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crickets's JournalI have no doubt the FBI is taking this seriously,
and will figure out just how everything went down and who was responsible. I agree with you. The FBI is going to get the job done. My issue is whether the US public will ever be fully informed, or at least informed enough that the guilty parties are publicly exposed and charged, all of them. It's easy to get caught up in the good vibes when seeing so many of the little soldiers get scooped up day after day.
That's great. Here's a sincere, 'good job!' for that. This is a huge investigation, and they are working hard.
But I want the FBI to find and charge the people who planned and funded this coup, knowing full well what they were doing. I want to see the Congressional reps who knew beforehand, the ones who helped whip up the useful rabble, the ones who were not afraid during the insurrection -- I want to see them held accountable too.
Heartfelt and sincere. I got teary-eyed.
Good for Rep. Phillips, for the epiphany and for sharing it.
Gee, this sounds familiar.
"Facebook was complicit in a genocide. There were already signs and strong calls for Facebook to handle the incitement of violence on the platform but their inaction really contributed to the fanning of violence in Myanmar," says Rin Fujimatsu from research and advocacy group Progressive Voice.
Facebook admits it was used to 'incite offline violence' in Myanmar NOV 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934
One frightening example came back in 2014 when a fake online story about a Muslim man who'd apparently raped a Buddhist woman sparked deadly clashes in the second city of Mandalay.
Facebook has since admitted it didn't do more to stem a torrents of racist posts over the years that followed.
In August this year, the same UN experts concluded the inflammatory material Burmese people had been exposed to day in, day out had played a role in enabling the military's purge of Rohingya Muslims from Rakhine state - an attack which the UN believes was genocide.
Facebook is well aware that they are a platform used for spreading misinformation and fomenting violence, but they ignore the problem until forced to face it, and then they just can't seem to tackle the problem effectively. How much effort does Facebook really expend on policing hate and lies? Obviously not nearly enough.
Much more at both articles.
It's stochastic terrorism as well.
Greene may not dirty her own hands by pulling the trigger, but she's given the idea to someone else, and is encouraging it with her words and attitude.
Damning with faint praise.
Two weeks in, and Biden is 'vastly short' -- of anything? Get stuffed, WaPo. After the last four disastrous years we've been through, we are lucky we elected Biden to dig us out of the hole trump landed us in. He's doing an excellent job.
It was so nice when things quieted down after trump got kicked off of Twitter.
Notice that horrible screeching sound? It's BACK.
Somebody over at Twitter needs to recognize that this is the exact same poison. It's almost as though trump has a mouthpiece to speak for him again, isn't it?
This type of incitement is going to go on and on, poisoning the daily discourse. I'm all for freedom of expression, but allowing this nutbar to continue trump's pattern of inciting unrest and violence with crazy lies is dangerous.
It needs to stop.
Turning off her Twitter account isn't going to cancel Greene. She can buy a web domain and put whatever crazy nonsense she likes on it. There is no reason for any social media company to allow this type of dangerous noise, especially not from an elected official. Suspend this crazy woman, Twitter. For all our sakes, just do it.
eta - needless to say, she should have no place in Congress either. Good grief.
"a bullet to the head would be quicker"
to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to Greene. For that one statement alone, she proves she is unfit to serve in government, much less in the House of Representatives. This piece cuts right to the point: Republicans are not acknowledging that Greene said this and have not reprimanded her for it. They aren't acknowledging that politics by violence or threat of assassination is wrong, and that the violence on Jan 6 could have cost some representatives their lives, or that the mob threatened to hang their own Vice President. It's despicable.
Thanks for the clarification, CaptainTruth.
Under the conditions of her release, Cudd is not allowed to travel to Washington unless it is for a court appearance or a meeting with her attorneys or pretrial services officer. She's not allowed to travel outside Texas, and international travel must be approved by a judge.
Good. Let her sit home in Texas and be grateful she isn't sitting in a jail cell.
I don't understand the thinking behind wanting a quick trial in the Senate.
It does seem that committee hearings would be a great way to 'educate the public' as Dean says. We would all be learning what really went on, who was involved, what everyone knew and when they knew it. Why in the world would we not want that when stakes are so high?
Is there some chance that Dems want trump out of the way quickly so that they can go after the smaller fish in peace? Given the uncertainty of a Senate vote to convict, it doesn't make sense not to spend more time in order to make it absolutely obvious that the election was not in doubt, that there was a Big Lie, and that the republic was on the line.
Excellent reminder that what we experienced Jan 6 was not a localized riot.
It was a direct assault on the country. Treat it like one.
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