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Article: On Wed., Jan. 6, Saccone posted a video on Facebook from Washington, D.C., encouraging the crowd to storm the Capitol to "run out all the evil people" and RINOs (Republicans in name only) who don't wholeheartedly support Trump's lies about the election being stolen.
Article: Last Saturday, Richard Barnett of Gravette, Ark., criticized Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Facebook post for using the description "white nationalist" as a "derogatory term."
"I am white. There is no denying that. I am a nationalist. I put my nation first. So that makes me a white nationalist," Barnett wrote on page he maintained under a pseudonym, before adding that people who were not nationalists should "get the f--- out of our nation."
Just four days later, Barnett was photographed sitting with his feet up on a desk in Pelosi's office at the U.S. Capitol — an image that quickly became emblematic of the chaotic storming of the complex by a pro-Trump mob.
Article: A newly-elected member of West Virginia's House of Delegates was among the mob who stormed the U.S. Capitol today.
Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, livestreamed and then deleted videos from inside the Capitol, but others took screenshots and videos of the original videos.
In one, he is shoots cell phone video out into the Capitol interior while surging through a door. He says, "We're in! We're in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!"
Article: As Capitol Police struggled to clear the congressional complex on Wednesday evening, Times reporter Rowan Scarborough published a story claiming that obscure facial recognition company XRVision had proof that some of the rioters were in fact left-wing antifa agitators, including one "Stalinist sympathizer."
"Facial recognition firm claims Antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol," the headline on the story read.
Scarborough's article was based entirely on an interview with an anonymous "retired military officer" who claimed to have seen XRVision data that proved two of the rioters were members of "Philadelphia Antifa." The story didn't include any pictures of the supposed antifa infiltrators or other evidence.
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But XRVision, the company at the center of the story, says the Times story is totally made up. In a statement provided by the company's attorney, XRVision said its facial recognition software had in fact identified two neo-Nazis and a QAnon supporter.
"We concluded that two of [the] individuals (Jason Tankersley and Matthew Heimbach), were affiliated with the Maryland Skinheads and the National Socialist Movements," the statement reads. "These two are known Nazi organizations, they are not Antifa. The third individual identified (Jake Angeli) was an actor with some QAnon promotion history. Again, no Antifa identification was made for him either."
Very much so. Even many in the vanguard seem disconnected from reality, goofing around, taking selfies, and streaming video. No attempt to hide their faces while destroying federal property (which, as Trump noted in a different context, has a maximum 10 year sentence)
Believing that this is finally that "storm" that QAnon has promised them for so long, is probably a bit of both?
Article: Persons and Vehicles of Interest
The Metropolitan Police Department has obtained photo and video footage of numerous individuals committing criminal acts in Washington, DC. Anyone who can identify these individuals or who has knowledge of any of these incidents should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.
The MPD currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for a crime committed in the District of Columbia.
Article: John Sullivan is the founder of the civil rights group Insurgence USA and does not align politically with President Donald Trump, but has been in D.C. this week for several planned protests including Wednesday's rally at the Capitol.
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"Protesters weren't really, like, trying to burn anything down, they weren't really trying to break anything, their main motive was to make it into the chambers," Sullivan said.
And in that process, one woman was shot and killed, and Sullivan was standing right next to her when it happened.
"I remember looking into her eyes and seeing the lifelessness and understanding that she was dead," he said.
-- QAnon social media say yellow-shirt-guy is the dude from the antifa website
i was gonna say his moustache shape is really different, but figured everyone would think i was crazy
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What's more important is getting the media sources that these pathetic sheeple trust, to share your debunks. Or they will never see them.
"The ends justify the means". Utilitarianism at its worst.
haha I thought that was only in comic books or in 1920s films. People really dont do this .... or do they? I dont believe its an onion, but if it is, that is the funniest thing I've seen for a long time.
In full view of everyone? If you drive too many people "underground" over every triviality of thought that social media giants don't agree with, it quite literally becomes not in full view of everyone.External Quote:
There were multiple demographics there. Mostly just rank-and-file MAGA types. But also a variety of militia, deep QAnon, and individuals of various stripes. There were also (in very small numbers) people who were more like BLM supporters, Mainstream TV reporters (ITV News, a major UK news channel, was inside), and independent media (Infowars, who asked people to buy things from the Infowars store before climbing through the window).
Oh, there's evidence for that--, well, not necessarily for "cause", but for "contribute":
Article:
- During protests of another police shooting in which James Blake was shot seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wis., in late August, 17-year-old Trump supporter Kyle Rittenhouse reportedly killed two BLM protesters.
- In June, two members of the far-right "boogaloo boys," whose members wear Hawaiian shirts while reportedly plotting a civil war, were arrested on rioting charges during a protest in Columbia, S.C. One was a paramedic who was subsequently fired.
- In late May, Matthew Lee Rupert of Galesburg, Ill, reportedly filmed himself setting a Minneapolis building on fire and taking some items from a store. He made social media posts in support of Trump and against police.
- Also in late May, three suspected boogaloo members who plotted to cause violence at protests in Las Vegas were arrested. Trump AG Bill Barr declined to address in a news conference June 4.
There are indications that these events are not just impromptu actions, but part of a loosely coordinated campaign by far-right groups. Media reports have documented that a white supremacist channel on the messaging app Telegram encouraged followers to commit violence during George Floyd protests, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security intelligence note.
A Twitter account claiming to be from Antifa that advocated violence was actually run by the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to an NBC report.
Article: AP finds most arrested in protests aren't leftist radicals
Some of those facing charges undoubtedly share far-left and anti-government views. Far-right protesters also have been arrested and charged. Some defendants have driven to protests from out of state. Some have criminal records and were illegally carrying weapons. Others are accused of using the protests as an opportunity to steal or create havoc.
But many have had no previous run-ins with the law and no apparent ties to antifa, the umbrella term for leftist militant groups that Trump has said he wants to declare a terrorist organization.
I have an essay on utilitarianism (vs Kant) in my head, which I may eventually write down and post to the chitchat forum. Meanwhile, if you're interested, PM me?
yes, simply angry people.
Might be an lesson there -- while there may be valid "bearing witness" reasons to be in the middle of the other side's protest (or, as it may happen, riot) the downside is that you give them a chance to say "See, it was THEM, they did the bad stuff, not us!"
