Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Flynn endorses coup as Trump says he'll be back in office by August

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Flynn endorses coup as Trump says he'll be back in office by August

Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, endorsed a military coup this weekend while speaking at a QAnon conspiracy conference in Dallas.

John Aravosis

Jun 1

Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, endorsed a military coup this weekend while speaking at a QAnon conspiracy conference in Dallas.

Now that the story has blown up — a former senior White House official calling on Memorial Day weekend for the US military to violently overthrow our government will tend to do that — Flynn is claiming he never endorsed a coup.

But he did. And there’s video.

A bit of background before you watch the video. As CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan points out, “talk of a Myanmar-style coup in the United States has been popular among some Trump supporters and QAnon believers for months.” In the video, below, Flynn is specifically asked, to uproarious applause, why what happened in Myanmar, i.e., the military coup, can’t happen here.

Flynn’s response: “No reason. I mean, it should happen here. No reason.”

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Here is the video of former national security advisor Michael Flynn endorsing a military coup occurring in the U.S. like the one that took place in Burma/Myanmar, ousting the democratically-elected government & establishing a military junta.

And lest anyone suggest that the conference was only tangentially about QAnon, or that Flynn didn’t really realize what the conference was about, here’s Flynn holding up, and helping auction off, a QAnon quilt at the same conference:

steven monacelli @stevanzetti

You will not believe how much someone paid for this Q quilt

Adding to the creepiness, Flynn’s brother is an actively-serving general in the Pentagon, and was, according to DOD, involved in the decision-making surrounding the military’s piss-poor response to the Insurrection.

At the same QAnon conference, Trump’s former election lawyer, Sidney Powell argued that Trump should be “reinstated” as a president, and get to serve out the remainder of his second term:

Will Sommer @willsommer

Lots of concern at the QAnon conference that when Trump is inevitably returned to office later this year, he won't credit for Biden's months and serve a full four-year term. Probably not something they need to worry too much about.

At the same time, the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reports that Trump has been telling people that he will be reinstalled as president by this coming August.

Jared Yates Sexton @JYSexton

Just so we’re all clear, the former President of the United States of America is now openly regurgitating conspiracy theories that he’ll be reinstated either through the overturning of a presidential election by political trickery or a full-blown violent coup.

As for Flynn, if the Pentagon actually cares about its reputation, it can recall Flynn to active duty and attempt to court martial him:

It’s amazing how badly Trump and his cohorts have damaged the credibility of the US military (people Trump called “suckers and losers” for getting killed in action). First, Trump dragged the chairman of the joint chiefs to oversee a violent attack on a peaceful protest outside the White House. Next, for reasons no one has yet figured out, the Pentagon refused to send help for hours — effectively choosing sides — while the entire Congress, and the Vice President, were under deadly assault. And now we have a top former general, who worked in the Trump White House, calling for the US military to overthrow President Biden and install martial law in our country.

You’d think the Pentagon brass might have a position on all of this. Of course, their continued silence suggests that maybe they already do.

Russia is openly-supporting the Insurrectionists

Liveuamap @Liveuamap

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: we are closely watching the persecution of people involved in storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Suggest the human rights, rights of opposition are being violated

Beautiful sunrise over DC

As a palate cleanser, here’s a pretty sunrise over DC yesterday.

C on the scene @Conthescene

Colorful sunrise over Rock Creek Park in Washington DC this morning @capitalweather @StormHour @LoveRockCreek @NatlParkService

Why does Nikki Haley hate our troops?

After criticizing Kamala Harris for tweeting about Memorial Day and not mentioning our troops, future GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley tweets about Memorial Day and doesn’t mention our troops.

Beam me up, Scotty!

How cool is this?

Helen Kennedy @HelenKennedy

For someone who grew up on Star Trek, this is a delight: artists in Vilnius have opened a “portal” so you can see and interact with people in other cities. lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng… (NB: don’t let Bones near the cordrazine)

Mmm, Pete

Pete Buttigieg’s husband Chasten tweeted this photo over the weekend. It got noticed.

Deep thoughts

I think that’s it for today. We have a shortened week here in the US, due to the Memorial Day holiday yesterday. The weather is back to glorious here in DC — no more 50s! — just warm and sunny and summerlike. Sashs is pleased, as am I.

See you later this week.

JOHN