Man oh man.   It was already tough enough being an older white dude before this violent assault on democracy.

Guys!  You are giving older white dudes a really, really bad reputation!

For posterity...

 steeler wrote:

JFC, these people. Where is the 'respect for law and order'
 

From the NYT:

The Army activated the entire D.C. National Guard, 1,100 troops, an Army official said Wednesday, and Virginia’s governor dispatched members of the Virginia Guard along with 200 Virginia State Troopers to quell the violence in the nation’s capital.

Pelosi called in the National Guard 

 steeler wrote:
 

46% of voting adult Americans?

What the hell is this all about?  Trump's last gasp to install marshal law?

Defense Department refuses to provide aid to the DC police force.. but do the Trumpers really think they have the numbers to pull this off? 

It's like looking at the working of a deranged mind in real time. Fascinating, appalling, breathtaking and downright disgusting all in one.

 R_P wrote:
 

how the hell did they get that far?  Where is the pepper spray? Where are the rubber bullets?

Edit: For reference, here's what they did to the other side when trump wanted to take a walk to a photo op:

Who in his or her right mind supports what is going on right now at the Capitol?

Dire. Dismaying. Words fail me. 

A dark, dark day.

The Capitol is being overrun by terrorists. What they are doing is unquestionably illegal.

They need to be tear-gassed immediately. I am not joking.

Rasmussen poll: 20-30% of Democrats believe the election was stolen from Trump

 sirdroseph wrote:
 

I love some good fiction. That guy serves up a heaping serving of word salad... unfortunately he didn’t include any evidence.

The 10-year Stacey Abrams project to flip Georgia has nearly come to fruition.

Memorandum: How the 2020 Election Could Have Been Stolen

Trump, speaking to protesters, declares ‘we will never concede.’

Time and again he returned to the theme that the news media is “the biggest problem we have in this country.” He complained about polls conducted for the Washington Post several months ago, speaking with specifics about the poll he was referring to.

Talking about his inability to get his unvarnished statements into news circulation, Mr. Trump falsely declared, “That’s what happens in a communist country.”

Biden is picking Merrick Garland as attorney general...  I wonder if McConnel has anything to be investigated?

 buddy wrote:
 

And you think he, the President of the United States, is
1) ashamed of the chaos and anger infecting his citizens or
2) glad to see he has people who will riot in his name