Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his office is monitoring the potential for violence, saying he does not feel the need to deploy the state’s National Guard to the state capitol in Little Rock. The Republican governor told Fox News on Sunday: “You want to be overprepared versus underprepared because you never want to see a repeat…
Arkansas Governor Downplays Threat of Violence on Inauguration Day, Won’t Bring in National Guard
Washington Highly Militarized Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
Fences with spiraling barbed wires, barricades, security checkpoints, and heavily armed guards are what you would expect in a military encampment for a warzone, not in downtown Washington D.C. But these are only some of the measures that have been put in place in preparation for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. The heightened security in…
Facebook Blocks Creation of New Events Near Capitols Through Inauguration Day
Facebook is blocking the creation of new events near the U.S. Capitol and the White House through Inauguration Day. Events taking place near state capitols are also being blocked. “We are blocking the creation of any new Facebook events happening in close proximity to locations including the White House, the U.S. Capitol building, and any…
No ‘Specific, Credible Threats’ at This Time, Deputy DHS Secretary Says
Officials have not identified “specific, credible threats” ahead of Inauguration Day, a top homeland security official said Friday. “There’s no specific credible threats at this point in time. There’s just this raised level of tension. And so we’re raising our security level. And we’re doing it across the country,” Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of the Department…
Delta Blocking DC-bound Passengers From Checking Guns Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
Passengers flying to Washington won’t be allowed to check guns, Delta’s CEO announced Thursday. The new policy will start this weekend and run past the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. “We’re going to not allow anyone to check a firearm into any of the metro D.C. airports,” CEO Ed Bastian said on CNBC’s “Squawk…
Illinois Man Arrested for Threatening Violence at Biden Inauguration
A suburban Chicago man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to commit violence at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Louis Capriotti, 45, left a voicemail on Dec. 29, 2020, for a U.S. House member from New Jersey, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch said. Capriotti allegedly said that if certain individuals “think…
Suppose They Gave an Inauguration and Nobody Came?
Commentary The increasingly fascistic American left is setting a trap for the rest of their fellow citizens—often termed “deplorables” but more appropriately dubbed “normals” by Kurt Schlichter—by warning we intend violence all over the country during Joe Biden’s inauguration. This is nonsense, of course, but any kind of demonstration can be declared violent by a…
Mayor Bowser Urges People to Not Travel to DC for Presidential Inauguration
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday said Americans shouldn’t travel to her city for the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. “We are all focused on preparing for the upcoming presidential inauguration. Our goals right now are to encourage Americans to participate virtually and to protect the District of Columbia from a repeat of the violent…
Mayor Bowser Urges People to Avoid DC for Presidential Inauguration
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Jan. 11 that Americans shouldn’t travel to her city to take part in the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. “We are all focused on preparing for the upcoming presidential inauguration. Our goals right now are to encourage Americans to participate virtually and to protect the District of Columbia from…
Deep Dive (Jan. 8): President Trump Says He Won’t Attend Biden’s Inauguration
President Trump has said he will not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. What does this mean for the transferring of power and most importantly, the nuclear codes? More and more lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of President Trump, but why now? Trump only has 13 days left in office. And the growing…
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