Trump

[J Dory]

I guess everyone has seen Death To 2020 by now*. I'm reminded about the "average person" scene when she finishes Netflix and starts watching "America". I'm making popcorn.



*If you haven't watched it, it's a good giggle.

[morepork]

He is hiding behind twitter and throwing hard man sex eyes and jaw lines at the camera making token requests for calm whist managing to whine about fabricated election injustice. Cutting a pitiful but ultimately irresponsible figure that cannot deal with the mess he made himself. He will be barricaded in some bunker by now, if not actually whisked away from the scene completely.

An adult needs to revoke his internet privileges right now before he says more stupid shit. If he want's to make a statement he can do it on camera in front of journalists or even the cracker mob itself.

How fucked up is it that entire careers at the very upper seats of power are built on perpetuating lies and falsehoods, like some stiffly dressed social influencer. Now the chooks have come home to roost and raise a generation of young utter fuckheads raised on a diet of this shit and nothing else. We don't need another centrist corporate jaunt down the middle of the river, we need a complete fucking reset.

[morepork]

I mean, look at these spunk baskets.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55568131

Confederate flags, cross eyed Cletus waving a flag, a 28 year old grandmother ravaged by meth in a home made statue of liberty costume, and lots of selfies.

[Which Tyler]

[Digby]

We don't need another centrist corporate jaunt down the middle of the river, we need a complete fucking reset.

Then find the candidates and vote them in. America just voted in a centrist however, and hardly their first one, so it's a tricky path to plot and follow to go for a full reset.

[Sandydragon]

I suppose we should be grateful that:
Trump is basically lacking any physical courage;
Trump is incompetent; and
Enough public servants in the US take their oath to the constitution seriously and try to be impartial.

This could have been a whole lot worse.

As it stands, it must surely be grounds for invoking the 25th amendment?

I was in 2 minds about whether Trump should just be ignored once Biden takes over. But after this, I can't see any good reason not to prosecute him. Theres definitely enough counts of inciting a riot, a few manslaughter charges maybe and at a stretch something about rebellion/insurrection. Whatever, the principal that you accept an election result once any concerns have been robustly challenged must be defended.

[Mikey Brown]

Oh to be a patriot.

[Which Tyler]

IIRC, The Capitol Cops did ask for the national guard - but whoever it is in the Trump administration (Secretary of Defence?) refused

[twitchy]

[paddy no 11]

Of course it was those Antifa guys.....you just couldn't keep be up to them and their dastardly tricks

[Which Tyler]

[Sandydragon]

IIRC, The Capitol Cops did ask for the national guard - but whoever it is in the Trump administration (Secretary of Defence?) refused

Not his shout. Unless federalised, the NG are controlled by State Governors and I believe that a small number (c300) NG were deployed ahead of the riot.

[morepork]

IIRC, The Capitol Cops did ask for the national guard - but whoever it is in the Trump administration (Secretary of Defence?) refused

Not his shout. Unless federalised, the NG are controlled by State Governors and I believe that a small number (c300) NG were deployed ahead of the riot.

DC is not part of any state and is a Federal District, under the jurisdiction of the government.

[Sandydragon]

IIRC, The Capitol Cops did ask for the national guard - but whoever it is in the Trump administration (Secretary of Defence?) refused

Not his shout. Unless federalised, the NG are controlled by State Governors and I believe that a small number (c300) NG were deployed ahead of the riot.

DC is not part of any state and is a Federal District, under the jurisdiction of the government.

Good point, so presumably the president need to call out the guard? I believe some 300 were deployed, but obviously not enough security forces overall to contain that.

I believe that the NG in Washington DC is an MP battalion. I doubt there's much more there so presumably any additional NG reinforcements would need to come from neighbouring states?

[gransoporro]

Not his shout. Unless federalised, the NG are controlled by State Governors and I believe that a small number (c300) NG were deployed ahead of the riot.

DC is not part of any state and is a Federal District, under the jurisdiction of the government.

Good point, so presumably the president need to call out the guard? I believe some 300 were deployed, but obviously not enough security forces overall to contain that.

I believe that the NG in Washington DC is an MP battalion. I doubt there's much more there so presumably any additional NG reinforcements would need to come from neighbouring states?

The DC NG is under the president’s authority, I think the secretary of the Army has direct chain of command over them.
The DC major can (and did) ask for other states to send NG under some mutual assistance act. New York is sending some, for example. Cuomo is always talkative, so everyone knows real time. I heard Virginia already sent some as well yesterday.

[morepork]

Not his shout. Unless federalised, the NG are controlled by State Governors and I believe that a small number (c300) NG were deployed ahead of the riot.

DC is not part of any state and is a Federal District, under the jurisdiction of the government.

Good point, so presumably the president need to call out the guard? I believe some 300 were deployed, but obviously not enough security forces overall to contain that.

I believe that the NG in Washington DC is an MP battalion. I doubt there's much more there so presumably any additional NG reinforcements would need to come from neighbouring states?

The mayor requested the national guard a couple of days ago, and the Pentagon agreed. They seemed to be fasionably late to the party last night though.

DC has a very large Park guard (read: government militia for government land), who were called up with ease to tear gas BLM protestors so Trump could get a photo of himself standing outside a church with his cartoon hard man face on.

BLM protests for civil rights in a park = drop the hammer

(white) domestic terrorists storming government buildings = let them in with minimal resistance


That right there is the administrations priority, and the number of white power signs being thrown by the terrorists yesterday tells you all you need to know about that.

[Which Tyler]

Asking where all the cops were yesterday is like asking where Bowie is whilst Ziggy's on stage

BLM protests for civil rights in a park = drop the hammer

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... sts-photos

[morepork]

Asking where all the cops were yesterday is like asking where Bowie is whilst Ziggy's on stage

BLM protests for civil rights in a park = drop the hammer

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... sts-photos

It's blatant isn't it. For me it is the worst effect of this administration, the attack on civil rights and the nurturing of white grievance. Trump is basically a terrorist sympathiser. Now we have a radicalised highly motivated domestic threat to deal with in the immediate future. All perfectly predictable and avoidable. They bang on about the "radical left" with religious and 2nd amendment props for theatre, but the only radicals now are these fucking militia cosplay Q anon cunts. Fuck me.

[Sandydragon]

DC is not part of any state and is a Federal District, under the jurisdiction of the government.

Good point, so presumably the president need to call out the guard? I believe some 300 were deployed, but obviously not enough security forces overall to contain that.

I believe that the NG in Washington DC is an MP battalion. I doubt there's much more there so presumably any additional NG reinforcements would need to come from neighbouring states?

It seems that the Sergeant at Arms in both houses are likely to be sacked or asked to resign ditto the DC police chief.

I wonder if the blame really lies on those individuals, particularly the two security leads for the houses.

The mayor requested the national guard a couple of days ago, and the Pentagon agreed. They seemed to be fasionably late to the party last night though.

DC has a very large Park guard (read: government militia for government land), who were called up with ease to tear gas BLM protestors so Trump could get a photo of himself standing outside a church with his cartoon hard man face on.

BLM protests for civil rights in a park = drop the hammer

(white) domestic terrorists storming government buildings = let them in with minimal resistance


That right there is the administrations priority, and the number of white power signs being thrown by the terrorists yesterday tells you all you need to know about that.

[Digby]

And because it's Trump he can't help in all this but advance the case for DC statehood. Which obviously is against his wishes and to the detriment of his own party (well sort of the party he purports to support). How he's come in far in life I don't know, there are bags of spanners with more going on upstairs

[Puja]

http://imgur.com/gallery/ggtFXMG

Link

Someone's getting a $1,000 reward start on their college fund.

Puja

[Mikey Brown]

I hope this is real.

[morepork]

It's funny cos it's true...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ad ... lack-woman

[Mikey Brown]

Stay classy.

[morepork]

Stay classy.

Pardon me while I wipe away a solitary tear and pray for a dead nazi.


P.S. the only good nazi is a dead nazi. hth.

Pretty low buddy, pretty low.

Please, no lecture. I know what is happening on my stoop. HTH.