You’ll probably recall the videos showing a Metropolitan Police officer being dragged down the steps on the west side of the building and beaten by Trump insurrectionists.  These self-described “patriots” beat this officer with poles of their flags and his own baton.  They stole is ammunition, his radio, and other equipment.  They tased him several times. When they started screaming, “Kill him with his own gun!”, he cried out that he had kids at home.  A few rioters who had not completely lost their souls stepped in and saved his life. He was rescued and sent to the hospital.

The officer’s name is Michael Fanone; he is an undercover narcotics detective who rushed with his partner to the Capitol when he heard about the attack.  For his efforts, he was almost killed by Trump insurrectionists.  He was interviewed today by CNN, and the reporter asked him what he wanted to say to the rioters who saved him from being killed.  His response?

“Thank you, but fuck you for being there.”

El Jefe unilaterally declares this to be the Quote of the Week.

This right here is the best news I’ve heard in a long time.  Speaker Pelosi has appointed Retired General Russell Honore to review Capitol security.

General Honore is my favorite grumpy ole bastard who gets stuff done.   Do not cross him or the country he loves.

I was kinda hoping they’d appoint him to handle logistics for getting out the vaccine, but he can probably do that in his spare time.

I just heard about this today so I want to pass it along to other Texans.

Pistol Pete Sessions found his butt in a situation where he needed to delete a tweet.

Three days before the insurgency, Sessions tweeted …

“Had a great meeting today with folks from ‘Stop the Steal’ at our nation’s Capitol. I encouraged them to keep fighting and assured them I look forward to doing MY duty on January 6th,” the Jan. 3 tweet said. Sessions also used the hashtags #StopTheSteal and #legalvotescount.

I wonder if they got a tour.

The afternoon of the riot, Sessions deleted that tweet and replaced it with …

“Today, there was an illegal and unprecedented charge on the U.S. Capitol. It should not have occurred and should not be tolerated,” he tweeted.

Cute, huh?

And the Houston Chronicle blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is still butt licking for a triple pardon from Trump for indicted crimes pending 5 years and crimes yet indicted.

The Jan. 6 morning President Donald Trump urged his supporters to head to the Capitol, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of the president’s de facto lawyers, spoke at a rally in support of Trump and added his kindling to the bonfire: “What we have in President Trump is a fighter. And I think that’s why we’re all here,” Paxton said to attendees that morning. “We will not quit fighting. We’re Texans, we’re Americans, and the fight will go on.” Four hours later the Capitol was breached.

Paxton is already screaming about his First Amendment Rights and Freedom!  Look, this is not difficult: you have the right to say anything you want to but you also have to suffer the consequences of what you say.  If you holler fire in a crowded theater, you’re going to prison.  With the right of free speech comes the responsibility of free speech. You’d think the Attorney General would be somewhat aware of that.

One more thing while I am on a roll.  The right to free speech does not extend to private property.  You do not have the right of free speech in Costco.  Or, for that matter, in my front yard where an unfortunate man happened to think he had the right to stand in my yard hollering Barack Obama’s name with the N word attached to it.  I informed him that  he could either leave my yard or see if he could outrun buckshot aimed at his butt until he did. He can stand in the street and say that, but I’ll be damned if he could stand in my begonias and say it.

Okay, so I wake up late this morning after the disturbing news last night that the historic courthouse in my hometown – a block from my home – is being closed to the public today through new Wednesday. They didn’t given any reason for the closing but I suspect it has something to do with the domestic terrorists who might get some ideas about courthouses next, which meant I did not sleep well last night.

And then this morning —

Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”

The bullhorns and face paint guy told the FBI that he hoped to return to the capitol for inauguration to, you know, register his displeasure.  His lawyer broadly hinted for a Presidential pardon.

Nuttier than squirrel poop.

And a guy from Texas, retired Air Force Reserve who was turned in to the FBI by his ex-wife, was carrying around restraints that were intended to be used on elected officials.  Get this —

A magistrate judge on Thursday released Brock to home confinement with electronic monitoring and limits on interacting with others involved in the riot and barred him from possessing guns or accessing social media.

I just sent my magistrate judge a note that said, “You do this and you’re gonna have an ex-wife, too.”

When I think how close they came to actually pulling this off, I cringe knowing this is the same DOJ, Homeland Security and FBI guarding the Capitol until noon on inauguration day.

Holy damn crap, y’all.

Written by Nick Carraway