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I wasn't able to get to my Day 4 summary on Friday because of a surprise lunch meet-up with the lead NY Times reporter on all the legal J6 issues. But, I get to that here, as well as a synopsis of the first week, in general. Follow my daily tweet storm of the trial on Twitter, at: @TPC4USA And please subscribe to our Locals community for complete updates each day: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

HuffPo, CBS, Business Insider, CNN, and Reuters all fail to mention the most significant and BIZARRE witness the government put on the stand on Day 3 of the trial. The New York Times mentions him, but cleans up his testimony for public consumption, and only Politico mentions his conviction as a child sex offender. To follow my daily tweet storm, live from the courtroom, go to my Twitter feed, at: @TPC4USA For more comprehensive updates, follow me in our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

Here's my analysis from Day 2 of the Oath Keepers trial in D.C., including some comparisons to the coverage coming from mainstream media sources. I encourage you to follow my Twitter account for real-time comments during the trial, at: @TPC4USA For more detailed analysis and insider scoops, follow in our Locals community. Get the phone app: @TPC4USA Or, from your browser, at: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

Just a raw, unedited recap of my day here in the belly of the beast . . . at the first day of the Oath Keepers' January 6th trial, in DC. I'll be here everyday for the next six to eight weeks. Follow my coverage on Twitter and Locals. The handle for both is: @TPC4USA *Also available on all major podcast platforms.

Here's a quick update on day three of jury selection in the Oath Keepers trial, including my exclusive story about the illicit Love Letter passed from the wife of one of the Oath Keepers, to her husband. You can read that story, here: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/post/2804635/passing-a-love-letter-in-federal-court Follow all my live updates from the trial on Twitter and Locals: Twitter: @TPC4USA Locals app: @TPC4USA Locals web address: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com Donate: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/donate

This is a special message from Steve about the two primary journalistic projects he'll be focusing on for the next couple of months. We hope you'll take the 19 minutes to listen. Please consider subscribing either monthly or annually to our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/subscription To make a one-time donation: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/donate Or, to use PayPal: https://paypal.me/SMBMgmt or @SMBMgmt

In Part 2 of this dining room interview, the table gets turned and Doug now interviews me about my own personal history, musical journey, and transition from the business of music into political commentary. Definitely one of the more personally intimate interviews I've done . . . for those interested in more of my own backstory. He also takes me through some rather pointed questions about conspiracy theories, the Uvalde TX shooting, and January 6. Be sure and check out Part 1: https://rumble.com/v1fnqvj-steve-baker-interviews-doug-van-pelt-pt.-1-the-music.html Follow Doug's ongoing coverage of that world, here: https://heavensmetalmagazine.com Doug's books: https://hm-press.square.site And his legacy, here: https://hmmagazine.com Please join our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

This interview will be very different for TPC followers. Doug Van Pelt for over 25 years helmed the successful Christian heavy metal and hard music magazine, Heaven's Metal. (Later, HM Magazine.) Our career paths in that industry first crossed back in the 80s. This conversation is raw and unedited, and covers stories both spiritual and secular. We are literally catching up on each other's lives at his own dining room table as Doug shares his own journey though such a unique subsegment of the music business, but we also talk about a few of the 100+ interviews he had with mainstream metal acts like Henry Rollins and Rob Halford of Judas Priest. We talk about how music has changed, and many of the key figures and events from the earliest days of the explosion of Christian metal on the music scene. We also save a great story about his own band, Lust Control, for the very end. Stay tuned for Part 2, as we switch roles and Doug interviews me about my transition into political commentary, and where that journey has led. Follow Doug's ongoing coverage of that world, here: https://heavensmetalmagazine.com Doug's books: https://hm-press.square.site And his legacy, here: https://hmmagazine.com Please join our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this very compelling interview, Steve speaks with Joe Hanneman, The Epoch Times' lead investigative reporter on everything related to January 6th. They talk about EpochTV's new documentary, "The Real Story of January 6," and many of the other characters, suspicious actors, events, unresolved questions, and ongoing investigations into what really happened that day. Here are links to specific stories they discussed: The Documentary: https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-real-story-of-jan-6-documentary_4596670.html Ronald McAbee: https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-video-used-to-charge-jan-6-defendant-exonerates-him-on-charge-of-assaulting-police-attorney-says_4619418.html Luke Coffee: https://www.theepochtimes.com/luke-coffee-says-god-told-him-to-stand-in-the-gap-on-january-6_4492954.html The Crutches Origin Story: https://www.theepochtimes.com/infamous-jan-6-crutches-were-stolen-from-injured-18-year-old-at-capitol_4558205.html Suspicious Actors: https://www.theepochtimes.com/80-suspicious-actors-under-scrutiny-by-jan-6-defense-attorneys_4449584.html Please join TPC's Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

This was an interview for James’ own podcast series — mostly music related — typically dealing with what he calls “musicpreneurs” and/or “trumpet players.” As I’m both of those, we began our conversation talking about live music and that industry in the post-COVID world. It’s a welcome change of topics for me, and our usual followers will be able to learn a lot more about my life outside of politics, even the history of my own development as both a trumpet player and a music industry professional . . . and of course how politics became intertwined even in my earliest musical endeavors. (Toward the end of the podcast, he does draw me into some questions about my January 6th experience and aftermath.) Enjoy! You can check out James’ own blogs and podcast series here: https://jns.media Please join our TPC Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

I'm excited to finally present this interview to everyone. No . . . I'm not interviewing myself, but I did have the opportunity to have a conversation with the January 6th defendant, infamously known as "Stephen Ignoramus" -- whose live stream on J6 was picked up by the likes of CNN, Reuters, and Tucker Carlson. We not only happen to have the same name, but he was arrested right here in my own county, and also, coincidently, has the same primary occupation as a professional musician. You can imagine the confusion and consternation this caused for ME when local North Carolina media began reporting the news of HIS arrest. This is a great conversation about all those coincidences and after-effects. You can follow Stephen Ignoramus' work, here: https://odysee.com/@StephenIgnoramus:3 Please join the TPC Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

Cueing off his recent article of the same title, Steve expands on that commentary, going directly after the specific lies told by January 6 House Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson during his opening remarks in last Thursday's prime time televised hearing. Here's the original article link: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com/post/2469029/the-bald-faced-lies-by-j6-committee-chairman-bennie-thompson Please join TPC's Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this podcast Steve explains why Stephen Colbert's crew, who violated Capitol Police orders to vacate the Capitol premises, were not "insurrectionists," but that the double-standard of the DOJ's decision to not prosecute "The Colbert Nine" is a clear double-standard when compared to the actions of most January 6th defendants. He also offers some critical assessment of the new J6 documentary, "Bloody Hill," and why he feels much of their message is exaggerated and harmful to our cause. (You'll also see some of Steve's own video from January 6th.) Please join our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this podcast, Steve interviews Clay Clark, the host of the Thrivetime Show Podcast, former Oklahoma Young SBA Entrepreneur of the Year, founder of several multi-million dollar businesses, as well as being both an author and artist. He overviews his recent work on both COVID-19 and The Great Reset. Everything Clay references here, as well as his Reawaken America Tour schedule, can be found at: https://timetofreeamerica.com Please join TPC's Locals community, at: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

Attached is the audio from a radio interview I did this morning with Dan Newman of TNN regarding the latest brouhaha about Ray Epps, kicked off by the fraudulent attempt from The New York Times to whitewash who he is and what he did on January 6th. https://truthnewsnet.org Please join the TPC Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this podcast, Steve explores why the media has been ignoring John Sullivan’s case since mid-2021 and why the DOJ’s own website stopped updating his case in July of last year? Why is he living at home, while others far less engaged in the melee of January 6th are still rotting in the D.C. Gulag? Why is the court not penalizing Sullivan for violations of their orders against his social media presence? And, why isn’t the House Select Committee even remotely interested in investigating this person who only last month, once again labeled himself as a “BLM Activist” and someone who “Leads Antifa And BLM?” *Explicit Language Warning* U.S. Department of Justice: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/sullivan-john-earl Court Listener https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59147023/united-states-v-sullivan/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc My interview with James Sullivan. (James’ audio is really bad during the first half of the podcast.): https://youtu.be/HDjU2lT2bcY Jayden X YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JaydenXNews John Sullivan’s Black Bloc Instructional Video: https://youtu.be/AnCE8UOzXvE Please join our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this podcast Steve recounts two of his own pilgrimages to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the stark differences in the treatment of Jefferson's legacy between those two visits. This accounting was spurred on by a recent New York Post article entitled, "Monticello is going woke — and trashing Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in the process." Why are Monticello's own staff and tour guides now besmirching one of our most famous Founder's, at his own home? That answer is revealed in this podcast. The New York Post article: https://nypost.com/2022/07/09/monticello-draws-criticism-after-trashing-thomas-jefferson/ Please subscribe to TPC's Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this podcast Steve not only covers the primary conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Michael Stenger — who was the Senate Sergeant at Arms on January 6th — but also what seems to be a deliberate erasure by The Washington Post of Stenger from their own website’s search engine. Was he murdered, or was it a natural death . . . and why was the mainstream press so slow to announce Stegner’s passing, considering his key position on that day when all hell broke loose at the U.S. Capitol? (Also available on all major podcast platforms.) Transcript of Stenger’s opening statement in the Senate hearing on February 23, 2021: https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/read-opening-statement-of-michael-c-stenger-former-sergeant-at-arms-and-doorkeeper-united-states-senate/1bcd3659-5e56-4230-b8a1-32da940993bb/ WaPo’s late announcement of Stenger’s death: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-senate-sergeant-at-arms-during-capitol-riot-dies-at-71/2022/06/28/6b3bebb8-f72e-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html Full transcript of the February 23, 2021 Senate hearing: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/senate-hearing-on-january-6-capitol-attack-transcript-february-23 Complete video of that Senate hearing. (The section referenced in this podcast begins at 3:02:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL_5GOidFzA Please join our Locals Community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this episode, I take a few minutes to give my initial impressions of the House of Representative's Select Committee Hearing, as presented last night to a national audience. As is usually the case in my writings and podcasts about January 6th, you'll find something with which to both agree or disagree, but it is a fair take from someone who saw that day with my own eyes and my own camera. To see and learn more, please consider joining our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

JD Rivera is an independent videographer/cinematographer who traveled to DC on January 6th with no other intent than to document the rally and surrounding events. When the "story" made its way to the Capitol Building, he did what any video journalist would do and followed that story. Two weeks later, JD was arrested by the FBI and charged with four misdemeanors. Rather than taking a deal -- pleading guilty to crimes he did not commit -- he has decided to go to trial, (which is scheduled for next week). One of the most interesting aspects of this interview is our detailed discussion about the differences in how the DOJ has selectively prosecuted independent journalists who covered that story. Some, like JD, were charged with crimes, others were threatened but not charged, and some have never even been contacted by the FBI. We explore "why." JD served 10 years as a U.S. Marine, is married with six children, had his life completely upended by the aftermath of January 6th, but believes he must stand up for what's right and face a federal judge . . . knowing his freedom is on the line. If you can help with his legal defense, here's the link: https://www.givesendgo.com/jesusrivera Also, please check out his latest video, "Two filmmakers/same place, different angles. Only one was arrested and charged": https://rumble.com/v17gfy7-two-filmmakerssame-place-different-angles.-only-one-was-arrested-and-charge.html Please share, like, and subscribe to this channel, and also join our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

Watch the full Podcast here: https://rumble.com/v17a7k5-tpc-podcast-june-3-2022.html It's the most personal message I've ever shared with TPC's readers and followers. In that podcast I go into detail about my current medical situation . . . which I happen to share in common with one of our nation's Founders. I discuss our nation's opioid crisis, the renewed assault on the 2nd Amendment, (the interconnectivity of these two issues), and why we cannot lose that battle. Did you know there is a glaring commonality between January 6th and the recent school shooting in Uvalde, TX? I also tell the story of when and why I shot another man. Please follow us at our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

This is the most personal message I've ever shared with TPC's readers and followers. In this podcast I go into detail about my current medical situation . . . which I happen to share in common with one of our nation's Founders. I discuss our nation's opioid crisis, the renewed assault on the 2nd Amendment, (the interconnectivity of these two issues), and why we cannot lose that battle. Did you know there is a glaring commonality between January 6th and the recent school shooting in Uvalde, TX? I also tell the story of when and why I shot another man. If you are able to help with the cost of my upcoming surgery, you can do so by one of the two following means: either by becoming a supporting member of our Locals community, at: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com Or, by making a one-time donation to our PayPal account: paypal.me/SMBMgmt Thank you!

In Part 5, the final episode of this extensive interview, Brad gets deeper into the intent and actual motives behind the Oath Keepers' involvement on January 6th, and Steve asks him if he's holding back on his criticisms of the DOJ as the J6 legal cases continue to develop. Brad closes out by sharing what he was doing in Vietnam at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, and how he hoped to facilitate a hydroxychloroquine airlift to the United States, not knowing the political situation that was developing with that drug, back home. Please consider joining the TPC Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In this video Steve reads and expands upon his overview of the Buffalo shooter's manifesto, as shared in his May 17th article. The link to the manifesto is here: https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/spree-killer-manifesto.pdf Please join us on our Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com

In Part 4, Brad discusses the deterioration of constitutional values within the DOJ and other federal agencies, and from his perspective as a former federal prosecutor, why he believes we have only 2 to 3 years left to reverse this trend in order to save our country. We also discuss more of the Oath Keepers case, the unidentified provocateurs who were working the west side doors of the Capitol on January 6th, and the nexus between the government's response to both J6 and the pandemic. Please consider joining TPC's Locals community: https://thepragmaticconstitutionalist.locals.com