Not a bad bivouac — Igor Bobic/HuffPost
It’s been one week since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, and security looks very different now than it did on that deadly day.
Hundreds of armed National Guard members were inside the halls of Congress amid reports of expected violence leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
As lawmakers debated and voted on an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump, battle-ready National Guard troops were camped out amongst the artwork in the Capitol Rotunda, as well as in the Capitol Visitor Center. Many spent the night huddled together sleeping on the marble floors of the building.
Our primo researcher brought together a number of articles which – taken together – interweave a truly informative dialectic of journalism. As a nation, we have only seen the beginning of a ostensibly populist gang which would love to find itself in the style of putsch so beloved of Nazis in the 1930’s.
This article from HuffPost is already slightly out of date. Published number for National Guards by Inauguration Day is now up to 20,000. The FBI, NSA, local coppers have pretty much admitted their dance card was empty from listening to the wrong music. They thought they knew everything about the insurrection. They were wrong. The racism of American policing from bottom to top is still THEIR biggest problem.
Anyway, you have the link above. Here are more:
“Some GOP lawmakers ‘afraid for their lives’ if they vote to impeach, congressman says”
● “A “soft target” is a person, thing, or location that is easily accessible to the general public and relatively unprotected, making it vulnerable to military or terrorist attack. By contrast, a target that is not accessible to the general public or heavily defended is referred to as a “hard target”.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_target
● “State Capitols ‘on High Alert,’ Fearing More Violence : Officials around the country are bracing for any spillover from last week’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. State legislatures already have become targets for protesters in recent days.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/state-capitols-protests-trump.html
● “Right-wing extremist chatter spreads on new platforms as threat of political violence ramps up : The online conversation is becoming harder to track. And it’s alarming the feds.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/right-wing-extremist-social-media-458387
● “What It Feels Like To Live Under D.C.’s State Of Emergency” https://dcist.com/story/21/01/13/dc-state-of-emergency-residents/
“Banned from Facebook and Twitter, pro-Trump extremists hatch Inauguration Day violence in dark reaches of the web” https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/13/trump-extremists-banned-facebook-twitter-violence-gab-telegram-signal/4151498001/
“QAnon reshaped Trump’s party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/13/qanon-capitol-siege-trump/
“Airbnb cancels all DC-area reservations ahead of Biden inauguration : worried that “armed militias and known hate groups” may return to DC.” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/airbnb-cancels-all-dc-area-reservations-ahead-of-biden-inauguration/
“Growing push in DC to halt hotel, short term rental reservations ahead of Inauguration week” https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/capitol-hill/communities-want-hotels-and-short-term-rentals-to-hold-off-on-reservations-ahead-of-inauguration/65-72a916e7-cd5a-42ec-8363-259f6e40ad7c
“The FBI has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it is considering preventing those who attacked the US Capitol last week from boarding planes by adding them to the federal no-fly list.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/fbi-no-fly-list-capitol-riot/index.html
“Federal Aviation Administration adopts stricter unruly flyer policy with no warnings for passengers” https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/01/11/capitol-riots-could-rioters-end-up-no-fly-list/6619993002/
“Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump in D.C” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-officials-insight/off-duty-cops-other-officials-face-reckoning-after-rallying-for-trump-in-dc-idUSKBN29I315
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“National Guard asks people to please stop trying to give it donations, after photos of National Guardsmen sleeping on the floor of the Capitol spread on social media” https://www.yahoo.com/now/national-guard-asks-people-please-040040453.html