The List

 Progressives have their lists of individuals they plan on punishing for their support of Donald Trump.

Significant changes will be taking place under the Biden/Harris Administration.They will begin by identifying people who have opposed the results of this election.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked, “Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future?”

Michael Simon, a former Obama administration staffer, responded “Yes, we are. Every administration staffer, campaign staffer, bundler, lawyer who represented them – everyone.”The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubintweeted, "Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into "polite" society. We have a list."

Maxine Watersrevealed this in 2014: “The President has put in place an organization with the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life.That’s going to be very, very powerful.That database will have information about everything on every individual on ways that it’s never been done before and whoever runs for President on the Democratic ticket has to deal with that. They’re going to go down with that database and the concerns of those people because they can’t get around it. And he’s [President Obama] been very smart. It’s very powerful what he’s leaving in place.”

Who will be one this list?Naturally, as Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs describes them, they are Trump's "neo-nazi base".Michelle Obamabelieves it could include the "tens of millions of people (who) voted for the status quo, even when it meant supporting lies, hate, chaos, and division.”These are the Deplorables.But it could also include less apparently offensive groups.The Singing Nuns, a traditional Catholic Sisters organization have been described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.The Little Sisters of the Poorare also liable to be “investigated.”Every attorney involved in the investigation of voter fraud is on the list.This includes even liberal democrats.Jonathan Turley, who testified at Trump's impeachment hearing, is not sure if he will be found “complicit.”He writers, tongue-in-cheek, "I am frantically assembling mycolumns criticizing Trump to clutch pathetically to my chest through any public shaming. It is not clear if any of us can still redeem ourselves as cooperative subjects for reeducation but, I am prepared to give up names (starting with my editors). I will immediately embrace everything from Biden’s consideration of unprecedented court packing to Elizabeth Warren’s call for unconstitutional wealth taxes as really good ideas. Just give me a chance."He may not find this as humorous in the near future.

What are the penalties?   The least severe penalty is suggested by Maxine Waters: "if you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere."  Robert Reich suggests that "When this nightmare is over, we need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It would erase Trump’s lies, comfort those who have been harmed by his hatefulness, and name every official, politician, executive, and media mogul whose greed and cowardice enabled this catastrophe."  This may be something like the French Revolution's Committee of Public Safety.  New York Times Contributor 

Wajahat Ali, “You can’t heal or reform the GOP who are now an extremist party.  They have to be broken, burned down and rebuilt.  When Biden is in power treat them like the active threats to democracy they are." "American political strategist" Rick Wilson has a recommendation that reveals either his ignorance or malevolence.  Wilson claims, "Vichy Republicans who collaborate with Trump may some day face their own épuration sauvage."  This savage purge involved arrests, beatings, interrogation with torture, and summary executions. 

Of course the grand prize would be the arrest and imprisonment of Donald Trump.  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is investigating the President on a number of charges.  New York state Attorney General Letitia James is also investigating the President.  Of course Biden's Attorney General will initiate an investigation.  Will he be convicted?  If it is politically advantageous.  It is not difficult to convict an  innocent man.  Senator Ted Stevens, General Michael Flynn, Congressman Steve Stockman are examples.  Cardinal Richelieu famously said, "If you give me six sentences written by the most innocent of men I will find something in them with which to hang him."  Our justice system does not require six sentences.  Everything can be fabricated.

Do we have the Yetzovs, Berias, and Yagodas to carry out this épuration sauvage?  Americans would be surprised.  Anita Dunn, co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, claims her favorite political philosophers is champion mass murderer Mao Tse-tung.  Undoubtedly, with all the talk of burning down the GOP and not allowing Trump supporters to be seen in public, there are many others who share her views.

Review of Mr. Jones

This is the story of journalist Gareth Jones who traveled to Moscow during the famine in the Ukraine. 

In 1933 he issued a press release describing the widespread famine in detail. The Holodomor, 'to kill by starvation’, was the greatest crime of the 20th century.  It is still being largely ignored.  Journalists assigned to Moscow were completely aware of the situation in the Ukraine.  They preferred to ignore it for their own selfish ends.  Millions of people perished without a care on their part.  Jones was cut from a different cloth. His report was unwelcome in a great many newspapers,
as some elements of the intelligentsia were in sympathy with the Bolshevik "utopia". The movie depicts the depravity of the media elite.  They may be described as Stalin’s degenerate bootlickers. This is not unusual behavior for the media.  Former CNN head Eason Jordan admitted in a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece titled “The News We Kept to Ourselves” that CNN distorted the news in order to maintain access.  

The movie deals with the significant role Pulitzer Prize winner Walter Duranty played in Washington’s recognition of the Soviet Union.  The New York Times published a denial of Jones's statement by Walter Duranty under the headline "Russians Hungry, But Not Starving".  The New York Time's ran the headline: "Russian and Foreign Observers in Country See No Ground for Predications of Disaster."  Of course, since they were not permitted to leave the city.  Unfortunately the movie does not deal with the June 4, 1931 Kliefoth memo.  This memo reveals that Duranty was aware of the massive deaths and that the New York Times had an agreement with Moscow to only report on issues approved by Moscow.

Jones was kidnapped and murdered in 1935 while investigating in Japanese-occupied Mongolia quite possibly by the Soviet NKVD.  This is a high quality movie but is definitely not a Hollywood production. 

Where's Yezhov?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is wondering if anyone is making a list of Trump “sycophants.”She tweeted, “Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future?I foresee [the] decent probability of many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future.”She should know that Maxine Waters had already revealed the existence of a list.Waters claimed, “The President (Obama) has put in place an organization with the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life.That’s going to be very, very powerful.”The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin also confirmed that there is a list by tweeting, “Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into ‘polite’ society. We have a list.”

DNC press secretary and Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan tweeted. “We're launching the Trump Accountability Project to make sure anyone who took a paycheck to help Trump undermine America is held responsible for what they did."Michael Simon an analytics expert who led analytics efforts on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign tweeted, “The Trump Accountability Project will be a permanent record of every staffer, appointee, donor, enndorser (sic) and enabler.”Wajahat Ali a New York Times contributor tweeted, “You can’t heal or reform the GOP who are now an extremist party.They have to be broken, burned down and rebuilt.When Biden is in power treat them like the active threats to democracy they are.If those who committed crimes aren’t punished then they be be more emboldened.”President Clinton’s Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich tweeted, “When this nightmare is over, we need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It would erase Trump’s lies, comfort those who have been harmed by his hatefulness, and name every official, politician, executive, and media mogul whose greed and cowardice enabled this catastrophe.”Michelle Obama reminded us, “Let’s remember that tens of millions of people voted for the status quo, even when it meant supporting lies, hate, chaos, and division.”

Who are these Trump sycophants?According to Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs they are more than just deplorable.She tweeted, “Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear he’s more interested in pandering to his neo-nazi base than being @POTUS for all Americans.”They support “lies, hate, chaos, and division.”They “advocate the rejection of an election.”They are members of “an extremist party that is an active threat to democracy.”They are also The Singing Nuns, a traditional Catholic Sisters organization designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.The Little Sisters of the Poor are also liable to be “investigated.”Another unlikely deplorable is Jonathan Turley.  He was not deplorable until he testified at President Trump's impeachment trial.He is not certain that he will be a target, but he certainly is.He offers a tongue-in-cheek strategy to avoid retribution.He knows this is futile: "I am not sure if I will be one of those found 'complicit.' While I have repeatedly criticized Trump, I testified at the impeachment hearing as the only Republican witness. So, let me cut to the chase. I am ready for reform. I am frantically assembling my columns criticizing Trump to clutch pathetically to my chest through any public shaming. It is not clear if any of us can still redeem ourselves as cooperative subjects for reeducation but, I am prepared to give up names (starting with my editors). I will immediately embrace everything from Biden’s consideration of unprecedented court packing to Elizabeth Warren’s call for unconstitutional wealth taxes as really good ideas. Just give me a chance."

A list in itself is not a problem.Millions of lists are compiled for a variety of reasons.It is what is done with the list that can make it dangerous.Maxine Watershas suggested that people should assemble a mob: “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”She might ask Sen. Rand Paul or Rep. Steve Scalise how effective this tactic is.Whoopi Goldberg gave a passionate critique of list making, pointing out that one day the list makers would wind up on a list.Progressives prefer to mention Sen. Joe McCarthy’s “list,” the Hollywood blacklist, or Richard Nixon’s “enemies list.”They would never mention the list of Polish officers massacred in Katyn Forest.Where are America's Dzerzhinskys, Yetzovs, Berias, and Yagodas.They were professionals who really knew what to do with a list.Their counterparts are out there.If you believe America does not have them would you be interested in purchasing a bridge?