The videos I shot last night got more attention that I expected. I’ll post more from earlier in the day now, and in chronological order

1:27pm: crowd is leaving the Washington Monument following the president’s address. They’re all headed towards the Capitol. Lots of street preachers and buskers, like this guy, among them
2:02pm: I passed by these on Constitution Ave. Someone went to the trouble of printing actual fake news and left bundles on the street free for people to read
2:09pm: lots to see on Constitution Ave. someone pushing a shopping cart full of flags, including a Confederate battle flag, followed by someone cosplaying as Beetlejuice
2:20pm: these were just some of the many, many people flying South Vietnamese flags on the way to the Capitol. Led by a Trump impersonator
2:25pm: a long line of police vehicles races towards the Capitol
2:28pm: I’m not sure this is what John Philip Sousa had in mind when he wrote “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
2:31: more police stream towards the Capitol. The Trump supporters have not actively turned on them yet, but that comes soon
2:46pm: Trump supporters swarm a police vehicle by the National Gallery of Art and prevent it from continuing towards the Capitol. The driver starts executing a three point turn
2:48pm: Trump supporters cheer as the police car drives away. Then, they continue back towards the Capitol chanting ‘U-S-A, U-S-A’
2:53pm: the crowd is thickening the closer it gets to the Capitol. A man with a megaphone chants ‘1776’
3:10pm: Trump supporter: “I just love everything about it”
3:13pm: More street preachers. The guy wearing the Navy P-3 squadron hat caught my eye
3:14pm: “God is God. All the time”
3:14pm: Man in a camo MAGA hat is doing his best with @Metallica’s ‘Don’t Tread On Me’
3:17pm: Word spreads through the crowd that members of Congress have evacuated. Man here implores followers to remind law enforcement officers that they have sworn an oath to the Constution
3:19pm: Trump supporters cheer when told that the Georgia statehouse has fallen. Man says ‘I’m just relaying the news. I don’t know if it’s accurate’
It’s worth taking a look at who this man believes to be traitors:
3:19pm: lots of spontaneous singing of church hymns, like this
3:21pm: ‘Amazing Grace’ doesn’t get past the first verse though
3:23pm: a ‘Deus Vult’ flag, popular with white supremacists and the anti-Muslim ‘Crusader’ movement, flying on federal land
3:25pm: during a rendition of ‘God Bless America,’ a man in a MAGA hat jumps, misjudges the landing, and knocks over a woman. Both go their separate ways
3:26pm: Pushing further into the crowd. The conversation just off-camera towards the end of this shot is interesting
3:29pm: Waldo makes an appearance during a rendition of the National Anthem. Not seeing much in the way of traditional patriotic gestures of respect for that song in this crowd, though
3:31pm: some @TwistedSisterNY fans in the crowd seem to only remember the refrain to ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’
3:35pm: Chanting ‘fight for Trump, fight for Trump’
3:37pm: chanting ‘we love Trump, we love Trump’
3:41pm: trying to walk far enough away to get a bar or two of signal strength so I can reach my editors. Had to keep walking a lot further than this, though
4:02pm: lots of ambulances on the west side of the Capitol as Trump supporters start to trickle away
4:06pm: Trump supporters queue up at the hot dog stands
4:11pm: still big crowds of Trump supporters at the Capitol. Curfew went into effect less than two hours later
4:47pm: Trump supporters are blocked by a wall of Capitol police in riot gear. Many hurl insults at the police, accusing them of treason. Less than 30 minutes later most have filed away, bitterly grumbling
7:13pm: after taking a break at Union Station to warm up, get a bite to eat, and write feeds for our coverage, @AllMattNYT and I headed back out. Reporters were allowed past curfew; these people were not
7:16pm: well past curfew now. no one seems to think the police will move on them
7:19pm: Cops move in. For Team MAGA, this is when ‘Back the Blue’ turns to shouts of ‘fuck the police’ and death threats

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More severe police injuries and deaths on that one day of rampaging Trumpers than in five years of Anti-Police protests.


You can tell a lot about the stance of a angry crowd by whether they come with shields or pitchforks.

If people protesting police brutality for years had wanted to use their large numbers to attack, maim and kill police, they damn well could have.

But they came to resist police.

Which is completely different.

Why did the police suffer more at the hands of those who claimed to support them and waved their flags than at the hands of those who think they should be defunded or abolished?

Because one group is literally arguing for human dignity and the other glorifies violence.

The people who uncritically support police brutality are those who believe that instrumental violence should be a standard tool in response to those standing opposed to you.

Once you accept that... WHO is standing opposed to you doesn't matter much.
Last night TPD arrested and charged two known organizers, @DailyTacoma and our own @ohdamn_jam.

So many people acted quickly, and we were able to make sure they both made bail.


You can read @ohdamn_jam's account of what happened here


If you remember, back in August we were made aware that Pierce County diverted COVID funds to monitor us. We know for sure they monitored and reported on this account and anyone associated with it, such as @DailyTacoma

Side note: They were not read their rights until munch later.

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Following @BAUDEGS I have experienced hateful and propagandist tweets time after time. I have been shocked that an academic community would be so reckless with their publications. So I did some research.
The question is:
Is this an official account for Bahcesehir Uni (Bau)?


Bahcesehir Uni, BAU has an official website
https://t.co/ztzX6uj34V which links to their social media, leading to their Twitter account @Bahcesehir

BAU’s official Twitter account


BAU has many departments, which all have separate accounts. Nowhere among them did I find @BAUDEGS
@BAUOrganization @ApplyBAU @adayBAU @BAUAlumniCenter @bahcesehirfbe @baufens @CyprusBau @bauiisbf @bauglobal @bahcesehirebe @BAUintBatumi @BAUiletisim @BAUSaglik @bauebf @TIPBAU

Nowhere among them was @BAUDEGS to find