With this news of the GA results, Congress meets today to accept the already delivered Electoral votes. In years past this was a mere formality, rarely warranting even a single news cycle (do you remember hearing it talked about for several days prior to the event?). With the tRump cult being what it is, and tRump trying to reap the whirlwind of the chaos he has sown, things are getting dicey here in DC:

By Tuesday night, DC police had announced six protest-related arrests. The Metropolitan Police Department made five arrests — three men, two women — with charges ranging from carrying a pistol without a license to assault of a police officer, according to a spokesman.

The spokesman added the U.S. Park Police also made one arrest.

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Swinney's friend Marcus Wren, who waved a “Don’t Tread On Me” flag, said patriots like them would keep Biden from taking office.

“Enlightened patriots will stand up and say, ‘This will not stand,’ and they will be forced to stop it,” said Wren, 67, who owns a bottled water company in Louisiana. “If someone doesn’t stand up, our republic will be gone.”

Swinney said that based on crowd sizes, he believes Trump easily has more support than Biden. Wren referred to the "deep state" attempting to steal the election, a conspiracy theory about a group of powerful elites that allegedly run government and society.

There are some Republicans in Congress who plan to disrupt the process with challenges to the electoral votes from the swing states (there is a "test case" for this going on in the PA state Senate). They and tRump are counting on Pence to be the firewall. Unfortunately for them, Pence let tRump know he can't do that. I guess he spoke to a few lawyers who actually know Constitutional law and congressional procedure.

So let's enjoy the good news out of GA, and prepare ourselves for the messy (and possibly violent on the fringes) turnover of power that will happen today.

Kevin McCarthy on Jan 13: “last week’s violent attack on the Capitol was undemocratic, un-American and criminal…those who are responsible for Wednesday’s chaos will be brought to justice…The President bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters.”

Rep Steve Scalise on Jan 6: “Once you start taking violent actions against law enforcement you’re not a protestor anymore, you are an anarchist. Whether it’s anarchy or terrorism, they were trying to storm the Capitol and stop our democracy from working.”

Senator Lindsey Graham on Jan 7: “When it comes to accountability the president needs to understand that his actions were the problem not the solution”

Senator McConnell: “Former President Trump’s actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”