Pro-Trump Media Is in Meltdown Mode Over New Oath Keeper Indictments

[Jilly_in_VA]

Pro-Trump media and lawmakers have, for months, been faithfully regurgitating the line that the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol can’t have been an attempted coup or insurrection, because none of the hundreds of people arrested had been charged with sedition or insurrection.

But a federal indictment unsealed Thursday put a pin in that narrative—or at least, you’d think it would. Ten members of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia, and their leader Stewart Rhodes, were hit with a stunning sedition conspiracy indictment alleging that they stockpiled weapons, engaged in paramilitary training, and even discussed a plot to transport high-powered guns across from their hotel in Virginia across the Potomac for Jan. 6, all with the goal of blocking then President-elect Joe Biden from taking office.

Pro-Trump media and lawmakers have, for months, been faithfully regurgitating the line that the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol can’t have been an attempted coup or insurrection, because none of the hundreds of people arrested had been charged with sedition or insurrection.

But a federal indictment unsealed Thursday put a pin in that narrative—or at least, you’d think it would. Ten members of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia, and their leader Stewart Rhodes, were hit with a stunning sedition conspiracy indictment alleging that they stockpiled weapons, engaged in paramilitary training, and even discussed a plot to transport high-powered guns across from their hotel in Virginia across the Potomac for Jan. 6, all with the goal of blocking then President-elect Joe Biden from taking office.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdayj/oath-keeper-stewart-rhodes-sedition-conspiracy-indictment

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Let these a******s melt down. We have the goods on them!

[True Blue American]

2. Meanwhile MSNBC

Is all agog about Trump doing a rally! That sucker went off as soon as I saw pictures and heard her!

[brooklynite]

15. So a Trump rally shouldn't be reported on?

[DanieRains]

17. Count The Lies Real Time

Do the job right.

[DBoon]

20. He's a private citizen now

Less newsworthy than the latest Bernie Sanders rally

[brooklynite]

21. He's the leader of one of the two major Political Parties.

[DBoon]

22. didf Mitch Mcconnel say so?

Mitch is the senior elected Republican in the US. Did Mitch officially and explicitly delegate this role to Trump?

[brooklynite]

23. Trump has a lot more political clout than McConnell.

[DBoon]

25. no he doesn't

Mitch controls what legislation is considered by the Senate. Trump cannot pass, block or enforce any laws. He has the same power as any other celebrity, like the Kardashians.

[ShazzieB]

32. What?

Trump cannot pass, block or enforce any laws. He has the same power as any other celebrity, like the Kardashians.

If that's really what you think, I believe you've been missing a few things. Here's something to get you started catching up: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-08/trump-after-january-6/100736202

[Poiuyt]

34. There's no doubt that Trump still controls the Republican Party

It's true that he doesn't control the legislative agenda, but just about every Republican politician seeks out his approval and behaves in such a way to get it. They will do and say anything no matter how outrageous it is. While technically, he has no political power, he has an iron grip on Republicans from the state level on up. If anyone behaves in a manner that doesn't please him, he will end their career.

I've been following American politics for over 50 years, and I've never seen anything like this.

[True Blue American]

52. Mitch was also elected.

Trump lost.

[Progressive Jones]

49. In reality, no he doesn't. Not any more. He's a nobody worshipped by other nobodies. However,

the GOP being tattooed with the stain of Trump is fine with me. That can't be good on any level.

[True Blue American]

50. Even Direct TV is dropping

The conspiracy channel. I refuse to listen to or watch propaganda. So anything that concerns the traitor does not interest me. At this time it is a very small group of grifters trying to keep their grift alive.

[mzmolly]

54. Because corporate media

is more interested than ratings, than integrity. Not that either of the smarmy men noted above, have integrity.

[True Blue American]

51. Amen.

[yaesu]

24. No, reporting everything the flushed turd does or says is destructive to President Biden & the

country as a whole, it is nothing as its floaters, it doesn't deserve any news coverage.

[Scrivener7]

46. No. We basically know what happened. Wake me when there is something new.

Reporting that there were lots of people in ridiculous outfits listening to a senile old man lie and drone for hours is not news.

[Lunabell]

3. I hope shit rolls uphill!

We need truth and justice!!

[Jim__]

4. They could just call it fake news. That's how they handle all the other unpleasant news. - n/t

[Alexander Of Assyria]

28. A 48 page federal indictment on seditious conspiracy gonna be hard to bury.

[thesquanderer]

31. Unless they indict a member of Congress or someone in Trump's inner circle...

...they'll just see these guys as a few rogue extremists, at worst.

[Victor_c3]

5. I love the combination of eyepatch and glasses that the oathkeeper guy is wearing in the picture

If you only have one eye, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just have a monocle??

At least then you wouldn't have people like me making fun of you for wearing glasses and an eyepatch....

[2naSalit]

9. That throught thread...

Has passed through my mind every time I see a picture of him.

[OMGWTF]

13. Belt and suspenders. LOL!

[forgotmylogin]

16. Likely neither easier nor cheaper.

I work with vision insurance, and it's more common if someone is blind in one eye to create glasses with one Rx lens and one plano (no prescription, just clear plastic in the frame.) In fact, no customer nor provider has ever asked about nor mentioned a monocle. I imagine someone would probably have to go to a specialty manufacturer or artisan whom would likely be out of network. We do occasionally have "low vision aids" which is often an add-on scope that attaches to glasses for an extreme vision situation, but that must be offered and covered by the individual insurance plan.

A patch is cheap, spectacles are the default. A glass/prosthetic eye and standard glasses would probably be a more common solution and is likely a one-time expense rather than updating a pricey monocle every year or two. I know our insurance doesn't cover monocles, and the copay or amount covered by insurance doesn't change if you only get one lens. If someone has a split Rx (one eye single vision and the other bifocal) the applied copay is for two of the more expensive type of lens.

[Habibi]

42. Thanks for this info!

Not pertinent to me, but good stuff to know.

[COL Mustard]

26. But then he'd look like Col. Klink

And I'm not sure Werner Kemperer would appreciate the comparison.

[ZERTErYNOthe]

29. He shot his own eye out

This genius and thought leader shot his own eye out, and he proudly displays this symbol of his own incompetence for all to see (except most of us see it with 2 eyes).

[Jilly_in_VA]

30. or one contact

[Nevilledog]

6. I'm seeing the spin.

They only charged these poor patriots with seditious conspiracy because conservative media kept bringing up that no one was charged with sedition or insurrection.

[COL Mustard]

27. If you need a laugh

Go over to FR and see their comments. Quite amusing, how they are spinning it!

[ShazzieB]

33. What's FR?

Sorry, I don't keep up on these things!

[uponit7771]

45. Free Republic or freeperville, pretty much opposite of DU and in all matters of everything

[Thunderbeast]

38. Just dropped in to lurk at REDSTATE

The stories:

Biden in meltdown over repeated failures.

CNN on the brink of bankruptcy

Dish Network about to fail after OANN decision.

Jenn Paski getting meaner.

Glenn Younkin implements "Torched Earth" strategy.

...........................

Not a word about the Oath Keepers, House J6 Committee, Trump legal jeopardy.

[COL Mustard]

53. I must say I've never been on that site

May have to give it a look.

[SheltieLover]

7. Wait till they find out OAN was canceled from cable

[2naSalit]

12. I just logged on, that's what I was looking for.

[SheltieLover]

39. Was in threadsyesterday, I think.

[2naSalit]

43. Yes but now that they have had time...

To let it sink in, I was looking for the prolonged response with gnashing of teeth and curse words.

[SheltieLover]

44. Ooooh lol

Haven't seen anything yet

[2naSalit]

47. It'll come...

The Sunday talk shows should be interesting tomorrow.

[Aussie105]

8. You weren't supposed to notice . . .

Tourists ready to attack and hold siege, heavily armed.

You weren't supposed to notice . . . some media still say you shouldn't.

Thank goodness some smart people are calling it what it was/is, and are acting accordingly.

'Oath' keepers - what exactly is their 'oath' anyway? Seem more like anarchists to me.

Strange thing is, like the Taliban in Afghanistan with no plan if they won, there was no plan of what to do if the insurrection succeeded.

[pwb]

40. Remember Trump wanted loyalty oaths from his freak worshipers?

Maybe that?

[paleotn]

10. One thing is certain, they will spew vast amounts of bullshit.

thus, I don't care if they're in meltdown mode or not. Really makes no difference to the fact that they spew nothing but bullshit.

[Mr. Ected]

11. Hell, some pro-Trump media are directly implicated with the conspiracy

We have their frantic text messages.

[Emile]

14. Sounds as though they are experiencing a real conundrum!

[dchill]

18. And fear-induced hemorrhoids.

[Emile]

19. That explains why their index finger is stained brown.

[nuxvomica]

35. They will eventually throw "Oath Keepers" under the bus

The right wingers always have that option to fall back on.

[Aviation Pro]

36. The writer doesn't know their metaphors

"Stuck a pin in that narrative," vice "Put a pin in that narrative."

[left-of-center2012]

37. The 1st and 2nd paragraphs ...

The 1st and 2nd paragraphs are repeated in paragraphs 3 and 4.
The second half of the OP is the same as the first half.

[DBoon]

41. let 'em melt down

soon we will be scraping them off the sidewalk like a piece of dog poo

[Blue Owl]

48. I do love a good ol' fashioned Nazi face melt

[Pluvious]

55. You might want to edit your post...

Looks like a double paste of the top two paragraphs

Cheers