Jan 6, 2025

Jan 6 2025 Updated Jan 7

Four years ago today, the certification of the US election results was (to put it mildly) interrupted, by a mob that stormed the US Capitol.

To call a spade a spade, it was an insurrection.

In the end, the results were certified and power was transferred; democracy prevailed.

A lot has been written about this, by much better informed people than me; no point in me writing another post about it.

So, instead, below are three opinion pieces, two from the Washington Post and one from The New York Times. (And one more from Jan 7.)

Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6

We should never forget it is our democracy that makes everything possible — our freedoms, our rights, our liberties, our dreams. And that it falls to every generation of Americans to defend and protect it.

Does a new report justify Jan. 6 pardons? In fact, it does the opposite.

Democracy endures in spite of, not because of, the chaotic attempt to overturn the will of the people four years ago.

For Many of Us, Jan. 6 Never Ended

For my efforts doing my duty as a Capitol Police sergeant, I was beaten and struck by raging rioters all over my body with multiple weapons until I was covered in my own blood. My hand, foot and shoulder were wounded. I thought I was going to die and never make it home to see my wife and young son.

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Jan 7 2025

Why we should remember Jan. 6, 2025

No angry and deluded mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Monday. There was no violent invasion, no bludgeoning of police officers, no shocking vandalism, no mortal threat to members of Congress and the vice president. Nothing particularly newsworthy happened — which qualifies as very big news indeed.