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2021-01-07 14:44:44 UTC: UPDATE (See below the fold).
Pro-Trump rioters breach the US Capitol on historic day in Congress:
Supporters of President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday while Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College's votes for president and vice president.
The Capitol has been put on lockdown and the certification vote has been paused. Vice President Mike Pence was evacuated from the building. House and Senate leadership is safe and in undisclosed locations, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Congress' counting of electoral votes is typically little more than an afterthought. But this joint session was expected to be a contentious affair that would last late into the evening and possibly on Thursday. Some Republicans are objecting to the count and delaying the inevitable certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win.
Also at AlJazeera (In Pictures: Pro-trump mob storms US Capitol building) and c|net (Mob storms Capitol forcing halt of election vote count).
[2021-01-06 22:33:53 UTC; UPDATE] NOTE: This is a chaotic time.
The Electoral College votes are currently being confirmed and tallied. Runoff votes in Georgia are being tallied and the results may swing the balance of power in the US Senate. The Georgia secretary of state [has been] relocated from [State] Capitol for security reasons. Mitch McConnell goes off on Trump. Pro-Trump reporter gloats over access to fleeing Hill staffer's computer. And Trump hand-picks replacement for Atlanta's US attorney after surprise resignation.
Let's please try and keep the discussion civil.
Also, please be polite and share your popcorn!
[Updates Begin]:
(1) Fox News reports Biden's Electoral College victory certified -- hours after Capitol chaos:
The U.S. Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory -- after a day in Washington that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S. Capitol.
Vice President Mike Pence, who had announced he would not overturn the will of voters, confirmed the Biden victory at 3:41 a.m. ET.
Lawmakers had returned to the chamber in an act of defiance, with some Republicans who initially vowed to challenge states' results due to voter fraud concerns announcing they'd instead vote to certify.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the breach of the Capitol a "failed insurrection," adding that those who "tried to disrupt our democracy" had not succeeded.
(2) President Trump "Responds" via Staffer's Twitter Account after His Account was Suspended:
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Electoral Certification:
"Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our...
...fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!"
(3) Facebook, Twitter lock Trump's account following video addressing Washington rioters:
- Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday said they would lock the account of President Donald Trump after he continued to make false claims about the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
- Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on Wednesday removed a video by President Donald Trump addressing Washington rioters.
- Meanwhile, calls are mounting for Twitter and Facebook to suspend Trump's accounts.
(4) The Associated Press has called the results for the Georgia Senate elections: both Democratic candidates defeated their GOP opponents:
With projected victories in the twin races of Warnock and Ossoff, President-elect Joe Biden will have the narrowest majority in the Senate, with both parties holding 50-50 seats apiece, allowing the tie-breaking vote to be cast by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Also at The New York Times.
(Score: -1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday January 06 2021, @10:48PM (19 children)
D.C. Police did.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @12:16AM (18 children)
The left is trying really really really hard to make the police the victim here. I've seen many of them say that it was a negligent discharge from the protesters themselves. Now that it's becoming common knowledge the police/Federal agents did it the narrative has become that she was reaching for the cops gun which is why she got shot.
Lots of mental gymnastics to maintain their concept that police only shoot unarmed black people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @12:50AM (16 children)
NOT only... just mostly. By a big margin.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @01:01AM (4 children)
This seems to indicate it's a silly assumption that the left acts like the statement I made is true. Then why are the people who just suggested defunding the police because they do crap like shoot unarmed people trying to find a reason the cops didn't shoot an unarmed person? Guess what is going to happen when they find out the police did shoot an unarmed person? They won't care or will say "good."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by HiThere on Thursday January 07 2021, @02:00AM (3 children)
Because "defund the police" is short, and politics these days is done via sound bites.
The actual concept is (or was) that non-police services, like helping a retarded child, should be done by social service people rather than by the police. Now reduce that to a sound bite....
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @02:54AM (1 child)
Oh? Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police [nytimes.com] or a version of it that can actually be read with out an account: https://archive.vn/GzitC [archive.vn]
Hell I believe we drastically need police reform and I'm even willing to discuss the idea of less police. But with less police would come a necessary increase in my ability to defend myself and decrease/abolish of gun control. The plan seems to be to both disarm the public AND neuter or abolish the police. That's retarded.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @10:52AM
It is very clear now that police needs to be purged of the extremists that have infiltrated it. It's very clear from events of last night that there are bad apples in the police. You saw that everyday with BLM protests, but can you dismiss this now with many police just ignoring their duties? You know exactly which side the police take by which side their back is to. And more often than not, their back was to the pro-Trump mobs with AR15s and not peaceful marchers without weapons.
At the same time they need be asked to do less, like not taking care of a retarded child. Or do "wellness checks" on suicidal persons.
So, both these actions mean less money for police since they will need less to do their actual jobs -- fewer officers, more good officers. Police should not be arresting 10 year olds with temper tantrums at school.
(Score: 0) by mydn on Friday January 08 2021, @02:00AM
"De-retard the police"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @02:06AM (10 children)
It's not mostly either. ~10% of the US population is black, and they are 40% of the victims of police violence. An extremely disproportionate amount of police attention is obviously being paid here.
(Score: 1, Touché) by EEMac on Thursday January 07 2021, @03:14AM (8 children)
Blacks commit about 34% of the violent crimes [fbi.gov]. When you commit lots of violent crimes, you run into the police more. Funny how that happens.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @03:29AM (7 children)
The racists always start leaking. Least now we know what EEMac is.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @03:37AM (4 children)
Statistics are racist and no additional analysis needs to be performed. There is only one explanation possible. There are no issues at all that could be addressed to help the situation except racism on the parts of the police.
Got it.
(Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @08:02AM (3 children)
The statistics aren't racist, but the people who bring them up in contexts like this story certainly are. We already know what needs to be done, remove systemic racism and even more importantly fix the tax rates to reduce wealth inequality. Poverty is the main predictor of crime, but assholes like EEMac use them to push eugenics and genocide.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @08:47PM
we're going to kill all you race traitor bolshevik scum.
(Score: 2) by EEMac on Friday January 08 2021, @04:09PM (1 child)
> assholes like EEMac use [statistics] to push eugenics and genocide
Well, that escalated quickly.
I wish I'd known it's so easy to become Literally Hitler. I could have taken over several small countries by now.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @06:34PM
DId I say you gassed millions? Nope, just pointing out how anyone who brings up black crime statistics for no real reason is statistically a racist. Just the facts bruh amirite?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @04:31AM
It's those racist whites putting on blackface to commit crimes who are giving the blacks a bad reputation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @07:42AM
Well, it Depends. Does EEMac think that most violent crime is black on black? Or Hillbilly on hillbilly?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 08 2021, @07:41PM
"police attention". lmao. no doubt you don't live in the ghetto and get to see the American Nigger in it's true environment. These are not the friendly, perfectly normal and unthreatening, mixed race "blacks" on TV enjoying their internet streaming with their families, you dumb, brainwashed Goi.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 07 2021, @03:27PM
> The left is trying really really really hard to make the police the victim here.
Um... she's literally breaking through a door to get inside the house. Is there a conservative alive that is not salivating at the prospect of shooting her dead?