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the end of your freedom... in an anti-fascist penalty shoot out.Stephen Colbert is no stranger to showing emotion as he recaps the news of the day on The Late Show — but he told viewers on Wednesday's monologue that he "[has] rarely been as upset as I am tonight." In Washington, D.C. earlier yesterday, a large crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol. It's a dark, foreboding day in American history, yet simultaneously unsurprising in light of Trump's consistently inciting rhetoric. The Senate had convened to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's election win, but was forced to halt proceedings as a mob adorned in MAGA hats descended upon the building. The crowd waved Trump, American, and Confederate flags and chanted "Stop the steal" as they breached the Capitol. Some even got onto the empty Senate floor and into offices, looting and vandalising without the grossly inadequate security or police stopping them. Lawmakers were fortunately able to evacuate or barricade themselves elsewhere in the complex, the National Guard was called in to expel the crowd, and both houses returned to continue certification and debate into the early hours of Thursday morning. However one person was shot and killed, four others have died, and the security of the U.S. Capitol has now been thoroughly compromised. And Colbert was not surprised by any of it. "Today, the US Capitol was overrun for the first time since 1814," he said. "And a woman died. Who could have seen this coming? Everyone, even dummies like me. "This is the most shocking, most tragic, least surprising thing I've ever seen," he went on, addressing pro-Trump Republicans directly. "For years now, people have been telling you cowards that if you let the president lie about our democracy over and over, and then join him in that lie and say he's right, when you know for a fact that he is not, there will be a terrible price to pay, but you just never thought you'd have to pay it too. I really do hope you're enjoying those tax cuts." UPDATE: Jan. 8, 2021, 11:48 a.m. AEDT This article has been updated to reflect that a fifth person has died in connection with the Capitol mob. UPDATE: Jan. 8, 2021, 12:54 a.m. AEDT Capitol Police have corrected reports of an officer's death, with the force's union chairman telling DC local news that the officer remains on life support. This article has been updated to reflect that the current number of deaths linked with Wednesday's events is four. Read more: https://mashable.com/video/colbert-republicans-capitol-mob/
See also: colbert, julian's cat and crabs...
Meanwhile looking at the events from a different perspective — as if a real protest was invited to become a "storming", like a fake tumble inside the penalty box...
The four big lies underpinning this story show it was likely a staged event.
By Kit Knightly
The media are already spinning a narrative around the events in Washington DC. One that bears no resemblance to reality, does not hold up to any kind of scrutiny and will have massive, far-reaching consequences for all of us.
They’re calling it “one of the darkest days in our nations history”, a day that will “live in infamy”. It will likely be memed into a shorthand date – 1/6/21, like 9/11 and 7/7. It will be the day “American democracy was attacked and prevailed”, the day the nation nearly fell to “fascists”. It will become just one more grand sweeping illusion upon which the teetering structures of US Imperial power are built. The story we are being told goes as follows:
Acting according to Trump’s wishes, and with his endorsement, these domestic terrorists overran the police barricades in an attempt to overthrow the senate and preserve Trump’s presidency. Fortunately the police were able to secure the situation, drive the violent rioters out and the democratic process was able to continue. Not one single part of this story is true:
Let’s tackle them one at a time. * * * 1. There was no “storming”. Rather videos show police opening barriers to let the “rioters” in. In the entrance hall, the “violent thugs” respected the velvet ropes and kept in orderly lines, took a few selfies with the cops, posed for the press and – when the main events were over – they were quietly allowed to leave. Compare and contrast the police’s treatment of those people inside the capitol, with their later treatment of protesters breaking curfew on the streets. 2. There was no “incitement”. All of Trump’s social media posts on the subject instructed people to “go home” “with peace and love”.
Is that inciting violence? (Gus note: Trump was going to be "with you" down Pennsylvania Avenue to protest the "vote", but it seems he did not demand the storming of the Capitol.)
Twitter and facebook took the totally unprecedented step of completely removing those posts, and blocked him posting any further. They claimed to be preventing further violence, but it looks more like they concealed Trump’s denunciations of violence. 3. There was no violence. Indeed whether or not Trump “incited” anything is moot, because there was no violence. Disregard the reports of chemical weapons, pipe bombs or IEDs – none of which ever appeared. None of the “rioters” are as yet shown to have hurt anyone. The only person reportedly killed or injured was a protester allegedly shot by the police. Compare and contrast the attitude of the media to this “violence”, vs the |
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