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He's here. He's here. Now broadcasting from the underground command post. Deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick and steel of a non-distrib building, we've once again made contact with our leader, Mike. Love them.

Well, America, Mark Levin, our numbers, 87, 7, 381, 381, 877, 381, 381, 381, 1 radio, free America.

Can't do much on the internet anymore. Can we Mr. Producer?

Can't do much on the Washington Post and the New York Times. Can we Mr. Producer?

NBC, ABC, CBS? No. Not much. This. And once a week on Fox, that's about it. And our friends on Blaze TV, on Digital.

The Democrat Party and the Left controls virtually all forms of communication. Big media, big tech. Really quite remarkable. One party rule is becoming the norm.

A couple of friends of mine who work in the administration said that the Washington DC area looks like an absolute third world military encampment. There's military everywhere. There's military at intersections. You have to show your ID to get in and get out.

I also read a piece that the National Guard troops stationed at the Capitol, and this is in the blaze, we're clear to use lethal force.

So there's no more concern about appearances and optics and whether or not the military can use loaded weapons that those days are over.

And as I've said before, Capitol needs to be protected. There's no question about that. My. My rub was with the fact that the White House and other federal institutions, I came under attack.

These very same leftists in Congress and in the media didn't seem to have any kind of an urgency. As a matter of fact, Mattis and Kelly and others said you better not bring in any military.

When the president was thinking of using the insurrection act. And of course, his administration has had to sign off on the use of the National Guard. There's going to be 25,000 military unarmed National Guard troops for security, noting that they were serving at the Capitol in a support role.

That is changed on Tuesday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy authorized the thousands of troops providing security in the area around the Capitol to use lethal force reports the New York Times.

On January 12, 2021 National Guardsmen were given authorization to be armed in support of the U.S. Capitol Police to protect the U.S. Capitol and individual members of Congress and their staff.

Guardsmen are trained in the use of lethal and less than lethal force, de-escalation techniques, as well as the use of protective equipment. This is standard for civil disturbance response missions. The statement continued.

The move was requested by federal authorities and authorized by the Secretary Army.

McCarthy made his decision after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded that the Pentagon take a more muscular posture after a mob.

Aged on by the President says the New York Times breached the Capitol. Now, this is what is really disgusting to me.

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