And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1346917333600768003?s=20

white skin lets you do ANYTHING

fuck impeachment, arrest this moron for inciting a riot

I don’t even know why I’m still trying to work today. Exhausted, stressed, empty.

there was going to be trouble in DC today, regardless, but i do think the democratic double-victory may be fanning the rage flames

xpost already told my bosses's boss I had to give up

Anyway yes, I kinda don't care if it makes me a bad person rn, I want everyone involved in this shit to be shot to death.

I want them all to die in jail after decades of misery

Self defence against fascism is a legitimate use of state force.

Reporter on ABC outright calling this an attempted coup and blaming Trump specifically, calling this a historic humiliation.

xpost which is why lots of things get called fascism

Do they, though?

Have we posted Kansas yet? Sorry if I missed it.

BREAKING: Our Capitol Bureau confirms protestors have breached the Kansas statehouse. https://t.co/ApGnHxTab2

— Tiffany Littler (@TiffanyKSNT) January 6, 2021

what a fucking disgrace

One of the few consolations I'm hanging on to at the moment is that we're gonna be in a different world two weeks from now and there is ample photographic evidence indicating who needs to be hauled the fuck in if they aren't already behind bars at that point.

from WaPo:

Entire D.C. National Guard to be activated following breach of Capitol
By Dan Lamothe
The entire D.C. National Guard will be activated within hours, putting 1,100 guardsmen on duty after protesters supporting outgoing President Donald Trump breached the Capitol.

The rapid expansion of military involvement came after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) requested that guardsmen already on duty be sent to the Capitol, said the defense official and a District official, speaking on the condition of anonymity due the sensitivity of the issue.

Defense officials, who have been resistant to getting dragged into politics, initially offered instead to replace police in other capacity, allowing more law enforcement to respond at the Capitol, the defense official said.

Before Wednesday afternoon, the Pentagon had sought to keep the military response to pro-Trump protests small, still smarting from outcry to a much larger military response in June to protests in the District following the police killing of George Floyd. Defense officials had activated 340 D.C. guardsmen, with 170 on duty at a time.

Do they, though?

― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:37 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

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live video of Kansas makes it seems pretty chill over there tbh

well, DC statehood looks like a surer thing

My team and I are working closely with @MayorBowser, @SpeakerPelosi, and @SenSchumer to respond to the situation in Washington, D.C.

Per the Mayor's request, I am sending members of the Virginia National Guard along with 200 Virginia State Troopers.

— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) January 6, 2021

WaPo four mins ago: The entire D.C. National Guard will be activated within hours, putting 1,100 guardsmen on duty after protesters supporting outgoing President Donald Trump breached the Capitol.

x-posts Right, but that's an epistemic issue rather than a moral/political one. The fact that people muddy the waters on fascism doesn't change the fact that force is acceptable in defence.

within hours. IMPRESSIVE

GOP needs to lead the impeachment charge. They won't, but they need to.

I think this might muddy Trump's legacy.

Secret Service person needs to find their inner duty to the country

my wife makes a good point that - they've been warning us for years, breaking into state houses, plotting to kidnap a governor etc. And white people have never faced consequences and now this is what we get.

fuck i am so mad

Don’t give them a martyr, for fuck’s sake.

The fact that so few unarmed people could accomplish this is blowing my mind. Like if there had been a couple dozen heavily armed people secreted within the mob, they likely could have killed half of congress.

oh yeah that's gonna be the thing that makes this go next level bonkers...a martyr

the cake is already baked.

There are many things we need to do, but reducing the gap between the election and inauguration should be on that list.

Trump is being encouraged by staff to put out a stronger statement after his supporters breached the Capitol, but so far has declined to do so or tell people to leave the building. He's watching coverage from the West Wing, I'm told.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 6, 2021

fucking spectator piece of shit

As insane as Trumpists are, I have to assume that this is a wake up call for at least some of those who thought this was all just a big cosplay troll funfest up 'til now. Probably not a huge number but I imagine there's still a lot of even shitty people who don't actually want their entire life upended by some fucknut in American flag makeup.

The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now. Anyone involved must respect Law Enforcement officers and immediately leave the building.

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 6, 2021

shocking

CNN reports that according to White House sources, Trump is watching all this unfold on TV, and has been resisting demands from staff to put out a stronger statement calling on his supporters to stand down.

A Banana Republic, paralyzed by street violence that we all saw coming.

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 6, 2021

reports that Trump has directed National Guard and other federal protective services to deploy

Don’t give them a martyr, for fuck’s sake.

Shut the fuck up, you insipid fucking asshole.

(FP away, I don't care.)

xpost so glad he lifted a pinky

"How could this happen?"

"Over to you, Senator Santorum."

— Jacob Bacharach (@jakebackpack) January 6, 2021

that motherfucker Rep whatever his name is better have a lot of nerve to try and abject to PA whenever they start that back up

fuck I came across the video of when the woman got shot. She is one of the rioters but the video is too chaotic to understand how/why she was hit. Single shot. Anyway I'm not going to share it.

Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he spoke with President Trump about the rioters who have breached the US Capitol.

"I called him. I think we need to make a statement. Make sure that we can calm individuals down. Now, I don't know who these people are. Remember, when you have a big crowd, people who can get in to a crowd, I don't know who they are, I don't have any reports," he said.

However, many people in the crowd were seen wearing red MAGA hats, and carrying Trump campaign paraphernalia.

McCarthy made the comments in an interview on FOX News, adding, "Whatever is happening is unacceptable. They came here to protest peacefully. They could be hurt. What is happening right now is unacceptable."
Asked what the President said when he called him, McCarthy said, "He put out a tweet as well. For people to stay safe and people to not do this. I explained what was going on."

McCarthy said Trump is "getting reports of what is happening. He did not accept people doing this type of the behavior. I know he's getting reports as well. I wanted to give him a first hand report."

FUCK

YOU

watching msnbc and they had sharpton on and he pointed out that the police obviously sympathize with these people they pretended it didnt happen and now theyre interviewing a police chief on how to deal with the situation

Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists. pic.twitter.com/EjkQ83h1p2

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 6, 2021

Not surprising at all.

xxp i saw the video. it's not obvious to me that she's one of the rioters fwiw.

I am more sick and angry than I was on November 9, 2016.

I feel like I did on 9/11

obv lower body count but what this signifies for the near future..................oi