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  Capitol Attack Hearings

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  hearings are on the schedule for abc, bbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc and nbc.

  not on fox "news".. will you be watching?

  or maybe .

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  Nothing to do with impeachment. Nixon had already resigned when he was pardoned. You can't fire someone after they quit. The pardon did prevent him from facing potential criminal prosecution.

  You're right, thanks for the correction.
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  It could be she can't until the divorce is final.

  Or, unlike her husband, she understands that it's much better to maintain a low public profile and say as little about a legal matter as she can, until it is resolved. It does bring up an interesting question- will Evans try to get her to agree to an NDA as part of any divorce settlement? Would he be willing to offer enough to actually make it worthwhile? Will he need to make similar offers to others close to her?
  
  
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  PIMO Bethel Elder Has Special Message & Speaks out

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  a pimo elder at bethel has come forward with a special message posted on reddit.. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/v9mgao.

  the dated pictures attached are "proof conclusive" that this is for real.

  no outside guests are allowed inside bethel at this time.

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  How many PIMOs are actually inside the WT Bethel compounds Worldwide

  I would guess that there are quite a few, as well as many loyal people for whom the shine has faded a bit. It can't be easy to spend that much time behind the curtain without seeing that things are not quite as they are presented to the rest of the followers. A poor environment will bring down all but the most enthusiastic people, over time.
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Also to be noted that he made a bulk claim against 7 different individuals. Perfectly ok but nearly impossible to manage.

  Wouldn't that imply that it was one crime, or that the defendants were working together? Not just impossible to manage, but it seems like it would be impossible to prosecute! Wait, wait... was that the cheaper option?
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  I think their best course of action is mostly what they have been doing: responding with more videos and more blogs and more statements. This has two important effects- one, it shows that Evans's bullying is having the opposite effect.

  Two, it shows that he's not really interested in taking action against his detractors, because YouTube has options for reporting any kind of harassment, bullying, defamation, slander, etc. Either he is not using these, or he has tried them and been denied. But he knows he can't attempt to abuse or misuse this system, or he may be the one who gets punished. And he can't just make vague claims when using this system- he needs to make a case that will withstand scrutiny.

  He seems determined to control the narrative, as would be expected of a control freak and narcissist. It is one reason why he probably is feeling very stressed by his current situation, where he seems to be losing control of Dijanna. If she ever decides to open up about him and about their relationship, the damage would be immense. He must badly want to keep her within reach and within control.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  I’ve seen this too in channels devoted to football and YouTubers admitting they’ve “got” to produce content to keep their patrons fed.

  I believe the YouTube algorithm also rewards regular content, so that it is more profitable to post short videos frequently. There are creators who post new videos daily! I think some creators burn out from trying to find topics and from the effort of posting so frequently. Lloyd's approach, which was to spend a relatively small amount of time on creating the content and more time editing and prepping it (or perhaps having others do it?) for publication over time, probably works well to keep it from becoming too much of a burden, at least at first.

  But that much content can be difficult for viewers. The 10-to-15 minute stuff is easy to handle over the course of a week or a month. But did anyone really sit through the three+ hour long convention breakdowns for each day of the convention? Does YouTube reward that kind of massive content dump?
  
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  Capitol Attack Hearings

  by shadowclone in

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  hearings are on the schedule for abc, bbc, cbs, cnn, msnbc and nbc.

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  Watergate was a seminal moment in US politics, and only Ford's decision to pardon Nixon prevented him from being impeached. Nixon was not being charged with treason, or with an attempt at overthrowing an election, since there was not enough evidence that he was aware of what the group that broke into the DNC's campaign HQ was doing. It's difficult to say if Nixon got off easy or not; I don't think he would have served any prison time, and the damage to his reputation may have been worse for having the process cut short by Ford.

  Trump, in spite of his rhetoric at the time (and frequent complaints about the election since), will likely not face any charges either. And the desire to get back at him is probably a very distant second to the realization that any action taken against him will set a precedent, and his reputation is pretty much set at this point, for better or worse. There are too few politicians who want to set an example --no matter how badly they'd like to hurt Trump-- that might be used against them in the future.

  As for the rioters, 862 of them have been charged, with more being sought:

  https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1

  Only 11 have been charged with seditious conspiracy, and that case is considered challenging:

  https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-uphill-battle-prove-sedition-charges-capitol-riot-probe-2022-1

  The hope right now is that the spectacle will draw enough attention and garner enough anger to affect the November mid-terms and possibly prevent Republicans from making large gains. But the number of people who have watched the hearings is about the same as generally watch the nightly news. A good level of interest, but not what I expect they were hoping for.

  Democrats want to prevent or soften the impact of the mid-term elections, since the GOP will almost certainly hold hearings of their own (and open up their own investigations into 1/6/21) if they get majorities in one or both congressional houses. The only thing that may prevent that show from going on is that there are so many other hearings that they want to hold (and on much more politically useful topics) and only two years before the next Presidential election. They would love for people to spend less time hearing about Donald Trump and more time hearing about Hunter Biden (one of the few people who makes Trump almost seem like a moral person).
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  If he is paying hourly (for a level of performance that he appears to be disappointed with) on a case that will likely be rejected or dismissed, and for which the best possible outcome is a judgment that will never be enforced... then I'd have to paraphrase Tyrion Lannister: "I am not questioning your judgment or intelligence, I am denying their existence."
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  This is funny: a suggested video in my YouTube feed...

  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

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  Go get him, Kim.

  It's more nuanced than that. It's that you make a statement that you know to be untrue.

  Yeah, that's right. Defamation tends to be a fairly involved thing to prove, presumably so that people aren't filing suit every time another person speaks. Another reason that I get the impression that this ends with him finally realizing that his lawyers have been stringing him along.