The GOP civil war over the House speakership is done, but there's another civil war brewing at the RNC. I explain in my "Our Land" newsletter and report on a contender for the RNC chair who has ties to a 1/6er who called for executing Trump's foes.
Please read/share: https://link.motherjones.com/public/30178144
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Rep-Elect George Santos, aside from being a serial fabulist with sketchy campaign finance issues, is apparently wanted in Brazil on criminal charges for allegedly passing stolen checks. And Orkut (remember Orkut?) plays a role in the case.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/george-santos-brazil.html
“In this harsh period of our collective life riven by Republicans emulating the cruelty of Trump…leaders who model compassion and kindness are critical defenses against unbridled decline and a shameless rejection of our better angels.”
Re-sharing this post from 2021:
https://america.substack.com/p/kindness-is-a-show-of-strength-redux
It’s the flip side of cruelty and hate, an act or way of being that can exude confidence and illuminate optimism. Showing kindness offers a bracing contrast to those who are always hitting back or punching down, grimly convinced that to do otherwise is an expression of weakness.
Something about the migrant “relocation” flight to Martha’s Vineyard, orchestrated by the DeSantis administration this past summer, has always bothered me, even beyond the inhumanity of it all: the price tag. The charter flight company that actually flew the migrants, Vertol Systems, received a contract worth over $1.5 million from the state of Florida. That single flight
“Elon Musk is having one of the most spectacular fails in history, and he is doing it entirely in public. He may have done more than anyone else – possibly combined – to debunk the myth of billionaire-as-genius, and that’s in a post-Trump world.”
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-year-boris-johnson-fell/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1606629919278174212
Jan. 6 House Committee: "Today, the Select Committee made public additional transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee’s investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol."
Some of those transcripts:
Ivanka Trump
Pat Cipollone
Kayleigh McEnany
Elaine Chao
William Barr
Hope Kicks
Among others....
https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/release-select-committee-materials-2
Washington—Today, the Select Committee made public additional transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee’s investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. These records can now be found on the Select Committee’s website: Pasquale Anthony “Pat” Cipollone Kayleigh McEnany Elaine Chao William Barr Alex Cannon, 4/13/22; 8/18/22 Mark Robinson Justin Clark William (Bill) Stepien Caroline Elizabeth Edwards Sidney Powell Richard Peter Donoghue Jeffrey A.