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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 11:48 PM Jun 2022

He helped decode texts from January 6th. What he found scared him - CNN



Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman who helped the January 6 committee link text messages sent to and from Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, tells CNN's Anderson Cooper what scared him about what he uncovered about the January 6 insurrection.
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He helped decode texts from January 6th. What he found scared him - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2022 OP
Deep-State indeed. czarjak Jun 2022 #1
His explanation of the complexities should sate some appetites pfitz59 Jun 2022 #2
EVERYBODY NEED'S TO WATCH J-6 PUBLIC HEARING'S ! towerbum Jun 2022 #3
Yup. Get all the T.V.s in the airport lobbies and elsewhere showing all of this. erronis Jun 2022 #13
Denver Riggleman dweller Jun 2022 #4
+1 ancianita Jun 2022 #6
HOLY SHIT! x 1,000,000! dchill Jun 2022 #5
me think's there's stuff that whole bunch nowbody know's ? towerbum Jun 2022 #14
The public hearings should be riveting and must watch. brer cat Jun 2022 #7
Here's hoping that the majority of Americans tune in, even if it's just out of curiosity Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #18
Lock them up malaise Jun 2022 #8
He had to walk away from his computer and LittleGirl Jun 2022 #9
I felt like I had never had a real history class until I read that book. 2Gingersnaps Jun 2022 #10
Same. hippywife Jun 2022 #12
J6 hearings will be compelling Wild blueberry Jun 2022 #11
I'm putting j-6 on dvd for future reference! towerbum Jun 2022 #15
The entire country needs to watch, but we sure know that we will be! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #17
I hope that all this is revealed in the public hearings! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #16

pfitz59

(10,381 posts)
2. His explanation of the complexities should sate some appetites
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:06 AM
Jun 2022

patience. the main course is about to begin.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
13. Yup. Get all the T.V.s in the airport lobbies and elsewhere showing all of this.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 05:02 PM
Jun 2022

Anyone remember the universal T.V. remote that could change any screen (NoMoTV?)

dweller

(23,641 posts)
4. Denver Riggleman
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:43 AM
Jun 2022

On December 11, 2020, Riggleman gave a farewell address on the floor of the House. He said his experience as an Air Force intelligence officer taught him "... the invaluable lesson of considering the source" when examining disinformation. He stated that "a well-instructed" and knowledgeable people are the pillars of a functional republic, and that "Those pillars are now being assaulted by disinformation and outlandish theories surrounding this presidential election." Riggleman added "As we transition to a new administration I implore all to consider the sources of information you receive, to fact check diligently", he pled, asking his fellow Americans "to recognize that many bad actors who spread spurious and fantastical conspiracy theories under banners like QAnon, Kraken, 'Stop the Steal, 'Scamdemic' and many other emotive terms and coded language are not disseminating information rooted in knowledge but with questionable motives and greed. They are rooted in misunderstanding, or fraud or in some cases, ignorance." He told "all those on the end of the disinformation fire hose" that "unbiased, fact-based information sustains our republic," adding that "disinformation hinders our free exchange of ideas and creates super spreader digital viruses that create a fever of nonsense." He asked his audience to remember that "people are more important than party" and that "pandering is a political sickness."[23]

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On August 6, 2021, Riggleman was appointed to serve as a senior staffer to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol .[24]

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Rhiannon12866

(205,535 posts)
18. Here's hoping that the majority of Americans tune in, even if it's just out of curiosity
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 02:52 AM
Jun 2022

Jamie Raskin has said that the information presented will be "explosive!"

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)
9. He had to walk away from his computer and
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 11:47 AM
Jun 2022

I felt that way when I read Howard Zinn’s book, The Peoples History of the US because I didn’t learn any of that book in my history classes. I cried, and I was furious of the awful history of our so called “United” States.

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
10. I felt like I had never had a real history class until I read that book.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:10 PM
Jun 2022

Also, "Lies My Teacher Told Me," and "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee."

It helped me to understand the power and the usefulness of willful ignorance.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
12. Same.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jun 2022

That's one of my favorite books of all time. The only other one that affected me that way was Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas Blackmon. I don't know how many times I just got so mad at what we weren't taught.

Wild blueberry

(6,636 posts)
11. J6 hearings will be compelling
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 02:08 PM
Jun 2022

and I hope they lead to convictions.
Will be watching every minute of them.
Thank you.

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