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Thread: Listening to the new episode of @GaslitNation, "Clear Intent," with @AndreaChalupa & @sarahkendzior. Full transcripts available at https://t.co/4ZBuylvoX9.

"This was intentional... We've seen their assault on democracy for the last five years." - Andrea

 .@AndreaChalupa goes through a timeline of events before and during January 6th. A couple things in here that I didn't know already. (I'm curious why the Kremers want so much credit for the march. That whole thing between them and Ali is confusing, but maybe GN will go into it).
.@SarahKendzior reads from an article she wrote in 2016. It's STILL relevant!

"This was coming so far in advance that you literally cannot tell the difference between an article that I published before he was even president and one that comes out now." https://t.co/owXeiDuqhc
I'm posting the above three tweets now then live-tweeting as I listen. This episode of @GaslitNation should be available wherever you get your podcasts soon, if it isn't already. I'm listening ad-free on Patreon. https://t.co/dcV9DFhpmV
Donald Trump pardoning war criminals and his mob buddies is a signal to his supporters that they can get away with violence. It's a recruitment tool. Police getting away with murder: recruitment tool. - Andrea, not a direct quote
"Ivanka stood to benefit should this coup have been successful... Ivanka is as craven in her ambition as Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz. She wanted to stay in power to continue her life of power and escaping consequences." - @AndreaChalupa (possibly reading from an article?)
(22:10) Andrea just called Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz delusional for thinking Trump would ever give them his blessing to follow in his footsteps while Ivanka exists, and I burst out laughing.
Sarah presents three possible futures:

1. Trump somehow stays in power (unlikely)

2. The collapse of the United States - breaking us into parts. You've gotta HEAR this part. (Also, Sarah goes OFF 👏)

Also check this warning from Andrea's sister. https://t.co/zDUlveLEc5
2nd possible future cont'd: "It would consist of a bunch of corrupt mafiosos coming in and stripping off this country and selling it for parts, and that is WHY they put Donald Trump in office to begin with."

3rd possible future: THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES.
Trump remains defiant and a threat. He should be indicted and arrested and prevented from ever running for office again. - Andrea
"This is a prelude. There will very likely be more attacks to come. We've been talking about this on this show for months, and really for years." - Sarah

If you're new here, I'm listening to the latest episode of @GaslitNation podcast. More info at https://t.co/4ZBuylvoX9
Sarah reminds listeners that there are other big attacks planned for January 17th and January 20th. But small attacks can do a lot of damage, too. https://t.co/mVyYvERi9D
"If a 'blue' life is lost fighting a white supremacist mob, [the GOP] will choose the white supremacist mob over the police officers who try to work to protect elected officials... That's how serious this is." - Sarah
While listening to these two brave women @sarahkendzior and @AndreaChalupa, the Trump administration just ~executed~ a woman for the first time since 1953.

P.S. Reality Winner, another brave woman, is still locked up. #FreeRealityWinner https://t.co/5HebKUB7yT
"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are assassination targets. Trump's backers have made that very clear. They did not go into the Capitol just to break things and take selfies." - @sarahkendzior
Andrea and Sarah didn't use this phrase, but I am also in favor of a "basement inauguration" (virtual event). It makes literally zero sense to have the ceremony in public with everything we know might happen.
"They announced it! They literally announced it! Like, they tweeted out 'Hi, I'm going to DC for the erection' -- ha! I'm sorry. 'I'm going to DC for the insurrection at the Capitol!'" - Sarah
"FBI agents visited the homes of some of these white supremacist terrorists to talk them in to not going." - Andrea

What? Are you kidding? I mean... Look at all the good that did.
Right now (about an hour in), Andrea is going through some more articles, clips, and investigation about the Capitol attack. Again, there's information in here I hadn't seen yet and I paid more attention to last Wednesday than anyone else I know IRL. Really a great episode.
People are going to forget that this was intentional. They're going to forget how it was executed. And one of the reasons they're going to forget [is because] despite the need to remove Trump immediately, people are not acting in response with that urgency.
"This belief that if [something's wrong] some official's gonna come in and let you know and react accordingly - THAT created the conditions of Trump's rise, his win, and his ability to take his version of reality and [force] it on the public." - Sarah. She's said this for years.
"There are no rules in dictatorship, only cult worship and terror." - Andrea
(1:20:00) Sarah is talking about the FBI's connections to Russia & Ukraine's Semion Mogilevich and Mueller's warning about Mogilevich. https://t.co/9dT7BvKbAG
"Even when you look at something like the siege on the Capitol, which is a domestic problem... it has the backing of people abroad. And in some cases, we're seeing some direct ties to people abroad." - Sarah
"Comey doesn't want Donald Trump investigated because he does not want JAMES COMEY investigated." Enabling a crime cult, taking Mogilevich off the Most Wanted list, refusing to tell the public about intelligence in 2016...

Louder for the people in the back, @sarahkendzior.
"'Comey's gonna save us. Mueller's gonna save us. Pelosi's gonna save us. Cy Vance is gonna save us.' Look where we are now. We had a siege on the mother fucking Capitol. If any of these people gave a shit about this country, they would have been... relentless." - Sarah
"If Republicans and their Nazi stormtroopers want a vote audit, they can start with the 2016 election, which was widely targeted and hacked by the Kremlin's military operation of hackers." - Andrea (1:32:35)
Sarah says Mossad probably wanted us to know about the dinner with Mike Pompeo "because they usually don't broadcast things like this."
"We are in a situation where a very volatile Trump, who wants to declare a national emergency, to prolong his stay in office... He may do the unspeakable... starting a war with Iran." Israel wants to expand. - Sarah
If you want to diminish a movement like Q-Anon, you might have to expose terrible things the country has actually done, like the truth about Jeffrey Epstein. Did we cover for him, help him, embolden him? Truth and transparency can dull a lot of conspiracies.

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