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Capitol Lockdown

by $8 blue check mistermix|  January 6, 20212:23 pm| 315 Comments

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The Capitol Police have ordered evacuation of multiple House offices, and both the Senate and House have recessed, due to a potential breach of the Capitol on the Senate side.  Protesters have been reported to have been using rubber bullets*.  This is based on Rhonda Colvin’s reporting on the Washington Post livefeed.

Update: DC Mayor Murial Bowser just ordered a 6 PM to 6 AM curfew.

Update: Police are entering the building with assault rifles. CSPAN reporting that live fire is occurring (not confirmed). And this:

People are smashing glass in the doors to the House chamber. Police have guns drawn and aimed at the door

— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) January 6, 2021

Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside. I see a few confederate flags. pic.twitter.com/YI7X7KmuUG

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021

*I probably misheard this, and the video replays show none of it.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    Protesters have been reported to have been using rubber bullets.

    Protestors or police?

  2. 2.

    cliosfanboy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:25 pm

    Protestors? Are using rubber [email protected]!!!

  3. 3.

    mali muso

    January 6, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    All of these fuckers need to be locked up and tried for treason.

  4. 4.

    John S.

    January 6, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    Fuck these traitorous scumbags. Let the police apply the same brand of justice they have called for on other protests across the country.

  5. 5.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    BREAKING NEWS (CNN live on-air): Concussive Blast Heard Near Capitol Steps Overtaken By Trump-Incited Mob, Source Unclear; CNN Reporters Says Events Unfolding Are Unprecedented— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 6, 2021

  6. 6.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Nothing on MSNBC about that.

  7. 7.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    The American right has reached its Beer Hall Putsch moment.

  8. 8.

    Ye Ladylike Sailors

    January 6, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    To quote @fvehafric on Twitter, “It’s a good thing the protesters aren’t there on behalf of racial justice so the cops don’t overreact”.

  9. 9.

    Wapiti

    January 6, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    @mali muso: They need to have masks duct-taped to their faces.

  10. 10.

    mali muso

    January 6, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    The Republican party is a terrorist organization.  So. fucking. angry. right. now.

  11. 11.

    Mag

    January 6, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    These fascists will set fires and try to burn down the Capitol.

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonaldTrump
    · 5m
    Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!

    impeach him for incitement tonight

  13. 13.

    Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix

    January 6, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    @Baud:

    Protestors or police?

    I’m pretty sure she said protestors but who knows.  I updated the post.

  14. 14.

    craigie

    January 6, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    So this is what patriotism looks like. Who knew?

  15. 15.

    cliosfanboy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    1. Stapled perhaps

    @Wapiti:

  16. 16.

    Jeffro

    January 6, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    Yeah who could have predicted trumpov would whip the MAGAts into a frenzy and sic them on Congress?

    (actually, what, a dozen or more of us predicted this?)

    Have your civil war between your own moronic factions, GOP, leave the rest of the country out of it.

  17. 17.

    schrodingers_cat

    January 6, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    @Baud: Seth Abramson is not a reliable person.

  18. 18.

    Al Z.

    January 6, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    The contrast between the treatment of these MAGA scumbags and the removal of protesters in BLM plaza simply is enraging me.

  19. 19.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    Adam Kinzinger @RepKinzinger 8m
    This is a coup attempt.

    make a motion to impeach, GOP Congressman

  20. 20.

    VeniceRiley

    January 6, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    They’re trying to take away our joy. So let’s just take joy that they’ll all be behind bars soon.

  21. 21.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 6, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    Gee, some of these Republicans are starting to figure it out.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    Congressman Boyle says he heard “explosions” from his House office, which is not the Capitol building.

  23. 23.

    RedDirtGirl

    January 6, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    WaPo live coverage just stopped. Whelp!

  24. 24.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    Video from inside the US Capitol, they’ve shattered the window and are banging at the door https://t.co/R2Q2Y2IU9T— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 6, 2021

    Phil Lewis is a brave reporter. He’s a Black guy with a camera. He’s taking a risk being so close to them.

  25. 25.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Rotunda door now breached, Capitol Police say. Loud smashing noises as more Trump protesters surge into building pic.twitter.com/vjCGuPFUUF— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) January 6, 2021

    Mayor Bowser ordering 6 pm curfew.

  26. 26.

    ALurkSupreme

    January 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Even the very serious people can stop pretending these fuckers aren’t fascists?

  27. 27.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    The executive branch is leading an assault on the legislative branch of the United States.— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) January 6, 2021

  28. 28.

    Benw

    January 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    @Al Z.: the system is working as designed – maintain white supremacy at all costs. It’s fucking infuriating

  29. 29.

    Sloane Ranger

    January 6, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Wow, just wow! I’m watching this on CNN.  Others have already said this  but this would never have happened had this been a BLM protest. There would have been police and National Guard 3 deep totally surrounding the Capitol and had anyone even looked at them in a way they didn’t like, there would have been tear gas and baton charges.

  30. 30.

    dmsilev

    January 6, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    To the anti-anti-Trumpers who for years told the Never Trump people that we were overreacting, that we were being alarmist and silly, that our objections to Trump were elitist and out of touch and "aesthetic:"F*** every one of you.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 6, 2021

    I don’t always agree with him, but he’s dead-on correct here.

  31. 31.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    @RedDirtGirl: The plan was to move the press to the chamber if things got dicey.

  32. 32.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    Senate being evacuated.

  33. 33.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    Senate chamber evacuate

    ETA: would evacuations like this be a prelude to tear gas?

    Katie Tur reporting tear gas in the Capitol building

  34. 34.

    schrodingers_cat

    January 6, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Who is in charge of security at the Capitol?

  35. 35.

    PJ

    January 6, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Every one of these fascist assclowns should be arrested today, whether in the building or as they leave it. DC police should be mobilized to arrest them after they leave the Capitol. Their vehicles (parked illegally on park grounds) should be ticketed and impounded. Bowser needs to get on top of this.

  36. 36.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    @Baud: Is Yeltsin expected to make a speech?

  37. 37.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Well, I guess there some rule that says white people don’t get tear gassed or pepper sprayed.

  38. 38.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Whoever is in charge of the Capitol Police should be fired.

  39. 39.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Breaking down barriers outside, screaming at cops

    This is WILD pic.twitter.com/dC8whGzIgw
    — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 6, 2021

  40. 40.

    Kattails

    January 6, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: call your representatives.

  41. 41.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Welcome to the Beer-Hall Putsch, 2021.— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) January 6, 2021

    Roll Call reporter from inside building talking to CSPAN and refusing to give details for fear of danger to fellow reporters trapped in the mess.

  42. 42.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Kellyanne got hold of his phone

    Donald J. Trump  @realDonaldTrump 2m
    Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!

  43. 43.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Tear-gas used inside Capitol.

  44. 44.

    Sister Golden Bear

    January 6, 2021 at 2:42 pm

    Treason in defense of fascism.

    When do we send in the National Guard? Oh wait… they’re white. Never mind.

  45. 45.

    Betty Cracker

    January 6, 2021 at 2:42 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: I think CNN said the Capitol police?

  46. 46.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Sure, like Kellyanne ain’t just as thrilled with the idea with violent action in support of her god.

  47. 47.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 6, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Fox/OANN :: Radio Rwanda. Discuss.

  48. 48.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 6, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Fox News just called this a “huge victory” for protesters— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 6, 2021

  49. 49.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 6, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Sounds like this is this generations version of the Oklahoma City bombing were the country gets it rubbed in it’s smug face that the racists aren’t just a bunch of boys doing the silly talk.

  50. 50.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    @Quinerly: On who? The invaders or the congress critters?

  51. 51.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: Well yeah, prison is quite a prize, no?

  52. 52.

    jonas

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    Had these been BLM protesters, they would have had the shit teargassed and baton-whomped out of them by now. How the hell did Capitol Police allow them to breach the building like this? Chief should be fired, and these bozos arrested for insurrection, terrorism, and whatever else prosecutors can muster.

  53. 53.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: What more is there to say?

  54. 54.

    Benw

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    I guess the congressional vote count has stopped: 12 Trump, 0 Biden.

    TOTAL VICTORY

  55. 55.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    DC National Guard changing vest colors from camo to black signaling domestic support operations for protests https://t.co/ix6mti0dwW pic.twitter.com/7W5dDivKcu— The Hill (@thehill) January 6, 2021

  56. 56.

    BaffleGab

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    I’m a pretty peaceful guy, but I think this situation calls for a bit more than kid gloves. A mob of any stripe violently breaking into our seat of government calls for a response more military than civil…

  57. 57.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    @mali muso: absolutely right there with you, 6ft away and masked up.

  58. 58.

    catclub

    January 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    @Cacti:  also mag @11:

    Combining the beer hall Putsch and the burning of the reichstag in one day.

  59. 59.

    Boris Rasputin (the evil twin)

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    @craigie: No, this is what fucking Nazis look like.

    This is all on Trump’s hands.

  60. 60.

    Just One More Canuck

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    Trump is just Pinochet without the uniform

  61. 61.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    @jonas:

    Had these been BLM protesters, they would have had the shit teargassed and baton-whomped out of them by now.

    Wouldn’t even had made it on to Capitol property, never mind IN the building.

  62. 62.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    Police have asked us to get gas masks out as there has been tear gas used in the rotunda.— Jim Himes (@jahimes) January 6, 2021

  63. 63.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    @Mary G: They’re about 2 hours late, but about fucking time.

  64. 64.

    jonas

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Someone must have gotten through to him that DC prosecutors were going to bring him up on inciting-a-riot charges if he didn’t call off the dogs.

  65. 65.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    @PJ: Luckily there are multiple videos of these treasonous rioters. Many of them will be identified.

  66. 66.

    Gravenstone

    January 6, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    @Quinerly: I’m wondering how many of he Sedition Caucus will be inclined to continue with their charade today after the tear gas has cleared out of the hallways? Maybe give a few of them their own special dose, just because?

  67. 67.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 6, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    @different-church-lady: They are now.

  68. 68.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    Police have asked us to get gas masks out as there has been tear gas used in the rotunda.
    — Jim Himes (@jahimes) January 6, 2021

    Just a reminder that this all started because a black man won the presidency.— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 6, 2021

  69. 69.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    January 6, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    @jonas: They would have been shot, and probably not with rubber bullets.

  70. 70.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Trump plays with fire, everyone else gets burned.

  71. 71.

    Betty Cracker

    January 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Yep.

  72. 72.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    @BaffleGab: According to my FBI friend, the cavalry is assembling somewhere

  73. 73.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Hawley hooligans. None of this – NONE OF THIS – alters the immutable fact that Dolt 45’s term ends on January 20th.

  74. 74.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    I just heard about this shit. Where are all the tear gas canisters, rubber bullets, and stun grenades???  ?

  75. 75.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    @Gravenstone: Katy Tur MSNBC reporting protesters smashed glass doors and push passed Capitol police to get in the building.

  76. 76.

    Spanky

    January 6, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    @jonas: The word is “sedition”, and it started with Trump.

  77. 77.

    AM in NC

    January 6, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    I hope every single Democratic Senator in the locked-in chamber is calling out each and every one of their GOP “colleagues” for fostering this insurrectionist state of affairs, either through direct encouragement, or their silent complicity.   And I hope the GOP senators are wetting their pants.

  78. 78.

    Lapassionara

    January 6, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    @Betty Cracker: this is the question I had. The Capital Police are not the same as the DC police. The DC mayor had activated the National Guard, or so I heard, but I am thinking they cannot help the Capital Police. This is crazy, as the Capital Police are obviously outnumbered.

    what a mess.

  79. 79.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Don’t let the media call this anything other than what it is.

    This is a violent coup attempt by the right wing.

  80. 80.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    These times are too interesting

    Police and Trump supporters are going at it INSIDE of the Capitol. Never thought we’d see something like this pic.twitter.com/MqBJoKYHbP— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 6, 2021

    Trump needs to pay for this.

  81. 81.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @Gravenstone: Members apparently have gas masks at their desks.

  82. 82.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    Rabble rousing demagogue Trump incited this riot and that scumbag Jim Comey has the gall to say don’t investigate him.

    Comey and any pundit who says don’t continue investigating Trump after January 20th is a fucking moron.  Trump is a clear and present danger to this nation. He needs to be investigated and hopefully indicted and then convicted and thrown in prison for the rest of his goddamn life.

  83. 83.

    Betty Cracker

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    There’s pounding on the chamber door. Guns are drawn by police officers. Those of us left are laying low on the floor of the gallery.

    — Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) January 6, 2021

  84. 84.

    cain

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Did they follow process and disarm before going through the metal detectors. These people support law and order I’m told!

    Also someone on my slack was mentioning that bullets have been fired in the capitol building?

  85. 85.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: does that mean the National Guard?

    @debbie: tear gas and flash bangs are being reported

  86. 86.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    @Spanky:

    No, it’s treason. Even Trump.

  87. 87.

    RedDirtGirl

    January 6, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    Trump’s little mushroom must be rock hard right now!

  88. 88.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    @Wapiti:

    They need to have masks duct-taped to their faces. 

    Superglued.  Yeah, the deadly pandemic (remember that?) raging through the country makes this so much worse.

  89. 89.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    sigh… Slotkin both-sidesing, at this moment

  90. 90.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    @germy:

     

    @Quinerly: click on germy’s link above to see that video.

  91. 91.

    Sloane Ranger

    January 6, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Jim Acosta has a way with literary/popular references.  After describing Trump as Covita as he returned to the WH after his bout with COVID-19, he’s just used Bonfire of the Insanities to describe this shitshow.

  92. 92.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    @RedDirtGirl: Completely uncalled for! ?

  93. 93.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    Chaos in House Chambers. Turn on MSNBC.

  94. 94.

    VeniceRiley

    January 6, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    I am completely infuriated beyond my wildest imagining.

  95. 95.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    The Republican Party made this happen.

    Don’t ever let the country forget.

  96. 96.

    Betty Cracker

    January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: That’s going to be ugly because they’ll have to retake a space that’s been overrun.

  97. 97.

    RedDirtGirl

    January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    Not sure I want to watch any live feed. Afraid I’ll see the press person shot on live tv. One rioter just said that a woman was killed inside by police. ??‍♀️

  98. 98.

    Uncle Cosmo

    January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    @cliosfanboy: Nailgunned.

  99. 99.

    Spanky

    January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    @cain: Sometimes the tree if Liberty has to be watered with the blood of every fucking Nazi they can round up.

    I’m 45 minutes away, and steaming. Mrs. Spanky has hidden my truck keys. She s right and I’m not altogether rational atm.

  100. 100.

    mali muso

    January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    @VeniceRiley: I’m literally shaking with rage.  They need to arrest Trump tonight and lock him up for treason and sedition.

  101. 101.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    DC mayor and Pelosi have formally requested DC National Guard to come in. Hang up atm is within the DoD and getting this formalized.

    Edit: this is via MSNBC right now.

  102. 102.

    Danielx

    January 6, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    @jonas:

    Fuck tear gas and batons, if these were BLM protesters the bodies would be stacked three deep already. I’m surprised they haven’t started using live rounds already.

    Trump and his congressional supporters deserve whatever they get from a Biden Justice Department at this point, and it better be more than looking forward and not back etc etc.

  103. 103.

    Bostondreams

    January 6, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: National Guard in DC is controlled by the President, isn’t it?

  104. 104.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    @Betty Cracker: “Ugly” was the exact word she used.

  105. 105.

    Subsole

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    And the rotating tag says:

    “Just a few bad apples.”

     

    Seriously. Can we please fucking drone Rupert, Mark and Jack when this is over??? Christ.

  106. 106.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Militia members have gathered outside the Georgia Capitol. Brad Raffensperger and senior staff have been escorted out to safety.— Amy Gardner (@AmyEGardner) January 6, 2021

  107. 107.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Also apparently insurrectionists have gun inside the building. Fuck. Rage.

  108. 108.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Protester on the dias of House Chamber. Screaming “Trump won.” MSNBC reporting

  109. 109.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    There’s pounding on the chamber door. Guns are drawn by police officers. Those of us left are laying low on the floor of the gallery.— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) January 6, 2021

  110. 110.

    p.a

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    No journos attacked yet?  That’s part of their m.o.

  111. 111.

    The Thin Black Duke

    January 6, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Ain’t it grand, being white?

  112. 112.

    A Ghost to Most

    January 6, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    So, is everyone enjoying the Calvinball? The Unraveling Is Happening.

    Good luck, and good job in Georgia.

  113. 113.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    DC Metro Police are on coming.

  114. 114.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    @Spanky:

    To any counter-protesters in DC: Just stay home.

    — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 6, 2021

  115. 115.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    Both sides did not do this.

    The right wing is a fascist movement now.  In the literal, not pejorative sense.

  116. 116.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    @Just One More Canuck:Trump is just Pinochet without the uniform

    Worse than Pinochet.  My wife and family lived in Chile under Pinochet.  HIs regime had a greater degree of competence and less corruption than the Trump Administration.  And they had a lot lower death toll.

    And when Pinochet lost the referendum election he went away without fuss.

  117. 117.

    FelonyGovt

    January 6, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    I’m worried for the safety of our folks, including Pelosi and Harris (who is still a Senator).

  118. 118.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 6, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: No that’s Trump, now the mob broke the law for him he’s denouncing them. Soon Trump will talk smack about how he never told them to riot.

  119. 119.

    jackmac

    January 6, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    Arrest and prosecute these motherf**kers.

  120. 120.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    @Benw: Total Victory Landscaping?

  121. 121.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    Not to give any less due to Ed Murrow but all that keeps flashing on the interior marquee that best fits is Harvest of Shame.

  122. 122.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    @jackmac:

    Trump will probably pardon them.

  123. 123.

    Captain C

    January 6, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: “I already have enough criminal charges pending!  Please don’t add more!”

  124. 124.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Sounding a lot like a man who knows that criminal charges for inciting a riot will be coming for him in 2 weeks.

  125. 125.

    dr. bloor

    January 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    @Cacti:

    The right wing is a fascist movement now.  In the literal, not pejorative sense.

    You meant to type “Republican Party,” of course.

  126. 126.

    PJ

    January 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    @Baud: Why would the Metro police be used?  There aren’t that many of them, and I don’t think they’re used to this sort of work.

    ETA: Never mind, I just realized you were thinking of the regular DC Police, and I was thinking of the Metro (Transit) Police.

  127. 127.

    Mallard Filmore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    I am watching NBC, and just saw the front (???) of the capitol building. The center of the building has a flag in the center, way up high, with the USA flag and just below it is the black flag of anarchy.

  128. 128.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    Video of hurt woman beoing taken to ambulance.

  129. 129.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 6, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    @Cacti: The story of Trump’s life, isn’t it?

  130. 130.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    Via MSNBC they just showed a woman coming out on a stretcher being worked on by paramedics. Maybe shot? Katy Tur saying OMG over and over.

  131. 131.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    They are wheeling someone out on a gurney and she doesn’t look good.

  132. 132.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 6, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    Yep.

    BREAKING: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol.— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) January 6, 2021

  133. 133.

    Benw

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    Very very injured person just taken out of the capital shown on MSNBC. Fuck

  134. 134.

    dmsilev

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @Baud: Do you think he cares what happens to them? They’re failing to preserve his regime after all.

  135. 135.

    Frankensteinbeck

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    Congress was evacuated.  Does anyone know if that means they’re completely out of the building?

  136. 136.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    Chuck Todd just called them terrorists.  He’s right.

  137. 137.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: It seems to daily be proven to beat the alternatives.

  138. 138.

    Quinerly

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @Leto: Mitt Romney calling it an insurection.

  139. 139.

    Roger Moore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @PJ:

    Why would the Metro police be used?

    Because they’re available and nearby. The most important thing right now is to get this insurrection shut down ASAP, and that means grabbing anyone handy who might help.

  140. 140.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: I just can’t. Just. Incoherent rage and I literally have no words for how angry I am.

  141. 141.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck: no

  142. 142.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @raven: She was covered in blood

  143. 143.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck: Locations will not be given, especially for those in line of succession to the Presidency.

  144. 144.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: I saw it

  145. 145.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @Kent: Well, Pinochet never went away — Senator for Life and all.

  146. 146.

    Roger Moore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @Quinerly:

    Mitt Romney calling it an insurection.

    It is. I wonder how furrowed Susan Collins’s brows are at the moment.  I guess Trump really learned his lesson, Susan.

  147. 147.

    Haroldo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    @Baud:

    I think there’s complicity on the part of the Capitol Police.

  148. 148.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    Look upon your works, McConnell, and tremble.

  149. 149.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    Welp pic.twitter.com/qGt39yRQ5m

    — Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) January 6, 2021

  150. 150.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    @FelonyGovt: Harris is safe in an undisclosed location per Secret Service.

  151. 151.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    @Quinerly: stopped clock and all.

     

    We’re a fucking third world banana republic at this point. JFC. Just…

  152. 152.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    @Baud: This is the one reason I support another impeachment process.  It stops pardon powers.

  153. 153.

    Roger Moore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    This is not terrorism; it’s insurrection.

  154. 154.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 3:06 pm

    @Mallard Filmore:

    Did the Proud Boys follow through and dress up like Antifa like they promised? (I don’t have cable.)

  155. 155.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:06 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Avalune showed me this. Glad he has his full face exposed. Will make it easier to prosecute.

  156. 156.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:06 pm

    @Immanentize: it also bars him from holding Federal office again.

  157. 157.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    C Span is covering it.

  158. 158.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    NYT has pictures of men with drawn sidearms aiming at broken windows inside the chamber.

  159. 159.

    catclub

    January 6, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    @Roger Moore: This is not terrorism; it’s insurrection.

     

    porque no los dos?

  160. 160.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Jesus.

  161. 161.

    Geminid

    January 6, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    @PJ: It  think “metro” meant D.C. cops, not subway police. There are lot of DC cops out already, many with riot gear, but they customarily don’t operate on the Capitol grounds. Even when the Capitol invasion is resolved, there will be street fighting tonight.

  162. 162.

    Frank Wilhoit

    January 6, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: You’re about twenty-eight years late with that brilliant insight, Sherlock.

  163. 163.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Shouldn’t the National Guard have arrived by now?

  164. 164.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    I haven’t listened to this yet. NM01 Rep, future Secretary of the Interior.

    A quick update pic.twitter.com/slYEOFInuO

    — Rep. Deb Haaland (@RepDebHaaland) January 6, 2021

  165. 165.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    @Leto: Only if he is impeached AND that is the punishment given by the Senate (but just a majority vote, not super majority re: office holding it seems)

  166. 166.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    @Leto

    Not necessarily. Only if that stricture is appended to the conviction.

  167. 167.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    More video of the insurrectionists breaking windows to get in (via Avalune): https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1346904724600188929?s=21

  168. 168.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    @debbie: They were denied by DOD according to an earlier post.

  169. 169.

    Kattails

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: Jesus fucking Christ.

  170. 170.

    Frank Wilhoit

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    @Mary G: No, Jemele Hill, it all started because white men won the Presidency in 1860 and 1932.

  171. 171.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    This is what it has come to. pic.twitter.com/nYlGeKemAf

    — Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) January 6, 2021

  172. 172.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    Once they finish the vote count, the House should impeach Trump.

  173. 173.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: she’s remarkably calm

    Jesus, where do we go from here

    ETA: I never thought the leopards et cetera

    Daniel W. Drezner @dandrezner 1m
    On Fox News, Kevin McCarthy describes what’s happening as “Un-American.” He sounds scared and angry.

  174. 174.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    @Immanentize: @NotMax: damn BJ lawyers!!! ;) (ty!)

  175. 175.

    Gravenstone

    January 6, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    @debbie: Not coming. DoD denied the request to mobilize.

  176. 176.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 6, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    @debbie: The Defense Dept denied Pelosi’s and Bowser’s request

  177. 177.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Yep.  Trump will order the military to stand down.

  178. 178.

    Subsole

    January 6, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    SAY WHAT?

  179. 179.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    MSNBC saying all elected officials are safe, including Pelosi.

  180. 180.

    J R in WV

    January 6, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    Trump has fomented an insurrection against his own government, for the next 2 weeks, anyway. Pretty sure violent insurrection is still illegal? Also pretty close to treason — making war upon the United States government at this point.

    Senators and Congress members fleeing for their lives, injured persons being taken from the capitol, protestors upon the Senate floor~!!~  Should be instant impeachment, 20 minutes in the House, 30 more in the Senate, go get him, boys!!

    Carry him out straight to a prison cell to await trial for sedition and insurrection. Just because he wasn’t out in front of the crowd doesn’t mean he didn’t foment this violent attack on our way of government and way of life. If anyone is killed, that’s murder on the man who fomented, We already know there was a serious injury, video on the internet.

    This may be worse long term than the Trump Plague!!! More damage to our way of life.

  181. 181.

    PJ

    January 6, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    @Geminid:  Yeah, I figured it out. DC Police don’t have jurisdiction on Capitol or Park grounds but I think some exceptions might be made today.

  182. 182.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    @Immanentize:@Kent: Well, Pinochet never went away — Senator for Life and all.

    He was arrested and indicted and was living under house arrest when he died in 2006 while the court cases and arguments about immunity were still being fought out

    A clear and compelling case can be made that Trump is worse than Pinochet.

  183. 183.

    waratah

    January 6, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    My sister in Australia just messaged me that she woke up to see what was happening in the capital and she said they were not even wearing masks!
    The B****s.

  184. 184.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:13 pm

     

     

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: That’s what my teacher, Mr Hollister said when word came down about JFK.

  185. 185.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:14 pm

    Leopards, faces…

    House @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy on @FoxNews : "Anyone involved in this — hear me very loud and clear — this is not the American way…this must stop now. As a nation we've got to come together…People are being hurt. There have been shots that have been fired."

    — Susan Crabtree Hennebury (@susancrabtree) January 6, 2021

  186. 186.

    Steeplejack

    January 6, 2021 at 3:14 pm

    I’m watching MSNBC, and the coverage is the usual breaking-news muddle. But what is happening is stunning.

    I’m almost afraid to ask: how is Fox News covering this?

  187. 187.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:14 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:  I really don’t understand what I spent 22 years of my life protecting/defending. It sure as fuck wasn’t this. JFC.

    Per MSNBC, per other reporting, the woman taken out on the stretcher was shot.

  188. 188.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:14 pm

    Today was not a good day to throw out my heroin and works.

  189. 189.

    Spanky

    January 6, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    MD and VA have riot police. I would think the three jurisdictions have an agreement. Otherwise, the citizenry may take matters into their own hands.

  190. 190.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    NPR reporting someone shot in the building. No details. Fun, huh?

  191. 191.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    @Spanky:

    The last thing is what I’m concerned about if they don’t get things under control soon.

  192. 192.

    dmsilev

    January 6, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Fuck him. Hell, throw him to the mob that he helped incite.

  193. 193.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    @raven:

    Thanks. Did it look like the Capitol police let them in or were they overwhelmed?

  194. 194.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: apparently Fox is saying this insurrection is a great thing for protestors and they’re all super proud of it; burn that fucking building down.

  195. 195.

    Frank Wilhoit

    January 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    @Steeplejack: As the true birth of the nation.

  196. 196.

    Benw

    January 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    MSNBC hosts gobsmacked that “this was so easy” and “where are the national guard”, and not ONE of them can utter the words “white supremacy”

  197. 197.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Dems need to make sure that whatever happened today gets tied around the neck of every living Republican politician for the rest of their miserable lives.

  198. 198.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    @Steeplejack: apparently they’re celebrating this. Appalling doesn’t even fucking cover this.

  199. 199.

    Baud

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Guy on MSNBC says joint operations underway to retake the Capitol inside.

  200. 200.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    I am told that the reluctance of DOD to call out the DC guard is because they would come under the command of POTUS, which would obviously be a problem.

    — Robert Farley (@drfarls) January 6, 2021

  201. 201.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    @Leto:

     

    update: The woman who was shot in the chest from U.S. Capitol has been taken to a trauma center… CPR remains in progress. https://t.co/hU752skRq2— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) January 6, 2021

  202. 202.

    Rob

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Pretty f-ing terrifying from just over the border in Takoma Park/Silver Spring Maryland. We don’t have a tv so we are following it on Twitter.

  203. 203.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    @debbie: There is video of proud boys breaking windows with a shield and then climbing in the window.

     

    https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1346904724600188929?s=21

  204. 204.

    debbie

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    How convenient.

  205. 205.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    @different-church-lady: MSNBC showed her being wheeled out via stretcher. Talking heads were caught off guard by the video. I recognized the look on her face.

    Edit: @Mary G: links to it

  206. 206.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 6, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    These people are terrorists and insurrectionists.  Go Whiskey Rebellion on them.

  207. 207.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    @Mary G: She appeared to be bleeding from the mouth.

  208. 208.

    Spanky

    January 6, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    @Baud: Sunset is coming.

  209. 209.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 6, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    more from the Leopard Eating Faces Party

    Sen. Marsha Blackburn @MarshaBlackburn 7m
     To the protestors that have breached the Capitol building: you are disrupting the democratic process. You should be ashamed of yourself. This is violence. This is a crime. It must stop.

    These actions at the US Capitol by protestors are truly despicable and unacceptable. While I am safe and sheltering in place, these protests are prohibiting us from doing our constitutional duty. I condemn them in the strongest possible terms. We are a nation of laws.

    Checked Hawley. He’s not tweeting

  210. 210.

    eponymous

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    They need to quit calling them “protesters”. They are terrorists.

  211. 211.

    Gravenstone

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: As I suggested upthread, wonder how many of the Sedition Caucus will be interested in continuing their charade today after getting a load of what their Frankenstein’s monster is capable of?

  212. 212.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Leto: yup

  213. 213.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Nazi beeyotch should STFU.

  214. 214.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Steeplejack: I clicked on it for one second, and Dana Perino was saying that the protesters were promised the election would be overturned today, and they don’t understand why that’s not happening, so their passion overcame them. I wanted to go to the airport, get on a plane, break into their studio, and slap her upside the head. But I couldn’t, so I tweeted at her in all caps.

  215. 215.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Kevin McCarthy describes what’s happening as “Un-American.” He sounds scared and angry.

    Kevin McCarthy is a spineless, gutless, bed wetting enabler of Trump.  He can go fuck himself.

  216. 216.

    sdhays

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Spanky: I know that Dump’s trip to the church across from the White House caused Arlington, VA to rescind their agreement. But I expect that Mayor Bowser is calling everyone she needs to.

  217. 217.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Gravenstone: It’s their team.

  218. 218.

    Rob

    January 6, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Thanks for this tweet. I am actually relieved to hear this. I just wonder if Mayor Bowser can appeal to the Virginia and Maryland governors for their National Guard units?

  219. 219.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    @raven: she was. She also had the distant look that’s not a good sign.

     

    @Villago Delenda Est: yup. It’s beyond time.

  220. 220.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 3:21 pm

    Also. Ari Fleisher says this is happening because of the Women’s March and the Resistance, so Democrats started it.

  221. 221.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 3:21 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:Once they finish the vote count, the House should impeach Trump.

    I read somewhere that while they need a 2/3 majority to convict, they only need a simple majority vote to prohibit him from ever holding office again.

    Although at this point, letting the fucker run again in 2024 and further destroy the GOP might actually benefit the Dems.

  222. 222.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Immanentize

    Amazon.

    :)

  223. 223.

    cain

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    Trump synchophants are not allowing any help. They want this coup to happen. Plus Trump is probably not allowing any help.

  224. 224.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Leopards, faces… 

    Yup.  Now we just need scum like Gingrich and Limbaugh to denounce this fascist, armed insurrection, and the Universe will go, “Fuck it, I’m done!”

  225. 225.

    Mary G

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    Note sent to @KPCC @LAist journos: "This has clearly gone beyond a protest. We should not refer to the people who have our Capitol under siege as protesters. They should now be considered pro-Trump insurrectionists. For ex:Pro-Trump insurrectionists have stormed the US Capitol"— Libby Denkmann (@libdenk) January 6, 2021

  226. 226.

    catatonia

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    This kind of thing hasn’t happened since 1812. And, Christ, at least that was a foreign power.

    (former?) Sergeant of Arms on MSNBC now: “This is a frigging failure.” Goddamn right.

  227. 227.

    ballerat

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Exactly. And that will give the terrorists incentive to break into the chamber and take hostages. Or carry out executions before they are subdued.

    There are other conspirators and insurrectionists besides Trump and the Republican Sedition Caucus on the inside that are aiding and abetting them. Someone responsible for Capitol security decided to not prepare for the credible threat that we all knew was coming.

  228. 228.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Leto: That’s what I thought.

  229. 229.

    sdhays

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @eponymous: YES!!!

    Semi-related, I read an article about the bombing in Nashville and they mention that the guy blew up a city block and disabled critical communications infrastructure, and blew himself up in the process – but don’t call him a suicide bomber! That would be wrong!

  230. 230.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    @Mary G: the Marianas Trench is missing a floor ornament.

  231. 231.

    dc

    January 6, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    DC needs to be a state ASAP. The mayor can’t call out the DC National Guard and per Robert Farley (tweet above), DOD does not want to give permission for the DC National Guard to go in because they would then be under the orders of the waste of DNA in the White House.

  232. 232.

    taumaturgo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    Can you imagine if people of color would have pulled this stunt? We would be seeing bodies’ bags carried out of the House and Senate. In this case, is just entitled white supremacist having some innocent fun. The police are standing back.

  233. 233.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 6, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    @Gravenstone: I tweeted that very question. Their culpability remains, in any case.

  234. 234.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    January 6, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    @Kent: They would need the 2/3’s to convict before the vote for prohibition on future office.

  235. 235.

    p.a

    January 6, 2021 at 3:24 pm

    Rethug McCarthy on Fox telling people to stand down, MoscowM talked on floor that Biden’s election is legit and that conspiracy theories are b.s.  Fuckers.  Fuckers.  Fuckers.  Reaping what they have sowed.  Wish we could imoeach them all.

  236. 236.

    taumaturgo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:24 pm

    @sdhays: but don’t call him a suicide bomber! That would be wrong!

    Domestic terrorists would be more fitting.

  237. 237.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    @Leto: Do you think they didn’t wand people going into his rally? I haven’t seen any pics of anyone strapped.

  238. 238.

    Archon

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    I recognize there have been some dark times in our history but has the American project ever looked less secure then it does today?

  239. 239.

    sdhays

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    @Mary G: I was at the Women’s March, and I clearly missed the point where we invaded the US Capitol and turned Congress out on their asses.

  240. 240.

    Feathers

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    From DC area, know Metro Transit Police officers. They are fully involved in all hands on deck operations and have operational exercises with the other departments, so they will most certainly be called in.

    Another interesting note on the Metro Transit Police. Because Metro is in MD, DC, and Virginia, they are full police officers in every jurisdiction. They have to go through, graduate and pass the exams for all three police academies – DC, MD, and VA. This is part of the reason why local jurisdictions like to have them along. They can take part in pursuits, etc. across jurisdictional lines and turn into a local officer as they do so.

    ETA: Also, because there aren’t many of them and they cover a wide area, they know they have to act without backup on the way. So they tend to be more aggressive and have more experience operating alone. Headbusters, if you will.

  241. 241.

    Ken

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    Kevin McCarthy: “There have been shots that have been fired.”

    Am I the only one who heard the unspoken “at me!” ?

  242. 242.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:25 pm

    @Archon: Tin soldiers and Nixon calling. . .

  243. 243.

    cain

    January 6, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    That son of a bitch – he’s been encouraging this wholet hing as some kind of perfomative act with no consequences other than extracting money from the rubes. Now he can look upon his works – FUCK THAT ASSHOLE.

  244. 244.

    different-church-lady

    January 6, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    @Leto: Was it a distant look that said, “Wow, I really didn’t think this through, did I?”

  245. 245.

    germy

    January 6, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    “This is what you’ve gotten, guys,” Senator Mitt Romney yelled as the mayhem unfolded in the Senate chamber, apparently addressing his colleagues who were leading the charge to press Mr. Trump’s false claims of a stolen election. https://t.co/Vs7lzMD9QC

    — Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) January 6, 2021

  246. 246.

    sdhays

    January 6, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    @taumaturgo: Domestic suicide bomber because he committed suicide by triggering a bomb and there’s no indication that he was accidentally caught in the explosion, unless I’ve missed that development.

  247. 247.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    @different-church-lady: No it was “I am dead”.

  248. 248.

    randy khan

    January 6, 2021 at 3:27 pm

    @PJ:

    I bet they can be deputized by the Capitol Police.

  249. 249.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:27 pm

    You know, I knew that Trump and the Republicans would make a hash of things, and I kept wondering *what would tip the balance?* Corruption, obstruction, and *WAY* too many, too deep, ties between his people and Russians, nope. Actual abuse of his office, made plain, a clear demonstration that he does *not* see that the laws are faithfully executed, and complete obstruction, nope. Over 300,000 dead, just to support Trump’s psychopathic campaign strategy, nope.

    I confess: getting armed rioters to attack the certification of votes in the joint session was *far* outside of my imagination.  But I wonder: how long will they try to prop up Trump, or play the their usual game: violence is only ever the fault of the person who does it, and no Republican deserves any responsibility for incitement; even calling someone a “baby killer” isn’t incitement, which *should* be just a random example, but isn’t.

  250. 250.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    @taumaturgo:Domestic terrorists would be more fitting.

    Just plain “terrorists”.  No need for the “domestic” modifier which makes it sound like they are housewives or something.

  251. 251.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 6, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    @jonas:

    Ivanka or Kushner has grabbed his phone, more likely.

  252. 252.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    Raffensperger also had to be evacuated from his office. Armed militia surrounding the Georgia Capitol.

  253. 253.

    Booger

    January 6, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    @Ken:  That’s some awesome use of the passive voice there, TBH.

  254. 254.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Every single one of these Rethuglican shitbags needs to tell their fascist followers to stop this in person.

    Mitch, go tell this trash how wrong all this is!  Where’s Susan Collins’ concern?

  255. 255.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    The ROE need to be “weapons free, deadly force authorized.”

  256. 256.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:31 pm

    @raven: he tormented this. he’s doing exactly what a mob boss would do in, “oh, I didn’t explicitly say to go storm the capital.” Mother. Fucker. And we have, what 14 more days of this fucking shit? Just fucking rage. Rage. I want them all gone from every position. If you’re a republican, that needs to be an instant disqualifier for literally everything in life. JFC

  257. 257.

    The Thin Black Duke

    January 6, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    It’s not what’s happening now that’s scaring the fuck out of me. It’s wondering what’s going to happen after this is over. What happens next is going to dictate the fate of this country.

  258. 258.

    Roger Moore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    @Archon:

    I recognize there have been some dark times in our history but has the American project ever looked less secure then it does today?

    1862.

  259. 259.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    Per CNN, the woman who was shot is in critical condition.

  260. 260.

    Miss Bianca

    January 6, 2021 at 3:32 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Fuck you, Kevin. You and the entire GOP

    OWN

    THIS

    SHIT.

    JFC, I never thought it would come to this. I am honestly more shocked than I should be right now.

  261. 261.

    catclub

    January 6, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    @Archon: have been some dark times in our history but has the American project ever looked less secure then it does today?

     

    round about 1862

     

    ETA; curse your quick fingers Roger Moore!

  262. 262.

    NotMax

    January 6, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    @raven

    Also MacArthur, ignoring explicit orders, ordering his troops to open fire on the Bonus Army Hooverville protestors, among other examples.

  263. 263.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: agreed. I’ve voiced that for a while now. I don’t know where we go from here. I don’t know.

  264. 264.

    taumaturgo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:34 pm

    @Kent: Terrorists. No need for the “domestic” modifier which makes it sound like they are housewives or something.

    Homegrown, 100% USA, gender neutral.

  265. 265.

    Archon

    January 6, 2021 at 3:34 pm

    @catclub:

    You could also talk me into 1864 before Atlanta fell and it looked like Lincoln might lose.

    That’s pretty much it though

  266. 266.

    Kattails

    January 6, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    @dmsilev: McCarthy was the one who said, of the Hillary Clinton investigative shit show, “We knew we wouldn’t find anything, but we sure drove her poll numbers down”.  Bastard.

  267. 267.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    @Leto: I guess I expected it.

  268. 268.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    @NotMax: It’s in my dissertation.

  269. 269.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    Per MSNBC, Gov Northam (Virginia Gov) is sending National Guard, and a few other military units, to help. He’s been in contact/coordination with Mayor Bowser/Pelosi/Schumer.

  270. 270.

    Captain C

    January 6, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    @Wyatt Salamanca: The end result of giggling about Trump’s Russian paymasters and then hushing it up, among other things.

  271. 271.

    Kelly

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    Wow, I’m off line for an hour and this blows up. I did not but feel I could have expected this. A similar mob busted windows and broke into the Oregon Capitol Building recently. The way these asssholes get around it may be some of the same guys. They’ve been working their way up to this. Men with rifles in the Michigan legislative gallery a while back. Rifles at political rallies for years now.

  272. 272.

    leeleeFL

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    @LongHairedWeirdo: I have said several times I thought tRump would burn the place down on his way out, many told me I was over worried.  Turns out, being married to an abusive, narcissistic SOB gave me insight into where his head was.

    He is probably a little scared now, but he’ll manage to recover.  They always do.

    Impeach, remove, imprison and possibly do more to EVERY SINGLE SHITHEAD  that supported this BASTARD!

    I am angry, disgusted and more importantly, frightened!  My country is in serious trouble.

    Many SOMEBODIES need to pay for this!

  273. 273.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    With all due respect, Congressman(spit), go fuck yourself.  You can hang along with Fat Franco.

  274. 274.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    They need to water cannon these fuckers.

  275. 275.

    taumaturgo

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    5…4…3…2…1…. “It was Antifa that infiltrated our peaceful seditious act.”

  276. 276.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    @Miss Bianca: they’ve been building up to this since the 1950s. Hate and rage for all of them.

  277. 277.

    Leto

    January 6, 2021 at 3:39 pm

    @raven: water cannons and break out the ADS (Active Denial System) which is the microwave crowd control device. Want to make people move? There you go.

  278. 278.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 3:40 pm

    @Mary G:

    Dana Perino was saying that the protesters were promised the election would be overturned today, and they don’t understand why that’s not happening, so their passion overcame them. 

    In an attempted coup, I always look for the opinion of one of George War Criminal Bush’s press secretaries.

    Dana, sit down, shut up, and go fuck yourself.

  279. 279.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:40 pm

    @Leto: You see the ARVN flags in the crowd?

  280. 280.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 6, 2021 at 3:41 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

     

    Fuck you too, Marsha.

  281. 281.

    Kathleen

    January 6, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    NPR is calling them “protesters”.

  282. 282.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    Tammy Duckworth “We will start back up again”. Fuckers don’t scare her.

  283. 283.

    Immanentize

    January 6, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    @NotMax: I love their 24 hour delivery service.

    Meanwhile, my son is staying at a friend’s in Boston tonight.  I told him not to hit the streets….

  284. 284.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 3:43 pm

    @Mary G: Ari Fleisher can go fuck himself as well.

  285. 285.

    The Thin Black Duke

    January 6, 2021 at 3:43 pm

    @Kathleen: This is why I don’t send them money.

  286. 286.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 3:44 pm

    GOP Congressional leadership needs to fucking rein in all the crazies when they reconvene and gavel in the Electoral College results without objection.  Get it done in 15 minutes then adjourn.  That is the only possible response if they are at all serious.

  287. 287.

    burnspbesq

    January 6, 2021 at 3:44 pm

    Sen. Duckworth just said on MSNBC that National Guard is being deployed. That’s inconsistent with what we’ve been hearing from other sources.

  288. 288.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    @burnspbesq: Virginia not DC.

  289. 289.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    January 6, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    Tried calling the local and state Republican party offices.  They’re not picking up the phone.

    Somebody needs to tell Miss Pittypat G – “Winter is Coming”.

  290. 290.

    Gravenstone

    January 6, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    @raven: Pretty sure at least some of them have come to the belated realization that these fools aren’t really discriminating between Red team and Blue. They seem to want to burn it all down just now. And that seems to scare some of the more self aware one. If only they’d managed that realization before the mobs were mobilized.

  291. 291.

    Cacti

    January 6, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    Donald Trump is a mortal danger to the safety of this country, and its continued existence as a free Republic.

    Congress should affirm Electoral Vote by unanimous consent.

  292. 292.

    dc

    January 6, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    @burnspbesq: Up thread, MSNBC is reporting that the Virginia National Guard is coming (with agreement between Virginia Governor and DC mayor).

  293. 293.

    Captain C

    January 6, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    @Kathleen: Yeah, I’d go with “rioters,” myself.

  294. 294.

    ballerat

    January 6, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: I think you’re thinking what I’m thinking.

  295. 295.

    raven

    January 6, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    @Gravenstone: It’s too soon to tell.

  296. 296.

    Kent

    January 6, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    @burnspbesq:Sen. Duckworth just said on MSNBC that National Guard is being deployed. That’s inconsistent with what we’ve been hearing from other sources.

    CNN just reported that Trump has called out the Guard.

  297. 297.

    Kathleen

    January 6, 2021 at 3:51 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: Only reason I tuned in is because I’m out and about. They’re disgusting.

  298. 298.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 6, 2021 at 3:52 pm

    @Leto:

    the Marianas Trench is missing a floor ornament. 

    I see you used the singular there… ?

  299. 299.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    January 6, 2021 at 3:53 pm

    @Kathleen:

    Good ole fucking Totebagger Radio.  When a godawful hack like Chuck Effing Todd, he who competes regularly with other godawful media hacks for a Top 10 tumbrel number, can say “terrorist”, well, that’s just Reason #12,387 to never give NPR a dime of money nor listen to them.

  300. 300.

    Tazj

    January 6, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    @ALurkSupreme: So many conservative lawyers and pundits kept calling Liberals hysterical about Trump, kept saying we didn’t know the definition of sedition.Trump’s rhetoric had to to incite violence. I don’t know how they can defend him and his violent followers now.

  301. 301.

    MisterForkbeard

    January 6, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Fuck that guy. He’s been pushing this and egging it on for decades now.

  302. 302.

    MisterForkbeard

    January 6, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: “We are a nation of laws! You’re keeping me from disrupting them with your disrupting that I’ve been encouraging!”

    Fuck these R congressmen, every one.

  303. 303.

    Mallard Filmore

    January 6, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    @debbie: I have only over-the-air TV.  Trying to catch up all the Balloon Juice comments, so only glance at the TV.  The camera positions can only show BIG crowds with little definition.

    No clue what Proud Boys are doing.

  304. 304.

    Subsole

    January 6, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    @Tazj: Sheeeeeeeeiiiiiit.

    Not their fault, bro.

    They just work here. Y’know?

  305. 305.

    Another Scott

    January 6, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    @Feathers:

    They are fully involved in all hands on deck operations and have operational exercises with the other departments, so they will most certainly be called in.

    I suspect you’re right. I suspect the response is going to end up being comparable to the all-hands-on-deck response during the Navy Yard massacre (with notable exceptions).

    There have to be consequences for those who made this happen and their enablers…

    Grr…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  306. 306.

    Kathleen

    January 6, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage: When I tuned back in they were talking about information silos and how we didn’t know how other people were “thinking”. Click.

  307. 307.

    Subsole

    January 6, 2021 at 4:06 pm

    Hey, am I crazy or are some of these people carrying South Vietnam flags? Yellow with red stripes?

  308. 308.

    Bluegirlfromwyo

    January 6, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Marsha wanted a Christian nation. Now she’s reaped what she’s sown, just like it says in the Bible.

  309. 309.

    Mallard Filmore

    January 6, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    @different-church-lady: Not having seen the video, my guess is more like from DOA by Bloodrock.  “The girl I knew has such a distant stare.”

  310. 310.

    Soprano2

    January 6, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    Someone at work just told me these were BLM protesters!!!!!!! Are you fucking kidding me? I got into an almost-shouting match with a couple of them. They keep saying “We can’t riot but liberal can, huh?”. They don’t see any difference at all.

  311. 311.

    BaffleGab

    January 6, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    Announcement that Trump will address the nation sometime in the next minute. No telling what he’s going to say

    Edit: Just what you’d expect.

  312. 312.

    RandomMonster

    January 6, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    WTF WAS THAT VIDEO STATEMENT FROM TRUMP?! “The election was stolen from us. Go home in peace.”

  313. 313.

    HRA

    January 6, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    I twice started to leave a message and twice I deleted it. I have been trying to show friends and family how dangerous it was to vote for Trump almost daily. I am so disgusted. Trump needs to be charged for this danger he set up.

    PS Ossoff won.

  314. 314.

    J R in WV

    January 6, 2021 at 4:58 pm

    @Mallard Filmore:

    I am watching NBC, and just saw the front (???) of the capitol building. The center of the building has a flag in the center, way up high, with the USA flag and just below it is the black flag of anarchy.

    I suspect you are seeing a POW-MIA flag from the Viet-Nam era.

  315. 315.

    ballerat

    January 6, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: Apparently they are not arresting these terrorists.

    So we’re beginning to see what next is going to look like, I’m afraid.

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