A Republican-led Congress spent five years conducting nine investigations into the 2012 events at Benghazi in Libya. The accusation was that the U.S. secretary of state failed to deliver troops to a remote consulate in time to prevent its invasion. Each investigation resulted in an acquittal and the call for another "investigation."

On Jan. 6, the American commander in chief failed to deliver troops in time to protect the seat of government, even though thousands of troops were stationed within 10 miles. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who retreated to a secure space because he did not dare expose himself to the rioters who built makeshift gallows with a noose, says he does not believe this warrants an investigation.

A new PRRI-IFYC study finds that 15% of Americans agree with the QAnon statement that the U.S. government, media and financial worlds "are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation."

And 20% agree with this statement: "There is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders."

First Read: "It's hard to call something fringe when approximately one-in-five Americans believe these statements, especially one that true patriots `may have to resort to violence' to save the country."

What I did in the 80s

Allow the l/6 Investigation and keep their insurrection in the limelight, even though the Commission structure permitted them to sabotage the investigation. Or kill it off now, and hope it lands  down the memory hole. Easy call. What insurrection?

But, following the Former Guy's directive may, as is so often the case, turn out badly for them. The structure of the 1/6 Commission did not hold out much hope for the kind of investigation needed. They, in their miscalculation, did not pick that low hanging fruit.

He did not always win, however. He failed to keep Patty Hearst, the kidnapped publishing heiress, out of prison for her role in a bank robbery. He lost his insanity defense of the confessed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, and could not save himself from contempt of court citations, humiliating handcuffs and disbarment in 2001 for misappropriating millions.

Mr. Bailey gained national attention in 1966, when he succeeded in reversing the murder conviction of Dr. Sam Sheppard, the Ohio osteopath whose case inspired the television series and movie "The Fugitive." Dr. Sheppard had been convicted in 1954 of bludgeoning his wife but steadfastly claimed that he had been knocked out in a struggle with the killer after he returned home to discover the body.

In 1995, Mr. Bailey was part of the "dream team" of lawyers -- Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Alan M. Dershowitz, Barry Scheck and Robert L. Shapiro -- who defended the former football star O.J. Simpson against charges that he killed his former wife, Nicole, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman in a ferocious knife attack. The prosecution case seemed overwhelming, but Mr. Bailey's cross-examination of Detective Mark Fuhrman was widely considered a key to acquittal.

And much more...

"The mother of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is asking to meet with GOP senators Thursday, ahead of an expected vote on the January 6 commission that so far is short of the 10 Republican votes needed to pass," CNN reports.

Said Gladys Sicknick: "Not having a January 6 Commission to look into exactly what occurred is a slap in the faces of all the officers who did their jobs that day."

A California district attorney said in a court filing Friday that she won't seek a new death sentence against Scott Peterson, convicted in 2005 of murdering his pregnant wife.

The Stanislaus County district attorney's office said it would drop efforts to restore the penalty thrown out last year by the state Supreme Court. The DA said the decision was made in consultation with Laci Peterson's family.

It's not clear if prosecutors could again seek the death penalty if there is a new trial and he was again convicted, said defense attorney Pat Harris, who is handling the death sentence portion of the case.

"The longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, Benjamin Netanyahu, faced the most potent threat yet to his grip on power Sunday after an ultranationalist power-broker, Naftali Bennett, said his party would work with opposition leaders to build an alternative government to force Mr. Netanyahu from office," the New York Times reports.

"If the maneuvering leads to a formal coalition agreement, it would be an uneasy alliance between eight relatively small parties with a diffuse range of ideologies. The prime minister's post would rotate between two unlikely partners: Mr. Bennett, a former settler leader who rejects the concept of a sovereign Palestinian state and champions the religious right -- and Yair Lapid, a former television host who is considered a voice of secular centrists."

The Washington Post reports Netanyahu called the plan "the fraud of the century."

"The ongoing Flint water case against former Gov. Rick Snyder (R) is relying on an investigative tactic so rarely used that some legal experts aren't familiar with it," the Detroit Free Press reports.

"Known as a one-person grand jury, the process is cloaked in secrecy."

"It involves the appointment of a single judge to review evidence out of public view and decide whether charges should be brought. In contrast to the way most criminal charges are brought, using a one-person grand jury alters how evidence is turned over to defense attorneys and delays their ability to cross-examine witnesses."

"He can simply be reinstated," Powell said of Trump during the conference. The crowd cheered loudly in response to her groundless claims.

"And Biden is told to move out of the White House," the lawyer continued with a smirk on her face. "And President Trump should be moved back in. I'm sure there's not going to be credit for time lost, unfortunately. Because the Constitution itself sets the date for inauguration. But he should definitely get the remainder of his term and make the best of it. That's for sure," Powell insisted.

Powell is facing a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems over her false claims about the company's alleged involvement in a plot to rig the election for Biden. In response to the lawsuit, Powell's attorneys said in a March court filing related to the defamation lawsuit "that reasonable people would not accept" Powell's statements about the 2020 election "as fact."

Pelosi Rules Out Biden Creating January 6 Commission

June 1, 2021 at 5:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 23 Comments

Speaker Nancy Pelosi "is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, telling House Democrats on Tuesday that having President Joe Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week," the Associated Press reports.

"Pelosi laid out possible next steps after Friday's Senate vote... The first option is to give the Senate another chance to vote on the commission."

"The other options involve the House investigating the attack, meaning the probes would be inherently partisan."

Her comments do not come in a vacuum either. A number of Trump toadies have made similar comments before and during the QAnon conference that was held in Dallas, Texas over the weekend.

The final episode of Mare of Easttown limited series drew four million viewers over the holiday weekend across HBO and HBO Max, with nearly three million viewers Sunday night (all platforms), marking a series high for both linear and digital, according to HBO. The finale also set the record as the most watched episode of an Original Series on HBO Max during its first 24 hours of availability, besting the finales of recent hits The Undoing and The Flight Attendant over the same period of time.

Mare of Easttown also joins The Undoing as the only series in HBO's history to see consecutive growth week-to-week. Viewership still is expected to grow further via additional telecasts and digital viewing.

we got our first head shop.  Right on Main Street

And it's pretty deluxe. It pains me a little that the whole operation has been such big money capitalist story from beginning to end and not much like the utopia I imagined wide spread pot usage to bring.

In fact the same person owns the head shop who owns the dispensary.  Good vibes: Hardy mother and daughter operate marijuana shops