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9 Jan, 10 tweets, 5 min read
Some morning thoughts on Jan 6th, the aftermath....

First, the idea that the govt didn't know the Trump rally could turn violent, attack Congress is simply bullshit, and raises worrisome questions about whether DOJ/DHS/DOD were told to stand down (1/x).

NDN has called on Congress to bring AG Rosen, DHS Sec Wolf in to testify under oath either in their current jobs, or as private citizens - ndn.org/blog/2021/01/d…

The House appears to be moving in that direction now (2/x).

The success of Trump and his extremists in taking over a heavily fortified govt building has created true domestic security crisis in US.

These groups will be emboldened; defeating them will be extraordinary new challenge for Biden-Harris team (3/x).

Mess Trump has left Biden incredible - contracting economy, raging COVID, botched vaccine rollout, compromised govt computer systems, wounded democracy, climate retreat, tribal/racial strife, resurgent Russia - now emboldened domestic extremists (4/x).....
ndn.org/blog/2021/01/c…
At some point Trumpists/Republicans are going to have take responsibility for the violence/extremism they've helped foster.

Language like Pompeo's below is extremism itself - it is inciting violence - and we have to come to understand it that way (5/x).

This analysis by @ThePlumLineGS, featuring Jared Holt and Jonathan Greenblatt, is a very good read on the tough road ahead (6/x).
Agree 100% w/this point from @ruthbenghiat - we are likely to see ongoing illiberal "disruptions" from the GOP/far right over the next few years as it is unlikely we are going to adequately punish those who created space for the insurrection (7/x).......
In fact, the system is about to be tested again in the next two weeks. Note the timing of these DC based extremist events. Escalation? More pressure? Coordination?

Same team who allowed Capitol riots still in charge.....(8/x).

More on the coming protests and fears of violence. Main reason why Twitter took Trump off line.

Should massive MAGA event be allowed on Inauguration Day? Can't they come another day? Is Trump ending his time by trying to light everything on fire (9/x)?
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
"At 1:00 PM, we will march to the US Capitol building to protest the certification of the Electoral College" - fr the Stop the Steal sign up page.

GOP AG org also said the march to the Capitol would begin at 1pm.

cc DOD, DHS, DOJ, Capitol Police (10/x).
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-allie…

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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
8 Jan
Lots of big challenges for Biden-Harris and the new Congress to tackle in coming months.

But one of their biggest challenges will be to counter, effectively, a domestic right wing extremist movement that had a huge win this week, and will be emboldened.

When the new team gets in there and starts sharing details on just how much Trump coddled, encouraged, stoked, covered up for domestic extremists it will become a deeply dark chapter in our history.

A reminder Trump pardoned domestic terrorists (2/x):
Reminder that right wing extremists assassinated two cops last spring (3/x). nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay…
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7 Jan
On Jan 6th Trump extremists not only broke into the Capitol while the VP was there/both Houses in session, but appeared in capitols in at least 20 states.

Not plausible FBI/DHS didn't understand enormity of what was happening, threat level. (1/x)

Current heads of DOJ, DHS, DOD all acting, hacks.

DOJ, DOD heads active enforcers of "violent left wing" fictions of the summer/fall, very clued into domestic threat environment.

DHS Acting Sec Wolf OUT OF THE COUNTRY for a domestic event of this magnitude. (2/x)
Just not possible Trump's DHS/FBI didn't know the possibility of an attack on the Congress yesterday. It's not possible. They choose to allow Congress and the VP to be exposed; it was by design. There is no other explanation here. (3/x)
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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
7 Jan
Are we really supposed to believe, given the level of organization evident across the country by Trump extremists, that US security services were unprepared for what happened in Washington/other capitols on Jan 6th?

DHS Sec out of the country, DC Nat’l Guard held back....
We know the acting AG is very focused on the concept of sedition and insurrection.

Are we going to see a DOJ led task force established today to ID, pursue and prosecute the criminals who broke into the Capitol? wsj.com/articles/top-j…
2 men who made it in the Senate chamber yesterday had zip ties, meaning they were planning on taking hostages. Like in MI wit Gov. Whitmer.

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6 Jan
Degree of difficulty of what Dems did in GA cannot be overstated.

Rs had incumbency/money advantage, and a rigged runoff process which has made it historically impossible for Dems to win.

Despite all that Dems outperformed Biden - powerful repudiation of Trump/McConnell/GOP.
And today what's left of the GOP is going to beclown themselves, further reinforcing the righteousness of the rejection of Trump's politics we've seen.

Opening up of the New South/Hispanic SW by Dems in recent years - around new electorates - has allowed Democrats to strategically gain a degree of political power to match their ongoing popular vote advantage.

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4 Jan
Precedent here of sending criminal referrals to FBI/DOJ is important. It's a vital tool at Congress' disposal that may need to get employed a great deal over next few yrs as we learn more about the misdeeds of the Trump era.

Important leadership from @tedlieu @RepKathleenRice.
There are at least three live criminal investigations into Trump which can begin the afternoon of Jan 20th - the Stormy affair, CIA referral from Ukraine fiasco, and now Georgia.

Repeated pattern makes prosecution more likely.
Documenting potential crimes by Trump, his family and his staff helps create a record for any future prosecution or court activity. The more evidence of wrongdoing the more likely prosecution and conviction are.

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3 Jan
President pressuring the GA Sec of State to cheat on his behalf. Yesterday. It was recorded.

Why one wonders is the President so desperate to stay in office? I don't believe this is just abt his ego - he seems genuinely worried abt what will happen if he loses....jail? Novichok?
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