Trump supporters storm the Capitol Building

[Menzo]

In trying to decide if I want to be bear head guy or podium guy for Halloween this year.

[Intuitionist]

@kerzain

Also, the guy they pictured for the Oathbreaker’s symbol is none other than Jon Shaffer, from Iced Earth, a heavy metal band that I had been quite fond of for over 25 years.

I believe his label just dropped him.

Edit: Sorry that was Ariel Pink I was thinking of. There were several musicians at the insurrection.

[Houngan]

Do this, because I did it when all this happened. Google “terrorist definition.” See if you can find one that doesn’t fit this situation precisely, because I couldn’t.

[KevinC]

@Mark_Crump

There is something about his picture with the lectern that screams “Hi Mom!”

Of all that pictures, that one encapsulates it most for me. And pisses me off the most. The stupidity, the incompetence, the desecration of the Capitol for yokels calling themselves patriots, the “Really, Capitol police? You were fucking overrun and almost got members of congress killed by these fucking dipshits?”. Every time I see that picture it sets off a train of thought that just makes me enraged.

[pyrhic]

Shit, did anyone else realize that it was almost a hundred(97) years ago that hitler was jailed for treason. That’s…discomforting. I mean, this whole thing is fucking deja-vu

from wiki…

The Beer Hall Putsch , also known as the Munich Putsch ,[1][note 1] was a failed coup d’état by Nazi Party ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the Weimar Republic. Approximately two thousand Nazis marched on the Feldherrnhalle , in the city centre, but were confronted by a police cordon, which resulted in the deaths of 16 Nazi Party members and four police officers.[2]

Hitler, who was wounded during the clash, escaped immediate arrest and was spirited off to safety in the countryside. After two days, he was arrested and charged with treason.[3]

The putsch brought Hitler to the attention of the German nation for the first time and generated front-page headlines in newspapers around the world. His arrest was followed by a 24-day trial, which was widely publicised and gave him a platform to express his nationalist sentiments to the nation. Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison,[4] where he dictated Mein Kampf to fellow prisoners Emil Maurice and Rudolf Hess. On 20 December 1924, having served only nine months, Hitler was released.[5][6] Once released, Hitler redirected his focus towards obtaining power through legal means rather than by revolution or force, and accordingly changed his tactics, further developing Nazi propaganda.[7]

[charmtrap]

Oof, didn’t know about that one. Apparently John Maus is a Trumper too.

Well, that sucks.

[Woolen_Horde]

You’re like the 52nd person I know mentioning that.

[Woolen_Horde]

Steve Koczela (skoczela)

[Scotch_Lufkin]

Bradley Peniston (navybook)

[wisefool]

MTA worker suspended after calling out sick to attend Capitol riot

like this guy, 31 year old Metro-North worker of Beacon, NY

[Thrag]

That’s really not a good way to start a letter that is meant to cover your ass over your failures during the murderous insurrection.

I am really looking forward to the hearings to uncover each and every person who had any hand in delaying the national guard response.

[Thrag]

I was so focused in on the picture of his mom chaperoning him to the insurrection that I overlooked some of the others.

Gee, I wonder how this guy was radicalized:

Also he really needs to work on his zoom room. I mean at least don’t put the lamp behind you.

[John_Reynolds]

The Larry Brock retired AF LtC doesn’t surprise me in the least. There is something fundamentally broken in AF culture and I’ve been saying this for years. Even now I work with people who love Trump, are completely clueless what Mulvaney wanted to do to federal civilian bennies a few years back because their media doesn’t report it, think the virus is a hoax, will cite Project Veritas as a highly reputable source, spoke of clutching their guns on election night, etc.

[Woolen_Horde]

David Knowles (writerknowles)

[Intuitionist]

@Thrag

Also he really needs to work on his zoom room. I mean at least don’t put the lamp behind you

Be nice if he spent as much money on furniture as he does firearms.

[Woolen_Horde]

@John_Reynolds

The Larry Brock retired AF LtC doesn’t surprise me in the least. There is something fundamentally broken in AF culture and I’ve been saying this for years. Even now I work with people who love Trump, are completely clueless what Mulvaney wanted to do to federal civilian bennies a few years back because their media doesn’t report it, think the virus is a hoax, will cite Project Veritas as a highly reputable source, spoke of clutching their guns on election night, etc.

Air Force Academy is deep in evangelical country and that s been causing issues for years.

[Woolen_Horde]

This is probably another thread but everyone is in here

The Washington Post (washingtonpost)

[Alstein]

There is a strong strain of evangelicalism among the officers.

[jpinard]

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-police-officers-who-were-in-dc-during-wednesday-riots-placed-on-administrative-leave/

Not sure if they breached the capital building or not.

[vinraith]

@Woolen_Horde

Nancy Pelosi’s laptop was stolen from her office by the mob who stormed the Capitol.

Well, that’s just incredibly bad. It could be in the hands of anyone from a dipshit troll to a foreign intelligence agency, so that’s super fun.