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Initech

(100,104 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 12:14 AM Jan 2021

Thousands of troops dig in for inauguration

The National Guard is playing a leading role as the country confronts a domestic terrorism threat following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The Capitol is now crawling with more troops than in the United States’s main theaters of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria combined as the National Guard fortifies key areas around Washington, D.C., for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

The Secret Service is even referring to the new perimeter around the Capitol as the “Green Zone” — the same name used for secure zones in Iraq and Afghanistan’s capital cities.

And it’s not just D.C. Amid FBI warnings of the potential for violence at all 50 state Capitols, governors in roughly a dozen states have called up their National Guards to bolster law enforcement.

But there are also worries the military is part of the problem, as several veterans have been arrested in connection with the Capitol riots. And at least one person arrested is a current member of the National Guard in Virginia.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/534534-thousands-of-troops-dig-in-for-inauguration


Holy fuck. Fuck you Trump, you brought this craziness on us. You're going down.
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Thousands of troops dig in for inauguration (Original Post) Initech Jan 2021 OP
FUCK repukes Skittles Jan 2021 #1
Don't forget "family values" SheltieLover Jan 2021 #2
fucking gold diggers is a repuke family value now Skittles Jan 2021 #4
As is being a pervert school coach, apparently SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
So those "Thousands" get counted Cha Jan 2021 #3

Skittles

(153,193 posts)
1. FUCK repukes
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 12:57 AM
Jan 2021

I never want to hear about their so-called devotion to RULE OF LAW, the CONSTITUTION, being PRO-LIFE, etc, FUCK ALL OF THEM

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
5. As is being a pervert school coach, apparently
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:17 PM
Jan 2021

Domestic partner abuse is pretty high on their list of family values, too.

Along with the usual: skimming, scamming, ripping, raping, grifting, and insider trading.

Cha

(297,697 posts)
3. So those "Thousands" get counted
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 03:05 AM
Jan 2021

for Biden's Inauguration.. whether some don't want them to or not.

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