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10 Jan, 11 tweets, 4 min read
The coup was not one location.

The coup was not one day.

The coup is ongoing.

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Jan 6 - Everyone knows the Capital was attacked, but multiple statehouses were also evacuated.

New Mexico - Staff were evacuated from the building that houses the governor and secretary of state's office after hundreds of Trump supporters arrived. 1/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 6 - (con't)
Georgia - "Georgia's secretary of state and his staff evacuated their offices at the Capitol as about 100 protesters gathered outside, some armed with long guns." 2/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 6 - (con't)
Washington State - "In Washington state, protesters broke through a gate at the governor's mansion and dozens of people gathered on the lawn. The crowd, some of whom were armed, repeated baseless allegations of election fraud." 3/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 6 - (con't)
Utah - "In Utah, the staff of Gov. Spencer Cox was sent home as several hundred people gathered."

"Salt Lake Tribune photographer Rick Egan said he was pepper-sprayed by a demonstrator who taunted him for wearing a mask" 4/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 6 - (con't)
Oregon - "At least one person was arrested at the Oregon Capitol in Salem on suspicion of harassment and disorderly conduct as police in riot gear tried to get people — many of them armed — to leave." 5/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 6 - (con't)
Colorado - "In Colorado, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock ordered city agencies to close buildings after hundreds gathered in front of the Capitol building for a protest against the election results.' 6/
voanews.com/2020-usa-votes…
Jan 9 - San Diego Pro-Trump rally goes violent, gets declared unlawful assembly. 7/
nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san…
Jan 9 - (con't)
Kentucky - "About 100 protesters, many of whom were armed, showed up around noon to stand outside the Kentucky Capitol while both chambers of the General Assembly were in session." 8/
Jan 17, 19, & 20 - More Violence Planned

Specified locations include the Capitol and the Mall in Washington, the Utah Capitol, Pittsburgh and Columbus.

There is also an initiative for an “Armed March on All State Capitals,” in all 50 states. 9/
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Jan 20 - Inauguration Violence Planned

There are calls for an armed "Million Militia March" the day of Biden's Inauguration.

It's incredibly irresponsible to pretend that the threat is over. 10/10

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11 Jan
Something a lot of people get wrong about Trump: he actually has a very strong belief structure.

He's not "religious" in the ways most people recognize, but he believes in Norman Vincent Peale's "Power of Positive Thinking". 1/
In her book, @MaryLTrump confirmed that Donald and Fred (his father) truly believe that they can control outcomes if they think about them in a certain way.

It's not just wishful thinking, it's a Toxic Positivity ritual. 2/
That's why he's surrounded by sychophants and boot-lickers.

Anyone expressing negativity gets purged because he thinks their doubt sabotages his will.

Think about how dangerous that viewpoint is for someone becoming increasingly divorced from reality. 3/
Read 6 tweets
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9 Jan
I wasn't engaged in these things at the time, but I imagine that Timothy McVeigh's execution led many to claim that domestic terrorism was no longer a concern in the US.

It happened in 2001, three months before the Sept 11 attacks. 1/
After 9/11, the War on Terror led to the Patriot Act and increased "awareness" of terrorism and radicalization.

However, all of this was xenophobic and focused on the extremists from abroad.

Meanwhile the danger posed by extremists from within grew unabated. 2/
A 2006 Threat Assessment by the FBI warned of “self-initiated efforts by individuals, particularly among those already within law enforcement ranks, to volunteer their professional resources to white supremacist causes with which they sympathize.” 3/
theintercept.com/2020/09/29/pol…
Read 9 tweets
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4 Jan
1/ Trump doesn't care about legacy, family, or duty. He sure as fuck doesn't care about the law, or even money (he knows the illusion of money is just as good).

Trump only cares about himself, and his only motivation is power. An illegitimate "win" is a win to him.
2/ Imagine Trump playing a video game.

He'd try for 30 seconds, get destroyed, and quickly resort to cheat codes to get by.

After celebrating his ill-gotten victory, he'd quickly realize that he's empty inside. There would be no sense of accomplishment.
3/ From here it could go in two directions. He gets bored of the game and does something else, or he plays again.

Because he has no interest in developing any skills, he would continue to cheat using more elaborate codes.

He'll never be satisfied, so he'll continue to escalate.
Read 11 tweets
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3 Jan
1/ I was thinking about the differences between the Dems and GOP and something clicked, bringing the failures of this era into focus:

The Democratic Party is absolutely terrified of power. They're perennial permission seekers and incapable of acting in their own self interest.
2/ In contrast, the GOP gets off on power and abuses it relentlessly. They don't even feign asking for forgiveness anymore.

Both parties have unhealthy relationships with power and this dynamic won't change until the Dems stop asking for permission before using their power.
3/ Permission seeking is the opposite of taking charge. There are several simultaneous crisises and action is needed to save lives.

When power isn't used humans become hesitant and tentative. The Dems are scared to flex, which begs the GOP to take the power back next cycle.
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2 Jan
When I'm infuriated by the state of things and the attempts to normalize this madness, I like to revisit this @sarahkendzior essay and do some self-reflection.

It provides excellent guidance on dark days when I just want to scream into the void.
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-head…
"Authoritarianism is not merely a matter of state control, it is something that eats away at who you are. It makes you afraid, and fear can make you cruel. It compels you to comply and accept things that you would never accept, to do things you never thought you would do."
"You do it because everyone else is doing it, because the institutions you trust are doing it and telling you to do it... and because the voice in your head crying out that something is wrong grows fainter and fainter until it dies."
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2 Jan
I'm pretty sure Kush is working with bad actors in Israel to orchestrate a false flag terror event on Jan 6th (blaming Iran) so that Trump can finally use those nukes he's dreamt about his whole life.
I mean, this really doesn't bode well and we already know Kushner has shady back channel communications with Israel.

Everyone involved has been telegraphing their bucket lists and their goals line up.
This is also exactly what Putin did in 1999 and that worked out pretty well for him.

We already know these lazy fucks have no original ideas, they just run the same playbook over and over.
rferl.org/a/putin-russia…
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