Morning Briefing: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Will Advise on Capitol Riot Pardons on 'Case-By-Case Basis'
Pam Bondi said she would advise president-elect Donald Trump on the potential pardons of Capitol Riot defendants and “look at each case and advise on a case-by-case basis."

Morning Briefing: During the confirmation hearing of president-elect Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi said she would advise Trump on the potential pardons of Capitol Riot defendants and “look at each case and advise on a case-by-case basis."
When asked if she was familiar with Trump’s characterization of Capitol Riot defendants as “hostages” and "patriots,” Bondi claimed that she was “not familiar” with his statements.
During the confirmation hearing of Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth claimed the problem of extremism in the military is "fake," however, “researchers warn there's a growing trend of military-linked terrorism.”
The Portland Police Bureau review board reportedly recommended that Sgt. Jeffrey McDaniel fired “after lying to investigators about placing a right-wing meme in a training presentation,” and the Chief Bob Day and then-Mayor Ted Wheeler declined to follow the recommendation.
In Jefferson City, Missouri, city officials reportedly removed posters and propaganda produced by Patriot Front, a neo-fascist White Nationalist group. The posters and propaganda were placed in “Jefferson City’s downtown area,” and local law enforcement is “currently continuing its investigation into the incident.”
U.S. security and intelligence agencies have reportedly issued warnings that Trump’s inauguration could be “an attractive potential target for violent extremists even as they say there are no specific credible threats.”
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Michael Hirsh writes that “according to nearly a dozen retired officers and current military lawyers, as well as scholars who teach at West Point and Annapolis, an intense if quiet debate is underway inside the U.S. military community about what orders it would be obliged to obey if President-elect Donald Trump decides to follow through on his previous warnings that he might deploy troops against what he deems domestic threats, including political enemies, dissenters and immigrants… One fear is that domestic deployment of active-duty troops could lead to bloodshed given that the regular military is mainly trained to shoot at and kill foreign enemies. The only way to prevent that is establishing clear “rules of engagement” for domestic deployments that outline how much force troops can use — especially considering constitutional restraints protecting U.S. citizens and residents — against what kinds of people in what kinds of situations. And establishing those new rules would require a lot more training, in the view of many in the military community.” [Politico Magazine]
Jordan Green writes that “the State Department has applied the ‘specially designated global terrorist’ designation to the Terrorgram Collective in a groundbreaking move that for the first time sanctions a transnational white supremacist terrorist group with a significant presence in the United States… The announcement about the State Department sanction against Terrorgram is already causing ripples of unease across Telegram. Reacting to the announcement on Monday, a neo-Nazi channel that advertises itself as a source of ‘tradecraft to evade authorities online,’ posted: ‘We all know we are operating on borrowed time here on Telegram. It is unfortunate, as it is a hell of an app.’ The post went on to say that users should not trust Pavel Durov, the Russian founder and CEO of Telegram, to protect their data.” [Raw Story]
Robert Downen writes that Abraham George, chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, said during small rally with clergy and GOP lawmakers that “there is no separation between church and state,” and “George’s comments — delivered some-50 yards from another rally that focused on interfaith unity — are the latest sign of the Texas GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith by claiming church-state separation is a myth or that America’s founding was God-ordained, and its laws should thus favor conservative Christianity… The party’s embrace of those separate-but-overlapping ideologies has come as it has increasingly aligned with far-right megadonors Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, two West Texas oil billionaires who have sought to cleanse the Texas GOP of moderate voices and push their hardline religious views. At the same time, some Republican lawmakers have adopted an increasingly existential view of politics that paints opponents — unwitting or not — as part of a concerted effort to destroy Christianity, including by normalizing LGBTQ+ acceptance or undermining ‘traditional’ family structures.” [Texas Tribune]
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January 6th was a setup. A coup by the feds against the American public and our Republic. Pardon every single one of them, pay millions in restitution to each, and throw the FBI in prison in their place.
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