Thanks, gocomics.org
IF we make it past Trump’s attempt at a coup…
IF we make it to an inauguration in January…
IF we have enough Congresspimps willing to indict Trump for his crimes…
We should be ready to indict a helluva lot of Republicans as co-conspirators!
“The 9/11 Commission Report found that the delayed 2000 transition significantly hampered the incoming administration’s ability to fill key appointments, including national security personnel, and left the country less prepared for a crisis.” https://news.yahoo.com/biden-aides-cite-911-report-on-the-danger-of-trump-stalling-transition-174654782.html
“In the final six weeks of President Trump’s administration, political appointees at the Pentagon are reviewing the Pentagon’s support to the CIA, including the use of counterterrorism operators detailed to a division of the agency that has been involved in some of the most high-profile clandestine counterterrorism missions in the last two decades.
The idea is to determine whether Defense Department personnel “detailed” to the spy agency should instead be used for missions related to competition with Russia and China, rather than counterterrorism, according to multiple former and current administration and military officials.
Critics see a potentially dangerous effort to yank critical Defense Department support to agency efforts in terrorism hotspots across the globe.” https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2020/12/trump-officials-reviewing-dod-support-cia/170651/
See also https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/pentagon-cia-counterterrorism/index.html
June 2020 fundraising email for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign in which people were urged to join the “Trump Army” in order to fight the “liberal MOB” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-army-fundraising-email/
⚠️ “National Guard presence in D.C. swells to 20,000 ahead of inauguration : The strong level of protection comes after last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/national-guard-dc-inauguration-458951
⚠️ “Pentagon authorizes arming of National Guard members supporting Capitol security” https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/pentagon-national-guard-armed/index.html
⚠️ “National Guardsmen briefed on IED threat to Capitol : The briefing comes as the Guard plans a massive show of force to prevent violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/national-guardsmen-capitol-threats-459002
⚠️ “The Army and Secret Service are looking at extra security screenings for US troops who will be at Biden’s inauguration” after Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, sought assurances that troops handling security for the inauguration are screened for possible sympathies with “domestic terrorists.” https://news.yahoo.com/army-secret-looking-extra-security-175633373.html
⚠️ “Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran, on Monday demanded the Pentagon investigate allegations that troops and military retirees played a role in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/11/duckworth-pentagon-capitol-coup-troops-457463
⚠️ “Some GOP lawmakers ‘afraid for their lives’ if they vote to impeach, congressman says” https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/some-gop-lawmakers-afraid-for-their-lives-if-they-vote-to-impeach-congressman-says
⚠️ “Striking Photos Show Hundreds Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. Capitol” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-guard-capitol-riots-dc_n_5fff10f1c5b65671988afa5d
That film meant so much to my life at that time. Beaucoup support work in New Haven…especially involving the many foreign students who came to New Haven to go to Yale.
8AM MST, tomorrow morning, 14th
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.” Sun tzu, “The Art of War” (written during the warring states period of China around 500 B.C.)
Tet Offensive Jan 30, 1968 – Sep 23, 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive
On my bookshelf for decades. Some good translations around.