So while sitting in the middle of it, this has been a pretty bad 24 hours. Here's what we know:

Those of us who watched the raw video saw people walking in through opened doors while many people shouted reminders not to damage anything or be violent. We saw people walking inside the velvet ropes taking pictures and people talking calmly with police officers inside the Capitol.

YET someone on this forum started a post saying "patriots" had "stormed" the capitol, and that they had "smashed" barriers to do it. None of that seems to be the case. I wonder why that narrative happened to start here, even though that's not what was happening.

We have seen republicans who committed to fighting voter fraud reverse direction and decide that voter fraud isn't a big deal because of the people walking around taking pictures inside the capitol. Clearly those folks never intended to fight voter fraud. I watched the senate debate before the feed stopped. Ted Cruz was NOT presenting evidence. It felt like they were all just wasting time like they knew something was about to happen.

But regardless, either the existence of fraudulent elections is important to you or it's not. At this point there is so much evidence you are either in favor of investigating election fraud or you in favor of the results of them. We can safely assume all those people knew about the voter fraud or have been told to be okay with it if they want to stay alive in the Biden administration. The republicans caved.

Don't think it's going to stop there. People are going to be told what happened and won't question it, because they don't question anything. You are going to be under enormous pressure to condemn the "violence" in the capitol or to apologize for being a Trump supporter.

Don't do it. Don't bend that knee. The violence in the capitol was by the people who fired shots. Regardless of what anyone inside the capitol did, there was voter fraud that should have been investigated. There were dueling electors sent to congress that were just ignored by congress. The election HAS BEEN OVERTURNED. Donald Trump won on November 3. These things are important, regardless of what the news media tells everyone.

Hold the line means what it means, and you'd better do it.

Either President Trump is dead or he's regrouping. The executive order is still in place. It looks bad right now, but he's still EVERYONE'S president. It doesn't matter if anyone dislikes him or whatever CNN and ABC told everyone to think. He's the head of the executive branch of this republic, and everyone that has gone against him thus far is guilty of a crime. Remind anyone who asks of that. Pray that he has the courage and the resources to do something about it now.

The most important thing is not to let people's opinions sway you. Listen to Matt Gaetz being booed by the virtue signalers. They're already starting to label you a terrorist. If you apologize for it now, you've admitted to being a terrorist, and they'll just come after you that much harder if they gain power.

The civil war has started. The shot heard round the world has been fired. The uniparty funded by the CCP, and aided by Big Tech and the Mainstream Media has begun the coup d'etat against the president. They have certified a fraudulent election of the biggest criminal ever to run for public office and expect you to accept it.

Will you?

January 6 is everything. Hopefully Pence is prepared to only accept the republican electors, which solves the problem. If not, the president has the executive order, but the republicans need to commit to this unconditionally.

The stupid GOP have been painting themselves into this corner for years. They do something on the promise of the democrats doing something else later, expecting Lucy not to pull away the football.

The reason this seems a big deal to me is that Cruz has taken Tuberville out with this move. It's pretty smart because most people see the list of names and think it means something.

Maybe it does. I don't trust them. Cruz knows he gets his face on currency if he fights for Trump. So why bother with asking for an audit? It's meaningless and takes every card out of the republicans' hands, leaving 1/6 to either Pence or Trump.

My humble opinion, they all need to be told, by us, in no uncertain terms, to object to Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona at the minimum.

Fraud vitiates everything. Ted Cruz damn well knows that. Please help remind him.

I've got all my prep, I have transportation, and I have my co-pilot. I'm near my budget limit, and still have not secured a place to park/sleep/meet up with people. I don't care too much, as I can sleep in the rental if need-be.

My biggest need is being able to find a group to rally with before going into the city. Preferably someone with a plan, and maybe some extra room for a place to bed down. Even if someone has a lead on a safe place to park would be helpful.

I plan to head toward the Virginia area, and will be there early next week. I'm not dead broke, but I'm not wealthy, and will be able to carry my own weight and help out.

I am using my main account to make this request to try to hook up with a group that I can trust. Because I've been on .win and T_D for five years, you guys know who I am. I am an adult. I have reliable transport. I'm not a drinker or a nut, and I am a short drive from the north part of the DFW metroplex. We will be leaving from here or as far south as San Antonio, and my plans are fairly flexible.

Suggestions for where to go to try to get this info would be helpful in comments, but don't give away private information that just anyone can see. You can respond to me in private messages, and we can exchange numbers and talk if it comes to that.

ALL OF YOU GOING, PLEASE PLAN COMPLETELY. Be smart. Keep your head on a swivel, and make sure the people you are leaving behind are equipped to defend themselves. Try to be prepared for anything.

I have to work today, so I may not check messages until later this afternoon.

A friendly guide to keeping TD beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to read.

1. Don't engage them. If you disagree with someone that makes a ridiculous statement, just downvote them and move on. There are plenty of places for discussion here without filling up the threads with back-and-forth or pointless arguing*.

2. If you suspect a shill, deport and move on. Mods will remove them. They want to turn TD into a cesspool. Don't help them fill it with shit.

3. Don't let them get you angry. You post something in anger that can be taken out of context, and they run to the tech companies or the media to get us banned. Doesn't help anyone. That's a good suggestion for ALL social media.

• NOTE: If you feel like standing your ground, go ahead. It is your right, and we'll all back you up. A friendly suggestion to pick your battles is all I will offer on that.

We are in an era where useful idiots are being sent out to draw us into a civil war, on our streets, in our businesses, our towns and on the Interwebs. All the mechanisms are in place to demonize us, defund us, prosecute us, and remove us. Ignoring those idiots is the easiest way to sidetrack that plan.

Have a wonderful day, and keep Making America Great Again.

Love, VIVA.

We stand with the black community that has suffered for years under democrat rule, being offered government money to break up families and birth as many children as possible from single-parent families.

We stand with the black community that suffered from terrible school systems of unionized teachers who don't give a shit about them.

We stand with the black community that gets up every morning, works hard every day, and watches their children murdered in church parking lots or playing in their living rooms, which the rest of America turns away and ignores.

We stand with the black community in America who can't arm themselves for protection, while their neighborhoods run rampant with murder and drugs.

We stand with the black community whose churches were shutdown by states over fears of a virus, giving them no place to meet up with others who share their views and beliefs, isolating them in their homes.

We stand with our fellow Americans who saw this whole thing ramping up and knew their own neighborhoods and businesses were going to burn at the hands of opportunist thugs egged on by corporate news and interlopers from outside their area, paid by political operatives who want to see everything that's good about America destroyed because they hate a man who lives far away from them, a man many of their community helped to elect president. A man who helped bring record prosperity to their communities.

We stand with you, our fellow Americans. We, like you, will never take a knee. We know you are out there. We are here to let you know we're out there too. We will win. One way or another. Together.