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The fear is that they would assassinate both of them at the inauguration.

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That article was enraging. The seditious fuckers practically had a red carpet rolled out for them.

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Nothing about this is reassuring. I can't believe they are proceeding with a big outdoor event. The Secret Service, National Guard and local police have all fallen to the magats. Does Biden have a death wish?

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Ooooooh, I'll send a frigging pallet of them if it'll help!! Love it!

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The fascists already own and control the national security apparatus.

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He will remain in power. The maga mob will be in control. They will have a coronation.

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Because they are not going to. It's just smoke & mirrors for deniability.

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Surprised much, NYT? No one else is.

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Wooden spoons are the midwestern farm mom version of the switch.

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Can't hurt, but I don't expect many of these people are amenable to any change whatsoever.

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at that point it would be President Harris 1st

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it will take days, if not weeks to cleanse the WH of just the smell anyway, so where will Pres Joe reside until then?

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AKA, the smart ones?

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Oh please, the "infiltration" of armed forces and police by racist right wing assholes has been an open secret for God knows how long. It would have been easy to root out too, these folks not being exactly subtle. Now that the pigeons have come home to roost it's all " oh no! how could this have happened!" Bullshit.

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Biden's people need to outreach more to Latinas. They can borrow some chancletas.

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A friend walks his dogs by a nearby Virginia National Guard center. He says it's disconcerting how many of the private vehicles parked there have the Gadsden Flag Virginia plates on them.

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