Oath Keepers Charged with "Seditious Conspiracy"

Insty, DOJ CHARGES OATH KEEPERS WITH ‘SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY:’ 

Interestingly, the DOJ announcement describes the charges with reference to the statute’s inclusion of efforts to oppose or delay execution of a law, not its reference “to conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them …” But watch, the MSM and the Schumer/Pelosi crowd will frame it rhetorically as if the defendants are being charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government.

WaPoo, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Althosue, "Stewart Rhodes, the leader and founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was arrested on Thursday and charged with seditious conspiracy for organizing a wide-ranging plot to storm the Capitol..."

"... last Jan. 6 and disrupt the certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s electoral victory, federal law enforcement officials said.... Mr. Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper who went on to earn a law degree at Yale, has been under investigation for his role in the riot since at least last spring when, against the advice of his lawyer, he sat down with F.B.I. agents for an interview in Texas.

Andy Kerr at WaEx, Ray Epps uncharged in Capitol riot, but feds arrested woman engaged in similar conduct

Raechel Genco was seen on video standing just feet away from Epps on Jan. 6 as he whispered into the ear of her boyfriend, Ryan Samsel, who promptly led a mob that stormed a police barricade. But unlike Samsel, the 38-year-old Pennsylvania woman simply stood by. And unlike Epps, Genco was not seen a day earlier encouraging a crowd to enter the Capitol illegally.

That incident took place just outside the restricted area, but Epps was later filmed well inside the forbidden zone, as was Genco. But of the two, only Genco was charged with a sole count of trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds. She faces up to a year in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors presented a single frame of video footage showing Genco walking on restricted Capitol grounds in their criminal complaint. Epps was also filmed on the steps of the Capitol building in front of a police line, well inside the restricted area.

But Epps is OK with Cryin' Lyin' Adam Kinzinger. Megan Fox at PJ Media says  'Cryin and Lyin' Adam Kinzinger Gets the Takedown He Deserves

“Until recently, Adam Kinzinger was a forgettable, slower than average Republican congressman from suburban Illinois,” said Tucker hilariously. “At some point last year, Kinzinger had a profound personal crisis and went completely off the deep end. He started crying uncontrollably in public. He joined Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th committee.”

“Kinzinger is now the self-styled enemy of insurrectionists everywhere,” Tucker continued. “If you dare to insurrect or even think of the possibility of insurrecting, Adam Kinzinger will burst into tears and try to throw you into prison.”

Then Carlson pointed out that Kinzinger hates all insurrectionists, except for Ray Epps. “Adam Kinzinger loves Ray Epps. He spent the last 24 hours on Twitter standing up for Epps,” continued Carlson. “How strange is that?”

Matt Vespa at Town Hall on the apparent reluctance of anyone in DC to question the homicide of Ashli Babbitt,  More Eyebrows Raised Concerning the Latest Development in the Ashli Babbitt Case. 

From the Babylon Bee, FBI Promises To Make Hoaxes Less Obvious This Year. ""We stand committed to pushing the narrative of the Biden administration without also bringing blowback upon ourselves," said FBI Assistant Director Jill Sanborn in a prepared statement." At Am Great the redoubtable Julie Kelly writes We Are All Domestic Terrorists Now

When he entered the sacred Senate chambers, Hodgkins carried with him a weapon so offensive that the mere sight of the device prompted the judge in his case to question Hodgkin’s loyalty to his own country. That weapon was a flag bearing the words “Trump 2020.” 

Although Hodgkins did not commit a single violent act on January 6, federal prosecutors nonetheless consider him a domestic terrorist and want him punished accordingly.

“The need to deter others is especially strong in cases involving domestic terrorism, which the breach of the Capitol certainly was,” a prosecutor wrote in a July sentencing motion, asking a judge to send Hodgkins to prison for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction. “Moreover, with respect to specific deterrence, courts have recognized that ‘terrorists[,] [even those] with no prior criminal behavior, are unique among criminals in the likelihood of recidivism, the difficulty of rehabilitation, and the need for incapacitation.’”

Judge Randolph Moss agreed with the Justice Department’s assessment. The Obama appointee claimed the four-hour disturbance at the Capitol on January 6 caused political and personal damage that “will persist in this country for decades.” Moss was outraged at the sight of Hodgkins hoisting a Trump flag. “The symbolism of that act is unmistakable. He was staking a claim on the Senate floor, declaring his loyalty to a single individual over a nation,” Moss ranted before sentencing Hodgkins to serve 15 months in jail.

George NeuMayr at Am Spec calls it Biden’s Banana Republic "His treatment of political opponents shows that he is crudely undemocratic." Mick McGuire at Da Fed thinks The Jan. 6 Investigation We Need Is Into The Unlawful Military Occupation Of D.C., in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?

NYT cited at Haut Hair, Jan. 6 committee weighs major escalation, subpoenaing colleagues.  WaPoo ed board opines Subpoena Mr. McCarthy and Congress has the power to subpoena its own members. Just remember, what comes around, goes around, often gooder and harder.

And the fight over the filibuster of the "Allow Democrats to Cheat" bills has reached a crescendo as House passes voting rights package, setting up Senate filibuster showdown.  AllahPundit at Haut Hair whines Manchin plunges the dagger: I won't eliminate or even weaken the filibuster. Insty, SINEMA PUTS FILIBUSTER REFORM OUT OF ITS MISERY: "The Arizona Democrat delivers a heartfelt explanation of her vote. She’s wrong on so much else, but not on this one." At Fox, Sinema doubles down on filibuster support, dealing likely fatal blow to Dems' election bills. WaPoo moans, Sinema and Manchin confirm opposition to eliminating filibuster, probably dooming Democrats’ voting rights push. Ace, Despite Intense Lobbying By the Democrat Faithful of the Media, Sinema Rules Out Any Change to the Filibuster Rules

Sinema says she won't budge on the filibuster, even if that results in Biden's bills being blocked.

Manchin also says that he hasn't changed his mind on the filibuster.

Oh wait, my bad -- those two articles are from June, 2021, and October, 2021, respectively.

Sinema and Manchin have said approximately one hundred times each that they're not voting to get rid of the filibuster, which doesn't stop Democrats from asking them every single week or even every single day.

Althouse notes her clothing in "Sinema reiterates opposition to eliminating filibuster, probably dooming Democrats’ voting rights push." "We're told that she wore "purple, a symbol of Washington bipartisanship." There's always interest in what this Senator is wearing." John Sexton at Haut Hair wonders Is Sen. Sinema planning to run for president?. They could do worse, and probably will.

Sister Toldja at Red State, Watch: Joe Biden Appears Visibly Flustered, Defeated in Post-Sinema Speech Interview. Tom Elliott@tomselliott "Biden, appearing to admit defeat on ending the filibuster & nationalizing elections, randomly starts shouting: States’ voter reform laws are “about who gets to count the votes! Count the vote! Count the vote!” At Da Mail, Kamala Harris slams fellow Democrats Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Senate Republicans for 'failing to protect democracy' by trying to maintain filibuster before Biden heads to Capitol Hill to try to sway them. Ace, On a Day When "President" (lol) Brandon's Dementia Is So Obvious That It Horrifies the Nation, Kumala Tries to Sound Even Less Qualified Than Her Boss, "Some White Man has failed to position Kamala for success again." Joe Biden. At Da Mail, Now Barack Obama backs Biden's bid to kill Senate filibuster: Calls it a tool to 'prop up Jim Crow' and says it cannot be allowed 'to be used to block efforts to protect our democracy' From Front Page, Biden Pays the Price for Exploiting a Crisis,"Maybe “never allow a good crisis go to waste” isn’t such a good idea after all." 

David Catron at Am Spec warns Democrat Desperation Has Now Become Dangerous, "Their panic is driving the unconstitutional attempt to seize control of national elections." Ken Blackwell at Town Hall calls The Freedom to Cheat Act: The Radical Left’s Latest Attempt to Undermine Our Democracy. At WaEx, WATCH as Cagey Kamala freezes up when asked about 2024 ticket. Atop Da Hill, Harris says she doesn't care about 2024 'gossip'. Insty, RUY TEIXEIRA: The Democrats’ Voting Rights Chimera.

The Democratic focus in the new year has been on trying to pass some version of voting rights reform. President Biden went down to Georgia and put the effort in stark terms: “Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?”

Teixeira appropriately calls that sort of language “unhinged level of hyperbole.”

Sean Callaghan at Am Great reminds us Some Votes Should Not Count "Democrats don’t want your solemn vote. Democrats want your ballot harvested." Breitbart recounts how Democrats Block Plan to Remove Foreign Nationals from Voter Rolls. Gee, I wonder why? At Am Mind, Ryan Williams sees Double Vision on Democracy

The Democrats, it’s clear, are watching a re-run from 1964/65. (Or perhaps even 1860, if we are to take that last line seriously—which nobody should.) Republican state legislatures have, across many states in recent months, passed legislation to roll back some of the extraordinary (and often, unlawful) suspensions of time-honored election integrity safeguards during the 2020 election. To the leaders of the Democrat party, this amounts to a return to the poll taxes, firehoses, and dogs of the segregated South.

To Republicans, the two “voting rights” laws would amount to a federalization of elections without precedent in American history. What’s more, it’s a solution in search of a problem. There is no crisis of voting rights in America. As anyone who has tried knows, it’s not very hard to vote in America. It requires a minimal amount of organization and planning, as so many civic duties do. Requirements like meeting deadlines, proving residency, and showing ID do not amount to voter suppression to most reasonable Americans.

Ace, The NeverTrumpers Who Propagandized for Biden, All the While Supported by Democrat Donors, Now Distance Themselves from the Disaster They Foisted on Us "Who could have predicted this, apart from every genuine conservative and anyone who'd had even a passing acquaintance with Joe "They gonna put y'all back in chains" Biden?" Jack Cashill at am Spec calls Florida 2018: The Election That Saved America (and Maybe the World), "The state was a breath away from becoming another California."

At Fox, RNC mulls requiring candidates to avoid debates hosted by Commission on Presidential Debates, "RNC move could lead to shift in how presidential and vice presidential general election debates are conducted." Good, I hope they stick to it (but they probably won't). The Democrat slant of the Presidential debates have been a disgrace for many years now.

Becky Noble at PI pens Trump Says NY Rep. Stefanik ‘Could Be President In About 6 Years’ At Mar-A-Lago Fundraiser. I don't see it, myself, but may I'm just not deep enough.