The enemys of democracy

[hodad]

“As of 5 January 2021, FBI Norfolk received information indicating calls for violence in response to ‘unlawful lockdowns’ to begin on 6 January 2021 in Washington. D.C.,” the document says. “An online thread discussed specific calls for violence to include stating ‘Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent. Stop calling this a march, or rally, or a protest. Go there ready for war. We get our President or we die. NOTHING else will achieve this goal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-fbi-intelligence/2021/01/12/30d12748-546b-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

 

[living sounds]

"Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party,” the New York Times reports.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/mcconnell-impeachment-trump-mc.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

[cyrano]

Ouch... 

 

[dbonin]

"...all eight of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the military, including chair Mark Milley, today reminded service members of their oath to the Constitution and warned against “violence, sedition and insurrection.” They reminded members of the military that “any act to disrupt the Constitutional process is not only against our tradition, values, and oath; it is against the law.” "

It's scary when you know some of your troops may have already gone over the line... they are warning them to stay clear of the inauguration on Jan 20th.

 

[living sounds]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/us-capitol-riot-police-neo-nazis-far-right

 

[living sounds]

This is an epidemic . I'd guess a worldwide one in some cases too. Although I suspect Germany may not have the same issues with policing, it would be surprising to hear the US is alone in it's madness. But IDK...

Germany has issues with policing, though nothing like the US. Obviously, people with a certain world view select for this kind of job in the first place, so certain issues are more or less to be expected. And although there is a stringent selection process in place and several years of training are required to become a police officer in Germany, nevertheless excessive police violence does happen (and courts often let them get away with it in ways non-police officers don't) and right-wing-extremist sympathizers or even networks among officers get uncovered quite frequently.

 

[living sounds]

Good news, if true:


https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1351951405737779202

 

[desol]

Omg...i can't believe Trump is gone. It's like a new day...

 

[iturnknobs]

Omg...i can't believe Trump is gone. It's like a new day...

+1
    The temperature already appears to have been turned down. Here's some info pointing to a similar effect(at bottom)...
If only his supporters could have stood up and spoken out about "chumming the waters", we may have not reached such a "boiling over" point... good riddance.

https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/international/73-drop-in-election-misinformation-since-trump-s-twitter-ban-report-121011800211_1.html

 

[Winston OBoogie]

Omg...i can't believe Trump is gone. It's like a new day...

Feels like I've just taken a 250 pound shit

 

[cyrano]

Here's an American who explains the feeling I had when I wrote 'healing" much better than I ever could:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoP9ufM3bjw

 

[hodad]

Here's an American who explains the feeling I had when I wrote 'healing" much better than I ever could:

Didn't watch (it was slow loading & I lost patience--sorry.)  In the real world of US politics, Republicans are still putting party over people.  Mitch McConnell still cares more about himself than he does about accomplishing anything.  As I've indicated before,  I'm willing to listen to apologies and admissions of error from GOP types; I think many DC Dems, even many of the liberal ones, would be willing to work with republicans as long as they actually wanted to do something besides obstruct Democrats' agenda. 

I'm completely done with Republican BS;  we've been down this road before, and with many of the same bad actors.  Once they show they're honest dealers who are willing to put country before party, then we can talk.

 

[hodad]

Another facet of Trump's attempted autogolpe:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-justice-department-overturn-election/2021/01/22/b7f0b9fa-5d1c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

And of course we find out that the insurrection was essentially a disguised Trump campaign rally--numerous former Trump campaign workers put it together. 

All of which points to why this man should never be allowed to serve in public office again.

 

[iturnknobs]

Another facet of Trump's attempted autogolpe:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-justice-department-overturn-election/2021/01/22/b7f0b9fa-5d1c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

And of course we find out that the insurrection was essentially a disguised Trump campaign rally--numerous former Trump campaign workers put it together. 

All of which points to why this man should never be allowed to serve in public office again.

Hodad-
If you want to get your across via a WP article, you should provide the link AND copy and paste the pertinent text from said article. Subscriptions are required to view WP articles online and I guarantee the people's minds you're trying to change(or even debate with) probably don't give money to a "fake news" establishment.