Mob storms Capitol

[SuperMatt]

It does not look like republicans have learnt anything from this.

Republican senator: "There is no way we're going to impeach the President"

The political fallout over President Trump's reaction to the deadly Capitol attack continues to escalate as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office. Follow here for the latest news.

edition.cnn.com

Just saw Murkowski is pro-impeachment now.

 

[lizkat]

Really good article (IMHO) in Politico concerning the Capitol police. A couple takeaways: The Capitol police have a $460 million budget, 2,000 officers, and they only need to protect 270 acres. They have their own intelligence service that is part of the national anti-terrorism task force. There is ZERO excuse for their failure; it was obvious that something like this was likely to happen.

Behind the Strategic Failure of the Capitol Police

Experts and police chiefs ask: How could a pumped-up, post-9/11 force with its own bomb squad and intelligence department have flunked the most basic security drill?

www.politico.com

What I've been thinking about is how after 9/11 you can't even take embroidery scissors on a fucking airplane for official fear you might decapitate a flight attendant with them, but "somehow" you can get into the offices of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives and loll around in her chair and take stuff and leave with it. Rinse and repeat for however many fine upstanding Americans were in the people's house the other day.

I really want to know who jacked up the demonstration permit level from 5k to 30k. Who managed to get 1800 Capitol Police gone off duty for that day. Who really helped and who really stood in the way of getting the National Guard out when it was needed. Who in off duty, active, retired or discharged LE or military had a hand in arranging or soliciting help in the Capitol incursion?

Investigations, yeah. Up the kazoo. Until we are bleary eyed and shoulder deep in testimony and transcripts. The Republican Party should live to rue the day they rang the Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi bell so many times. THAT was a waste of taxpayer monies, THIS will be an investment in protection of the literal and metaphorical house of the American people.

 

[User.168]

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[lizkat]

It’s very easy to fail a test when you want to fail it. I don’t think that there is much else to be said really.

Then bring out the bodies, so to speak. Let's see the perp walk.

 

[lizkat]

It does not look like republicans have learnt anything from this.

Republican senator: "There is no way we're going to impeach the President"

The political fallout over President Trump's reaction to the deadly Capitol attack continues to escalate as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office. Follow here for the latest news.

edition.cnn.com

Blount speaks out of turn. He's a senator. Pelosi runs the House. She is who lets an impeachment article come to the floor.

Blount can play his mind games in turn over in that other body. He might want to run it past McConnell or Schumer first though.

 

[Eric]

I am hearing maga loons have attacked Graham at an airport?

edit: only verbal

Trump supporters yell ‘traitor’ to Lindsey Graham at airport

The incident comes after Sen. Lindsey Graham publicly broke with the president following the deadly riots on Capitol Hill.

news.yahoo.com

If it's me...

 

[lizkat]

If it's me...

Yeah I don't think Graham cares either.

 

[DT]

And now, all the crazies behind this are saying the video, of drump conceding, is a "deep fake", and the radical left has him locked up somewhere ...

WTSF.

 

[Gutwrench]

so of course we have video shot by the protestors. it was sure as hell not peaceful it was rioting in every sense

Don’t be alarmed. Everyone claims their protest/rout/riot is peaceful.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Couldn't happen to a better guy
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1347647547578347521/
I want that to savor every last bite of the shit sandwich he made.

"It's going to be like this forever wherever you go, for the rest of your life"
While in the background some woman is yelling "Sex trafficker"

That's KARMA B-, no matter what A Goldberg tells you! Nothing divine involved, just your own shit come back to haunt you.

Meanwhile...
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1347604674346536960/

 

[DT]

Twitter is jumping on the ban wagon.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1347657811174551554/

not sure why the twitter isn’t showing. never mind. It’s back.

AND TRUMP! HAHAHAHA !!

 

[SuperMatt]

AND TRUMP! HAHAHAHA !!

I didn’t believe it, but you are right:

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

The Capitol police have a $460 million budget, 2,000 officers, and they only need to protect 270 acres. They have their own intelligence service that is part of the national anti-terrorism task force.

Yeah, but they don't have a Facebook account. If only, they could have prevented this.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

It does not look like republicans have learnt anything from this.

Republican senator: "There is no way we're going to impeach the President"

The political fallout over President Trump's reaction to the deadly Capitol attack continues to escalate as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office. Follow here for the latest news.

edition.cnn.com

The Republicans in an attempt to reduce bloat and archaic language have reduced what qualifies as an impeachable offense, being a Democrat. Everything else has been removed or is a gray area.

 

[lizkat]

The Republicans in an attempt to reduce bloat and archaic language have reduced what qualifies as an impeachable offense, being a Democrat. Everything else has been removed or is a gray area.e

Well Murkowski is apparently voting for the WSJ approach: Trump should just resign. She is the first GOP Senator to call for his resignation: "I want him out."

Pressure grows on Trump to leave

Pressure is growing on President Trump to leave office before his term ends due to his role in the deadly riots that consumed Capitol Hill this week.Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) on Friday became th…

thehill.com

 

[Eric]

Don’t be alarmed. Everyone claims their protest/rout/riot is peaceful.

But only Trump rioters can claim they're responsible for more deaths in a period of two hours than BLM had over the entire summer.

 

[JayMysteri0]

But only Trump rioters can claim they're responsible for more deaths in a period of two hours than BLM had over the entire summer.

I still say you can judge a protest, by which side brings zip ties and goes looking for congress people.

 

[Gutwrench]

But only Trump rioters can claim they're responsible for more deaths in a period of two hours than BLM had over the entire summer.

I’ll leave your interesting choice of comparisons to you.
However my statement includes any cause. It’s blame avoidance 101.

 

[User.45]

Really good article (IMHO) in Politico concerning the Capitol police. A couple takeaways: The Capitol police have a $460 million budget, 2,000 officers, and they only need to protect 270 acres. They have their own intelligence service that is part of the national anti-terrorism task force. There is ZERO excuse for their failure; it was obvious that something like this was likely to happen.

Behind the Strategic Failure of the Capitol Police

Experts and police chiefs ask: How could a pumped-up, post-9/11 force with its own bomb squad and intelligence department have flunked the most basic security drill?

www.politico.com

What's ironic is that this shit stole the thunder away from the Georgia victory, but honestly. The Georgia victory was much more surprising than Capitol's Stupid Revolution.

 

[SuperMatt]

I’ll leave your interesting choice of comparisons to you.
However my statement includes any cause. It’s blame avoidance 101.

Why mention other causes at all if you won‘t specify which ones you mean?