Posted on 01/02/2021 10:29:20 PM PST by weston
BREAKING: Guard source tells me a propane tank exploded at a homeless camp near the Capitol. Several other propane tanks have been spotted laying around and are being investigated by police.— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) January 18, 2021
Witnessed it, this is correct. Series of small explosions constant with small propane tank rupture pic.twitter.com/S4LsRww0DE— Nate Taylor (@NateTaylorDC) January 18, 2021
You know that This Country / AMERICA / has done a LOT to protect our Way of Life.
We were all kids that learned to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and stand and put your hand over your heart for the Star Spangled Banner where ever it was played. We grew up, became Boy and Girl Scouts and learned things to get through life. We went to school, studied, passed tests, earned honor roll honors, with cursive writing, ‘real arithmetic’, learned how spell words, diagram sentences, learned all about American and World history, how to light a bunsen burner without blowing yourself up, walked uphill to school and back uphill to home, sang in the choir, marched in the band, played football, played basketball, got smarter, went to college, serve in miliatry, found a career or just went to work all to earn money, buy stuff, get married, buy a house, have kids, and love and educate them all about America and teach them life skills (how to write a check and change a tire), and a WHOLE LOT MORE that it took LIVE THE AMERICAN LIFE ! ! !
OUR LOT IN LIFE WAS TO LIVE AND PASS LIFE LESSONS TO OUR CHILDREN.
A G.R.E.A.T. COUNTRY miraculously was put together by our Founding Fathers with the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and KEPT by the Blood of Patriots from the Revolutionary War and thence with every war since in Defense of OUR COUNTRY and our sacred Freedoms!
As we move forward, what we think about ‘those’ that want to take all of this away and make this Country ‘cease’ cannot be into print right here.
Our “Enemies” and many and varied.
Patriot Americans must remember that “we” “are” the “”United States of America”” and it is incumbent upon us to assure America SURVIVES!
Here’s a couple of songs to ‘watch/listen’ to and remember our Heritage and Responsibilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAF_3WMJGM
PATRIOTS WILL PREVAIL!
HOLD THE LINE!
PRAY!
WWG1WGA
HEBREW 13:8
GOD WINS
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POTUS can only fire the political positions. Most positions in the federal government are not political and have civil servant protections.
Have you ever heard of that site or that news anywhere?
Joe Biden Looks Totally Lost and Confused After Finishing Up Speech in Delaware (VIDEO)
78-year-old Joe Biden on Saturday introduced his “science team” and announced he would be elevating the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet position. Biden’s ‘science team’ will focus on Covid-19, climate change, technology, the economy and the ‘long-term health of science and tech’ in the US. This is all…
www.thegatewaypundit.com
The article quoted a wrong location. (near the I 295 and F and First St. intersection) I know, I know, makes no sense without directional designations, and there not even being an I 295 in the DC area.
The smoke column was seen rising south and east of the Capitol bldg.
A poster on another thread showed an aerial view with the area circled in red. The location is I 695 and New Jersey Ave SE. In fairness to the erroneous reporter, one block over and diagonally to the NE is the intersection of F St SE and 1st St SE.
Also- Virginia Ave, running on a diagonal azimuth with regards to the N, S, E, and W cardinal directions, dies out in both directions that it comes from, due to New Jersey Ave SE dominating the spatial intersection of the two roads.
There’s a huge open area under the I 695 overpass and a large grassy area adjoining local rail lines that parallel Virginia Ave. Also Garfield Park is nearby and may be occupied by some of the homeless in the area.
Aside from the park, the open space referenced could literally house hundreds of tents.
DC streets can be confusing to out of towners.
EX: First Street could mean either 1st St NW or 1st St NE, or it could mean 1st St SW or 1st St SE.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/wash+d+c/@38.8813896,-77.0057597,18z?hl=en
In this dated image a few tents can be seen in the distance under the long elevated overpass. I would venture a guess that the area is likely far more populated now with the homeless.
Why today?
Prosecutors, And Their Families
LAW & JUSTICE
Issued on: January 18, 2021
ALL NEWS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Under the Constitution and Federal law, our Government vests in judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers the power to make decisions of enormous consequence. Because of the importance of their work, these public servants face unique risks to their safety and the safety of their families. Some who face or have received an adverse judicial decision have sought to intimidate or punish judges and prosecutors with threats of harm. Moreover, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers are symbols within our communities of law and order and may be targeted for that reason alone. And at times, family members of public servants have become victims. Last year, a former litigant before a Federal judge in New Jersey tragically murdered the judge’s 20-year-old son and critically wounded her husband. Judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers’ resiliency in the face of the danger they regularly face is an inspiration for all of us in public service.
Judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers should not have to choose between public service and subjecting themselves and their families to danger. My Administration has no higher priorities than preserving the rule of law in our country and protecting the men and women who serve under its flag. Accordingly, I am ordering enhanced protections for judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers. Federal law already allows Federal and State law enforcement officers to protect themselves by carrying a concealed firearm, but the Federal Government can do more to cut the red tape that Federal law enforcement officers must navigate to exercise their right. The current threat to Federal prosecutors also demands an expansion of their ability to carry a concealed firearm, as allowed under the Department of Justice’s existing authorities. Finally, the Congress should act expeditiously to adopt legislation extending the right to carry a concealed firearm to Federal judges and pass other measures that will expand our capacity to combat threats of violence against judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers.
Sec. 2. Removing Obstacles to Federal Law Enforcement Officers Qualifying For Concealed Carry Under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. (a) It shall be the policy of the United States to remove any undue obstacle preventing current or retired Federal law enforcement officers from carrying a concealed firearm as allowed under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, as amended (18 U.S.C. 926B, 926C) (LEOSA).
(b) The heads of all executive departments and agencies (agencies) that employ or have employed qualified law enforcement officers or qualified retired law enforcement officers, as those terms are defined in the LEOSA, shall act expeditiously to implement the policy set by subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The heads of all agencies that employ or have employed qualified law enforcement officers or qualified retired law enforcement officers, as those terms are defined in the LEOSA, shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, within 30 days of the date of this order, reporting on the implementation of this order and analyzing qualified persons’ ability to carry a concealed firearm under the LEOSA.
(d) The report required by subsection (c) of this section shall:
(i) identify any obstacles that the agency’s qualified law enforcement officers or qualified retired law enforcement officers presently face in carrying a concealed firearm under the LEOSA;
(ii) identify any categories of the agency’s qualified law enforcement officers or qualified retired law enforcement officers who are presently unable to carry a concealed firearm under the LEOSA;
(iii) identify the steps the agency has taken to implement the policy set by subsection (a) of this section; and
(iv) identify the steps the agency plans to take in the future to implement the policy set by subsection (a) and explain why it was not possible to take these steps before the report was submitted.
Sec. 3. Authorizing Concealed Carry By Federal Prosecutors. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall propose a regulation revising section 0.112 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that the special deputation as a Deputy United States Marshal shall be granted upon request to any Federal prosecutor when the Federal prosecutor or his or her family members face risk of harm as a result of the Federal prosecutor’s government service and as appropriate.
(b) The regulation proposed pursuant to this section shall:
(i) include with the special deputation the power to possess and carry firearms but not include law enforcement powers such as the power to make arrests for violations of Federal law and the court-related duties of United States Marshals; and
(ii) require appropriate training in firearm safety and use as a condition to any special deputation.
(c) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall revise other Department policies to permit special deputation consistent with subsections (a) and (b) of this section to the extent consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 4. Expanding the Federal Government’s Protection of Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers. (a) The Attorney General shall direct the Director of the Marshals Service to prioritize the protection of Federal judges and Federal prosecutors.
(b) The Attorney General shall prioritize the investigation and prosecution of Federal crimes involving actual or threatened violence against judges, prosecutors, or law enforcement officers or their family members, if the family member was targeted because of that person’s relation to a judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer.
(c) The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate a review within the executive branch to assess the feasibility, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, of facilitating the removal of, or minimizing the availability of, personally identifiable information appearing in public sources of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers employed by the Federal Government, and shall use the results of this review to inform such persons of related security vulnerabilities.
(d) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall assess the need to revise subsection 0.111(e) of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, to protect Federal prosecutors. If any revision is needed, the Attorney General shall take immediate steps to issue a proposed rule that would amend section 0.111(e) accordingly.
(e) The heads of all agencies shall examine the extent to which they collect personally identifiable information from judges, prosecutors, or law enforcement officers, and as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, allow such persons to provide a Post Office box address in lieu of home address information.
Sec. 5. Proposing Legislation to Enhance the Protection of Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall develop and propose Federal legislation providing additional protection for judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers.
(b) The proposed legislation described in subsection (a) of this section shall:
(i) authorize current and former Federal judges and current and former Federal prosecutors to possess or carry firearms when they or their family members face risk of harm as a result of their Federal government service, irrespective of Federal, State, and local laws which may restrict the possession or carrying of firearms;
(ii) promote the removal and minimization of personally identifiable information from public websites and records of current and former judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, as appropriate and as allowed under the Constitution;
(iii) expand the ability of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers to use Post Office box addresses in lieu of home address information;
(iv) authorize additional appropriations and authority for the Department of Homeland Security, Marshals Service, and Federal Bureau of Investigation, including appropriations to hire and train additional personnel and authority for agencies to respond to both civil unrest and threats to Federal courthouses;
(v) increase penalties for threatened and actual violence against Federal judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers and their families, including providing that violence against a Federal judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer’s family member shall be punished as though the act was committed against the Federal judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer if the family member was targeted because of that person’s relation to a Federal judge, prosecutor, or law enforcement officer;
(vi) prevent State and local governments from obstructing the ability of qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers, as those terms are defined by the LEOSA, from carrying a concealed firearm pursuant to the LEOSA, including by refusing to issue identification documents; and
(vii) propose other amendments to strengthen the LEOSA, if appropriate.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 18, 2021.
WhiteHouse.gov
The White House
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Please check pictures of the sixth. My friend just called and said there were crates of propane talks taken to the capital on the sixth. Sitting around like stacks of bricks. She remembered talking to daughter about the picture.
The encampment is under the I 695 Freeway (viewer’s left). Use the human icon function and drag it to the intersection of the I 695 and New Jersey Ave SE.
Rotate the image until finding the long elevated section of the overpass and down below (use mouse scroll magnification) can be seen the beginning of a homeless encampment. The two power plant towers are to the north (viewer’s right). Image dated June, 2019.
Tanks. (Tanks in the streets of DC). Propane tanks.
LOL!
I saw propane tanks being relocated from an outside storage cage, by two men that were part of some kind of culinary team. They were taking the fuel tanks into a bldg. for some kind of social function. This was on the afternoon of the 5th, as I walked to the Freedom Plaza rally about 330PM. Nothing nefarious about the process.
Also, 2x4 lumber was stockpiled in the area. Likely there for boarding up windows and doors as this was already underway in a random pattern throughout the city where I walked on foot.
Trump proclaims January 22, 2021, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day!! Thank you Jesus!
A Farewell Message from First Lady Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/WfG1zg2mt4— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) January 18, 2021
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