Not only that- as a vet she was combat trained and so even more of a threat even if unarmed (though she was trying to attack equally unarmed senators, most of whom are frail old people with no combat training!). How is Michael Brown an obvious fatal threat when he’s facing a guy with a gun/taser and trying to steal…

You’d think that a US soldier would know what the consequences of storming congress while congress people are in it would be. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes and all of that. The most emotion I can muster up for her is “The fuck did she think would happen?”

Not only that she was scrambling over a makeshift barricade set up by the cops to protect the area where the congress people were locked down sheltering in place. She was climbing the barricade to go through a window and get into that second space. There was a mob behind her that would have followed her in.

There is a video of it out there. You can find it if you want. She was shot in the middle of breaking into the Senate chamber during the time when the security officers were trying to hold the door so the members could be escorted out safely. Of course they opened fire when she came in. There are CPD officers…

Remember when he was “America’s Mayor” because he had the good fortune to be the lame-duck mayor of New York when it was hit by a devastating terrorist attack? Remember that? Remember how the entire country suddenly loved him simply because he (somehow) projected “courage” at the right moment? Time Man of the Year…

THAT’S why Trump had his last minute purge and re-staffing of the DOD.  So he could fill it with lackeys who would look the other way while his goon squad rioted.  (Although....Trump’s really not a 4-D chess kind of guy)

Just to show how much bullshit that whole thing is.

“Lawmakers Told To Duck And Cover Inside The Capitol Amid Armed Standoff on Capitol Steps”

If true it’s time for a whiff of grapeshot on the streets of DC. Whoever gives the order won't be court-martialed in two weeks and can be Secretary of Defense or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs afterwards. I wonder if Biden has any numbers he can call?

Uhhhhhhh

This beating up of Rowling is getting old. You go back to the original statement that caused this ruckus and its not a fraction as ‘offensive’ as the media’s retelling of the story implies. Is J.K. Rolling a 20-something suburban American hipster who struts around wearing being ‘woke’ on their sleeve? No she isn’t.

Idk, when our ancestors literally got genocided, our religions were made illegal, treaties were constantly broken, and we were forced into shitty impoverished reservations, we probably deserve something back from the government that did all of this horrible stuff to us wouldn’t you say?

im french canadian and earlier this year i seen my brother on facebook claim he had native heritage (mikmaq specifically) and i was like wtf? just because we lived in the area and learned about them in school..im pretty sure you need a little more than that, ive never heard from any this anyone in the family   :/

Just want to add that while there are no Métis nations in Québec, there are absolutely Métis people (and not in the sense of distant ancestry — 1 or 2 generations removed, at most). However, there’s an ongoing discussion in First Nation communities about whether or not it’s gauche to use the term at all, since the…

Created an account just for this. First I have to say, Métis is not just a term she used. We are a nation, with our own language and kinship networks, and she most definately knew this. At some point it is easy to believe she just didn’t know/had a family story, but that would have stopped making sense many, many…

There are echoes of Elizabeth Warren’s situation here. Latimer has a French Canadian ancestor who lived near an Indigenous community and confused that with membership in that nation. Because Metis nations have French ancestors and most French Canadians can trace a single Indigenous ancestor from the 17th century, ther…

From Canada. Can confirm. Shitty story that could have been avoided with honesty and willingness to represent people without appropriation.

She has also resigned from Trickster.

Now THAT’S inconvenient