It’s simple. Every American should have watched yesterday’s final hearing of the Jan. 6th committee, but if they missed it, thank god for CSPAN. The committee saved the best for last of its nine hearings.
At the end of the hearing, committee members unanimously issued a bipartisan subpoena to Donald Trump to explain his role in the violent riot at Congress on January 6, 2021.
He’ll never comply, of course, because he lacks the courage to take responsibility for the events that occurred that day and because he would have to commit perjury to deny his guilt.
It’s hard to believe we are already 21 months out from the events of that terrible day and there is so little hope of justice in this case.
The man guilty of planning the riot and inciting the rioters sits in his mansion in Florida, hiding behind lawyers and guards, while a few of his hapless followers get convicted and sent to prison.
But that is no surprise. It’s simple. Trump is not only is a criminal, he is a coward.
I would normally leave it at that but there was bigger news yesterday. The Supreme Court told Trump to shove it.
NEWSLINKS:
Trump Aide Was Seen on Security Footage Moving Boxes at Mar-a-Lago (NYT)
Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president’s orders (WP)
New York attorney general asks court to block Trump Organization from moving assets (CNN)
Supreme Court rejects Trump request on Mar-a-Lago documents (WP)
The Trump Subpoena Will Be the Headline, But the Real Washington News Was Elsewhere (Politico)
Kamikaze drones and missiles hit north and south Ukraine; Kremlin denies Putin discussed war ‘settlement’ (CNBC)
Nury Martinez resigns her seat on Los Angeles City Council following release of racist comments (Yahoo)
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemnedRussia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and called on all countries not to recognize the move, strengthening a diplomatic international isolation of Moscow. (Reuters)
As Putin escalates war, some in Russia’s business elite despair (WP)
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels unveiled plans to beef up Europe's air defenses after committing more military aid to Kyiv. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia claims US requested one-month delay to oil production cut (Guardian)
Protests in Iran Spread, Including to Oil Sector, Despite Violent Crackdown (NYT)
Afghanistan Is En Route to a Catastrophic Civil War (GT)
In Afghanistan, Resistance Means Women (HRW)
‘We Told the Truth’: Sandy Hook Families Win $1 Billion From Alex Jones (NYT)
Biden has uncorked a series of wins on major liberal policy goals, including fighting climate change, marijuana reform and student loan forgiveness, in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections with little pushback from Republicans. The silence from the GOP shows how the American public has moved to the left on key issues since the last time Democrats controlled the presidency and both chambers of Congress, HuffPost's Kevin Robillard explains. [HuffPost]
Biden global strategy tackles China, Russia, domestic needs (AP)
As the U.S. enters the final stretch to November’s midterm elections, Reuters has documented multiple incidents of intimidation involving an expanding army of election observers, many of them recruited by prominent Republican Party figures and activists echoing Trump's false theories about election fraud. (Reuters)
US stocks stage big reversal to jump 2% after September inflation hits highest level since 1982 (MarketsInsider)
U.S. Core Inflation Hit New Four-Decade High Last Month (WSJ)
Yen slumps to 32-year low against dollar (NHK)
Parkland school shooter to get life sentence for killing 17 (Politico)
Abortion Is Motivating Voters, but Republicans Would Rather Change the Subject (NYT)
Dems chances of holding the Senate have fallen to 66% (538)
Rare protest against China’s Xi Jinping days before Communist Party congress (CNN)
First Martian life likely broke the planet with climate change, made themselves extinct (LiveScience)
Black holes wobbling three times a second have proved Einstein right (NewScientist)
Global wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 (Reuters)
Social Security benefits to rise by 8.7 percent in 2023 (WP)
Positive Pregnancy Test Immediately Sprouts Robotic Legs, Scans Woman’s Face With Laser (The Onion)
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