WTF. I’ve been in meetings all morning and was hoping for good news in Georgia when I finally found time for lunch. People (not the word I want to use, but being polite) pulling this shit in DC is not good news.
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PBS is reporting someone got shot inside the capital building.
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Woman shot in the chest CNN just said
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https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim
§2383. Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
§2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, §1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
§2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or
Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.
I’d say Trump and all his co-conspirators are at minimum guilty of these three things.
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But they’re rich and so will get away with it.
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it is really hard to be in meetings while a coup is attempted
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I have no idea what to do with myself.
My contacts in Congressman Blumenauer’s office report that they are safe.
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6PM curfew in DC now.
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I was trying to get actual work done today and instead I’m like 
and constantly refreshing the news.
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All my DC friends have their meetings cancelled. Wish other parts of the country would share some of this concern because it is our seat of government hello
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I don’t have any meetings but I do have a lot of work to get done.
I can’t tell if I need to be watching because…well, this is important, but also I have work to do and me watching it won’t tell me anything.
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we are talking about conferences happening in months. i do not care.
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This is all insanity. How did ARMED people get into the fucking capitol? What the hell is wrong with our country. Im definitely sad to say I am from this country over the last couple years.
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OMG. PREACH.
We just got told to “get back to work.” 
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Your company is seriously the worst
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What the actual fuck.
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it is horrible to see how scared the capitol police are. i thought protests were going to happen for weeks. why didnt they prepare?
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It’s one person, to be fair.
If I still had my former manager, who still works here, she would be telling us all to log off.
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I have one coworker in DC (the rest of us are here in Portland) I’m not on her team but dammmn I hope she gets to log off. She said she can hear sirens nonstop
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Here comes the National Guard, assholes.
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