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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne thousand or so elected and appointed officials across the country enabled the attempted coup
The riot was cover to allow the subversion of the election. For the most part, I really don't care about all the Billy-Bobs that shit all over the Capitol Building. The people I want arrested and permanently banned from holding public office are the ones that violated their oaths and broke laws to reverse the results of a valid election.
Right now, these very same people are preparing to do it all over again.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216214099 DUer turbinetree's OP.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/trump-capitol-attack-democracy-election-insurrection-index
When the index goes live on Thursday, it will contain a total of 1,404 records of those who played a role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. In addition to the 1,011 individuals, it lists 393 organizations deemed to have played a part in subverting democracy.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 6, 2022, 10:58 AM - Edit history (1)
U.S. conservative movement that took over the Republican political party a few decades back. Names like Koch, Prince, Mercer, Theil, the CEOs of the A.L.E.C. members who have been plotting against U.S. citizens individual rights, consumer protections, labor protections, education and converting our tax money to private profit.
I have seen nothing in any national media offerings about just how long in planning and how successfully carried out the anti-democratic rich have been.
Look how they convinced this nation to embrace mass incarceration for the purpose of political and economic oppression under a big well delivered and plotted lie that we are a nation of violent criminals who must be kept locked up and changed up the Criminal code with, add on charges, misdemeanors to felony upgrades, mandatory sentencing, and enhanced sentencing.
Edit: reall/real
empedocles
(15,751 posts)the dark money sources.
That may leak out somewhere.
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)using fake employees to fund operations. For example, hiring an ex military to recruit and train militia gun singers. Such employee can be listed as a regional whatever.