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26. I shiver along with you. On reich-wing media and web, they were calling this...

Fri Jan 8, 2021, 10:14 AM

Jan 2021

...Independence Day, the day we take back our country.

They planned on taking some legislators (Dems, of course) prisoner. Hell, they even were talking about taking Pence* prisoner.

As I said, THEY. BUILT. A. GALLOWS.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/politics/trump-insurrection-capitol/

But the insurrection was hardly spontaneous. It was carefully, methodically planned, spelled out on far-right social media, where die-hard Trump supporters openly traded advice on how to steer clear of D.C. police officers, how to pry open the doors of the Capitol and how to get illegal guns into the city.

In forums devoted to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement and among hard-right groups such as the Proud Boys, plans to turn a pro-Trump rally into a full-on capture of the Capitol had been plotted, dissected and disseminated for months.

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I'm beginning to get a sense [View all] SheltieLover Jan 2021 OP

Did you see my post about the arrestee who needed a Russian interpreter? Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #1

Link it. No we don't see it unless you link it. You can click your "My Posts" tab. We can't. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #3

Link Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #5

Thanks. I had seen a report on RW forum that Russian was spoken as rioters smashed something Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #25

I did see your post! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #6

Holding a member of Congress hostage Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #8

8'm sure that was one prong of their plan! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #14

the "organizers" of this "event" advised "participants" to bring zip ties to tie up hostages... Raster Jan 2021 #2

Not to mention that successful months long hack of all our government departments, as well as tblue37 Jan 2021 #10

Exactly! However, I do not doubt for one minute that there were not "unfriendly nationals"... Raster Jan 2021 #16

Maybe there were things they could not access SheltieLover Jan 2021 #18

Yes, any regular viewer of crime XanaDUer2 Jan 2021 #22

Jared thinks a security clearance is a license to sell our country's secrets for profit. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #47

More likely they saw this was going to happen, know these jackasses are nuts Cosmocat Jan 2021 #60

But they might be useful in leading wnylib Jan 2021 #66

There were TWO guys with zip ties. Malcolm Nance said it looked like a capture & kill tblue37 Jan 2021 #4

Shivers... SheltieLover Jan 2021 #11

There were more than two guys with zip ties. Zip ties were part of the recommend "items" to bring. Raster Jan 2021 #17

Gawd... SheltieLover Jan 2021 #20

I shiver along with you. On reich-wing media and web, they were calling this... Raster Jan 2021 #26

And no one is watching them as Trump forbid the FBI to go after domestic terrorists...if Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #44

I didn't know that. I think that makes it even scarier. It looks as though the organizers tblue37 Jan 2021 #24

Absolutely. 😡 ShazzieB Jan 2021 #29

kidnap bdamomma Jan 2021 #73

These were the types law enforcement used...chilling. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #41

And the molotov cocktails and wnylib Jan 2021 #68

I think the police saved us... secret service too Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #69

That's what I'm inclined to think, too. wnylib Jan 2021 #70

I saw him on some of the shows. his words were chilling. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #72

Wow! I didn't know there were 2. Good god! bronxiteforever Jan 2021 #31

Looks like terrorism nt IronLionZion Jan 2021 #33

Well that would be one form of wnylib Jan 2021 #67

I stated as much during the "siege": ret5hd Jan 2021 #7

Ty! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #12

Yes and no genxlib Jan 2021 #9

Maybe so SheltieLover Jan 2021 #13

I have no doubt genxlib Jan 2021 #15

Likely so SheltieLover Jan 2021 #21

Jeff Merkley said his laptop was stolen. ananda Jan 2021 #19

Yup SheltieLover Jan 2021 #23

Those documents bdamomma Jan 2021 #74

trump's loss, his cabal and llashram Jan 2021 #27

Yup SheltieLover Jan 2021 #28

And Biden stopped getting intel briefings too... Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #45

aahhh yeah! llashram Jan 2021 #46

True that. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #65

My Q brother sent this video to me- Claims Pelosi's laptop was stolen: callous taoboy Jan 2021 #30

Remember the old days when every crackpot didn't have unlimited access to ink, paper and postage? Marcuse Jan 2021 #58

Ironically, this same brother said of the internet years ago callous taoboy Jan 2021 #64

The good thing is, we'll be under a new administration & Biden will turn things around to do things judesedit Jan 2021 #32

+1,000! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #34

It looks like Russia was involved in the storming of the Capitol Botany Jan 2021 #35

Yup SheltieLover Jan 2021 #38

Just my guess but it now looks like this riot was a planned event Botany Jan 2021 #48

Agreed! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #50

The RNC also paid for buses, and planned moths in advance to dispute the election. 58Sunliner Jan 2021 #53

At least 2 had zip ties, plenty had canisters of irritants, sledgehammers, ladders IronLionZion Jan 2021 #36

Totally agreed SheltieLover Jan 2021 #39

Trumpsters left more than trash. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #52

Which shithole country did they come from? IronLionZion Jan 2021 #55

GOPlandia keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #59

GOP have been shitting on America for years nt IronLionZion Jan 2021 #63

OMG bdamomma Jan 2021 #75

Russians have egg on their face if they relied on Drump to orchestrate this housecat Jan 2021 #37

Yup SheltieLover Jan 2021 #40

I am extremely non violent and opposed to the death penalty...BUT.... Riverman100 Jan 2021 #42

No need to apologize to me SheltieLover Jan 2021 #43

Something the terrorists I think forgot about is that they were using their cell phones like crazy. LiberalArkie Jan 2021 #49

Did they think there would be no consequences? That part astounds me. 58Sunliner Jan 2021 #56

Please stop baking up theories station agent Jan 2021 #51

Just because one of the people arrested inside the Capitol needed a Russian interpreter no need ... Botany Jan 2021 #57

apparently many of the terrorists had military or police training TomDaisy Jan 2021 #54

Putin and his gang are next on the wnylib Jan 2021 #61

NOT your average weekend terrorist sarchasm Jan 2021 #62

both zip tie guys were identified Fresh_Start Jan 2021 #71