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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

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  7. littlenomad.bsky.social profile picture

    littlenomad @littlenomad.bsky.social

    Thanks for finally realizing just how dire things are, Peter, and not pulling your punches here.

    No, sincerely. Please keep up the good work.

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    InscribaJournal @inscribajournal.bsky.social

    It's as if his behavior was so egregious on January 6th that it was out of proportion with the behavior of all post-war presidents before and after him. And should be contextualized that way, in our historical understanding of the presidency and in news coverage of the presidency. Always.

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  10. coolerking49.bsky.social profile picture

    @coolerking49.bsky.social

    Look where your constant normalizing and Biden bashing got us. Don’t you dare start complaining now, you little shit.

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  11. jmk833.bsky.social profile picture

    Martian @jmk833.bsky.social

    I’ll write the NYT headline for you:

    Worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history Jan. 6, 2021

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  13. jlp2024.bsky.social profile picture

    @jlp2024.bsky.social

    Pete you're usually very bad at this. But got to salute you for getting this right.

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  14. bradleymoore.bsky.social profile picture

    Brad Moore @bradleymoore.bsky.social

    The entire Republican Party is allowing this to happen. The WHOLE Party! Not a whimper from any of them.

    This can't be allowed to happen. The Republicans in Congress have capitulated to Trump. The courts MUST stop this nonsense. Trump's War on America must be stopped . . NOW!

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    David Seibert @daveseibert.bsky.social

    Mr. Trump, why are you deploying the National Guard to D.C. now when crime is at a decades-long low, but didn't on January 6th when the Capital was being sacked?

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  21. thegrayghost5.bsky.social profile picture

    @thegrayghost5.bsky.social

    Isn't it illegal to yell fire in a crowded theater when there isn't any? Isn't it illegal to yell Crisis/Crime Spree when there isn't any👽

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  23. paul-newengland.bsky.social profile picture

    paul-NewEngland @paul-newengland.bsky.social

    • Nat Guard will have live rounds chambered. • DC at 3 am is iffy. • Shots fired, will start an avalanche. • Nat Guard are autobody repair peeps and ER nurses. • CNN will have cameras everywhere. • Standby for Fallujah 2.0.

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  26. eobaltimore.bsky.social profile picture

    @eobaltimore.bsky.social

    Well thanks for waking up before you broke the record set by Rip Van Winkle. You’ve been both-sidesing this fascist assault, using the mealiest words available in English to suggest - when you knew better - that our criminal thieving predator president is just another politician, doing politics.

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  27. idajo.bsky.social profile picture

    Deborah @idajo.bsky.social

    The diabolical baboon is a master stereotypist. All he and the Magaites require is a single incident that riles them and Trump will blow it up into a crisis. To them, one incident equals critical mass. Thus does the assault on his servant, “Big Balls,” make DC a crime-infested city begging “rescue.”

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  29. jsewtz.bsky.social profile picture

    @jsewtz.bsky.social

    Trump doesn't seem to like black people. Is it all still about race? Or by stirring up race, he and his mates can grift more easily, like the Die Hard 2 plot.

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  30. drakesadron.bsky.social profile picture

    @drakesadron.bsky.social

    Peter you are a sad sack of shit. lol seriously. just pathetic. it's people like you that make the news media look as terrible as it is these days.

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  35. klassmi.bsky.social profile picture

    @klassmi.bsky.social

    American cities are like slum due to lack of affordable housing and opioid crisis. ⛺️ #Homelessness

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  40. barna.bsky.social profile picture

    Μάρτιν @barna.bsky.social

    Man you are so right. If only you had a role in responsibly covering who is a threat to the foundation of the country vs who is old.

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  42. photomanva.bsky.social profile picture

    Big Jim @photomanva.bsky.social

    Show the SS and the brown shirts will be in our major cities as Trump continues to take away freedom after freedom and the Republicans standby doing nothing

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  47. raylorettojr.bsky.social profile picture

    Sleepy-eyed boy @raylorettojr.bsky.social

    "We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore." "So we are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue —I love Pennsylvania Avenue —and we are going to the Capitol."

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  48. chrissy525.bsky.social profile picture

    @chrissy525.bsky.social

    VP Mike Pence called in the National Guard during the insurrection on 1/6/2021 because Trump refused to do so.

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  50. dmstraker.bsky.social profile picture

    Dave S @dmstraker.bsky.social

    Trump's militarisation of cities will accelerate. DC. Baltimore. Oakland, ...

    Early on is practising, learning and normalizing. As they get slick, takeovers will become faster and more successful.

    Our only hope is that opposition learns, adapts and mobilizes faster.

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  66. wmn16.bsky.social profile picture

    @wmn16.bsky.social

    Wait.. Trump offered National Guard to Prlosi..who purposefully declined.

    And Jan 6 2021 was not the crime spree you want to make it out to be.

    Love the humor!! Keep it up!! Shows us why Trump won - and keeps on winning!!!

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  70. myskhin.bsky.social profile picture

    @myskhin.bsky.social

    can a president just declare an emergency for anything he wants, or is there some legal definition he is supposed to be following?

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  71. lilylighthouse.bsky.social profile picture

    @lilylighthouse.bsky.social

    I'm glad to hear a reporter call it what it is. Trump's takeover of D.C. This is the beginning. He's built plenty of prisons/detention centers like Adolph Hitler used when he exterminated the Jews & anyone who stood in his way.

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  72. ghostlyseahag.bsky.social profile picture

    Amanda @ghostlyseahag.bsky.social

    He's preparing to do something very bad. That's why he's gathering forces around him. I can't wait for all of you cowards to go down with him. You let it happen. This is your legacy. You're all traitors to the constitution.

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  81. nicholasbohac.bsky.social profile picture

    Nicholas Bohac @nicholasbohac.bsky.social

    And then your paper worked every single day since then making sure he would get back in power and have the ability to do what he's doing right now. Congrats, dipshit.

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  83. nytupelo7.bsky.social profile picture

    Tracy @nytupelo7.bsky.social

    "In portraying crime as out of control in cities across the country, he listed familiar targets like NY, L.A. & Chicago but did not mention cities in Republican-led states with the highest murder rates: Memphis, St. Louis or New Orleans."

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  85. nytupelo7.bsky.social profile picture

    Tracy @nytupelo7.bsky.social

     This "dystopian picture of the nation’s capital" created by Fuhrer Trump's TYRANNY is symbolic of what ALL of America will become if WE do NOT REMOVE Trump & his MAGA Nazi Regime! Trumpism must die! Or we will be living in a DYSTOPIAN world, not just in America.

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  86. nytupelo7.bsky.social profile picture

    Tracy @nytupelo7.bsky.social

    "Mr. Trump’s claims that the [D.C.] city was overrun by “bloodthirsty criminals” and “roving mobs of wild youth” 

    Well, now that Trump sent & weaponized the military & National Guard we ARE overrun by bloodthirsty criminals & mobs of rogue MAGA loyalists called TYRANNY created by the Fuhrer, Trump.

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  87. nytupelo7.bsky.social profile picture

    Tracy @nytupelo7.bsky.social

    "D.C.’s mayor acknowledged local officials could do little to block what was expected to be a 30-day takeover of the capital’s policing. President Trump suggested his action might be expanded to other cities". - NYTimes

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  94. neurodr.bsky.social profile picture

    @neurodr.bsky.social

    Time to give back those phony Pulitzers, fraudster! Maybe a new award for your hyper-partisan Democrat Propagandists: "The Orwellian Newspeak Award"

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