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9 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Some background to Twitter's reference to risk of further violence as one of reasons for suspension of Trump:
This is circulating among extremist accounts.
It made Trump's reversal of pledging "peaceful transition" in video to tweeting he wouldn't be in DC that date worrisome.
IE, preplanned Jan17 militia events mostly outside DC, but Jan20 noise is about retaliation in DC, martyrdom for the woman killed in Capitol, etc.
Trump breaking his pledge, and making it known he would Not be in the city, not taking part in peaceful transition, read significant
That is yet another reason why I don't have much empathy now for the tired "Let's just move on" narratives. Trump chose not to be part of a peaceful transition, and then doubled down yesterday, even AFTER the deaths and riot. That has all sorts of ripple effects.
You don't get a system of peaceful transition unless you protect it, including thru accountability for those that threaten it.

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This pipeline is now cut off, which is a "really big deal."
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-The threat of violence at the event was repeatedly warned about that very week,
-The intel chatter of the Capitol in specific was out in the open all the way down to them talking about specific access points,
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War crimes don't get the #bothsides treatment.
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Whether from a human rights perspective or just a cold desire to win the war, it was inarguably wrong + stupid
It is inarguable that US military repeatedly was angered by how contractor force and Blackwater in particular was undermining its COIN efforts
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