{"id":20996,"date":"2022-01-07T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=20996"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T19:47:06","slug":"congress-preparing-for-another-january-6-by-enrolling-in-group-karate-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/01\/07\/congress-preparing-for-another-january-6-by-enrolling-in-group-karate-class\/","title":{"rendered":"CONGRESS PREPARING FOR ANOTHER JANUARY 6 BY ENROLLING IN GROUP KARATE CLASS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bathtubbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Onion5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38211\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/congress-preparing-for-another-january-6-by-enrolling-i-1848309869\">Yesterday 3:56PM<\/a><a>&nbsp;(TheOnion.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Nervously fiddling with their new white belts as they waited for their instructor in the training hall, U.S. Congress members reportedly prepared for another Jan. 6 on Thursday by participating in a group class at the D.C.-area True Method Karate Studio. \u201cWe simply cannot allow what happened last year to ever repeat itself, which is why from now on we\u2019ll be meeting up once a week to study the martial art of karate with Howard-sensei,\u201d said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who stood barefoot on the d\u014dj\u014d mat among his fellow lawmakers, practicing making a&nbsp;<em>seiken&nbsp;<\/em>proper fist before moving through a variety of basic stances. \u201cAfter last Jan. 6, we just felt so powerless and humiliated. This will be a great way to not only gain back our confidence, but be ready to defend ourselves with kicks, punches, and blocks in the event there\u2019s ever another insurrection. Plus, it\u2019s a whole lot of fun!\u201d At press time, sources confirmed the class was seething with envy after Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) became the first to receive his yellow belt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday 3:56PM&nbsp;(TheOnion.com) WASHINGTON\u2014Nervously fiddling with their new white belts as they waited for their instructor in the training hall, U.S. Congress members reportedly prepared for another Jan. 6 on Thursday by participating in a group class at the D.C.-area True Method Karate Studio. \u201cWe simply cannot allow what happened last&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/01\/07\/congress-preparing-for-another-january-6-by-enrolling-in-group-karate-class\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20997,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions\/20997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}