The riot had overrun police with their own barriers, used tasers and pepper spray on police, hit them with pipes and other objects, shot fireworks at police. They fell back trying to defend the Capital. It was very reasonable to assume that people breaking into the Capital had weapons and intended to use them on members of Congress. Babbit did have a knife and her background shows she knew she was breaking the law. It is shocking that only one person was shot and that shows the incredible restraint of these officers in the face of overwhelming numbers of rioters.
Hundreds of people have been convicted of crimes in court and a handful were convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for a premeditated attempt to stop the government from performing its functions. Even Trump didn't pardon the Seditious Conspiracists, only commuted their sentences.
Good job Trump and U Mich. The U is deleting its entire DEI department. Some feel taxpayers were paying hundreds of millions somehow for it.
And the U just hit delete. Nice.
Full credit to Trump on this one.
I stand by the view that trump has given U admins the courage to do what they knew they should but had been too scared to do: push back against the race and gender obsession on campus.
I suppose the question is if DEI is just being moved to some other department.
Hard to tell if you are being serious but, if you are, you will be the very first anti Trump poster in this thread to say something positive about Trump. If that’s the case, Kudos.
100% serious. I've always given credit to trump when he does something right and criticized Dems when they do something wrong.
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The riot had overrun police with their own barriers, used tasers and pepper spray on police, hit them with pipes and other objects, shot fireworks at police. They fell back trying to defend the Capital. It was very reasonable to assume that people breaking into the Capital had weapons and intended to use them on members of Congress. Babbit did have a knife and her background shows she knew she was breaking the law. It is shocking that only one person was shot and that shows the incredible restraint of these officers in the face of overwhelming numbers of rioters.
Hundreds of people have been convicted of crimes in court and a handful were convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for a premeditated attempt to stop the government from performing its functions. Even Trump didn't pardon the Seditious Conspiracists, only commuted their sentences.
Chief Sund provided oral testimony detailing the events of January 6, emphasizing the intelligence failures and the delays in obtaining National Guard assistance. He stated that between 12:58 p.m. and 2:09 p.m., he made 32 calls to coordinate support, including at least 11 to the Sergeants at Arms regarding his request for the National Guard.
Won't it be hilarious when you find out these were USAID funded activists?
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Marco Rubio on disruptive foreign agitators in the US:
"If you invite me into your home-- and I start putting mud on your couch and spray painting your kitchen, I bet you're going to kick me out.-- We're going to do the same thing if you come into the U.S. as a visitor and… pic.twitter.com/jeZpxMBFkF
A very poor choice of words, although that has become rather habitual with you.
Based upon my four decades of experience working in and around secure government facilities, I have explained the entire Ashli Babbitt scenario at great length within this discussion thread on two different occasions. Just because you have a very selective memory while you are switching into full "Alex Jones mode" regarding January 6th doesn't mean that it truly has been ignored.
You’ve explained...
...everything that happened during the Ashli Babbitt scenario at least twice, and I am not inclined to do it again simply because there is yet another passionately self-righteous MAGA zealot who has twisted the facts in an attempt to portray her as a martyr.
If you weren't paying attention the last two or three times that class was in session, that's on you.
The riot had overrun police with their own barriers, used tasers and pepper spray on police, hit them with pipes and other objects, shot fireworks at police. They fell back trying to defend the Capital. It was very reasonable to assume that people breaking into the Capital had weapons and intended to use them on members of Congress. Babbit did have a knife and her background shows she knew she was breaking the law. It is shocking that only one person was shot and that shows the incredible restraint of these officers in the face of overwhelming numbers of rioters.
Hundreds of people have been convicted of crimes in court and a handful were convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for a premeditated attempt to stop the government from performing its functions. Even Trump didn't pardon the Seditious Conspiracists, only commuted their sentences.
Chief Sund provided oral testimony detailing the events of January 6, emphasizing the intelligence failures and the delays in obtaining National Guard assistance. He stated that between 12:58 p.m. and 2:09 p.m., he made 32 calls to coordinate support, including at least 11 to the Sergeants at Arms regarding his request for the National Guard.
Won't it be hilarious when you find out these were USAID funded activists?
The chief needed support because of a violent mob. Asking for National Guard help and not getting it does not excuse mob violence. The police should not have had to do anything, but they were attacked.
In Court, most Jan 6 rioters stated their reason for being there was to fight for Trump. The Seditious Conspiracists were in contact with Roger Stone, close advisor to Trump, for planning the day.
Please provide any legitimate source that the rioters were not maga activists.
...everything that happened during the Ashli Babbitt scenario at least twice, and I am not inclined to do it again simply because there is yet another passionately self-righteous MAGA zealot who has twisted the facts in an attempt to portray her as a martyr.
If you weren't paying attention the last two or three times that class was in session, that's on you.
If she was a black man killed in the identical manner you would be burning down drug stores and beating old women with 2x4s in the streets.
The White House has effectively poison pilled the minerals deal. The deal now effectively turns over all of Ukraine's natural resources to the US with no security guaranty. The original concept was something more akin to a joint venture agreement where the US would have an interest in minerals that would be related to its investment in the same. Now, it is basically a transfer of everything to the US. Trump admin claims that this would ensure that Russia respects Ukraine's borders because Putin won't invade if the US is pumping natural gas near Donbas. But that doesn't mean that Putin can tell Trump that he is invading and the US can still have the minerals once he takes over.
What is really happening is that this is just like the meeting in the White House. It is a set up to get Ukraine to turn against Trump. Then Trump will claim that Ukraine doesn't want peace and cut off all arms and intelligence.
Prof Riley said: “It is not compatible with EU membership, and perhaps that is part of the purpose. I have to wonder whether the real intention might not be to force Zelensky to reject it.”
Chief Sund provided oral testimony detailing the events of January 6, emphasizing the intelligence failures and the delays in obtaining National Guard assistance. He stated that between 12:58 p.m. and 2:09 p.m., he made 32 calls to coordinate support, including at least 11 to the Sergeants at Arms regarding his request for the National Guard.
Won't it be hilarious when you find out these were USAID funded activists?
The chief needed support because of a violent mob. Asking for National Guard help and not getting it does not excuse mob violence. The police should not have had to do anything, but they were attacked.
In Court, most Jan 6 rioters stated their reason for being there was to fight for Trump. The Seditious Conspiracists were in contact with Roger Stone, close advisor to Trump, for planning the day.
Please provide any legitimate source that the rioters were not maga activists.
I'm not excusing anything. But if you leave your doors wide open with a big sign outside when you go on vacation, don't get angry at the burglar. You're asking for trouble.
I certainly wouldn't be happy with all the billions in damages from the BLM protests if I were a business owner who locked the doors but got firebombed to hell anyway.
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The chief needed support because of a violent mob. Asking for National Guard help and not getting it does not excuse mob violence. The police should not have had to do anything, but they were attacked.
In Court, most Jan 6 rioters stated their reason for being there was to fight for Trump. The Seditious Conspiracists were in contact with Roger Stone, close advisor to Trump, for planning the day.
Please provide any legitimate source that the rioters were not maga activists.
I'm not excusing anything. But if you leave your doors wide open with a big sign outside when you go on vacation, don't get angry at the burglar. You're asking for trouble.
I certainly wouldn't be happy with all the billions in damages from the BLM protests if I were a business owner who locked the doors but got firebombed to hell anyway.
There were hundreds of police officers. They were attacked, unprovoked, injuring about 150 officers. The doors to the Capital were locked and a fenced perimeter was in place. The rioters overran barriers, broke windows and broke through doors. Facts. Watch the video I posted.
If you can't defend the actions you are trying to defend on their merit with facts, you have lost the argument.
Kasparov “Ceasefires and negotiations are a way of telling Russia you are weak. Dictators act only from strength and assume others do the same. If you wanted them to stop and were strong enough to stop them, you would. If you don't, it's a green light. Realize this is not a failure of Trump's negotiations. This is the actual point of Trump's negotiations, to protect Russia & Putin and to divide Ukraine into pieces and assets. There is no longer a charitable interpretation. It's Russia & USA vs Ukraine and Europe. I'll keep repeating this because I still see people speaking as though Trump has been tricked by Putin or that he and his incompetent administration are just ignorant. No. Trump & Musk are taking instructions and working to save Putin & Russia and to destroy and loot Ukraine“
”Why do autocrats and aspiring autocrats, prefer to deal with other autocrats instead of democracies? It's for the simplicity of corruption. When dealing with autocrats, one can make a quick deal which will be beneficial to cronies of both sides. There are no watchdog agencies to oversee the process, no parliaments to debate, no judiciary to investigate and prosecute, no free press to uncover and publicize. It's a personal deal between two corrupt gentlemen and their partners in crime. That's why, for example, the Vučić regime in Serbia preferred to reconstruct the railway with the Chinese and the Russians rather than with the EU. Brussels forces you to make a transparent process, from beginning to end. With the Russians and the Chinese it's a gentleman's agreement on who gets which piece of the cake, and everybody's happy (unless the railway station collapses on your head). When Trump is negotiating with Putin, he behaves in the same autocratic manner - two emperors making a beneficial deal. In this game, Ukraine is a sideshow, and so is Europe”.
New: Trump signs executive order targeting the lawfirm Wilmer Hale for hiring former Russian investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller and two colleagues, suspending its attorneys from holding security clearances and accessing federal govt buildings.
