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BUCKNACKT'S SORDID TAWDRY BLOG We should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive & well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate, bier or wein in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WHOO-HOO, WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!"
06 March 2026
MOTHER JONES DAILY: Trump to Mass Death: Shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, 10 Worst Crises You Won’t See in Headlines (But Should), Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same., Google’s sneaky trick to sidestep an Iowa county’s data center zoning rules, “Downright disgraceful”: Gillibrand demands evacuation plan for Americans stranded in war zone, Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of America’s endless abortion wars 6MAR26
Bill to require factual teaching about U.S. Capitol attack clears Va. General Assembly 4MAR26
JUST as states have had to respond to NOT MY pres drumpf's / trump's illegal and immoral directive to gop / guardians of pedophiles & predators-republican party controlled states to redistrict their congressional precincts to minimize their losses in the 2026 Midterms so too they have had to respond to the corrupt drumpf / trump-vance administration's and the gop / greed over people-republican party's pressure to teach the 6 JAN 21 insurrection not as a treasonous violent assault on the US Capital Building and an attempt to nullify the 2020 Presidential election results but to teach it as a peaceful protest against a stolen election. This from the Virginia Mercury shows the people of Virginia and our Commonwealth legislature will not teach the Orwellian version drumpf / trump-vance and their sycophants want but will teach the truth. Why does the Virginia assembly of independent baptist object to teaching the truth? Just waiting for Gov Spanberger D-VA to sign it into law.....
Bill to require factual teaching about US Capitol attack clears Va. General Assembly
Proposal passed on mostly party line votes in House, Senate; heads to governor
Virginia lawmakers on Monday passed a proposal that would require schools, if they teach students about the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to relay the facts of what actually happened, without including misinformation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen or that the attack was just a peaceful protest.
Since both the Senate and House advanced the measure, if Gov. Abigail Spanberger approves, it would take effect immediately and would dictate what and how Virginia’s public schools can instruct pupils regarding the Capitol attack, a major political event in the country’s recent history.
The attack, waged by supporters of then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in response to Congress certifying that Joe Biden won the election, had wide-ranging impacts on law enforcement, public discourse about democracy, and ongoing institutional, legal, and social repercussions.
“There is real concern that the President of the United States is trying to rewrite the history of January 6, (that is) borne out by the fact there’s a whitehouse.gov site that presents a false history of what happened that day,” House Bill 333 sponsor Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax, said to the Mercury earlier during the session.
“We just want to make sure that if school boards choose to teach on January 6, that they’re not presenting the false narrative that is out there.”
Permissive and political
Helmer’s bill does not ban schools from teaching about Jan. 6. Instead, it requires a specific framing and bars presenting alternative interpretations or election fraud claims as credible in public schools.
Despite the seeming consensus in the legislature, the bill drew some opposition from the public.. The Virginia Assembly of Independent Baptists argued that it lacked educational value and pushed a “left-wing” narrative.
“I don’t know that I agree that it is necessary to take one of the darkest days in American history and teach our young people and glorify to our young people when adults act badly,” said Michael Huffman, the assembly’s executive director, during a Senate subcommittee meeting on Feb. 19. “True education equips children for life, not political agendas, and glorifying or mandating … the dark day serves only short-sighted partisanship, not our kids’ future.”
Sheila Fury, another speaker who opposed the legislation, called it another “reason why everyone in the commonwealth should pull their children from public education” during a Jan. 27 House Education subcommittee hearing.
“This is explicit indoctrination,” Fury said.
Helmer, in response, emphasized the need to teach the truth about the event and counter widespread false narratives about it. Some lawmakers, including Senate Education and Health Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Favola, D-Arlington, pointed out that the proposal is permissive.
“I don’t see anything wrong with this bill,” Favola said. “I think the January 6 episode, unfortunately, is something that our children should be aware of, and I think the framework is reasonable.”
In the House, Del. Jessica Anderson, D-Williamsburg, supported the legislation.
“Our courts have proven that it was an insurrection, and I want to make sure that our students are also taught those facts,” Anderson said during a Jan. 27 House Education subcommittee hearing.
The Senate and House supported the legislation on mostly party-line votes.
Next step
Spanberger will decide whether to sign the proposal into law. Her position on it is currently unclear and her office did not respond to questions about whether she will support the measure.
Before her election as governor, Spanberger represented Virginia in Congress during the attack. She called for investigations and measures to prevent similar attacks in the future.
She wrote, “This day did not happen in a vacuum. Jan. 6 marked the continuation of a trend of falsehoods — and tragically, the lies that spawned this act of insurrection are still present in American politics.”
The governor’s office said she will “review all legislation that comes to her desk.”
VIDEOS & ARTICLE GOP senator joins police in ejecting anti-war protester from Capitol Hill hearing & Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing 4&5MAR26
Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana assisted several police officers in physically ejecting a man who interrupted a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday to object to the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.
The protester was Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina's Senate race, according to his website. He said shortly afterward that his arm was broken during the clash with police and the senator. The U.S. Capitol Police accused him of "violently" assaulting officers.
The incident took place at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing that featured testimony from senior military officials on military readiness. Just under 30 minutes after the hearing began, McGinnis began yelling, exclaiming at one point: "America does not want to send its sons and daughters to war for Israel."
Members of the Capitol Police attempted to remove McGinnis — who was wearing a military uniform — from the hearing room. McGinnis appeared to struggle with officers, according to a video provided to CBS News by an antiwar activist.
At one point, when McGinnis and police were near the doorway to the hearing room, Sheehy left the dais and began assisting the Capitol Police officers in lifting him up and ejecting him from the room. While authorities attempted to pull McGinnis out of the room, his left hand appeared to get stuck between the door and the frame. Sheehy then appears to try to dislodge it, at which point someone accuses him of breaking McGinnis' hand. Somebody later asked McGinnis if his hand was okay, and he responded, "No, it's not."
McGinnis was later escorted out of the room by police officers while Sheehy sat back down. While outside the room, McGinnis is heard on the video saying his left arm was broken.
Mark Elbourno, a Green Party official who manages McGinnis' Senate campaign, told CBS News that McGinnis was placed under arrest and transported to George Washington University Hospital. Elbourno said he was unsure of McGinnis' condition.
In a statement, U.S. Capitol Police said McGinnis is facing three counts of assaulting a police officer, three counts of resisting arrest and one count of crowding, obstructing and incommoding — meaning he was allegedly blocking an entrance or passageway — for interrupting the committee hearing.
Elbourno said he attended the hearing with McGinnis, who works as a firefighter, because they wanted to hear officials out. He said McGinnis stood up and pressed the Senate to stop funding the war with Iran because he "couldn't take their lies anymore."
Elbourno denied that McGinnis assaulted the officers.
"He wasn't assaulting anybody. … He just wanted to be heard [and was] speaking loud and clear," he told CBS News. "He was assaulted, actually. They broke his arm."
The Capitol Police alleged that McGinnis "put everyone in a dangerous position by violently resisting and fighting our officers' attempts to remove him from the room." The agency also said in a statement that McGinnis "got his own arm stuck in a door to resist our officers and force his way back into the hearing room." It said that three police officers were treated for injuries by local emergency medical services.
"Protests are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings," the Capitol Police said. "There are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds, outside, where demonstrations are allowed."
Sheehy said in a post on X that he got involved because McGinnis was "fighting back" against police, and he sought to "help out and deescalate the situation."
"This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one," Sheehy said. "I hope he gets the help he needs without causing further violence."
Sheehy's office did not immediately respond to a further request for comment.
Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing
Senator Tim Sheehy, Republican of Montana, helped Capitol Police officers forcibly remove an antiwar protester from a Senate hearing on Wednesday in a physical struggle that was captured on video.
The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine Corps veteran and a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina, said on social media that his arm was broken during the struggle. The Capitol Police said three officers were also treated for injuries.
Video footage of the episode shows Mr. McGinnis, dressed in a Marine uniform with his arm hooked around a door in the Hart Senate Office Building during a subcommittee hearing on military readiness. Three Capitol Police officers struggle to grab Mr. McGinnis and pull him from the door when Senator Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, dives into the fracas and pulls Mr. McGinnis by the leg.
“No one wants to fight for Israel,” Mr. McGinnis shouts before an audible cracking noise is heard. Mr. Sheehy then hooks his arm around Mr. McGinnis’s arm, which is still bent around the door, and yanks.
The officers eventually removed Mr. McGinnis, 44, from the hearing room, and he was charged with three counts of assault on a police officer as well as resisting arrest, and crowding, obstructing and incommoding, the Capitol Police said in a statement.
Mr. McGinnis, “who got his own arm stuck in a door to resist our officers and force his way back into the hearing room, was also treated,” the Capitol Police said in their statement. Protests are not allowed inside congressional buildings, the statement said, adding, “There are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds, outside, where demonstrations are allowed.”
Senator Sheehy’s office did not immediately respond to a request for an interview. But Senator Sheehy shared video of the struggle on social media and defended his actions.
“Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing,” Senator Sheehy wrote on social media. “He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation. This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one.”
Mr. McGinnis did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A post signed “Team McGinnis” on his X account thanked people for their support, on behalf of Mr. McGinnis’s family.
“At this time, our priority is Brian’s wellbeing,” the post said. “We are taking a necessary step back from the public eye to allow him to focus fully on his recovery in private. While he looks forward to engaging with you all again very soon, his health and his family remain the current priorities.”
Senator Sheehy has voiced strong support for the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran that began on Saturday. He was among the Republican senators who on Wednesday blocked a measure that would have limited President Trump’s power to continue the war on Iran without congressional authorization.
Mr. McGinnis has expressed strong opposition to the war and Mr. Trump’s decision to deploy American forces to the Middle East.
“And for the record, I’ve been running long before this, and yes even after breaking my arm standing up for what I believe in,” he wrote on social media on Thursday. “It’s only made me more determined. Anger is real, and so is resolve.”
Michael Levenson covers breaking news for The Times from New York.
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Tony Gonzales: The Republican congressman from Texas, who is accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship before she killed herself, said he would not seek re-election amid growing bipartisan outcry from fellow House members.
War in the Middle East: The House voted down an effort to halt the war against Iran and force President Trump to go to Congress for authorization, as a small bloc of Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in delivering an early sign of support for the war in the Middle East. The Senate blocked a similar measure.
Dan Goldman: The New York congressman, facing a tough primary battle, distanced himself from the social media activity of his wife over her stances on Israel, saying she does “not speak for me.”
Air Safety Bill: The House struck down aviation safety legislation that would have required planes to carry tracking technology that investigators determined could have helped avoid a midair collision over the Potomac River last year that killed 67 people. Families of the victims were stunned by the vote.