Separate thread for non-DC militia spottings below here: https://twitter.com/HamptonStall/status/1346856818887241731
From @HadiNili -- III%ers arrive at Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, GA a bit after 12 PM ET: https://twitter.com/HadiNili/status/1346869048785698818
Aaaaaand @TwitrHagen records here former KKK leader and Neo-Nazi Chester Doles of American Patriots USA speaking in Atlanta, GA around 12:45 PM ET: https://twitter.com/TwitrHagen/status/1346875618688987144
Also from @TwitrHagen, just a few feet from Doles - III% Security Force head Chris Hill is present, unarmed and without his usual outfit. Also at Atlanta, GA Capitol Building just before 1PM ET: https://twitter.com/TwitrHagen/status/1346876557286141957
No militias spotted here yet but footage from a smaller gathering recorded by @LauraJedeed outside the Capitol in Salem, Oregon just after 1PM ET (10 AM PT): https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1346882297031610368
No militias spotted here yet but some photos shared by @travis_view from the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, California (photos from before 12:30 PM ET (9:30 AM PT): https://twitter.com/travis_view/status/1346872589080096769
As @LauraJedeed reports, a really normal one happening at the ongoing rally outside the State Capitol Building in Salem, Oregon, this quote around 2:30 PM ET (11:30 AM PT): https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1346902482039885824
Update on the Atlanta protests via @afainatl screencap of the @ajc: group tried to enter the Georgia State Capitol Building, time unknown, potentially around 2:00 or 3:00 PM ET https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1346917126146306057
In Kansas, as cited here in the thread by @AntiFashGordon, protesters breached the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, around 2:40 PM ET (1:40 PM CT) https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1346917340068290561
As mentioned here by @dburghart, another rally in Carson City, Nevada. No indication from article or photo that militias were involved: https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1346926041906831360
Another update from @LauraJedeed at the Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem, Oregon, where Proud Boys are now outside, pro-Trump protesters saying "let the police do the dirty work", around 4:45 PM ET (1:45 PM PT): https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1346937968129241089
Right wingers now shooting paintballs and beating with batons a counterprotester nearby. Proud Boys highly involved in the violence in Salem, Oregon, reports @LauraJedeed around 5:00 PM ET (2:00 PM PT): https://twitter.com/LauraJedeed/status/1346942515241381889
Another QT of @dburghart of protesters at the governor's house in Olympia Washington. Several from the stream clearly armed, even as right-wing demonstrators force their way through the gates of Jay Inslee's home: https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1346953921881726982
Cross-country experience: GA last month, WA this month - dudes armed with long rifles on the lawn of the governor because the election didn't go the way they wanted:
https://twitter.com/HamptonStall/status/1346962669857878017
Olympia, Washington sees a literal Nazi shouting "one bullet for every fucking Boomer - Day of the Pillow, motherfucker!" at a livestreamer before yelling at random other MAGA activists at the gathering in front of the governor's home: https://twitter.com/pttrn_ntgrty/status/1346962839060140033
This is an incomplete list as of now but I'll update it soon with more militia activity from today (and beyond). Data from these events will be available as part of @ACLEDINFO's US project at data release next week (keep an eye out if you want to use it!) https://twitter.com/HamptonStall/status/1346873490348126222?s=19
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