
A Somewhat Charitable View Of Vaccine Refusers
We don't like to think our fellow citizens are dumb. Better to think they're normal but deluded.

Three Things: Fire, Fire, Fired [UPDATE-1]
Dear Executive: Please use your powers to execute the needs of the people by firing these failures. Thank you.

Aleksej Gubarev Drops Lawsuit after DOJ Confirms Steele Dossier Report Naming Gubarev's Company Came from His Employee
Just as the central role of one of his own employees in the Steele dossier has become central to the Igor Danchenko indictment, Aleksej Gubarev has dropped his lawsuit against BuzzFeed for publishing that report.

Kevin Fairlamb and Jacob Chansley Sentences Affirm Judicial Legitimacy
Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced two prominent January 6 defendants to 41 month sentences in the last week. One thing both sentencing hearings did -- whether motivated out of genuine remorse or as part of a cynical ploy to butter up a judge -- is reaffirm the legitimacy of the judicial process. Both these men recognized their actions as crimes. Both recognized the legitimacy of a judge imposing sentence for it. And both defendants recognized the professionalism of those at DOJ working to prosecute the case.

John Durham's Cut-and-Paste Failures -- and Other Indices of Unreliability
It would be a mistake to respond to the bad reporting on the dossier by replicating the same bad habits with the Danchenko indictment. But that is what Bill Grueskin does in a NYT op-ed treating the Danchenko indictment as a reliable source of the truth.

John Durham: Destroying the Purported Victims to Save Them
John Durham wrote the Igor Danchenko in a way that will allow Danchenko to make credible discovery requests on the counterintelligence investigations into Carter Page, Sergei Millian, and Oleg Deripaska, as well as two FISA orders.

Three Things: Ugly Goes Clean to the Bone [UPDATE-1]
With Bannon indicted on Friday, supposed to report today, will Meadows continue to listen to his attorney or take the L and show before the House January 6 Committee? Whatever happens, it's ugly.

Three Things: No, No, and Hell to the NO, NYT
They can't stop the bullshit. It's in The New York Times' DNA.

Source 6A: John Durham's Twitter Charges
John Durham charged Igor Danchenko with lying about a call he believed came from Sergei Millian without ever bothering to get Millian under oath for his denials about the call.

Daisy-Chain: The FBI Appears to Have Asked Danchenko Whether Dolan Was a Source for Steele, Not Danchenko
Igor Danchenko may have lied about the role of Charles Dolan in several of his dossier reports. Except that may not have been the question he was asked.

Minority Report: Botheration Benefits Bannon
Americans are becoming deeply disappointed: Bannon has blown off Congress without any repercussions so far. It's not obvious to the public why it takes so long to bring the scruffy bucket of excess shirtage, whiskers, and pudge to answer their representatives' questions.

The Office of Special Counsel Report on Trumpsters' Crimes: Toothless, But Useful?
On Office of Special Counsel showing how rampantly Trump encouraged his flunkies to violate the Hatch Act may do little more than demonstrate how toothless the OSC is. But in this case, the report may be useful for demonstrating that Trump cannot be treated with presidential prerogatives in the last months of his Administration.

Three Things: North by East by Northeast on January 6
Three things along First Street along the east side of the Capitol have niggled at me as the investigations into the insurrection have progressed.

Gina Bisignano: If a Plea Deal Falls on the Docket and No One Hears It ...
Gina Bisignano claims she entered into a plea deal in July. Which goes to show that there may be significant developments in the January 6 investigation that don't show up on public dockets.

"Yes and No:" John Durham Confuses Networking with Intelligence Collection
John Durham claims Igor Danchenko lied about whether he ever mentioned Christopher Steele to his friends. The question the FBI actually asked is whether he told his friends he collected intelligence for Christopher Steele, a question to which Danchenko answered, "yes and no."

Not-So-Casual Water: Insurance Fraud Alleged at Trump-Westchester
Rolling Stone published another piece about the Trump Westchester course; this time ex-employees dished about insurance claims made related to flooding at the course in 2011. Will we learn what really happened?

John Durham May Have Made Igor Danchenko "Aggrieved" Under FISA
In substantiating the case that Carter Page was wrongly aggrieved under FISA thanks to rumors passed along by Igor Danchenko, Durham appears to have similarly made Danchenko aggrieved himself. And that may help him defend himself in ways that would not otherwise be available.

The Igor Danchenko Indictment: Structure
John Durham included three sections in the Igor Danchenko indictment where he basically made unfounded accusations (and in at least one case, a provably false claim) without charging them.

Bullshit Brigade: Now with More NYT Bullshit [Action Item Included]
The New York Times editorial board pumped out another "Dems in disarray" piece, just in time to cover for some obstructive and intransigent centrists. This is my unending surprised face.

This Is the Morning After: Virginia Isn't the Whole Story
Snap out of it. Pity parties don't do anything constructive except sell facial tissues. Far more happened yesterday than Virginia's gubernatorial race.

