Kansas City Pretends To Care About Insurrection Anniversary!!!

We had to do it.

Thanks to decision of a handful of network CEOs, the whole world is focused on a year-old riot that was nearly as violent as a late-Summer Kansas City weekend.

Accordingly . . .

THIS IS YOUR TKC CAPITOL PANTY RAID INSURRECTION ANNIVERSARY POST!!!

There are a lot of fun conspiracy theories to share and blame to pass around. Sadly, very little of it makes me laugh.

For our blog community . . . While we mourn the loss of any life that ended because of violence, we can't help but to trivialize the entire debacle and note that NONE OF IT really impacts local life. 

We seriously doubt MAGA really wants to trample on Democracy because then they might actually have to solve problems instead of writing mean Internets comments and mistakenly thinking that bullying their friends, family & strangers online represents nationalism or populism when it's actually just another sign of CONSUMERISM in action.

Meanwhile . . .

The progressive election victory which sparked the capitol riot certainly doesn't feel like a triumph. In fact, seemingly unstoppable inflation signals something far more threatening looming over the US economy that neither party is really equipped to confront. 

Nevertheless, we feature a few local hot takes along with big picture news to mark the occasion . . .

We'll start with a sentiment from the Mayor . . . 

"Thank you to the US Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, aiding police departments in Maryland and Virginia, and the FBI and ATF who cleared the US Capitol one year ago and helped prevent harm to our elected representatives. May we never see a day like that again. "

Check our link list and notice more insightful comments featuring Kansas & Missouri politicos . . .

And then, as always, we leave it to readers to figure out for themselves . . .

I-Team: How 7 Kansas City-area residents came to face charges in Jan. 6 riots

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A year after the U.S. Capitol came under siege by rioters, hundreds of suspects face charges for their role, including seven Kansas City-area residents. Using a combination of tips, social media posts and cell phone records, federal prosecutors were able to piece together criminal cases against Ryan Ashlock, William Chrestman, Louis Enrique Colon, Christopher Kuehne, Jennifer Parks, Esther Schwemmer and Carey Jon Walden.

A year after risking his career on Jan. 6, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri prospers politically

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Kansas Rep. Davids reflects on US Capitol riot, lessons learned one year later

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'Hatred in the eyes': How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots | AP News

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Biden confronts Trump over Jan. 6, warns of 'dagger at the throat of democracy'

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Kamala Harris compares January 6 to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in anniversary speech at the Capitol

Kamala Harris compared three major dates in US history during a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot. Harris said Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the January 6 insurrection "echo throughout history." The vice president emphasized both the "fragility and strength" of democracy.

Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6

In the year since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates have been quietly exploring how a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution might be used to disqualify former from holding office again.

Dick Cheney comes to Capitol on Jan. 6, says he's 'deeply disappointed' in GOP leadership

He spoke with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party's most prominent elder statesmen was there. ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl spoke to former Vice President Dick Cheney just off the House floor.

Tucker Rips Ted Cruz for Calling Jan. 6 a 'Terrorist Attack'

Fox News host Tucker Carlson lambasted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday for the unforgivable sin of calling the Capitol insurrection a "violent terrorist attack," accusing the ultra-conservative lawmaker of "repeating the talking points that Merrick Garland has written." Cruz, one of eight GOP senators who objected to the certification of President Joe Biden's election on Jan.

One year after Jan. 6, signs of a nation deeper in peril

Even the vigils speak to our differences. As the nation reflects on the year since a violent mob attempted to stop the certification of election results, there will be gatherings for those who believe the attack was an attempted coup, and who are alarmed by the passage of restrictive voting rules in several states.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Hamilton' cast members help commemorate Jan. 6 attack

Lin-Manuel Miranda and some of his fellow cast members from the musical "Hamilton" participated in a congressional commemorative event Thursday marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. "We're all stewards of the American experiment, working to pass down to our children and our grandchildren a more perfect union that treats all its citizens with fairness and equity.

Opinion | Stop Calling Jan. 6 an 'Insurrection'

The events of Jan. 6, 2021, are misunderstood, and the failure to correct the record could be damaging to both America's future and its justice system. Words have to have meaning, and the continuous mislabeling of the U.S. Capitol breach as an "insurrection" is an example of how a false narrative can gain currency and cause dangerous injustice.

Jan. 6: Trump hits back, saying Biden trying to 'further divide America' to distract from failures

Former President Donald Trump responded to President Biden's sharp criticism in a Jan. 6 speech, saying his Democratic successor is trying to distract from his record. Biden "used my name today to try to further divide America," Trump said in a statement.

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