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The whole thing is a show that they hoped to transition into a star chamber, a kind of grand jury to set up legal action against Trump, but any real action would have to come from the DoJ. Even if the result of the committee hearings is zero legal charge against the former President, the goal is to further taint his public image and possibly cripple his chance to regain the presidency.
If no real legal charge of consequence comes from the Jan 6 hearings, the participants of both parties should be hammered when they seek reelection for the enormous waste of taxpayer dollars. This sham, which includes testimony from so called "witnesses" spinning fabricated tales based on hearsay of hearsay (which were discredited by the supposed original sources), and supposed psychological "experts" who declared they knew what Trump's intent, thinking, and purpose was, even though they could provide no tangible evidence, is strictly aimed at a portion of the public that has forgotten how to think for themselves.
As outrageous as this tragicomedy has been, there are far more serious dangers to the republic, such as the deliberate destruction of the economy and the demasculinizing of our military. There are warnings coming from our military logistical centers that the flood of weapons to Ukraine may make it impossible for us to respond to anything that requires direct American force, with our munitions reserves depleted. I'm sure China is weighing its chances in a move against Taiwan that will be relying on a toothless US force.
2 tiered specificity.
The kicker in Bannon's case is that the premise regarding Trump and his "role" in Jan 6 was false to begin with even if Bannon's communications weren't covered by Executive Privilege - which they probably should have been. They took that one to Court and the Judge ruled that Bannon wasn't protected by Executive Privilege - primarily because he wasn't a member of the Cabinet or an official Advisor to the President at the time.
It's a pretty nebulous area where the specifics of the situation matter tremendously. Bannon's second defense - the one that probably should have been persuasive to an impartial judge - was that the proceedings he was being called to testify about had already been investigated by the Justice Department and FBI and were found to be without merit. That should have squashed this entire Committee and any subpoenas in the first place. Now, Bannon will have to serve time in the Big House hoping that Trump gets elected and can issue an official pardon down the road.
To your point, everything about the Jan 6 hearings is duplicitous and of the most partisan nature. As has been pointed out, the riots carried out by BLM, Antifa, and other groups were far more serious and damaging yet we have yet to see Federal prosecutions of those perpetrators. One also notes that the sentences being handed out for Jan 6 infractions are grossly disproportionate to the actual misdemeanors (trespassing, parading) they were convicted of. I can only hope that the November Elections result in a change in the Speakership and that the next Speaker releases all 13,000 hours of footage to the public, which will probably result in the overturning of every one of those "convictions."
Learning a lot here lately.
On the Democrat side, you also had two primary sub-parties: one which is better termed Progressives and the other which were Blue Dogs, i.e. Libertarians. Both were fairly leftist on social matters but the Blue Dogs were far more in line with the conservative Republicans (hearkening back to true roots in Thomas Jefferson) and favored a more restricted government.
In the late 80's and early 90's, however, the Democrats turned sharply left and ostracized the Blue Dogs from the party, leaving only the leftists and Progressives. They have now so solidified around that core that it is pretty safe to conclude that anyone identifying as a Democrat is a Marxist. (I will admit that Sinema (AZ) and Manchin (WV) are trying hard to resurrect the Blue Dogs, but they are the exceptions: Democrats winning office in traditionally Red States.
The Republicans, however, made a critical tactical blunder during this time: they tried to accept these cast-offs without forcing them to adopt their principles. Anyone in Marketing will tell you that brand dilution is a killer - and that is precisely what has happened to the Republican Party: they stand for so little that they effectively stand for nothing at all. There still remain two factions within the Republican Party; the so-called House Freedom Caucus (which tends to be the more conservative brand of Republican) and everyone else - the more moderate "big business" corporatists and squishy politicians affectionately known as RINO's. It is because of these - and the modern Democrats' own penchant for deceit and fabrication - that gets all Republicans denigrated by association.
That's why I want more than one party. I want a Libertarian Party. I want a Green Party. I want a Constitutional Party. I want a Marxist Party. I want some return to honesty in politics. With Democrats openly embracing Marxism/Progressivism anyway, they might as well own up to it.
"They have now so solidified around that core that it is pretty safe to conclude that anyone identifying as a Democrat is a Marxist." True. That is why I refer to the Democrat party as Neo Communist. I see the Republicans as giving lip service to something else, but are slowly assimilating Borg-like with the Neo Communists. Trump, even if imperfect, was a speed bump on America's journey on the highway to hell. He was virtually universally hated by Democrats and many Republicans alike. I think this next mid term election will tell us a lot. Even if there is massive fraud we will get a view of what the people think, in spite of what I believe will be a continuation of assimilation into "the Borg" only with a few different faces in DC. The Trump presidency was a death throw of what's left of Free America and life support is not looking too good at this point even if he runs and gets re-elected. We'll see.
More important is freeing the political prisoners who were arrested either at the Capitol protests or afterward. The present DOJ is violating the constitution in holding them so long without trial; but that will go on until a new president can at least give new orders to DOJ; and quite likely he'll have to thoroughly purge that bureaucracy, as he should have done in his first term.
Like all things that have the Clinton smell, it doesn't have to be true, it just needs to be timely. So they make lots of noise in hopes of saving the midterms.
If the justice department should find and pursue a criminal charge, the next question is did the evidence come from the poisoned tree of congress.
In my mind the next president needs to fire the entire top teir of justice fbi, Cia, and nsa maybe irs. The weaponising of agencies against citizens is not only unconstitutional but it also immoral. It's an easy slope to go down when government denies the religious beginning of our country.
-- We have not recognized that we are dealing with the pure Power our Forefathers warned against. Instead of fighting Evil with the same level of aggression, resilience, and courage as the Greatest Generation in WWII -- WE TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK AND FOCUSED OUR SPARE TIME ON SPORTS, HOLLYWOOD, FACEBOOK, & TWITTER.
-- ARE YOU READY TO PULL THE GLOVES OFF YET?