... I'll put my money on our fine troops to squash it.

From the likes of Michael Flynn to the war criminals rump recently pardoned. I gave up blind trust in 'troops' long ago. There are corruptible humans in any organization or institution.

the 'fine troops' who participated in the Capitol insurrection this week. One was an Air Force Lt. Col., if I recall.

I’m a retired Army Lt. Colonel. Please tell me that an active duty officer wasn’t participating......

Viddy well, COL Mustard. Viddy well.

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate



As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building. Carrying zip-tie handcuffs, he was captured in photographs and videos on the Senate floor and with a group that descended on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite. In a video shot by ITV News, he is seen standing against a wall adjacent to Pelosi’s office, his face covered by a bandana. At another point, he appears to exit the suite, face exposed, pushing his way through the crowds of demonstrators.

A day after the riots, John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, notified the F.B.I. that he suspected the man was retired Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., a Texas-based Air Force Academy graduate and combat veteran. Scott-Railton had been trying to identify various people involved in the attack. “I used a number of techniques to hone in on his identity, including facial recognition and image enhancement, as well as seeking contextual clues from his military paraphernalia,” Scott-Railton told me. Brock was wearing several patches on his combat helmet and body armor, including one bearing a yellow fleur de lis, the insignia of the 706th Fighter Squadron. He also wore several symbols suggesting that he lived in Texas, including a vinyl tag of the Texas flag overlaid on the skull logo of the Punisher, the Marvel comic-book character. The Punisher has been adopted by police and Army groups and, more recently, by white supremacists and followers of QAnon. Scott-Railton also found a recently deleted Twitter account associated with Brock, with a Crusader as its avatar. “All those things together, it’s like looking at a person’s C.V.,” Scott-Railton said.

Two family members and a longtime friend said that Brock’s political views had grown increasingly radical in recent years. Bill Leake, who flew with Brock in the Air Force for a decade, said that he had distanced himself from Brock. “I don’t contact him anymore ’cause he’s gotten extreme,” Leake told me. In recent years, Brock had become an increasingly committed supporter of Donald Trump, frequently wearing a Make America Great Again hat. In the days leading up to the siege of the Capitol, Brock had posted to social media about his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in Trump’s “Save America” rally. Brock’s family members said that he called himself a patriot, and that his expressions of that identity had become increasingly strident. One recalled “weird rage talk, basically, saying he’s willing to get in trouble to defend what he thinks is right, which is Trump being the President, I guess.” Both family members said that Brock had made racist remarks in their presence and that they believed white-supremacist views may have contributed to his motivations.

In an interview, Brock confirmed that he was the man in the photos and videos. He denied that he held racist views and echoed Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, saying that he derived his understanding of the matter principally from social media. He told me that he had gone to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate peacefully. “The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important, because of how much I love this country, to actually be there,” he said. Brock added that he did not identify as part of any organized group and claimed that, despite the scenes of destruction that day, he had seen no violence. When he arrived at the Capitol, he said, he assumed he was welcome to enter the building.

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...except what's available at the dispensary at Ft. Leavenworth.

No TriCare (formerly CHAMPUS) which provides DoD-funded civilian health care.
No access to military or VA facilities or programs.

When he dies, no USA flag on the coffin or military honors.

Make an example of him!

If he is retired and not separated, which it seems, he can be recalled, brought up on charges under the UCMJ, stripped of his rank and forfeiture of pay. Especially as a commissioned officer. Retirement is whole different ballgame in the military compared to the civilian world.

I guess he forgot the training he got at USAFA, at taxpayer expense. I hope he's prosecuted for what he did and that there are consequences. As retired members, we're still subject to the UCMJ under certain circumstances, so I'll leave it to others to determine what happens to him. I don't know when he graduated from USAFA or how long he's been retired, but this can get real interesting.

And say I sincerely hope there were no active duty troops there in any capacity, or any current civil service employees. But I wouldn't be surprised if both groups were represented. The stupid runs strong in the Trump crowd.

And the rest of us who don't agree with him are traitors or some such.

smdh

F*ck them.

Makes me wonder how many DOL and Calico Jack patches were floating around.

You can have a good education and still be just downright stupid.

I meant to include them, but forgot.

I can’t say I’m comfortable betting my representatives lives on that anymore.

We have to hose down our law enforcement AND troops of embedded white supremacist domestic terrorists.

down in that link, past the replies to the linked tweet, there are reports of planned insurrectionist rallies for the inauguration, beginning with Jan 17 and 19. Some of those tweets provide links to posts at RW media sites. One RW site post in particular calls it the Million Militia March and brags that there will be more armed militia people there than any army can deal with. The stated goal is to prevent any "Communist Democrat" from getting near the White House. The intent is to take over DC completely and halt the government from operating unless or until Trump is confirmed as the "reelected president?"

One later tweet suggests that might be why Trump is not going to be at the inauguration - to avoid being harmed during the violence that he knows is planned.

Given that they put their loyalty to Trump first.

Why is he still walking around a free man? So maddening he seemingly DOES seem to get away with everything, including but not limited to murder.

We have to take back our values.

I was thinking about her and Masha Yovanovitch and Alexander Vindman and their compatriots last night...

thanks for posting, sending around

Was because only blithering idiots answered his call for revolution.

seems only stupid people were those that answered con-man's calling. The less-stupid ones stayed home.

Link to tweet

the different "Twitter" postings. Some of us, like me and Donnie, can't see them because we are not subscribed or have been banned (I've not been banned.....)

But when I read the replies, there are times I see something that's so spot on that I have to share it back here.

Just as I suspected.

…..it will arise again. It just goes underground. Like the true history of this country—the civil war doesn't really end.

We need Truth and Reconciliation trials and the rewriting of every damn history book.

Reconciliation implies letting bygones be bygones.

These aholes will continue to try to subvert a true democracy - one where every person is equal.

Of this clear & present danger. Pelosi couldn't have worded it in any stronger terms at her presser couple days ago.

get impeached on Monday.. seems reasonable. Let him think about it all weekend.

had some hesitation about poking the bear with impeachment and twitter ban. It's surely an interesting line of thinking. Like it would make him even more deranged and irate and more likely to do something even more horrific. 25th is the way to go, if only Pence would agree. Thought he might have seen the light, but no. Impeachment only avenue left.

If republicans had done their job in January, I believe we'd be in much better shape. Pence is a dummy, but he would have handled COVID better than trump.. literally anyone would have.

at lowest to boot. Rep Steve Cohen D TN, introducing brilliant Articles of Impeachment..

https://www.c-span.org/video/?437381-1/house-democrats-call-impeachment-hearings-begin-president-trump

over 3 years ago and there was plenty to move forward on right there but we needed those midterm elections first. I think what these Congressmen did went a long way to get out the vote in the 2018 midterms.

The exercise is to stand upagainst wrong for posterity.. then why not just include all his crimes from day one? Or is there even enough paper . Including Mueller stuff, covid handling, trying to coerce GA.

Impeach him, whether the votes are in the Senate or not.. make them go on record acquitting the president who incited the violent overthrow of the US government.

The 25th amendment but he is just killing time so he will not have to act. Cowardly little man.

Like Lindsey Graham, I have done everything Donny wants, but not this time, I am through! Too late you corrupt piece of humanity. Resign now!

when the letter came out it was clear what he had been attempting to do for four years. Military control was a key component and Trump knew it.

He might have been able to sneak out the back door with his grifting, but he's officially gone way too far.

This was truly a coup attempt, not just a bunch of out of control yahoos. There is no other option but to arrest and charge him.

Eric Prince's (Betsy Devos' brother), Blackwater mercenaries this fall. Just wondering if that was a way to get some of the current and/or former Blackwater "employees" to help out in his plot?

It can happen here.

At the end of the day, we want a systemic response, not a single individual. It works well in a Hollywood movie but it’s terrifying in real life. I had a country shot out from under me once already, it’s an experience I would wish on anyone.

I don’t want this one to fail for many, many reasons, the least of which is that all my stuff’s here.

Prosecution, prison for everyone involved in raiding their own capital in their own country.

He. Told them to go to hell

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It seems to me that he must have gotten a detailed plan from someone. This plot had many steps. I just don't think he could focus long enough to develop a plan.

Coups are not spontaneous, and someone in the White House helped plan this action. Trump is not smart enough or able to focus long enough to carry out such a plan. Whoever it is needs to be found and charged with treason. Perhaps it’s Jared. He has been silent lately, and I remember someone posting that a moving truck was seen in front of their residence in DC this week. Perhaps they’re getting out of town as fast as they can, hoping the spotlight will not fall on them.

Could also be Stephen Miller. He is a nasty, devious little weasel. Or perhaps Flynn was behind this, thinking he could get some military support. All three need to have their communications subpoenaed and pulled in for questioning.

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masterminding this bullshit

Lock them (Flynn, Trump, Cruz, Hawley) up!

Still points to trump being putins whore.

We are going to find out a lot of shocking information as time goes on, especially after the.new Administration gets up and running. Meanwhile, it is kinda fun to speculate.

And the like...

I have a hard time believing Trump has the ability to do this himself.

Because he ignored his vote calls to ensure the Md and other national guards couldn't respond in DC.

Hope she's on Rachel Monday night

and murdering opponents.

Trump's wet dream.

It just wasn't as blatant as sending troops to storm the Capital

Apparently the Pentagon is calling it a First Amendment Protest. Just ignore all those Trump and Confederate flags. Protest my ass. You don't put up a gallows at a peaceful protest.

The attack on the Capitol was planned in advance by Trump and his people...no doubt. The people who stormed the building were, for the most part, useful idiots. But within the thousands who were there was a cadre of revolutionaries who were ready to take Senators and Representatives prisoner and force an end to the EC ballot count.
They were determined to stop Biden and Harris from be officially certified as the next President and Vice-President.
It was evident that some Capitol and DC police were also involved. The defender who shot that woman may very well have stalled the attack and gave the people in the room time to escape. He is a true hero.

But, this was only the first skirmish in what may be a long conflict. The radical right believes it's their time, and are ready to ramp up the violence.
Fauci talks about the dark days of this winter as the Covid virus rages across the country, but there is a different kind of rage boiling up across the land that will make this winter even darker.
The Republic is still in danger, and I fear hundreds, if not thousands could die over the next few months.

The 16th. ONE DAY before the next planned attack. And it is planned for this day (17th) and maybe through the 19/20th.

Have seen more than one flyer posted on internet.

That is why he won’t resign.

Too many bootlicking congress persons are aiding too!

And Pence? That fucker knows and he won’t remove. I would bet my bank account (not much) that tRump has something on Pence that he does not want mother to find out...let alone the rest of us.

Throw the book at all of these traitors!!

Nt

...also seems to have contributed heavily in the capitol being over-run by redneck marauders.

I know, the source, but I happen to believe Jones in this instance:

Link to tweet

There has been no conclusive defeat for this movement. It is still in the institutions of power.

omg

are going to "attack" our government on the 17th of Jan. I'm guessing they are going to be packed into the area between the monuments in DC.
I can picture our US Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy surrounding those morons and they will see what a real military force looks like. The Joint Chiefs are not on the same page as Trump.