January 6th

On this date in 2021, a howling mob of Der Furor's supporters stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The entire nation watched on live television as a huge riot overwhelmed police, resulted in five deaths, hundreds of injuries, and millions of dollars in damage to the Capitol Building, and, in the end, failed to stop the counting of electoral votes and the certification of Joe Biden's victory.

Since that time, Der Furor and his supporters - including spineless Republican members of Congress who cowered in their hiding places during the riot, have worked tirelessly to rewrite and whitewash the events of that day. They claim the rioters who smashed windows in the Capitol and smeared feces on its walls, sprayed police officers with bear spray and beat them with American flags, were nothing more than simple tourists enjoying a visit. They claim that evidence the riot was a "peaceful protest" was ignored and then destroyed. They attempt to picture the members of the House Select Committee that investigated the insurrection as "thugs." They claim that rioters responsible for wild vandalism and violence convicted of their crimes and sentenced to prison for their behavior are "political prisoners."

And in just two weeks, Der Furor - the man who even now refuses to acknowledge his loss of the 2020 election, the man who inflamed a violent mob and sent it to the Capitol, the man who whines about being persecuted while he pursues vengeance against those who defend the truth - will once again take the oath of office he has already defiled. He has pledged to pardon rioters who were arrested, tried, convicted, and  imprisoned "on day one."

Do not forget what actually happened that day. Read the Report of the January 6th investigation and look at the evidence for yourselves, and do it soon, before a GOP-controlled Congress moves to bury it. Do not allow Der Furor and his besotted followers to, in the words of Washington Post opinion writer Margaret Sullivan, "go full Orwell" on all of us.

Remember what actually happened before your eyes on January 6th, 2021 ... and what could easily happen again if we let it.

Have a good day. Defend democracy against those who would take it away from you.

More thoughts coming.

Bilbo