by jpitney | Nov 22, 2021 | civic virtue, Congress, Constitution, Insurrection
In Betrayal, Jonathan Karl publishes excerpts from a speech that Liz Cheney had planned to deliver on January 6: We are bound by a solemn oath, given before God, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. We cannot comply with that oath only when it is...
by jpitney | Sep 2, 2021 | Insurrection, Police
The US Attorney for DC says of the Capitol insurrection: “Based on a review of the body-worn-camera footage conducted by our Office, the footage displays approximately 1,000 events that may be characterized as assaults on federal officers. AP reports: Far right...
by jpitney | Aug 20, 2021 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Democracy, Insurrection
At USA Today, Tom Nichols writes about his new book, Our Own Worst Enemy. [Our] democracy now practically must run on autopilot independently of a public that is happily and willfully ignorant of the issues and wants nothing to do with the dreary business of...
by jpitney | Jul 31, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives, Insurrection
Annie Grayer at CNN: Earlier this week, a routine Rules Committee meeting turned into a viral back-and-forth over how members talk about the January 6 insurrection. Chairman of the Committee on Rules Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, pleaded for members to stick...
by jpitney | Jul 28, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives, Insurrection
Text of the Statement: Thank you very much, Chairman Thompson. Thank you to all of my colleagues on this committee, and thank you to each of the witnesses appearing before us today. It is because of you — you held the line, you defended all of us, you defended the...
