Because Fox News won’t let you see the original interview Tucker Carlson had with Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Carlson conducted a second interview with Sund and broadcast it on X (formerly Twitter). Here you will hear here will disturb you. At least it should if you are a thinking person. If the actions of authorities doesn’t make sense to you, this is because you’re refusing to apply the most—really only—plausible explanation for what happened on January 6, namely that is was a set up. The authorities expected trouble and welcomed it. Judging by the many videos I have examined, it looks to me like they instigated it. January 6 was a key piece of the color revolution the deep state ran to remove Trump from office.
Watch the entire interview, of course. But pay close attention to the dialogue from 50:37 mark. You will be shocked to learn that the June 2020 riots in DC, where more officers were injured than were on January 6, somebody prevented the DC Police Department from assisting the Secret Service when the White House was under attack from Antifa and BLM. Antifa/BLM brutally assaulted Secret Service and other law enforcement officers. Antifa/BLM set St. John’s church on fire. Antifa/BLM tried to set the Hay-Adams Hotel on fire—which was occupied. All charges were dropped against Antifa and BLM. Meanwhile, January 6 protesters are still languishing in federal jail, while others have been sentenced to years in federal prison.
I have written quite a lot about January 6 and its implications and purpose. But if you want depth analysis of January 6th and more broadly the color revolution of which it was a piece, please visit Darren Beattie’s Revolver. I will leave you to search the site for what Beattie calls the “fedsurrection.”
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You will also find on Revolver stories about Craig Deleeuw Robertson, a woodworker and Mormon, was killed on Wednesday morning, 6:15 am local time, in a hail of bullets at his home in Provo, Utah. Robertson was a disabled obese 75-year-old man (with a blind son) known to the FBI for years by his inflammatory posts, which for some reason Facebook allowed to remain posted and publicly available, which is strange if, like me, one has experienced the intensity of Facebook moderation. After the agents shot him, they dragged Robertson out to the sidewalk in front of his home where he was left to bleed out in front of his neighbors and their children.
Arguably, Robertson’s postings did rise to the threshold of true threats. But Robertson’s threats against prominent Biden and Democrats exist alongside similar threats against Trump and prominent Republicans. The FBI uses such threats selectively to make examples of individuals expressing disfavored political sentiments. It is understandable if one suspect that the agency is sending a signal to populists and nationalists. This is the case in the political persecution of Donald Trump and his supporters. Democrats are allowed to fight like hell for the causes to believe in. Populists are insurrectionists for fighting for their beliefs and causes.
I am not comparing Trump’s comments on January 6, 2021 to those Robertson made on Facebook. Robertson’s threats on Facebook are highly disturbing. I am noting the selective action of the administrative state and the obvious political-ideological basis behind who is selected for FBI raids and federal prosecutions. As I am sure I don’t have to tell readers, Trump has been indicted for his actions on January 6, actions I have shown on Freedom and Reason to be protected by the First Amendment. See “He Summoned a Mob to Washington.” The Selective Application of the First Amendment (see also “A New Kind of American Radicalism”: The Campaign to Portray Ordinary America as Deviant and Dangerous).
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I did not report on this back in September of 2022 when it occurred, but I want to recount the story of Mark Houck, which illustrates the highly biased character of FBI action. During a pre-dawn operation in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, a group of approximately twenty FBI agents arrested Mark Houck at his residence. Houck resides with his spouse and their seven children. Houck had no criminal record. The arrest of Houck by FBI agents was executed based on a federal indictment. Houck is a pro-life advocate and holds the position of president at The King’s Men, an organization affiliated with the Catholic faith. The indictment was for an alleged breach of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, more commonly known as the FACE Act.
The FACE Act (18 U.S.C. § 248) prohibits acts such as physically obstructing, intimidating, injuring, or interfering with individuals seeking or providing reproductive health services. Congress has made it clear that the FACE Act does not infringe upon “expressive conduct” safeguarded by the First Amendment, which includes peaceful demonstrations outside such facilities. Houck frequently traveled two hours from his home to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia to partake in prayer and protest outside the establishment, often in the company of his twelve-year-old son. The indictment by federal authorities asserts that almost a year prior, on October 21, 2021, Houck engaged in a “verbal confrontation” with and “shoving” an escort assisting an abortion patient, ultimately causing the escort to fall. The indictment accuses Houck of “intentionally injuring, intimidating, and interfering” with the escort.
However, the indictment omits crucial details about the context: the pro-abortion escort had subjected the Houck’s son to offensive and inappropriate language, including vulgar slurs. Houck implored the escort to cease the harassment, but to no avail. When the escort came uncomfortably close to his son, Houck took action to protect him, resulting in the escort’s fall. The injury sustained by the escort was minor. In fact, the assault allegation against Houck was so feeble that even Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, known for his unconventional approach, declined to press misdemeanor charges. Moreover, a civil lawsuit filed by the escort against Houck was dismissed by the court. Yet, almost a year later, the Justice Department charged him with two felonies for an injury that merited nothing more than a Band-Aid and the FBI conducted a forceful operation at Houck’s home.
Houck was acquitted in early 2023. He facing severe penalties, including up to eleven years in prison, three years of supervised release, and substantial fines. The timing of Houck’s indictment raises questions about the intentions behind the Justice Department’s actions. Even if one interprets the situation favorably towards the government’s narrative, the incidents at hand amount to, at most, minor episodes of misdemeanor assault. One can speculate that the arrest closely tracks the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and the regime of unrestricted abortion rights in the United States. This orchestrated raid on Houck’s residence seemed intended to send a strong message to pro-life activists who engage in constitutionally protected activities. (See MDM is the New WMD: DHS Issues a New NTAS Bulletin.)
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