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January 9, 2021
DoD is referring to Wednesday's pro-Trump riot as "the January 6, 2021 1st Amendment Protests."
https://twitter.com/navybook/status/1347908922292768771
Bradley Peniston @navybook
Fascinatingly, the Defense Department is referring to Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot as “the January 6, 2021 1st Amendment Protests.”
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/08/2002562063/-1/-1/1/PLANNING-AND-EXECUTION-TIMELINE-FOR-THE-NATIONAL-GUARDS-INVOLVEMENT-IN-THE-JANUARY-6-2021-FIRST-AMENDMENT-PROTESTS-IN-WASHINGTON-DC.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2LvVfsPL8by9V7cgl2tq-y7nSi4RIKj8Bn5l7QcG9UmlNrVJKn5N7N_bU
9:11 AM · Jan 9, 2021
Bradley Peniston @navybook
Fascinatingly, the Defense Department is referring to Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot as “the January 6, 2021 1st Amendment Protests.”
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/08/2002562063/-1/-1/1/PLANNING-AND-EXECUTION-TIMELINE-FOR-THE-NATIONAL-GUARDS-INVOLVEMENT-IN-THE-JANUARY-6-2021-FIRST-AMENDMENT-PROTESTS-IN-WASHINGTON-DC.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2LvVfsPL8by9V7cgl2tq-y7nSi4RIKj8Bn5l7QcG9UmlNrVJKn5N7N_bU
9:11 AM · Jan 9, 2021
January 9, 2021
"Ma'am, we've got to go." Pelosi Staffer Keith Stern on the Breach of the Capitol
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/18/as-told-to-the-pelosi-staffer-keith-stern-on-the-breach-of-the-capitol
When one of the sergeant-at-arms staffers on the floor of the House of Representatives said that people were starting to move toward the Capitol, we didn’t think much of it. We’ve had plenty of protests. But then you started seeing more worry. You could feel the energy. It wasn’t the tone, it was the face. Next they said, “They’ve breached a wall, but everything’s fine.” Then there was another breach over here, a breach over there. It just kept cascading. That was when we started hearing, “Do we have to bring the Speaker down from the rostrum?”
-snip-
As the notices came in, I found my old boss, Congressman Jim McGovern, from Massachusetts. I said, “Hey, we might need you up in the chair, just hold tight.” He’s the chairman of the Rules Committee. He knows that sometimes the Speaker just needs a break.
All of a sudden, it hit. They say, “We need to bring the Speaker down.” I asked to not do this so fast that it’s chaotic. Let’s make it look normal. She was not expecting to come down. I said, “Ma’am, we’ve got to go.” We put Mr. McGovern up, she went out the doors, and she was out of my sight. The Majority Leader, the Majority Whip, and the Minority Whip, they were pulled out, too. That was when it really hit people.
-snip-
Capitol police said, “They’re coming. They’re inside the building.” They told us to pull out escape hoods—the gas masks. They started pointing: “Lock that door, lock that door!” We helped the police move a couple of old, credenza-type bookshelves into place in front of the doors. We become a hermetically sealed room. You’re not supposed to be able to get in. Well, at some point you start hearing: Bang! A couple of members were there. They were going to protect our colleagues, protect our friends, and protect the chamber.
Capitol police decided we’re evacuating. They opened one of the doors into the Speaker’s lobby and started pushing people out. But up in the gallery there’s no easy way out. It’s literally like an obstacle course. I’m pointing and yelling, “Go, go, go! That way! Get through!” The banging on the front door is intensifying. It sounded violent. All of a sudden you hear a crack. It sounded like a gunshot. The police had their guns out. And I just sprinted out of the chamber.
-/snip-
When one of the sergeant-at-arms staffers on the floor of the House of Representatives said that people were starting to move toward the Capitol, we didn’t think much of it. We’ve had plenty of protests. But then you started seeing more worry. You could feel the energy. It wasn’t the tone, it was the face. Next they said, “They’ve breached a wall, but everything’s fine.” Then there was another breach over here, a breach over there. It just kept cascading. That was when we started hearing, “Do we have to bring the Speaker down from the rostrum?”
-snip-
As the notices came in, I found my old boss, Congressman Jim McGovern, from Massachusetts. I said, “Hey, we might need you up in the chair, just hold tight.” He’s the chairman of the Rules Committee. He knows that sometimes the Speaker just needs a break.
All of a sudden, it hit. They say, “We need to bring the Speaker down.” I asked to not do this so fast that it’s chaotic. Let’s make it look normal. She was not expecting to come down. I said, “Ma’am, we’ve got to go.” We put Mr. McGovern up, she went out the doors, and she was out of my sight. The Majority Leader, the Majority Whip, and the Minority Whip, they were pulled out, too. That was when it really hit people.
-snip-
Capitol police said, “They’re coming. They’re inside the building.” They told us to pull out escape hoods—the gas masks. They started pointing: “Lock that door, lock that door!” We helped the police move a couple of old, credenza-type bookshelves into place in front of the doors. We become a hermetically sealed room. You’re not supposed to be able to get in. Well, at some point you start hearing: Bang! A couple of members were there. They were going to protect our colleagues, protect our friends, and protect the chamber.
Capitol police decided we’re evacuating. They opened one of the doors into the Speaker’s lobby and started pushing people out. But up in the gallery there’s no easy way out. It’s literally like an obstacle course. I’m pointing and yelling, “Go, go, go! That way! Get through!” The banging on the front door is intensifying. It sounded violent. All of a sudden you hear a crack. It sounded like a gunshot. The police had their guns out. And I just sprinted out of the chamber.
-/snip-
January 9, 2021
Police arrest Florida man caught on camera carrying Pelosi's lectern during Capitol riot
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article248390100.html
BY JESSICA DE LEON
JANUARY 09, 2021 07:20 AM, UPDATED 8 MINUTES AGO
Protesters enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., and one is carrying the lectern bearing the seal of the Speaker of the House. As this photo captured by chief Getty Images photographer Win McNamee quickly circulated on social media., many residents in Florida’s Manatee County identified the man as Adam Christian Johnson, 36, from Parrish. WIN MCNAMEE GETTY IMAGES
BRADENTON
Parrish resident Adam Christian Johnson, the man captured in viral photo carrying Speak Nancy Pelosi’s lectern from House chambers during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, has been arrested.
Johnson, 36, was booked into the Pinellas County jail on Friday night. According to jail records, he is being held is being held on a federal warrant.
The FBI was searching for Johnson, who was quickly identified on social media by local residents in the viral of him carrying the lectern during the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Before being deleted or taken down, Johnson’s social media accounts had posts that he was Washington, D.C., ahead of the riots and included disparaging comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and law enforcement who defended First Amendment protect rights.
-/snip-
BY JESSICA DE LEON
JANUARY 09, 2021 07:20 AM, UPDATED 8 MINUTES AGO
Protesters enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., and one is carrying the lectern bearing the seal of the Speaker of the House. As this photo captured by chief Getty Images photographer Win McNamee quickly circulated on social media., many residents in Florida’s Manatee County identified the man as Adam Christian Johnson, 36, from Parrish. WIN MCNAMEE GETTY IMAGES
BRADENTON
Parrish resident Adam Christian Johnson, the man captured in viral photo carrying Speak Nancy Pelosi’s lectern from House chambers during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, has been arrested.
Johnson, 36, was booked into the Pinellas County jail on Friday night. According to jail records, he is being held is being held on a federal warrant.
The FBI was searching for Johnson, who was quickly identified on social media by local residents in the viral of him carrying the lectern during the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Before being deleted or taken down, Johnson’s social media accounts had posts that he was Washington, D.C., ahead of the riots and included disparaging comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and law enforcement who defended First Amendment protect rights.
-/snip-
January 9, 2021
Not a 737 Max - this would be an older 737 model.
Indonesia: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 passenger plane missing after take-off (not a 737 Max)
https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/09/indonesia-boeing-737-plane-loses-contact-after-takeoff-transport-ministry
By Euronews with AFP, AP • last updated: 09/01/2021 - 13:06
This radar image shows the flight path of Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 before it dropped off radar, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021.
Air traffic control in Indonesia lost contact with a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 passenger plane with 62 onboard shortly after it took off from Jakarta on Saturday, the Ministry of Transport has said.
The domestic flight took off from the capital at 13:56 (7:56 CET) local time heading for Pontianak on the island of Borneo, government spokesman Adita Irawati said.
It went missing shortly after 14:40 (8:40 CET).
Flight tracker website FlightRadar24 showed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 disappear from radars shortly after takeoff, losing more than 3km of altitude in under a minute.
A statement released by the airline said the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight with 56 passengers and six crew members on board.
-/snip-
By Euronews with AFP, AP • last updated: 09/01/2021 - 13:06
This radar image shows the flight path of Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 before it dropped off radar, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021.
Air traffic control in Indonesia lost contact with a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 passenger plane with 62 onboard shortly after it took off from Jakarta on Saturday, the Ministry of Transport has said.
The domestic flight took off from the capital at 13:56 (7:56 CET) local time heading for Pontianak on the island of Borneo, government spokesman Adita Irawati said.
It went missing shortly after 14:40 (8:40 CET).
Flight tracker website FlightRadar24 showed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 disappear from radars shortly after takeoff, losing more than 3km of altitude in under a minute.
A statement released by the airline said the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight with 56 passengers and six crew members on board.
-/snip-
Not a 737 Max - this would be an older 737 model.
January 9, 2021
There's a serious, deep-seated rot in law enforcement.
2 LEOs in Seattle under investigation for reportedly being in D.C. during the Capitol attack
https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1347784009695207425
Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker
2 police officers in Seattle are under investigation for reportedly being in D.C. during the Capitol attack.
"If any SPD officers were directly involved in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I will immediately terminate them," the police chief says.
12:55 AM · Jan 9, 2021
Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker
2 police officers in Seattle are under investigation for reportedly being in D.C. during the Capitol attack.
"If any SPD officers were directly involved in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I will immediately terminate them," the police chief says.
12:55 AM · Jan 9, 2021
There's a serious, deep-seated rot in law enforcement.
January 9, 2021
Extremists intensify calls for violence ahead of Inauguration Day
Source: CNN
By Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein and Bob Ortega, CNN
Updated 9:28 PM ET, Fri January 8, 2021
(CNN)"Trump or war. Today. That simple."
"If you don't know how to shoot: You need to learn. NOW."
"we will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand a recount."
In the weeks, days and hours ahead of Wednesday's siege on the Capitol by President Donald Trump's zealous supporters, the warning signs were clear: online posts from hate groups and right-wing provocateurs agitating for civil war, the deaths of top lawmakers and attacks on law enforcement.
And now, as the dust settles and the country struggles to make sense of the violence that left five dead -- including an officer with the US Capitol Police -- experts warn that the calls for violence have only intensified ahead of Inauguration Day, when President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as commander in chief.
"We are seeing ... chatter from these white supremacists, from these far-right extremists -- they feel emboldened in this moment," said Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks and counters hate. "We fully expect that this violence could actually get worse before it gets better."
-/snip-
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/us/online-extremism-inauguration-capitol-invs/index.html
January 9, 2021
This was more than Q nuts and cosplaying goobers. This involved ex-military and LEOs. This is dangerous AF...
An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate (Ronan Farrow)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-air-force-combat-veteran-breached-the-senate
By Ronan Farrow
January 9, 2021
The retired Air Force officer Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., wearing a combat helmet, in the Senate chamber.Photograph by Win McNamee / Getty
As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building. Carrying zip-tie handcuffs, he was captured in photographs and videos on the Senate floor and with a group that descended on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite. In a video shot by ITV News, he is seen standing against a wall adjacent to Pelosi’s office, his face covered by a bandana. At another point, he appears to exit the suite, face exposed, pushing his way through the crowds of demonstrators.
A day after the riots, John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, notified the F.B.I. that he suspected the man was retired Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., a Texas-based Air Force Academy graduate and combat veteran. Scott-Railton had been trying to identify various people involved in the attack. “I used a number of techniques to hone in on his identity, including facial recognition and image enhancement, as well as seeking contextual clues from his military paraphernalia,” Scott-Railton told me. Brock was wearing several patches on his combat helmet and body armor, including one bearing a yellow fleur de lis, the insignia of the 706th Fighter Squadron. He also wore several symbols suggesting that he lived in Texas, including a vinyl tag of the Texas flag overlaid on the skull logo of the Punisher, the Marvel comic-book character. The Punisher has been adopted by police and Army groups and, more recently, by white supremacists and followers of QAnon. Scott-Railton also found a recently deleted Twitter account associated with Brock, with a Crusader as its avatar. “All those things together, it’s like looking at a person’s C.V.,” Scott-Railton said.
Two family members and a longtime friend said that Brock’s political views had grown increasingly radical in recent years. Bill Leake, who flew with Brock in the Air Force for a decade, said that he had distanced himself from Brock. “I don’t contact him anymore ’cause he’s gotten extreme,” Leake told me. In recent years, Brock had become an increasingly committed supporter of Donald Trump, frequently wearing a Make America Great Again hat. In the days leading up to the siege of the Capitol, Brock had posted to social media about his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in Trump’s “Save America” rally. Brock’s family members said that he called himself a patriot, and that his expressions of that identity had become increasingly strident. One recalled “weird rage talk, basically, saying he’s willing to get in trouble to defend what he thinks is right, which is Trump being the President, I guess.” Both family members said that Brock had made racist remarks in their presence and that they believed white-supremacist views may have contributed to his motivations.
In an interview, Brock confirmed that he was the man in the photos and videos. He denied that he held racist views and echoed Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, saying that he derived his understanding of the matter principally from social media. He told me that he had gone to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate peacefully. “The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important, because of how much I love this country, to actually be there,” he said. Brock added that he did not identify as part of any organized group and claimed that, despite the scenes of destruction that day, he had seen no violence. When he arrived at the Capitol, he said, he assumed he was welcome to enter the building.
-/snip-
By Ronan Farrow
January 9, 2021
The retired Air Force officer Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., wearing a combat helmet, in the Senate chamber.Photograph by Win McNamee / Getty
As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building. Carrying zip-tie handcuffs, he was captured in photographs and videos on the Senate floor and with a group that descended on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite. In a video shot by ITV News, he is seen standing against a wall adjacent to Pelosi’s office, his face covered by a bandana. At another point, he appears to exit the suite, face exposed, pushing his way through the crowds of demonstrators.
A day after the riots, John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, notified the F.B.I. that he suspected the man was retired Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rendall Brock, Jr., a Texas-based Air Force Academy graduate and combat veteran. Scott-Railton had been trying to identify various people involved in the attack. “I used a number of techniques to hone in on his identity, including facial recognition and image enhancement, as well as seeking contextual clues from his military paraphernalia,” Scott-Railton told me. Brock was wearing several patches on his combat helmet and body armor, including one bearing a yellow fleur de lis, the insignia of the 706th Fighter Squadron. He also wore several symbols suggesting that he lived in Texas, including a vinyl tag of the Texas flag overlaid on the skull logo of the Punisher, the Marvel comic-book character. The Punisher has been adopted by police and Army groups and, more recently, by white supremacists and followers of QAnon. Scott-Railton also found a recently deleted Twitter account associated with Brock, with a Crusader as its avatar. “All those things together, it’s like looking at a person’s C.V.,” Scott-Railton said.
Two family members and a longtime friend said that Brock’s political views had grown increasingly radical in recent years. Bill Leake, who flew with Brock in the Air Force for a decade, said that he had distanced himself from Brock. “I don’t contact him anymore ’cause he’s gotten extreme,” Leake told me. In recent years, Brock had become an increasingly committed supporter of Donald Trump, frequently wearing a Make America Great Again hat. In the days leading up to the siege of the Capitol, Brock had posted to social media about his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in Trump’s “Save America” rally. Brock’s family members said that he called himself a patriot, and that his expressions of that identity had become increasingly strident. One recalled “weird rage talk, basically, saying he’s willing to get in trouble to defend what he thinks is right, which is Trump being the President, I guess.” Both family members said that Brock had made racist remarks in their presence and that they believed white-supremacist views may have contributed to his motivations.
In an interview, Brock confirmed that he was the man in the photos and videos. He denied that he held racist views and echoed Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, saying that he derived his understanding of the matter principally from social media. He told me that he had gone to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate peacefully. “The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important, because of how much I love this country, to actually be there,” he said. Brock added that he did not identify as part of any organized group and claimed that, despite the scenes of destruction that day, he had seen no violence. When he arrived at the Capitol, he said, he assumed he was welcome to enter the building.
-/snip-
This was more than Q nuts and cosplaying goobers. This involved ex-military and LEOs. This is dangerous AF...
January 9, 2021
Please please please please please pretty-please, CDR Kelly??? 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Is Astronaut Scott Kelly mulling a run for the US Senate in TX?
https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/1347757679532339201
Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly
Hmm...maybe.
11:10 PM · Jan 8, 2021
Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly
Hmm...maybe.
Kyle Hause @KHause1224
Replying to @StationCDRKelly
Can you please run for senate against Ted Cruz?
11:10 PM · Jan 8, 2021
Please please please please please pretty-please, CDR Kelly??? 🤞🤞🤞🤞
January 9, 2021
"A sad and chilling week ends. I have seen others in our nation's history. Nothing like this."
https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1347763894996013058
Dan Rather @DanRather
A sad and chilling week ends. I have seen others in our nation’s history. Nothing like this. Deep dangers remain. Not least a deadly virus on the rise. I will not let seditious thugs or their inciters define my nation. We must cultivate hope while demanding justice.
11:35 PM · Jan 8, 2021
Dan Rather @DanRather
A sad and chilling week ends. I have seen others in our nation’s history. Nothing like this. Deep dangers remain. Not least a deadly virus on the rise. I will not let seditious thugs or their inciters define my nation. We must cultivate hope while demanding justice.
11:35 PM · Jan 8, 2021
January 9, 2021
Pelosi just now: He's deranged, unhinged and dangerous. He must go.
https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/1347711676464902144
Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi
He’s deranged, unhinged and dangerous. He must go.
8:07 PM · Jan 8, 2021
Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi
He’s deranged, unhinged and dangerous. He must go.
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Speaker Pelosi to '60 Minutes': "Sadly, the person that's running the Executive Branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States ... He has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him."
8:07 PM · Jan 8, 2021
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