Republican Race to the Bottom
Flat earther Mormon who really believes that liberals are possessed by the devil, Senator Mike Lee from Utah, is on the hot seat for his role in Trump’s coup attempt. The Select Committee is in possession of almost 100 texts between him, Texas Congressman Chip Roy, and Mark Meadows after the election and weeks before the insurrection that show that he was in on the plot to get states to replace electors, for the “higher good.” He asked for direction and talking points from the White House about what they wanted him to say publicly.
A month before the election Mike Lee tweeted: Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prosperity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.
While the mess was being cleaned up inside the Capitol after the attack, the press asked Mike Lee to comment on Trump inciting the riot. He said, “Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone is entitled to a mulligan once in awhile.” Soon after that Trump did a fundraiser for him at Mar-a-Lago. He’s up for re-election.
Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, all three jurors in the second impeachment trial, met with Trump’s legal team DURING THE TRIAL. After one of the prosecutors spoke about Trump calling members of Congress during the attack during in his presentation, Mike Lee totally freaked out in the Senate chambers and wanted it struck from the record that Trump called him during the attack. He called his number by mistake thinking he was calling Tommy Tuberville. Now it makes sense why he was in such a panic. He’d been in communication with the White House all along.
The next insurrectionist to go to trial, Dustin Thompson, is using the “Trump made me do it” defense.
US prosecutors have unsealed an indictment in New York accusing a senior Russian politician, Aleksandr Babakov, the deputy chairman of the state duma and two staff members of conspiring to illegally advance Russian interests in the US by recruiting European consultants and at least one American in New York City (Rudy?) to meet with members of Congress (the Republicans who spent the 4th of July in Moscow?)
The Ukraine war has now gone on for 50 days. The 600’ long Russian flag ship with a 500 member crew, Moskva sank after being hit by a Ukrainian missile. The US has given $2.6 billion in aid to Ukraine so far, plus intelligence. President Biden has accused Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine. Russia has been targeting civilians and using chemical weapons.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia’s war with Ukraine is meant to put an end to US world domination and NATO expansion.
Finland and Sweden are ready to join NATO now. Finland’s border with Russia is 830 miles long — too close for comfort.
For Finland and Sweden to be accepted into NATO, 2/3 of the Senate has to vote in favor. Since so many Republicans are pro-Putin, they could stand in the way of Finland and Sweden becoming members. Putin thought he’d be able to weaken or even destroy NATO with Trump as president. Trump threatened to withdraw from NATO throughout his presidency because Putin told him to. NATO is the only thing that has kept a check on Russian aggression and expansion for 70 years.
63 Republicans in the House (nearly one-third of the entire GOP caucus) voted against supporting NATO “as an alliance founded on democratic principles” because they don’t support democratic principles and should not be in Congress.
Sean Hannity had Trump call in to his show to try and get him to denounce Putin but he wouldn’t. He ranted about NATO instead.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a near total abortion ban, without exceptions for rape, incest, or human trafficking, with women and children by his side.
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott retreated on his latest misuse of power. His stunt at the border really pissed truckers off who voted for him. He got too much negative media attention for messing with the supply chain in order to drive up inflation and scare Texans about illegal immigrants and drugs coming across the border. His plan backfired and he had to back off. He tried to save face by saying he solved the problem by getting Mexican governors to do a better job of inspecting trucks before they head for the border. After a week of making truckers wait in line for over 24 hours while their hauls spoiled ($150 million in produce being stuck at the border meant grocery stores ran out of items and prices went up again which was the point,) he started letting trucks through. Not a single illegal immigrant or drug was found in his emergency searches.
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