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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative July, 2021 news and views.
July 28
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Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, previously a combat veteran, tears up during House testimony on July 27, 2021 (Associated Press pool photo).
Washington Post, ‘You will die on your knees’: D.C. officer recalls being pinned- Washington Post, Opinion: The select committee is already exceeding all expectations, Jennifer Rubin
- Palmer Report, Opinion: January 6th Committee gets off to a roaring start, Shirley Kennedy
- Washington Post, Opinion: As Jan. 6 hearings begin, Republicans side with the terrorists, Dana Milbank
- New York Times, Politics Live Updates: Key Republicans Say They Are Ready to Advance Infrastructure Measure
Breaking News: U.S. InfrastructureVirus Victims, Responses
- Washington Post, New CDC mask guidance could upend economy, return-to-work plans
- Washington Post, House Republicans refuse to follow new mask mandate, leading Pelosi to call McCarthy a ‘moron’
- Washington Post, Mask mandates are coming back, including in Vegas. Tourists aren’t happy
- Washington Post, Biden plans to require federal workers to be vaccinated or undergo repeated tests
- Washington Post, CDC urges vaccinated people in areas of high transmission to resume wearing masks indoors
- New York Times, As Cases Rise, a New Feeling Spreads Among the Vaccinated: Anger
- Washington Post, Evangelical pastor tells churchgoers to ditch their masks: ‘Don’t believe this delta variant nonsense,’
Washington Post, 189.5 million U.S. vaccinated- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 627,351
U.S. Law, Crime
- Washington Post, Maryland man charged with threatening Anthony S. Fauci
- Washington Post, Daniel Hale, who leaked information on U.S. drone warfare, sentenced to 45 months in prison
More On Trump Capitol Riot, Insurrection
- Washington Post, ‘Some are still suffering’: Months after Capitol riot, police who fought the mob contend with physical, psychological pain
- New York Times, ‘A Hit Man Sent Them’: Capitol Officers Recount the Horrors of Jan. 6
New York Times, How a Respected N.Y.P.D. Officer Became the Accused Capitol Riot #EyeGouger- New York Times, U.S. Declines to Defend Trump Ally in Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Riot
- Roll Call, GOP ‘holds’ threaten quick action on supplemental spending bill
U.S. Media News
- New York Times, Trump Is Gone, but the Media’s Misinformation Challenge Is Still Here
- Justice Integrity Project, Whistleblower Summit This Week Highlights 50 Years of the Pentagon Papers and Investigative Journalism
U.S. Politics, Governance
- New York Times, Biden is traveling to Pennsylvania to promote U.S. manufacturing, but the Delta surge may draw the spotlight
- New York Times, L.G.B.T.Q. Elected Officials in U.S. Number Nearly 1,000, Rising Fast
- Politico, Investigation: "He’s a Great Guy’: Trump’s Favored Aide Has Troubled Past, Michael Kruse
- New York Times, Jake Ellzey Defeats Widow of Former Congressman in Race for Texas Seat
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump just lost, Bill Palmer
- Reuters, Jared Kushner to leave politics, launch investment firm: sources
- Washington Post, Arizona cleanup bill could exceed $9 million after partisan election audit
U.S. Law, Crime
World News
- Wayne Madsen Report, Commentary: Travel intelligence analysts finally see some action after a year of Zoom conferences, Wayne Madsen
The Guardian, Democrats call for possible action against NSO over Pegasus revelations- New York Times, Hong Kong Protester Is Convicted in First Trial Under Tough Security Law
2020 Olympics
Washington Post, U.S. women’s gymnastics takes silver with Simone Biles out. Russian Olympic Committee wins gold- Washington Post, The Tokyo Olympics schedule, day by day
Top Stories
From left, Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the U.S. Capitol Police, Officer Michael Fanone of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, Officer Daniel Hodges of the D.C. Metropolitan Police and Private First Class Harry Dunn of the U.S. Capitol Police are sworn in to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Washington Post, ‘You will die on your knees’: D.C. officer recalls being pinned, John Wagner, Kim Bellware, Karoun Demirjian, Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany and Mariana Alfaro, July 28, 2021 (print ed.). New video footage shows how D.C. police officer lost consciousness from insurrectionist’s violence; Rep. Murphy recalls being in proximity to officer pinned between rioters and Capitol door frame; ‘I guess it is America,’ Capitol Police officer says of racist abuse that Black officers faced.Four police officers are delivering emotional testimony Tuesday about the physical and verbal abuse they endured defending the Capitol on Jan. 6 from a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump, as a House select committee holds its first hearing on the insurrection.
In an opening statement, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), the panel’s chairman, pledged not to give ground to “the big lie” — Trump’s claim to have won the 2020 election — that he said propelled the attack. Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), one of two Republicans appointed to the panel by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said no member of Congress should “whitewash what happened that day.”
A heavily disguised man invades the U.S. Capitol as part of the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" protest carrying plastic "ties," which are normally used by law enforcers to bind the wrists of suspects but which are used also by terrorists to subdue hostage victims.
- Washington Post, Opinion: We have started investigating the attack on the Capitol. Nothing will be off-limits, Bennie G. Thompson, right, Bennie G. Thompson, a Democrat who represents Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House, is chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
- New York Times, Opinion: I’m on the Jan. 6 Committee. Here Are the Questions I Want Answered, Adam Kinzinger (Mr. Kinzinger, a Republican, is a United States representative from Illinois)
Washington Post, Opinion: The select committee is already exceeding all expectations, Jennifer Rubin, right, July 28, 2021. Rarely does a congressional hearing manage to avoid grandstanding, uncover 
new and compelling evidence and exceed expectations. The Jan. 6 select committee managed to do all three.Indeed, the surprises kept coming on Monday. The sincere and spontaneous emotional reactions from Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) and law enforcement officers stood as a rebuke to the cynicism of Republicans who continue to lie about the insurrection. It also rebuffed the media, which too often dabbles in bothsidesism, even to this day.
Kinzinger could barely get through his tribute to the officers’ bravery. “You guys won," he said tearfully. “You guys held. Democracies are not defined by our bad days. We are defined by how we come back from bad days.”
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has pulled no punches concerning the insurrection, was even more emphatic in skewering her own party. “On Jan. 6 and in the days thereafter, almost all members of my party recognized the events of that day for what they actually were," she said. She added, “No member of Congress should now attempt to defend the indefensible, obstruct this investigation or attempt to whitewash what happened that day.” It’s no wonder she gives Republican toadies the shakes, especially when she warns that failure to hold all those involved responsible would allow the cancer on our democracy to go unchecked. As she put it: “We must know what happened here at the Capitol. We must also know what happened every minute of that day in the White House. Every phone call. Every conversation. Every meeting leading up to, during, and after the attack.”
AdvertisementThe use of clear language — Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) spoke of “fascist traitors” while D.C. Police officer Daniel Hodges referred to “terrorists” — was a refreshing departure from mealy-mouth descriptions that obscure the violence and the ideology of the insurrectionists. It was critical to hear the granular description of that day, especially as it helps to expose the galling dishonesty and appalling bad of Republicans.
In particular, the thoughtfulness, constitutional sophistication and love of democracy that the four police officers displayed during their testimonies should serve as a model for the country:
Hodges explained “there is no moving on without accountability.”
Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn asked, “Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are being lauded as courageous heroes. And while I agree with that notion, why? Because they told the truth? Why is telling the truth hard?” He remarked that when a hit man goes to jail, so too should the person who hired him. That sentiment should resonate with the Justice Department as it considers investigating and indicting those who enabled the insurrection. Asked whether what he witnessed was America, he candidly replied, “I guess it is America. It shouldn’t be, but I guess that’s the way that things are."
D.C. Police officer Michael Fanone called the indifference shown ...
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