{"id":13387,"date":"2021-02-06T12:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=13387"},"modified":"2021-02-06T21:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T03:53:24","slug":"february-6-2021-barb-adams-and-john-j-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=13387","title":{"rendered":"February 6, 2021 – Barb Adams and John J. Higgins, Reality and Reckoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hour 1 – Barb Adams and John J. Higgins, Reality and Reckoning<\/em> (Part 1)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hour 2 – Barb Adams and John J. Higgins, Reality and Reckoning<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Part 2)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This week, as Gallup reports President Biden\u2019s approval rating among independents holding strong at 61%, giving him a good foundation to build on, the foundation of the GOP continues to crumble.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde routine brings new meaning to incoherency and insanity as he tries to appease both establishment conservative and MAGA\/QAnon members of the House.<\/p>\n

Republicans are caught in a trap of their own making, simultaneously fearful of their own voters while being totally bewildered as to their party\u2019s fate. Voting 199 to 11 in a public<\/i> ballot, Republicans chose to keep fearmongering, assassination supporting, coup backing, anti-Semitic, school-shooting denying Marjorie Taylor Greene in her committee positions, while that same caucus voted 145-61 in an earlier secret<\/i> ballot to keep truth-telling, anti-conspiracy, impeachment supporting Liz Cheney as conference chair!<\/p>\n

While all this appears crazy (and it is), the disparate results reflect the underlying fear running rampant within the GOP. The Republican caucus is fearful of their own voters and the handful of them who voted against Greene are fearful of being defined by Greene\u2019s crazy claims, so instead of choosing between establishment Cheney and reality and psycho Greene and blind loyalty to Trump, they decided to split the baby.<\/p>\n

These cowards are driving the Republican Party over the edge and will do whatever it takes to keep their political power no matter the consequences. And for now, conservative Republicans must maintain silence in the face of violent agitation.<\/p>\n

But even as Republicans continue to split into opposing factions, Democrats were able to coalesce this week. The Senate passed the budget resolution with Vice President Harris serving as tiebreaker on Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package and the House voted to removed Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee appointments.<\/p>\n

Hope is returning\u2026signs are all around. Lou Dobbs Tonight<\/i>, Fox\u2019s highest-rated show, was cancelled this week and Fox called out South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace on air for her comments questioning AOC\u2019s insurrection trauma. More than 140 constitutional lawyers and scholars spanning the political spectrum are pushing back against Trump\u2019s impeachment lawyers, stating the First Amendment claims Trump’s lawyers are making are \u201clegally frivolous\u201d and do not prevent the Senate from convicting Trump. GOP Representatives Gohmert and Clyde were fined this week for bypassing the House metal detectors, costing each of them $5K, and indictments began in the January 6th<\/sup> Capitol insurrection. President Biden boldly stated on Friday that he doesn\u2019t believe former president Trump should be getting intelligence briefings due to Trump\u2019s \u201cerratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection.\u201d And a Black woman, Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will be the world’s top trade official for the first time!<\/p>\n

In summation, although it seems like we\u2019re living in two different realities and could easily split off into two different countries, we need to remember and reflect on the question I pose each and every week\u2026\u201dWhat will it take to rid ourselves of this darkness once and for all?\u201d The answer lies in the courage to choose wisely and focus on the hope, light and love that unites us and is right before us here, now.<\/p>\n

JOIN Barb and John as they discuss Reality\u00a0 and Reckoning.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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