our nation will be irreparable.
Erik Hoogcarspel@rbreich
If they were black they would have been suffocated or shot.
If they were black they would have been suffocated or shot.
Robert McLeod@rbreich
Them’s the laws - but it seems you can ignore them if you are rich enough.
Them’s the laws - but it seems you can ignore them if you are rich enough.
Attorney Wonderer@rbreich With all due respect, he’s unopposed because he announced he was running at an historically early date in order to attempt to affect the numerous criminal investigations.
@rbreich the fuck, crazy
GuitarGirl@rbreich We don’t even have media that calls these people what they are: fascists. We’re all just pretending McCarthy isn’t a seditionist and that most of the illiterate freaks voting against him belong to Putin.
Buy nothing new@rbreich I almost feel bad for Merrick Garland, how he insists the "politics will not a factor" even after time after time hIs DOJ treats these people differently.
Garland doesn't seem to think a crime was committed on Jan 6 beyond the riot!
@rbreich Lock them up💙🇺🇸🇺🇦
John Caveney woke is me🛠️@rbreich yet they call it democracy. 😏
@rbreich I was holding back judgement but I am FURIOUS at Garland now.
SFborn1940@rbreich "Justice for all" is merely a cheap slogan, apparently.
MIKAL@rbreich Proof positive that indeed, some people ARE above the law.
Bits and gubbins@rbreich A republic ought to forcefully defend itself against those who would try to destroy it.
Julia T@rbreich The United States of America folks!! 🇺🇸
Canadian Crone@rbreich And the world watches
Niki@rbreich
I don't think America would allow an ex president to go to jail.
The worst he could be hit with is never being allowed to run in political office again....
And that is clearly not happening either.🤪
I don't think America would allow an ex president to go to jail.
The worst he could be hit with is never being allowed to run in political office again....
And that is clearly not happening either.🤪
Winter Trabex@rbreich Ugh, it's insane when you put it in that context.
Mayme blue🌻@rbreich infuriating and the decline of our democracy.
Elric the damned@rbreich I guess Presidents are above the law? ITT looks that way 2 years later. It didn’t take long to beef up TSA after 9/11 this is no different. But why are they treating these TRAITORS like they have been wronged? BSgop.
Socrates Johnson@rbreich I haven't been able to get this poem published, so here it is. Try to help make my American update to the Gunpowder Plot poem go viral. "The Election Insurrection".
Sascha B. 🇺🇦=🇪🇺@rbreich Former Presidents should be persecuted. All of them, who are still alive. Bush is a war criminal, he should be in prison. Just like Trump for being a fascist.
Archie@rbreich For anyone looking for context, Check out Justin Robert Young’s breakdown on his “Politics Politics Politics” podcast: https://politicspoliticspolitics.fireside.fm/355 This guy breaks things down in the way things are meant to be covered, a horse race between sociopaths #politics #podcast #houseSpeaker
Kevin McCarthy's Wild Ride - PART I
Our story begins in 1856 when a two months battle marked the longest hunt for a Speaker of the House in history... it ends in the middle of another one. The first time in 100 years we've gone to multiple ballots as the fate of Kevin McCarthy rests between dozens of jousting egos.
mudsharkbytes@rbreich This is going to be such rich fodder for future historians I truly regret I won’t live long enough to read it.
They’re going to excoriate the current members of the Republican Party and their enablers so badly in future lives all these folks ass’s are going to start smarting, and they’ll wonder why. This is BEFORE karma kicks in and starts to make them pay for their rampant assholery.
They’re going to excoriate the current members of the Republican Party and their enablers so badly in future lives all these folks ass’s are going to start smarting, and they’ll wonder why. This is BEFORE karma kicks in and starts to make them pay for their rampant assholery.
Tofu Golem@rbreich
Nixon. Reagan. Bush I. Bush II.
Time and time again, Democrats and law enforcement told us that it would be "too disruptive" to have the rule of law.
Trump is the inevitable result.
How did you expect powerful politicians to behave once they discovered even war crimes won't be punished?
Lokpal@rbreich
Fascists,corruptAF grifters
Fascists,corruptAF grifters
Soozcat@rbreich If this isn't a clear-cut case of "justice delayed is justice denied," I will eat an entire Mar-a-Lago for breakfast
Aviva Gary