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The professional fallout came quickly Thursday for a few Chicagoans who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in the nation’s capital that later devolved into chaos and violence. A city real estate agent was publicly fired after she posted to social media about attending the event. After workers at a tattoo shop posted about attending the rally, the shop was savaged on social media and was hit with graffiti accusing the store of employing “Nazis.” A Vietnamese restaurant, whose owners reportedly also attended the rally, was overwhelmed with negative online reviews.

The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security has called for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the FBI to ban those involved in Wednesday's insurrection that breached the U.S. Capitol building from flying on airplanes... ..."This should include all individuals identified as having entered the Capitol building—an intrusion which threatened the safety of Members of Congress and staff and served as an attack on our Nation."

The president of Chicago’s police union came to the defense of the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday, arguing that referring to the the demonstrators as “treasonous” is “beyond ridiculous and ignorant.” In a phone interview Wednesday evening with Chicago public radio station WBEZ, John Catanzara, who leads the city’s Fraternal Order of Police, claimed that the riots, which led to four deaths and many more injuries, was the result of “a bunch of pissed-off people that feel an election was stolen, somehow, some way.” “There was no arson, there was no burning of anything, there was no looting,...

Linked is my video of a portion of the hundreds of thousands of America-loving Patriots moving from the Whitehouse to the Capitol on 1/6/2021. They are not a violent mob! I recorded for about an hour from this one location on Constitution Ave near 15th NW. This is shown at double speed. As you can see from the video, my shirt caught some attention. It said: "God is on His throne. Jesus is Lord!"

I want to get this down while it is still fresh in my mind so no responses tonight. I'll answer any questions, as I can, tomorrow. People need to hear what happened to keep abreast of the media narrative that is being formulated. Drove into D. C. and got into town around 4:30 PM. Since I have never been to DC I did the usual tourist thing of walking around and taking pictures of various historical monuments. I even scouted out the are around the National Christmas Tree where the main event was supposed to take place. I waved at...

The police officer who shot Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt dead has been suspended and the incident is currently under investigation. Babbitt was shot in the neck at almost point blank range during yesterday’s chaos in DC during the storming of the Capitol building. Footage of the shocking incident clearly shows that non-lethal measures could have been used against Babbitt, who served her country during a 14 year stint in the Air Force. The officer who shot Babbitt, who was wearing a suit and positioned inside the Senate chamber when he opened fire, has now been suspended pending an investigation. US...

The Daily Mail reports that the FBI already has a list of the ‘MAGA Most Wanted”Daily Mail reported today’s list from the FBI of their most wanted who waltzed into the Capitol Building yesterday:Hunt for MAGA’s most wanted: FBI releases pictures of Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol https://t.co/eWfvnYOJNr pic.twitter.com/zbxAnUJJ3Q— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) January 7, 2021In addition to the list above, the Justice Department has not discarded President Trump’s role in events yesterday at the Capitol:Federal prosecutors have announced President Trump could potentially face charges over his role in inciting the violent siege of the US Capitol after he...

If Trump was declared victor, the entire country would be in flames by now with. DC was a police state on November 3rd with stores boarded up and a huge fence fortifying the White House. It was expected that tens of thousands of ANTIFA would storm the White House if Trump was re-elected and burn it to the ground. This is what everyone was preparing for. So for the Democrats and media to be outraged by the riot is unbelievable hypocrisy. If Trump was declared victor, every large city in America would have been burning. And Nancy and Chuck would...

I began my day around 8 a.m. at the rally/protest between the Washington Monument and the Ellipse, in a sea of flags and people. The crowd most definitely looked like America, and I was struck by how incredibly many women were there. There were also black faces and absolutely scores of Asians. Judging from their signs and flags a large number of these were Chinese and Vietnamese Americans, who have a much fresher and more personal impression of communism than the rest of us. At least one other account I have read describes a feeling of menace in the air....

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he witnessed the moment a police officer shot a woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and insisted the officer had no other choice. A pro-Trump mob of rioters rammed their way into the Capitol Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the election results, sending lawmakers into hiding. Video shows a group attempting to force itself into the House chamber, where lawmakers were present. As protesters were breaking glass on the doors that kept them out to force their way through, a law enforcement officer fired a shot. One woman, Ashli Babbitt,...

---snip--- Mainstream media claims that these are evidence-free claims but a video that surfaced recently shows Trump supporters as they stopped a person whom they believed to be an Antifa thug who was trying to break windows in the Capitol. In one of the videos, Trump supporters can be heard calling out, “Don’t break the window!” “No Antifa! No Antifa!” as several Trump supporters intervened and stopped the attack by someone dressed and acting like Antifa but with a Trump sticker on the back of their helmet.

There is much being said on Free Republic and in the halls of hell that just is not true in regards to what took place yesterday in Washington D.C. I will start from the moment I arrived at the Ellipse area at 7:00am.

The U.S. Capitol Police said Thursday that an employee responsible for fatally shooting a rioter outside the House chamber has been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina U.S. Attorney Peter McCoy said Wednesday anyone who traveled from South Carolina to commit destruction at the U.S. Capitol will be prosecuted. McCoy said federal crimes were committed and will be prosecuted. “Let me be perfectly clear: Federal crimes were violated today at our Nation’s Capitol building,” McCoy said. “Anyone who traveled from the District of South Carolina with the intent to aid this travesty or commit acts of destruction will be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of South Carolina.” Let me be perfectly clear: Federal crimes were violated today at our Nation’s...

The police have formed a line outside and will not let anyone leave the hotel. Earlier in this video (link found in quoted tweet) the woman says that people drove up to the hotel to check in, were arrested, and their car towed.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reacted to the riots at the Capitol and said that “so many people said this would be the last stand, the last fight, the last effort to win back the republic. It’s our 1776. When you use that kind of language, you should not be surprised that people tend to believe it.” And said that President Donald Trump and everyone else objecting to the Electoral College should go to those who stormed the Capitol and say “that they misled them.” Crenshaw said, “This is not what...

I was in the building where and when the woman was shot. I want to give some background of what led up to the event and some additional detail immediately after the shooting that I was only one of only a handful to witnesses and don't know if anyone else connected the dots. First off, when I arrived to the south end of the building, there was no security outside the door, nor inside the door that I could see. I checked the door along with everyone else who walked up to see that it was locked. The window was...

Can anyone point be to some pictures or video of the Trump rally today? I was there and it was a sea of people, but I'm curious how big the sea really was.

Saw this coming a mile away.

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