I didn't think I would need a drink watching today's hearing. I was wrong.

[highplainsdem]

I don't drink a lot -- I just had a beer (beer is usually all I have at home, and a six-pack will sometimes last me weeks).

But about halfway through today's hearing, confronted with all the new evidence of how close we came to a much greater disaster on January 6th of last year, I started getting the muscle spasms in my back (from an old injury) that always tell me something is really more stressful than I can handle well.

The tweets about the hearing that I was skimming didn't help, either.

It was important to watch, so I kept watching, and kept skimming Twitter.

One thing made absolutely clear in today's hearing was that Trump KNEW he was breaking the law.

He wasn't ignorant. He wasn't stupid. He deliberately broke the law.

Not for the first time, of course. It's long been obvious that Trump thinks laws as well as non-legal standards of behavior are for oher people. Not for Trumps in general, or for him in particular.

But that doesn't matter. He knowingly broke the law. He knowingly led an an armed insurrection.

And there is more than enough evidence now for him to be indicted, convicted, and sent to prison for the rest of his life.

[walkingman]

1. Just fixed me a drink - salute!!

[highplainsdem]

25. ...

[zuul]

2. I'm drinking too. What a fucking mess!

[highplainsdem]

26. Everything TFG ever gets involved in turns into

a fucking mess.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

3. Really? I had a drink fixed and pizza delivered!

I have it recorded so I can watch at my own pace. I like to jump back and forth to this site to see others’ reactions.

[highplainsdem]

27. I guess that's the DU version of "Be Prepared."

[H2O Man]

4. Recommended.

I don't drink, but I shall take a few hits off a joint.

[Beetwasher.]

8. Nice, Make Sure You Have Enough for the Whole Class!

[Totally Tunsie]

31. OMG, does that phrase bring back memories!

Thanks for the chuckle!

[sop]

20. I lit up half way through the hearing.

[H2O Man]

24. If my memory

serves me correctly, I did five minutes before the hearing started, and again half-way through. But my short-term memory isn't what it was when I was young.

[highplainsdem]

28. That sounds good, too!

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. I'm stoned. It's still awful. nt

[highplainsdem]

29. Hugs, leftyladyfrommo.

[WheelWalker]

6. Had a sobering effect, as well.

[highplainsdem]

30. True.

[yowzayowzayowza]

7. Fuck prison. People died.

Firing squad and bury the treasonous garbage next to Osama bin Laden.

[triron]

9. Execution for sure.

...

[Walleye]

10. The clips of the bad guys organizing the insurrection online raised my blood pressure

I stretched my budget to pick up a bottle of sativa tincture this morning and I’m glad I did

[cloudboy07]

11. Had a bunch of people over & watched & beer

[Mme. Defarge]

12. OY!!!

Why didn’t I think of that?!

Adding Bloody Mary mix to my grocery list if it’s a daytime hearing next week.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. It's chilling stuff. We came close to losing it all. Anytime DOJ. Haul him out in his jammies. He's

convinced nothing will ever happen. If that is true, we are toast.

[Riverman100]

14. oh

please, oh please, oh please your words to God's ears

[OMGWTF]

15. If we don't put people in prison for this insurrection, J6 will have been a dress rehearsal.

Make an example of them so this doesn't happen again. The French government remembers the French Revolution.

[Novara]

16. Today was really hard to watch.

I haven't had a drink since July 23, 2008 but today was really hard to watch. This was the hearing that angered me the most.

[Joinfortmill]

17. 👍

[secondwind]

18. Liz Cheney is AMAZING..

[housecat]

21. Maybe we should keep her

[chowmama]

19. Knitting a new pair of socks

It keeps my hands busy, so I don't drink too much. On the other hand, a cold beer on the side is also welcome. Just one, or I start dropping stitches.

[Upthevibe]

22. highplainsdem........

That's what Michael Steele said (on MSNBC) either during one of the breaks or when it was over.

I'm a recovering alcoholic so no drinks for me but I do have an anxiety disorder so thank God I have my Xanax.

This is terrifying and there MUST be consequences!!!

[Maeve]

23. Saving mine for the recap show tonight

Couldn't listen to it all this afternoon, but look forward to a nice sip with Rachel and friends.

[Wild blueberry]

32. Could not sleep last night

Yesterday's hearing grimmer than I realized at the time; it's sinking in how close we came (and still could). The former oathkeeper who said we were lucky, the bloodshed could have been far, far worse.
Well, it's morning now, dusted myself off and will continue to work for good results November 8. Sure would be swell to get rid of Ron (what were you doing in Moscow July 4, 2018?) Johnson and Traitor Tom Tiffany.