Yeah. At first I thought the guys they were interviewing had come around or were from the more 'normal' GOP crowd. They were articulate and respectful for the most part and describing the situation and then you heard their views and it hits you.
The writers chose their congressmen very well, especially with the dynamic of that Republican.

Having the guys who 'invaded' and the congressmen who hid in the building being interviewed in the same setting and switching from scene to scene like that was surreal. You best described the documentary in being "unvarnished".

I enjoy this format much more over the ones which have their own analysts and commentary. Although I suppose that those have their own place.

9/10/2023 8:15:27 AM

I hate the internet so much.
Searched up Jan 6th cause of this conversation and the documentary.

And now I'm getting ads from the Epoch Times on "what Jan 6th really was".

it's all commercial now, or well has been for years, but is worse

[Edited on September 10, 2023 at 9:54 PM. Reason : -]

9/10/2023 9:53:49 PM

Bad sign for democracy

Quote :

"Breaking news: Sen. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 and the only member of his party to twice vote to convict former president Donald Trump in politically charged impeachment trials, announced Wednesday that he will not seek a second term in the Senate representing Utah, saying in an interview that it is time for a new generation to “step up” and “shape the world they’re going to live in.”"

9/13/2023 6:01:22 PM

I'm undecided if that's a bad sign for democracy. Could be an older person setting a responsible end date on his elected service, which could be a good sign in some ways.

Although I'm sure I share your extreme cynicism that the eventual replacement will be any kind of upgrade in responsible leadership.

9/13/2023 6:27:35 PM

^ he’s only 4 years younger than Biden, honestly thought he was younger than that

Probably a good move to step down then

[Edited on September 13, 2023 at 6:32 PM. Reason : H]

9/13/2023 6:32:27 PM

Trump people really hate pence, kinda hilarious If this also wasn’t a sign of serious issues with the gop

https://www.threads.net/@podsaveamerica/post/CxJOpqJJm6j/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

9/13/2023 6:48:18 PM

LOL! Good response by Pence on that one.

9/13/2023 7:05:33 PM

Quote :

"I hate the internet so much. Searched up Jan 6th cause of this conversation and the documentary. And now I'm getting ads from the Epoch Times on "what Jan 6th really was". it's all commercial now, or well has been for years, but is worse"

Overhaul your browser security settings. Auto clear cookies and caches at every closure.

9/13/2023 7:07:57 PM

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-texas-verdict-update

Paxton acquitted in state senate vote

There was not any doubt of his culpability the republicans just chose to ignore crimes

9/16/2023 4:25:17 PM

^^
I have a special browser setup like that on my phone.

Have been looking to overhaul my laptop settings for and beyond that but I always end up messing up some functionality when I go deep enough.

9/16/2023 4:49:35 PM

https://www.threads.net/@axios/post/CxYJtWNrZ5g/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Trump teachers the underlings how to commit major crimes and get Away with it, and it creates a bunch of mini trumps everywhere causing chaos.

9/19/2023 12:09:58 PM

Quote :

"“He’s a grandpa, spouting off on Facebook, frankly mimicking the bellicose language that was being used by the most powerful man in the world,” said Elizabeth Mullin, a federal public defender."

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article280608459.html

It's ok guys he's just a grandpa on Facebook

10/20/2023 2:00:43 PM

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-jan-6-footage_n_656f46cce4b09331c7f2219e

Quote :

" House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that Republicans are blurring faces in security footage from inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to protect rioters from prosecution. “We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ,” Johnson said at a press conference. .... "

12/5/2023 2:45:09 PM

Why are we doing that? Blurring the faces to protect the terrorists?

12/5/2023 3:34:58 PM

^^lol

12/5/2023 5:46:09 PM

Trump said he would be a dictator on day 1 with hannity

12/5/2023 11:19:05 PM

But after that, not!

12/6/2023 2:32:42 AM

https://www.wral.com/story/nc-couple-arrested-in-connection-to-jan-6-insurrection/21190706/

12/11/2023 4:15:30 PM

Were they spotted due to all the footage being made public recently, or before that? Says they were arrested December 8th so maybe so.

12/11/2023 4:26:03 PM

Quote :

" Were they spotted due to all the footage being made public recently"

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

12/11/2023 6:01:50 PM

Why aren't their faces blurred to protect the guilty? This is letting the anti-terrorists win!

12/11/2023 6:57:29 PM

wth?

https://www.wral.com/story/supreme-court-will-hear-a-case-that-could-undo-capitol-riot-charge-against-hundreds-including-trump/21193999/

12/13/2023 4:43:35 PM

elections having consequences will be huge in 2024!

12/14/2023 3:18:36 PM

Over 200 fbi affiliates involved in entrapment? Wow


Big set up

1/7/2024 5:33:46 PM

Aren't you going to even post a link to the conspiracy theory website de jour?

1/7/2024 6:56:04 PM

it’s been pretty funny to see the goobers from Peak TWW age into Online Cranks

1/7/2024 9:19:28 PM

Dude's got Asperger's, right?

1/8/2024 10:14:36 AM

^^^DU jour, dang it!

I think the term "cranks" is somewhat dismissive of the severity of mental illness or willful ignorance required to actually buy into this stuff. I'm hopeful it's just trolling.

1/8/2024 10:22:03 AM

willful ignorance is not in the same boat as severe mental illness

that’s pretty dismissive of legitimate severe mental illness

1/8/2024 10:51:14 AM

^^^^^^ This post isn't sarcasm?

1/8/2024 10:52:04 AM

^^Both are defects enabling belief in the outlandish. I don't mean to insinuate they are somehow clinically equivalent.

1/8/2024 3:55:00 PM

I mean, a crank is a crank. that has nothing to do with mental illness.

1/8/2024 5:57:19 PM

I wasn't trying to start a debate. On first read, I felt like crank let them off too easy. A common definition for this usage is "an annoyingly eccentric person". Because I find the views espoused by these individuals dangerous, to me it goes beyond eccentric (which you could eventually brush off as charming once you get used to it).

1/8/2024 7:56:20 PM

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crank&page=3

Quote :

" Crank (Noun) Typically an older conservative person who’s usually retired and spends a lot of time on their recliner watching Fox News and finding frivolous things to complain about. Prone to Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) outrage, they have a hot temper and very willing to get messy. Some of the most entitled people you’ll ever meet, ready to throw fits to get what they want, and often do. Often associated but not limited to the Baby Boomer generation. Did you hear about those local cranks opposing that new sports field? Shut up you old crank by HBDGRIMACE July 19, 2023"

[Edited on January 8, 2024 at 8:20 PM. Reason : .]

1/8/2024 8:19:38 PM

peak internet moment

But now that Urban Dictionary has been cited (and for some reason, going all the way to page three LOL), I must say, if someone is "right here", it'd be The Coz.

Whatever Urban Dictionary may say, the general definition of a "Crank" is someone who is obsessively and openly interested in a topic to the point where it is strange and off putting to a general audience.

Either way, I think that there is a clear agreement on the situation at hand.

Good day now,

1/8/2024 8:57:50 PM

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1236998675/arizona-fake-elector-charges

Quote :

"Eleven people who submitted documentation falsely claiming Trump, not President Biden, won the state's popular vote in 2020 are named in the indictment. Seven others were indicted but had their names redacted. Those seven include former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman."

4/25/2024 9:20:46 AM

Get 'em!

4/25/2024 1:06:49 PM

Quote :

" March 1933 The Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state"

7/1/2024 9:45:01 PM

What a cheerful thought.

7/1/2024 9:53:13 PM

https://www.wral.com/story/north-carolina-police-officer-charged-for-actions-during-jan-6-attack-on-us-capitol/21580338/ (Pintetops police officer)

https://www.wral.com/story/man-who-attacked-police-at-the-us-capitol-with-poles-gets-20-years-one-of-longest-jan-6-sentences/21569500/

Quote :

"Dempsey was wearing a tactical vest, a helmet and an American flag gaiter covering his face when he attacked police at a tunnel leading to the Lower West Terrace doors. He shot pepper spray at Metropolitan Police Department Detective Phuson Nguyen just as another rioter yanked at the officer’s gas mask, prosecutors wrote. “The searing spray burned Detective Nguyen’s lungs, throat, eyes, and face and left him gasping for breath, fearing he might lose consciousness and be overwhelmed by the mob,” they wrote. Dempsey then struck MPD Sgt. Jason Mastony in the head with a metal crutch, cracking the shield on his gas mask and cutting his head. .. His criminal record in California includes convictions for burglary, theft and assault. The assault conviction stemmed from an October 2019, gathering near the Santa Monica Pier, where Dempsey attacked people peacefully demonstrating against then-President Trump, prosecutors said. “The peaceful protest turned violent as Dempsey took a canister of bear spray from his pants and dispersed it at close range against several protesters,” they wrote, noting that Dempsey was sentenced to 200 days of jail time. Dempsey engaged in at least three other acts of “vicious political violence” that didn’t lead to criminal charges “for various reasons,” according to prosecutors. They said Dempsey struck a counter-protester over the head with a skateboard at a June 2019 rally in Los Angeles, used the same skateboard to assault someone at an August 2020 protest in Tujunga, California, and attacked a protester with pepper spray and a metal bat during a August 2020 protest in Beverly Hills, California."

8/16/2024 1:52:26 PM

Quote :

"John Joseph Carl, 41, of Pinetops, faces charges of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, parading, picketing and demonstrating in a Capitol building."

Also guilty of having no last name. Stop hogging all the first names, John Joseph Carl.

8/16/2024 2:02:53 PM

https://www.wral.com/story/kannapolis-man-convicted-for-role-in-jan-6-insurrection/21631767/

Quote :

"According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Brett Ostrander, also known as Brett Alan Rotella, 35, was convicted of three felony offenses, including obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers."

Why would a person have two names?

9/19/2024 2:17:02 PM

As a tribute to his corporate masters, of course! He's a huge fan of this oil:



But for real, 15 years or 500,000 miles? Sign me up! That sounds like good stuff.

9/19/2024 2:51:18 PM

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/maga-activists-preparing-undermine-election-if-trump-loses/index.html

Quote :

"For months, those activists – who have been priming Trump supporters to believe the only way the former president can lose in 2024 is through fraud – have laid out proposals to thwart a potential Kamala Harris victory. Their plans include challenging results in court, pressuring lawmakers to block election certification, and encouraging protests – culminating on January 6, 2025, the day Congress will once again certify the results. “I have a plan and strategy,” Ivan Raiklin, a former Green Beret and political operative who has close ties to associates of Trump, told a group of Pennsylvania activists earlier this month. “And then January 6th is going to be pretty fun.”"

10/31/2024 10:34:15 AM

Scary stuff. The good news is the current President would actually be against another J6 and could reinforce with the national guard, etc.

11/1/2024 12:28:17 AM

Special Counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/g-s1-33021/trump-trials-jack-smith-election-2024

11/6/2024 4:04:55 PM

He values his own life?

11/6/2024 4:40:33 PM

^^
He should have let them dormant and force trump to sign the order killing them

11/6/2024 4:42:59 PM