This just in: I can only report about what I hear on Fox news because I am unable to tolerate more than just a few moments of their propaganda.

What I’m hearing is this: The January 6th commission is a partisan attack job on Trump. It is unfair because Trump is not allowed to refute the claims being made. Also, the evidence being presented is just hear-say and not real.

So, let’s go through this a bit.

First of all, this is not a partisan (one party) commission. There are two Republicans on the committee and one holds the number 2 position on the committee.

Next, Republicans were invited to have more representation on the committee but the Republican leadership in the House refused.

Next, almost without exception, those testifying on TV are Republicans.

Next, a very large portion of the hearings are video recordings taken in full context. Also, copies of existing emails, memos and transcripts are being shown. This is not hearsay but rather hard evidence.

Next, several high profile Republicans had declined invitations to appear before the committee. Some are even defying subpoenas issued by the committee. They claim the commission is a one-sided witch-hunt but then decline to publicly and under oath, to set the record straight.

Several Republicans have responded to subpoenas and actually shown up only to take the 5th which means they refuse to testify because they may incriminate themselves.

Trump has complained about not getting equal air time. The committee has said, and I have seen them do this on live TV, that Trump can appear before the committee at any time. They will give him all of the time he wants. The only catch is…he has to be under oath.

Trump declined.

In short, there is no “other side” to the story. We are being shown the facts by the commission and all we hear from the other side is denials on Fox News which is a far cry from presenting facts while under oath.

Now, I don’t expect the above to change any minds. One Republican testified, “I have a friend that is very smart and he loves Trump. He thinks the election was stolen. I went through all of the issues, one-by-one to demonstrate what he was hearing was false and that the election was fair. In the end, he said he understood everything. When I asked if he still thought the election was stolen he said, “Yes, because in spite of your evidence, I believe in my heart that Trump won.” Note: This is my best recollection of what was said.

Now for a video.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim