I went to school in KY, but admittedly could be wrong. I’m gonna leave it here, anyway, because that was my first impression.
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Of course it gets worse.
A Trumpie left his van within the police perimeter with a handgun on the seat, and assault rifle in the back and 11 molotov cocktails with dissolved styrofoam to stick to stuff as it burns.
The gun on the seat was just asking to be arrested. DC is not Charlottesville 2017. They are fierce when it comes to gun control, especially near government buildings. Plus it was a theft hazard and just irresponsible gun ownership.
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Wait, is that sarcasm?
I think we may be uncovering the source of my confusion, it’s a faulty sarcasm detector.
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Thinking ahead, at last.
Now, can someone explain to me why they’re not having the impeachment vote tonight?
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Too little too late.
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No, that was a legit reply, albeit via my usual mode of gif.
I didn’t hear any sarcasm in her voice at all; I agree with @anon15383236.
I think she was dead fucking serious.
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Because Pelosi is actually not all that different from Susan Collins when it comes to actually wanting to do the rubber-meets-the-road work of holding powerful people accountable?
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To me it went right along with what’s probably a “Fuck you liberal media” attitude while trying to shoo away the camera.
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Yep.
“Ma grandson is a saint, and you’re all just out to get 'im!”
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Good.
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I’m guessing you’ve never met a pissed off WV grandma. One of the most vicious species in nature. And yeah, I took that as as close to “Fuck you Trump” as she could get.
(Just to clarify, not saying she is not a MAGAt herself, but “You got my grandson in trouble” is bigger than any loyalty.)
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Yeah, it sounded to me that she was legitimately blaming Trump for leading her grandson astray.
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It was actually hearing her say, “I know you’re just trying to do your job,” or “I know you got a job to do,” as she approached that made me interpret things in a more generous light. 
But I’m not arguing that she’s some pillar of goodness, just why I tended to interpret her the way I did.
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You remember I’m from Ohio, right?
Sure, I have.
Though the grandma in question was far more vexed about the fact that her grandson wanted to date me, even though I’m “one of them…”
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Ah, yes, I keep putting you in Cali. Sorry, you certainly have.
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Because that’s where I live now, thank heaven!
Nevertheless, I’ll always be a Midwesterner…
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Yikes.
I’d read about a supposed cooler full of Molotov cocktails and was kind of hoping they’d misreported a cooler full of vodka or ever clear for the “after party” and not that these guys were literally aiming to burn it all down. The styrofoam makes it extra scary.
I feel like the visceral shock of how close things really got is starting to settle into my nervous system. I’m so glad it’s Friday. There’s a lot to do to clean up this mess.
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Now that he’s “turned” on Trump, I’ll be racing to his defense in, wait, no, need to check my email.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 08, 2021
Don’t Forget Pension And Secret Service Protection
by Atrios at 16:33
I will say that I suddenly see the virtue in getting this right.
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I heard her say, “and thank you, Mr. Trump, for inviting a riot at the White House,” which makes more sense to me as sarcasm—people who are in favor of riots usually call them something else, especially on the Right
but she didn’t deliver it so we could really tell what she meant, Poe’s Law and all that
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