Y’all cared more about the Target on Atlantic Avenue than the Capitol building.
— Treana L. Allen (@TreanaLAllen) January 6, 2021
While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 7, 2021
"They're not fucking protesters, they fucking terrorists."
— Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) January 7, 2021
-Draymond Green pic.twitter.com/SYpQqDWZdV
All I keep thinking about is how National Guard were deployed to guard the Miracle Mile from people stealing Gucci bags but protestors stormed the Senate chambers and there is nary a police in sight.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 6, 2021
As a Congressperson, how do you walk back into the Capitol and resume work knowing that the police willingly let domestic terrorists into your workplace? Like…. moved the barricades out of the way and took selfies once they were inside?
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 6, 2021
Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists. pic.twitter.com/EjkQ83h1p2
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 6, 2021
Words I will use on TV tonight:
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) January 7, 2021
Coup
Insurrection
Treason
Sedition
Lies
Terrorists
I am hearing from fellow journalists who are being told not to use these words. Resists attempts to censor your language. Democracy depends on bearing witness & holding power to account.
to make it here without dying is the epitome of white privilege pic.twitter.com/Uw5FV33bpO
— Noah Caine (@NoahCaine) January 6, 2021
To visually show you the differences. pic.twitter.com/69N0BDqRKK
— Johnny Montanez (@_JohnnyMontanez) January 6, 2021
This feels wild to say but….
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 7, 2021
We're not talking about the bombs enough. At least three were found and disarmed yesterday.
There is a LOT going on. But it feels like those explosive devices should be a bigger story.
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection,” @JoyAnnReid says about the Trump supporters rioting the US Capitol. pic.twitter.com/dJ3soNlZhq
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 6, 2021
The Obama Diary 
Thank you for this, Nerdy!
Brilliant, NW.
Alright Mr. President-Elect! Tell it! 👏🏾
The terrorists had insider help. How did they know where t find Pelosi’s office? Why was hers trashed and not Mitch’s? SPLC warned over a decade ago about white supremacists joining all branches of law enforcement.
If I’m correct, they did not go to the Senate side of the Capitol. They focused on the House side. But that makes me wonder if the offices of any of the Republican House members were breeched.
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.”
I hope the Democratic leadership sees this as a “time is of the essence” situation. If the 25th Amendment isn’t invoked TODAY, then Congress should IMMEDIATELY move forward with Impeachment proceedings.
Speaker Pelosi: “He must be contained.”
“This man is deadly…a very dangerous man…people’s lives are at stake as well as our democracy.”
“We want every day at the Capitol to be a national security event.”
Domestic terrorists!
Hopefully this won’t happen, but selfish Republicans don’t care.
Security should have split them up into different locations – mask wearers moved to a safe, undisclosed space; maskless sent out to talk to their comrades with confederate and Trump flags.
Dudette – Yes that’s exactly what should have happened. Sickening.
That just leave Labor and some deputies, right?
Nope. Marty Walsh for labor.
Oh I missed that one (or forgot). Thanks.
So that’s it? The cabinet spots are filled?
Not funny, but funny.
Incredible that they appear to be shocked and/or appalled by the terrorist attack on yesterday when this is the result of the lies and hatred they’ve been sowing for years.
I’m just shocked!!! Bless her heart. 🙄🙄🙄
The President-Elects’ remarks when introducing his Justice Team today.
Awww! She saw it! ❤️
Love this talented, joyous young man! 💞
Yes, this is correct.
President Elect Biden:
“Yesterday…an unprecedented assault on our democracy.
An assault literally on the Citadel of Liberty, the United States Capitol itself.
An assault on the rule of law.
An assault on the most sacred of American undertakings:
Ratifying the will of the people, choosing the leadership of the Government.
All of us here grieve the loss of life, grieve the desecration of the People’s House.
What we witnessed yesterday was not dissent.
It was not disorder.
It was not protest…
They weren’t protestors. Don’t dare call them protestors!
They were a riotous mob.
Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists.
It’s that basic, it’s that simple.
I wish we could say we couldn’t see it coming.”
🚨🚨🚨
Let’s see if the cops will be prepared to handle this.
I’d rather the inaug planners didn’t just hope for the best and wait to find out.
Tbh, President Biden should hold the inauguration indoors in an unnamed secure location.
I couldn’t agree more.
So they got this guy…
Don’t want tRump to have the opportunity to start pardoning them. He’s already considering pardoning himself.
Of course it will. You’re all a bunch of criminals.
Good
Can’t believe I actually understood this.
Lol. Everyone is.
Enact it!!
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, but is he going to invoke the 25th Amendment????
President Elect Biden announcing key members of his Justice Team:
“So as we stand here today we do so in the wake of yesterday’s events, events that could not more have vividly demonstrated some of the most important work we have to do in this nation: Committing ourselves to the rule of law in this nation, invigorating our domestic and democratic institutions, carrying out equal justice under the law in America. There is no more important place for us to do this work than the Department of Justice, which has been so politicized.
There’s no more important people to carry out this work than the people I am announcing today.
More than anything we need to restore the honor, the integrity, independence, of the Department of Justice in this nation that has been so BADLY damaged. So many former leaders of that Department in both parties have so testified and stated that.
I want to be clear to those who lead this Department who you will serve. You won’t work for me.
You are not the President or the Vice President’s lawyer. Your loyalty is not to me.
It’s to the Law, the Constitution, the People of this nation.
To guarantee justice.”
Rep Danny Davis! 😆
He doesn’t have to physically be at the WH for it to be invoked does he? Is this a good sign that it may actually happen?
He’s going to Camp David so that press doesn’t see guests that he’s colluding with…
Statement from Mrs. O.
Well, we said that yesterday, so yeah.
Their silence even now speaks volumes about their complicity.
Good.
I watched Merrick Garland being introduced as the nominee for AG. Was really hoping he had ended his speech with a little ‘hey mitch”. 😆
I hope Trump is stripped of everything, no access to security info … which I think he would sell anyway.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Imo … the resignations we are witnessing belong to Profile of Cowardage. There is zero value.
I would prefer Trump be impeached and removed.
If the 25th is invoked, can he then use his lack of mental stability as an excuse in future charges?
Just realized I was stating my preference as if I have any say or input.
Got to improve my communication skills 🙂
Do it now when the anger is still there.
Mike Pence will never do the right thing.
President Donald Trump’s allies in the business have world started to distance themselves from him after the deadly riot on Capitol Hill.
The pullback casts doubt on whether these business leaders will back him in the future – including whether he runs for president again in 2024. “He’s done,” one of Trump’s top bundlers said.
Some big money Trump donors, including Sheldon Adelson and Richard Uihlein, either declined to comment or didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Just now? Useless.
Random thoughts …
While PP is creating chaos and distraction … who knows what shenanigans his ilk is likely up to behind God knows which doors … ?
I think that when Senators Ossoff and Warnock report for work at the Senate, they should do the nice southernly thing and bring a basket of peaches each for Mitch 😁.
Just do it, Nancy. Strike while the iron is hot.
Michelle Obama has taken off the gloves!!
Yup. Telling it like it is. The real one, not the fake trumpian one.
Fuck you, thug.
It’s from the traitorous thug’s own lawyer. Impeach the seditious treasonous thug.
Another important victory.
Buh bye, robot
cnn’s cuomo is one of them ppl.
Ugh.
Now do traitorous thug.
Do it. Do it now.
There you go. The cowards won’t do it even at this last moment. Impeachment is the only way.
So, where is the fucking fbi? It’s a fucking federal building after all.
It was a conspiracy alright.
Fun thread.
JUST IN: US Capitol police officer dies following injuries in yesterday’s attack.
Don’t Let Them Pretend This Didn’t Happen
The violence at the Capitol was incited, encouraged, and condoned by the president of the United States. Don’t forget it.
Remember what yesterday’s attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol was like. Very soon, someone might try to convince you that it was different. Maybe someone already has.
This has been a leitmotif of the Trump administration: Donald Trump does something outrageous and inappropriate, maybe even illegal. Immediately, there are horrified reactions from across the political spectrum, but pretty quickly, the anger fades. Republican officials test the political winds and decide to keep their heads down. Maybe they even say that what Trump did was just fine. Democratic officials rage but shrug and say there’s just not much they can do.
Don’t let the events of January 6 get memory-holed or excused in the same way. The health of the republic depends both on what swift consequences come—for Trump and for others—and also on how people remember the participants’ actions later on.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/dont-let-anyone-pretend-this-didnt-happen/617588/
Of course he didn’t take the call. He is a cowardly tool.
A lawyer who had been representing President Trump’s campaign in Pennsylvania has asked a judge to be allowed to withdraw from the case, saying that his services were used “to perpetuate a crime.”
Jerome M. Marcus, a lawyer based in Merion Station, Pa., added: “The client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer had a fundamental disagreement.”
Question:
How deep does trumpism go in the police department…leadership?
Wanted to ask about this before, and pleased to see Joy Reid asking Will Sommer (Daily Beast) on this topic.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2021/01/07/desecration/
I never watch the creepy thug. of course, he lied. that’s the scum’s nature.
Just heard that a Capitol policeman has died. (NPR). A murder investigation is underway.
And that Hawley’s publisher has canceled is book. (NYT)