Last week, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph Cuffari, told the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol that the U.S. Secret Service had erased text messages between agents on January 5 and January 6, 2021, during the time of the attack. Last Friday, July 15, the committee subpoenaed those records from the U.S. Secret Service.
So here we have a burgeoning scandal likely to shock the nation if this truth emerges: some Secret Service agents were part of the attempt to overthrow the government, and they destroyed evidence - text messages - to conceal their sedition.
Let that sink in for a moment. How far reaching was the conspiracy? Who planned it? Who ordered the phone replacement program? Was it indeed cover for destroying evidence?
Even if the texts aren’t recovered, the truth will emerge. And prison cells await.
WOW! What a day! From Secret Service Agents knowingly deleting their texts and information to our grand women in Congress stopping traffic. The in-between stuff like Trump’s continuous whining and the illegitimate electors trying to get out of subpoenas is so very annoying. Slap them all in jail first, then let them have their trial. After all, isn’t that what they do with black and brown people?
I am sorry to hear about Bennie Thompson. I so admire this humble man. Well, Liz will have the gavel on Thursday so that too, will be a very interesting day. Get some sleep, HRC, because we are really relying on your expert wisdom.
And, re the deleted texts not being able to be found - BULLSHIT. As we all well know from our own electronica, texts, emails, et al are NEVER deleted from hard drives . You just have to know where to look and, if anyone knows the art of where to look, it should be the Secret Service. It's their fucking job.
As I tell my fiction writing students, the meaning of the term “dystopian novel” is currently in flux, as yesterday’s “dystopian” keeps becoming today’s “realistic.”
Looks like there are still no "good Republicans" living or dead.
Can someone tell me why right wing Republican males all look like someone you would cross the street to avoid, not knowing who they were? Most recent example is Rokita.
The term for what the Secret Service did is spoliation of evidence. As a former litigator when informaton/ documents is destroyed after a request for preservation (no subpoena needed) it was a nightmare if it was my client or an opportunity for my client if the other side destroyed their information/documents. In addition to sanctions for violating several preservation laws, an inference of intent is bestowed upon the party whose information/documents go missing AFTER a request for preservation is made (a letter requesting such is a request for preservation).
Can you imagine the thinking behind the deletion of Secret Service text messages after being told to upload them to an internal agency drive? What would be the penalty? In the trumpian white house “accidentally”removing confidential documents did happen. Transporting all the way to Mar-A-Lago. And then there’s the habit of flushing ripped up pieces down the loo. Was there a penalty for these infractions? Followers of TFG know there are few consequences for breaking the law. “The former president’s Goodfellas-style habit apparently carried over from his days as a businessman; he reportedly tore up displeasing papers as casually as one-ply bathroom tissue. In the White House, West Wing staffers mindful of his obligations under the Presidential Records Act often picked off the floor the shredded refuse and taped it, like Humpty Dumpty, back together again.” https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/594278-document-dump-turns-toxic-for-trump/
Yes, the Regressives (AKA The Ass-Backwardists) want a furthering of the culture war, perhaps a civil war (they will. They'll talk themselves into it as easily as they do teachers carrying guns). As before, they do so because they're already facing a no-win situation for their future (this happens when you are bereft of ideas that actually do something). Their breed is slowly but surely dying and they are in panic mode--have been since Obama's election. What do you do when you panic? You do things like try to destroy the already-odious Missouri Compromise and go for the jugular (overreach) by making ALL western states pro-slavery...//glurb to modern times//...or try to hijack power through a combination of analytics-driven gerrymandering, Supreme Court sheeps'-clothery (with an able assist by the conveniently-duped Susan M. Collins), and outright election fraud--all backed by thirty years of incrementally more bombastic myth-making out of Limbaugh, Fox News et al...and the coup de grace: a worldwide social media f*cktastrophic disassembly of meaning-making that our permanently-ensconced Boomer-dominated "leaders" STILL cannot perceive, much less reign in... Wha La! You have Civil War 2.0, just waiting to happen. One year? Two? Seven? Think I'm kidding, overstating or wrong? Give me ONE notable thing that's DIFFUSING the situation (let's vote half the Boomers who still control 60% of Congress out of office in November and I might reconsider). Give me ONE reason to think these idiots won't do another Fort Sumter moment the minute their "Plan" starts to be unwoven (well, I'm making the assumption--perhaps a foolish one--that middle America will actually, y'know, wake up and vote in force. One of these days. Any minute now...). They've already decided. They WANT a war, or at least a division of our country. AGAIN (mostly because those that do have never fought in one and are convinced they won't have to face ANY consequences for it. Well, history IS on their side in that, isn't it?).
The ONLY peaceful way past this is EVERYBODY voting (even that's no guarantee, but by golly, let's make our system do its job before we resign ourselves to failure, or worse, hand over the keys to those who want to destroy it). It pains and stuns me to see wailing and gnashing of teeth about the mid-terms being a lost cause. They shouldn't be (overall) if people vote (But a lot of people can't stop littering either). Yes, I know well the gerrymandering and suppression. I know that Wisconsin now has to vote about 60% Democratic for them to carry elections there. So, then we must do that. We have to do whatever it takes (legally, of course). If we have 65% voting rates come November and, once again, the ~33% of this country who are Ass-Backwardists have won again, and then the litany of excuse-making is exactly that: OUR FAULT if that happens (Our. Never "they." OUR fault). Want to fight a war folks? I already did, and I do not. I'm tired. Trust me, you don't either.
Can anyone dispute the notion that HCR will go down as among the very great Americans of our time? Her Letters are invaluable, to say the least. Her intimate chats ("she's speaking directly to me!") reveal to us her unabashed vulnerability as her humanity and patriotism shine through. And let's not forget her CAFE Now and Then podcasts, delivered once a week where her talents as entertainer allow for playing "straight woman" to her co-host Joanne Freeman, all with a dedication to delivering accurate history to anyone who cares to listen. To me, it is remarkable how she marshals the ability to appeal to those of you who reside high on the intelligence scale while at the same time not leaving the rest of us behind.
From one American to another, I salute you, Heather Cox Richardson.
Up to now, the Secret Service was above suspicion, one of the VERY few government agencies that enjoyed universal respect and trust. The behavior of the agents who refused to drive DT to the Capitol supports that view, though some Reps might think otherwise, but this report definitely does NOT. Congress really does have a lot on its plate right now, but this MUST have consequences, if the reputation of the Secret Service is to survive.
"The Republican Party and the right-wing extremists behind this decision are not pro-life, but pro-controlling the bodies of women, girls, and any person who can become pregnant. Their ultimate goal is to institute a national ban on abortion."
The Republican Party during my lifetime has become the most autocratic, theocratic, oppressive and dangerous political party since the Jim Crow southern Democrats who facilitated the KKK, lynchings, shootings, burning and bombings of black Americans.
Today's Republicans are America's Taliban. They promote guns, violence and dictatorial authority over all others, and lawlessness for themselves. They are not Christian as the Taliban are not Muslim. They are simply "Terrorists".
The Secret Service has lost its way under the Department of Homeland Security. Alas, the Department of Homeland Security seems to have totally missed securing our Capital from insurrection! Heads should roll.
Did VP Mike Pence drive himself to the Capital on January 6th or how did he actually get there?
I corrected the date of DOMA seconds after this went out, but not soon enough. Sorry about that.
So here we have a burgeoning scandal likely to shock the nation if this truth emerges: some Secret Service agents were part of the attempt to overthrow the government, and they destroyed evidence - text messages - to conceal their sedition.
Let that sink in for a moment. How far reaching was the conspiracy? Who planned it? Who ordered the phone replacement program? Was it indeed cover for destroying evidence?
Even if the texts aren’t recovered, the truth will emerge. And prison cells await.
WOW! What a day! From Secret Service Agents knowingly deleting their texts and information to our grand women in Congress stopping traffic. The in-between stuff like Trump’s continuous whining and the illegitimate electors trying to get out of subpoenas is so very annoying. Slap them all in jail first, then let them have their trial. After all, isn’t that what they do with black and brown people?
I am sorry to hear about Bennie Thompson. I so admire this humble man. Well, Liz will have the gavel on Thursday so that too, will be a very interesting day. Get some sleep, HRC, because we are really relying on your expert wisdom.
And, re the deleted texts not being able to be found - BULLSHIT. As we all well know from our own electronica, texts, emails, et al are NEVER deleted from hard drives . You just have to know where to look and, if anyone knows the art of where to look, it should be the Secret Service. It's their fucking job.
In archivists we trust.
As I tell my fiction writing students, the meaning of the term “dystopian novel” is currently in flux, as yesterday’s “dystopian” keeps becoming today’s “realistic.”
As to the Secret Service texts: can they subpoena all agents involved and make them tell the committee what was in those texts, under oath?
Looks like there are still no "good Republicans" living or dead.
Can someone tell me why right wing Republican males all look like someone you would cross the street to avoid, not knowing who they were? Most recent example is Rokita.
The term for what the Secret Service did is spoliation of evidence. As a former litigator when informaton/ documents is destroyed after a request for preservation (no subpoena needed) it was a nightmare if it was my client or an opportunity for my client if the other side destroyed their information/documents. In addition to sanctions for violating several preservation laws, an inference of intent is bestowed upon the party whose information/documents go missing AFTER a request for preservation is made (a letter requesting such is a request for preservation).
Can you imagine the thinking behind the deletion of Secret Service text messages after being told to upload them to an internal agency drive? What would be the penalty? In the trumpian white house “accidentally”removing confidential documents did happen. Transporting all the way to Mar-A-Lago. And then there’s the habit of flushing ripped up pieces down the loo. Was there a penalty for these infractions? Followers of TFG know there are few consequences for breaking the law. “The former president’s Goodfellas-style habit apparently carried over from his days as a businessman; he reportedly tore up displeasing papers as casually as one-ply bathroom tissue. In the White House, West Wing staffers mindful of his obligations under the Presidential Records Act often picked off the floor the shredded refuse and taped it, like Humpty Dumpty, back together again.” https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/594278-document-dump-turns-toxic-for-trump/
Yes, the Regressives (AKA The Ass-Backwardists) want a furthering of the culture war, perhaps a civil war (they will. They'll talk themselves into it as easily as they do teachers carrying guns). As before, they do so because they're already facing a no-win situation for their future (this happens when you are bereft of ideas that actually do something). Their breed is slowly but surely dying and they are in panic mode--have been since Obama's election. What do you do when you panic? You do things like try to destroy the already-odious Missouri Compromise and go for the jugular (overreach) by making ALL western states pro-slavery...//glurb to modern times//...or try to hijack power through a combination of analytics-driven gerrymandering, Supreme Court sheeps'-clothery (with an able assist by the conveniently-duped Susan M. Collins), and outright election fraud--all backed by thirty years of incrementally more bombastic myth-making out of Limbaugh, Fox News et al...and the coup de grace: a worldwide social media f*cktastrophic disassembly of meaning-making that our permanently-ensconced Boomer-dominated "leaders" STILL cannot perceive, much less reign in... Wha La! You have Civil War 2.0, just waiting to happen. One year? Two? Seven? Think I'm kidding, overstating or wrong? Give me ONE notable thing that's DIFFUSING the situation (let's vote half the Boomers who still control 60% of Congress out of office in November and I might reconsider). Give me ONE reason to think these idiots won't do another Fort Sumter moment the minute their "Plan" starts to be unwoven (well, I'm making the assumption--perhaps a foolish one--that middle America will actually, y'know, wake up and vote in force. One of these days. Any minute now...). They've already decided. They WANT a war, or at least a division of our country. AGAIN (mostly because those that do have never fought in one and are convinced they won't have to face ANY consequences for it. Well, history IS on their side in that, isn't it?).
The ONLY peaceful way past this is EVERYBODY voting (even that's no guarantee, but by golly, let's make our system do its job before we resign ourselves to failure, or worse, hand over the keys to those who want to destroy it). It pains and stuns me to see wailing and gnashing of teeth about the mid-terms being a lost cause. They shouldn't be (overall) if people vote (But a lot of people can't stop littering either). Yes, I know well the gerrymandering and suppression. I know that Wisconsin now has to vote about 60% Democratic for them to carry elections there. So, then we must do that. We have to do whatever it takes (legally, of course). If we have 65% voting rates come November and, once again, the ~33% of this country who are Ass-Backwardists have won again, and then the litany of excuse-making is exactly that: OUR FAULT if that happens (Our. Never "they." OUR fault). Want to fight a war folks? I already did, and I do not. I'm tired. Trust me, you don't either.
Can anyone dispute the notion that HCR will go down as among the very great Americans of our time? Her Letters are invaluable, to say the least. Her intimate chats ("she's speaking directly to me!") reveal to us her unabashed vulnerability as her humanity and patriotism shine through. And let's not forget her CAFE Now and Then podcasts, delivered once a week where her talents as entertainer allow for playing "straight woman" to her co-host Joanne Freeman, all with a dedication to delivering accurate history to anyone who cares to listen. To me, it is remarkable how she marshals the ability to appeal to those of you who reside high on the intelligence scale while at the same time not leaving the rest of us behind.
From one American to another, I salute you, Heather Cox Richardson.
Up to now, the Secret Service was above suspicion, one of the VERY few government agencies that enjoyed universal respect and trust. The behavior of the agents who refused to drive DT to the Capitol supports that view, though some Reps might think otherwise, but this report definitely does NOT. Congress really does have a lot on its plate right now, but this MUST have consequences, if the reputation of the Secret Service is to survive.
What good is a law that defers to the states when half of them are controlled by idjt men?
"The Republican Party and the right-wing extremists behind this decision are not pro-life, but pro-controlling the bodies of women, girls, and any person who can become pregnant. Their ultimate goal is to institute a national ban on abortion."
The Republican Party during my lifetime has become the most autocratic, theocratic, oppressive and dangerous political party since the Jim Crow southern Democrats who facilitated the KKK, lynchings, shootings, burning and bombings of black Americans.
Today's Republicans are America's Taliban. They promote guns, violence and dictatorial authority over all others, and lawlessness for themselves. They are not Christian as the Taliban are not Muslim. They are simply "Terrorists".
The Secret Service has lost its way under the Department of Homeland Security. Alas, the Department of Homeland Security seems to have totally missed securing our Capital from insurrection! Heads should roll.
Did VP Mike Pence drive himself to the Capital on January 6th or how did he actually get there?