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We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty and the guy in the chewbacca bikini
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underpants
(182,863 posts)I just posted that too.
area51
(11,918 posts)like healthcare for all.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)2naSalit
(86,748 posts)John Ludi
(589 posts)had an amusing FB profile that seems to have been taken down...but not before hundreds of people trolled him with "you're going to prison" comments.
Butterflylady
(3,546 posts)Because they chose to believe a lie.
Hugin
(33,180 posts)I was looking for this photo last night.
Fucking fascists.
Progressive dog
(6,917 posts)assist in identifying the rioters.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,873 posts)Actually, the government did not fall. For a brief time a mob occupied the Capitol. There was a lot of confusion, one death that I'm aware of, and no doubt some property damage. But the government is still intact.
BumRushDaShow
(129,336 posts)By Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Peter Nickeas, CNN
Updated 3:33 AM ET, Thu January 7, 2021
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A woman, who is yet to be identified, died after being shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds, DC police confirmed to CNN. More information on the shooting was not immediately available and a police spokesperson said additional details will come later. DC Police Chief Robert Contee said three other people died from medical emergencies during the riot.
"One adult female and two adult males appear to have suffered from separate medical emergencies, which resulted in their deaths. Any loss of life in the District is tragic and our thoughts are with anyone impacted by their loss," Contee said at a news conference Wednesday night.
Multiple officers have been injured with at least one transported to the hospital, multiple sources tell CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html
Some other stories regarding the 3 non-shooting victims suggested 2 that were apparently cardiac emergencies and one that was someone falling off the side of the Capitol building (could have been one of the ones climbing/standing on the scaffolding).
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,873 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Plus one younger Trump humper no doubt crazed on PCP who probably thought he could fly.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)I told my husband yesterday, "That is the biggest collection of white trash that I have seen in my life." Gullible and violent white trash.
Native
(5,943 posts)Marcuse
(7,504 posts)Native
(5,943 posts)sarisataka
(18,733 posts)to maximize the use of the military the responsibility for security in Washington DC be turned over to the military?
Should armed, uniformed be seen daily on the streets of out Capitol?
Turin_C3PO
(14,022 posts)Right wingers have been plotting this for weeks all over internet forums. There should have been more and better security.
sarisataka
(18,733 posts)I do not disagree that there were serious failures. I could write a lessons learned paper on just what I have seen in the news. There was indeed ample warning of the gathering crowd and their potential to disrupt proceedings proceedings. (Though in fairness I must point out that yesterday morning posters were mocking the small number of people who gathered and dismissed them as impotent cowards. Perhaps Capitol Police felt the same?)
However if there is no suggestion to actually use the military, then referring to the DOD budget is meaningless.
Boy that says it all. Just unbelievable that this happened. Or maybe not.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)marmar
(77,088 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,059 posts)They let crazies...with guns....into the capitol building....among lawmakers....
And Trump applauded them.
I still can't believe it.
58Sunliner
(4,391 posts)The two guys on either side are also known white supremacist associates.
The guy has a hammer of Thor on his stomach which has been appropriated by white supremacists, and the three triangles, a Valknot
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,397 posts)yardwork
(61,690 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Are the "Victoria Police" in Australia?
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BumRushDaShow
(129,336 posts)that they REALLY "swept" that place. The Capitol is a HUGE complex and that is bad when you had hundreds and hundreds swarming around in there with backpacks going from floor to floor and room to room. Who knows what the hell they could have "planted" in there.
I remember my first time going in there - I think back in the late '80s, and if you wanted to go sit in either chamber gallery, you had to have a "pass" from your member of Congress (House and/or Senate) and then you couldn't bring anything with you to sit up there (items had to be checked and stored). I'm sure the screening is way more extensive.
From ancillary articles and social media remarks from various members of congress, most have or are moving into a "fury" stage so I expect all kinds of heads are going to be rolling.
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)I was watching
honest.abe
(8,680 posts)Well stated.
sarchasm
(1,012 posts)Chewbacca bikini! ...
IronLionZion
(45,496 posts)But seriously, it exposes a lot of vulnerabilities that more dangerous enemies may choose to exploit real soon.
They_Live
(3,239 posts)a tax cut for the rich.
llmart
(15,549 posts)In fact, they went on with the process of certifying the electoral votes and got it done.
I'm getting really sick of the hyperbole running rampant. Once again the focus is drifting away from Trump and his republican enablers via the "who had the best quippy line". The blame is being shifted to the Police. They have a part in this but were not the cause of this.
The government did not fall. And yes, security needs to be updated badly.
Also, the Capitol police did NOT remove the gates and invite the insurrectionists inside (regarding the very narrow view of the tiktok video making the rounds on Twitter and elsewhere). Mistakes were made that need to be addressed, they are investigating.
Here is an interview with the guy who shot the video.
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Nitram
(22,845 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,452 posts)and order" party proclamations.
Chakaconcarne
(2,460 posts)They would just wear it as a badge of honor.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,452 posts)randr
(12,413 posts)Is gonna love his new pink prison suit
kairos12
(12,866 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)AZ suffers further humiliation.
Chakaconcarne
(2,460 posts)And why give these idiots that kind of credit?
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)malaise
(269,153 posts)This insurgency did not last six hours
That is all
Blue Owl
(50,484 posts)Inside job all the way FUCK TRUMP