#Capitol

Capital Jan 6th - Notes (thread) This is a compilation of info I have collected from various pages and sites. 2. Adoptive father of John and James Sullivan. You probably
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.@NancyMace, GQP Congresswoman, either never listened to @AOC Instagram video or lied when she implied AOC lied. And like all GQPr's these days, she'll never apologize. AOC specifically said the
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A must read on so many levels.I would add that the ‘naive’ referenced here are not so because of politics or ideology but because they never made the effort to
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The capitol doesn’t look like this is a peaceful transition of power. It looks like a military junta enduring their figurehead isn’t opposed by political dissidents. None of these extreme
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1. Short thread.A friend writes (but asks that he not be credited by name, as he's concerned about his family's security!):"If you have ever been to Prague, you may have
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It feels a little off to be flogging the new WS episode on Ishmael Reed's "Mumbo Jumbo" while the embers of an attempted coup attempt are still glowing, but there
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A thread: 1/ I’ve been overwhelmed by emotion tonight. The vast majority of the protestors who went to dc yesterday genuinely believe the democratic process is in shambles. Some of
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The problem I have with the banning of Trump is that Twitter did not ban him for anything he actually tweeted. They banned him for something they made up in
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some leftists looking for trouble absolutely attacked pro-Trump supporters in DC last night -- saw it for myself. harassment, intimidation, and worse incl. the firecracker that was thrown at Trump
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I unequivocally condemn the violence yesterday and I hope these thugs are placed behind bars where they belong ASAP.The left doesn't want the mainstream right to condemn the violence, they
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Dear MAGA, why do you follow this con? First he told you Mexico would pay for the wall. They didn’t. Then he warned you that caravans of illegal immigrants were
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A list of questions about the 1/6 siege: a thread. About motives, planning, and operations. Did members of Congress or their staff unwittingly take participants in the riot on private
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US law enforcement has literal centuries of shameful history of infiltrating and spying on politically disfavored activist groups, from trade unionists to suffragists to abolitionists to civil rights advocates to
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How and why did the media spend an entire month definitively affirming what appears to be a completely false story about the only person said to have been killed by
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Followup thoughts on this, including Jason Hickel's excellent thread, linked:https://twitter.com/alan2102z/status/1349025486442266624 Believing this patent absurdity ("coup attempt") is a reflection of the privilege and comfor
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After the Capitol attack, security experts offered some advice: Double down on surveillance.But that won't help. Instead of fighting right-wing extremists, more data-sharing is likely to compound the pain inflicted
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