#congressional hearing

[meetmyregulartorment]

we are living in the weirdest timeline

[malspinningyarns]

I know we are still freaking out about SCOTUS and Roe, but there was also a surprise January 6th Committee Hearing Today!

Their witness was Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s executive assistant Cassidy Hutchinson and, whew boy, was information dropped.

Here are some tweets:

(I’d greatly appreciate if someone could write out these Tweets bc I’m on mobile)

Basically the rundown:

Trump knew people with weapons were at the Capitol on Jan 6th

CoS Meadows also knew there were armed people and did not look up from his phone when an alarmed Hutchinson told him what was happening

He also shut the car door on her 2X when she tried to give him security updates during the rally at the Eclipse over a period of at least 25 minutes

Trump was mad that his crowd size wasn’t big enough for the rally photo op because security wouldn’t let people with weapons through and people didn’t want their weapons to be confiscated. Trump wanted the MAGS to be taken down because he knew “the people weren’t there to hurt [him]”

The non-Rudy lawyers practically begged Hutchinson not to let Trump join the riot at the Capitol because they could get in trouble for multiple crimes.

When Trump was told in the car by security that they were not going to the Capitol, but were going back to the White House, Trump first tried to take the wheel of the car and then TRIED TO CHOKE HIS HEAD OF SECURITY WHO WAS TRYING TO STOP HIM

Back at the WH, 45 threw a hissy fit that included throwing his lunch at the wall. Apparently, this was a continuous behavior of his

Trump agreed with the rioters call to hang Mike Pence and that they “were not doing anything wrong”

Multiple lawyers, Congress people, FOX News hosts, Ivanka, Don Jr tried to get Meadows to get Trump to do something but Meadows said that Trump “didn’t want to see anyone”

Only the threat of cabinet members invoking the 25th amendment made him agree to tweet out the video telling rioters to go home and that “we love you”

During the Jan 7th statement, Trump wanted to pardon the rioters but WH lawyers said “absolutely not”

A lot of people in Trumpworld pleaded the 5th for every single question they were asked, including General Flynn when asked if he believed in the peaceful transfer of power

The committee ended the hearing with depositions from people they interviewed, basically saying they’ve been threatened by people in Trumpworld to not say anything, which is witness tampering

It was wild.

[claraameliapond]

Brilliant. Congressman Ro Khanna brilliantly and expertly gets to the heart if the truth immediately , directly pinpointing the clear reality of unethical and disproportionate Israel and US conduct in Palestine during a congressional hearing on Thursday 29th February 2024, questioning US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.

[erene-e]

My actual reaction to the congressional hearing on banning TikTok, how ignorant and out of touch can out representatives be?

[neaature]

[christiandomme]

If you took a drink every time a Rep. said “communist” in this hearing you would already be at the hospital with liver damage. 

[prettyvintageafternoon]

All I know is...

These aliens better be hot. I'm ready to get my back blown out.

[sunshineandlyrics]

This question 😂

[martianmuckraker]

Martian Streamer Arrested Due to Appearance in Earthing Inquiry

B’ffer, the totally radical Martian streaming and racing sensation was arrested this morning after one of his trademark stellar racing saucers was revealed during an Earthling hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. It is uncertain to Martian Muckraker reporters at this time whether this hearing is actually evidence the Earthlings are interested in interplanetary life again, or if the…

[strangel000p]

Aliens exist. The US government just held a hearing on it. I’ve been waiting to see this happen my whole life.

[dw-writes]

ah nothing like congressional hearings about censorship from the government to make a thursday

[govpubsfinds]

The Theory and Practice of Communism in 1972

“The theory of communism is the world's domination. To achieve

this goal, communists throughout the world practice the Machiavelli

doctrine, "the end justifies the means." Propaganda, defiance of the

law, terrorism indoctrination, lies, blackmail, drugs, destruction of the

family, etc. To them all the means are justified in bringing the

United States and world peace to its knees and consequently achieve

world domination. However, they use the element of surprise to gain

more territories and also to strengthen their political position. But

surprise cannot be achieved by a sudden attack alone. The communists

have to prepare the takeover. And to that effect, they make the

people of a country get used to an apparent "harmless idea." Then

they repeat the stimulus, using the Pavluvian theory of repeating

and repeating a situation until the people get used to the idea and

see no harm in it. Then on a certain day the communists jump, using

the element of surprise for the takeover. Their "modus operandi" is

the one of the Trojan Horse.”

Hearing on the Theory and Practice of Communism (Venceremos Brigade) Part 2: Hearings before the Committee on Internal Security, 92nd Cong. (1973). Full text available via Hathitrust.

[hoveringaboveuranus]

Democratic Rep. André Carson of Indiana, the chairman of the panel holding the hearing, warned in his opening remarks, "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are a potential national security threat. And they need to be treated that way."

He went on to say, "For too long, the stigma associated with UAPs has gotten in the way of good intelligence analysis. Pilots avoided reporting, or were laughed at when they did. DOD officials relegated the issue to the back room, or swept it under the rug entirely, fearful of a skeptical national security community."

"Today, we know better. UAPs are unexplained, it's true. But they are real. They need to be investigated. And any threats they pose need to be mitigated," he said.