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You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Jan 6 Hearing – Day 1 at 8pm Eastern (LIVE)

Jan 6 Hearing – Day 1 at 8pm Eastern (LIVE)

by WaterGirl|  June 9, 202211:45 pm| 226 Comments

This post is in: Balloon Juice, Jan 6: Hearings, Jan 6: Insurrection, Open Threads

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  1. 1.

    catfishncod

    June 9, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    Thrice the brindled cat hath mewed.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    I am recording C-SPAN and MSNBC on Tivo and watching  C-SPAn on my laptop.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    @catfishncod: What does that mean?

  4. 4.

    lee

    June 9, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    Hopefully I’m not the only jackal with a tremendous amount of anxiety about these hearings.

  5. 5.

    MomSense

    June 9, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    We’re on the twitter machine live tweeting.

  6. 6.

    piratedan

    June 9, 2022 at 7:56 pm

    for me there are two large elephants in the room……

    which members of Congress and the Senate (and other elements of the Government) were in on it…

    who funded and organized it, because we know that DJT is one incredibly cheap bastard and wouldn’t fund it himself and I frankly don’t believe that he had this idea independently.

    a follow up pachyderm…. will the DOJ do any fucking thing about it, once its presented to the American Public

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 9, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    @catfishncod:

    Thompson cries, ‘Tis time, ‘tis time!

  8. 8.

    Mike in NC

    June 9, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Every time we see video of the riot, there’s some new weird flags shown. My favorite was always the Fat Orange Clown’s head transposed onto Rambo’s body holding a machine gun.

  9. 9.

    lowtechcyclist

    June 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    Did I see Darth Cheney in the audience in the hearing room?

    He’s still evil.

  10. 10.

    cope

    June 9, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    @WaterGirl:  From MacBeth meaning the striped cat meowed three times (via un-substantiated internet search result).

  11. 11.

    Leto

    June 9, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    Can’t watch it live but I am recording it so I can watch it in the morning.

  12. 12.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:02 pm

    Thanks for the live streams, WG

  13. 13.

    japa21

    June 9, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    I am not expecting much from tonight. I just hope it piques the interest of enough people they follow the rest.

  14. 14.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    @Mike in NC: The ARVN flag kills me.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    Foreign.  AND DOMESTIC.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    How many people are going to tune out because of the introductory blah blah blah?

  17. 17.

    Scuffletuffle

    June 9, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    I could listen to Mr. Thompson All Day!!

  18. 18.

    Gigi (formerly matryoshka)

    June 9, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    No one I know is watching. They are all too precious and find it too upsetting. I wonder how they will do when we go full fascist.

    Changing my name because the paradigm shifted.

  19. 19.

    frosty

    June 9, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    At a campsite in Oregon with minimal cell service so no streaming. I’ll follow comments when I can and catch highlights later I guess.

  20. 20.

    Jackie

    June 9, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Trump is airing a commercial screaming LIES! IT’S ALL LIES!!!

  21. 21.

    piratedan

    June 9, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    msnbc is still prattling on instead of going live… sigh… just shut up and let us listen, ty

  22. 22.

    Joy in FL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    It’s such a good feeling that Barr is no longer the AG.  I had forgotten what a visceral disgust I feel when I see or hear him.

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Fucking Bill Barr could have made a strong statement as Attorney General saying that the election was free and fair.

    Fuck Bill Barr.

  24. 24.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Benny Thompson is calling out TFG

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    @Jackie: ???

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    I am feeling really impatient.  Not finding it compelling at all so far.

  27. 27.

    Jackie

    June 9, 2022 at 8:13 pm

    @WaterGirl: “Former President Donald Trump is pushing a new TV adattacking the Jan. 6 select committee hours before the first prime-time hearing.”

  28. 28.

    stacib

    June 9, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    @WaterGirl:  IKR. I’ve been waiting for these hearings, and I’m thinking of going to fix dinner until this part is done.

  29. 29.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    @WaterGirl:  I have to disagree because I feel like he’s building a case for democracy.

  30. 30.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    @WaterGirl: What did you expect?

  31. 31.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    Barr trying to save his ass. LOL

  32. 32.

    Gigi (formerly matryoshka)

    June 9, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    @WaterGirl: Same here. For the love of God, come out swinging!

  33. 33.

    catfishncod

    June 9, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Round about the cameras go, in the poisoned ev’dence throw…

  34. 34.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    @BellyCat: Am I out of sync? I’m hearing Liz cheney now.

  35. 35.

    JWR

    June 9, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: A valid concern. I hope he doesn’t go on too long. But then, we here don’t need much blah-blah-blah, but YMMV, natch.

    And Spawn of Darth is up.

  36. 36.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    Have you people never watched a Congressional hearing before?

  37. 37.

    Redshift

    June 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    I think Benny Thompson is very good. I didn’t know that “all enemies, foreign and domestic” originated after the Civil War.

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I wanted him to lead with what took him 10+ minutes to get to:

    This was nothing short of an attempted coup.

  39. 39.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    @catfishncod: By the pricking of my thumbs…

  40. 40.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  Cheney is on PBS stream, which I am watching.

  41. 41.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    Still so weird to feel even a modicum of respect for a Cheney.

    And folks, come on. Of course there’s going to be an intro. They weren’t going to walk out and be like FIRST WITNESS, COME ON DOWN. After all the work this committee has put into what we’re about to see, I think we can grant them a little patience and listen to what they have to say.

  42. 42.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @Alison Rose : Right.

  43. 43.

    Gin & Tonic

    June 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  Exactly.

  44. 44.

    oatler

    June 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: 
    and tacit lies the gold once-knotted horn.

  45. 45.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @WaterGirl:  You wanted him to be a republican swinging, but he’s not that.
    that might have been unfair, but I thought he built his case and the tone was okay. Maybe not perfect but okay.

  46. 46.

    stacib

    June 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Yes, but I’ve never been this anxious.

  47. 47.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 8:20 pm

    Everybody’s crying mercy
    When they don’t know the meaning of the word

  48. 48.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    @stacib: never? Really? Damn!

  49. 49.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    I’m actually impressed by how plainly both Thompson and Cheney are calling out Trump. They’re not just talking about improving security or any such bs

  50. 50.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    Cheney is very effective.

  51. 51.

    steppy

    June 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    Chair Thompson set the stage. Rep. Cheney is giving the prosecutorial opening statement.

  52. 52.

    gene108

    June 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    I like the use of Lincoln and his 1864 re-election, because (1) did you know Lincoln was a Republican, and (2) even the most low info person out there’s heard of President Lincoln, and (3) knows President Lincoln was some kind of a big deal.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    TONIGHT

    sophisticated 7-point plan

  54. 54.

    debit

    June 9, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    I think you guys who are impatient are missing the point. We know all this shit. They are speaking, not to us, but to low level news consumers who may have a vague idea about what this is about, but don’t know any real details. They’re doing fine.

  55. 55.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @zhena
    gogolia
    :  You’re good. My comment was a few minutes late. Was making 100 lbs of popcorn.

  56. 56.

    realbtl

    June 9, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @Raven: Nice Mose reference.

  57. 57.

    Gin & Tonic

    June 9, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @Raven: Can count on you to bring Mose in.

  58. 58.

    stacib

    June 9, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @Raven: Yes, really, not about anything that Congress was doing.  Even the vote for ACA didn’t feel as huge, and I KNOW it was a BFD.  To me, it feels like this is one of our final stands for democracy and the country as we now know it.

  59. 59.

    geg6

    June 9, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @Alison Rose :

    Exactly.

  60. 60.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    This is kickass.

  61. 61.

    hilts

    June 9, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    @WaterGirl: 

    How many people are going to tune out because of the introductory blah blah blah?

    If you think this is bad, try imagining Rachel Maddow delivering the opening remarks.

  62. 62.

    hilts

    June 9, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    @debit:

    They are speaking, not to us, but to low level news consumers who may have a vague idea about what this is about, but don’t know any real details. They’re doing fine.

    Precisely.

  63. 63.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 9, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    Christ, Bill Barr is such an asshole.

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    Ivanka is pure silicon.

  65. 65.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    June 9, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    Ivanka. Puke.

  66. 66.

    Kathleen

    June 9, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @MomSense: I saw you!

  67. 67.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    IVANKA ❤️ BARR

  68. 68.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @stacib: anything covers a lot of ground

  69. 69.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    Okay, maybe me being catty, but did Princess Purses have more work done?

    Cheney is really an excellent speaker.

  70. 70.

    citizen dave

    June 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    @stacib: I feel the same.  Hopefully this will be to young people what  Watergate was to so many of us

    Never thought I’d ever watch a Cheney this long.

  71. 71.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    Ivanka looks like grown up airbrushed Children of the Corn

  72. 72.

    steppy

    June 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    Ivanka looked like Max Headroom in that clip.

  73. 73.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    @zhena gogolia:   There is a lot of empty space there.

  74. 74.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    @Alison Rose : I was thinking Village of the Damned

  75. 75.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    JL Cauvin!

  76. 76.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    I wish every American citizen were watching this.

  77. 77.

    citizen dave

    June 9, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    @steppy: Ha!  Max Headroom!  Someone as Max once interrupted a Chicago tv station and it’s never been solved.

  78. 78.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    Hee. Cheney taking digs at the Rs refusing to testify

  79. 79.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    @Alison Rose : She has an excellent zoom filter

  80. 80.

    dww44

    June 9, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    @JPL:  I agree with you. This is a necessary baseline. I’m a history buff and I watched much of the Watergate hearings. While not exciting it is compelling in its own way.

  81. 81.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    BRB traveling back in time to tell the Me of a decade ago that I’ll be listening to Liz Cheney say “bullshit” in a live televised congressional hearing

  82. 82.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    June 9, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    @zhena gogolia

    Ivanka is pure silicon.

    Siri has more humanity than Ivanka.

  83. 83.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Yes.  She’s won over the Law & Order stans.

  84. 84.

    citizen dave

    June 9, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    Interesting that Cheney is THE lead.  Burn it down!  Burn it all down!

  85. 85.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    @Alison Rose : haha

  86. 86.

    lgerard

    June 9, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    I only wish they had chosen a more weighty and impressive backdrop for some of those interviews.  It looks like some of them took place in a storage room.

  87. 87.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    June 9, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    Too much like a movie trailer.  Don’t tell me what I’m going to to see. Start showing me.

  88. 88.

    HeleninEire

    June 9, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    I HATE Liz Cheney. But she is really good here.

  89. 89.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Yes!  They’re putting Trump at the center, which is not only correct as a matter of fact but also goes for the jugular.  I approve.

  90. 90.

    guachi

    June 9, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @lgerard: If there’s any positive to a world full of crappy cell phone videos it’s that yet another crappy cell phone video won’t phase people that much.

  91. 91.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    @lgerard: I like that. I’m expecting Jerry Orbach to show up with a cup of coffee in a Greek-key cup.

  92. 92.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @dww44: Same.   I think because I watched the hearings, I thought this compelling.

    OMG  Cheney is out for blood, and there is not a big enough bandage to hid trump’s wounds.

  93. 93.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    Here’s that Cheney ruthlessness turned to good effect

  94. 94.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @JPL: Concur.  Thompson wrapped himself in the Constitution and invoked the deities of History.  And now Liz is calmly previewing the filleting.

  95. 95.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    Must say, I am rather pleasantly surprised at just how effective Cheney is communicating. As was said on Twitter, this is written very well, written for TV, short and impactful statements.

  96. 96.

    dnfree

    June 9, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @piratedan: PBS was prattling on too, so we switched to CNN, which so far has not interrupted the committee.

    What’s wrong with news sources who think we’re tuning in to hear them?

  97. 97.

    Spanky

    June 9, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    @bbleh: When you go for the jugular you’d best not miss.

  98. 98.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this shit.
    — John Collins (@Logically_JC) June 9, 2022

  99. 99.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Hey, it’s opening statements.  It’s a summary and it’s a teaser.  It’s too much for one Twitter thread …

  100. 100.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:41 pm

    Cheney is doing a great job.

    I really like the way there’s no equivocation here. It’s full blooded “this was an attempted coup and it was led by Trump”

  101. 101.

    Geminid

    June 9, 2022 at 8:41 pm

    @JPL: Liz inherited Darth Cheney’s ruthlessness. She’s using it in a better cause than he ever did.

  102. 102.

    lgerard

    June 9, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    I want to hear more about how McCarthy was “scared”  Details please!

  103. 103.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    12/19 private planning meeting with Trump, Gen Flynn, Giuliani, & Sidney Powell for insurrection. This narrows the focus nicely.

  104. 104.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    @Spanky: True that.  “Who strikes at the king must kill.” Previews suggest that the last (and other prime-time) hearing will focus specifically on him.  But I don’t think it’s a bad idea.  They can’t take down the entire Republican Party.  But they CAN topple Trump, or at least do so much damage to him that nobody has picnics under his statue anymore.  And by doing that, they damage Trumpism.

    Thompson is a clever man …

  105. 105.

    Joy in FL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Yes. I love how she is laying it out explicitly. No soft verbiage from her.

  106. 106.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    @kalakal: Yes

  107. 107.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    June 9, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    For those not able to currently watch, what’s with all the Ivanka posts?

  108. 108.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    @Geminid: One can hold onto the hope that maybe she’ll end up shooting Trump in the face.

  109. 109.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: They had a clip of Ivanka’s testimony, and she was looking even more Barbie-like than usual.

  110. 110.

    Geminid

    June 9, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    @Alison Rose : I think she’s aiming three feet lower.

  111. 111.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: She appeared for 15 seconds but was so horrifying that we had to comment.

  112. 112.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: There was a brief clip of Ivanka testimony.  She testified to the committee.  She looked like some bad anime IMO.

  113. 113.

    citizen dave

    June 9, 2022 at 8:47 pm

    Ivanka was in very soft focus.

  114. 114.

    Layer8Problem

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    Gaaah, Kushner . . .

  115. 115.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: She looked liked a failed animatronic try out. An UnAnimatronic?

  116. 116.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    This is gripping, incredible. “Whining.”

  117. 117.

    lgerard

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    Jared came off great!

  118. 118.

    guachi

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    I like that the clips of Jared and Ivanka make them look like trash human beings.

  119. 119.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Lol, Liz delivers a swift kick to alleged parts of Jared’s anatomy.

  120. 120.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 9, 2022 at 8:49 pm

    Cheney talking about honor to the republicans, as if they are Klingons.

  121. 121.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    June 9, 2022 at 8:49 pm

    Ivanka before extensive plastic surgery (photo)

  122. 122.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 8:49 pm

    Jared. Such a piece of shit. “Trying to get pardons done”. “Talk of resignations was just whining”.

    I can’t even….

  123. 123.

    Redshift

    June 9, 2022 at 8:49 pm

    Jared not covering himself in glory. I’ve rarely seen him speak before. Now I understand better why his and Ivanka’s various rehabilitation tours always fail.

  124. 124.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    Brava, Liz!

  125. 125.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    @lgerard: @guachi: Two reliable sources very close to Javanka have reported that they were very pleased with their appearances and their social media profiles have shown overwhelming approval.

  126. 126.

    Jerzy Russian

    June 9, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    If I smoked I would need a cigarette after Cheney’s presentation.

  127. 127.

    Gin & Tonic

    June 9, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    Damn, she was good.

  128. 128.

    Alison Rose

    June 9, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I could practically hear her throwing in a few “…you motherfuckers” in there

  129. 129.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    @bbleh: Maggie? You here?

  130. 130.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    Having targeted Trump as the leader she’s nicely going through the ranks of the accomplices Guiliani, Bannon, Meadows, Flynn etc. etc.

    Very well done

  131. 131.

    Redshift

    June 9, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    @BellyCat:

    Jared. Such a piece of shit. “Trying to get pardons done”. “Talk of resignations was just whining”.

    I can’t even….

    The total lack of self-awareness of how damning “threats of mass resignations were routine” is.

  132. 132.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    Holy shit .. this video captures it all.

  133. 133.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @zhena gogolia: He’s an expert when it comes to whining

  134. 134.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @Redshift: That’s going to hurt his rehabilitation tour.   Peter Baker is going to have to try again.  Maybe show Jared and Ivanka feeding the poor or something.

  135. 135.

    CindyH

    June 9, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch: she looked better before imo – she looks like a ghoul now

  136. 136.

    JWR

    June 9, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    This never-before-seen video is chilling.

  137. 137.

    Bill Arnold

    June 9, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    The “Election Fraud” fraud is the hugest fraud ever perpetrated against the American people.

  138. 138.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    This is so hard to watch.   I’m in tears.

     

    omg this is awful to watch

  139. 139.

    CindyH

    June 9, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    @JPL: same

  140. 140.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    Oh my God.  This is horrible.  And I’ve seen so much of it before. But this is scary- bad and I am close to tears. Again.

  141. 141.

    Layer8Problem

    June 9, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    This is horrible.  They’re identifying significant figures and groups in the rioters too.  We’ll probably hear those names again as the hearings continue.

  142. 142.

    debit

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    @JPL: 

    I feel like I’m on the verge of a panic attack. This is horrific.

  143. 143.

    Fair Economist

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    Those insurrectionists are horrifying. The leaders deserve life sentences.

  144. 144.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    I can only watch in bits.

  145. 145.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    Good ending with Trump’s happy talk. OMG

  146. 146.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    Well, that was pretty damning and pretty damn well done.

  147. 147.

    HeleninEire

    June 9, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    My goodness.

  148. 148.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    @Scout211: Yeah, that was great.

  149. 149.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    You go to work on a regular day and you end up in a war zone, fighting for your life.

  150. 150.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: Yeah, hats off yet again to Thompson et al., and whatever TV producer(s) they worked with.

  151. 151.

    Delk

    June 9, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    It was like a row of port-a-potties after a long day of use being tipped over and shit just spilling out.

  152. 152.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 9:05 pm

    The violence against the police is chilling. How about the two security guys behind barricaded doors, with no body armor, in the chamber with pistols trained on the door in case it was breached.

    Some unreal courage here…

  153. 153.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    June 9, 2022 at 9:05 pm

    Hannity has newly unearthed documents.  It’s the fault of not preparing enough security obviously.

  154. 154.

    bbleh

    June 9, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    @citizen dave: Ask your doctor if Very Soft Focus is right for you! (Caution: do not drive or operate heavy machinery when in Very Soft Focus.)

  155. 155.

    AxelFoley

    June 9, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    Take ALL these bastards down.

  156. 156.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    Why is C-SPAN only airing REPUBLICAN tweets and a statement from some republican?

  157. 157.

    Primer Gray (formerly Yet Another Jeff)

    June 9, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    Ugh…Chuck Todd…

  158. 158.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    Hell’s teeth, that video was horrific.

    Tips hat to those who put it together.

    Oh god, Chuckles Todd is on

  159. 159.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    I just added Jump! You Fuckers! to the category tags on this post.

  160. 160.

    banditqueen

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    Just… what an intense hour… great work, Committee.

  161. 161.

    Primer Gray (formerly Yet Another Jeff)

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @JPL: Yeah…that was a lot.

  162. 162.

    EarthWindFire

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    After that video, I’m done for the night. I don’t want to share a country with any of those people. Every single one of them belongs behind bars. That was horrible.

  163. 163.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @kalakal: The PBS that’s posted at the top isn’t bad. Judy Woodruff and some serious people.

  164. 164.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Yeah, WTF?

  165. 165.

    JWR

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @HeleninEire:

    My goodness.

    QFT. Simply QFT.

  166. 166.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    I just spotted Michael Fanone.  I hope he is doing better than he was for awhile, but I don’t know how you get over what happened that day.

  167. 167.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    PBS stream has good commentary.

    ETA: Zhena beat me to it.

  168. 168.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    Didn’t you people watch this in real time?

  169. 169.

    Skepticat

    June 9, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    I worked in television during the Watergate hearings, and no one got anything done because we all were crowded in the control room or by monitors. I shall never forget Alexander Butterfield casually mentioning the tapes. I’m very impressed by Liz Cheney, something I never expected to say. I don’t think these hearings will result in any consequences for those who deserve them, and I doubt they’ll change any minds, as so many people no longer have minds. However, it’s important to have this record.

  170. 170.

    Karen

    June 9, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    I understand that we need this hearing but will it actually do anything?

  171. 171.

    kalakal

    June 9, 2022 at 9:10 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Thanks, you may have saved my sanity

  172. 172.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:10 pm

    @Raven: Some of the video is new.

  173. 173.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:10 pm

    @BellyCat:

    Yes, those officers showed immense courage in the face of overwhelming numbers bent on violence. That gunfire didn’t ring out still leaves me befuddled, and then I remember this was a near all-white riot so gunfire doesn’t play a role.

  174. 174.

    NutmegAgain

    June 9, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    Yow. That crowd was/is terrifying. I mean, I knew that, but this footage. Holy Moley. Those police of all sorts were amazing. And, I seem to remember from January that there was a larger force, or maybe Virginia NG or similar who were specifically held back?

    Not for nothing, but I still hope we find out who built the effing gallows.

  175. 175.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    June 9, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    Mr DAW wanted to see what FOX was saying while the hearing was in recess, but he blocked the channel and can’t remember the code he used. I think that’s god’s plan

  176. 176.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    Anyone  know who that is in the hot seat ready to testify?

  177. 177.

    MagdaInBlack

    June 9, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    I admit I like the Meidas Touch commentary because they curse.

  178. 178.

    BellyCat

    June 9, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:  Right?!?!

  179. 179.

    JWR

    June 9, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann:

    It’s the fault of not preparing enough security obviously.

    Yeah, when have we heard that one before?

  180. 180.

    Redshift

    June 9, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    I missed the Ivanka bit, so I tried to scroll back in the video during the break, but I couldn’t find it. I think maybe she doesn’t show up in recordings.

  181. 181.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: haha   The local Fox station has it on, but that is even blocked in my house.  I know they are suppose to have good shows, but I’m not into supporting the fam.

  182. 182.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    How bout that Dawg!!!

  183. 183.

    JohnC

    June 9, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    This is the feed from the Committee itself – watch this one: Jan 6 Select Committee Hearing

  184. 184.

    Layer8Problem

    June 9, 2022 at 9:15 pm

    @Redshift: She may not show up in mirrors either.

  185. 185.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    @Scout211:  Nevermind. They are being introduced.

  186. 186.

    TiredOfItAll

    June 9, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    Do you think those f*ckers are watching this? Is Dump’s head exploding yet?

  187. 187.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    @Raven:  This is what it looks like to be a hero.

  188. 188.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    @JohnC: Thank you!  I added that feed up top, too.

  189. 189.

    banditqueen

    June 9, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    Everything presented in that painful first hour is something the GQP has diminished, mocked, dismissed, demeaned, used for attempts at humor, belittled, insulted, denied…on and on. But as Cheney reminded the gqp: “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” She was so precise and legal. I hope that hits them hard.

  190. 190.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    @Redshift:

    Ivanka

    Here’s a still pic and an article about her testimony.

  191. 191.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    Tears

  192. 192.

    Elizabelle

    June 9, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    @Redshift: LOL.  Doesn’t show up because Princess Sparkle Pony is a vampire??  Perhaps …

  193. 193.

    Layer8Problem

    June 9, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    Someone who woke up, went in, and did her job that day.  I wonder if McCarthy thanked her for her service?

  194. 194.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:20 pm

    @Raven: @zhena gogolia:

    There is stuff I haven’t seen, some hasn’t been made public.

  195. 195.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    @Redshift:

    Here ya go

  196. 196.

    debit

    June 9, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    @Raven: ​
     

    Yes. That doesn’t make any of this less horrific on the rewatch.

  197. 197.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:22 pm

    @Raven: Very impressive.

  198. 198.

    Mike in NC

    June 9, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    Almost too young to remember Watergate, but this has been great. Lock them all up.

  199. 199.

    Emma from Miami

    June 9, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    I am not watching directly; I am letting y’all do the work for me. A friend asked me why I was so upset about January 6th. I told her as a first generation immigrant I had been PROMISED that a coup would never happen in the US. Every time I see those images I damn near foam at the mouth.

  200. 200.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    that was effective!

  201. 201.

    JWR

    June 9, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    I can’t believe we’re already 90 minutes into this thing. Feels more like 9 (minutes) to me.

  202. 202.

    Scout211

    June 9, 2022 at 9:29 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Yes, the narrated video clips are very well done and extremely effective.

  203. 203.

    zhena gogolia

    June 9, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    One of my students just wrote a thesis on Stewart Rhodes. He must be eating this up.

  204. 204.

    There go two miscreants

    June 9, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    @JWR: Yes, I normally don’t have enough patience for these things but it is moving along and pretty gripping so far.

  205. 205.

    JPL

    June 9, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @Emma from Miami: Democracy is fragile.   Some of us didn’t realize how fragile it was.

  206. 206.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    June 9, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @zhena gogolia: you mean Elmer Rhodes

  207. 207.

    Gravenstone

    June 9, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:  I suspect it was widely held in the security forces that if they fired, they would be overwhelmed by numbers and their weapon taken to just add to the overall chaos. That restraint (outside the Babbitt shooting) needed to refrain from lethal force under the circumstances was immense.

  208. 208.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    “And then we went for lunch.”

  209. 209.

    Anne Laurie

    June 9, 2022 at 9:35 pm

    Put up a fresh thread, if anyone wants to move upstairs…

  210. 210.

    Leto

    June 9, 2022 at 9:35 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Stewart Fudd Rhodes? What was the general idea of the thesis?

  211. 211.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: Well, I watched every second of it and other than the aerial shots nothing has surprised me one bit. I realize this isn’t aimed at me.

  212. 212.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    @Gravenstone:

    I get that as well, just making a note.

  213. 213.

    Mallard Filmore

    June 9, 2022 at 9:42 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  I have 4 PBS over-the-air channels here. The channel I am watching has a “PBS NEWS HOUR” logo in the lower left corner. Talking heads only when the hearing takes breaks, none while the session is in progress.

  214. 214.

    Raven

    June 9, 2022 at 9:45 pm

    @Gravenstone: wait till they show that

  215. 215.

    LeftCoastYankee

    June 9, 2022 at 9:48 pm

    Officer Edwards on the Proud Boys: “They were standing there in their outfits.”

  216. 216.

    Ms. Deranged in AZ

    June 9, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    What was the documentarian good for?  What did he add?

  217. 217.

    Antonius

    June 9, 2022 at 10:03 pm

    @JPL: or being fed TO the poor

  218. 218.

    WaterGirl

    June 9, 2022 at 10:04 pm

    I’m not sure what I expected from the hearing exactly, but this was not it.

    I say that not to express disappointment but more as a factual statement.  I will have to think about what I expected.

  219. 219.

    Omnes Omnibus

    June 9, 2022 at 10:04 pm

    @Ms. Deranged in AZ:  Among other things, he showed that the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were at the Capitol very early in order to set up the attack. That it was a planned attack, not a crowd that just got out of hand.

  220. 220.

    lowtechcyclist

    June 9, 2022 at 10:07 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: 

    Hannity has newly unearthed documents. It’s the fault of not preparing enough security obviously.

    Can’t remember if it was Thompson or Cheney, but one of them mentioned that they would take on the question of why the Capitol was so lightly guarded that day. And of course that last stretch, Officer Edwards’ account and the film clips, emphasized how there were hardly any officers guarding the outer perimeter of the Capitol grounds.

    They’re going to tell us why the Capitol had so few officers there, and who gave the orders. I’ve been waiting for this for seventeen months now: I still remember how I told my wife that morning not to worry, they’d have a couple thousand cops guarding the Capitol.

    They’d done that for D.C. protests that weren’t targeting the Capitol, and this protest was clearly going to be all about the Capitol. So there was no question in my mind about that. So I want to hear how it happened that a handful of Capitol police were left to defend against this vast, violent mob.

    I’m sure by then Hannity will have moved on to some other line of bullshit justifications, but fuck his sorry ass. With the usual rusty farm implements.

  221. 221.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 9, 2022 at 10:07 pm

    @Ms. Deranged in AZ:

    Both eyewitness and documented video evidence of the planning that went into the assault?

  222. 222.

    catclub

    June 9, 2022 at 10:15 pm

    @Emma from Miami: ​
     

    I told her as a first generation immigrant I had been PROMISED that a coup would never happen in the US.

    Everything is still fine so far! No successful coups.

  223. 223.

    Ms. Deranged in AZ

    June 9, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Thank you, couldn’t hear a lot of what he said.  Have two puppies playing rough and a pre-teen playing games online with his phone blaring.

  224. 224.

    There go two miscreants

    June 9, 2022 at 10:36 pm

    @WaterGirl: I expected to be bored, but I was not. I think the use of video was good.

  225. 225.

    Ruckus

    June 10, 2022 at 2:43 am

    @WaterGirl: 
    It was not what I expected either.
    It was far more than I expected.
    It was better than I hoped for, better than I could imagine, especially after SFB and January 6.
    Now I know that assholes on the right won’t think of it in any way like I do, but it is a great start. It is what the country needs. We can’t have a country and a government that is constantly trying to fuck over those that don’t have 10 figure bank accounts or those that have to wash their hands 6-10 times a day at work because they are actually working, or those who think this is a decent country, while those with those 10 figure bank accounts pay a smaller percentage of income tax than your server at McDs, or……
    This is a country that is supposed to be for all of us, and the right and the wealthy have made it a hell of a lot less appealing to live in.

  226. 226.

    NotoriousJRT

    June 10, 2022 at 4:12 am

    @Geminid: 
    And get him to apologize to her from his hospital bed…

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