Epps to Appear before Pelosi's Star Chamber

But first, I have a lot of other material to get through here, so let's get down to it! Reviewing Biden's Big Bad Week Year, David Keltz at Am Spec  looks at  Biden’s Disastrous First Year "Everything has gone wrong." Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.18.22, the BattleSwarm calls it the Winter Of Discontent II – Biden Boogaloo. Salena Zito at Am Great calls his recent speech, The Moment Joe Biden Finally Lost His Credibility. He never had any with me. Ace rolls over and notices that The Media Faction Notices That "President" (lol) Brandon Is Failing, "Via Mike Miller at RedState, Tucker Carlson noted the Media Faction's sudden Pivot to Journalism last night." and "President" (lol) Disaster Pants Planning to "Retool" His Communication Strategy In Face of Public Hostility. Sister Toldja at Red State thinks White House Makes a Terrible Admission That Will Come Back to Haunt Joe Biden, "And he stands by everything he said in that speech.“ Michael Goodwin at NYPO says Endangered Democrats go low and keep playing blame game for Joe Biden. Because of course they do. And Thanks, Brandon! as Summit News reports Support For Republican Party Rises to Highest Level Since 1995, "9 per cent boost since start of 2021." Also from the Wombat, Louder With Crowder  After One Year Of Joe Biden, Voters Shifting To Republicans. WaEx, GOP digital donor platform WinRed processes $559 million in 2021

Althouse catches  "Maybe Democratic voters could hate Republicans if the media, including the Post and Waldman, were not always pointing the finger at 'Democrats' for not passing the things that people want." "That's the top-rated comment on "Opinion: Democrats are being dragged down by their discontent" by Paul Waldman in The Washington Post." Scott McKay at Am Spec worries that Biden Needs a War. Don’t Give Him One. "The Wag The Dog scenario looms larger as the Biden vortex deepens."

Breitbart, Manchin: We Already Have Laws to Ensure People Have Voting Rights, Voter Obstruction Is ‘Not Going to Happen’ Via the Wombat, The Victory Girls Victory Girls catch Sheila Jackson-Lee Co-Opts MLK To Pimp Voter Fraud. AllahPundit at Haut Hair worries about a Dem meltdown: Bernie says he'll back primary challenges to pro-filibuster Dems, Manchin says bring it on, And Pink on Pink action as Wapoo reports Emily’s List says it will no longer endorse Sen. Sinema as she holds firm on filibuster. Paul Bedard at WaEx hears the Liberal Media Scream: MSNBC’s laughable charge Sinema a white supremacist. At Rumble, Kamala: I 'Will Not Absolve' Any Senator Who Opposes Biden Agenda. John Solomon at JTN, notes how Joe Biden's Jim Crow 2.0 tour collides with reality: Blacks strongly support voter ID. at Fox, McConnell accuses Dems of 'fake hysteria' over 'Jim Crow relic' filibuster they used last week.  At  LI and Poli Sci Prof Calls Out Biden Over Divisive “Voting Rights” Speech In Georgia

Rolling Stone (cited at Haut Hair) hears Insiders reveal what went wrong with Biden's voting rights push, "it was the quality of the messages to the groups that are killing themselves to pass these bills."  Via the Wombat again the Weasel Zippers heard Dem Rep Wasserman-Schultz Compare Voter ID to “Communist Suppression & Oppression”.  Atop Da Hill, Al Bolton sees Democrats pondering Plan B strategy to circumvent voting rights filibuster. Ace, Schumer Plots Another Scheme To Force Voting Takeover Bill Through Senate, "They're scheming to force a "real" filibuster, I think, one where Republicans would actually have to talk and talk and talk and hold the floor. 'Bonchie' at Red State wonders What in the Fresh Hell Is Chuck Schumer Doing?. At CNS News, Pelosi: ‘We Cannot Confine Our Democracy to What Might be Bipartisan-ly Possible’. 

Another one (or two) bites the dust, Da Caller, 11-Term Democratic Rep Announces Retirement Ahead Of Midterms. John Sexton at Haut Hair, Two more House Democrats announce they will not seek reelection. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, De Blasio: On second thought, I'll skip the gubernatorial election. Good choice, he rather wore out his welcome in NYC.

Thinking ahead, Politico wonders How a GOP majority in Congress might handle Biden in 2023. Jon Tobin at Da Fed, Democrats Are Priming Themselves To Refuse To Accept Any Election Defeats. Nicholas Fondacaro@NickFondacaro "Whoopi warns of the GOP's "big plan" to steal voting rights from black Americans then steal them from women. She goes on to claim that schools are no longer allowed to teach kids about Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and slavery. 

Rick Moran at PJ Media, Trump Aides See the Hand of McConnell in Promoting the Idea of a Feud With DeSantis and Stacey Lennox, Donald Trump vs. Ron DeSantis Is Not the Distraction the GOP Needs Right Now "It is easy to tell who scares the corporate media: Just watch who they obsess over." Jake the Snake at CNN happily promotes Former Trump administration officials who hold call to strategize against former boss' efforts in 2022 and 2024. AllahPundit (Haut Hair VIP) is pleased Laura Ingraham says I'm not there yet on Trump 2024. Keeping her options open is OK. 'Privata" at Am Mind, Trump 2024 would be a harsh punishment—but perhaps a just one.

In election integrity news, Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair reports Wisconsin judge bans ballot drop boxes, ballot harvesting, while Bill Doyle at Da Fed rehashes the fact that Mark Zuckerberg’s $350 Million In Election Funding Went To Far-Left Activists, Not ‘Nonpartisan’ Outfits. 

Stephen Kruiser at PJ Media chortles that Glenn Youngkin Wastes No Time Triggering Crybaby Libs Everywhere and Matt Margolis notes that Virginia Democrats Do the Most Democrat Thing Ever at Joint Assembly With Youngkin "And the chamber applauded… Well, the Republicans in the chamber did. They rose to applaud while Virginia Democrats, apparently not caring about parental rights, sat quietly in their seats." KT at Haut Hair finds Youngkin makes good on campaign promises and Jen Psaki is not happy. Leah Barkoukis at Town Hall sees a Mask Showdown: Youngkin Issues Response to Defiant School Districts. Rich Lowry at NR, Youngkin Is Right on Masks. The Star, Gov. Youngkin Tells General Assembly, ‘The State of the Commonwealth Is Not What it Should Be,’ ‘We Have the Ability to Course-Correct’. Indeed, as Da Wire reports Fairfax Schools Tell Children Of Military Members That They Have ‘Privilege’ "'This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking,' assistant superintendent says"

Also from the Wombat and the Battleswarm, Virginia’s Republican AG Gets Down To Business. "Virginia’s incoming Attorney General Jason Miyares was sworn in today and he hit the ground running, letting go at least 30 AG staff members." And from Behind the Black, Pushback: New VA Attorney General shows Republicans the right way to fight the left. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Ace, Virginia's New AG Jason Miyares Sworn Into Office, and Immediately Starts Wrecking Sh*t, "Virginia's new AG Jason Miyares was first to start wreckin' sh1t, firing 30 people, 17 of which were lawyers, before he was even sworn in, which all Republicans must take to be the new standard to meet or exceed" and New Virginia Governor Youngkin Signs Executive Orders Banning Critical Race Theory, Ending Mask Mandate In Public Schools, ""Trump in a Fleece" -- just like the left promised!"

Mary Chastain at LI, Senate Republicans Demand Answers from Ed. Dept, DOJ Over ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Letter "To Ed. Sec. Cardona: “Do parents have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children?”

The Peacock, In battle against far-right extremists, an old strategy re-emerges: Bankrupt them," "A lawsuit against the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers follows similar litigation that was successful against the organizers of a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. Be careful with those cans of worms. Eric Lundrum at Am Great, Rand Paul Cancels DirecTV Subscription After Provider Drops One America News. 538 whimpers What Does It Mean If Republicans Won’t Debate?

And the title? PM reports BREAKING: Ray Epps to speak to Pelosi's Jan 6 select committee "Ray Epps is slated to sit for a transcribed interview Friday with Pelosi's Jan. 6 select committee." From the Wombat  Twitchy: Ray Epps’ Attorney Explains Why He Was Removed From The FBI Suspect Database, Kyle Cheney at Politico, Figure at center of pro-Trump Jan. 6 theories to speak with select committee Friday. From the Wombat  Nebraska Energy Observer: Oops! Epps!. There's something deeply fishy about the FBI and the star chambers handling of all this.

Emily Brooks at WaEx hears that a Jan. 6 panel member floats 14th Amendment as way to bar Trump from holding office. Quite at stretch. NYT happily reports (via Haut Hair), Prosecutors reportedly asked about Trump's role in Jan. 6 riot. Because they've had so much success in the past. "Mr. Straka “answered all questions truthfully and denied the existence of any such plot,” Mr. Essayli’s memo said." Reuters, Giuliani, other pro-Trump lawyers hit with subpoenas over Jan. 6 attack. Lawfare. 

At Zero Hedge, 'Tyler Durnden' hears "Stop! No! Don't!": Babbitt Tried to Stop Attack on Capitol Speaker’s Lobby, Video Analysis Suggests. TNP, New Video Analysis: Ashli Babbitt Chatted With Capitol Officers and Attempt to Calm Protesters Before Being Executed. Did she attempt to crawl through the window to get away from the crushing crowd? 

Ace, True Conservative Superhero Dan Crenshaw: I Have No Power to Help the January 6 Political Prisoners and I Won't Even Bring Attention to Their Plight Because That Would Just be "A Performance" That Helps Me But Not Them "Actually, you won't do it because it would help them and hurt you, Dannie, which the crowd immediately grasps . . .Coward. Liar. Grifter. James Mullin at Am Think thinks A Republican NeverTrump senator reveals more than he meant

But back to my senator's curious reply. After a lengthy harangue about Jan. 6, the depraved perpetrators, and the evil Donald Trump, he provided two very odd statements. First, he informed me that 570 people are still held in D.C.'s jails.

Five hundred seventy! I had no idea that so many were incarcerated for so long, without trial.

Second, and unexpectedly, he revealed that these 570 were mostly kept in "restricted housing," which translates to solitary confinement or other extreme denials of privileges normally granted to the general prison population. I knew that was the case, but to have a senatorial office confirm it was curious.

So here was an admission in writing that a large number of Americans are being held without trial under conditions that the Geneva Conventions would object to. Moreover, they violate the Constitution's promise of both a speedy trial and the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment (especially before a trial is carried out with the proper due process and an actual conviction).

Land of the Free? Really? This reminds me more of the CCP's China than the America I grew up in.

VDH at Am Great pens Conspiracies as Realities, Realities as Conspiracies "Conspiracy projection has split apart the country. The Left has fought efforts to learn the full truth, as they project conspiracies to disguise conspirators."

The January 6 riot was disgraceful. But it was a one-day spontaneous, chaotic, illegal entrance in and desecration of the Capitol by assorted buffoons.

We now know that even according to the FBI investigation—that was and is eager to prove a coup—January 6 was not a carefully planned putsch as Joe Biden so blatantly lied recently.

New insurrectionist indictments—by Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to left-wing pressures—targeted a disorganized and psychodramatic group of self-important Oath Keepers wannabes and poseurs. In contrast, serious insurrectionists do not leave their guns behind in order to abide by strict D.C. firearms laws. They do not ride to their rendezvous at the Capitol in golf carts. And they do not stage an insurrection by being unarmed as they scatter about, yell, confront police, raise hell, and meander through the Capitol.

If these had been serious insurrectionists, they would have followed the Antifa model: arriving stealthily in the many hundreds if not thousands, melting through crowds to assigned locations, in black with padded body armor, helmets, various clubs, and carefully coordinating their weeks-long and sustained violence on approved social media.

Hmm, at Summit New news that  US Army Guerrilla Warfare Exercise to Target “Freedom Fighters” "Troops to battle against fictional ‘Pineland resistance movement’." At Front Page, Soros General Demands Purge of Military. At Am Great, Blaine Pardoe wonders Are We in a Civil War? "This civil war is one that will be marked more by virtual mob justice and battles in the streets. It isn’t a war to seize territory, it is a war of exerting control over your enemies."

Emily  Posts has an EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin Sued by Fallen Marine Family for $25 million "Rylee McCollum's widow and sisters targeted by Baldwin's millions of Instagram fans" Filed under suits I want to see succeed. 

At The Center Square, Defense requests immunity for FBI agents, informants in Whitmer kidnapping plot "The request follows three lead sting FBI agents who won’t be testifying in the March 8 trial in Grand Rapids."