Trump mob update – 7/15/21

An Arizona man is facing charges after storming the U.S. Capitol in a Roman gladiator costume—and documenting the siege in a series of narrated videos for his mom, prosecutors allege https://t.co/q6yLejjeBL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 15, 2021

Almost an entire family from Texas — a father, mother, and three of their kids — were charged on Tuesday with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6. “We were in capital!!…I do mean IN the building!!” Dawn Munn wrote in a Facebook message obtained by the FBI. https://t.co/zt3quio2TN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2021

Capitol rioter with ties to White supremacist gang pleads guilty and is sentenced to 6 months in jail with credit for time served https://t.co/ZJ4tmjqUvl
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 13, 2021

Not only is Pauline Bauer, a Pennsylvania pizzeria owner, representing herself, she’s using far-out “sovereign citizen” talking points to claim she is immune from prosecution https://t.co/3ARYFhI81q
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 13, 2021

His defense lawyers are arguing their “kind” client does not deserve prison time for his one felony count https://t.co/RBaBef6Opb
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 11, 2021

More than 535 arrested so far in Capitol riot case. https://t.co/Yf8QJQaXHx
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) July 10, 2021

PLEA AGREEMENT hearing scheduled in Jan 6 case of Brit Dillon of Dundalk, Maryland

Dillon is accused of pushing past police at US Senate Carriage door entrance and allegedly sent messages saying "I fought hard" & "DC Police have reached a new low"

Hearing is WEDNESDAY pic.twitter.com/qLu5KgrJon
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 9, 2021

"The protesters were unarmed!" defense is a bit of a technicality given that they seized weapons from the police and used them against them. https://t.co/gjx1OpqQ7l
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 9, 2021

"A California man arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection showed up disguised as a member of the press, prosecutors alleged in newly unsealed charging papers.” https://t.co/pIrp9GVVfL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 9, 2021

Derrick Van Orden barely lost his race to be a Congressman. But then he used campaign funds to get to D.C. for the Jan. 6 riot. Now he’s running again https://t.co/aE8NcI9H8f
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 3, 2021

Nearly six months after the U.S. Capitol riot, the Justice Department has begun arresting a new category of alleged criminals — those who attacked reporters or damaged their equipment https://t.co/QrCavdo41J
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 3, 2021

Covers: Rivers of Babylon

“Rivers of Babylon” is a 1970 reggae song by the Melodians that is on the soundtrack of The Harder They Come. Covers include versions by Linda Ronstadt and Steve Earle.

National Ice Cream Day – July 18, 2021

We will all be screaming for ice cream this Sunday as shops celebrate with specials, discounts, free scoops and contests.https://t.co/optSu36CN0
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 15, 2021

National Ice Cream Day: Where to score the sweetest discounts and freebieshttps://t.co/bcRuz7WkcK
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 13, 2021

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The best ice cream recipes for National Ice Cream Dayhttps://t.co/0qqZcZVtiS
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 17, 2021

What kind of ice cream would a trash wheel be? Extra points if you tell me just using emojis. 🍦🍦🍦 #NationalIceCreamDay pic.twitter.com/O4CRyFZ5pJ
— Mr. Trash Wheel (@MrTrashWheel) July 18, 2021

Covers: Jolene

“Jolene” is a 1973 Dolly Parton song. Covers range from Miley Cyrus to the White Stripes. Parton revised it when she got the vaccine recently.

Covers: Lo Sienta Mi Vida

“Lo Sienta Mi Vida” is in Spanish and was on Linda Ronstadt’s 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind. David Hidalgo from Los Lobos participated in a new cover version.

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Why Republicans don’t want IRS to enforce tax laws on rich people

They don’t want IRS to go after their donors.

2/ Charter Communications ($368,099)
Other notable public companies that donated $100K or more to the RSLC in 2020 cycle incl Comcast ($228,739), Citi ($226,906), Intuit ($225,065), Walmart ($186,386), GM ($185,598), & Amazon ($116,681).@JuddLegum https://t.co/jKxsaXCfEt
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) July 15, 2021

Covers: I Got a Woman

“I Got a Woman” is a Ray Charles record from 1954. It is partially based on “It Must Be Jesus” by the Southern Tones” and Big Bill Broonzy’s “Living on Easy Street”.

Elvis Presley covered it and the Beatles played it on the BBC. There’s even a version by Johnny Cash and June Carter.

The public knew Trump wouldn’t concede

I didn’t think he’d concede right away. I never expected the insurrection, the calls he made to states and the non-stop lies. He’ll never concede.

[ from Oct. 2020 ]

If [see below] loses the election, do you think he will accept the results and concede once the votes have been certified?

Donald Trump
Yes 37%
No 58%

Joe Biden
Yes 71%
No 25%

(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)
more: https://t.co/08M9QULkDU
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 15, 2021

New Bright Line Watch poll: majority of Southern Republicans support secession

Most disturbing datapoint I've seen in awhile: two-thirds of Southern Republicans now say the South should break away from the Union, up from 50 percent in January. https://t.co/IALe5x7HzF pic.twitter.com/OWx23L9pLc
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) July 14, 2021

New @BrightLineWatch on state of US democracy https://t.co/iBaHz60WwY
-Experts: Overturning pop. vote key risk; legal changes to enable are grave/serious threats
-Public: Secession support ↑ in partisan strongholds but info on official AZ recount ↑ R trust more than "audit"
🧵 pic.twitter.com/FK07E14VcD
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) July 14, 2021

Since various versions of this are starting to make rounds, let me express some caution toward the alarm over the numbers in the South. 1) Lots of reasons for saying yes to this question, rather than literal secession including general affect or just differences in ideology. 2/ https://t.co/Z8xZl7wbZC
— Ryan D. Enos (@RyanDEnos) July 14, 2021

Back to this are we?

For people saying "Bye Rednecks" remember, now as before, the problem isn't that white people want to leave, it's that they want to set up a white ethnostate OVER THE OBJECTION of the Black people who ALSO live there. https://t.co/bi4gpYoC5o
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 14, 2021

Impact of Georgia phony election fraud claims

Trump has been supposedly been banned by Twitter but his enablers and flacks keep tweeting his "statements" that sound like tweets. So it seems he's found a work-around.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 14, 2021

For all those apologists who insist there's no partisan motive, this is an inconvenient truth behind the new GOP legislation severely limiting availability of drop boxes. https://t.co/Z8HPEticSw
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 13, 2021

A federal judge declined to block parts of Georgia's sweeping voting law from taking effect a week before runoff elections for state legislative seats. The decision was based on the imminence of the elections, the judge said, not the merits of the case. https://t.co/pnVUklGxf8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 7, 2021

This is important provision of GA election law to understand: providing for state intervention in county election admin. https://t.co/7hEWmK9ggU
— Dr. Jennifer McCoy (@jlynnmccoy) June 26, 2021

A Georgia judge dismisses most of a lawsuit seeking an inspection of Fulton County's absentee ballots from the 2020 presidential election https://t.co/Nb9K50f8Os
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 25, 2021