This. Is. Horrifying.

Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control

When I was Assembly presiding officer I worked closely w/our sergeant at arms. And when I introduced the bill to end Open Carry I had to travel with armed escorts to public events. There is no excuse for this type of breakdown of security in a professional law-enforcement body

This reminds me of an event in 2017 #ProudBoys began harassing attendees at an event in #SanDiego at the @SanDiegoCounty Admin Bldg. Deputies stood & watched so I called @SDSheriff Bill Gore on his cellphone & asked him: Why are your Deputies letting Proud Boys incite fights? 3/

I joined w/event organizers to meet w/@SDSheriff Gore in August re:this event. We also reported it to #CLERB.

A few days later: Heather Peyer was run over & killed by a violent white nationalist in Charlottesville & the #SanDiego #ProudBoys were arrested... in Berkeley 4/

It didn't stop them: They organized a "Pizza Party" at Chicano Park that required @sandiegoPD response. They put out invitations that used the @SDSheriff address as their own & called themselves "Border Patriots"

In other words: they've been hiding in plain sight for years 5/

@USNavy @USNavyCNO @USNavyUnderSec @NavyTimes just wanted to know, when the contract was signed with IAL to ship our vehicles did you question the wording of the clause, "It will get there in the same condition it left, occasionally."
At this point I don't care how much it costs-

IAL needs to be held responsible for their poor quality of service and attempts to deny claims that are obviously the fault of their staff and subcontractors.
Backstory:
I just got out of the Navy after serving 8 honorable, rewarding years. Covid-19 is in full swing. I am living-

- off of savings while I wait for the spring semester at school to start because finding part time work in my skill-set is difficult in this climate. I have no vehicle and am still waiting for my household goods to arrive at my home. I'm informed that my car has arrived in NJ--

--and is ready for pickup. Imagine my surprise when I take a train across four states and walk 30 minutes in snow to pick up my car, only to find it has been damaged mechanically in transport because someone didn't know how to drive manual and couldn't be bothered to operate--

-a winch. My car is now ruined and I'm stuck in NJ trying to find a mechanic to replace my clutch on December 23rd. I ended up having to tow the car 30 minutes to a mechanic, out of pocket, and leave it in NJ, then try to catch a train to make it home to my family for the--

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Republicans grill Bruce Ohr on Trump dossier, Steele ties...

[KNOWINGLY]

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DOJ's Bruce Ohr kept Mueller deputy 'in the loop' about anti-Trump dossier, sources

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The sources said Ohr's outreach about the dossier – as well as its author, ex-British spy Christopher Steele; the opposition research firm behind it, Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS; and his wife Nellie Ohr's work for Fusion – occurred before and after the FBI fired Steele as a...

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...source over his media contacts. Ohr's network of contacts on the dossier included: former FBI agent Peter Strzok; former FBI lawyer Lisa Page; former deputy director Andrew McCabe; Weissmann and at least one other DOJ official; and a current FBI agent who worked with...

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Strzok on the Russia case.

Weissmann was kept "in the loop" on the dossier, a source said, while he was chief of the criminal fraud division. He is now assigned to Special Counsel Mueller’s team.

In 10 months, the U.S. transformed into an obedient socialist country. Government dictated what events are acceptable to attend. Violent protests that instill fear are OK but church services, family funerals & patriotic celebrations are dangerous & you bought it without a fight.

1. A brief thread on why we should not panic but should worry, even be a bit...alarmed.

I've been speaking with former Trump Administration officials and with other former senior national security types who remain plugged in to the Pentagon.

2. They think we'll most likely "be ok;" but they are worried about what one called the three I's:
Iran.
The Insurrection Act.
and (White House and civilian DOD leadership) Insanity.

3. Iran.

January 3 is the anniversary of Suleimani's killing, followed shortly by the end of the 40-day mourning period for Fakhrizadeh. So there is the prospect of Iranian retaliation, to which a U.S. response (or conceivably preemptive action) would certainly be legitimate.

4. Iran (cont'd)

But of course there's also the possibility of the Trump Administration using an Iranian provocation to launch an action that's way beyond proportionate, as well as the possibility of simply inventing a predicate for U.S. action.

5. Iran (cont'd)

This obviously wouldn't stop the transition or even endanger it; but it would create an atmosphere of crisis and even chaos in which the second possibility--the Insurrection Act--might seem more doable.

You're going to find out, in the near future, that all those people who studied the government for decades, but you denounced as "crazy conspiracy theorists" were right about everything.

Apologies will be in order.

Also, this is far from over. It's just the beginning.

On the morning of 9-11-2001 I was awoken by a family member immediately after first tower was hit. I go to the tv. I see it. "America's under attack," someone said. My response, "No. They've planned this for a long time. That bldg will probably collapse."

I've known things weren't right for at least 26 years. On 9-12-2001 I was searching the Federal Register for a company I'd heard about called UNOCAL (pipelines). I read w/ my own eyes that in early 2001 the Co. had approached Congress & got permission to invade ...

Afghanistan on 10-1-2001. These documents were from EARLY 2001. When George Bush, Jr. announced in mid-September we would be invading Afghanistan on October 1st, I realized 9-11 was the pretext for a business deal that had been approved by US Congress.

The deal was for a pipeline. Back then, you couldn't screenshot things as easy, hard drives weren't as big. I only read these documents w/ my own eyes & thought, "they're caught" bc it was in the Federal Register.

Double standard: a rule or principle which is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups

Insurrection: a violent uprising against an authority or government

Terrorism: the use of intentional violence for political or religious purposes

Anarchism: belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion

Fascism: a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

Neoliberalism: market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy.

Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

The investigation into what happened at the Capitol will need to include deep financial forensics to determine the extent to which it was an Astroturf Rebellion

"In the days before a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building...President Trump's political apparatus worked behind the scenes with pro-Trump groups to plan and promote events in Washington, D.C., that ultimately led to Wednesday's attack on Congress."

"While the 'March to Save America' rally was publicly promoted as being organized by groups not directly tied to the president's team... behind the scenes White House staff and close allies of the president, including former Trump campaign staff, worked with the organizers"

"Since the November election, the president's campaign has significantly trimmed down its staff despite massive fundraising hauls, and has largely leaned on the behind-the-scenes help of outside groups like 'Women for America First' and 'Stop the Steal'."

If any money raised by Trump's campaign or PACs got funneled into the attack on the Capitol, or events leading up to it, we need to know.

#IntelligenceAgencies run blackmail operations that involve child sex trafficking (#Epstein #TheFinders)

@LLinWood is a hero for exposing this conspiracy

Thread: Deputy Defense Minister for Armaments, Alexey Krivoruchko, gave his annual end of the year interview summarizing the year's arms deliveries. He said 2020's state defense order (GOZ) was fulfilled at

25th Amendment and Impeachment thoughts.

There can not be a 25th amendment removal of Trump until Pence and Congress complete the certification of electors. Why?

2) Because Pence would become President and would no longer be able to preside over the Congress. A new VP would have to be nominated and then approved by congress and that takes time and allows for filibuster and other procedural delays that Trump supporters could employ...

3) and he has 6 senators and many reps still on his side. That would delay certification of electors for minimally a week or more because in the midst of this,

4) all it takes is a letter from the President to Congress saying “I’m ok” and he’s back in power until congress decides to challenge that letter, which must take place within 48 hours or it’s settled...

5) but the debate can carry on for a while longer as Trump gets to defend himself.