As an Opus Dei member & adherent to #TFG's #J6 seditious coup attempt, Alito's confident -he'll remain above the law. Unless Dems win a trifecta with 60 Sen. seats, he'll have impunity & the power to further compromise the SC.
"Some of Leo’s neighbors send pics from his house today -he's back to flying this flag."
-A Perez
The pine tree "Appeal to Heaven" flag is now a symbol of Christian nationalism & RW extremism.
“Tyranny advances with the pace of a tightening screw🔩🚨rather than with the dash of the executioner’s blade.
#TFG: incited a violent insurrection, #J6, to try & remain in office illegally after he lost the '20 election -clear about what kind of pres. he intends to be -declared he'd be a dictator “on Day 1” of his time in office -proposed deploying: NG & MIL as a deportation force -might need 3 terms +refs. to the ”creation of a unified #Reich."
-R Ben-Ghiat
Samuel Alito loves his flags! A second flag, this one showing a pine tree and the words "An Appeal to Heaven," was photographed flying outside his beach house. That flag is the same as those carried by #insurrectionists on J6 and has been associated with Christian Nationalism.
Why weren’t these facts disclosed earlier? Disqualifying from a SCJ.
S Alito, 2 yrs after flying an upside-down🇺🇸flag outside his home -flew at his vacation home an 'Appeal to Heaven' flag *carried by rioters on J6. Appears -flown over the course of several months.
"Alito's isn't just flying the same flags as the J6 rioters -doing so as a continuation of their coup attempt. SCOTUS is the 1st branch of gov't to full fall to #MAGA."
-D Rothkopf
Why is there a threat of violence? MSM doesn't generally acknowledge the source, the instigators: #TFG, R leaders, & their enablers, incl. #RWMedia.
Half of swing-state voters say they’re worried about violence surrounding the US pres. election. Roughly equal shares of Dems & Rs hold that fear, & it's even more common among INDEPs. That result makes for a backdrop of apprehension as Biden & Trump gear up to spar in a debate in June-.
Since we now know Alito was flying his flag upside down at the time, let’s review one of the plans the coup plotters had involving him.
This interview by criminal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
Crimal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #scotus#Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Speaker Pelosi reconvening Congress.
The phrase “appeal to heaven” comes from the 17th-century philosopher John Locke, who wrote of a responsibility to rebel, even use violence, to overthrow rule. “It’s a paraphrase for trial by arms,” Anthony Grafton, a historian at Princeton University.
So, Alito's Appeal to Heaven flag: a symbol of support for insurrectionist Donald Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government according to the #christofascist terms.
Alito must recuse himself from cases related to #Jan6#J6 crimes and conspiracy.
In coming weeks, the #scotus will rule on that case, which could scuttle the charges against Trump, as well as on whether he is immune from prosecution for his crimes.
CONVICTED #J6 sovereign citizen #MAGAterrorist Victor Dennison arrested in #Tampa#Florida, after hour-long stand off with police.
After an armed resistance to arrest, an hour long stand off, he was not shot, which is a mystery. Might have to do with his not being black or brown, who knows.
Rs are broadcasting their sinister plans. MSM isn't sounding the alarm:
Evidence is everywhere: the right is planning to end representative govt if it fails to legitimately return #TFG to the WH -clear a few months after #J6 that the RW propaganda apparatus was laying the groundwork to try again in 2024. #FoxNews & #MAGAMedia spent the weeks after the 2020 election fabricating & amplifying election fraud lies... to institutionalize TFG's #TheBigLie.
Election deniers are legitimizing #TheBigLie, normalizing insurrection & giving the go ahead for another #J6.
#TFG's surrogates face Qs about whether they’ll accept the results of the 2024 election, & they all echo some version of TFG’s contingent line: If there’s no cheating *define to mean “if Trump wins”—then, yes, they’ll accept the results. These are vexing dodges bc exposing the underlying bad faith requires some depth of explanation & repetition.
It's about time that some of the Republican traitors serve time:
Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon contempt of Congress conviction. A fed appeals court on Fri upheld the criminal contempt of Congress conviction of former Trump WH senior aide Steve Bannon for refusing to testify and provide docs to the HSE CMTE that investigated #J6. It makes it more likely that Bannon will soon have to begin serving a sentence of 4 months in jail for his conviction.
Poll-driven “balance” reps. a dubious safe harbor when the central issue is preserving or abandoning free & fair elections, sovereignty & the #ruleofaw. #J6 wrote Trump’s intentions in blood. He promises more depredations & his authoritarian platform calls for turning the fed bureaucracy into his personal instrument. He vows to make the DOJ a weapon of “retribution” against his enemies, & raises the specter of violence “if we don’t win.” https://zeteo.com/p/as-a-veteran-reporter-ive-always
“One of the most persistent lies about the Capitol attack — often made by Republican politicians and right-wing media figures — is that none of the hundreds of rioters who stormed the building had guns.” Alan Feuer NYT
John Banuelos who fired his gun twice on #J6 has a case in the Prettyman Federal Courthouse in DC today
Others who had guns, were convicted & sent to prison:
Guy Wesley Reffitt: 7+ years
Christopher Alberts: 7 years
Mark Mazza: 5 years
Does AG Garland FEAR #TFG, R Sens., Reps...? *Silent for 3 years re R senators/MOC who were complicit with #J6 & has done little to hold #TFG resp. for his crimes.
"MEANWHILE, AT THE PRETTYMAN FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DC:
John Banuelos, the Trump enthusiast who fired the first shots at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is making his initial appearance virtually, from jail." @ryanjreilly
Mar 8, 2024
BREAKING: A Trump fanatic who fired two gunshots during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is in custody.
Sedition Hunters IDed him three years ago.
NBC News named him two years ago.
Last month, another #J6 rioter published footage of the gunshots.
Now he's been arrested & charged.
They’ve yet to rule on either Trump’s #immunity claim or the #Jan6 case disputing the use of the #obstruction of an official proceeding by defendant Fischer that could impact #Trump as well as other #J6 defendants.
President Biden delivered a ferocious condemnation of criminal defendant Donald Trump, ahead of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, warning that Trump directed an insurrection and will aim to undo the nation’s bedrock democracy if he returns to power.
TODAY: Feds seek 3-years prison in Jan 6 case of Alex Harkrider
They say he "admitted to wearing body armor (w/ a plate carrier).. described the tomahawk axe he admitted to carrying as a 'tactical stick'..described walking around the evening of January 5 to 'check out the area.