"Extraordinary security measures are being taken in Washington, D.C., and across the country ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.
With the potential threat of more violence this weekend, businesses in D.C. are boarding up, the National Mall is shut down and the Pentagon has authorized 25,000 troops for the inauguration.
A stepped up security presence is also assembling at state capitols nationwide. The FBI has warned of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitols.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new intelligence briefing that domestic extremists pose the highest threat to Biden's inauguration, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Some extremists are motivated by the belief that Mr. Biden would be an illegitimate president, according to the bulletin.
It also mentions foreign adversaries amplifying disinformation in the run up to the January 20 inauguration and after the Capitol riots.
The bulletin warns of violence against federal buildings, and according to one official, it says there are "continued opportunities for violence targeting public officials, government buildings, and federal and local law enforcement."
The Homeland Security bulletin was issued on Thursday, the same day that FBI Director Chris Wray said the agency is tracking an "extensive amount of concerning online chatter."
Mr. Biden said Friday he felt safe about the inauguration. "
"Extraordinary security measures are being taken in Washington, D.C., and across the country ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.
With the potential threat of more violence this weekend, businesses in D.C. are boarding up, the National Mall is shut down and the Pentagon has authorized 25,000 troops for the inauguration.
A stepped up security presence is also assembling at state capitols nationwide. The FBI has warned of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitols.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new intelligence briefing that domestic extremists pose the highest threat to Biden's inauguration, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Some extremists are motivated by the belief that Mr. Biden would be an illegitimate president, according to the bulletin.
It also mentions foreign adversaries amplifying disinformation in the run up to the January 20 inauguration and after the Capitol riots.
The bulletin warns of violence against federal buildings, and according to one official, it says there are "continued opportunities for violence targeting public officials, government buildings, and federal and local law enforcement."
The Homeland Security bulletin was issued on Thursday, the same day that FBI Director Chris Wray said the agency is tracking an "extensive amount of concerning online chatter."
Mr. Biden said Friday he felt safe about the inauguration. "
Should we, mere civilians, take from this that government officials and politicians’ lives are more valuable than ours? Seattle and Oregon suffered for months, looting and violence with no federal government protection. But now, we have more troops accessed for this than are serving in the Middle East? Yes, the riots at the Capitol were wrong, reckless and some of those people should be arrested. But the violence and unrest that went on in Oregon and Seattle was dismissed as “peaceful protests?”
This hypocrisy is scary and dangerous for us. What happened to “defund the police”? Oh, that’s just for us peasants, I guess.
Quote:Seattle and Oregon suffered for months, looting and violence with no federal government protection.
I don't know what you're talking about. I live in Oregon and there were police troops at the protests every night. There were barricades and curfews and tear gas and arrests made. There were distinctions made between the peaceful protesters and the anarchist rioters too. The occupied area in Seattle was soon dismantled by police and cleaned up. Whatever you are whining about didn't happen like you said. I think you're just parroting a rightwing talking point to deflect from the current terrorist threat at hand. It's a clear case of whataboutism, as if what BLM did justifies the MAGA terrorist threat.
Quote:Seattle and Oregon suffered for months, looting and violence with no federal government protection.
I don't know what you're talking about. I live in Oregon and there were police troops at the protests every night. There were barricades and curfews and tear gas and arrests made. There were distinctions made between the peaceful protesters and the anarchist rioters too.
Yeah, but we all know you're a shut-in, so you miss a lot. Do you even live in Portland? Anywhere near the rioting? No? Just talking out of your leftist media spoon-fed ass, huh?
Maybe you even missed rioters trying to torch the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, you know, a federal government building...just like the US Capitol building.
Quote:The occupied area in Seattle was soon dismantled by police and cleaned up. Whatever you are whining about didn't happen like you said. I think you're just parroting a rightwing talking point to deflect from the current terrorist threat at hand. It's a clear case of whataboutism, as if what BLM did justifies the MAGA terrorist threat.
The CHAZ/CHOP lasted almost a month. That's not "soon dismantled".
You're a typical leftist, kept completely ignorant to what's actually happening in the world. And in your case, it seems like willful ignorance.
Quote:Yeah, but we all know you're a shut-in, so you miss a lot.
With 24 hour live news coverage from the 4 local TV stations there's not a whole lot that is missed.
Quote:Why Portland Police Stand By Passively When Leftists Riot
LOL Your own article cited the reason some take to be Portland's tepid response to the rioting:
"I've been asked, 'Well, why isn't that you can't handle these events like New York does or how Boston or Chicago would do,'" she said. "The obvious answer is, we don't have the thousands of officers that those agencies do."
Quote:The CHAZ/CHOP lasted almost a month. That's not "soon dismantled".
Pretty soon compared to most occupations.
Quote:You're a typical leftist, kept completely ignorant to what's actually happening in the world. And in your case, it seems like willful ignorance.
Liar. What's actually happening in the world is as far as a click on a computer these days. I keep well-informed everyday with a perusal of my Facebook newsfeed. That and an all day spin on my CNN news cycle.
LOL Your own article cited the reason some take to be Portland's tepid response to the rioting:
"I've been asked, 'Well, why isn't that you can't handle these events like New York does or how Boston or Chicago would do,'" she said. "The obvious answer is, we don't have the thousands of officers that those agencies do."
Complete cop-out, as they never did more than half-measures to discourage rioting.
Curfews are not meant to calm anyone, and they only work if enforced. Arresting only 50 people a night and refusing to call in the national guard telegraphs to rioters that you're not serious about stopping them. And protests are still going on, again, according to local news:
Quote:The CHAZ/CHOP lasted almost a month. That's not "soon dismantled".
Pretty soon compared to most occupations.
Compared to what? The Capitol breach that only lasted 6 hours?
Or are you seriously trying to compare it to actually military occupations of whole countries? o_O
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Quote:You're a typical leftist, kept completely ignorant to what's actually happening in the world. And in your case, it seems like willful ignorance.
Liar. What's actually happening in the world is as far as a click on a computer these days. I keep well-informed everyday with a perusal of my Facebook newsfeed. That and an all day spin on my CNN news cycle.
See, you don't even recognize your leftist bubble. You actually think your curated Facebook feed and CNN don't have a wildly leftist bias. Those sources treat you like mushrooms...they keep you in the dark and feed you shit all day. That demonstrates that you're completely out of touch with reality. You know, that and all the local news you seem to have missed.
It's a hoot to watch your knee-jerk "lair" and then completely affirm what I said. We can literally see you trying to quell the cognitive dissonance.
(Jan 16, 2021 10:09 PM)Leigha Wrote: Seattle and Oregon suffered for months, looting and violence with no federal government protection.
To be fair, the federal government can only send troops into a state with that state's permission. They could only send people to protect a federal courthouse, and DC is 100% federal.
But I agree with you that the response in DC seems extreme and self-serving.
"The grand spectacle of a US Armed Forces Farewell is a custom dating back to the end of Ronald Reagan’s presidential term in 1989, when he famously thanked the military “on behalf of all America”.
Since then, each commander-in-chief has been given a similar tribute as they leave office.
But in a major break with tradition, President Donald Trump will receive no such honour when his term ends this week.
US defence and national security website Defense One broke the news there will be no grand military spectacle, no 21-gun salute for the 45th president of the US, as his request was rejected by the Pentagon.
“Two senior defence officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday [January 14] that no military farewell is being planned for the commander in chief,” the website wrote.
In a January 16 letter from Congresswoman Jackson Lee and several colleagues to senior Pentagon officials, Ms Lee reinforced their “strong objection” that any resources be diverted towards “a disruptive departure ceremony”.
It wasn’t clear where the military parade would have taken place – at the White House, the Joint Base Andrews or in Palm Beach.
What is certain is that Mr Trump’s term officially ends at midday on January 20 – a time that multiple media reports suggest he will most likely be at his Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida, or playing golf."
Probably going to watch inauguration today, first time ever witnessing this ceremony. But for me watching this is like going to watch NASCAR to see a spectacular crash.
Jan 16, 2021 09:19 PM
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