Author: Thomas Bush
Capitol rioters say Trump told them to do it, undercutting Trump’s defense
Posted by Thomas Bush / February 4, 2021Multiple Capitol rioters specifically wrote that they believed Donald Trump instructed them to riot, specifically referencing Trump’s words, “fight like hell.” That will, undoubtedly, harm Trump’s impeachment defense. According to a Marist Poll, half of Americans want Trump impeached. That’s down about 6% from last week, when a Monmouth University poll revealed that 56% of Americans …
Read More50% of Americans want Trump impeached
Posted by Thomas Bush / February 3, 2021According to a Marist Poll, half of Americans want Trump impeached. That’s down about 6% from last week, when a Monmouth University poll revealed that 56% of Americans approve of Trump’s impeachment, three percent more than approved of his first impeachment. Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to impeach Trump during the first impeachment, has …
Read MoreMore lifetime Republicans quit party of January 6 riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / February 2, 2021A lifelong Maine Republican has very publicly quit her party, publishing her goodbye letter in the Portland Press Herald. “After being a registered Republican for over 40 years and working for two Maine Republican U.S. senators,” she wrote, “I am leaving the Republican Party out of disgust and shame and with great sadness.” Another prominent …
Read MoreCapitol pipe bombs placed the night before
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 30, 2021The pipe bombs found at the Capitol were placed the day before, the FBI said, raising questions about how far in advance the January 6 insurrection was planned. Arrests are still rolling in from those riots. Two Virginia police officers have been suspended after being charged with participating in the January 6 Capitol riots. Sergeant …
Read More4,600 Colorado Republicans leave party after Capitol Riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 28, 2021The Republican Party is facing a reckoning following the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In Colorado, 4,600 of the state’s Republicans have left the party. One member of the party, a former Oklahoma congressmen, has left the party, calling it a “cult.” CNN, meanwhile, is accusing the GOP of being an empty shell of itself and …
Read MoreTed Cruz wants to “move on” from Capitol Riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 28, 2021Ted Cruz, who spent months harping on Hillary Clinton’s emails, wants to “move on” from the Capitol Riots…which he helped instigate. Seven Democratic Senators have filed an ethics complaint against Ted Cruz, calling for an investigation into his role in the Capitol riots. Hopefully they will hold him accountable. Newspapers from Houston, San Antonio, and …
Read MoreRepublicans vote en masse to protect Trump
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 27, 2021Although Republicans decried former President Trump for his role in instigating the January 6 riots at the Capitol, they have predictably circled the wagons now that real political consequences are on the horizon. They have voted, en masse, against impeachment proceedings, signaling how they will vote when the trials begin in the Senate. The move …
Read MoreA majority of Americans support Trump’s second impeachment
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 26, 2021A Monmouth University poll revealed that 56% of Americans approve of Donald Trump’s impeachment, three percent more than approved of his first impeachment. Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to impeach Trump during the first impeachment, has said that there can be no national unity without holding Trump accountable. Nancy Pelosi announced her determination to …
Read MoreTwo Virginia police officers suspended over role Jan 6 riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 26, 2021Two Virginia police officers have been suspended after being charged with participating in the January 6 Capitol riots. Sergeant Thomas Robertson and Officer Jacob Fracker, officers with Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia were arrested after photographs appeared of them in the Capitol. Garret Miller of Texas, one of the Capitol rioters, has been charged …
Read MoreLarge group of Chinese warplanes flies into Taiwanese airspace
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 23, 2021Taiwan has reported a Chinese incursion into their airspace, including eight bombers and four fighters. China has long considered Taiwan part of its own territory. China is currently in hot water, internationally. The U.S. State Department has labeled China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, the harshest criticism of Beijing’s actions. Boris Johnson has announced …
Read More“Zip Tie Guy” had a sniper rifle and weapon stash in home
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 22, 2021The infamous “Zip Tie Guy,” meaning the guy who brought zip ties to the Capitol riots, had a stash of weapons at his home––including a sniper rifle. Among the other ding-dongs arrested:a 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman, allegedly one of the Capitol rioters, planned to steal a laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s office and then sell it to …
Read MoreNancy Pelosi determined to go ahead with impeachment
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 22, 2021Nancy Pelosi has announced her determination to cary out the impeachment process. Without justice, she said, there would be no unity: “Just because he’s gone now ― thank god ― you don’t say to a president, ‘Do whatever you want in the last months of your administration’ … because people think we should make nice-nice …
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