Heather Cox Richardson - January 2, 2022 - Dropping some news

[Joinfortmill]

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-2-2022?

First, former New York City Police commissioner Bernard Kerik, a high-school dropout who began a meteoric rise to prominence after working as Trump loyalist Rudy Giuliani’s chauffeur and bodyguard, delivered documents to the committee.

The documents Kerik’s lawyer delivered on Friday included a 22-page document titled "STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN—GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM.” Its subtitle was “We Have 10 Days To Execute This Plan & Certify President Trump!”

The document laid out a pressure campaign directed at “SWING STATE REPUBLICAN SENATORS—AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA, WI,” “REPULBICAN [sic] MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, and “REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.” It laid out the false argument that the election had been stolen, offered messaging to push these false claims, and provided a list of outlets and influencers to use, including the House “Freedom Caucus” members. It called for protests around the country, including at “weak Members’ homes.”

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Am I wrong in thinking this is a BFD?

It reads like the Rosetta Stone for conspiracy to steal the election.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. It's a BFD.

I can’t believe they wrote down and distributed their treason so casually. They must have thought the coup was in the bag.

[Irish_Dem]

6. They thought whatever happened, there would be no consequences.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

9. Seems like

They may have been right!

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yep, they acted with impunity for good reason.

[pecosbob]

52. Ollie North, Scooter Libby

Just some coffee boy. Rogue administrations have always gotten away with it.

[PatSeg]

36. Yes, they probably

thought they'd be successful and with Trump in the White House, they presumed there would be no consequences. Well also, they really aren't terribly bright. They got away with too much for too long and became oblivious to reality.

[Irish_Dem]

42. Yes arrogant political operatives who got away with everything

they did. All their dirty tricks, law breaking, they did with impunity.
Gave them a false sense of security, but maybe it is reality.
We shall see if they ever face any consequences.

[PatSeg]

46. That tends to be quite common with criminals

They become more and more careless the longer they go without being caught. When those criminals are also stupid, it is inevitable that they'll mess up.

Happy New Year Irish Dem!

[Buckeyeblue]

11. It just shows their arrogance

They thought for sure this would work. Rudy was going to use this document to start a business helping other countries stage a coup.

[ShazzieB]

7. Sounds like a BFD to me!

[Achilleaze]

2. Repulbicans* as Kerik calls them, are Triple-Stankers.

They betrayed America, the Bible, and themselves. A Triple-Stank!

Republican traitors need lots of jail time.



* Repulbicans - This putrid portmanteau must be Kerik's subconscious brain fragment kicking in. He was trying to think and spell republican, but the concept of repulsive got mixed it, because of their intimate relationship of meaning. Ergo: repulbicans.

#repulbicans

[Kid Berwyn]

4. They thought they wouldn't be caught.

Or maybe Bernie Kerik didn’t know what they put down on paper.

Certainly reads like someone forgot to Spellcheck.

[malaise]

5. The Mobfather Gang

Led by the Slobfather

[sarchasm]

8. Is it just me, or is Giuliani the worst lawyer ever?

[2Gingersnaps]

13. Is there no standard for being police chief of New York beyond "political hack?"

I remember Kerik being a Giuliani hack, but "high school drop out chauffeur?" That's like the slobfather's former body guard, Matthew Calamari, he hired after watching him beat up someone becoming the top executive of his Mom and Pop shop that employed twelve people, which included his three grown children-which was his qualification to be President of the United States.

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. Well, I've heard he's always drunk

so by now his brain is probably Swiss cheese.

[PatSeg]

37. Yes

At one time, he supposedly was an effective prosecutor. All the booze has turned that brain into mush.

[Captain Zero]

45. Interesting he never prosecuted Trump

When Trump was on the rise in NYCity.
I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

[PatSeg]

47. Good point

They must have been friends for a long time.

[Yoyoyo77]

48. He also helped take down the mafia. Does anybody remember him going after the russian mob?

[PatSeg]

49. I just remember hearing about the mafia

[Conjuay]

51. My brother was in High School with him

Said he was a buffoon even back then.

[Leghorn21]

12. I was delighted to see this news on him, and my first thought was, since he's good buddies with

and appears to *adore* convicted/pardoned war criminal Eddie Gallagher, was that fkr perhaps drawn into the plot? After all, he owes LOSER45 everything

[2Gingersnaps]

14. And the high school drop out body guard and chauffeur to "a noun, a verb, and 9/11"

had the nerve to call de Blasio New York's worst mayor????

State and National government by thug street trash and psychos.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Hmmm this sounds interesting...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. There was a similar strategy planned for Bush and Gore.

The assumption was that the popular vote would be won by George W. "Let's get a beer" Bush, while Al "Let's think about what we're doing" Gore would win the electoral college. There was planned to be a hue and cry among the Repug media and leaders about how Dubya was the real winner because more people voted for him, and Gore didn't deserve to be president. We know how that turned out.

There wasn't a plan to invalidate the entire electoral process, however. The free and fair vote was still the bedrock foundation of democracy.

[Walleye]

41. Oh I remember that, they were gearing up for it. They were all about the popular vote then

[KS Toronado]

17. Will ABC/CBS/NBC report this on the evening news?

If they don't, we'll know which political party they prefer to be in charge.

[ShazamIam]

32. Yes, and isn't necessary to spend any time listening to the MSM emoting robotic talking heads, just

scan their internet home pages.

[maxsolomon]

33. Can you monitor all 3 and report back?

This isn't a smoking gun. There is no smoking gun.

[KS Toronado]

35. Yes I can and will.

[KS Toronado]

56. Not one word from the big 3

Rachel however did a segment on him.

[Marthe48]

18. Toppling the government isn't a protest

It is an act of treason.

I have never had a problem with protesting policies set by the government, or protesting laws that are unfair. But trying to dismantle the government we have and putting mob bosses and white supremists in place is treason.

[pandr32]

19. Intimidation tactics to keep "weak Members" in line

Mob tactics.

[70sEraVet]

30. That one phrase, " keep weak Members" in line, may be enough to win over

a few House and Senate Republican members.

[pandr32]

31. Let's hope!

However, they may have already thrown in the give-a-shit towel.

[zaj]

20. This is typical election lobbying... not a BFD.

By that I mean, the BFD was in public and 14-18 months ago... the declaration of a stolen election.

This is the far less remarkable, natural next steps of lobbying the votes.

Why is having a written summary like this seen as a BFD?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Don't think it's illegal to try and persuade states is it.

But with false information?

[zaj]

39. That's perfectly legal, sadly.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

50. Gotta weed through the crap to find precise crimes

They are hiding behind rally and protesting the vote.

[CaptainTruth]

21. Note they realized a strategic communications plan was important...

...even required, to achieve their goals. That means messaging, conduits for delivering the messaging to the public ("outlets and influencers" ), & boots on the ground action ("protests around the country" ).

This is what we're up against, organized attacks on our democracy, & we really need to get better at fighting back if we want to win more elections & save American democracy.

[zaj]

40. THIS is true

We need to establish the reality that the GOP isn't trustworthy because they have collapsed into an authoritarian party and are seeking to destroy 250 years of American democracy.

Anything less than this clear, accurate, robust sort of message is dangerous.

[gab13by13]

22. Go over on the right side of the DU Home page,

there is a video with Michael Cohen giving an interview, it's only 4 minutes long. He basically says to believe nothing, to dig deeper. He talks about the emails that were given to the select committee during the coup. He feels these are set ups, possibly, to throw Mark Meadows under the bus. Take everything these traitors do and say with a grain of salt.

Go check out the Cohen video.

[FakeNoose]

24. I believe they'll do anything to deflect Chump's guilt

... just as Michael Cohen says. I believe they'll sacrifice Mark Meadows if need be. But the thing is, Meadows IS guilty, just as they all are. They were all in on it.

This document that Bernie Kerik gave to the J6 committee is the blueprint for the coup, as it was laid out by Eastman in early December. Of course Kerik didn't have a hand in writing it, probably it was written by Rudy G. and the Kraken lady.

So why did Bernie Kerik's lawyer turn it over to the J6 committee? Hmmm, maybe this lawyer is secretly working for Chump. (?) I don't know. I think we should lock them all up together in the same prison cell and let them fight it out with Chump.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Why do you say that? Secretly working for trump?

I mean the document is incriminating right?

[FakeNoose]

29. Yes it sure looks like it (I'm not a lawyer)

I say that because if Chump can ever extricate himself from this mess, it will be by him saying the WH advisors didn't tell him what they were up to. Which is of course BS, but he has no defense otherwise. If Chump is going to deflect his own guilt, it will only be to dump on somebody else. Maybe Mark Meadows? Maybe on Rudy Giuliani? I don't know.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

53. Got ya. But does this doc show in any way that FG

Didn't know about anything? Re your comment that K's lawyer might be working with T's lawyer

[gratuitous]

23. Waiting on the media to figure something out

Why is it that only the results unfavorable to the former guy are the focus of the "election fraud" nut squad? And yet, for all their thud and blunder, the only cheaters that get uncovered are folks who illegally cast ballots for the former guy. Neither of these facts seems to penetrate the narrative.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Wonder what the strategy was to audit Texas?

Why would you want it out there that investigators found nothing?

Or tin foil hat time... Was Abbott supposed to manufacture something?

[h2ebits]

27. Just looked up Bernard Kerik on Wikipedia

His information is bone chilling, if all the information on Wikipedia is valid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik

[Orrex]

38. HCR is a titan. Whatever they're paying her, they should quadruple it.

I read every word of every update she posts. Consistently brilliant work.

[Stuart G]

54. ....I believe more to come.. She is not the only one.

[liberalla]

43. Woo hoo ! ! !

[OMGWTF]

44. Hoist, meet Petard.

[Grasswire2]

55. I wonder why the fuss here over her column? This news was "dropped" couple of days ago.

Picked up on twitter within 24 hours. Those of us who follow twitter closely saw the news about Kerik.

[Joinfortmill]

57. If it was already shared, I didn't realize it. I don't understand the implied criticism, though.

[pansypoo53219]

58. sedition. coup. chreating. say it! SAY IT!!!!!! CIVICS THE FUCK OUT OF THIS!!!