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2021-04-24 at 2:39 PM UTC in Vaccine symptom discussion thread
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2021-04-24 at 2:56 PM UTC in No riots
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2021-04-22 at 6:01 PM UTC in Which pill is best?All I know is the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all.
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2021-04-22 at 5:58 PM UTC in I enjoy hiding my money from my creditors...It seems you should stick to plain hamburgers.
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2021-04-05 at 4:19 PM UTC in is captain falcon actually rich?Absofuckinglutely maybe.
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2021-04-20 at 5:18 PM UTC in Chauvin is beyond fucked
Originally posted by aldra it's a technique that's used in parts of the US and other countries; it doesn't block the airway or blood flow and in order to put someone out by cutting off blood flow, you need to hit both main arteries on either side of the neck.
The last testimony from the coroner was that his blood was still rich with oxygen (98% or something) indicating he hadn't been choked out.
That can be explained by the CPR his lifeless body finally got blocks away from the incident re-oxygenating his blood.
What I believe the prosecution missed was shutting down the carbon monoxide defense theory. From doing HVAC work I have been exposed to classes on proper venting and CO issues. If I remember correctly, CO does not readily leave your blood and involves half-life time diminution. If CO had been an issue, it would have caused a lower blood oxygen count. -
2021-04-20 at 10 PM UTC in Trump Calls Floyd Family To Congratulate Them For VerdictGotcha!
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2021-04-20 at 9:11 PM UTC in Chauvin is beyond fuckedGUILTY ON ALL CHARGES!
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2021-04-20 at 7:57 PM UTC in Chauvin is beyond fuckedHVAC techs have to know a lot of crap. I know electrical, troubleshooting, the refrigerant cycle, leak detection and repair, soft soldering, silver soldering, welding, sheet metal, safety concerns (checking for cracked heat exchangers and flue restrictions or blockages, etc.), setting up circuit boards for variable speed blowers, air flow, parts replacement, sales, restocking and maintaining a work van, familiarity with the city and surrounding area, billing, etc., etc.
The hours can be brutal or feast or famine depending on the season. Being on call really sucks when some jackass calls you out in the middle of the night after working a 12 hour day. I don't miss that. Nowadays, the only ones who abuse me that way are my kids! -
2021-04-20 at 5:02 PM UTC in Chauvin is beyond fucked
Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready So I shouldnt expect she's a bartender either. my guess is she is a
I believe she's one of those cam girls who sucks your wallet dry while her daughter tries to study in the next room over all the noise coming from her mother's bedroom while you have to play with yourself.
No fucking thanks. -
2021-04-18 at 4:21 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMaking
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The Hill
Boehner: 'America First Caucus is one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen'
John Bowden
Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sunday derided plans reportedly spearheaded by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to form a nativist anti-immigration America First Caucus in the House.
Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," Boehner said the plan, which Greene reportedly abandoned after a document outlining the group's goals sparked criticism after it was published by Punchbowl News, was "one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen."
"I wouldn't call it mainstream in our party, but I can tell you that this so-called America First Caucus is one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen," the Ohio Republican said.
"Listen, America is a land of immigration. We've been the world's giant melting pot for the last 200 years. And we've got to celebrate that we're this giant melting pot," he continued, adding that it was "the silliest thing" he's ever seen, and that members of the GOP should "denounce it."
Boehner went on to add in the interview that his "greatest regret" as speaker was not reaching a deal with former President Obama to reform the U.S. immigration system.
Greene, a first-term GOP member from Georgia, has been the center of controversy since before her election to the House due to her past support for the anti-Semitic "QAnon" conspiracy theory, which alleges that top Democrats are conspiring with a cabal of satanic pedophiles.
Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is currently under a federal sex trafficking investigation, reportedly considered joining the now-abandoned caucus idea. -
2021-04-17 at 5:50 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMake
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The Hill
There was Trump-Russia collusion — and Trump pardoned the colluder
Marik von Rennenkampff
It's official: The Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
In an explosive development, the Biden administration confirmed that a Russian government agent with close connections to Donald Trump's top 2016 campaign official "provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and [Trump] campaign strategy."
This revelation demolishes, once and for all, Trump's ceaseless claims that he was the victim of the "greatest witch hunt in the history of our country." (Recall that a Trump appointee directed Robert Mueller to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.")
But just how valuable was the polling and campaign strategy data that Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign chairman, gave to a Russian agent?
According to Brad Parscale, Trump's election data guru, the information that Manafort handed directly to Russian intelligence was of critical importance, determining "98 percent" of the campaign's resource allocations (such as spending on TV, radio and social media ads, rallies, field operations, and so on).
Indeed, the data was so important that Parscale kept a visualization of the information on his iPad at all times, allowing him to tell then-candidate Trump where to conduct his next rally at a moment's notice.
According to the then-Republican-led Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the ultrasensitive campaign information that Manafort passed to a Russian spy "identified voter bases in blue-collar, democratic-leaning states which Trump could swing," including in "Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota."
Moreover, the Russian intelligence officer who received the information "was capable of comprehending the complex polling data."
That leaves a lot of unanswered questions as to what Russia's spies did with the information.
Perhaps worse, Trump ultimately pardoned Manafort. Trump's potential political rivals would be wise to remember that he handed the ultimate political favor to the man who colluded with Russia amid Moscow's campaign to undermine American democracy.
But Manafort's malfeasance fits a broader pattern.
As former Trump adviser Steve Bannon - indicted on fraud charges - aptly noted, top Trump officials engaged in a "treasonous" meeting with a former Russian counterintelligence officer and a woman with "extensive and concerning" links to Russian intelligence services.
At the same time, the then-GOP-led Senate committee made clear that Trump knew of and discussed the release of tens of thousands of Russian-hacked documents and emails pilfered from the Democratic National Committee.
Indeed, Trump may have instructed a close confidant, Roger Stone, to orchestrate the leak of Russian-stolen documents as a political distraction at a make-or-break moment during the 2016 campaign.
But it gets worse. According to former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, in surreptitious conversations with a top Russian official, Trump's soon-to-be national security adviser Michael Flynn was "neutering" American sanctions designed to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election on Trump's behalf.
At the time, Flynn's previous links to Russia made him the target of a counterintelligence probe, thoroughly justifying the FBI's investigation into his collusive calls with a senior Russian government official.
Perhaps worst of all, Trump's political allies released sensitive document after sensitive document in a desperate - and ill-fated - bid to score cheap political points for their boss.
Among other damaging revelations, these selective, politically driven leaks of once highly classified information gave America's adversaries an intimate look into how America's secretive spy catchers conduct their work. The long-term damage to national security and to America's counterintelligence efforts will be debated for years to come.
Ultimately, it took five years to finally learn that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
While the Republicans and conservative media outlets that peddled falsehood after falsehood are dealt a decisive blow, one must wonder what other revelations will come to light in the months and years to come. -
2021-04-17 at 5:36 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sThe Hill
GOP acknowledges struggle to bring down Biden
Jordain Carney
Republicans are struggling to land attacks against President Biden as they grapple with how to win back power in Washington next year.
Biden is proving to be an elusive cipher for Republicans to successfully message against nearly 100 days into his administration, keeping a relatively low profile and refusing to engage in the day-to-day verbal sparring that has consumed Washington in recent years.
It presents a challenge that, GOP senators acknowledge, they aren't hitting the mark on.
"We need to get better at it. I don't think sometimes our messaging is as sharp as it should be because a lot of the things they're doing are things that are popular-when you're spending money, you're popular," Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said about Republicans' success in defining Biden.
Asked how his party was doing, Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) replied: "Poorly."
"I don't think we've done a very good job because he's getting away with defining himself and rolling out this stuff that we're borrowing every penny for it, and the public is buying it," Braun said. "We've got to find ways to articulate and scuffle in a better way, and I don't know that we've found that."
Biden has spent decades building his reputation as an affable dealmaker who came up through the party's centrist wing. During the 2020 campaign, he talked up his relationship with Republicans and hoped that after former President Trump left office that the "fever" would break.
The bipartisan rhetoric has continued in the White House, with the administration reaching out to GOP lawmakers through private phone calls and publicly disclosed Oval Office meetings.
"His tone is moderate and he's an affable person, he's a likeable individual and a lot of us know him, have relationships with him and it's probably harder to attack somebody who is relatable and likeable," Thune said.
Republicans were quick to back new sanctions the administration announced against Russia. And his speech at the memorial for a Capitol Police officer killed this month earned him praise from Fox News, where host Harris Faulkner called him "iconic" for delivering "kindness and empathy."
GOP senators have acknowledged that, politics aside, they largely like Biden, with many knowing him for years if not decades.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), in a recent stop in Kentucky, accused Biden of leading a "left-wing administration" but added that he was a "first-rate person."
"I like him personally, I mean, we've been friends for a long time," McConnell said.
GOP senators say Biden's "nice guy" reputation and moderate tone have helped insulate him politically.
"It's always harder to fight against a nice person because usually people will sort of give him the benefit of the doubt," he added.
Biden's approval ratings have largely held steady in the low-to-mid 50s since taking office in late January, according to averages compiled by tracking website FiveThirtyEight. That's higher than Trump got during his four years in the White House.
A Pew Research Center poll released on Thursday put Biden's approval at 59 percent, up from 54 percent in their March survey. Forty-six percent of Americans also said they liked how Biden "conducts himself as president," compared to 27 percent who don't. Forty-four percent says he's improved the political debate.
But Cornyn garnered fierce backlash this week for a tweet thread where he quoted a Politico article that detailed Biden's less-is-more media strategy. He followed that up with another tweet asking who is "really in charge," sparking criticism that he was elevating those questions. The GOP senator described the experience as being "carpet bombed," but stood by his tweet.
"I think it's a good question. When the 10 Republicans went over to talk about the COVID-19 relief bill, they were apparently having a really nice meeting with the president and Ron Klain was shaking his head ... so I think it's a fair question," he said, referring to Biden's chief of staff.
But Senate Republicans have largely stayed away from personal attacks on Biden, arguing that the best way to win politically against him in the long-run is on policy.
"I don't enter into that kind of conversation. I'm more worried about nuts and bolts in what they're doing on policy," Braun said.
Polling shows that Biden's ideas are popular with a majority of Americans. Pew found that 67 percent of Americans approve the $1.9 trillion coronavirus package. Fifty-seven percent of Americans back his infrastructure plan, according to a Morning Consult-Politico poll.
Braun credited Biden with picking issues that are on-the-surface widely popular, even if Democrats then stretch the actual legislation to go much further.
"I think that he's defined himself and that's resonating with the public that he's after bipartisanship and unity and they've picked topics-who's against COVID relief? But then it's only 10 percent. Who is against infrastructure? And it's only six percent, which is roads and bridges," Braun said. -
2021-04-16 at 5:46 AM UTC in Corona virus vaccines are killing people
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2021-04-15 at 6:18 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMake
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What Liz Cheney has figured out about Donald Trump and 2024
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
On Wednesday, Rep. Liz Cheney was asked a straightforward question by Fox News' Neil Cavuto: "If Donald Trump were the 2024 nominee, would you support him?" And the Wyoming House Republican gave an equally straightforward answer: "I would not."
Which created an entire news cycle -- in which we are still living -- about how Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in House leadership, was one of the only elected Republican officials willing to speak out in opposition to the former President.
And how her outspokenness about Trump could cost her in 2022 as he works to primary her, which the ex-President added to with this statement released Wednesday night: "She is so far down in Wyoming polls that the only way she can win is numerous candidates running against her and splitting the vote. Hopefully, that won't happen. I'll make an Endorsement soon!"
That is all interesting! But it's also not surprising. Cheney's vote to impeach Trump over his actions (and lack thereof) on January 6 -- and the statement she issued to explain the vote -- established her as a leading establishment voice opposed to Trump's ongoing influence within the Republican Party. And Trump's desire to exact revenge on anyone who dares to criticize him is the stuff of legend.
The real storyline here isn't either of those two things, however. It's this: Why is Cheney a lone voice in the wilderness when it comes to not wanting Trump to run again and not being willing to back him if he does? If not for principled reasons, then for political ones? As in, it's hard to see how Trump could possibly win a majority of the vote in the country if he was the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.
Consider this: The worst possible situation for a politician is to be a) totally known and b) broadly disliked.
Which is exactly where Trump finds himself at this moment. Trump is universally known by voters in the country but just 34% of Americans approve of the job he did as president, according to the final Gallup poll of his presidency, which was conducted from January 4-January 15. In that same poll, just 4% of self-identified Democrats and 30% of independents said they approved of how Trump had handled the office.
Now, that poll was in the field during the darkest day of the Trump presidency -- the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. And it also captured the fallout from Trump's initial incitement of the crowd and then his slow reaction to the violence playing out once the Capitol was breached. Which means that the Gallup number likely caught Trump at his lowest possible ebb (or close to it).
But even so, it's very hard to imagine how Trump doesn't remain deeply damaged goods to the general electorate in 2024. Democrats -- even many moderate and conservative ones -- will NEVER consider voting for him because of his actions in office, all of which culminated with January 6 and its aftermath. And it's almost as hard to imagine how independents, who tend to be swayed by the mood of the country and the economy, would opt for Trump amid what is almost certain to be a boom time in the country -- economically and otherwise -- following the battle against the Covid-19 virus.
Given all of that, it seems to me that the most politically savvy course of action for Republicans -- like Cheney -- with an eye on winning back the White House in 2024 would be to support literally anyone other than Trump for the nomination.
Because of all the people mentioned -- from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and back -- have a more solvable political problem than Trump. None of them are as well-known or as broadly disliked by the general electorate. All of them would have the chance over the next few years to introduce themselves to voters and/or change some negative perceptions that may exist about them.
Trump can't do either of those things. Views on him are cemented in voters' minds. And he has shown zero ability (or willingness) to change the way in which he carries himself in the public eye (although, at this point, I don't think if Trump suddenly turned over a new leaf as a consensus builder it would change how anyone thought of him anyway).
So, why is Cheney on an island in seeing how little Trump has of winning -- when compared to the rest of the 2024 aspirants? Well, she isn't. She's just the only one (or one of the only ones) willing to say it. Because the paradox of Trump is that while he is utterly damaged in a general election, he may well be unbeatable in a Republican presidential primary. Which is why the likes of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ruled out running in 2024 if Trump is in the race because, well, what's the point?
Fear remains the dominant emotion when it comes to how Republican elected officials view Trump. And it's that fear that could well relegate them to a near-certain second Trump loss in 2024 unless they find some political courage between now and then. -
2021-04-15 at 2:41 PM UTC in Chauvin is beyond fuckedKudos to this officer for doing the job the right way even at great expense to herself. Great to see her vindication!
The Guardian
New York judge reverses firing of officer who fought colleague over chokehold
Richard Luscombe
A judge in New York has overturned the firing of a long-serving Black former police officer who fought with a white colleague as he placed a suspect in a chokehold.
State supreme court judge Dennis Ward praised Cariol Horne’s intervention during the 2006 incident, which led to her dismissal by the City of Buffalo two years later and a lengthy legal fight for compensation.
In an 11-page ruling, Ward pointed to deaths of Black men during confrontations with law enforcement, including George Floyd and Eric Garner, and the role played by other officers in attendance.
“Recent events in the national news, including the death last year in the City of Minneapolis of George Floyd, who died from unreasonable physical force being applied for over nine minutes, have sparked national outrage over the use of this practice,” Ward wrote.
Cariol Horne said: ‘My vindication comes at a 15-year cost, but what has been gained could not be measured.’
“One of the issues in all of these cases is the role of other officers at the scene and particularly their complicity in failing to intervene to save the life of a person to whom such unreasonable physical force is being applied.”
The ruling to reinstate the former officer’s pension, back pay and other benefits, Ward said, was based partly on the City of Buffalo’s 2020 adoption of Cariol’s Law, which obliges law enforcement officers to intervene if a colleague uses excessive force.
“To her credit, Officer Horne did not merely stand by, but instead sought to intervene, despite the penalty she ultimately paid for doing so,” Ward wrote.
Horne said she tried to prevent fellow officer Greg Kwiatkowski from placing a suspect in a chokehold during a domestic violence arrest. Kwiatkowski was cleared during an internal investigation by Buffalo police but Horne was found to have breached policy and offered a four-day suspension, which she rejected.
In 2008, an arbitrator found her guilty of 11 charges and she was fired with 19 years’ service credit, one short of the 20 required for a full state pension.
Horne, who will not return to her old job, has been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and is campaigning for Cariol’s Law, which also provides protections for officers who report wrongdoing by colleagues, to be adopted nationally.
“My vindication comes at a 15-year cost, but what has been gained could not be measured,” she said in a statement issued by her attorney. “I never wanted another police officer to go through what I had gone through for doing the right thing.”
Horne’s lawyer, Ronald Sullivan, said in the statement: “She saved a life that day, and history will now record her for the hero she is.” -
2021-04-15 at 4:50 PM UTC in Are AMERICAN police a force for good?I have a friend who is a retired police officer and he has admitted to me that he has been disciplined more than once during his career. I guess it comes with the territory. Police are only human too.
On the other hand, I took a course in college with a bunch of cops in the class. I've never seen such blatant cheating as I saw in that class.
As a general rule, I would say that cops are probably not the most intelligent people out there yet praise them for taking on what is a very difficult yet needed job.
I support a national data base on cops to keep the bad ones from resurfacing in a different department after getting fired under certain conditions. -
2021-04-15 at 2:57 PM UTC in Alcohol Discussion Thread
Originally posted by Data That's an obscene resistance to alcohol
What's wrong with you?
Beer was a major food group for me in high school through my mid 20s or so. Getting married, having kids, child support payments, a mortgage, work on equipment that could flat mess you up if you weren't paying attention, bills, etc. kind of took priority. Getting snookered at my age these days takes a lot longer to recover from than it used to! I do still enjoy going out to bars to see my buddies play but usually try to keep it to one drink or so per hour after a quick first two to "get in the mood". -
2021-04-15 at 2:33 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMediaite
Chris Christie Reportedly Buries Trump in Closed-Door Speech to GOP Congressmen: I Warned Him to ‘Knock Off Some of This Crazy Stuff’
Joe DePaolo
Chris Christie is pinning the blame for the Republican party’s defeat in the 2020 election squarely on former President Donald Trump.
According to RealClearPolitics, the former New Jersey governor performed something of a 2020 election autopsy on Wednesday, while charting the course forward for the Republican party in a closed-door address to the Republican Study Committee — a group comprised entirely of current GOP House members. And in his remarks, Christie attributed the party’s two losses in the Georgia Senate runoff elections to Trump’s focus on what he falsely deemed to be a “rigged” presidential vote in the state.
“[F]rankly, if my friend had gone down there and talked about Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and not about Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, we would be in the majority in the Senate right now,” Christie said — in a clear reference to Trump without mentioning him by name.
The former New Jersey governor added, “We lost because we were looking in the rearview mirror at what happened on general election day, not what was going to happen on runoff election day. We were telling them it was rigged, and so they said, ‘Hell, why should I go to a rigged election? My vote’s not gonna matter anyway.’”
Christie then went a step further — putting Trump on the hook not only for the GOP’s loss of control in the senate, but also for its defeat in the presidential race.
“We didn’t lose the White House because the American people disagree with our ideas and support what [Democrats] are trying to do right now,” Christie said, per the RealClearPolitics report. “We know why we lost. We know why we lost, and so does President Trump.”
And in case it wasn’t clear to those present, the former New Jersey governor spelled it out fully.
“I told the president 131 days out, if you don’t knock off some of this crazy stuff, your behavior is going to obscure your accomplishments,” Christie said. “And if this becomes an election for student council president, we don’t win because [President Joe Biden] doesn’t offend anybody as a category.” -
2021-04-15 at 1:28 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMaking
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A man charged with beating a police officer at the Capitol riot has been forced to stay in jail before his trial because he tried to flee to Switzerland, judge says
wbostock@businessinsider.com (Bill Bostock)
Jeffrey Sabol, 51, is charged with beating a police officer at the Capitol riot.
Sabol has been detained since January. Earlier this month a judge denied him pretrial release.
The judge said Sabol was a flight risk and had tried fleeing to Switzerland days after the riot.
A man charged with assaulting a police officer at the Capitol riot has been denied pretrial release because he had tried to flee to Switzerland, a Washington, DC, judge has ruled.
In the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, Jeffrey Sabol, 51, drove to Boston from his Colorado home with a plan to fly to Switzerland, District Judge Emmet Sullivan said in an April 7 ruling published by CNN.
In interviews with law-enforcement officers, Sabol, a geophysicist, said "he planned to ski while in Switzerland to make his trip 'look natural,'" Sullivan wrote. The judge said Sabol abandoned his plan, however, after spotting police officers at the airport.
Last week, Sullivan denied a request from Sabol for pretrial release. Sabol has been in jail since his January 27 arrest, CNN reported, and has yet to enter a plea.
Sullivan wrote in the ruling: "If released, Mr. Sabol may again try to flee or otherwise attempt to prevent his prosecution from moving forward."
Sabol has been given numerous charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon on January 6, according to a Justice Department indictment.
Prosecutors have accused Sabol of taking a baton from a vulnerable Metropolitan Police Department officer, and Sullivan wrote that he "subsequently wielded it while helping drag another officer into the violent mob where he sustained prolonged beatings."
Sabol was then seen placing the baton on the back of the immobile officer's head, Sullivan said.
Sabol first alerted the police on January 11 that he had been at the January 6 riot, after he was pulled over for driving erratically in New City, New York, Sullivan said.
In the car, officers found Sabol "covered in blood from severe lacerations on his thighs and arms," the court ruling said.
Sabol told officers he had attempted to kill himself, and said he was part of the Capitol riot while being questioned, the judge said.
After returning from Washington, DC, to Colorado on January 7, Sabol destroyed his electronic devices by putting them in a microwave, Sullivan wrote, and hid two guns at the house of an associate.
"Mr. Sabol's willingness to act violently during what he perceived to be a 'battle' and a fight against tyranny is extremely troubling," Sullivan said in the ruling.
"That he acted violently against law enforcement protecting the peaceful transition of power based on a belief that the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen is also very alarming."
As of Tuesday, 414 people had been charged with participating in the January 6 riot.