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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in December, 2021Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Dec. 6
Top Headlines
- Politico, 'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6, Betsy Woodruff Swan and Meridith McGraw
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Michael Flynn is “engaging” with the January 6th Committee amid new accusations against his brother, Bill Palmer
Washington Post, Investigation: Sidney Powell nonprofit raised $14 million spreading falsehoods, Emma Brown, Rosalind S. Helderman, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Josh Dawsey
Washington Post, Seven days: Following Trump’s coronavirus trail- Washington Post, Experts question what could have prevented Michigan school shooting
- Washington Post, GOP congressman’s gun-toting family Christmas photo sparks outrage days after school shooting
- New York Times, Vaccine Demand in the U.S. Rises as Omicron Fears Grow
- New York Times, Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight
New York Times, Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Senate Stalwart, Dies at 98- Washington Post, No U.S. official will attend Beijing Winter Olympics, White House says
U.S. Law, Courts, Crime, Race
- Washington Post, Justice Dept. sues Texas over new voting maps, saying they discriminate against Latinos
- Washington Post, Broad overhaul of military justice system being sidelined in favor of narrower focus on sexual assault
- New York Times, Opinion: The Ghosts of Mississippi, Charles M. Blow
- Washington Post, Black man deserves new trial after jury used room decked with Confederate tributes, Tenn. court says
- New York Times, Editorial: Who Will Hold Prosecutors Accountable?
- New York Times, Partners or Partners in Crime? Maxwell-Epstein Bond Is Key to Her Trial
- Vicky Ward Investigates, Investigative Commentary: Week Two of Maxwell Trial
- Associated Press via Washington Post, Bitcoin trial: Defendant wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin
Virus Victims, Responses
- New York Times, Spike in Omicron Variant Cases Puts Europe on Edge
- New York Times, Analysis: The Pandemic Largely Prompted the Supply Chain Crisis
- Washington Post, Cruise ship with at least 17 cases of coronavirus docks in New Orleans
Washington Post, As covid persists, nurses leave staff jobs, triple their salaries as travelers- Washington Post, Live Updates: Omicron detected in 17 U.S. states and more cases likely, CDC says
- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 808,763
- Washington Post, 199.3 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated
Trump, Attacks On U.S. Democracy, Elections, Capitol
- Washington Post, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO
- Washington Post, Trump SPAC under investigation by financial regulators
- Washington Post, Book Review: David Cay Johnston’s colorful, thorough book doesn’t grapple with the legacy of Jan. 6, James Kwak
- New York Times, Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law
U.S. Politics, Governance- Washington Post, Senate revs up work on $2 trillion spending proposal, aiming to complete vote on Biden-backed bill before Christmas
- New York Times, What Does the U.S. Owe Separated Families? A Political Quandary Deepens
- New York Times, ‘Just Total Chaos’: Floods Bring Death and Devastation to Dairies
- Washington Post, Opinion: Say it loud, Democrats: Economic issues are ‘values’ issues, too, E.J. Dionne Jr.
- Washington Post, Rep. Ilhan Omar says Pelosi will take ‘decisive action’ on Boebert’s anti-Muslim rhetoric this week
- Washington Post, Flags to be flown at half-staff for Dole as Biden remembers ‘statesman’ and friend
- Washington Post, Bob Dole wanted to be a doctor. One of WWII’s last battles changed everything for him
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: WMR, We interrupt the eulogies for Bob Dole for some important facts, Wayne Madsen
World News, Human Rights
- Washington Post, Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ includes countries that hardly seem to qualify
- New York Times, Guest Essay: Why Peng Shuai Has China’s Leaders Spooked, Leta Hong Fincher
- New York Times, Investigation: On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes, Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad
Washington Post, Myanmar sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison- New York Times, Investigation: On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes, Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad
Media News
Washington Post, Fred Hiatt, Washington Post editorial page editor, dies at 66
Top Stories
Politico, 'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6, Betsy Woodruff Swan and Meridith McGraw, Dec. 6, 2021. In a 36-page memo to the Capitol riot committee, Col. Earl Matthews also slams the Pentagon's inspector general, Sean O'Donnell [also the Trump-appointed Inspector General for the Environmental Protection Agency], for what he calls an error-ridden report about the riot, shown above.
A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military's response to the Capitol riot.
In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews, right,who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon's inspector general for what he calls an error-riddled report that protects a top Army official who argued against sending the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6, delaying the insurrection response for hours.Matthews' memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and obtained by POLITICO, includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day. Matthews has never publicly discussed the chaos of the Capitol siege.
On Jan. 6, Matthews was serving as the top attorney to Maj. Gen. William Walker, right, then commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. Matthews’ memo defends the Capitol attack response by Walker, who now serves as the House sergeant at arms, amplifying Walker's previous congressional testimony about the hourslong delay in the military’s order for the D.C. National Guard to deploy to the riot scene.“Every leader in the D.C. Guard wanted to respond and knew they could respond to the riot at the seat of government” before they were given clearance to do so on Jan. 6, Matthews’ memo reads. Instead, he said, D.C. guard officials “set [sic] stunned watching in the Armory” during the first hours of the attack on Congress during its certification of the 2020 election results.
Matthews' memo levels major accusations: that Flynn, left, and Piatt lied to Congress about their response to pleas for the D.C. Guard to quickly be deployed on Jan. 6; that the Pentagon inspector general’s November report on Army leadership’s response to the attack was “replete with factual inaccuracies”; and that the Army has created its own closely held revisionist document about the Capitol riot that’s “worthy of the best Stalinist or North Korea propagandist.”The memo follows Walker’s own public call for the inspector general to retract its detailed report on the events of Jan. 6, as first reported by The Washington Post. Walker told the Post he objected to specific allegations by the Pentagon watchdog that Matthews’ memo also criticizes, calling the inspector general’s report “inaccurate” and “sloppy work.”
Reached for comment on Matthews’ memo, Walker, the former head of the D.C. Guard, said the report speaks for itself and that he had nothing further to add. A Jan. 6 committee spokesperson declined to comment.
The new memo from Matthews, who now serves in the Army reserves, emerges as officials involved in the response that day try to explain their decision-making to investigators. The House select committee has probed the attack for months, and earlier this year top officials testified before the House oversight panel.
Reached for comment, Matthews said the memo he wrote is entirely accurate. “Our Army has never failed us and did not do so on January 6, 2021,” he said. “However, occasionally some of our Army leaders have failed us and they did so on January 6th. Then they lied about it and tried to cover it up.
They tried to smear a good man and to erase history.”Flynn, now the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, and Piatt didn't respond to messages. Army spokesperson Mike Brady said in a statement that the service's "actions on January 6th have been well-documented and reported on, and Gen. Flynn and Lt. Gen. Piatt have been open, honest and thorough in their sworn testimony with Congress and DOD investigators."
“As the Inspector General concluded, actions taken ‘were appropriate, supported by requirements, consistent with the DOD’s roles and responsibilities for DSCA, and compliant with laws, regulations, and other applicable guidance," Brady added. “We stand by all testimony and facts provided to date, and vigorously reject any allegations to the contrary. However, with the January 6th Commission’s investigation still ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further.”
Matthews’ memo begins by focusing on a 2:30 p.m. conference call on Jan. 6 that included senior military and law ...
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