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6 Jan, 292 tweets, 68 min read
Things are heating up in D.C. 👀
Capitol buildings are already being evacuated:
Meanwhile:
"Unidentified packages have been found."
Escape hoods are respirator hoods for chemical & biological warfare threats. They were instituted for Congress post-9/11. They're being activated today.
The 2002 reporting from when this was implemented. I don't know if we've seen instructions like this to have them on hand since then. washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
Rep. Elaine Luria reporting a 'pipe bomb' threat:
Another Member of Congress:
An "All Clear" now being described for Cannon:
All clear for Cannon:
LE injuries:
Capitol Police now giving instructions to occupants of the Capitol building:
The Senate Chambers designated as an interior fallback:
Capitol in lockdown:
The lockdown message:
VPOTUS evacuated:
Zombie movie shit:
Earlier scenes from the complex tunnels:
Reporters describing shelter in place:
As VPOTUS was evacuated by Secret Service:
Locking down the House now:
Congress no longer in session:
Broken windows at the Capitol
Unbelievable. They've gained entry to the Capitol.
Wow.
Some kind of aerosol evident:
POTUS throws accelerant on the fire:
Zombie invasion vibes
They've really taken the Capitol it seems
Chaos and confrontations inside the Capitol:
More flooding the Capitol:
They've discharged fire extinguishers. Total security breach.
National Guard requested... little late for that
Live shots across all networks of protestors roaming the Capitol:
D.C. curfew in effect in a few hours
Riot gear being used inside the U.S. Capitol
Multiple suspicious packages being investigating & dearmed:
At least one detention already:
Tear gas deployed in the Capitol. Unbelievable
"Call Trump, tell him to call off his revolutionary guard."

You never thought you would hear that in the United States of America
Militia are now assembling at the Georgia Capitol.
Gun drawn in the Capitol
Representatives being evacuated
"We're being instructed, each of us, to get the gas masks that are under our seats"
Armed standoff:
Smashing glass in the House:
National Guard troops on the way:
Shots fired
EAS deployed
Protestors breaking glass:
An undeniably sad day for this country.
The D.C. EAS that just went out:
Protestors are inside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office:
Protestors yelling from the podium:
Video of the armed standoff in the House described as "shots fired"
"Combat gear"
They've breached parts of the Senate too
Some protestors that breached the Capitol appear to be exiting:
Continuity of government procedures in effect, with Grassley and VPOTUS secured
National Guard being DENIED by DoD
A historically awful day.
Romney describing an insurrection
The emperor feasts
Protestors ripping the doors open:
More of D.C. is weighing in
Update on the National Guard situation:
"pending"
Reporters bunkering down and filling stories as the "SWAT team" starts to take back the Capitol
Even the scaffolding has been breached:
A picture of the earlier standoff, guns visible:
One of QAnon's most prominent supporters, from the depths of online conspiracy forums, to taking the U.S. Capitol. America at its worst.
A report of someone shot in the Capitol, following 'shots fired' reports
MSNBC appears to have broadcast paramedics taking them away
Former White House Chief of Staff:
I can't say WTF enough today
This Getty Images shot. Wild.
After blood was spilled, and the Capitol trashed, the President weighs in
Photos following the gunfight outside the House chambers
An InfoWars sticker vandalizing USG vehicles
Rubio:
Shots fired confirmed:
"Critical condition"
How the Trump tweet came to be:
National Guard update:
"This is what you’ve gotten, guys,"
First word of a National Guard approval:
As tear gas was deployed in the Capitol, the escape hoods were used. Designed for foreign terror threats, they were deployed during today's insurrection. Ugh.
"American Patriots" she says
Looks like the NG approval is still up in the air:
As typical, the President watches TV
This is like the scene in the The Avengers where every radicalized groups shows up and throws their hat in the ring — to kill Democracy
A graphic video of the Capitol shooting:
Graphic.
DHS riot guards:
Entire D.C. National Guard activated. Insane.
More words you never thought you would hear in the United States of America:
From earlier, the initial breach:
Maryland police showing up:
Virginia National Guard deployed
VPOTUS tweets:
"Attack on our Capitol"
The woman who helped build this:
The chaos before the evacuation:
Helicopter overhead:
All resources being deployed, it would appear:
FBI sent home their employees:
Some of those resources arriving:
Confidants of the President are reportedly desperately trying to reach him, to no avail:
Rand Paul, sticking with the stolen election narrative:
More Secret Service resources deployed:
The "patriots" are looting
A scary scene:
Senior advisers also trying to reach the President:
Advisors on the verge of resigning:
Pipe bomb discovered at RNC and successfully disarmed
There are more packages being investigated:
Bill Bar statement:
POTUS resisting efforts to quell this insurgency
Resources are leaving Fort Bragg
Maryland has joined Virginia in deployed resources:
Bernie Sanders is safe:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi also reportedly safe. At least some government continuity plans are working.
President-elect Biden speaking:
This is truly a 9/11 moment
From a little bit ago: threats of a continued insurrection scribed on Pelosi's desk
"I can’t believe domestic terrorists are roaming around inside the Capitol."
Hey, some good news
Protestors are attempting to stay the night in the Capitol:
It's not just D.C.
World leaders are commenting now. Truly a sad day for this country.
Photographer: Victor Blue/Bloomberg
FBI deployed:
POTUS dropped a video: "You have to go home now. We have to have peace"
The dictator says "go home" while continuing the "stolen election" narrative that has instigated all of this.
No sign that this will end in January
Ugh.
Twitter is deploying the big guns, to little avail
"never did anyone think it would turn out like this"
Flashbangs in the Capitol
Looks like we're seeing more efforts to take back the Capitol now:
FBI SWAT
More footage of the FBI SWAT entering the complex:
"This authoritarianism will not disappear in 14 days.”
Some historical context for this moment:
An ETA of 45 minutes to restore order
And yet, they still control the Capitol:
We may just see another impeachment:
Lindsey Graham found his line, it would appear
House members are drawing up Articles of Impeachment
Alarming rhetoric pouring out of Trump supporters on social media:
Some of the prominent Q folks are packing it up
Almost no word on arrests. They're seemingly walking out on their own volition.
Facebook taking action. Unclear what that means.
D.C. National Guard fully activated:
No words
Trump state TV working out their coverage of this:
Gracefully guiding the insurrectionists out of the Capitol:
We're starting to see more order now:
As LE took defensive positions:
Senator Grassley:
Former White House Comms:
More flash bangs going off in & around the Capitol:
They're swarming the media now
Tear gassing the Capitol steps:
Insane pictures, one after another.
Democracy is still hanging on. Staffers evacuated the Electoral College ballots
Firearms recovered. What an utter embarrassment for this post-9/11 security theater state.
Footage of the Capitol steps as tear gas was deployed
"Fuck fake news"
Progress is being made on securing the Capitol:
Dutch PM:
First word of arrests:
I can't speak to the motivations, but this is a horrible sight to see.
A noose was fashioned from press equipment
The first siege since 1812
Senator Ben Sasse
American missions are closing shop
"The Capitol is being secured and swept"
Honestly reassuring to hear this:
National Guard en route, finally
A growing question: how did this happen?
The perimeter is growing:
D.C. at dusk in the Trump era
The Capitol building given an all clear
From earlier: tear gas being launched
Well that has been a crazy 3 hours
Facebook takedown. Twitter may follow:
Facebook's statement:
Congress considering reconvening tonight.
Much more order now. Given that the Capitol is a massive crime scene, I don't know how Congress could reconvene, but it may be secure enough to do so in a bit.
Virginia's Governor declared a curfew for surrounding areas:
The woman involved in earlier's shooting outside of the House chambers has died
Governments around the world are releasing statements. We're an embarrassment to the free world.
Clashes are beginning at state Capitols around the country. This, in Oregon.
The Congressional escape hoods we talked about earlier:
More resources continue to pour in. A bit late, lads
Twins
Statement from President George W. Bush
Trump doubles down
At least something went according to plan. Continuity of government went into effect, and leaders were moved to Fort McNair.
Acting AG commenting:
More reports that Trump didn't have a hand in the National Guard deployment:
A lot of resources, far too late.
Growing calls for invoking the 25th
Protestors are surrounding the Governor's Mansion in Washington state. The virus is spreading.
Minutes ago, the breach in Washington state
One of the President's senior advisers:
More on this guy:
"Trump not involved in ordering Guard mobilization.”
Still building out a perimeter:
Statement from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
"Murder the media" is written on this Capitol door
Twitter took down Trump's most recent tweet from a little more than 20 minutes ago
3 tweets now down, including the President's video
That decision followed both Facebook and YouTube
The internal discussion at Facebook:
Illinois Governor
The GOP hardline is collapsing in real time:
Congress is getting back to work tonight:
8pm is the new target to reconvene
Source close to Trump: “He’s out of his mind.”
More violence occurring across D.C. today
Another lockdown:
Office down in the Capitol, reportedly
Twitter locked out the President:
Twitter now threatening a ban. A first.
Another injury at Capitol:
"He's lost his grip on reality"
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
Chaos described in McCarthy's office prior to that statement:
And all it took was... well
Senator Roy Blunt:
The cleanup begins:
Wild
There might be enough members of Congress to remove this President tonight
Staffers carrying the electoral college ballots back into the chambers:
Another view of these boxes being moved:
The calls grow:
The show goes on. Incredible
The GOP Comms Director
They're all jumping ship now
Worries of a superspreader event during the Congressional evacuation:
Really strange chain of command playing out right now:
Former Sec of Defense Jim Mattis:
More details on the murky chain of command:
Senator Tom Cotton:
Vice President elect Harris is back:
A lot of firepower in the building:
The tear gas residue visible here shows just how much clean up work there is ahead:
With so much physical access to that building, everything has to be considered compromised. Who was among that crowd, and what have they stolen?
Support for removal is growing:
More firsts
WaPo calling for a removal
More officials on the verge of jumping from the ship:
POTUS resisted efforts to deploy National Guard:
Facebook has suspended Trump for 24 hours:
Statement from Zuck
Statement from Apple's Tim Cook
Dude is still watching TV
It begins. Members of cabinet discussing invoking the 25th.
Talk of the 25th just continues to grow
Pottinger on the way out:
"Several other senior officials said they were considering quitting on the spot after news broke that an individual involved in Wednesday’s events at the Capitol had died as a result of a gunshot wound." thedailybeast.com/trump-is-furio…
Deputy Press Secretary leaps
And another one
More on the way:
Macron reacting in French
There goes the Instagram account. Snapchat?
I suppose all of the tech platforms are in this 12-24 hour holding pattern by design, awaiting formal action. If this President is removed from office, I would expect all to drop his account.
Today could have been so much worse. Disturbing.
Christie weighing the 25th:
Looks like we have real factions now
CNN now also reporting talk of 25th invocation:
The weak coup attempt continues:
Jimmy Carter's statement:
Last hour, President Obama also released a statement:
Transportation Secretary and wife to Mitch McConnell is considering resigning
"We need to act in a preventive way to prevent more from happening."
House pushing Pence to invoke the 25th. It would be the most appropriate & quickest option on the table
Voices appearing from inside the administration:
Staffers are being advised to stay away from POTUS, or risk charges of treason
Oil companies are even abandoning Trump now
The aftermath in Capitol offices:
Current Trump Administration official:
Officials described Trump's reaction as 'borderline enthusiastic'
More on the growing calls for removal:
Pottinger out:
O’Brien remains
More of the aftermath. A lot to clean up today.
We’re still learning about more injuries:
Somehow the bombs were the least notable story of the last 24 hours.

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