PBS NewsHour reflects on the third anniversary of January 6th

I opened Randy Rainbow sings 'Sedition,' a bonus blast from the past with "I know I promised 'PBS NewsHour also examined Biden's speech and the participants in the insurrection. Stay tuned for that next' and I will — tomorrow." It's tomorrow, so here's Marking Jan. 6 anniversary, Biden warns political violence poses grave threat to democracy.

Speaking Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a pivotal site in America’s Revolutionary War, President Biden framed the stakes of the 2024 election. Marking the third anniversary of Jan. 6, Biden condemned political violence and Donald Trump. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

I included this video for the expert analysis, both Laura Barrón-López talking about stochastic terrorism and Rachel Kleinfeld on what it would take to reduce the threat of political violence. I don't think either will get better this year. Trump can't help himself short of a gag order and even that hasn't worked because the man has the right to be silent, but not the ability. As for the rest of Republican leadership discouraging political violence by the party's base, I don't think they will because of what I wrote in Stephen Colbert returns after his illness with Liz Cheney.

The difference between what Republican politicians say and what they believe is a version of Upton Sinclair's "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Their positions and therefore their salaries depend on repeating the Big Lie.

This includes pandering to both Trump's and their constituents' desire for violence.

It may take arresting and incarcerating the insurrectionists to stop them. That requires identifying them first. On that note, PBS NewsHour reported How citizen investigators are helping the FBI track down Jan. 6 rioters.

The Jan. 6 investigation is the largest FBI operation in history. More than 1200 people have been charged and over 900 convicted. But it has stretched the bureau’s resources and has often had to rely on the work of citizen investigators who came to be known as 'sedition hunters.' Judy Woodruff spoke with one of these anonymous sleuths as part of her series, America at a Crossroads.

I wish "Sandy" and her collaborators success in tracking down the insurrectionists. I also hope for their safety, as they are already the subjects of stochastic terrorism.

That's enough of the anniversary of January 6th. Stay tuned for more more awards show coverage unless I see an even shinier object.