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You are here: Home / Politics / Politicans / NANCY SMASH! / Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Nancy Pelosi Will Not Forget

Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Nancy Pelosi Will Not Forget

by Anne Laurie|  December 21, 20217:12 pm| 44 Comments

This post is in: NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Violent Insurrection at the Capitol

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Pelosi writes to Dems on plans for marking the one year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack.

She says “preparations are underway for a full program of events,” including historians’ perspectives, member reflections, and a vigil at night. pic.twitter.com/Nb7O3DRfBs

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) December 20, 2021

Forgive? Maybe. Forget? Never.

I, for one, look forward to the upcoming discussion with great interest.

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  1. 1.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 21, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    saw a tweet about this earlier, seems relevant:

    Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who was dragged into a mob and beaten during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and later publicly excoriated lawmakers and others who downplayed the attack, said he submitted his resignation from the force Monday.
    The 41-year-old officer will officially depart on Dec. 31, after using previously acquired leave. Fanone, whose frequent appearances on national television caused consternation among police commanders, said he will be an on-air contributor to CNN on law enforcement issues. A CNN spokeswoman confirmed his new role.
    Fanone, who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 but did not support his reelection bid, spent months after the Jan. 6 riot repeatedly warning about threats to democracy, often alongside CNN anchor Don Lemon.
    But his public appearances did not sit well with some fellow officers, who, according to Fanone, derided him in private Internet chat forums for police….
    “Clearly there are some members of our department who feel their oath is to Donald Trump and not to the Constitution,” Fanone said Monday. He said there are just two current D.C. police officers he still counts as friends. “I no longer felt like I could trust my fellow officers and decided it was time to make a change.”

    the police in this country have a culture problem

  2. 2.

    VeniceRiley

    December 21, 2021 at 7:18 pm

    I tested negate PCR for Covid. Hooray!
    Must be a sinus infection or a cold.
    Weirdly, the spouse has not received either result from her private arrival test or her NHS test.

    Go Nancy! I love this news.

  3. 3.

    dr. bloor

    December 21, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    I guess this is what you do when you’ve been played like a cheap piano by the Senate and White House.

  4. 4.

    Warblewarble

    December 21, 2021 at 7:23 pm

    Turning Point USA is Jan 6th revisited.

  5. 5.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 21, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    This song seems apt.

  6. 6.

    SpaceUnit

    December 21, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    Looking forward to the dramatic reenactment by the Boone County American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

  7. 7.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 21, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    @dr. bloor: Come on, man.

  8. 8.

    MomSense

    December 21, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Loooooove that song and the Dixie Chicks.

  9. 9.

    delk

    December 21, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    And the media will be in Florida watching the turd that won’t flush.

  10. 10.

    frosty

    December 21, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yep, good song for this post.

  11. 11.

    The Dangerman

    December 21, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    @delk: We’re gonna need a bigger toilet.

  12. 12.

    Rob

    December 21, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Totally

  13. 13.

    Tony P.

    December 21, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    Whatever else happens, every Democrat who speaks at that event should talk as if it’s obvious that He, Trump and his GOP co-conspirators organized a coup attempt and sent their MAGAt foot soldiers to storm the Capitol. No need to be strident about it; just keep mentioning it as casually as you’d mention that it’s dark at night. Repetition, not argument, is what gets a message into people’s heads.
    –TP

  14. 14.

    Mike in NC

    December 21, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    In a better country, the media would boycott the traitor’s “news conference” as it will be a steady stream of self-serving lies.

  15. 15.

    different-church-lady

    December 21, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    In the first bit of news to lift my two-week long fit of gloom, it now appears that Omicron is going to be less deadly than Delta, even though there’s going to be more of it about.

    I’ve been silently living with the belief that we’re headed for another round of total shutdowns. This is the first crack in that black cloud I’ve allowed myself.

  16. 16.

    different-church-lady

    December 21, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    @The Dangerman: God’s got the biggest john of them all.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    December 21, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    It’s also moving fast.  We should get past it more quickly than the prior waves.

  18. 18.

    Brachiator

    December 21, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    “Clearly there are some members of our department who feel their oath is to Donald Trump and not to the Constitution,” Fanone said Monday.

    I suppose we know that this is true, but it is still sad to see that it has to be acknowledged.

  19. 19.

    jnfr

    December 21, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    They say time heals everything, but I’m still waiting…

    (I’m all songs tonight.)

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    December 21, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    @dr. bloor: What does that even mean?  Who do you think has been played like a cheap piano?  And what makes you think that?

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    December 21, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    @Brachiator: My reaction is a bit different.  I am glad that there is someone who is willing to say that out loud.  One more person to call the lies, lies.  One more person who is not going to allow this to be whitewashed.

    And he’s going to have a pretty big microphone.

    I feel bad for Fanone, but I’m proud of what he’s doing, proud of the truth he’s telling.

    I hope it’s therapeutic for him.

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    December 21, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    Where is Don Lemon these days?  DIdn’t he’ get kicked off his old network, or am I confusing him with someone else?

  23. 23.

    debbie

    December 21, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    He’s still at CNN.

  24. 24.

    Denali

    December 21, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    I plan to fly my flag on January 6th.  To remember that our Democracy held that day. The insurrectionists do not own the American flag.

  25. 25.

    O. Felix Culpa

    December 21, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Righteous. Thank you.

  26. 26.

    Geminid

    December 21, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    I ran into a very interesting article on the January 6 Insurrection while scanning @Cheryl Rofer. She linked to some work published by an outfit called Just Security. The authors, Ryan Goodwin and Justin Hendrix, discuss reasons that have been posited as to why the National Guard was sent to the Capitol so belatedly. Was it incompetence and bureaucratic friction? An attempt to help Trump and the insurrectionists? Goodwyn and Hendrix write:

        “We identify a third explaination: that military officials constrained the mobilization and deployment of the National Guard to avoid injecting federal troops that could be remissioned by the President to advance his attempt to hold onto power.”

        From “Crisis of Command: the Pentagon, the President, and January 6.” justsecurity.org, Dec.21 2021.

    It’s quite a story. As Ms.Rofer commented, this is something the January 6 Commitee needs to question Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley about.

    I also listened to Washington’s WTOP Radio while on my way home today. Their Capitol Hill correspondent said that the Committee intends to resume public hearings next month. I can’t wait. That’s a strong, compact group of members that Speaker Pelosi and her colleagues put together..

  27. 27.

    hilts

    December 21, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Where is Don Lemon these days?

    The undisputed, quintessential king of cool among cable news hosts is on vacation.

  28. 28.

    West of the Rockies

    December 21, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    Nancy’s efforts will be a massive dose of fire ants on the collective Depends of Republicans.

    Excellent, Smithers…

  29. 29.

    Brachiator

    December 21, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    My reaction is a bit different. I am glad that there is someone who is willing to say that out loud. One more person to call the lies, lies. One more person who is not going to allow this to be whitewashed.

    I agree with you about this. I would not want this to be hidden behind a wall of silence or denial.

  30. 30.

    zhena gogolia

    December 21, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    @Denali: great idea ? we just got a flag for contributing to the uso

  31. 31.

    frosty

    December 21, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    @different-church-lady: You don’t have to worry. We’re not going to get a total shutdown again, except maybe for the next pandemic a hundred years from now. Half the country would rather risk death than stay home.

    I was kind of one of them. We spent March and April 2020 on the road in a trailer, going from one state park to another. I told people I was staying home and sheltering in place … but my home had wheels.

  32. 32.

    Fair Economist

    December 21, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    @MomSense: An awesome album, that.

  33. 33.

    Amir Khalid

    December 21, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    @MomSense:

    These days, they’re just The Chicks.

  34. 34.

    karensky

    December 21, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:  Yass

  35. 35.

    VOR

    December 21, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    @Geminid: I’m sure this is accurate. There was plenty of speculation about Trump invoking the Insurrection Act and basically declaring martial law. The various left groups steered clear of DC on J6 because it was pretty obvious the various right wing groups wanted a riot. But the J6 committee needs to get this ON THE RECORD.

  36. 36.

    karensky

    December 21, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:  Yass

     

    @dr. bloor:  Who are you referencing here?  Pelosi has always run the table in her House!

  37. 37.

    Ohio Mom

    December 21, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    @Denali: In my neighborhood, anyone flying a flag on January 6th will be assumed to be “one of us” by my Republican neighbors.

    Maybe also put up a Black Lives Matter banner or one of those multi-colored lawn signs with all the slogans — love is love,science is real, etc. That should at the very least leave them confused.

  38. 38.

    Ohio Mom

    December 21, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    I think it’s a very good idea of Pelosi’s to mark January 6th in an official way.

    For my part, I think I’ll dust off my knitted pink pussy hat for the day.

  39. 39.

    persistentillusion

    December 21, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    @Ohio Mom: I’ve got a neighbor who has a large BLM flag attached to his car.  I see the car all over town.  He’s also a white guy.  With very nice dogs.

  40. 40.

    Jackie

    December 21, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    @WaterGirl: You’re thinking of Chris Coumo.

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    December 21, 2021 at 9:41 pm

    @Jackie: Good thought, but no.  I don’t watch news on TV but even I know the difference between Don Lemon and Chris (I totally fucked up and have been thrown off the network) Cuomo. :-)

  42. 42.

    Mike in Pasadena

    December 21, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    1. @dr. bloor: what do you mean?
  43. 43.

    Betty

    December 22, 2021 at 7:13 am

    I expect Nancy’s event will be cathartic for both members of Congress and the staff. We really have heard little about the trauma they suffered individually and what help they have had to process it. I feel emotional about it just reading that.

  44. 44.

    AM in NC

    December 22, 2021 at 8:20 am

    @Amir Khalid: Yes. Which I thought was the perfect illustration of how misogyny is even more entrenched, invisible, and more difficult to overcome than racism (not that racism isn’t also entrenched and hard-to-overcome).

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