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January 6th Committee Hearings–Mon 9 Jun 2022

Sat down 45 minutes beforehand. The standard Tweetdeck columns opened. First column, all of those political wonks I grouped together under the custom list titled “Impeachment” and created during the first impeachment hearings. How long ago was that? Then, two columns with search results for the hashtag #January6thCommitteeHearings, one filtered for tweets with a minimum of 20 likes (trending) and one filtered for tweets with a minimum of 100 likes (more sticky). Pre-hearing commentary on MSNBC; streaming hearing on C-SPAN. Let’s go.

The Jan 6 hearings, 27 Jul 2021, day 1

10:20 AM

Started late, maybe 15 minutes ago, because of work. Watching will be intermittent throughout the day.

Representatives:

Bennie Thompson (D), chair
Elaine Luria (D)
Jamie Raskin (D)
Stephanie Murphy (D)
Pete Aguilar (D)
Adam Schiff (D)
Zoe Lofgren (D)
Liz Cheney (R)
Kinzinger (R)

First testimony from four officers:

Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, U.S. Capitol Police
Officer Michael Fanone, Metropolitan Police Department
Officer Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Department
Officer Harry Dunn, U.S. Capitol Police

image via @MikevWUSA, 9:56 AM, 21 Jul 2021

failed state (part 5) – 25 Jan 2021 – delivering the articles of impeachment

19 days after the insurrection:

I think it has to happen … [there would be] a worse effect if it didn’t happen.
— President Biden as quoted by @kaitlancollins, 25 Jan 2021, 7:24 PM

Though Biden also says that the votes aren’t there.

If it were a secret ballot he would be convicted in a heartbeat.
— Claire McCaskill speaking with Joy Reid

failed state (part 4) – 11-13 Jan 2021 – impeachment and cowed Rs

There was no sea change with the Rs.

failed state (part 3) – the weekend after the insurrection – Rs continue to double down

Sat 9 Jan 2021, 10:22 AM

Democrats looking for resignation, 25th Amendment, impeachment. Republicans are still fighting. Hard. And with very few dissenters. McConnell says he won’t start an impeachment trial until 20 Jan. Pence is adamant against the 25th.