March 4, 2021

"Alarming revelations of threats to the Capitol and members of Congress prompted House Democratic leaders to wrap up their legislative work for the week on Wednesday night...."

"The immediate threat is intelligence related to a possible plot by a militia group to attack the Capitol on Thursday. Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe former President Trump will be reinaugurated on March 4, a traditional date for presidential inaugurations until 1933...."  

MSN News reports.

How much evidence of a possible attack was there? Is vacating the building the right response to whatever this was? I presume it was something more than just people spinning theories that focused on a date that happens to have historical significance, but only the House is abandoning its workplace, not the Senate.

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GMay said...

"Well, it's 6:30 Eastern. Did anything really happen? Or did the Intelligence Community blow it again?"

Last I heard, they were tossing darts at the calendar and figuring out how to conflate those with events that they deem significant to the deplorables. Since the former inauguration didn't pan out, they're mulling over the date of the founding of the GOP and, of course, tax deadline day. Seriously.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9321899/Capitol-Police-reveal-intelligence-showing-plot-breach-Capitol-March-4.html

Your elite, hard at work.

Original Mike said...

What??? There was no insurrection today?

These people are so fucking transparent.

The Gipper Lives said...

That Trump-I-am
That Trump-I-am!
I do not like
That Trump-I-am

Do you like
real votes and ham?

I do not like them,
Trump-I-am.
I do not like
Real votes and ham.

Would you like them
Here or there?

I would not like them
Here or there.
I would not like them
Anywhere.
We do not like
Real votes and ham.
We do not like them,
Trump-I-am.

We do not like them
midnight in Philly
or in Atlanta
Don't you be silly.

We will not have
election observers
while counting votes
on Chinese servers.

We do not like
real votes for Trump
That's why we drive them
to the dump

We'll erase them with our
CheatWare Systems
and Steal the Deal
with Mail-In fictions

We just can't stand
that Trump-I-am
So we'll vote FOR you,
sirs and ma'mes!

Leora said...

The Democrat leadership in the House wants to frighten people about violent right wingers. I don't think it's working.

https://disrn.com/news/poll-finds-more-americans-concerned-about-black-lives-matter-riots-than-capitol-riot/.

Most people think that protesters who break and burn things and attack law enforcement ought to be arrested but most people can see that leftist protesters get a pass while right wingers are hunted down and overcharged. Justice for all is the American aspiration.

chickelit said...

Regarding BLM, Kamala Harris said They're not gonna stop, and everyone beware, because they're not gonna stop. They're not gonna stop before Election Day in November, and they're not gonna stop after Election Day.Everyone should take note of that, on both levels, that they're not going to let up — and they should not. And we should not

And when they break the law and get arrested, I'm gonna bail their asses out of jail. I'm the VP now and I make the rules.

chickelit said...

Kamala Harris didn't say "I'm in charge of vice now which is and always has been my specialty. "

chickelit said...

Actually, "President of Vice" has a nice ring to it.

Rusty said...

I know the progressives like to call it 'democracy', but from where I'm standing it looks a lot like fascism.

PaoloP said...

So sorry your country has fallen under a junta.

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