The insurrection was MUCH uglier than it looked. We are learning more about:
-Plans for grabbing Electoral College votes
-Participants with Police/Military background
-Taliban style videotape confessions / executions of Congress members
Not a bloodless Coup - its treason https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1348038099029389313
-Plans for grabbing Electoral College votes
-Participants with Police/Military background
-Taliban style videotape confessions / executions of Congress members
Not a bloodless Coup - its treason https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1348038099029389313
The more we learn about this insurrection, the more it looks like a genuine attempted coup https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1
Previously unreported:
The FBI and the New York Police Department passed information to the Capitol Police about the possibility of violence during the Jan. 6 protests against the ratification of the presidential election https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/fbi-nypd-told-capitol-police-about-possibility-violence-riot-senior-n1253646
The FBI and the New York Police Department passed information to the Capitol Police about the possibility of violence during the Jan. 6 protests against the ratification of the presidential election https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/fbi-nypd-told-capitol-police-about-possibility-violence-riot-senior-n1253646
Rank amateurs had seen this coming in advance; they are also identifying those who broke into the capitol.
Of special interest: Cops who were active participants in the insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/antifa-far-right-doxing-identities/2021/01/10/41721de0-4dd7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
Of special interest: Cops who were active participants in the insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/antifa-far-right-doxing-identities/2021/01/10/41721de0-4dd7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
“Execute the traitors!” he shouted into a megaphone. “I wanna see executions!”
This gang was out for blood. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-rioters-wanted-more-violence-worse/617614/
This gang was out for blood. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-rioters-wanted-more-violence-worse/617614/
Expect a flood of news over the next few weeks as all the details of the coup planning emerge.
Arrests will include ex-military, current police, more than a few elected state officials (maybe even a Congress/staff person) https://www.npr.org/2021/01/10/955314373/d-c-s-acting-u-s-attorney-calls-scope-of-capitol-investigation-unprecedented
Arrests will include ex-military, current police, more than a few elected state officials (maybe even a Congress/staff person) https://www.npr.org/2021/01/10/955314373/d-c-s-acting-u-s-attorney-calls-scope-of-capitol-investigation-unprecedented
The Outrage Industrial Complex is nervous about its role in pushing the Big Lie. Unless there are real financial consequences for their role as advocators of the coup, this will only be a temporary reprieve before they ramp up once again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/cumulus-radio-conservative-election-fraud/2021/01/11/e12ec46e-537c-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
This has been going on for years . . .
"Brandishing arms and threatening their use against federal officials, the militias have enjoyed spectacular successes – with the Capitol only the latest example." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/09/us-capitol-attackers-violence-rural-west
"Brandishing arms and threatening their use against federal officials, the militias have enjoyed spectacular successes – with the Capitol only the latest example." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/09/us-capitol-attackers-violence-rural-west
Lots of stuff here:
Before Parler went dark, a researcher "crawled everything" on the site, in an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users. The archive includes associated metadata, including user location. https://gizmodo.com/every-deleted-parler-post-many-with-users-location-dat-1846032466
Before Parler went dark, a researcher "crawled everything" on the site, in an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users. The archive includes associated metadata, including user location. https://gizmodo.com/every-deleted-parler-post-many-with-users-location-dat-1846032466
"Over the weekend, a group of private companies—Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Google—decided that they no longer wanted to give away their free services to people & organizations who used them to advocate for the overthrow of the U.S. government." - @JVLast https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/conservatism-is-dead
Its a Coup
This is the single best explanation of what happened and how: Simple, straightforward, blunt, and accurate. Great reporting. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-self-coup-trump-fiona-hill-457549
This is the single best explanation of what happened and how: Simple, straightforward, blunt, and accurate. Great reporting. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-self-coup-trump-fiona-hill-457549
"Standards apply to liars from either party."
"This isn’t cancel culture, which is a societal blight. Nor is this politically motivated - Forbes’ pro-entrepreneur, pro-growth worldview has placed it in the right-of-center camp over the past century." https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2021/01/07/a-truth-reckoning-why-were-holding-those-who-lied-for-trump-accountable/
"This isn’t cancel culture, which is a societal blight. Nor is this politically motivated - Forbes’ pro-entrepreneur, pro-growth worldview has placed it in the right-of-center camp over the past century." https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2021/01/07/a-truth-reckoning-why-were-holding-those-who-lied-for-trump-accountable/
If they can overturn a legal, proper election what would it mean for the rule of law + property rights - anything goes?
Tech companies led by billionaire founders do not want to see the country overthrown; Jack Ma of Alibaba is a cautionary tale. https://www.axios.com/platforms-social-media-ban-restrict-trump-d9e44f3c-8366-4ba9-a8a1-7f3114f920f1.html
Tech companies led by billionaire founders do not want to see the country overthrown; Jack Ma of Alibaba is a cautionary tale. https://www.axios.com/platforms-social-media-ban-restrict-trump-d9e44f3c-8366-4ba9-a8a1-7f3114f920f1.html
Jack Dorsey doesn't have the nuclear codes, but he may be the most powerful person in America right now... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/trump-twitter.html
For those of you wishing this would just go away, it is not going to.
New and more graphic videos of the mayhem keep emerging. People still have yet to wrap their heads around how bad this is... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/arts/television/capitol-riot-graphic-videos.html
New and more graphic videos of the mayhem keep emerging. People still have yet to wrap their heads around how bad this is... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/arts/television/capitol-riot-graphic-videos.html
"A Secret Service officer was put under investigation after posting comments on Facebook in which she accused lawmakers who formalized Biden’s win of treason and expressed support for the rioters who stormed the Capitol, the agency confirmed Monday." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-police-officers-suspended/2021/01/11/0ee0e422-545f-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
Also complicit: The GOP Attorneys General Association. They sent robocalls asking people to join rally that turned into deadly riot.
Their executive director just resigned. My question is what penalties state bar associations will impose. https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-attorney-general-official-resigns-over-groups-role-in-capitol-march-11610417656
Their executive director just resigned. My question is what penalties state bar associations will impose. https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-attorney-general-official-resigns-over-groups-role-in-capitol-march-11610417656
Rudy is the most obvious attorney in deep trouble: He abused the legal system to knowingly push a false allegation of fraud is the starting point.
His "Trial by combat" comment to a group that later went on to sack the Capitol is his bigger problem https://nysba.org/new-york-state-bar-association-launches-historic-inquiry-into-removing-trump-attorney-rudy-giuliani-from-its-membership/
His "Trial by combat" comment to a group that later went on to sack the Capitol is his bigger problem https://nysba.org/new-york-state-bar-association-launches-historic-inquiry-into-removing-trump-attorney-rudy-giuliani-from-its-membership/
This is not an aberration
As @StevenTDennis pointed out, the Arizona GOP was calling for bloodshed as far back as December 2020.
This is more than mere enabling, this was complicity - and quite possibly seditious conspiracy.
As @StevenTDennis pointed out, the Arizona GOP was calling for bloodshed as far back as December 2020.
This is more than mere enabling, this was complicity - and quite possibly seditious conspiracy.
I keep referencing insiders like AZ GOP and Rudy G because these are not outliers, this is the core base of the GOP.
Post-insurrection polls finds support among many Republicans for the coup. Decades of far right propaganda have had their impact.
https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/what-americans-make-january-6-chaos-capitol
Post-insurrection polls finds support among many Republicans for the coup. Decades of far right propaganda have had their impact.
https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/what-americans-make-january-6-chaos-capitol
Was "Law & Order" merely a slogan?
These YouGov polls should be taken w/a grain of salt: I'd be shocked if less than half of the GOP support prosecuting the rioters who broke into the Capitol.
My guess: Its more like 60-70% who support prosecution of rioters.
These YouGov polls should be taken w/a grain of salt: I'd be shocked if less than half of the GOP support prosecuting the rioters who broke into the Capitol.
My guess: Its more like 60-70% who support prosecution of rioters.
Misfeasance (Nonfeasance): The failure to discharge public obligations existing by common law, custom, or statute. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html