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Hekate

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74. I was braced for violence because of reporting here over weeks, & Trump finally Tweeting...

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Fri Jan 6, 2023, 11:08 PM

Jan 2023

“Be here. Will be wild.”

I’m a night owl, and I live in California. I got up about 9 or 10 am I think, and immediately turned on the tv to MSNBC. My gut reaction was the same as what Katy Tur expressed today: absolute shock, and I ended up standing in the living room screaming at the tv, “Where is the National Guard? Where are the reinforcements?”

Just utter disbelief that violence like that in our nation’s Capitol could go unanswered by the National Guard, that the police could be so badly betrayed — undermanned, unarmed, maimed, beaten to death.

I got on DU immediately, but the visuals in real time were absolutely engrossing — and surreal — and I felt entirely alone except for DU.

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So How Did You Hear about Jan 6 if you were at an office job, working from home, retired (@ home)?.. [View all] electric_blue68 Jan 2023 OP

I woke up after third shift sleeping doing day. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #1

Woah. Assyming she was shocked about it? electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #64

She was crying and pissed off. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #67

I hope you gave her a big hug if she's the huggy type. Then your turn to be upset. Gah electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #69

Affectionate Always Duncanpup Jan 2023 #70

,good! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #71

Facebook Deep State Witch Jan 2023 #2

I never made to FB till hours later! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #65

I was at work, and listening to NPR when it happened. I knew of the drumpf rally of course. liberalla Jan 2023 #3

Woah, yeah, for sure! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #4

Watching MSNBC on my tablet while at work. AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #5

Very true! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #18

I was watching MSNBC on television. Saw it live as it was happening. scarletlib Jan 2023 #90

MSNBC - Do work on the work computer and listen on my home computer Kennah Jan 2023 #6

Did it slow down your work routine? electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #7

Yes, it did. AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #14

I was working in my painting studio. FalloutShelter Jan 2023 #8

Talk about getting a visual "smack in the face" when you first turned around! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #19

I DID have a studio. FalloutShelter Jan 2023 #40

Maybe you could paint small? I love pastels but too dusty for me! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #66

I was painting, too bigtree Jan 2023 #25

Wow... And as someone who loves visiting DC... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #29

he was an anti-nuke activist bigtree Jan 2023 #72

It was being talked about in our Teams meeting. woodsprite Jan 2023 #9

At least good you had people to express yourself to. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #20

I consider myself very lucky. woodsprite Jan 2023 #28

Oh definitely! Living in NYC where drumphf "enclaves" are rather fewer... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #63

We all check the news and our favorite sites on our phones during down time happybird Jan 2023 #10

Wow. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #21

None of us thought it would amount to anything... happybird Jan 2023 #34

With your circumstances that'd make sense. It was unthinkable. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #52

I was watching it live on CNN and I yelled to my mom something was going down. joshcryer Jan 2023 #42

Woah, that's a personally serious circumstance! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #53

Settling in on the couch,,,, KarenS Jan 2023 #11

"What channel?" "It doesn't matter". Wow, times like those! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #31

I was moving into my new house on 1/6/2021 mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #12

wow! That's pretty different! renate Jan 2023 #13

Odd is putting it mildly. mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #15

That definitely makes sense! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #54

Oh, never heard about that! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #32

Wow! Well, good in a way bc it would have put an emotional crimp on such extremely busy, challenging electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #22

I was a union steward xmas74 Jan 2023 #16

Woah! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #33

At least the idiot wasn't in the crowd pics on tv xmas74 Jan 2023 #80

Well, you did the job you were supposed to, and good riddance to her. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #82

Scrolling DU and Facebook in-between patients that day. Aristus Jan 2023 #17

I though about the peaceful transition part some months later... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #26

I work from home and had purposely tuned out the news CatWoman Jan 2023 #23

Wow! Oh, yeah about Georgia! I remember the GD subforum that had ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #35

the email was sent out agency wide CatWoman Jan 2023 #46

Of course! Lots of shocked work-at-home colleagues. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #56

I had broken my hip on New Years Day and was stuck in bed with nothing but Raven Jan 2023 #24

Oh, man... Take about shock and negative emotions while trying to rest & recover.... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #36

Was here on DU malaise Jan 2023 #27

Absolutely! 😔 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #37

DU was down. joshcryer Jan 2023 #41

Not for me and many others malaise Jan 2023 #44

Well archive.org doesn't have posts from that day. joshcryer Jan 2023 #49

I was on DU all day on Jan. 6th. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #58

I forget where I saw the news... CBHagman Jan 2023 #30

Wow. Restraint for not blurting it out! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #47

I was watching it unfold all day. Arthur_Frain Jan 2023 #38

Oh, boy...like "Spidey sense". electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #68

Was following DU and streaming sites during the day. Couldn't tune out as the attack progressed. Eugene Jan 2023 #39

Like passing a "Constitutional Car wreck"! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #50

Exactly! Eugene Jan 2023 #55

I was wfh and watching it live Catherine Vincent Jan 2023 #43

Since I only get The Net through my phone I didn't text, call anybody... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #51

Retired was putting xmas stuff away Tree Lady Jan 2023 #45

Wow, what a extra sad confluence. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #57

Retired, and I was sitting on my couch looking at DU, and people were raccoon Jan 2023 #48

Woah... that's kind of wild seeing seriously worrisome reactions to an event you'd yet to ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #61

Retired and watched it live on TV. I was pissed Emile Jan 2023 #59

I was working from home. Xolodno Jan 2023 #60

Wow, that's some personal background! I hear you about the "definition" of "opposition". electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #75

It's that background that keeps me grounded. Xolodno Jan 2023 #89

I was on a lunchtime ZOOM call with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a Pentagon staffer... brooklynite Jan 2023 #62

Woah, at least you watched together. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #76

We had been in the grocery store MissMillie Jan 2023 #73

Ohhh, boy. Yeah, really. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #77

I was braced for violence because of reporting here over weeks, & Trump finally Tweeting... Hekate Jan 2023 #74

Hoo, boy yeah.... I was too shocked to even think about the NG, and totally staring at my... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #78

I was up all night on J5 following the wnylib Jan 2023 #79

Not Sure I Remembered about the "it'll be wild" Rally when I woke up ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #81

I think DU iemanja Jan 2023 #83

Watching it would have been too distracting for you. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #85

I turned on the tv Meowmee Jan 2023 #84

I remember you talking about your father. : ( electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #86

I don't even remember anymore how I found out Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #87

I was watching a documentary on the French Revolution cagefreesoylentgreen Jan 2023 #88

My husband insisted on watching vote certification on C-span. shrike3 Jan 2023 #91

We put the T.V. on MSNBC in the morning and watched with horror Greybnk48 Jan 2023 #92