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The mob's gone home, sinfully, mostly unmolested, as the country sifts through the rubble. Amidst the outrage, exits and harsh truths - Pelosi: "This man is deadly, to our democracy and our people" - there is broad consensus the raving, flag-draped MAGA thugs assaulting the Capitol were inseparable from the pandering, well-groomed GOP suits abetting the madman who incited them. Solnit: "Inside and outside were two faces of the same thing...This is what he wanted (and) this is what we got."
Thugs 'R Us. Getty Image
The thugs have gone home - shamefully, mostly unmolested - while the country sifts through the rubble. Many remain stunned by the racism and incompetence of Capitol police who sat back and did nothing - "It's like watching a real-life horror movie - we train and plan and budget every day, basically, to have this not happen" - amidst firings, resignations and calls for investigations. Videos of rampaging yahoos surface: Unruly crowds chasing a black officer; entitled neo-Nazis hurling f-bombs around the People's House; the Arkansas guy who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk and took a letter from it - and, it seems, earlier got a PPP loan from the government he was rioting against - bragging, "I put a quarter on her desk, even though she ain't fucking worth it, and left her a note that says 'Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch.'" Pelosi herself focused on the madman who poked and prodded and incited it all, calling for Trump's removal and declaring, "This man is deadly, to our democracy and our people." Unsurprisingly, he kept proving it: As the mobs surged, he was still railing: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots." On Thursday, reports surfaced he had "lost it," was "out of his mind," was "unstable, ranting and raving" and "bent on destruction in his final days." Meanwhile, as far as anyone knew, the guy deemed too dangerous to be allowed on social media still had the nuclear codes.
Taking a stand. New social media star Adam Johnson of Florida hauls off Pelosi's lectern. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Image
Class act: "Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch."
New Jersey's Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, first-generation American, son of Korean immigrants and Rhodes Scholar, helps clean up the Capitol. Twitter photo
D.C. residents say good riddance to the Trump mob. https://t.co/qVecWVu0Wk pic.twitter.com/sp4oPBmt9w
-- Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 7, 2021
Trump and Musk are on an unconstitutional rampage, aiming for virtually every corner of the federal government. These two right-wing billionaires are targeting nurses, scientists, teachers, daycare providers, judges, veterans, air traffic controllers, and nuclear safety inspectors. No one is safe. The food stamps program, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are next. It’s an unprecedented disaster and a five-alarm fire, but there will be a reckoning. The people did not vote for this. The American people do not want this dystopian hellscape that hides behind claims of “efficiency.” Still, in reality, it is all a giveaway to corporate interests and the libertarian dreams of far-right oligarchs like Musk. Common Dreams is playing a vital role by reporting day and night on this orgy of corruption and greed, as well as what everyday people can do to organize and fight back. As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover issues the corporate media never will, but we can only continue with our readers’ support. |
Thugs 'R Us. Getty Image
The thugs have gone home - shamefully, mostly unmolested - while the country sifts through the rubble. Many remain stunned by the racism and incompetence of Capitol police who sat back and did nothing - "It's like watching a real-life horror movie - we train and plan and budget every day, basically, to have this not happen" - amidst firings, resignations and calls for investigations. Videos of rampaging yahoos surface: Unruly crowds chasing a black officer; entitled neo-Nazis hurling f-bombs around the People's House; the Arkansas guy who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk and took a letter from it - and, it seems, earlier got a PPP loan from the government he was rioting against - bragging, "I put a quarter on her desk, even though she ain't fucking worth it, and left her a note that says 'Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch.'" Pelosi herself focused on the madman who poked and prodded and incited it all, calling for Trump's removal and declaring, "This man is deadly, to our democracy and our people." Unsurprisingly, he kept proving it: As the mobs surged, he was still railing: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots." On Thursday, reports surfaced he had "lost it," was "out of his mind," was "unstable, ranting and raving" and "bent on destruction in his final days." Meanwhile, as far as anyone knew, the guy deemed too dangerous to be allowed on social media still had the nuclear codes.
Taking a stand. New social media star Adam Johnson of Florida hauls off Pelosi's lectern. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Image
Class act: "Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch."
New Jersey's Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, first-generation American, son of Korean immigrants and Rhodes Scholar, helps clean up the Capitol. Twitter photo
D.C. residents say good riddance to the Trump mob. https://t.co/qVecWVu0Wk pic.twitter.com/sp4oPBmt9w
-- Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 7, 2021
Thugs 'R Us. Getty Image
The thugs have gone home - shamefully, mostly unmolested - while the country sifts through the rubble. Many remain stunned by the racism and incompetence of Capitol police who sat back and did nothing - "It's like watching a real-life horror movie - we train and plan and budget every day, basically, to have this not happen" - amidst firings, resignations and calls for investigations. Videos of rampaging yahoos surface: Unruly crowds chasing a black officer; entitled neo-Nazis hurling f-bombs around the People's House; the Arkansas guy who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk and took a letter from it - and, it seems, earlier got a PPP loan from the government he was rioting against - bragging, "I put a quarter on her desk, even though she ain't fucking worth it, and left her a note that says 'Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch.'" Pelosi herself focused on the madman who poked and prodded and incited it all, calling for Trump's removal and declaring, "This man is deadly, to our democracy and our people." Unsurprisingly, he kept proving it: As the mobs surged, he was still railing: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots." On Thursday, reports surfaced he had "lost it," was "out of his mind," was "unstable, ranting and raving" and "bent on destruction in his final days." Meanwhile, as far as anyone knew, the guy deemed too dangerous to be allowed on social media still had the nuclear codes.
Taking a stand. New social media star Adam Johnson of Florida hauls off Pelosi's lectern. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Image
Class act: "Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch."
New Jersey's Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, first-generation American, son of Korean immigrants and Rhodes Scholar, helps clean up the Capitol. Twitter photo
D.C. residents say good riddance to the Trump mob. https://t.co/qVecWVu0Wk pic.twitter.com/sp4oPBmt9w
-- Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 7, 2021