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Michigan Policast for Monday, January 11, 2021   In this episode: Our predictions woop woop Guns, bombs, and safety in the Lansing Capitol Bld Michigan and the Trump / Maddock insurrection Current state of US...

Michigan Policast for Monday, January 11, 2021

  In this episode:

Our predictions woop woop
Guns, bombs, and safety in the Lansing Capitol Bld
Michigan and the Trump / Maddock insurrection
Current state of US national security
Stochastic terrorism, gaslighting, and de-platforming Donald Trump
COVID-19 updates
Mayor Andy Schor on the financial consequences of COVID
Political notes + Birthday conversation with Frank Kelley (2007)
Transcript – Coming soon !!

@andyschor
@ElissaSlotkin
@RepSlotkin
@dankildee
@RepDanKildee
@mitchellrivard
@RepMeijer

 

Cover image:  Rep Dan Kildee and his Chief of Staff Mitch Rivard are safe after the assault on the Capitol.  Link in show notes.

Jump to:

Segment one: Our predictions:  Candace Miller and Meshawn Maddock

• Segment two: Guns, bombs, and safety in the Lansing Capitol Bld


• Segment three: Michigan and the Trump / Maddock insurrection


• Segment four: Current state of US national security


• Segment five: Stochastic terrorism, gaslighting, and de-platforming Donald Trump


• Segment six: COVID-19 updates


• Segment seven: Mayor Andy Schor on the financial consequences of COVID


• 
  Segment eight: Political notes + Birthday conversation with Frank Kelley (2007)
  


• 
  Transcript – Coming soon !


• Comments

Our predictions woop woop

• Michigan Republican Party Expected To Choose New Leadership After Chair Withdraws Reelection Bid | WKAR


• Candice Miller will not run for governor in 2022


• Ron Weiser presumed to be next MI GOP Co-Chair after Cox announces she will not seek reelection


• Candice Miller: Legacy of firsts in public service

 

Guns, bombs, and safety in the Lansing Capitol Bld

• AG – Authorities Arrest Man for Allegedly Making Bomb Threat at Michigan Capitol Building


• Senate leader supports ban on open carry of firearms in Michigan Capitol


• MICHIGAN STATE CAPITOL COMMISSION


• Michigan State Capitol Commission meeting Monday to discuss banning open carry at Capitol


• 
  Michigan Capitol Commission meeting included delay of firearms ban decision (September 2020)


• 
  AG Nessel Says Commission Can Prohibit Firearms at State Capitol (May 2020)

 

Let me repeat this in no uncertain terms:

Our state Capitol is not safe. https://t.co/eKxAiRHXqo

— Dana Nessel (@dananessel) January 7, 2021

Many of the worst mass shootings in history have involved handguns alone (including Virginia Tech). But by all means, celebrate the banning of “open carry” today.

Guns you can’t readily see are just as deadly as those you can.

The Capitol is not safe. https://t.co/ayj5ZVIa4m

— Dana Nessel (@dananessel) January 11, 2021

 

New: ‘This is absolutely racism’: Rep. Johnson says death threat wasn’t investigated for weeks https://t.co/exbIYnTh24 via @michiganadvance

— Michigan Advance (@MichiganAdvance) January 9, 2021

 

This is great news, so it tracks that the way it’s happening and reasons given for it are maximally dumb pic.twitter.com/SskdaxaACD

— Joshua Pugh (@JPughMI) January 11, 2021

In September, the Michigan Capitol Commission rejected two proposals that would have limited guns inside the building — one that would have banned all guns in the Capitol and one that would have banned open carry of firearms in the Capitol. Commissioners have noted a complete ban on firearms would be costly since metal detectors likely would need to be installed to enforce such a policy. ~Source

 

Agree. We are still under siege and must act accordingly, which is why I bought these items to go under my desk along with my vest. https://t.co/UF2YRAGggH pic.twitter.com/fGuItvLtcU

— Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki) January 10, 2021

 

Michigan and the Trump / Maddock insurrection

• People of the lie: The Michigan Republicans who tried to overturn the election


• All Michigan Democrats in Congress call for Trump's removal


• Michigan Republicans who pushed false fraud claims: Don’t blame us for riots


• Michigan leaders denounce US Capitol riot: ‘This is happening because of lies'


• Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality


• VIDEO: Dan Kildee speaks about chaos at the capitol

 

 

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that the President of the United States was completely MIA while the next three individuals in the line of succession (VP, Speaker of House, Senate Pres Pro Tempore) were under assault in the Capitol. Unconscionable.

— Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) January 11, 2021

 

Yesterday’s assault on the Capitol didn’t have to happen. Politicians who spread the lies that incited this violence bear responsibility. Politicians who continue to lie in order to shift blame and falsely claim this was Antifa or BLM, are contemptible. More thoughts: pic.twitter.com/ZbMPfPXEi5

— Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) January 7, 2021

 

Meshawn Maddock Michigan Sedition Presidential Insurrection Bus

• Activist who organized buses to DC about to take Mich. GOP role


• At least 6 Michigan residents arrested in connection to US Capitol riot


• Michigan duo gains influence after pushing to overturn Michigan election


• Ron Weiser presumed to be next MI GOP Co-Chair after Cox announces she will not seek reelection


• Incoming Michigan GOP leader: My co-chair didn’t ‘incite’ pro-Trump riots

 

 

 

Of course the fuqqing guy is from Michigan geezus Christ so stoopid https://t.co/acpM10nOy7

— Stranger in a Strange Land (@lutlucky) January 11, 2021

 

Remember Brian Cash, the Oakland County man who became infamous for screaming mask-less in front of state troopers at the MI Capitol last spring?

He joined the pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol — and smoked a joint outside.

“It felt like history.”https://t.co/OUkNGfXWkG pic.twitter.com/iHrVYr3l6p

— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) January 11, 2021

It’s all apologies and prepared statements on Twitter, but over on Parler, incoming Michigan GOP chair Meshawn Maddock is still busily spreading conspiratorial nonsense about Trump remaining president pic.twitter.com/bPBdAL29TV

— Joshua Pugh (@JPughMI) January 10, 2021

 

Meet Chris and Bobby Schornak. I guess the family that treasons together stays together? pic.twitter.com/XcrspkOQDp

— Michigan Tea (@MichiganTea) January 8, 2021

 

Meshawn Maddock needs to withdraw as the (unopposed) candidate for co-chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. If she doesn't, the convention should suspend the rules and elect a candidate from the floor. Period. https://t.co/xt5EfmQVNM

— Dennis Lennox (@dennislennox) January 7, 2021

 

Trump Insurrection

• Trump mob ‘wanted to hang Mike Pence from a tree' and even strung up a noose in front of the Capitol building during riot, says photographer


• Pro-Trump dark money groups organized the rally that led to deadly Capitol Hill riot


• Must-see new video shows Capitol riot was way worse than we thought


• More than 100 in Congress call for removing Trump under 25th Amendment
  
  


• Romney Condemns Insurrection at U.S. Capitol


• Trump Criticizes Some Republicans as ‘Surrender Caucus’


• These Elected Republicans Joined the ‘Protest’ That Became a Deadly Riot


• Detroit News Editorial: Let Trump's time play out

 

Yesterday, before being sworn in to the 117th Congress, I picked up my new member pin. These pins are re-designed with each new Congress, and each member gets a new one each session. Pins are required to get on the House floor, and act as our key for getting around the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/OB1ZLifoNN

— Elissa Slotkin (@ElissaSlotkin) January 4, 2021

 

Video shot by Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) and sent to me as he and other members took cover in the House gallery. You can hear them tell each other to take off their identifying Congressional pins so the terrorists would not know who was a member of Congress. pic.twitter.com/ELtdk7WV04

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 7, 2021

 

Horrific new video obtained by CNN shows a MAGA rioter (in white hat and backpack) grab a DC Metro officer and pull him down Capitol steps where he is stomped and beaten with an American flag pole.

At one point they sing the Star Spangled Banner pic.twitter.com/XXJMxanGXp

— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) January 10, 2021

Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory, even after a mob broke into the Capitol, are getting blasted by critics in their home districts. https://t.co/ezYWBng5qh

— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) January 11, 2021

 

Trump supporters chanting ‘HANG MIKE PENCE' at the Capitol Building pic.twitter.com/iMSOl4u3tg

— Dallas (@59dallas) January 6, 2021

 

Louie Gohmert on Newsmax: “But if bottom line is, the court is saying, ‘We're not going to touch this. You have no remedy' — basically, in effect, the ruling would be that you gotta go the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.” pic.twitter.com/cZIdGTiQls

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 2, 2021

Current state of US national security

• CAPITOL RIOTERS’ BREACH OF GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS IS CYBERSECURITY ‘WORST CASE SCENARIO’, SAYS EXPERT


• SolarWinds Breach ‘Much Worse’ Than Feared


• U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid


• Schiff Sees Rise in Russian Disinformation as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting
  
  


• Russians Are Believed to Have Used Microsoft Resellers in Cyberattacks


• Netherlands expels two Russians after uncovering ‘espionage network


• Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S. Says


• C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades


• As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm


• Widely Used Software Company May Be Entry Point for Huge U.S. Hacking

 

 

The breach is far broader than first believed. Initial estimates were that Russia sent its probes only into a few dozen of the 18,000 government and private networks they gained access to when they inserted code into network management software made by a Texas company named SolarWinds. But as businesses like Amazon and Microsoft that provide cloud services dig deeper for evidence, it now appears Russia exploited multiple layers of the supply chain to gain access to as many as 250 networks. ~ Source

 

The hackers managed their intrusion from servers inside the United States, exploiting legal prohibitions on the National Security Agency from engaging in domestic surveillance and eluding cyberdefenses deployed by the Department of Homeland Security. ~ Source

 

Trump…

Cos overthrowing democracy and destroying your country is the patriotic thing to do. #TrumpInsurrection #MAGATerrorist pic.twitter.com/l6Zn3ViYx9

— El Christo (@ElRaynerista) January 11, 2021

 

Tonight, in the first interview with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi since a mob smashed its way through the Capitol, Speaker Pelosi tells Lesley Stahl one motivation for impeaching POTUS is to assure he never runs for the presidency again. https://t.co/GB0n5UOLgK pic.twitter.com/aU6dCSO2BQ

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 10, 2021

 

“Glass is all over the place.” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi shows Lesley Stahl the destruction in her office after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some of them in search of Speaker Pelosi. https://t.co/lZbCRGlV5P pic.twitter.com/GbDo2pEEQI

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 11, 2021

 

 

Staffers Begged Melania to Intercede with Trump During Riots — She Refused and Continued Her Photoshoot https://t.co/cBlWT2J4k4 via @NicoleJames

— Linda Girgis MD (@DrLindaMD) January 11, 2021

 

Stochastic terrorism, gaslighting, and de-platforming Donald Trump

• Poll: Majority of Republicans blame Biden for mob storming the Capitol | TheHill


• Chip Roy spotlights the GOP's selective voter fraud crusade – The Washington Post


• Trump voter fraud claim without merit, judges and commission says – The Washington Post


• All the platforms that have banned or restricted Trump so far


• Judge: Election suit involving 2 Michigan lawmakers ‘flat-out wrong'


• AG – US District Judge Denies Motion to Overturn Election


• Misinformation in Michigan: 17 election-related fact checks

 

Note: The date of this video is December 18, 2020 

After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021

 

In a spirited opinion, US District Judge James E Boasberg of the DC District Court today denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in Wisconsin Voters Alliance et. al. https://t.co/ewQiFT1lVE pic.twitter.com/iNJB6jBGwo

— Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (@MIAttyGen) January 4, 2021

 

New: #Parler CEO John Matze says the site “will likely be down longer than expected” as more vendors drop, following @Apple, @Google & @Amazon.

He says other companies with enough server space to host the site have also “shut their doors.”

Matze posted abt 20 min ago pic.twitter.com/dcuhyG07HR

— Scott Rodd (@SRodd_CPR) January 11, 2021

COVID-19 updates

• Michigan opens COVID vaccine to those 65 and older, other frontline workers | Bridge Michigan


• Vaccine demand by seniors overwhelms Michigan hospitals, health agencies


• Michigan's U.P. COVID-19 hot spot: 1,400 kids sick as many defy rules


• Bridge Michigan coronavirus dashboard


• Coronavirus live updates: U.S. reports more than 4,000 deaths in deadliest day of pandemic – The Washington Post


• House tells Whitmer to ease COVID restrictions for more federal relief


• Whitmer wants Michigan kids back in classrooms by March 1

 

 

Mayor Andy Schor on the financial consequences of COVID

• Lansing Mayor' – Andy Schor


• Study: How Lansing's downtown can weather the coronavirus pandemic


• COVID-19 pandemic prompts Lansing to cut millions from 2021 budget

 

Political notes + Birthday conversation with Frank Kelley (2007)

• Frank Kelley (happy birthday !!!)


• Recall Whitmer Movement – Posts | Facebook


• Michigan’s $3.5B road plan on track despite pandemic, state official says | Bridge Michigan


• GOP gerrymanderer: My maps fueled toxic politics that produced Trump | Bridge Michigan


• Opinion: National Popular Vote upholds American ideal


• The latest on unemployment for Michigan residents in 2021


• Labor and Economic Opportunity – Emergency Relief Package Extends Federal Unemployment Benefit Programs


• Slotkin withholds vote for Pelosi, others from Michigan vote for party nominees


• Michigan election costs rise with absentee ballots. Will GOP foot the bill? | Bridge Michigan


• Video: American Airlines pilot says he'll divert plane and strand Trump supporters in Kansas if they don't ‘behave'

 

 

 

 

Transcript

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