Five Years Ago Jan. 6, 2021
Today is the 5th anniversary of the riot at the Capitol of the United States of America.
Today the Minnesota Star Tribune indicates that Minnesota is likely to be the reprise of what previously has happened in places like Chicago – federal ICE agents arriving in force.
Yesterday I learned that a plaque memorializing January 6, which was authorized by Congress for permanent display at the U.S. Capitol building, was completed but today is nowhere to be found, supposedly in storage. At the end of this post is a one minute video from the Associated Press about this plaque and its status. There will likely be more news about this today.
My three primary ‘go to’ commentators were first in line on my computer today. You might set aside the time to read what they have to say. In order of their arrival in my inbox:
Heather Cox Richardson 2:01 a.m.
Robert Reich, 3:16 a.m.
Paul Krugman 5:36 a.m.
Joyce Vance 2:16 p.m.
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The AP one minute video on the five year anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, here.
Jan. 6 2021 mid-afternoon at our nation’s Capitol.
Minnesota State Capitol steps about noon, Sunday Jan. 17
Feb. 2, 2021, in the rotunda of the Capitol, in memory of the policeman killed in the insurrection Jan. 6, 2021.
COMMENTS:
from Mary: Appreciate your blogs Dick and interest in self expanding awareness. Check out Haywood Talcove (Lexis Nexis) for more insights. I also love the variety of inputs I glean from a moderate Micheal Smerconish (Sixius XM/CNN). You tube more for information on the Smerconish Mingle projects.
from Lois: Close to home opinion from Al McIntosh written 60 years ago. [This column is from 1965. Al is best known for the columns he wrote during WWII which were used by Ken Burns in his film on WWII.]
I am a “doer”, not a reader in allotted time outside of work necessity. Even after retirement, my motto has been “old habits die hard” so not much progress. Today I will forego my nap and read “Common Sense”. Our challenge is to get a variety of opinions – your blog contributes to that endeavor.
Our Congress failed to Impeach Trump for his illegal Jan 6th actions, and now five years later, with unfavorable presidential control rulings from the Supreme Court, we no longer have any checks and balances to prevent further illegal actions. The only hope is for Democrats regaining control of Congress in 2026; unfortunately, political riots, delegate certification fraud, and vote count manipulation is now much easier to pull off.
As some people already know, I have been pointing out that donnée’s view of the world is that there be three centers of power. China will control, the Far East and Asia, Putin will control Europe and donnée as the wanna be king will control the western hemisphere. That to me has been donnée’s goal aka Project 2025 from day one of his second term. I have to assume that many others have understood that to be donnée’s view of and goal for the world since January 20, 2025. If they do not see what donnée’s has had in mind for the world, they have not been paying attention!