The thing is, there does seem to have been a genuine moment of coup potential. Trump did not call in the national guard, and was apparently crediting police support. Both farce and deadly, lethal ser… (View Post)

So where are we this morning. Trump is apparently isolated in the White House, not allowing Pence in, seemingly having burnt all bridges with him. Several of the White House staffers are apparently t… (View Post)

The riot will have been another huge spreader event, but during Trump's speech I think the crowd even had a proud, conscious and ironic "superspreader" moment of hugging each other, li… (View Post)

And yet it seems reasonably plausible that some sort of temporary arrangement has been reached between other politicans. Any process by which it was Pence who took the National Guard decision looks v… (View Post)

I think it would be harder to feel that tonight if tens of Senators had been killed or taken hostage, as some of the most hardcore of the protestors seemed to have wanted. That's part of what�… (View Post)