She doesn't have a position yet.

Should she have resigned?

 She seems to have broke with tradition.  Others resigned and allowed their seats to be filled to aid in the transition.  Kamala seems to be straddling the fence.   Definite lack of confidence showing there.

You think the left is going to want to ban guns with 74 million Trumpers out there who just showed what they're willing to do? Hah.

 Uh, so what "Trumpers" used guns yesterday?

 

So today, January 7th, Kamala still hasn't resigned from the senate.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/01/democrats-were-riots-they-were-against-them-daniel-greenfield/

In 2018, the media was writing up glowing stories about the hundreds of Women’s March members who were engaging in "direct action” to disrupt the Senate’s Kavanaugh hearings.

Hundreds of members from the radical leftist group had invaded the hearings and were arrested. Their travel expenses and bail for the disruptions were covered by the Women’s March. Radicals from the March and other leftist groups blocked hallways, shouted down Senate members, and draped protest banners from balconies. Democrats cheered them on.

When a leftist mob assailed the Supreme Court, pounding on the doors, MSNBC called it an “extraordinary moment” and praised the crowd, “besieging the Supreme Court” and “confronting senators”.

"If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them," Rep. Maxine Waters had urged earlier that year.

Later, the Democrat House member told MSNBC, "They’re going to absolutely harass them".

In 2020, Black Lives Matter rioters vandalized the Lincoln Memorial and the WW2 Memorial, along with statues of Gandhi, General Kosciuszko, and Andrew Jackson. The racist thugs marched through the city starting fires, including at a historic church, and tried to besiege the White House. Attempts by federal law enforcement to fight BLM terrorism were falsely denounced as a brutal attack on “peaceful protesters”, and as “militarism” and “fascism”.

Democrat House members took to proposing bills to protect the racist mobs from law enforcement. Meanwhile the BLM mob besieged the White House and battled Secret Service personnel, allegedly forcing the evacuation of President Trump and his family to a bunker.

This was the new normal enthusiastically supported by Democrats and the media.

A bail fund backed by Senator Kamala Harris and Biden campaign staffers focused on helping the rioters and looters get out of prison. Along with any other criminals along for the ride.

Violent protests, including those targeting public officials and legislative bodies, had been championed and normalized by Democrats and their media over the last four years. That included the harassment of officials, property destruction, and assaulting law enforcement.

Now, as the Democrats expect to take power, they suddenly decided that rioting is bad.

Before the Save America protest even began, the same Washington D.C. authorities who had championed and protected the Black Lives Matter riots, prepared for a crackdown.

“We want the military, we want troops from out of state out of Washington, D.C.,” Mayor Muriel Bowser had ranted when BLM was attacking national memorials and the White House.

“We will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city,” Bowser now insisted, demanding that the National Guard come out to stop the protests.

Unless they're Democrats, she failed to mention.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine had responded to the Black Lives Matter assault by condemning law enforcement. He had issued a statement falsely accusing President Trump of "responding to nonviolent demonstration with war-like tactics".

"We —the Mayor, the Council, OAG, and MPD—must commit to standing in between our community and the boot of tyranny. And we must act on this commitment. We must start by promising to defend our residents from harm while they engage in peaceful, nonviolent protest.”

"My level of anxiety is high. My preparation is even more intense than that," Racine was telling the media before the pro-Trump Save America rally now.

The double standard was obvious and blatant. The Democrats and media had cheered Black Lives Matter violent protests. They had colluded in previous invasions of Congress and the harassment of elected officials. But now they wanted a violent riot they could condemn.

And such a riot would helpfully put to bed any further questions about a rigged election.

After a massive peaceful rally by Save America protesters, who had been addressed by President Trump, a smaller group marched on Congress. The MPD however reacted very differently than it had to previous Black Lives Matter and four years of leftist rallies.

In the resulting confrontation, a number of fringe elements, Neo-Nazis, Groypers, Boogaloo Bois, a leftist-libertarian anarchist group that collaborates with Antifa and Black Lives Matter, took the opportunity to cause damage and stage photo-ops for the media. Unfortunately some legitimate conservative protesters who had entered the building were caught in the violence.

But the media stars of the confrontation were not conservatives and were anti-Trump.

One photo showed Nick Fuentes, the alt-right Groyper leader whose antisemitic group had previously shut down a Turning Point USA event by booing Donald Trump Jr. off the stage, and Tim ‘Baked Alaska’ Gionet, a former Black Lives Matter supporter and BuzzFeed employee, who has a history of going back and forth between the alt-right and the Left.

Another appeared to show Matthew Heimbach, formerly with the National Socialist Movement, an alleged Neo-Nazi leader, who had previously argued in court that his actions were President Trump’s fault and that Trump should be held legally liable.

Much as in Charlottesville, marginal figures who were hostile to President Trump, to Republicans, and to conservatives, had taken center stage at the behest of the media.

The purpose of the entire circus was to provide a propaganda opportunity for the Left.

The outrage over the protests is a farce coming from a political movement that advocated terrorizing Republican elected officials, that aided invasions of Congress, and that supported the Black Lives Matter riots which, aside from terrorizing D.C., also wrecked much of the country.

Why is broken glass on Capitol Hill so much more precious than the broken glass that ended the dreams of store owners in Kenosha? Where was all the outrage, the tears wept for our country when Black Lives Matter thugs were prying open shops around the country, looting them, and assaulting their owners on a scale so vast it racked up $2 billion in damages?

“Please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful,” CNN’s Chris Cuomo had barked while his news network showed rioting and looting in New York.

Riots are obviously wrong. Except that Democrats and the media decided that wasn’t true.

Martin Luther King's infamous quote, "a riot is the language of the unheard", popped up in Time, USA Today, and on CNN. “Violence was critical to the success of the 1960s civil rights movement,” a Washington Post op-ed argued. The AP urged reporters to use "uprising" instead of "riot" to describe the violence, while suggesting that protests can be violent and that reporting should not focus on the "property destruction”, but instead on the “underlying grievance".

A subsidiary of one of the big 5 publishers put out a book titled, "In Defense of Looting."

You can’t normalize political violence and then expect it to be a one-sided affair. After months in which BLM mobs attacked a federal courthouse in Portland, throwing fireworks and shining lasers in the eyes of law enforcement personnel, toppled statues across the country, and injured hundreds of police officers, the Democrats and their media are suddenly outraged.

How, in the midst of all this rioting, could anyone get the idea that rioting is okay?

Laws only work when they apply to everyone. When violence is okay for some, but not for others, then a violent struggle ensues until a totalitarian monopoly on violence is achieved.

Or until we come to our senses.

There’s little question as to which side of the political spectrum has championed and mainstreamed violence for over a century. The very different fate of Kluxers and the Weathermen, trailer parks for the former and academic careers for the latter, show which side finds political violence not only acceptable, but praiseworthy. And this is no different.

Contrary to the media’s spin, Republicans have never normalized violence. And Republican political power doesn’t depend on political terror and violence. Leftist power invariably does.

The Left began a new age of political violence in 2016. It can turn it off anytime it wants to.

The problem is that it won’t, and an illiberal partisan media and accompanying cultural establishment will never dare to suggest that maybe there should be fewer riots and threats.

And that means the violence will escalate. Opportunists will seize the moment to play agent provocateurs, creating memorable images for media propagandists to justify a crackdown.

The protesters in D.C. had a legitimate grievance. And they still do. The outrage over stolen elections won’t be suppressed this way. The mass movement in D.C. is the true resistance.

There is a great deal of irony in quoting "a riot is the language of the unheard" to describe the race riots of a movement with unlimited political and corporate backing, whose message is heard all the time, but not to address a movement that is genuinely unheard. Before the fighting started, there was virtually no media coverage of President Trump’s speech and the rally.

Press conferences that mention election fraud aren’t aired. Articles and videos questioning the election are censored. That is the true voice of the unheard who are more so than ever.

Democrats and the media normalized violence when they were in the opposition and now want to normalize the suppression of political protests and speech as they expect to take power.

But media spin isn’t real life. And it’s a lot easier to break a country than to put it back together.

I agree with some of what has been said here and disagree with some, but I am astonished and dismayed that NO ONE HERE (as far as I can tell) has said what I'm about to say. I will assume that no one here will agree with this, and that's okay. But I think it needs to be said.

IMO Trump has lost it. I won't debate whether he ever HAD it, but if so, the events of yesterday show that he no longer does. I'm sure he did not intend for events to play out in the way they did, but he bears a large fraction of the responsibility for what transpired by encouraging his followers to march on the Capitol, and for failing to take decisive action to quell the uprising until things had gotten badly out of control. At the very least, his actions yesterday show an appalling lack of judgment and leadership. Even his one recorded statement was weak and suggests that the man is broken, obsessed, and not fully in touch with reality.

I do not look forward to the next two years (at least) and agree with many here that we are likely to see an assault on our freedoms as the left wing of the Democratic Party pushes for higher taxes and more radical infringements on the 2A. It could have been worse: we could have had Sanders! It is unclear whether Biden has the power to keep his centrist wing in control. But it's very clear to me that the Executive Branch does not now have someone fit for office at the helm, and has not had one since the November election and perhaps for some time before that. Times of transition are dangerous times for national security and Trump's clear incompetence to fulfill his duties as President makes the next two weeks especially dangerous. There seems to be no Constitutional way to remove him expeditiously from office - even Section 4 of the 25th Amendment requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress if the President insists that he is still fit to serve. This is a very wise requirement as it forestalls the possibility of a coup by a disgruntled VP and Cabinet. But right now, it prolongs the danger.

I pray for this Republic.

 So, should Joe Biden be held to the same standards Trump was held to?   Should he face the same scrutiny?

Not sure I would call the wall even a qualified success. After all, very little of it has been built, and Mexico has not paid for what has.

341 new miles completed
240 new miles under construction
157 new miles under the pre-construction process

 Hardly call that "very little"   738 miles of a 1,954 miles.   Many miles in Texas is so remote and rugged it can't be effectively fenced, but the environment provides the deterrent.

Yes, he has shown poor judgment and leadership for his entire term. I've said that before, even here i think. I can point to MANY examples of actions of his that have either embarrassed this country or outright weakened it. My point was that yesterday raises all of that to a whole new level. It also raises the question of whether he should be removed from office NOW. I don't know if there is a practical way to do that at this point, but I am glad to hear that the idea is being discussed at high levels (reports of Executive Branch officials discussing invoking the 25A).

 National Security

The United States Has Brought the Leader of ISIS to Justice

Executive Order on Modernizing Sanctions to Combat Terrorism

Orders Additional Measures to Enhance Border Security

The United States has Liberated All ISIS-Controlled Territory

Trump signs order directing an increase in Cyber Security

Combating High Nonimmigrant Overstay Rates

ICE arrests 364 criminal aliens and immigration violators in enforcement surge

US signs proclamation against Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

DHS is planning on denying green cards to legal immigrants if they receive federal or state aid

ICE raid hits 77 businesses in Northern California

End of Year Report: Deportations up 40% – Historically Low Crossings

DHS: Announces New Procedures for Refugee Admissions

Deportations Of Noncriminals Rise As ICE Casts Wider Net

DACA Renewals Drop 21%

30-foot concrete slab prototypes erected along border

ICE has conducted a MASSIVE raid on sanctuary cities this week – 498 illegal immigrants arrested

Trump has updated the travel ban to includes 8 more countries

Crossing The Border Illegally Is Harder Than It’s Been In 50 Years

Withholding Federal Funds from Sanctuary Cities – Must allow ICE access to jails and notify befor release

VA announces Access Standards for Health Care

Trump signs VA Mission Act

Enhancing Veteran Care Act

VA seeks partnerships to build and improve health-care facilities

VA announces Veterans Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences Act

VA, Ginnie Mae create task force to address mortgage refinancing issues

Telemedicine: An important tool for Veterans health

Trump Signs Bill to Streamline VA Disability Claims Appeals Process

Trump signs ‘Forever GI Bill,’ boosting aid to student vets

VA expands Tele-Health access

VA fires more than 500 feds under Trump, even before new accountability law

Trump signs VA accountability act into law, promises better care for veterans

Trump Administration Streamlines Veteran Medical Records

White House to launch veterans' complaint hotline

Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at VA

$1.6 billion down payment to start building the wall

Trump cuts off visas for countries that refuse deported immigrants

Rescinded DACA

Extreme Vetting' for some green cards

Deportation orders up 31% nationwide under Trump

Deportation Orders Up 30%

Miami has removed its “sanctuary” status

ICE raids targeting families net 650 arrests

Denver To ICE: Stop Arresting Illegal Immigrants At Courthouse. ICE To Denver: Not A Chance.

17 Texas sheriffs approved to partner w/ICE

ICE chief wants smuggling charges on leaders of sanctuary cities

New crackdown on 'so-called' sanctuary cities

Raids to target teenaged suspected gang members

Army Corps starts pre-construction work on border wall

Deportations in LA are up 60% alone

80% jump in illegal targets

Feds taking over Texas National Guard mission along border

Border Patrol Morale at Highest Level

Christian refugees admitted now outnumber Muslim refugees admitted

Bill allocates $1.6 billion for Trump's border wall

ICE crackdown scaring some families back to Mexico

Kate's Law – harsher penalties for previously deported criminals – Passes House

Number of refugees taken in is down 50%

Rescinded DAPA

Workers install final panel in upgrade of border fence

Raids turn Oregon city into ghost town

Ending “catch and release” immigration policy

Silicon Valley Staffing Firm Charged in H1B Fraud

Unshackling ICE – told that they can take action against ALL illegal immigrants – increasing presence in sanctuary cities

Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay

Top 5 ISIS Leaders Captured

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

US kills 150 ISIS terrorists in Syria airstrike during government shutdown

ISIS has lost 98 percent of its territory – due to Trump admin

Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit of the Department of Defense

U.S.-Backed Forces Capture Raqqa from ISIS

ISIS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa

Gen. Mattis breaks down New Afghanistan Strategy

US-backed fighters 'seize 80% of Raqqa from Islamic State'

Mattis sees need for new DOD space programs

Trump calls for Increased Military: Senate passes $700 billion defense bill

Mattis seeks Indian role in Afghanistan

Mattis vows US support for Ukraine against Russian 'aggression'

U.S. Cyber Command will be elevated to a “Unified Combatant Command”

Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from key Pakistani military fund

Mosul liberated from ISIS

Mattis: 'Annihilation Tactics' Being Used Against ISIS

US, Gulf countries form new group: 'TFTC' to stem flow of terror financing

NATO weighs new 'Counter Terrorism Post' following Trump's demands

ISIS leader 'admits DEFEAT in Iraq and orders militants to flee

Mattis Gives White House Tentative Plan for Rapid Defeat of ISIS

James Mattis threatens to ‘moderate’ US backing for Nato over budgets

Trump DOJ Sues California For Interference With Immigration Enforcement

DOJ Halts Obama's Operation Chokepoint, Which Targeted Firearm Dealers

More than 1,000 arrests in sex trafficking operation

Four charged with leaks from Trump administration

Jeff Sessions announces new crackdown on 'so-called' sanctuary cities

Justice Department announces takedown of AlphaBay, the largest dark web market

Sessions's New Civil-Forfeiture Rules

400 medical professionals charged in largest health care fraud takedown

The Department of Justice Stands by Texas's Voter ID Law

Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US

AG Sessions is bringing back the harsher sentences for drug dealers

Sex Trafficking Arrests Soar Under Trump; MSM Completely Ignores

DHS is planning on denying green cards to legal immigrants if they receive federal or state aid

Trump takes 'shackles' off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe
ICE raid hits 77 businesses in Northern California

End of Year Report: Deportations up 40% – Historically Low Crossings

DHS: Announces New Procedures for Refugee Admissions

Deportations Of Noncriminals Rise As ICE Casts Wider Net

Economy

Trump Secures Historic Phase One Trade Agreement with China

US Economy Added 266,000 New Jobs in November smashing expectations

Trump signs Agriculture and Digitial Trade agreements with Japan

African-American Unemployment Rate Hits New All Time Lows

U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 50-Year Low; Trump Economy adding over 6.4 million jobs

US Economy Added 164,000 New Jobs in July; Wages increased 3.2 percent

Record 157,005,000 Employed; 19th Record of Trump Era

Boom! America Created 224,000 Jobs in June!

Best Economic Optimism in 16 years

480,000 Manufacturing Jobs added since President Trump's election

US job openings rise outnumber the unemployed by 1 million

Economic Growth Has Reached 3 Percent for the First Time in More than a Decade

Opportunity Zones A New Dawn for Economic Opportunity

Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly 50 Years

Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States

LARGEST DECLINE IN DRUG PRICES IN NEARLY 50 YEARS

Trump Policies Keep Economic Boom Going As Job Gains of 304000 Surpass Expectations

MORE AMERICANS WORKING NOW THAN EVER BEFORE IN OUR HISTORY

250K JOBS ADDED IN OCTOBER

Manufacturing Confidence at an ALL TIME HIGH

Construction Jobs up more than 300K compared to last year

Food Stamp usage declines for 8 straight months

Middle Class income rises to HIGHEST on record

Consumer Confidence 18 YEAR HIGH

America is now the worlds largest oil producer

Fastest growing pace in 14 years for manufacturers

BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RECORD LOW

Jobless claims lowest level since 1969

Trump secures 2026 World Cup for the USA

Consumer Confidence Highest in 18 years

Black Business Ownership Under Trump JUMPS 400 PERCENT in ONE YEAR

Youth Unemployment Hits 52 Year Low

Black Support for Trump DOUBLES to 29 percent

RECORD Number of Employed – 63 Percent labor participation

Worker pay rate hits highest level since 2008

Black and Hispanic Unemployment rates hit record low in April

Business Investments up 39 Percent Due to Tax Cuts

Food Stamp Usage Drops Half Million in Single Month

Highest Ever Manufacturer Optimism over 94 Percent

Unemployment claims have fallen to a 45-year low

Trump Economy Explodes Record Number of Americans Employed Stocks Soar

FEB JOBS BLOWOUT 313K

GREAT AGAIN Household Net Worth Pushes Further Into Record Territory

U.S. Consumer Confidence Is at 17-Year High

US homebuilding permits soar to highest level since 2007

Economy to grow at 5.4% rate in first quarter

Roaring: Economic Optimism Index hits 13-year high, credit to tax cuts

U.S. jobless claims drop to near 45-year low

Wages jump to highest level since 2009 – up 2.9%

U.S. Oil Production Tops 10 Million Barrels A Day, First Time Since 1970

Trump Decreases Debt to GDP Ratio – First Time in Over 50 Years!

Jobless claims drop to lowest level in nearly 45 years

Apple to Invest $350 BILLION in US citing Trump Tax Plan

Utilities cutting rates, cite benefits of Trump tax reform

Over 100 companies giving 'Trump Bonuses' after tax victory

Black unemployment rate falls to record low

Trump adds 184,000 manufacturing jobs and continues growth trend

Manufacturing in the U.S. Just Accelerated to Its Best Year Since 2004

Trump Signs Korean Trade Deal

Trump Blocks Chinese Purchase of Qualcomm due to National Security

TRUMP SIGNS TARIFF ORDER ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM

Trump Slaps 30% Tariffs on Solar Panels imported from China

Japan Freezes North Korea’s Assets after Trump’s Visit

U.S. Trade Deficit falls to 11-month low

Trump Fights for ‘America First’ as 4th Round of NAFTA Negotiations End

Crude Oil Shipment to India Highlights Expanding Energy Partnership

Trump Blocks China from buying Semi-Conductor company, Lattice

Crude oil shipment from Texas opens new vistas in India-U.S. ties

Argentina agrees to allow first U.S. pork imports in 25 years

Trump orders probe of China's intellectual property practices

New memorandum to protect American IPs from China – Potentially save Billions of dollars and millions in jobs

Coal exports up 60%

China opens rice market for US exports for first time ever

U.S. makes final finding rebar exports from Taiwan

Renegotiating NAFTA with Canada and Mexico in order to make better trade deals – May terminate

United States and Mexico finalize sugar trade deal

First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped to Poland

Signed an Arms Deal worth more than $350 billion and various other investment agreements with Saudi Arabia

China, U.S. reach trade agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas

Trump orders a study on abuses of U.S. trade agreements – WTO

Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber imports

Increased tariffs on Canadian lumber by 20% (worth $1 billion)

China buys more U.S. coal, sends North Korea

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) TERMINATED

Nikki Haley negotiates $285M cut in ‘bloated’ UN budget

WIC Welfare Participation Hits 17-Year Low

U.S. home sales hit 11-year high

Manufacturing Optimism Reaches Another All-Time High – 94.6%

Economy adds 228K jobs in November

Mining up 28.6% – Leads the Nation in Growth

Broadcom will move back to U.S. — and bring tax money with it

US private sector added 235,000 jobs in Oct – Beats Expectations

Consumer confidence highest level since December 2000

Q3 GDP at 3 Percent – Beats Expectations

Ivanka Trump creates new World Bank initiative to foster Entrepreneurship among Women

Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 13-Year High

63.1%: Participation Rate Reaches Trump-Era High

Unemployment down to 4.2, wages rise .5%

New entrants from outside the labor market made up 3.2

U.S. Factories Expanding at 13 Year high

Dow posting first eight-quarter winning streak in 20 years

Home builder confidence at 12-year high

Manufacturer confidence at a 20-year high

Tech giants pledge millions to Trump initiative

Q2 GDP up 3.1%

Sales of new U.S. homes rebounded in August

Federal Reserve: Household Wealth in America at record high of $1.7 trillion – Rising property values and Financial gain

Surging stock market powers U.S. wealth to $96.2 trillion

Food Stamp Usage Has Fallen Every Month Under Trump

Median Incomes Climbing for First Time Since 2007

Trump has signed a $15 billion relief package for Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

Jobless claims drop to 240,000 – hottest streak in 43 years

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rose in August

Recovery Is Finally Trickling Down to Least-Educated Workers

U.S. Job Satisfaction Highest Level Since 2005

American manufacturing expanded in August at fastest pace in six years

Donald Trump Ends Obama Effort to Waive Work Requirements for Welfare

Consumer confidence strengthens in August, second-highest level since late 2000

President Trump Cuts More US Debt for a Longer Period of Time Than Any President

Pennsylvania coal company to open a SECOND coal mine

Summer Youth Unemployment Falls, Level Since 1969

In Trump era, American corporations are seeing their best earnings in 13 years

US trade deficit narrows as exports hit 2-1/2-year high

Milestone for Trump: 1 million new jobs in six months

National unemployment rate at 4.3% (lowest it's been in 16 years)

13,000 jobs being created in WI – largest job announcement in WI history (Foxconn)

Black Unemployment, Lowest Level in 17 Years

Gas prices at a 12-year low

Some states are experiencing their lowest unemployment rates in their histories

Trump Announces $200 Million in Apprenticeship Funding

U.S. has record 6 million job openings, 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs

CEO confidence highest since 2014

U.S. jobless rate falls to lowest level in 16 years

*shrug*.  Other than my anger toward Trump and McConnell, I think most of what i've said has been rather tame, but then I have a rougher background than most.  I'm not running for office and I'm not trying to impress people.  Come at me evenly and we'll get along fine. Poke me too hard and I'll rip you a new one.