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I’ve always wanted to type this:

I’m with Stevie Wonder on his assessment of the 25th Amendment.

 

So, I hope those people inside the Capitol turned off their cell phones when they went inside because, well, science can trace you back there. Maybe they will look in two weeks?

 

If they’re going to do another impeachment, the House needs to do it tonight. Seriously.

 

This NEVER gets old

 

Something to keep in the back of your minds from Miami:

 

He was already well behind them. They're celebrating in Lancaster, Pa., since Buchanan is no longer the worst president ever. JB is #45 with a bullet!

 

This is what I fucking meant when I said the other day that Pence will be a gift to the Dems. Could happen.

 

I’m not surprised that Bill Barr’s DoJ missed all this planning that happened right out there in the open:

The supporters of President Donald Trump who rioted in the US Capitol building on Wednesday had been openly planning for weeks on both mainstream social media and the pro-Trump internet. On forums like TheDonald, a niche website formed after Reddit banned the subreddit of the same name, they promised violence against lawmakers, police, and journalists if Congress did not reject the results of the 2020 election.

In one interaction four days ago, a person on TheDonald asked, “What if Congress ignores the evidence?”

“Storm the Capitol,” one replied, which received more than 500 upvotes.

“You’re fucking right we do,” another said.

On pro-Trump social media website Parler, chat app Telegram, and other corners of the the far-right internet, people discussed the Capitol Hill rally at which Trump spoke as the catalyst for a violent insurrection. They have been using those forums to plan an uprising in plain sight, one that they executed Wednesday afternoon, forcing Congress to flee its chambers as it met to certify the results of the election.

Law enforcement, however, appeared unprepared for the scale of the violence on Wednesday. Capitol police were quickly overwhelmed, dramatically outnumbered by Trump supporters. While thousands of National Guard troops were posted throughout Washington, DC, during Black Lives Matter protests, the DC National Guard was not deployed Wednesday until well after the Capitol’s perimeters had been breached.

Hundreds of extremists' posts discussed bringing firearms in violation of Washington, DC, law. Nevertheless, people displayed weapons that they had brought with them.

“All this bullshit about not bringing guns to D.C. needs to stop,” read one post from Tuesday with more than 5,000 upvotes. “This is America. Fuck D.C. it's in the Constitution. Bring your goddamn guns.”

According to Advance Democracy, a nonprofit research organization, all corners of the social web were signaling imminent violence in the days leading up to the riot.

“On TheDonald, more than 50% of the top posts on January 4, 2021, about the January 6th Electoral College certification featured unmoderated calls for violence in the top five responses,” the organization found.

“ARMED WITH RIFLE, HANDGUN, 2 KNIVES AND AS MUCH AMMO AS YOU CAN CARRY,” one post on the website said.

This was also the case on Parler, ADI found. One account, with the name No Trump No Peace #GoTime, posted a GIF with a noose and a caption that said, “Who would you like to see 'dispatched' first? 1) Nancy Pelosi 2) John Roberts 3) Pence 4) other (please name) I was leaning towards Nancy, but it might have to be Pence.” (Two days after that post, a livestream of the violent mob standing outside Congress showed them chanting “Hang Mike Pence.”)​

Hopefully AG Merrick Garland will be on top of things.

Rioters Taking Over The Capitol Planned It Online | BuzzFeed News

 

So where does the Buccaneers/Washington game get played in three days?

 

My Congressman, a Republican, tweeted his condemnation of today's events and people are actually responding that it was all liberals disguised as Trumpers. I mean, how do you even begin to respond to something so insane?

 

That's 49ers owner Jed York.