I simply was wrong when I said Pence would use the 25th Amendment to oust Trump. Instead, the coup has simply decided to deal with Trump the way that they deal with the Constitution: they are ignoring him when it ceases to be convenient to do so.
Now his email provider has cut him off. They have simply isolated him. A sitting President being ignored and cut off. How is that NOT a coup? and it was being egged on by the Obamas.
There are quite a few Republicans who have been screaming that the events that occurred in the Capitol on January 6 were out of bounds and are only going to serve to give the Democrats a reason to pass draconian restrictions against the right.
We are now being censored and shut out.
But Canadians are chartering private jets so they can fly to Florida for the COVID vaccine.
On Monday, the Democrats announced that the National Guard would be securing DC in anticipation of the Trump rally. I posted about it, and reader Stuart said:
Don’t get all hysterical. They are to help with traffic flow.
Then the Capitol invasion happened. All of a sudden, the National Guard presence was expanded to 7 states and territories (Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, DC, and Virginia) in Brigade strength. A reinforced battalion will be on Capitol Hill.
Then word came that the NG deployment would be for at least 31 days.
A source with first-hand knowledge of the situation told Military Times that at least some D.C. and Maryland Guard troops were receiving 31-day Title 32 orders, which allow the troops to enjoy full benefits such as health insurance and housing allowance. The source requested anonymity because of not being authorized to speak with media. During a Thursday evening teleconference, McCarthy confirmed that all 6,200 troops are “on a minimum of a 30-day deployment” on Title 32 orders.
Now it is coming out that they will be armed with firearms.
This is my shocked face. So what comes next? Now the guard is being mobilized in other states to assist with distributing COVID vaccines- more than 20,000 so far.
There are 450,000 troops in the National Guard.
Trump has seen his online store deplatformed so he can no longer sell merchandise. His business allies are running scared. His cabinet is resigning and running. The powers that be are freely talking about removing him from office, including prohibiting him from holding any office. and then charging him with felony murder for the death of the woman killed by police.
I warned a month ago that we were approaching the crisis phase, and that once this phase began, things would collapse with blinding speed, perhaps only weeks.
Violence is considered a means to achieving the goal of centralized power. There is not even a pretense of due process or respect for free speech. Yes, there are pretexts given for eliminating perceived enemies, excuses that have the perpetrators projecting their own intentions upon their victims, but the accusations are merely for show.
Trump needs to consider getting himself and his family out. They are going to silence him, even if that means his death. Even now, they are going after anyone who supports Trump. This poor firefighter is going to be cancelled because he was there in DC. Congress is seeking to remove members who supported Trump.
Washington DC is under military control for at least the next 30 days.
Things are going to get bumpy.
With news of today’s excitement in the Capitol comes word that the Washington, DC National Guard has been fully activated and is being reinforced with members of the Maryland and Virginia National Guard. New York has also sent over 1,000 armed troops.
.Because the Washington, DC area is a Federal District, the General in charge of the unit answers only to the President of the United States. This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President. Any orders given to the Commanding General of the Washington, DC National Guard by any other entity or individual are not lawful orders. Why is that important?
The DC City Council released a statement earlier in the day, saying the Department of Defense initially denied the Mayor’s request for troops to be sent to the Capitol. “We were appalled that this fundamental request was denied,” the statement said.
According to Politico, the reason the DOD initially denied Bowser’s request was because “the original agreement stipulated that Guardsmen would not be in contact with civilians in order to avoid politicizing the military.”
President Trump sent out a tweet at 3:13pm.
At 3:30 pm, Vice President Pence ordered the activation of the DC National Guard. The Vice President is nowhere in the military chain of command, and as I pointed out, doesn’t have the power to order the DC national guard to do anything.
In a minute-long video posted to Twitter shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Trump repeated allegations about the election and addressed the protesters, asking them to “go home in peace.” Twitter deleted the post, suspended the President’s account, and some reports are out there that his Twitter account is permanently shut down. His Facebook account is also suspended.
Republicans are quickly abandoning the President. Rep. David Cicilline, D-RI, said Congress should impeach and convict President Trump for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol when the meet again on Thursday the 7th.
Now that the entire Capitol city is under martial law that is being enforced by over 3,000 armed troops, the Senate has reconvened. They are meeting in a “Secure location” as of 8:00 pm, to continue the voting for Joe Biden.
It is my belief that the only way that Pence could have lawfully given the orders to the Washington, DC National Guard is if he was the acting President. I am forwarding a hypothesis that the Vice-President polled the cabinet at some point between 3:13 and 3:30 pm today and declared the President to be incompetent under the 25th Amendment, making Pence the acting President. I also believe that Congress is going to impeach and remove the President from office some time within the next 48 hours.
Donald Trump is, in my opinion, no longer the President of the United States. If this turns out to be true, the coup is complete.
Apple maps are refusing to give directions to the DC area ahead of the pro-Trump protests.
Do not depend on technology to help you in the troubles that are coming. Make sure that you have a GPS that is not reliant on a cell phone, and maybe some paper maps of your AO and a compass as a backup.
The mayor of Washington, DC is deploying the national guard in response to the rally for President Trump on January 6. The generals opposed deploying troops in response to actual violence.
