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Pompeo says “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”
What a joke. RNC announced layoff to their staff only a week after the election. Many are trying to find other jobs just as COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly. What a mess.
“There will be riots if these jokers continue to push this lie ...”
Yep - I believe that’s what he wants. An excuse to send in well armed Marines to “restore order.” As far as Trump / Biden “supporters”, Mr. Putin, or anyone else, would have no trouble infiltrating / pretending to be one side or the other in order to instigate violence. As long as Trump’s falsely predicated rhetoric continues, this situation can only worsen. So much for the oath - “to preserve protect and defend”.
From today’s WP - “When darkness fell, the counterprotesters triggered more mayhem as they harassed Trump’s advocates, stealing red hats and flags and lighting them on fire. Scuffles continued into the night as the provocateurs overturned the tables of vendors who had been selling pro-Trump gear and set off dozens of fireworks, prompting police to pepper-spray them.
“At 8 p.m., violence broke out five blocks east of the White House between the president’s supporters, who wielded batons, and his black-clad detractors, many of whom had participated in racial justice rallies throughout the summer. As the groups approached the same intersection, they charged each other, brawling for several minutes before police arrived and cleared the area. In the melee, a D.C. fire official said, a man in his 20s was stabbed in the back and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.”WP LINK
Currently viewing a pretty decent presentation of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony’s funeral oration, while far removed from our circumstances, strikes me as a poignant illustration of how a revengeful and unscrupulous mind armed with a large public following and acting under duress might proceed under similarlly distressed circumstances:
“Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ...
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth ...“
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From today’s WP - “When darkness fell, the counterprotesters triggered more mayhem as they harassed Trump’s advocates, stealing red hats and flags and lighting them on fire. Scuffles continued into the night as the provocateurs overturned the tables of vendors who had been selling pro-Trump gear and set off dozens of fireworks, prompting police to pepper-spray them.
“At 8 p.m., violence broke out five blocks east of the White House between the president’s supporters, who wielded batons, and his black-clad detractors, many of whom had participated in racial justice rallies throughout the summer. As the groups approached the same intersection, they charged each other, brawling for several minutes before police arrived and cleared the area.
In the melee, a D.C. fire official said, a man in his 20s was stabbed in the back and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.” WP LINK
Currently viewing a pretty decent presentation of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony’s funeral oration, while far removed from our circumstances, strikes me as a poignant illustration of how a revengeful and unscrupulous mind armed with a large public following and acting under duress might proceed under similarlly distressed circumstances:
“Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ...
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth ...“