Cristina Cabrera has all the top quotes from the Fox hosts with their hair on fire begging Mark Meadows to get the President to condemn and end the insurrection as it happened on January 6th. But for my money the best isn’t even a Fox host, or at least not formally: It’s Donald Trump Jr. “He’s got to condemn this shit ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough.”
Continue reading “The Texts”Fox Hosts Frantically Texted Meadows On Jan. 6 Urging Trump To Rein In Mob
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.
Desperation Overflowing At Fox
The House Jan. 6 select committee on Monday night unveiled some truly damning texts flying between former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump’s loyal soldiers at Fox News and Don Trump Jr. during the Capitol insurrection.
The texts were read aloud by committee vice chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) before the panel voted to recommend that Meadows be charged with criminal contempt of Congress.
- Fox hosts Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade and Sean Hannity texted Meadows on Jan. 6 to plead for Trump to do something to stop the violence unfolding at the Capitol, according to texts Meadows had turned over to the committee.
- Don Jr.’s hair was on fire: “He’s got to condemn this shit ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough,” the president’s son wrote, adding in another text that Trump needed to give an Oval Office address because the riots had “gone too far.”
- Kilmeade fretted that Trump was “destroying everything you have accomplished.” “Please get him on TV,” he texted Meadows.
- Hannity asked if the then-president could “make a statement” and urge his supporters to leave.
- Ingraham told Meadows that Trump needed to tell the insurrectionists to go home because “[t]his is hurting all of us” and “He is destroying his legacy.”
Here’s Ingram on Jan. 6 blaming antifa for the insurrection:
Gosar Claims He Had No Choice But To Vote Against The Thing He’s Taking Credit For
Far-right Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is insisting it’s totally normal to give himself a gold star for the federal funding that went to an airport in his state thanks to the American Rescue Plan, which he had tried to shoot down when it was put to a vote.
- Gosar claimed that “leftists take programs we all support” and then “load it down with Marxist drivel,” and so principled Republicans like himself are “forced to call the Dems out with a no vote.”
- Anyone who doesn’t believe this topsy-turvy logic is “a low IQ person,” the GOP lawmaker claimed.
Candle Factory Threatened To Fire Workers If They Left Before Storms, Workers Say
At least five workers at the candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky destroyed by a tornado on Friday allege that their supervisors warned them that they’d get fired if they left their shift early due to approaching storms.
One In 100 Older Americans Has Died From COVID-19
The New York Times’ new analysis of COVID-19 deaths paints a grim picture of where the country’s at with the pandemic.
- One in 100 of Americans 65 or older has died from the coronavirus.
- 75 percent of Americans who’ve passed from the virus have been 65 or older.
- The overall death toll in the U.S. is at almost 800,000.
Big New Study On Omicron Variant
A major study out of South Africa finds Omicron causes less severe illness than previous variants but is more resistant to the vaccine.
Out-Of-Control Crime In San Francisco
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office slapped several Burger Kings in San Francisco with a $1.9 million citation for wage theft in 2020, and workers say a year later that they still haven’t gotten that money.
Must-Read
“The Coronavirus Turned A Rural County Into A Battleground for Millionaires” – The Atlantic
Nassar’s Victims Reach Massive Settlement With Gymnastics And Olympics Groups
The hundreds of athletes who were sexually assaulted by former national female gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar reached a $380 million settlement with U.S.A. Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and their insurers on Monday. It’s one of the biggest recorded settlements ever reached with sex abuse victims, according to the Wall Street Journal.
NRA Is Big Mad About Newsom’s Gun Proposal
The National Rifle Association (NRA), which is currently engulfed in legal and financial woes, complained yesterday about California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) asking the legislature to create an assault weapon ban modeled after Texas’ extreme anti-abortion ban that was upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Trump-Endorsed Murkowski Challenger Says She Wouldn’t Support McConnell As GOP Leader
Kelly Tshibaka, a Trump-endorsed Republican challenging Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), on Monday said that would not support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as GOP leader after he reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to raise the debt ceiling with a simple majority.
Continue reading “Trump-Endorsed Murkowski Challenger Says She Wouldn’t Support McConnell As GOP Leader”Where Things Stand: DOJ Needs To Step Up
As the first anniversary of the insurrection approaches, the Jan. 6 committee will probably vote later this evening to refer Mark Meadows for prosecution for contempt of Congress. It’s a proper and necessary step. But it is also singularly unsatisfying and insufficient.
A contempt conviction and a modest jail term for Meadows or Steven Bannon or any other Trumpster determined not to cooperate with Congress doesn’t produce either justice or a warm feeling of schadenfreude. Only a criminal investigation by the Justice Department can bring to bear the resources and stiff punishments that will do justice to the severity of what happened in 2020 and culminated on Jan. 6.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: DOJ Needs To Step Up”Prominent Wisconsin Republican Rebukes Fellow GOPers For Baseless Election Attacks
A prominent Wisconsin Republican delivered a stinging rebuke of the state legislature’s “investigation” into the 2020 presidential election results Monday, saying her party should move on from bogus claims of voter fraud for its own good, and for the good of the country.
Continue reading “Prominent Wisconsin Republican Rebukes Fellow GOPers For Baseless Election Attacks”Mehmet Oz: How Dare You Call Me By My Real Name!
Senate candidate Mehmet Oz is ginning up his own mock controversy over the Philadelphia Inquirer’s decision to – now you might need to sit down to absorb this – refer to him in stories by his real first and last names. It’s a total and utter outrage that is perfectly suited to the “Fox and Friends” couch.
Continue reading “Mehmet Oz: How Dare You Call Me By My Real Name!”TPM’s Director of Audience Zainab Shah: 5 Books (Or Series) I Return To Every So Often
We’re asking our fellow TPMers to share their own personal reading recommendations: books they love or that have shaped their lives.
Continue reading “TPM’s Director of Audience Zainab Shah: 5 Books (Or Series) I Return To Every So Often”Jan. 6 Was ‘Deplorable,’ Meadows’ Lawyer Argues—But Meadows Still Won’t Cooperate
Hours before the Jan. 6 committee is set to refer former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with its subpoena, Meadows’ lawyer George Terwilliger III hit back at the panel in a letter arguing that “such a referral would be contrary to law.”
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Was ‘Deplorable,’ Meadows’ Lawyer Argues—But Meadows Still Won’t Cooperate”A Trump Aide Is Now Stonewalling Congress On COVID, Too
It’s not just the Jan. 6 committee: Trump administration alumni are also stonewalling a congressional investigation into the governments’ response to COVID-19.
Continue reading “A Trump Aide Is Now Stonewalling Congress On COVID, Too”Mystery Solved???
Earlier we noted the mystery of congressional candidate George A. Santos’ driving habits. Despite having a short commute (in miles if not in time) of 15 miles from Queens into Manhattan he apparently manages to drive at least 1,000 miles a week. And it’s costing him a ton of money. But now TPM Reader AL may have solved the mystery: Santos might be commuting each day to work in Florida!
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