MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Reporting gunshots inside the capitol on cnbc
Running text commentary on NY Times here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/06/us/politics/electoral-college-certification-live-stream.html
CNN footage is very worrying.
Holy f*** I can barely believe what I'm watching. Is this the start of the civil war? It's very exciting in a perverse sort of way, but also very alarming. Good job it's not BLM or lefties as it would already be a bloodbath.
Surely this isn't going to end without people getting shot.
Good job it’s not BLM or lefties as it would already be a bloodbath.
From what I can see it’s mainly Bearded Lardarse Morons.
Surely this isn’t going to end without people getting shot.
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1346910271432888320
CNN footage is very worrying.
TBF the commentary makes it seem more alarming, just flipped over to sky news and they're not making it sound half as bad...
Still got to love CNN though.
Anyway the trumpist have clearly gone batshit, WHat time are the proud boys turning up?
TBF the commentary makes it seem more alarming, just flipped over to sky news and they’re not making it sound half as bad…
I'd be pretty concerned TBH if I was a member of the press in there (enemy of the people). Or one of the Squad. Hopefully, they've all been evac'd.
WHat time are the proud boys turning up?
Probably hiding behind mummy's apron at the first sound of gunshot
One way or another, they've crossed the line from protesters to insurrectionists. That's a bad move.
What a failing of law enforcement!!
flipping through various YT news feeds, some guy was claiming a protestor was shot inside... seemed a bit tenuous.
In that Matt Fuller pic.
Looks like a piano across the double doors
4 police with handguns aimed at the broken windows
Blimey
What a failing of law enforcement!!
This protest* was expected though? I find it hard to believe the police merely underestimated this.
*Insurrection attempt
Failed state.
I find it hard to believe the police merely underestimated this.
Politically, you can see why law enforcement needs to be VERY careful.
The President needs to act.
Maybe some of the Republican Agitators might think twice?
I love this image. High tension but the officer on the right looks like they are bored of waiting for the bus..
https://twitter.com/AnthonyQuintano/status/1346910409190608904
It's a coup attempt. Wow! I think this could end up with Trump in prison.
https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080?s=20
One way or another, they’ve crossed the line from protesters to insurrectionists. That’s a bad move.
Post Covid I'd expect the FBI to get extra funding to investigate RW domestic terrorism...
This surely isn't going to end without some people getting shot?
I'm presuming that law enforcement might need time to gather, but that they will have significant re-enforcement shortly to push back somehow?
Trump has also surely crossed a line now by not condemning what's happening and asking them to stand down? It's gone from incitement to collaborating with this insurrection?
Let the protestors incriminate themselves then throw the book at the lot of them! Should be plenty of evidence being collected to put these morons away for a very long time...
"What a failing of law enforcement!!"
To be fair, there were reports of a black gentleman selling untaxed cigarettes outside a convenience store and the entirety of the DC police are busy apprehending / choking the life out of him.
The CNN coverage is quite something. This is going to kick off properly very soon.
Except he has "asked them to stand down", twice
FFS! Even the Gosar (Arizona Rep)'s call for calm is effectively "We don't do this. This is black guy stuff"
https://twitter.com/DrPaulGosar/status/1346913509339181057
Yeah, you clearly don't do this Paul. We can tell by the way we are watching it happen on live TV!
Let the protestors incriminate themselves then throw the book at the lot of them! Should be plenty of evidence being collected to put these morons away for a very long time…
Martyrdom? they'd love that...
I'm on to PBS news now, now reporting a shooting... no details...
At least it's given me something to watch on telly tonight. Netflix has been a bit spartan recently 🙂
Except he has “asked them to stand down”, twice
He has sent two limp tweets. After spending hours goading a crowd about to march on the Capitol.
He should be there, in person, telling them to disperse.
This is some hollywood looking stuff right here. Seems to be being led by Tumnus the Faun
Make Narnia Great Again!
Twodogs
Full MemberExcept he has “asked them to stand down”, twice
Has he? He's asked them to "remain peaceful"- a strange thing to say to an already violent crowd- and he's asked them to "support the capitol police and law enforcement". I can't see anywhere that he's asked them to stand down- he did definitely ask them to stand up in the first place, though.
Oh it's okay, Ivanka has appealed for calm, whilst simultaneously calling them American Patriots.
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1346913361007702021
He has sent two limp tweets. After spending hours goading a crowd about to march on the Capitol.
He should be there, in person, telling them to disperse.
Yeah, but Ivanka has tweeted now too. What more can he do?
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All I can think of is this:
2020: ha, that was a crap one. No-one will top that for a while.
2021: hold that thought...
It's going to be riots nationwide by tomorrow morning. The US is imploding unless they can get it all under control within the next few hours. Sadly that needs Trump to act so not likely.
Except he has “asked them to stand down”, twice
You can't put the genie back in the lamp. This is the end of 4 years of his encouragement of this kind of attitude and behaviour.
Even if he did ask firmly now, the genie won't listen. In fact they probably would decide he is a traitor spewing fake news.
Martyrdom? they’d love that…
I would suspect that is why the police presence wasn't heavier to begin with. At the moment it looks crazy but it's has also been contained in some ways. Out on the streets there would be way more people to fight.
I bet Putin and Xi Jinping are loving this coverage.
Martyrdom? they’d love that…
Reality check for idiots...
Wander if Iraqi soldiers will find a disheveled Trump under a manhole cover?
National Guard on it's way according to Trump's press Secretary
Overnight developments?
25th invoked,
Pence installed,
Some form of martial law imposed. (Open carry suspended for instance)
Pence installed
Just in time to pardon the dickhead in chief.
The MAGA hats on Twitter are hilariously claiming that all the protesters are in fact Antifa rioting in order to make Trump look bad.
https://twitter.com/dawnsinak/status/1346914296840613889?s=21
Oh it’s okay, Ivanka has appealed for calm, whilst simultaneously calling them American Patriots.
She's apparently deleted the tweet calling them patriots
I reckon that once they all take a second or two to check twitter it’ll all calm down
Except he has “asked them to stand down”, twice
No, he hasn’t. He should.
Fight Fight Fight!
Overnight developments?
25th invoked,
Pence installed,
Some form of martial law imposed. (Open carry suspended for instance)
Flight and Asylum in North Korea
Well this is panning out as badly as could be expected
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Though it's only a handful of protestors
What I really don't understand is how on earth they were let in, in the first place
third world country where some very rich people live, what a shambles.
No, he hasn’t. He should
Yeah he has. He sent two tweets. What more can he do?!
If Trump tells them to stand down he'll get called a fake news race traitor non-patriot commie and then we divide by zero
What more can he do?!
Tell them to leave?
It’s a coup attempt. Wow! I think this could end up with Trump in prison.
You really are a drama queen. It's a group of hill billies who spend their time running round the woods pretending to be soldiers, not some organised coup attenpt This isn't the start of a civil war, trump won't be arrested.
It's just a bunch of bearded wackos I'm cammo gear causing a kuffuffle
Tell them to leave?
Yep, that should do it
https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1346916542395650049
She’s apparently deleted the tweet calling them patriots
Yeah noticed that. After she got called out on twitter and media...
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1346916905093894144
Yeah he has. He sent two tweets. What more can he do?!
Use your imagination.
They were bland banal tweets done with one hand whilst his other was in the fridge feeding his face.
He could put his big boy pants on and do a presidential address calling them idiots and to stand down and disperse.
Or.......he could make a statement saying his tantrums over the last two months were fanciful rubbish and he is the fake news. Biden was the right, fair and obvious winner. And to stand down and disperse.
He could do either of those those things if he had the bollox or the in fact any integrity.
Can we just nuke them from orbit?
It's the only safe outcome
🤦
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1287877621380837378
July 2020, does he think the same January 2021
What is absolutely certain is that if these had been BLM and antifa protesters , there would've been teargas and truncheons by now.
Hope all the trumpian brown nosed Repulsians who were going to denounce the Biden confirmation have their brown trousers on today as they cowered in the halls with their teargas masks and had a good long think about what they've done.
It’s just a bunch of bearded wackos
I’m cammo gear Ldressed like Herne the hunter from that 1980’s Robin Hood series causing a kuffuffle
FTFY
July 2020, does he think the same January 20221
it'll be a long wait to find out 👍
Yeah he has. He sent two tweets. What more can he do?!
Use your imagination.
I forgot, sarcasm doesn't work in print
Has trump dug himself into a hole now? He needs to take charge and call in military but can't. It's being left to police. Just amazing
This is some hollywood looking stuff right here. Seems to be being led by Tumnus the Faun
I thought it was the return of the space cowboy.
Seems to be being led by Tumnus the Faun
Jamiroquai has let himself go a bit
edit - gah!
it’ll be a long wait to find out
I have no idea what you are on about 😏
inside job/collusion.
call in military
I don't think you can use military against citizens in the USA.
edit – gah!
Only a few seconds in it, we can call it a draw.
I don’t think you can use military against citizens in the USA.
Thats what they've got the national guard for...
I think that's the policeman having his picture taken, rather than taking a selfie? Really not the same (and probably quite good de-escalation)
What's the guy saying, ACAF? I thought it was ACAB at first
I don’t think you can use military against citizens in the USA.
Sorry, meant national guard
LOL...just listening to Biden's speech (first time I've heard him).
I can see why Trump calls him Sleepy Joe...he's not exactly inspiring!
Good speech from Biden. He has a good team behind him.
Thought Biden nailed it actually.