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Josh Marshall

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7 Jan

https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1341016471795843080

I think of myself as pretty prescient about Trump stuff. But, damn, this is one helluva thread. Not only predicts the insurrection yesterday but the precise modalities and triggers. The mob was clearly there for trouble from the start. And I suspect we'll find out much more ...

https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1341016471795843080

2/ about a core of insurrectionists who planned this out in some detail. But the spark that really lit it off is when the crowd heard that Pence had "betrayed" them and that there was no more hope. Also, he's right. Cap Police don't have riot control training and ...

3/ beyond that, they're really neither equipped or designed for that kind of situation. In real national security events they are always just one layer of protection with much more high capacity security operating in tandem. It's not an excuse. It's a huge failure.

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Josh Marshall

@joshtpm

7 Jan

Certainly a basic problem here is that Capitol Police, under the jurisdiction of Congress, were not prepared for yesterday's attack. But when we ask what happened yesterday, a significant part of the equation is that the various agencies charged with handling such ...

2/ situations - federal marshalls, DHS, FBI, DOJ, National Guard, et al - were under the control of the person who was trying to whip the crowd against Congress. This doesn't mean necessarily that the people running these agencies were intentionally standing down or assisting ...

3/ necessarily. But in terms of thinking, hey, volatile situation in DC tomorrow, how do we safeguard critical infrastructure, coordinate to protect the capitol, federal buildings, etc. are they really going to be proactive when the person they all report to is on the ...

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Josh Marshall

@joshtpm

7 Jan

Lot of tea leaves here. But on this decision to bring in the Nat Guard, some reports say Sec Def and Chair of JCS simply didn't talk to Trump and Pence gave the order. In those reports Trump's portrayed as just checked out, uninterested. But other reports say that ...

2/ Trump at first "resisted" the idea the of calling in the Nat Guard, apparently because he liked what he was seeing with storming the Capitol. The most plausible explanation of this reporting is that President Trump refused to authorize this and the people around him ...

3/ either overruled him or just ignored him. Now perhaps it didn't happen directly. Maybe they knew he was going to say know and they just didn't ask him. Note too hints that the National Security Advisor is preparing to resign and supporting Pence over Trump.

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Josh Marshall

@joshtpm

6 Jan

Spent the early part fo the evening building a new assembly table in the workshop. Just was not up for a replay of Nov. 3rd. By the time I was done with it the folks on my list made me optimistic Dems wld hold the Senate was I was ready to start watching in real time.

2/ To answer various questions, an assembly table. I work only with hand tools. But I made an exception and picked up a thickness planer because I'm working with a lot of wood my son and I have gotten from local woods. And I needed another table to put the planner on.

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Josh Marshall

@joshtpm

4 Jan

@bresreports

A few thoughts on this from someone who knows a decent amount about this space. I'd be more skeptical if @bresreports wasn't involved. But the substance and editorial success of it I'll leave to others. If @benyt is right on the facts of this ... nytimes.com/2021/01/03/bus…

2/ the most significant parts of this story is that they've raised only $1 million and the operation has only five employees. Or one employee and four founders. In any case, only five salaries. That's smart. Indeed, raising only $1 million is INSANE unless you keep the ...

3/ headcount this low. Remember, these are all big players in this space. They're not working for 5 figures. Or at least they certainly wouldn't be on the open market. I assume they're taking lowish salaries in the short run in exchange for equity in the company etc etc.

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Josh Marshall

@joshtpm

3 Jan

If Ted Cruz isn't able to run for President it might reduce his incentive to attack our Republic and our constitution. Remember, Cruz still has never explained why his parents are listed as voters and citizens of Canada in 1974 records. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ted-…

2/ On its face, it appears to show Ted's mom became a Canadian citizen while she and his dad lived in Canada. If that's the case Ted likely wasn't an American citizen at birth. Unlike Cruz's coup claims, there is strong documentary evidence Cruz was not a US citizen at birth.

3/ Americans allowed this Canadian to emigrate to our country but it was with the belief that he would embrace American values and remain loyal to our republic and its constitution. And yet, look how he's behaved.

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