Pentagon Approves 700 National Guard Troops Ahead Of Potential Convoy Protests

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.

The Defense Department’s getting ready for a potential trucker blockade a la Canada in the coming days, with security plans to be set in motion on Saturday ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1405831

Hopefully, the idiots get the message that, unlike 6 Jan, FAFO. These noodniks are not going to over-power the National Guard like they did the Capitol Police.

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The American Truckers Freedom Convoy Just Added Two Powerful Conservatives to Their Ranks ⋆ :bell: The Liberty Daily

Lt. Col. (ret) Allen West has gotten behind many great causes in his career after the military. The Texas gubernatorial candidate is now putting his clout behind the American versions of the Freedom Convoy in Canada, and he’s not alone. Rocker Ted Nugent is going to participate as well.

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He just can’t help himself
Trump praises Putin for his move into Ukraine, calling it ‘genius’ (yahoo.com)

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Fox News host rushes to do clean-up for Trump after he gushes over ‘genius’ Putin - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

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Clean-up on aisle 6.

Sorry, TFG, your comments have been duly noted.

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I think some industrial strength spike strips deployed in the right places might deflate the ambitions of said nudniks, and put a serious hitch in their gitalong.

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If you want to give the likes of Tucker Carlson a conniption, pay some of the truckers to fly BLM and rainbow flags.

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O’Connor made the extremely weird accusation that “it’s considered cool” to expose kids to “drawings of, say, homosexual sex in a diagram.” “And many parents, including me, disagree with that, whether it’s homosexual or heterosexual sex,” he told the Frontier on Monday.

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Exactly what are those elephants up to?

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I’m certain Vlad is all-in on the trucker convoys.

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I expect that the “50 large tactical vehicles” include wreckers to tow off the trucks if they are stupid enough to block the beltway.

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I appreciate a curious mind. It’s obvious that he loves to read to gain more insight into the things that excite him.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor (R) is combing through 51 books in school libraries to see if they’re breaking the state’s obscenity law, and naturally some of the books he’s targeting are about LGBTQ+ issues.

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I’m hoping for M1A2 Abrams.

Couple of shells through the grills and the rest will get the message.

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They will certainly bring a diversity of rational thinking people flocking to their banner.

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O’Connor made the extremely weird accusation that “it’s considered cool” to expose kids to “drawings of, say, homosexual sex in a diagram.”

There are also claims that in books for kids as young as 2nd grade the books contain how-to instructions on using various items of produce for self-pleasuring. I heard several rants on the subject of what’s in those library books.

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Here’s a revealing stat in this Atlantic piece that puts the GOP’s war on school restrictions and learning material that could make white people sad in perspective: A majority of Republicans under 55 are parents, while a majority of Democrats in that age group aren’t.

I’m also guessing (just a guess, mind you) that a majority of Democrats pay more in taxes and receive less back in benefits than a majority of Republicans.

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Ever since the Republicans went full-court-press on book banning and school culture wars, we’re not hearing anything from them about “cancel culture” anymore.

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Does the Okie goober have a plan to completely censor the internet, where the real dirty stuff is?

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they’re both being targeted by the district attorney and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who’s assisting in the criminal case and is also pursuing a civil investigation into the Tangerine Torquemada Organization, for political reasons.

If you’ve committed a crime, do someone else’s motivations change your guilt? I don’t recall that statute.

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"A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something."

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