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I’m in some level of shock at the attempted insurrection in Washington this week.

Clearly, Trump’s goal was to have the rioters seize the boxes containing the state reports of electoral votes, thus preventing the process of ordaining President-Elect Biden from reaching it’s conclusion. That goal failed when alert Congressmen grabbed the boxes and carried them to safety before the rioters could achieve entry to the chambers. That also explains the rifling of desks — the insurgents couldn’t find what they wanted.

In doing that, Trump violated his oath of office and should be impeached and perhaps charged with treason. In fact, he will fly to Florida before the inauguration to avoid arrest by police on behalf of the State of New York when his term as president ends. The governor of Florida has sworn to prevent extradition to New York. That’s why Trump won’t be at the Inauguration. He’s…

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Time Slithers By

Unlocking The Hidden Me

#poetry

Hold on for a while and catch a little breath

Let your effervescence not restrained

From getting entwined with the moment

Do perceive and reflect

As much as you can

Soak the warmth of the sun

Feel the texture of the sand

Go lost in the colors of the sky

The prized laughter of your beings

Just take a moment to cherish

As the time is slithering and will soon perish

Don’t await for tomorrow to relish

The essence once gone never replenish

Don’t tie up your inner butterflies

Let them flutter

For if you save them for later

Nothing will you ever cater

Man never settles until their doom

With those twinkling eye drops

Smiling and laughing you can only reminisce

You can’t perceive and live them again

Neither will you be the same

Neither will be those who loved you so

You will see a long…

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Extremists at Pro-Trump DC riot are splintered but have plans – Los Angeles Times (Cool-aid flowing like a riotous river)

At the same time, insurrectionists posting on Parler and other social media seemed torn about whether to champion their sacking of the Capitol or blame it on antifa, one in a string of conspiracy theories the movement has embraced. Some adherents depicted Ashli Babbitt, the San Diego woman killed in the melee, as martyr for the cause. Others suggested she was an antifa plant — and claimed that no Trump supporters were involved in the ransacking.

One image shows Colt, the Idaho man who got into the Senate chamber, raising his fist — which some Trump supporters describe as a leftist gesture.

Colt, who describes himself online as a digital-marketing director at Funnel Craft, a Boise internet advertising company, who likes skydiving, guns, food and family, did not respond to emails or calls.

Brian Brooks, who described himself as having attended high school with Colt in a social media post, wrote that Colt was “not some double-agent antifa person, like many are suggesting. He’s just a guy radicalized slowly by four years of lies, propaganda, dog whistles, gaslighting and conspiracy theories.”

Source: Extremists at Pro-Trump DC riot are splintered but have plans – Los Angeles Times

Jumblat Advises Hariri to Quit Govt Formation

Old men and old factions cannot come to terms with the need for real change and that their day is done. W140

Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat called on PM-designate Saad Hariri to call off the government formation efforts, describing as “futile” any future meeting between President Michel Aoun and Hariri at Bkirki.

Lebanon Records 5,440 Covid-19 Cases in One Day — Naharnet

Lebanon on Friday reported 5,440 fresh coronavirus cases, a new record high of daily infections for the small country, which registered 4,774 cases on Thursday.

The harrowing tally comes on the second day of a 25-day lockdown aimed at reining in a major spike in virus cases.

The new cases raise the overall tally to 210,139, including 138,839 recoveries, while 17 fatalities recorded on Friday take the death toll to 1,570.

The huge surge in infections comes after a holiday season in which tens of thousands of visitors flew into the country to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s.

Source: Lebanon Records 5,440 Covid-19 Cases in One Day — Naharnet