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Friday, January 15, 2021 11:50 PM

REAVERFAN

Jordan Peterson Has A Funny Story

Oh, is he back?

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Saturday, January 16, 2021 12:45 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

He never went anywhere.

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Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:42 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
He never went anywhere.

Dumb people rarely do.

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Saturday, January 16, 2021 11:01 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I know. I still see you around here everyday. You are living proof.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 10:20 AM

REAVERFAN

Who Is Baked Alaska, And Why Was He Arrested?

He's the poster boi for their kind: The faux victimhood, the passive-AGRESSIVE interactions, the abject sense of entitlement. That's 6ix in a nutshell.

Have fun in prison, Nazi terrorist.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 10:22 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I know. I still see you around here everyday. You are living proof.

Says the redneck who's never left Indiana.^

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 10:35 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Grew up in Chicago and spent a lot of time in Milwaukee too, bud.

Once again, it knows nothing of what it speaks.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:40 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Grew up in Chicago and spent a lot of time in Milwaukee too, bud.

Once again, it knows nothing of what it speaks.

You lie so much, no one can believe anything you say. All we really know is that you're a poor, toothless illiterate.

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 12:41 PM

REAVERFAN

Man Involved in MI Governor Kidnapping Plot Said God Gave Him Permission to Kill
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/15/man-involved-in-mi-gove
rnor-kidnapping-plot-said-god-gave-him-permission-to-kill/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Imagine+No+Religion&utm_content=44

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Sunday, January 17, 2021 1:49 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Grew up in Chicago and spent a lot of time in Milwaukee too, bud.

Once again, it knows nothing of what it speaks.

You lie so much, no one can believe anything you say. All we really know is that you're a poor, toothless illiterate.

Not poor, not toothless, and observably not illiterate.

And apparently very consistent with my lies since what you've just claimed now is a lie is something I've said since 2005, far before you were littering the boards with your bullshit.

Hell. People from the 76 even know who I am and could tell you if they were still around here.

If you're going to try to insult me, at lest come up with something that is in the realm of possibility. Otherwise what's the point?

The more you know.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 10:35 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Not poor, not toothless, and observably not illiterate.

Your every post is a testament to you illiteracy. There's more than one kind.
As another poster likes to say, stupid people don't know they're stupid.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 10:35 AM

REAVERFAN

FBI vetting service members ahead of inauguration amid reported fears of insider attack
The heightened security measures come after former and current members of law enforcement, the military appear to have participated in the Capitol riot.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/fbi-vetting-service-members-ahea
d-inauguration-amid-reported-fears-insider-n1254574

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Monday, January 18, 2021 11:42 AM

REAVERFAN

Scary Truth About What's Next For Trump Extremists

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Monday, January 18, 2021 11:57 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Not poor, not toothless, and observably not illiterate.

Your every post is a testament to you illiteracy. There's more than one kind.
As another poster likes to say, stupid people don't know they're stupid.

Ummmm.... No. Illiterate has only one definition.

Keep pretending I'm not smarter than you by a long shot, buddy.

See where it gets you.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 PM

REAVERFAN

A front line perspective of the Capitol Hill Breach! (The New Yorker goes inside the Capitol Siege)

Trumptards gone wild.

Programmed cult members mixed with mob mentality.

The largest concentration of human stupidity since the Nuremberg Rallies.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 12:02 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Ummmm.... No. Illiterate has only one definition.

You keep proving me right, and you're not bright enough to see it.

Stupid people truly don't know they're stupid, dropout.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 3:49 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I proved you right by throwing the entire core of your argument right out the window?

lol

I've gotta say. It's getting quite old trying to communicate with sub-humans who have only the most rudimentary understanding of the English language.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 6:21 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I proved you right by throwing the entire core of your argument right out the window?

lol

I've gotta say. It's getting quite old trying to communicate with sub-humans who have only the most rudimentary understanding of the English language.

Pouting because you look like a fool is not a good look.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 6:22 PM

REAVERFAN

GOP lawmaker accused of giving 'reconnaissance' tour prior to Capitol riot

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Monday, January 18, 2021 6:43 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I proved you right by throwing the entire core of your argument right out the window?

lol

I've gotta say. It's getting quite old trying to communicate with sub-humans who have only the most rudimentary understanding of the English language.

Pouting because you look like a fool is not a good look.

I don't even know where you get these thoughts. Do you just constantly project your own feelings on any given day when you post something here?

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Monday, January 18, 2021 8:54 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I don't even know where you get these thoughts. Do you just constantly project your own feelings on any given day when you post something here?

I'm not the one here basing my view on emotions and not facts.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 8:56 PM

REAVERFAN

White Army vet charged in shooting Black girl at Trump rally
https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-shootings-iowa-iowa-city
-des-moines-18c07e4efae400f2ebab63ee052f6c57

Another trumptard terrorists who can't control his urge to murder.

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Monday, January 18, 2021 9:08 PM

REAVERFAN

Proud Boys Intended To Kill Pence & Pelosi/Tito Ortiz Thrown Out Of Restaurant/Baked Alaska Arrested

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 12:01 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

I don't even know where you get these thoughts. Do you just constantly project your own feelings on any given day when you post something here?

I'm not the one here basing my view on emotions and not facts.

You seriously are long overdue for some self-reflection without any distractions.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 12:11 PM

REAVERFAN

Rep. Lauren Boebert Faces Lawsuit After Blocking Constituents On Twitter
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of her constituents, including a former lawmaker.
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/01/rep-lauren-boebert-faces-lawsuit-af
ter

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of her constituents, including a former lawmaker.

Former state Rep. Bri Buentello, a Democrat, has reportedly filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Denver.

David Lane, an attorney for Buentello, said that Boebert had violated the constitutional rights of her constituents by blocking some of them on Twitter.

According to Lane, Boebert "apparently believes that the Constitution begins and ends with the Second Amendment. Despite her incessant whining about the alt-right being censored on social media, she has a Twitter account and she routinely blocks anyone critical of her authoritarian views."

He added: "Our client, Brianna Buentello, is a former elected state legislator who lives in Boebert's district and is very concerned that Boebert has no knowledge of, nor concern with, the United States Constitution beyond the notion that somehow everyone can carry guns anywhere they so desire. Boebert has blocked Buentello, along with many other people, who are critical of her authoritarian politics."

Buentello said that she is filing the lawsuit with the hopes that Boebert "wakes up one day and stops trampling on the First Amendment and stops blocking people."

Boebert's office declined to comment.
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It was never about free speech. Just fascist speech.

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Friday, January 22, 2021 8:38 PM

REAVERFAN

Q Meltdown Over Biden Inauguration/Trumpsters Delusional/Top 10 Prophets Who Swore Trump Would Win

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 3:49 PM

REAVERFAN

Michigan official flashes rifle, defends Proud Boys as ‘decent guys’
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/22/2011152/-Michigan-official-
flashes-rifle-defends-Proud-Boys-as-decent-guys?detail=emaildkre

When the Proud Boys aren’t having beers with people on trial for murder or burning things they’ve vandalized from Black churches, they’re attempting to play a game where they both distance themselves from Donald Trump and their failed insurrection and are still brazenly an armed batch of wannabe storm troopers. But the Proud Boys are not alone—there are numerous officials across the country who have stroked their egos and supported their brand of terrorism for years.

During a Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners virtual meeting in Michigan, East Bay Township resident Keli MacIntosh made a statement asking the board to denounce the Proud Boys. Members of the Proud Boys had addressed the board months ago regarding Second Amendment rules making the county a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” In video you can see below, Republican Ron Clous, the commission’s vice chair according to reports, leaves the screen only to return brandishing a very large rifle—with a scope.

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 3:56 PM

REAVERFAN

Stealing Pelosi’s laptop and invading the Capitol were not enough to keep this white woman in jail
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/21/2010974/-Federal-judge-rele
ases-woman-who-stole-laptop-from-Speaker-Pelosi-s-office-during-Capitol-riot?detail=emaildkre

Another Trump supporter who violently invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6 was arrested this week only to be released shortly after. But in this case not only is Riley June Williams facing charges for storming the Capitol building, but also for helping to steal Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop, NBC News reported.

The 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman was arrested Monday and charged with intentionally entering into a restricted building without lawful authority in addition to disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Williams was also accused of stealing a laptop belonging to Pelosi with the intention of selling it to Russian intelligence. Charges related to theft were added Tuesday. Despite these severe offenses, a federal judge released Williams from jail into the custody of her mother Thursday.

The “gravity of these offenses is great, it cannot be overstated,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson said. While a federal prosecutor argued earlier this week that Williams should not be released on bail pending trial, claiming she might flee, Carlson noted Williams had no prior criminal record. Given the fact that Williams did try to flee prior to her arrest Monday and this was confirmed by her mother, her white privilege clearly allowed her to be released.

Across the country, Americans of color are arrested daily, yet their lack of prior criminal history does not influence the circumstances or charges they face. In one incident, Daily Kos reported a teenage Black girl was arrested and put into juvenile detention for not finishing her homework. In similar incidents, police officials arrested children for throwing tantrums.

Others, including protestors and advocates across the country, have faced jail time for peacefully protesting and demonstrating. Williams not only incited violence but was caught on camera trespassing and stealing. Daily Kos reported that footage from ITV News depicted Williams in a green T-shirt and brown trench coat repeatedly directing rioters to go “up the stairs'' toward Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 attack.

According to an FBI court filing, Williams was also recorded on closed-circuit cameras in the Capitol building not only going in and out of Pelosi’s office but allegedly taking “a laptop computer or hard drive.” The FBI was alerted to Williams’ actions and video footage when a former partner of Williams tipped them off, alleging that Williams had planned to sell the computer to Russian intelligence.

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 4:17 PM

REAVERFAN

Bond Agreement for Kyle Rittenhouse Modified After He Allegedly Flashed White-Power Signs at Bar
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/bond-agreement-for-kyle-rittenho
use-modified-after-he-allegedly-flashed-white-power-signs-at-bar/2420878/

A motion previously filed by prosecutors said five men at the tavern serenaded Rittenhouse with the song “Proud of Your Boy," which has become the anthem of the Proud Boys, a white supremacist group whose members have been identified as being involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

“The defendant’s continued association with members of a group that prides itself on violence, and the use of their symbols, raises the significant possibility of future harm. Further, this association may serve to intimidate potential witnesses,” the motion read.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:23 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

lol

I'm sure the real story is that he used the OK symbol with the normal intent of the OK symbol, and some idiot Leftist snapped a picture on their cell phone and Twitter called it a dog whistle.

You people are literally unbelievable.

The dude is half Mexican, you fucking idiot.

And at the end of the day, Kyle was a minor being attacked by three adults. One who suckerpunched him with a skateboard from behind, and another one of them armed with a handgun himself.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:02 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

I'm sure the real story is that he used the OK symbol with the normal intent of the OK symbol, and some idiot Leftist snapped a picture on their cell phone and Twitter called it a dog whistle.

You people are literally unbelievable.

The dude is half Mexican, you fucking idiot.

And at the end of the day, Kyle was a minor being attacked by three adults. One who suckerpunched him with a skateboard from behind, and another one of them armed with a handgun himself.

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More bullshit from the fantasy realm you think is the real world. This murderous, racist, hate-filled terrorist who went there with the express plan to murder people is a hero in shit-for-brains land.

You don't know shit about anything. Kill yourself.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:52 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

I'm sure the real story is that he used the OK symbol with the normal intent of the OK symbol, and some idiot Leftist snapped a picture on their cell phone and Twitter called it a dog whistle.

You people are literally unbelievable.

The dude is half Mexican, you fucking idiot.

And at the end of the day, Kyle was a minor being attacked by three adults. One who suckerpunched him with a skateboard from behind, and another one of them armed with a handgun himself.

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A government is a body of people usually, notably, governed by Mark Zuckerborg and Slack Dorsey.
More bullshit from the fantasy realm you think is the real world. This murderous, racist, hate-filled terrorist who went there with the express plan to murder people is a hero in shit-for-brains land.

You don't know shit about anything. Kill yourself.

Cool. Another one added to the archive.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:54 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

BTW... "Racist" Kyle was a half-Mexican minor attacked by three adult white males.

You're an idiot.

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Monday, January 25, 2021 12:07 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
BTW... "Racist" Kyle was a half-Mexican minor attacked by three adult white males.

You're an idiot.

Stop lying. No one here in the real world believes you. He was a trumptard terrorist, nothing more. Like you, he was brainwashed at a young age, and lacks the mental faculties to overcome it.

He's a fascist. Programmed by you.

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Monday, January 25, 2021 12:12 AM

REAVERFAN

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:01 PM

REAVERFAN

Video Investigation: Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol Riot
The Proud Boys, a far-right group, have tried to downplay their role in the Capitol riot. A WSJ investigation shows that at many of the day’s key moments, Proud Boys were at the forefront.
https://www.wsj.com/video/video-investigation-proud-boys-were-key-inst
igators-in-capitol-riot/37B883B6-9B19-400F-8036-15DE4EA8A015.html

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:01 PM

REAVERFAN

DHS uses federal alert system for 1st time in a year to warn of domestic terrorist threat
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-federal-alert-system-1st-time-year
-warn/story?id=75517886

Using a federal system designed to warn all Americans about terrorist threats to the U.S. homeland, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that anger "fueled by false narratives," especially unfounded claims about the 2020 presidential election, could lead some inside the country to launch attacks in the coming weeks.

"Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence," according to a bulletin issued Wednesday through the DHS National Terrorist Advisory System -- or NTAS.
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Trumptards are clinically insane, and suffer from deranged delusions.

Our greatest terror threat comes from them.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:14 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

The funny thing is, despite all these alerts about "domestic terrorism", there's STILL no law on the books that makes "domestic terrorism" a crime, or even a category.

I guess it must not be that important.

And now they're playing with the 'warning system', after they had to scrap the color system ... because dumbya Bush cynically played with alert colors (IT'S ORANGE!!! SHADING INTO ORANGE RED!!! OR MAYBE CARDINAL!! BUT NOT CHERRY RED YET!!!) and people got wise to how it was being manipulated to get votes.

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Friday, January 29, 2021 9:19 AM

REAVERFAN

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Friday, January 29, 2021 9:28 AM

REAVERFAN

AOC Exposes Kevin McCarthy's Inner Beta Male When It Comes To His Party's Goofballness

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Friday, January 29, 2021 12:31 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

The funny thing is, despite all these alerts about "domestic terrorism", there's STILL no law on the books that makes "domestic terrorism" a crime, or even a category.

I guess it must not be that important.

And now they're playing with the 'warning system', after they had to scrap the color system ... because dumbya Bush cynically played with alert colors (IT'S ORANGE!!! SHADING INTO ORANGE RED!!! OR MAYBE CARDINAL!! BUT NOT CHERRY RED YET!!!) and people got wise to how it was being manipulated to get votes.

Nobody should ever take any such warnings seriously. Ever.

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Saturday, January 30, 2021 10:16 AM

REAVERFAN

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarriro Has HISTORY Snitching To Feds

Is anyone surprised?

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Saturday, January 30, 2021 10:42 AM

REAVERFAN

You Can’t Fight White Supremacy With White Supremacy
https://fair.org/home/you-cant-fight-white-supremacy-with-white-suprem
acy/

Livestream news coverage was full of references to the white nationalist siege of the Capitol on January 6—but in the rearview mirror, as an isolated instance unconnected to the last four years of rising right-wing violence, let alone the 400 years of racist violence that Biden gave a nod to in his speech. The Washington Post (1/20/21) said this about the relationship of the two events: “The decision by Biden and Harris to still take their oaths of office outside and at the Capitol was itself an act of defiance in the aftermath of the hours-long riot.”

“Defiance” made possible by a show of force: 25,000 National Guard troops, thousands of police officers, miles of fencing and razor wire, a city and its halls of government quite literally occupied.

Media found it “surreal” (New York Times, 1/20/21), “evocative of a war zone” (AP, 1/20/21) and contributing to an inauguration “unlike any other” (CNN, 1/21/21)—but none of them had the courage or clarity to say that military occupation is hardly the sign of a rebounding democracy. Indeed, the scandal of warehousing troops in a parking garage (here, for instance) got way more ink than the fundamental contradiction of a democratic government needing war-zone level protection from its own citizens.

The corporate media’s untroubled response to the military and (so-called) law enforcement presence at the inauguration reflects a deeply rooted bias that comes from their collective alignment with the ruling class; that is, segments of society whose interests are served by police and military forces. In the US specifically, policing is rooted in the genocide of Indigenous peoples, the subjugation of Africans and African-descended people, and the repression of workers’ movements. But the default reflex among corporate media, in step with the dominant US narrative, is to see cops and soldiers as good guys, and their presence as benign and reassuring. Even if, as in this case, that presence also seems odd, it still does not seem ominous. This bias creates multiple blind spots, and forecloses accurate analyses of events in which these forces play a central role.

Misdiagnosing the problem
NYT: Police Reassess Security for Inauguration and Demonstrations After Capitol Attack
“Security has been increased at the U.S. Capitol” since the January 6 insurrection, reported the New York Times (1/10/21), “but officials are calling for more preparation for potential violence.”

The troops, the police and the razor wire were there on January 20, of course, because of the white nationalist insurrection on January 6. Coverage of that event was framed primarily through a “security” lens. The New York Times (1/10/21) called it “one of the most stunning security lapses in the city’s history.” “How could security forces in the nation’s capital be so swiftly and completely overwhelmed by rioters who stated their plans openly on a range of social media sites?” NPR (1/15/21) asked in a typical analysis piece.

The Washington Post’s report (1/7/21) the day after the siege, “Capitol Breach Prompts Urgent Questions About Security Failures,” highlights the analytical problems that flow from the benign assessment of law enforcement. “The storming of the US Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters on Wednesday was a disastrous failure of security” it declared, and went on:

In a city on high alert, in a building with its own 2,000-officer police department, people forced their way into the sanctums of American democracy with nothing more than flagpoles, riot shields and shoves.

So, first of all, the people who forced their way in the sanctums of American democracy also brought guns, body armor and military-grade tactical gear. They brought their own gallows and zip ties and called for the execution of the vice president and the speaker of the House. Oh, and they planted two pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC.

The article went on to say, “It appeared the US Capitol Police and other agencies had failed to anticipate the size and intentions of the crowd.” As did the Post, apparently even after the fact, judging by the “nothing more than” assessment in their lead.

Misjudgment of the insurrectionists’ intentions was repeatedly cited in the media coverage. That’s appropriate, as it is accurate reporting of officials’ assessments and statements. The problem is in the analysis of these official pronouncements. Thinking that a bunch of white men who have said they were coming to the Capitol to overturn the election was not a threat is not a security problem—it’s a white supremacy problem. In failing to say that, media reinforce the problem.

As journalists themselves pointed out, had this been a Black Lives Matter protest, the police response would have been quite different. (See, for instance, “Lafayette Square, Capitol Rallies Met Starkly Different Policing Response”—Washington Post, 1/14/21.) Yet missing from the corporate coverage was any acknowledgement that such differential treatment is a product of white supremacist assumptions, and that these same assumptions are what led to the “stunning” security lapses.

In this context, it is also worth noting that the insurrectionists were ubiquitously referred to as “Trump supporters,” which of course they were, but were rarely characterized in any other collective terms, especially in the early coverage. A round of coverage after the initial news cycle—e.g., “Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot” (New York Times, 1/13/21) and “Identifying Far-Right Symbols That Appeared at the US Capitol Riot” (Washington Post, 1/15/21)—described some of the involved organizations as white supremacist, white nationalist or racist, but backed away from naming the siege itself as a white nationalist or fascist attack, both of which are accurate—and analytically important—descriptions.

The Times (1/13/21) described a “dizzying array of symbols, slogans and images” at the riot,

revealing an alternate political universe where violent extremists, outright racists and conspiracy theorists march side by side with evangelical Christians, suburban Trump supporters and young men who revel in making memes to “own the libs.”

The paper of record here refuses to analyze the insurrectionists as a whole, and makes the whole thing sound like some sort of right-wing festival.

Meanwhile, a 2,000-word New York Times article three days later (1/16/21) about the “network of far-right agitators across the country” that organized people and funding for the January 6 siege didn’t just fail to discuss, even in passing, the white supremacist ideology shared by these groups; it also manages to turn the piece into yet another sympathetic profile of Trump supporters (FAIR.org, 2/15/17, 7/14/19 11/16/20); in this case of Keith Lee, described first as “an Air Force veteran and former police detective,” and later in the article as “a sales manager laid off at an equipment company because of the pandemic.”

The master’s tools
Politico: Biden vowed to defeat domestic terrorism. The how is the hard part.
Politico (1/20/21) highlighted calls ” to create additional domestic terrorism-specific charges to adequately prosecute homegrown terrorists.”

Having misdiagnosed the siege of the Capitol as a security problem, media went on to report uncritically on the increased security that was the primary response. Politico (1/20/21), for instance, said, “Current and former officials agree that there needs to be some kind of NSC-driven process to address the rising threat.” The story was framed entirely by this security lens, with references to increased personnel, “new legal tools” and cybersecurity initiatives.

It’s worth asking how increasing the scale of repressive government tactics—from police and military presence to a new round of surveillance and expanded law enforcement powers—will effectively combat a movement built on the same anti-democratic values. But since media don’t see the military and police this way, such an interrogation is impossible for them, and is nowhere to be found in the aftermath of the January 6 attack.

Current and former police and military members made up a disproportionate part of the insurrectionists, and the National Guard removed 12 people from the inauguration security because of their extremist views. The Venn diagram of white nationalists and military and law enforcement personnel has always had a significant overlap. Equally importantly, these institutions function structurally to reinforce white supremacy. All of this makes the increased security response to the Capitol siege seem ineffective, at best—and, at worst, actively enabling further right-wing attacks.

Though individual articles mentioned the Capitol Police members who let the insurrectionists past barriers and the one who took a selfie with them, you’ll search in vain for corporate media articles about the larger question of whether white-supremacist sympathetic forces can thwart white supremacist violence.

By contrast, Prism (1/19/21), self-described as “a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places and issues currently underreported by national media,” reported on abolitionist perspectives on the siege, and raised the question, “Would the breach at the Capitol…have happened without police?”

I, for one, think Audre Lorde’s reminder, that the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house, is germane here.

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Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:47 PM

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Body cam video shows violence on Jan. 6 as woman trampled by insurgents eager to attack police
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/29/2012660/-Memo-shows-extreme
-restrictions-placed-on-National-Guard-as-video-reveals-brutality-of-Jan-6-event?detail=emaildkre

In addition to this memo, another grim document of the Jan. 6 insurgency emerged on Thursday. As The New York Times reports, body cam footage (deliberately not inserted here) from officers on the Capitol steps was used in court when bringing charges against Michael Foy, a Michigan man who attacked the police with a hockey stick. In addition to Foy’s attack, the minute of video captures a grisly scene—the moment when 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland is trampled to death on the Capitol steps by fellow insurgents rushing forward to join the attack on police.

At least one person in the crowd notices what is happening and shouts “Save her!” But the wave of insurgents battering at police with flagpoles and lengths of pipe never pauses. Only seconds later, Boyland’s friend Justin Winchell shouts “She’s gonna die! She’s dead!” He attempts to get help from those around him, but what he gets is a face full of chemical agent that rioters behind him are aiming at the police. Boyland’s death is far from the only moment of shocking violence in the video, as insurgents scream that they will kill the police, and officers are toppled and dragged down the stairs. By the end of the brief video, the police are down, as the Trump supporters kick them and beat them over and over. The wonder isn’t that someone died. It’s that it wasn’t more.

Considering the limits that Miller set on National Guard forces—including no helmet and no body armor—it’s a good thing that none of them were present at the Capitol. They would not have survived.
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Trumptard terrorists form a mindless mob of murderers.

We're supposed to reason with these monsters?

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Sunday, January 31, 2021 10:51 PM

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TheDonald Deletes All Records Of Pre Jan 6th Capitol Attack Posts On Their Forums

A Major Trump Forum Scrubs Its Archives of Thousands of Pre-Riot Posts
The removal of messages discussing violent plans could bring evidence tampering charges.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/thedonald-win-deleted-pos
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Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:01 PM

REAVERFAN

Kill the bastards. Traitors. Murderers.

Fuck 'em. Give them justice.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:04 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Kill the bastards. Traitors. Murderers.

Fuck 'em. Give them justice.

Archived.

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A government is a body of people usually, notably, governed by Mark Zuckerborg and Slack Dorsey.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:10 PM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Kill the bastards. Traitors. Murderers.

Fuck 'em. Give them justice.

Archived.

Like anyone on Earth gives a fuck about you. Kill yourself.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:10 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Kill the bastards. Traitors. Murderers.

Fuck 'em. Give them justice.

Archived.

Like anyone on Earth gives a fuck about you. Kill yourself.

Ten.

Keep digging that hole buddy.

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A government is a body of people usually, notably, governed by Mark Zuckerborg and Slack Dorsey.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:12 PM

REAVERFAN

The Head and the Heart (aka Greene’s Obscene)

The mind of Marjorie Taylor Greene
Is empty, except the part that is mean
With her space laser beams
And views in the extremes
She’s QAnon’s very own ice Queen

With a heart that would freeze even fire
You could say she’s a h3ll of liar
Her deceit and hate drips
As she shoots from her lips
Of reality, she’s a denier

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