With the sun glinting off the U.S. Capitol dome, Fortress DC remains a veritable ghost town on the day that thousands of “armed insurrectionists” were supposedly expected. Instead, there is silence.
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The sidewalks of Washington, DC are eerily empty, save for the occasional tourist couples taking photos of all the fortifications, fencing and the thousands of National Guard troops standing watch.
A brief tour around the exclusion zone shows no signs of any protests, demonstrations, or activism of any kind.
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A steady stream of charter buses continues to ferry National Guard troops into town.
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The arriving personnel will eventually bring the total number of troops in the capital to a reported 25,000, which is more than all of the American troops in conflict zones overseas.
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Local media chatter is that the threat that has put the city on the highest alert today was probably a trolling operation. You don’t say.
Others, though, are suggesting reports of an all-out assault in DC was only a diversionary tactic so that the 50 state capitals would be more vulnerable to an “insurrectionists.”
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However, with shadows lengthening here, the nation’s capitol remains quiet, as does the rest of the country.
The Biden Inauguration is now three days away.
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