The way news outlets shielded us from viewing the horrific murder of a white woman committing a criminal act at the Capitol Building yesterday, is the dignity that I desire from the media when unarmed Black people are murdered by the police. Instead we get trauma porn.
Congrats on first and on Georgia’s triumph in the Senate runoff elections. Biden and Harris will have a Senate they just might be able to work with. I would really like to see Hawley and Cruz expelled and every one of those domestic terrorists who vandalized the US Capitol arrested and charged with felony trespass. The law enforcement who let it happen must be held accountable. Impeach and remove tRump ASAP or invoke the 25th Amendment, whichever takes less time.
Should we expect similar actions at state capitols, especially GA, PA, WI, AZ, and MI? If so, I hope they are better prepared than the US Capitol was.
Georgia @GovKemp condemned the violent mob loyal to President Trump that stormed the U.S. Capitol as he extended an executive order that authorized him to deploy Georgia National Guard troops. #gapol#gasenhttps://t.co/B2muumtRGo
The three repulsive architects of Wednesday’s heartbreaking spectacle — mobs desecrating the Republic’s noblest building and preventing the completion of a constitutional process — must be named, and forevermore shunned. https://t.co/1OcqvlTZVd
Before the Fair Fight Action founder played a major role in flipping Georgia blue for both the presidential and ongoing Senate runoff elections, she wrote a Supreme Court thriller titled “While Justice Sleeps,” which is due May 11.
It may be seen today as a footnote….but once the senate is back in session with the new senators, that is when the impact will come. Mitch will no longer be in control…we can re-start.
Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and neo-nazi loser Baked Alaska both live-streamed from Pelosi's office after storming the capitol. Neither have been arrested. pic.twitter.com/HEAQQKQgp0
Well-known Arizona QAnon supporter Jake Angeli was one of the hundreds of violent insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol. The police and FBI know who he is, and where he lives. Why hasn’t he been arrested? pic.twitter.com/7v01sE00Yf
Speaking as an Irish person, and thinking about e.g. Cruz and Hawley, I would like the Democratic Party to just once in a while take a break from being the party of It's Time To Move On From This and Heal and have a go at being the party of Relentless, Bitter, Punishing Grudges.
Canadians are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy in the United States, our closest ally and neighbour. Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld – and it will be.
The one great thing yesterday is that there were no counter folks. They listened & let these terrorists show their rabidness. And that of their Dear Leader. FBI should be sweeping them up pronto, including Idiot et al. And head of Cap Police & Feds have a lotta explaining, right now! DC, not a state, can’t deploy police onto Fed buildings/land. More reason for DC statehood!
The AP is reporting a new statement from Bill Barr. He says Trump's conduct as the violent pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol was a "betrayal of his office and supporters" and that "orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable." @MSNBC
Barr can spare us his self-righteous indignation. Few have done more to shield Trump from accountability and embolden his authoritarianism than Barr. Nothing has changed. This is who Trump has always been and Barr knew it. https://t.co/y64tRUJrHp
Facebook is suspending Trump accounts indefinitely.
Zuckerberg: "[W]e are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete."
Facebook is suspending Trump accounts indefinitely.
Zuckerberg: "[W]e are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete."
World leaders condemned the insurrection by pro-Trump extremists at the U.S. Capitol today.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it "disgraceful," and Germany's foreign minister called on Trump to "stop trampling on democracy." https://t.co/7fFK2iHplM
From Germany to Japan, world leaders have condemned the storming of the US Capitol building by supporters of US President Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/R07l4AwZf3
The @CapitolPolice who OPENED THE FUCKING GATES FOR THE INSURRECTIONISTS, taking selfies & watching a TRAITOR stroll with a CONFEDERATE RAG in the Capitol better be at the top of your list of those to be charged & prosecuted. https://t.co/0LfwQVJiAzpic.twitter.com/x4L3Gj4Y8M
On Parler, MAGA cultists who boast of participating in the siege on the Capitol are also trying to figure out who the antifa plants were among them, since loons like @RepMoBrooks are saying antifa was there. They literally can be told “That wasn’t you” and they’ll believe it.
— Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 7, 2021
Instead of stopping the Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol, police arrested a journalist for covering the attempted coup https://t.co/2qnXA17HpH
The quickest and most effective way—it can be done today—to remove this president from office would be for the Vice President to immediately invoke the 25th amendment.
If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress must reconvene to impeach President Trump.
The FBI is seeking to identify individuals instigating violence in Washington, D.C. We are accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting or violence in and around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you have information, visit https://t.co/buMd8vYXzH.
She was shot. Saying she was poisoned is an attempt to blame someone else for her own actions. She got herself killed because she tried to overthrow the government. That’s on her. https://t.co/xnluYR1YaQ
CBS News reports a total of 300 national guard soldiers are guarding the United States Capitol. In addition, 6200 Guard from DC, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA will remain activated through the inauguration and its aftermath. (@CBSDavidMartin reporting)
Sen. Chuck Schumer calls for Trump to be removed from office immediately via 25th Amendment. If they won’t, he says Congress should reconvene to impeach and remove him.
New: Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls for Donald Trump to be thrown out of office immediately, either by the 25th Amendment or impeachment. pic.twitter.com/hdyQRAYZIz
Right? Pretend someone assaulted your Mom or your wife or your child. What do you do? Just tell them, “Okay that was bad, but let’s not look back. Let’s move forward.”
I really wish someone would call my Dad, a retired Capitol Hill police officer (37yrs), to talk about the difference in preparation. The stories he’s telling me about prep for Farrakhan and others vs why yesterday happened the way it did is mind blowing.
I really wish someone would call my Dad, a retired Capitol Hill police officer (37yrs), to talk about the difference in preparation. The stories he’s telling me about prep for Farrakhan and others vs why yesterday happened the way it did is mind blowing.
He just told me about a time when Farrakhan was on the Hill with 4 men. Not 40. Not 14. FOUR. They had the SWAT Team in the garage and held the entire department until Farrakhan left.
He said if you even mentioned his name, all days off were canceled due to prep.
When Obama was elected he said they did a surprise background check on all of the police officers on the Hill. He said they had never done it since he was on the force & he was there from Nixon thru Obama.
He said they found out two officials, one Sgt and one Lt, were members of a racist motorcycle club. He said he the conditions are worse than when he was there b/c you don’t have the same voices & advocates on the force. He retired in 2009 & was the #1 senior person when he left.
He said since they got rid of the german shepherds and they got rid of the horses. He said if that was Black Lives Matter they would have called in Park Police horses for crowd control. He said there was NO crowd tools yesterday.
He said where the crowd tried to enter, where the lady was unfortunately killed, is where the members were located. He said when they entered that building all officers would have been within reason to do whatever was in their power to protect the senators & members of Congress.
He said normally, in a situation like yesterday you would have Capitol Police, Park & Metropolitan police working together when you know there’s a big crowd or demonstration. That didn’t happen yesterday. MD state troopers, VA state troopers & everyone else came AFTER the fact.
He said even before Black Lives Matter, any time you talk about Blacks, officials got scared and over prepared.
He said what makes it so bad is that the folks yesterday had weapons. And they knew that it was going to be a 50-50 chance that something could go wrong.
WOW what she says after Joy Reid says the insurrectionists were “treated gently”.
Rep. Bush compliments the Capitol police first.
Then: “I have been teargassed so many times, I have been unconscious on the ground with the teargas.
I have been brutalized, thrown up in the air by police in my hometown…”
Pls don’t miss.
William Barr, Trump’s former Attorney General, accused the President of “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress” and called his conduct a “betrayal of his office” in response to pro-Trump riots that took place at the US Capitol on Wednesday. https://t.co/AcFljr1Hjp
Here are those articles of impeachment. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi due to speak in ten mins. Chuck Schumer, Dem Senate leader, has already called for Trump to be forcibly removed from office immediately. Will Pelosi agree? https://t.co/QaEo5SklQt
Interesting. It sounds like VP/Cabinet can keep him out of power for up to 4 days by themselves, and after that Congress can keep him out of power for up to another 21 days, which means they could run out the clock until noon on January 20th. https://t.co/E2WzLfUCFA
Just so I understand, during the 4-day/21-day period of deliberation, tRump would not be allowed to function in the capacity of POTUS? Would they take the nuclear codes from him during that time? Would his pardoning powers be null and void?
Fidelity to the rule of law forms the bedrock of our democracy.
In the face of both the damage that has been done to our Justice Department and our country’s long-overdue reckoning on racial injustice, these are the right leaders to meet this moment. https://t.co/19zMzNROVr
"It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment and end this nightmare." Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger calls for President Trump to be removed from office. https://t.co/D2BjUnG2ao
Senator Klobuchar:
“Not Only Did He Incite It, He Didn’t Do Anything To Stop It.”
“Moments after voting on the Senate floor, Senator Amy Klobuchar joins us from a secure location inside the Capitol Building and says the president is responsible for today’s failed attempted coup, and she wants every person involved to be prosecuted.”
BREAKING: As of Dec. 29, the Census Bureau's expected release date for the 1st set of 2020 census results is Feb. 9 & may be pushed back further bc of newly discovered irregularities in the census records, DOJ attorney John Coghlan tells a federal judge during a court conference
Congratulations to Judge Garland and the outstanding team nominated to lead DOJ.A highly respected jurist and dedicated public servant,Judge Garland will ensure that DOJ earns the trust of the people it serves.Under his leadership, the Justice Department will live up to its name.
Black-led voting groups spent the last six weeks knocking on millions of doors, registering voters, distributing mailers, hosting events and partnering with Atlanta hip-hop artists to expand their reach. https://t.co/Uy4T6uQhPC
BREAKING: Freshman Dem Congresswoman Cori Bush has just introduced a resolution to have the Republican members of the House who supported contesting battleground states' electors in Wednesday's joint session of Congress be investigated and potentially removed from office.
Every minute this lunatic runs around with the nuclear codes and the authority to launch a non-nuclear military strike anywhere, the world is in danger. Remove him now!
1/13 The people who stormed the U.S. Capitol are getting support from the president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police lodge. John Catanzara, elected to represent the city’s 12,000 rank-and-file cops, told me last night he understands the frustration. His explanation:
Do not tell me "this is not who we are." It damn well is. White privilege scurried its ass up the Capitol wall yesterday and cocked up its feet on Pelosi's office. They would have shot my son dead. They would have killed us all.
Terrorists invaded our nation's Capitol yesterday at the urging of a sitting president, and not a single person is facing sedition charges. That man slept in the White House last night. They took away his social media accounts, but he still has our nuclear codes.
They are insurrectionists and should be treated as such. Pence should invoke the 25th to become acting president while Congress advances an impeachment vote to prevent him from using pardon powers, remove him or bar him from running for public office again.
“Looks like Benghazi”
“Rachel Maddow discusses the legal and political consequences Donald Trump supporters in the wake of the incitement of insurrection and breach of the U.S. Capitol.”
Armed insurgents at the Capitol even felt entitled to show their faces – must be punished.
Plus the congressionals and whoever staff worked along with them.
Plus the trump crime family for (planning) and inciting it.
–how we respond NOW is critical.
I paint people who inspire me; and Ms. @staceyabrams your hard work and determination have shown me that anything is possible when you work for what you believe is the right thing to do! You have overcome so much, just like me, and I am honored to be painting you today! pic.twitter.com/nURy0xCobn
President Joe Biden says of yesterday's US Capitol rioters: "don't DARE call them protesters. They were a riotous mob, insurrectionists, domestic terrorists."
Joe Biden: "What we witnessed yesterday was not dissent. It was not disorder. It was not protest. It was chaos. They weren't protesters. Don't dare call them protesters. They were a riotous mob. Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists. It's that basic. It's that simple."
Joe Biden: Trump "unleashed an all-out assault on our institutions of our democracy from the outset. And yesterday was the culmination of that unrelenting attack."
Joe Biden: "No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they would have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol. We all know that's true. And it's unacceptable. Totally unacceptable."
It's been a full two weeks since Christmas, and nobody has been able to convince the President that he should say something about the terrorist Nashville bombing.
For all those people who have and/or are defecting from the tRump administration, who claim that they didn’t like tRump but stayed around to try to keep him reined in or worried that they would be replaced with someone that would have been more accommodating of him…
WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!?! I don’t see what was done to keep him in check. If you’re saying that it would have been worse without your presence, then that brings me no comfort.
They had no trouble arresting my 18-year old daughter for taking part in a die-in for DACA in a senator's office. Frog marched her out in zip ties and took her to jail. Suddenly they don't like arresting people?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove President Donald Trump from office following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol.
“If the vice president and the Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,” Pelosi said.
Democratic leaders are calling for the 25th Amendment.
SPEAKER PELOSI
speaking now:
“Yesterday the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America.
The gleeful desecration of the US Capitol which is the temple of our American democracy and the violence…in Congress are horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history.
Instigated by the President of the United States…the President has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people.
I join the Senate Democratic Leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this President
by immediately invoking the 25th Amendment.
If the Vice President and Cabinet do not act, Congress may be prepared to move forward with Impeachment.
That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus.”
The Obama Diary 
Morning TOD, Family. Thanks for the new post, Nerdy!!!
Congrats on first and on Georgia’s triumph in the Senate runoff elections. Biden and Harris will have a Senate they just might be able to work with. I would really like to see Hawley and Cruz expelled and every one of those domestic terrorists who vandalized the US Capitol arrested and charged with felony trespass. The law enforcement who let it happen must be held accountable. Impeach and remove tRump ASAP or invoke the 25th Amendment, whichever takes less time.
Thanks Judith….and I agree with everything you said.
Can we survive it? Is Congress taking action to remove tRump from office and punish his accomplices?
Should we expect similar actions at state capitols, especially GA, PA, WI, AZ, and MI? If so, I hope they are better prepared than the US Capitol was.
https://twitter.com/jake_zuckerman/status/1346897068154105863
Can’t I’m retweeting this guy! That’s how fucked up things have gotten!
IKR?!?!?!
Before the Fair Fight Action founder played a major role in flipping Georgia blue for both the presidential and ongoing Senate runoff elections, she wrote a Supreme Court thriller titled “While Justice Sleeps,” which is due May 11.
It may be seen today as a footnote….but once the senate is back in session with the new senators, that is when the impact will come. Mitch will no longer be in control…we can re-start.
Okay I didn’t that right. Let’s try again.
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Yup! 😏😷 MSM must get off their tongue prison. Just say it!
The one great thing yesterday is that there were no counter folks. They listened & let these terrorists show their rabidness. And that of their Dear Leader. FBI should be sweeping them up pronto, including Idiot et al. And head of Cap Police & Feds have a lotta explaining, right now! DC, not a state, can’t deploy police onto Fed buildings/land. More reason for DC statehood!
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1347209463481200640
Too little too late, asshole.
https://twitter.com/wheresaddie/status/1347214278051459073
Trump must not be allowed to continue another day.
These people must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
As a former US Navy Officer & close friend a two people who died while serving, the sight of those insurrectionists in the US Capitol ………
I hear ya, Bob! Every member of my family is incensed right now, especially the ones who served!
Type of mentality that tRump has been able to manipulate.
Reverend Warnock’s victory speech!!!!
Jon Ossoff’s victory speech!!!!
Um
Mega Congrats to our two senate candidates!!!
GA did the incredible…Dems will have the Senate…woWOWwowow…giant BFD.
DO IT!!!!
Cori Bush on Holding GOP Accountable for Capitol Assault
“‘Those Republican members of Congress must go.”
Freshwoman in the House, Cori Bush, also a total knockout speaking with Wallace yesterday.
DO THIS TOO!
This!
🚨 MUST READ THREAD 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
SOON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds weekly new conference
I don’t care how they remove him from office, but he needs to go. TODAY
Fucking FINALLY ……
Interesting thread
… there’s more in the thread.
Looks like Joy Reid got in touch with her too.
“We were not protected”
“Questions raised about Capitol security in wake of Trump mob raid”
“REP. CORI BUSH describes being in the U.S. Capitol when rioting Trump supporters smashed their way in, questions why legislators were not kept more secure, and calls for Republican legislators who fomented unrest with false claims of voter fraud not be allowed to be seated.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-we-were-not-protected-questions-raised-about-capitol-security-in-wake-of-trump-mob-raid-99002949793)
WOW what she says after Joy Reid says the insurrectionists were “treated gently”.
Rep. Bush compliments the Capitol police first.
Then: “I have been teargassed so many times, I have been unconscious on the ground with the teargas.
I have been brutalized, thrown up in the air by police in my hometown…”
Pls don’t miss.
BARR has betrayed the office of United States AG umpteen times.
guilty
guilty
guilty
Speaker Pelosi on soon ….
25th amendment route – quick and easy.
I pick this!
Just so I understand, during the 4-day/21-day period of deliberation, tRump would not be allowed to function in the capacity of POTUS? Would they take the nuclear codes from him during that time? Would his pardoning powers be null and void?
My guess is yes, just inferring from context, but I don’t know for sure.
The Justice Team
Senator Klobuchar:
“Not Only Did He Incite It, He Didn’t Do Anything To Stop It.”
“Moments after voting on the Senate floor, Senator Amy Klobuchar joins us from a secure location inside the Capitol Building and says the president is responsible for today’s failed attempted coup, and she wants every person involved to be prosecuted.”
Yes indeed! I would’ve preferred either of them in the top spot and Garland actually on the SC, but I’m very happy to see them on the Biden team!
That video.
Capitol Police opening the floodgates to the trump mob, after Mob boss just told them to do it.
–Collusion? Inside job? Ding ding?
https://twitter.com/transition46/status/1347243423330398211?s=21
Bob’s video of Don Jr complimenting, thanking,the violent bloody insurrectionists in real time, at a cheering party…
Besides Junior’s apparent drug problem, he was present at a White Nationalist gathering in Montana
the weekend before the presidential election.
Urgent: Put the trump family away.
MT has been warning us all along.
She has reiterated that Trump knows what he is doing and must be held to account.
Think about it. I mean… wow!
Good!
must must must be recriminations.
urgent action.
Disbar The Kraken! 😄
If this ain’t some s#it! Police union head supporting white supremacist insurrectionists!
Thread
Truth!
The Bombs!
Colbert also interviewed Rep. Adam Zinzinger (R Illinois) last night.
Col-burt is on it!
Georgia!!! 👇🏾
“Looks like Benghazi”
“Rachel Maddow discusses the legal and political consequences Donald Trump supporters in the wake of the incitement of insurrection and breach of the U.S. Capitol.”
Armed insurgents at the Capitol even felt entitled to show their faces – must be punished.
Plus the congressionals and whoever staff worked along with them.
Plus the trump crime family for (planning) and inciting it.
–how we respond NOW is critical.
Mmmhmm
What’S that thing about rats and ships?
That’s what I was thinking as well.
ah so much magic in the air around this artist…
Isn’t that wonderful?
Awww! She saw it! 😍
Awesome talent!!!
must love you guys a lot…TOD site access has changed…plus it takes a fortnight to reload each time.
For all those people who have and/or are defecting from the tRump administration, who claim that they didn’t like tRump but stayed around to try to keep him reined in or worried that they would be replaced with someone that would have been more accommodating of him…
WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!?! I don’t see what was done to keep him in check. If you’re saying that it would have been worse without your presence, then that brings me no comfort.
BREAKING NEWS: Pelosi calls for Trump’s immediate removal from office after deadly riots
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove President Donald Trump from office following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol.
“If the vice president and the Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,” Pelosi said.
If it is so obvious that he has snapped, why do we have to wait for Pence to get a spine and invoke the 25th?
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2021/01/07/white-terrorism/
Democratic leaders are calling for the 25th Amendment.
SPEAKER PELOSI
speaking now:
“Yesterday the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America.
The gleeful desecration of the US Capitol which is the temple of our American democracy and the violence…in Congress are horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history.
Instigated by the President of the United States…the President has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people.
I join the Senate Democratic Leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this President
by immediately invoking the 25th Amendment.
If the Vice President and Cabinet do not act, Congress may be prepared to move forward with Impeachment.
That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus.”