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2021: The Institutions Hold


 

 

‘It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection’ As

I feared last week, we have come to learn that this insurrection at the Capitol on July 6 was far more dangerous than we at first thought, including to lawmakers of both parties. Some of our leaders, including Vice President Mike Pence — targeted for hanging by scores of those in the crowd — escaped the chamber with but a minute, perhaps two, to spare.

I have concluded, as I expect many of you have, that this did not happen “in the moment.” It was planned for some weeks. The aim was indeed to attack our democracy. This was not a mere “protest” or “civil disobedience” that got out of hand. Kind of happenstance like, you see. The insurrection was intended to be like this. Many of the insurrectionists brought firearms. Indeed, it’s possible it was intended to be much worse. But, our brave police officers held the line, lured the insurrectionists away from open doors, and did everything they could to keep the Congress and Senate safe. Several police officers, in fact, have said afterward that if a firefight had started, there was a strong chance the police would have lost the gun battle.

Below, Officer Daniel Hodges with the DC Metropolitan Police, being crushed in a doorway. And right, the suspect police are seeking.

Below, Officer Daniel Hodges with the DC Metropolitan Police, being crushed in a doorway. And right, the suspect police are seeking.

Consequently, they avoided firing. One story I’m especially struck with is that Officer Daniel Hodges with the DC Metropolitan Police. He’s the young-looking cop who was nearly crushed, I mean nearly crushed to death, in a doorway by the marauders. He recounted in a video interview, “We were just fighting with everything we had to push them back. I got pinned to the doorway. They ripped my mask off. Stole my equipment, beat me up. Sprayed me with everything. Thankfully I was able to get out before any permanent damage was done.”

And this: “If it wasn’t my job, I would have done that for free. It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection, and I’m glad I was in a position to be able to help. We’ll do it as many times as it takes.” It should say something, shouldn’t it, that he thinks we might have to do this again?

 

 

I’m tearing up just writing of his account. It gives me hope for the future of the nation. Not a huge amount of hope, given the issues we face, but enough for today.

What I’m listening to, podcasts: Motive, Season 3, from WBEZ in Chicago. It examines the last big recruiting drive in this nation for white supremacists. This season came out in the fall of last year. There’s a striking amount of material that applies to right now. And there are some images that are timeless, like a belief that the world is run by ZOG (the Zionist Occupational Government, aided by a host of elites), and that is the reason good white people aren’t wealthier and happier. It’s well done.

And, Bed of Lies. From the Telegraph, in Great Britain. What happens if the government decides it really, really wants to surveil the lefty fringe — the animal rights groups, the environmental groups, the anti-nuke folks and so on? What if the government sends cops to fall in love with leftist, activist women? Yes, undercover. Which they do, and the relationships last years. What transpires? What happens when the women start piecing it together, and why their boyfriends ultimately disappeared, all within days of one another? Really welltold. A great story. What we’re watching: Borgen, a Danish political drama. Subtitles. Three seasons so far, on Netflix. It allows us a window into the machinations of another country’s sometimes messy politics, and so is a good diversion from the dumpster fire our politics seem to have become.

Until next week.

Douglas Cunningham is editor of the Putnam County Courier and the Putnam County News and Recorder, in Cold Spring. Reach him at 845-265-2468 (usually in the office at least part of Saturday and Sunday) or by email at editor@pcnr.com.

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