Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout

The flight attendants union wants this to happen, but much of the video is from earlier incidents.

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Eschaton

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Get Those Republican Congressional Staffers

No chance some weren’t involved. Even the members of Congress are q-adjacent Parler Magaheads. Where do you think they find the 20somethings that run the place?

Atrios at 15:28

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Yep, how do I spin insurrection and look a job?

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After the lady who got trampled while carrying a Gadsden flag, this is the funniest thing I’ve read all week.

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This seems like Phillip Roth novel.

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Smart move, he’ll get that job back in a second now.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-top-gop-staffer-on-armed-services-resigns-in-disgust-with-election-lies

A former Army intelligence analyst who was wounded in Iraq, Schmid was also particularly pointed in his anger that members of the military had been involved in the attack calling for their immediate expulsion from the force, citing a loss of the “credibility needed to accomplish this work.”

“All of our words and actions in the coming weeks and days will reveal those who believe in defending the Constitution and those who stand only for self-interest and sectarianism,” Schmid wrote. “There can be no reconciliation and healing without accountability.”

Seems I can find common ground with a Republican after all. Does this mean I have to turn in my “Just As Bad On The Left” card?

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Philadelphia public transit police officers.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/secret-service-officer-cheered-on-trump-attempt-steal-election-facebook

“Good morning patriots! Yesterday started out beautiful and as usual Antifa soured the mood and attacked police and an Air Force veteran was murdered…. It’s OFFENSE time finally!!” the officer wrote, according to the Post.

Nice.

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take the reins from Trump, the Secret Service has reportedly been working to remedy concerns of Biden’s security detail potentially including Trump loyalists. As such, the agency has arranged for Biden’s Obama-era security officers to return to the president-elect’s team.

JFC.

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Brooklyn has its own Supreme Court?

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The lowest level of court in New York is the Supreme Court, so yes.

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Pence has responded to threats against himself, and further threats from Trump of violence, with: complete capitulation.

He is who he has always been, there was never a change.

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“…kidnap and threaten themselves until they support our coup. They have the gall to refuse to execute themselves or each other in these trying times.”

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Well. He is hanging his political future on there not being a repeat on the 20th.

There will be hell to pay if he is wrong.

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