Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The revolution will be supervised.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

When we show up, we win.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

This fight is for everything.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Bark louder, little dog.

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President Biden Ceremony Honoring Heroes Who Stood Up to the Insurrection

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President Biden Marks the Two-Year Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection with a ceremony to honor some great people that the entire US (except the traitors) owes a great debt of thanks:

Some we know by name: Video embed below the fold.

Jocelyn Benson
Rusty Bowers
Harry Dunn
Caroline Edwards
Michael Fanone
Ruby Freeman
Eugene Goodman
Shaye Moss
Brian Sicknick

And others we don’t know by name.  Short descriptions for all 12:

President Biden Ceremony Honoring Heroes

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  3. 3.

    H.E.Wolf

    Thank you for front-paging this. We are fortunate as a country that they acted as they did.

  13. 13.

    Ruckus

    @WaterGirl:

    I used to do that, seemingly be unable to remember that time goes on. As I’ve gotten a tad older time going on becomes more apparent and I’ve had no problem remembering that time marches on regardless if we pay attention or not. It may also just being thankful that I’ve made it another 365 days and a lot of people I’ve known haven’t.

  17. 17.

    JPL

    Such brave individuals and the medals are well deserved.   In some ways, today seems worse because the insurrectionists have gained ground.   You watch what is happening in the house and realize that we have a long way to go to preserve democracy.

  18. 18.

    CaseyL

    Tuned in in time for the actual awards.

    A good ceremony, appropriately somber, and very moving.

  19. 19.

    Ruckus

    @JPL:

    This.

    So many people do not want freedom for anyone but themselves. It makes no sense but then again we are human and so many things are as far away from logic as is possible.

    Please do not forget that the people honored here are not the only people that did their duty 2 yrs ago today. And never forget that this nation is still working on always making life and government better, even as we face those that try to subvert democracy for their own hate and dishonor.

  25. 25.

    Eljai

    All the medal recipients are heroes.  But I am particularly touched to see Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss on that list.  Whenever I think about what they endured, it makes me cry and it fills me with rage at the same time.

  28. 28.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Ruckus: So many people do not want freedom for anyone but themselves.

    So many people want unlimited mercy for their own transgressions and drastic unforgiving justice for everyone else’s.

  29. 29.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Ruckus:

    Please do not forget that the people honored here are not the only people that did their duty 2 yrs ago today. And never forget that this nation is still working on always making life and government better, even as we face those that try to subvert democracy for their own hate and dishonor.

    I admit I have a hard time believing that it’s enough. They’ve got so many Weird Tricks that keep mutating, and with sufficient bad faith they are infinite in number. I feel like this country is going to go down very soon in some profoundly stupid way, in roughly the spirit of “there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball.” And the people who believe in rule of law will be forced to either play along or become revolutionaries. And we’re no good at being revolutionaries.

  30. 30.

    Rusty

    Another failed vote for speaker.  They are back again tonight to try again.  My guess is Kevin gets his speaker position tonight or tomorrow.  The last holdouts will get a few more concessions (they already got backing to hold the country hostage to the debt limit, thanks Kevin!), and will either vote present or not at all, giving him the majority of the votes cast.  This will go down as one of the most dysfunctional house sessions ever, with much worse to come the next two year.  Ugh.

  32. 32.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Rusty:

    Another failed vote for speaker.  They are back again tonight to try again.  My guess is Kevin gets his speaker position tonight or tomorrow.

    David Jolly, who’s been saying all week on MSNBC that McCarthy isn’t gonna make it, just said he’s probably gonna make it.

  35. 35.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Why the hell are David Jolly, Michael Steele, Rick Wilson and fucking Charlie Sykes on MSNBC? For some segments there is not a single Democrat on air. These people have been wrong, for years, about their party, their vision of America and themselves.

    Seems to me that MSNBC could have on the likes of Charlie Pierce and Heather Cox Richardson, early and often, for the sake of example, but no, they seem to go with the fake apopletic Republicans.

  37. 37.

    topclimber

    Hey, I know the GQP has made enemies of us all, but an earlier thread alluded to US Reps having to choose between family and country.

    I recall a practice in regular Congress that allows partisan opponents to cancel each other out. FFS what does it matter if a few Dems sit out a ballot so people can live their lives when crucial events intrude?

    How many Dems would have to no show to cancel these 2? or 3? Reps?

  38. 38.

    BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️

    @Sure Lurkalot:

    Why the hell are David Jolly, Michael Steele, Rick Wilson and fucking Charlie Sykes on MSNBC? For some segments there is not a single Democrat on air. These people have been wrong, for years, about their party, their vision of America and themselves.

    Ownership’s mission is to slight Democrats, at all times and in all ways.

  40. 40.

    Baud

    @topclimber: It may be a hard number to calculate because McCarthy still has to win over 2 of the holdouts, I believe. Dems don’t want to actually make it easier for him, even if they would want to be nice if his victory were locked in.

  42. 42.

    Baud

    @topclimber: I don’t really care.  I’m actually kind of glad it may happen in the dead of night on a weekend, where they won’t have a chance to celebrate their “accomplishment” in the media.

  43. 43.

    eclare

    @Eljai:   Same here.  Just doing their jobs, targeted by fascists, threatened, and lives totally disrupted.  And no one can convince me that being Black women had nothing to do with it.

  44. 44.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Remind me again, why did Manchin and Sinema refuse to raise the debt ceiling last year to avoid having the country be held hostage to insane Republicans? They may have large egos, but they’re not stupid

  45. 45.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @eclare: no doubt. IF they’ve done a gofundme for their lawsuit against (among others?) Giuliani, I’ve missed it, but if they do, I’m in. I hope they hit him harder than his ex-wives.

  48. 48.

    Old School

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Remind me again, why did Manchin and Sinema refuse to raise the debt ceiling last year to avoid having the country be held hostage to insane Republicans?

    Manchin’s stated reason is that it should be bipartisan.

    Already, Manchin has expressed reluctance to act on the debt limit with only Democratic votes, though he’s declined to rule it out completely.

    “I don’t think it should go to reconciliation,” he said Tuesday. “My goodness, it’s something we’ve always worked together on.”

  49. 49.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Baud: on this anniversary, I remember that just before the R’s filibustered the would-be joint committee (I think is the term) on the insurrection, Manchin was using is to defend the filibuster. I have to believe there are ten good patriots on the other side, or something like that. There weren’t, he didn’t waver.

    that said, I think the House Committee we got was much better than anything we would have got otherwise. I do not remember the Keane-Hamilton  committee with admiration.

  52. 52.

    James E Powell

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Remind me again, why did Manchin and Sinema refuse to raise the debt ceiling last year to avoid having the country be held hostage to insane Republicans?

    Because they each support Republican positions for their own reasons. With Sinema, I think it’s because she dislikes Democrats and/or wants to please her newest & best-est donor friends. With Manchin, I think it’s because he agrees with Republicans on many economic issues.

  55. 55.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Possibilities:

    1. Vladimir Putin or someone under his control is a donor.
    2. They figure a financial collapse will cause a Republican President to be elected, benefiting them in the long run.
    3. They are QAnon-style true-believers who want to wreck the system for the sake of wrecking, and believe a new order favorable to them will emerge.
    4. All of the above.
  58. 58.

    Msb

    Thanks for posting this. Somber but inspiring good fuel for us during the next stages of the fight.

  59. 59.

    dww44

    @Sure Lurkalot: I strongly disagree with your take. Just as the 1/06  committee relied almost wholly on Republican witnesses, when it comes to punditing on Republican situations, who better to weigh in and offer insight than former Republicans. Besides, all those you name are quality people who’ve always put the country ahead of their party. Their presence on a mostly liberal news network is a good thing.

    MSNBC is not, nor should it be, a wholly owned subsidiary of the progressive movement. We don’t need any more wholly partisan news outlets.  We need more media committed to be fair and truthful, objective and impartial.

  61. 61.

    James E Powell

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Because they are not going to default or cause the global financial system to collapse. They are going to extract concessions from the Biden administration that will outrage all of us, but be pleasing to Sinema’s donors & Manchin’s sensibilities.

  68. 68.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @WaterGirl:

    Well, I’m not. I’m the same person, warts and all, honestly. I occasionally let my anxieties get the better of me. I’ve been trying to make some progress over the past few months to correct it and be more optimistic. I guess I have more work to do

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