Those of us who reported this at the time were called liars, seditionists, and traitors. @FDRLST thefederalist.com/2021/01/14/i-s…
1) Excerpts from my eyewitness account from the West Front of the Capitol on January 6, published in @FDRLST on January 14. They comport with many of the @CapitolPolice IG's findings:

"Capitol Police anti-riot unit prepared early, but presence was light."
2) "When we crossed First Street NW to enter the Capitol grounds where the Capitol Police had jurisdiction, I noticed no police at all."

"that appearance of low threat level made no sense. . . .  no Capitol Police appeared anywhere from what we could see . . . ."
3) "... and I commented on to my companion that it was very strange for there to be no police during a joint session of Congress – with or without a gigantic crowd."
4) "No police could be seen on the [Capitol West Front presidential inaugural] platform for now. No police could be seen anywhere."

"... Normally, the Capitol Police are excellent at communicating with crowds. Not today."
5) "I had seen anti-riot police in action before. They moved with a decisive sense of purpose. Now, the Capitol Police crew seemed confused, as if without a leader or perhaps inadequate rules of engagement. These real professionals seemed directionless."
6) "Some [Capitol Police] clambered up and down the inaugural platform steps. Others milled back and forth at the swearing-in level. Most of the police ended up leaving the surreal scene. Nobody could tell why."
7) "... the lack of perimeter police presence, and the confused actions of those [@CapitolPolice officers] firing tear gas, flash grenades, and pepper balls from the presidential swearing-in platform, had me thinking that something was wrong at the command level."
8) "From out there on the lawn, a breakdown in police command and control was unthinkable."

CNN, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Huffington Post, etc., trashed this eyewitness account as a "conspiracy theory." thefederalist.com/2021/03/01/no-…

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The @CapitolPolice Inspector General has made devastating findings about the intelligence capabilities of the force.

These findings matter, not only to protect the Capitol, but because the progs are using the Jan 6 attack as an excuse to build a huge domestic spying capability.
2) @CapitolPolice IG: "We also identified intelligence related deficiencies with the Department’s organizational structure, training, professional standards, internal controls, and capability to effectively collect, process, and disseminate intelligence information.”
3) "Despite the inspector general’s findings, Capitol Police officials have defended their intelligence operations at public hearings," @rollcall reports. Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman oversaw the Intelligence & Interagency Coordination Division. She is inept and has to go.
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To my Chinese friends - I didn't have space to include the fact that @Georgetown is heavily dependent on cash from Chinese Communist Party-related sources.
Georgetown Law Professor Lama Abu Odeh, of the "Gender Justice Initiative," makes important comments in her "Georgetown's Cultural Revolution" article.

Contemplate how terrible things are at @Georgetown when people like Professor Odeh speak out. genderjustice.georgetown.edu/lama-abu-odeh/#
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Six years ago, I proposed that Ukraine develop a secret weapon against Russian attack: The ability to take the political & psychological fight into Putin's home turf.

The Obama administration rejected the idea. Ukraine considered it but rejected it also. kyivpost.com/article/opinio…
1) Excerpts from 2015 Kyiv Post article: "Like no other country, non-aligned Ukraine has an untapped capability to defend itself against Russian aggression – with or without support from the West.

"It’s an old idea that doesn’t require guns or bombs."
2) "All that it needs is the will to harness the aggressor’s internal vulnerabilities. While Russia is militarily far stronger than Ukraine, it shows signs of much greater weakness inside its borders."
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FBI Assistant Director Jill Sanborn confirms that the FBI's findings "definitely" and "absolutely" agree with what I said in the January 14 @FDRLST article about the Capitol attack.

@SenRonJohnson read from my article again at length. (starts at 5:08) rumble.com/vebmnn-hsgac-h…
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I never heard of WaPo blogger @AaronBlake before he fabricated his story in late February, but he continues pushing his falsehoods almost a week later.
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Pack journalism is when lazy journalists with an agenda send out the same false narrative without any independent reporting or thinking.

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3) Fake story by @AaronBlake at the Washington Post. Same pack journalism. washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
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