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Current DC arrest count: 13 -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 14:46 5
- all soon to get a presidential pardon -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 6, 14:51
- Trump has his disciples for his last supper now. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:47
- Bowser dodging Tapper's question about whether MPD will actually arrest people. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:47 2
  - I've been very vocal in my disapproval of her from the beginning of her term. If she wins again this city needs true help. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 14:48 1
    - My read is she just wants to push everyone across the border, but all that does is let perpetrators escape. - Max Jan 6, 14:56
If I were Trump, I'd have that self-pardon signed already. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:44 3
- I appreciate that pardoning himself is an admission of guilt which is something he'd never do. But he'll just claim he's being treated unfairly. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 14:51 1
  - But it’s not. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 14:51
- I don't see any reason for him not to try it. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:45
"Sergeant at Arms says the Capitol building is secure. The room breaks out into applause." -- (link*) - budice Jan 6, 14:44 2
- "This House...is clean." -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:47 1
  - "Let's not get carried away" -- nm - budice Jan 6, 14:48
The guy standing in front of the Capitol steps in the Ovechkin jersey didn't come dressed for the occasion. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 14:42
CNN has a Wee Irish Lad on -- nm - budice Jan 6, 14:42
So... how do pardons work? - Strongbad Jan 6, 14:41 9
- Not sure it is in his power to issue a blanket amnesty, but he could pardon individuals. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:43 1
  - Just because it's not in his power doesn't mean he won't do it. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 14:44
- Holy fuck, didn't thnk of that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:42
- He'd have to specifically name them all, I believe. - JaxSean Jan 6, 14:42 5
  - No he wouldn't. Post Civil War all confederate soldiers were pardoned. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 6, 14:44
  - not necessarily. See: Jimmy Carter and draft dodgers. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:43 2
    - Was that just executive action or was there supporting legislation? -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:45 1
      - unconditional pardon -- (link) - Reagen Jan 6, 14:47
  - I think you're right. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:43
Hand to hand combat inside the Capitol. All alive. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 6, 14:38 1
- 13 people arrested though—a whole 13! - flavorize Jan 6, 14:46
Have we seen these pictures of people sheltering on the ground in the gallery as the terrorists break into the Capitol? -- (link) - Mop Jan 6, 14:33 2
- Look at that dude with the sexy Burt Reynolds repose on the right. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:35
- below -- nm - mud Jan 6, 14:34
I’m hoping we don’t see a repeat of this, on Inauguration Day...but lack of action on this I think encourages another attack -- nm - flavorize Jan 6, 14:33 1
- I'll be surprised if it doesn't. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:50
Kinda not the important thing right now but final election contest standings - Reagen Jan 6, 14:27 9
- How could Spawn out-optimist my picks? -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 14:56
- Darn it. I missed the will the Capitol be invaded between Election Day and Inauguration Day question. -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 14:42
- Huh, better than I thought. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 14:37
- Hey, seems like I moved a little further up in the middle of the pack. That's my bread and butter in life. Be somewhat more than mediocre. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:35
- how'd that ty guy get such a nice score? he smaht -- nm - mud Jan 6, 14:30
- Had GA flipped would it have made a difference? - spamlet Jan 6, 14:29 1
  - no, but it would have changed third place - Reagen Jan 6, 14:31
- lower points were better, right? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 14:28 1
  - Yes, I used a 2020-points system where highest possible score was 0 -- nm* - Reagen Jan 6, 14:29
Rep Omar drawing up articles of impeachment - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:22 15
- Surely two-thirds of the Senate will convict THIS time! -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:32 11
  - They wouldn't, and don't call us Shirley. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 6, 14:47
  - people should do whatever they can in order to stand against what is happening today. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 14:35 4
    - Okay, I agree with that. I'm very curious to see what her charges will be. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:38 2
      - I can think of plenty. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 14:44 1
        
        Yeah, I thought of plenty the first time, like emoluments violations. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:51
    - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 14:37
  - not the point. -- nm - mud Jan 6, 14:33 1
    - Yes. Same thing as before: The House has to do their job regardless if The Senate feels like it. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:37
  - maybe, maybe not. But that's not the only reason to. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:32
  - Maybe, but make them take that stand if they won't. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:32 1
    - It's a stand they'll be taking anyway. Their public statements will be critical of the police and protesters, not the President. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 14:35
- You have to at least try this and the expulsion of the Sedition Caucus. If you lose, you lose. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 6, 14:25 2
  - If not for this, then when would we ever use these rules? -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 14:26 1
    - Exactly. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 6, 14:27
Tense moment when the protesters got in—whoa -- (link) - flavorize Jan 6, 14:19 4
- You gotta feel for that one officer. Holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:42 1
  - I can't even watch that. anxiety level high. -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 6, 14:43
- Amazing. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 14:25
- I hope that bearded guy enjoys prison food. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:24
National Association of Manufacturers (aka the big money) - invoke the 25th -- (link) - Reagen Jan 6, 14:17
Fox News: Kneeling—Traitorous—Storming Capital —American -- (link) - flavorize Jan 6, 14:17
When the looting starts, the shooting starts......or not. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 6, 14:13 2
- Seriously... WTF is he gonna do with THAT??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 6, 14:14 1
  - Have it seized as evidence in his trial, I hope. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Jan 6, 14:18
And of course that mob was mostly entirely unmasked so they'll be spreading more coves. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 14:12 2
- haven't trump events been tied to something like 30k cases? not surprising at all. - colin Jan 6, 14:14 1
  - iirc, that number was associated with his pre election rallies at airport fields -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:18
here's a transcript so you don't have to watch the repulsive vid: -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 14:09 4
- It still blows me away.How did they not stop recording while he was doing this. Gotta be one of his sons videoing that—did they think this would help -- nm - flavorize Jan 6, 14:13 2
  - most likely, networks would have cut away at first whine about election taken from 'him' -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:19
  - I think Scavino. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:18
- watch this vid though! -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 14:12
"Never once, in the years 1860-1865, was this flag ever paraded in the halls of the American capitol." -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 14:07
One thing is clear, whats-her-name can carry her glock in if she wants. - Spawn Jan 6, 14:07 1
- What good is the 2nd Amendment if she's not going to shoot insurrectionists with it? -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:08
Re CSPAN: Terrorists used chemical devices on Capitol Police to gain entrance. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:06 6
- bet they feel dumb showing up without riot gear on. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 14:09
- Their body odor isn’t a chem weapon. At least not enough to have them swing the gates. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:07
- What, like aphrodisiacs? -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 14:07 3
  - So they Poison Ivy there way in? -- nm - eag Jan 6, 14:09 1
    - Nothing is sexier than geriatric sex. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:45
  - pepper spray? mace? -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:08
Just seen on CSPAN, riot police are moving into place on Capitol grounds, per order of the Mayor. MPD doesn't fuck around with rioters. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:06
jesus I'm just sitting here thinking "the 25th is the right thing to do" but imagine what they'd do if he were 25thed? -- nm* - amanda jeans Jan 6, 14:03
First time the Capitol has been breached since 1814 -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 6, 14:00 1
- Suck it, Obama!!! -- nm - 45 Jan 6, 14:01
Word. -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 13:59
Rep Cori Bush ain't playing around -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 13:58 1
- Hope she waits a few days before she introduces it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 14:01
Kendall Jenner got this -- (pic) - budice Jan 6, 13:57 [Attachment]
Master Troll Level -- (link*) - ty97 Jan 6, 13:54 1
- hundred percent -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 13:56
The fact that the Capitol was so vulnerable is so astonishing to me that the conspiracy theory part of me thinks it was intentional. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 13:54 8
- In the sense that many of the Capitol police are sympathizers? Could be. -- nm - mara Jan 6, 13:54
- The police let them in. There is video. They took selfies. I mean... -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:54 6
  - Has it been authenticated? There are always photos/videos that claim something and are different than they look. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 13:56 5
    - very true, and i cannot confirm authentication. but the fact that this happened at all, i don't think the police were doing everything in their -- (edited) - Andie Jan 6, 13:57 4
      - Exactly. You can walk up to the Capitol building, break a window and climb in and not be immediately shot by multiple officers? - Volnelk Jan 6, 14:01 3
        
        I can confirm that no, you cannot. I am honestly stunned. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:03 2
        
        so to be fair, there were too many insurrectors too quickly to deal with them safely. you can't shoot them all and if you shoot one - amanda jeans Jan 6, 14:05 1
        
        Obviously there will be an investigation, I suspect it's more than that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:08
Not nearly enough is being done to quell this. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 13:53 11
- Why aren't we seeing mass arrests? What the fuck? -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 13:59 2
  - Because you know as well as I do that National Guard humvees don't roll out of the barracks and straight into the masses. - Mop Jan 6, 14:07
  - 6PM, it maaay happen -- nm - colin Jan 6, 14:01
- honestly, is anything actually being done? -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:54 6
  - THANK YOU. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 13:59
  - Aside from Trump inviting the rioters back? Not much. - Diva Jan 6, 13:57
  - I think everyone's gearing up for 6pm. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 13:56 2
    - Yeah, I think that's the plan at this point. They're reorganizing. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 13:59 1
      - ok, that makes me feel better. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:03
  - THIS -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 13:56
- right -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 13:53
On CSPAN2 they are taking phone calls. Literally every caller is a Trump zombie. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 13:49
DC Mayor Bowser's gonna have to step in and declare the Capitol grounds Black Lives Matter Hill. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 13:48 3
- WAMU: Does DC's curfew affect federal property? Bowser: Anyone on the Capitol grounds will be ordered to leave by the police. - Max Jan 6, 13:56 1
  - I've never been clear on their jurisdictions. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 14:05
- How about Barack Obama Hill? -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 13:49
FBI SWAT team at the Capitol. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 6, 13:48
Police officers taking selfies with terrorists, inside the capital -- (link) - flavorize Jan 6, 13:47 2
- The better to prosecute them with? -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 14:02
- terrific -- nm - mud Jan 6, 13:48
good point -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 13:47
I am so tempted to fire up my electric blanket and curl up under it with a good book :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 13:46 7
- rub it in about my kindle! -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 6, 14:02
- I really want pizza even though it's bad for me. And lots of beer. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 13:49 5
  - That was my lunch -- nm - JD Jan 6, 14:04
  - Not beer weather, maybe a rum & coke :) -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 13:54 3
    - Yes, rum and coke. I am having this tonight. and take out. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:56
    - i've got a breakfast stout.. feels just right. but a rum and coke sounds good too. - colin Jan 6, 13:55 1
      - Oh god yes. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:48
According to a since-deleted video posted to his Facebook page, newly elected Republican Del. Derrick Evans participated in the mob -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 13:46
I'll be curious if there'll be any commentators with the chutzpah to trot out the "peaceful transfer of power" business. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 13:45
co-sign -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 13:43 1
- good -- nm - mud Jan 6, 13:44
Santorum is hearing from a lot of [GOP] people that this might be the time to abandon Trump! -- nm - Max Jan 6, 13:41 7
- In a way, this makes the divorce easier. -- nm - David Jan 6, 13:51 1
  - Yeah, but wait. He's setting himself up to be the leader in absentia. This is going to be his army (not that he will actually direct them to do - pmb Jan 6, 13:58
- oh, so, now we know, their line in the sand is blatant insurrection. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:42 2
  - only if it doesn't work though -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 13:47 1
    - yes, important point. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:49
- I dunno... maybe? Let's see... -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 13:42
- L....O......L....... -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 13:41
Kansas, Georgia, Arizona, and California statehouses all seeing varying levels of intrusion -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 13:40 3
- Kan....sas? -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 13:41 2
  - supposedly the protestors in Kansas got a permit to protest in the capital building. didnt know that was a thing. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 14:39
  - Democrat Governor and a large GOP population. Kobach was terrible. -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:00
heh, Santorum: "I don't think this is what Trump wanted to-" Anderson: "OF COURSE IT WAS!" -- nm* - mud Jan 6, 13:40 1
- It's fantastic how cowed they are. I guess, props to Santorum for staying on the air. They must be paying him a lot. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 13:41

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