Okay, so I wake up late this morning after the disturbing news last night that the historic courthouse in my hometown – a block from my home – is being closed to the public today through new Wednesday. They didn’t given any reason for the closing but I suspect it has something to do with the domestic terrorists who might get some ideas about courthouses next, which meant I did not sleep well last night.

And then this morning —

Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”

The bullhorns and face paint guy told the FBI that he hoped to return to the capitol for inauguration to, you know, register his displeasure.  His lawyer broadly hinted for a Presidential pardon.

Nuttier than squirrel poop.

And a guy from Texas, retired Air Force Reserve who was turned in to the FBI by his ex-wife, was carrying around restraints that were intended to be used on elected officials.  Get this —

A magistrate judge on Thursday released Brock to home confinement with electronic monitoring and limits on interacting with others involved in the riot and barred him from possessing guns or accessing social media.

I just sent my magistrate judge a note that said, “You do this and you’re gonna have an ex-wife, too.”

When I think how close they came to actually pulling this off, I cringe knowing this is the same DOJ, Homeland Security and FBI guarding the Capitol until noon on inauguration day.

Holy damn crap, y’all.