#Capitol

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ A few thoughts re: the increasingly accepted (and somewhat obvious) wisdom that "if the people who stormed the capitol had been Black they'd have been beaten or shot." This

Lainie the Fig ✝️🌊

lainiefig

1. THIS WAS NOT THAT.I’m already tired of seeing Trump fans argue on friend’s posts that what happened yesterday was equivalent to rioting and looting at Black Lives Matter protests.

☇RiotWomenn☇

riotwomennn

A thread of Trump & his inner circle calling Trump's army to be violentPerfectly scheduled, timed & incited to stop the peaceful transfer of power Republican @replouiegohmert told Trump supporters

Matthew Spencer Goldstein

borscht_beltway

Every House committee w/any connection to the causes, methods, or effects of the Republican party’s open attempts at autocracy & consequent negligence re: Covid should establish a standing inquiry—transparent subpoenas,

Tal Kopan

TalKopan

As lawmakers move rapidly toward impeaching President Trump for his role in last week’s deadly Capitol, they are dealing with not only the political fallout, but the human one.A thread:https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Bay-Area

Stephen Clouse

sclouse2

I sat down for a conversation with @xavierbonilla87 today. Part of what we talked about is symbolism and politically sacred places. I want to expand on that a bit here

Tom Fowdy

Tom_Fowdy

Some thoughts today: China needs to reassess its general communications and public relations strategies concerning the west. This is not the first time I've talked about this, it's a longstanding

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

Blanket bans on former Trump officials are excessive. However, it is a perfectly reasonable policy for universities to not give a platform for people who worked to undermine US democracy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/23/t

Fraus Omnia Vitiat

tunackr

Some thoughts...Donald Trump has spent the last five years as a shield and lightning rod for the American people. At every turn, when leftists attack Americans, Trump has lept into

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Wait. This is a very key question from @kelly2277 and @PaulBowes17: Congressional rep Madison Cawthorn said he was armed during the Jan. 6 terror attack. Other reps stated they would

Carissa Byrne Hessick

CBHessick

So strange that Law & Crime article questioning whether the Capitol rioters could be prosecuted for felony murder and it *never discusses* the most obvious predicate felony—burglary https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/could-the-cap

Chris “Cal” Carnahan

xtrixcyclex

Trump came so close to pulling off a legit bloody military coup. He had his people in key military positions. He almost had a puppet as acting AG. He had

JD Rucker

JDRucker

Classify this under "too little, too late," but it needs to be said.The excuse many Republicans used tonight to justify not objecting to the electors was that the Constitution limits

Julie 🌿🦜🦈🐝🐨💦🔥

Julieoz836

@Vic_Rollison https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests?campaign_id=181&emc=edit_usta_20210106&instance_id=0&nl=u.s.-presidential-transition-alerts®i_id=78216033&segment_id=48550&user_id=5e

Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈🌊❄️

windthin

1/7 One of Trump's worst traits is one of the ones I am also sometimes thankful for: his divisiveness.Allow me to explain.Trump doesn't just sow division among his enemies, but

Rick Hills

RickHills2

This powerful op-ed by ⁦@davidwblight1⁩ misses a troubling analogy between the creation of the Lost Cause Myth in the 1890s and Trump’s GOP today: Like Dems today, opponents of the

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