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68hx.1805 <68hx.1804@g5t7x.net> wrote:

On 3/21/24 5:44 PM, Cripps wrote:

衁矽衁屋 Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they
realize how broke they are

Borrow and spend Rightist governments will do that to you.

Trudeau is pretty much a commie.

The guy you’re talking to is much farther left than Trudeau.

Another conservative failure. Is it because they're white? Or Christian?


American and British Conservatives Are Frozen in Failure


Both Republicans and Tories are finding the revolutions of 2016 difficult
to reverse.


For the past few years, the US and the UK have followed strikingly similar political trajectories. Against all odds, populist uprisings captured both countries� conservative parties, secured power and embarked on projects of national transformation. These efforts went badly (to put it generously),
and in due course support for the rebellions subsided.
Lately voters have been calling for a rethink. In both countries, this is proving harder than you�d suppose.

In 2016, Americans stunned the world � and in many respects themselves � by electing Donald Trump president. That was a few months after Brits somehow voted to leave the European Union. Then, just as Trump rose to power on his promise to �Make America Great Again,� Boris Johnson became prime minister largely by promising to �Get Brexit Done.� Neither plan has worked to
voters� satisfaction.
In 2020, after four years of making America great by setting people at each other�s throats, Trump lost to Joe Biden (not the most formidable
opponent). In the recent midterm elections, Trump�s interventions crippled
the Republican Party. The UK, meanwhile, has gone from one calamity
(Johnson) to the next (Liz Truss). Its economy is now setting records for
poor performance, and support for the Tories� historic project has
collapsed.
Yet conservatives in both countries are finding the revolutions of 2016 difficult to reverse. Trump is now such a liability that Democrats must be longing to see him nominated in 2024. Republicans, though acquainted with
the same polling data, aren�t certain to ditch him. In the same way,
Britain�s Tories know that Brexit has failed and they must mitigate the
damage. But they can�t bring themselves to say it. Everything�s going to
plan, they insist. New opportunities abound and �Global Britain� is on
track to succeed.
The problem isn�t just that it�s hard to own your mistakes. When a
political party sees it needs a new direction, a change of leadership is
often enough. There�s usually no need for explicit apologies. And shifts of direction don�t always have to be dramatic � or substantive, for that
matter.
There�s no need for Republicans to renounce their platform, for example, because at the moment they don�t have one. The electorate mainly just wants
to move on from Trump�s exhausting provocations, ignorance, vanity and impropriety.
The Tories are in a tougher spot. Unfortunately, they do have policies, and
if the UK�s prospects are to improve, these have to change. But the Brexit error can�t be undone. Even in the unlikely event that Britain asked to
rejoin the EU, for the foreseeable future the union won�t want it back. For
now the UK�s only recourse is maximum economic integration as a non-member
� through arrangements such as those the EU has granted to Switzerland,
Norway and other neighbors. This means acting as supplicant. The Tories wouldn�t be able to disguise it, and the EU is unlikely to help them out.
At least Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office in October, is
adjusting the tone � less strutting, more practical. Relations have warmed slightly and prospects for a deal over Johnson�s troublesome Northern
Ireland protocol seem to be improving.
But a much bolder change of course is needed, and there�s no sign of it.
The Tories still haven�t dumped the idea of letting all of Britain�s EU- derived laws sunset at the end of this year, unless they�ve been reviewed
and adjusted in the meantime. UK companies are furious over the additional uncertainty this threat � which has no apparent purpose � will impose on
their operations. But the policy hasn�t yet changed.
In both the US and the UK, conservatives seem frozen in these losing and destructive postures. And the reasons are the same: Both parties are still
at the mercy of extremists.
Angry Trumpists and Brexit true believers have lost not only the argument
but also much of the electoral support they used to command. Still, they
aren�t going away. Both parties lack leaders with the guts and the wit to defeat the extremists, whose energy shows no signs of abating. Last week�s fiasco over electing a new Republican speaker of the House of
Representatives illustrates the scale of the problem. Trump, if you can
believe it, called for compromise; his rebellious followers weren�t
impressed.
Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, soon to be president of the University of Florida, gave his farewell address last week. The most
important divide in America, he said, is not about policy, or red versus
blue: �It�s pluralist versus political zealot.� This is true, and not just
of the US. Zealots have energy, and energy drives politics. The results
speak for themselves.

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30 Months Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol

Thursday, July 6, 2023, marks 30 months since the attack on the U.S.
Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process
of affirming the presidential election results. The government continues to investigate losses that resulted from the breach of the Capitol, including damage to the Capitol building and grounds, both inside and outside the building. As of October 14, 2022, the approximate losses suffered as a
result of the siege at the Capitol totaled $2,881,360.20. That amount
reflects, among other things, damage to the Capitol building and grounds
and certain costs borne by the U.S. Capitol Police.

Under the continued leadership of the U.S. Attorney�s Office for the
District of Columbia and the FBI�s Washington Field Office, the
investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the attack continues
to move forward at an unprecedented speed and scale. The Department of Justice�s resolve to hold accountable those who committed crimes on January
6, 2021, has not, and will not, wane.

Based on the public court documents, below is a snapshot of the
investigation as of the close of business Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Complete versions of most of the public court documents used to compile these
statistics are available on the Capitol Breach Investigation Resource Page
at https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases.

Arrests made: More than 1,069 defendants have been charged in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (This includes those charged in both District and Superior Court).

Criminal charges:

Approximately 350 defendants have been charged with assaulting,
resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including approximately 110 individuals who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon
or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.
Approximately 140 police officers were assaulted Jan. 6 at the
Capitol, including about 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and about 60 from
the Metropolitan Police Department.
Approximately 11 individuals have been arrested on a series of charges
that relate to assaulting a member of the media, or destroying their
equipment, on Jan. 6.
Approximately 935 defendants have been charged with entering or
remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds. Of those, 103
defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a
dangerous or deadly weapon.
Approximately 61 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property, and approximately 49 defendants have been charged with theft of government property.
More than 310 defendants have been charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.
Approximately 55 defendants have been charged with conspiracy, either:
(a) conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding, (b) conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement during a civil disorder, (c) conspiracy to injure
an officer, or (d) some combination of the three.



Pleas:

Approximately 594 individuals have pleaded guilty to a variety of
federal charges, many of whom faced or will face incarceration at
sentencing.
Approximately 160 have pleaded guilty to felonies. Another 434 have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.
A total of 68 of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have
pleaded to federal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers. Approximately 36 additional defendants have pleaded guilty to feloniously obstructing, impeding, or interfering with a law enforcement officer during
a civil disorder. Of these 104 defendants, 76 have now been sentenced to
prison terms of up to 150 months.
Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded
guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.

Trials:

98 individuals have been found guilty at contested trials, including 3
who were found guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Another 24 individuals have been convicted following an agreed-upon set of facts. 51 of these 122 defendants were found guilty of assaulting,
resisting, or impeding officers and/or obstructing officers during a civil disorder, which are felony offenses, including one who has been sentenced
to more than 14 years in prison.

Sentencings:

Approximately 561 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated
and received sentences for their criminal activity on Jan. 6. Approximately
335 have been sentenced to periods of incarceration. Approximately 119 defendants have been sentenced to a period of home detention, including approximately 19 who also were sentenced to a period of incarceration.

Public Assistance:

Citizens from around the country have provided invaluable assistance in identifying individuals in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. The FBI
continues to seek the public�s help in identifying approximately than 323 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on Capitol grounds.
Additionally, the FBI currently has 14 videos of suspects wanted for violent assaults on federal officers and (ONE) video of (TWO) suspects
wanted for assaults on members of the media on January 6th and is seeking
the public�s help to identify them.
Some of the violent offenders about whom the FBI is seeking public
tips to identify or locate include Evan Neumann, Jonathan Daniel Pollock,
Adam Villarreal, and AFOs #91

, #292, #371, #96, and #383

. AFO #91 uses what appears to be a stick to strike multiple
officers numerous times while in the doorway of the Lower West Terrace, commonly referred to as the tunnel. AFOs #292, #371, and #383 are all shown
on video charging at and assaulting officers, and they appear to grab and attempt to take possession of the officers� batons.
For images and video of the attackers, please visit https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence. Anyone with tips can call 1- 800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.

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G <privatemail@protonmail.com> wrote:

68hx.1805 <68hx.1804@g5t7x.net> wrote:

On 3/21/24 5:44 PM, Cripps wrote:

�矽�屋 Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they
realize how broke they are

Borrow and spend Rightist governments will do that to you.

Trudeau is pretty much a commie.

The guy you’re talking to is much farther left than Trudeau.

Another conservative failure. Is it because they're white? Or Christian?

No, it’s because in Britain typical conservative is pajeet Sunak, and in America it’s Mike Johnson, who adopted
street nigger.

You’re like 20 years late, Cuckservatives now are brown faggots, there’s nothing “White” and “Christian” about them. At least 20 years ago they were
pretending it’s not the case.

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