As we move into a period of increased fash and LEO activity ahead of and possibly following the inauguration, the RUST admins want to encourage our communities to keep each other safe and updated. RUST is not an organizing entity, but we want to make sure people have whatever resources and info we can provide to keep themselves and their networks safe in the days to come.

Please use the local RUST broadcast channels to stay up to date on info we receive and share and the public relay chats to help coordinate support responses if needed. Remember to message @RUSTcontactbot with verifiable intel that should be shared! This can range from road closure/block locations to positive IDs of known bad actors in specific neighborhoods or communities.

We Protect Us. Stay safe.

Updated information on closures and travel restrictions in DC can be found here: https://inauguration.dc.gov/closures

The Secret Service has issued this list of prohibited items. Please exercise caution when you are out and about in the city this upcoming week. Please travel in groups and be vigilant.

Please bear in mind that much of the Capitol area is federal property, meaning federal charges could apply to anything deemed a crime in those spaces. This is especially true in light of the federal statues and monument act from earlier this summer that makes it a federal crime with up to 10 years imprisonment for defacing a statue or monument.

Exercise caution accordingly.

DC mutual aid resources! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kCGUcpFe6cKQ7dQnluO-9r2FkTUa8-2DresOywDGwgs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Good morning! Please share this channel with your networks and encourage your friends to follow our updates. We will be monitoring the situations in several cities today.

Many cities have increased police presence and some cities are expecting fash rallies. If you see something message @RUSTContactBot with verifiable information on traffic closures or hot spots to avoid.

Links, maps from the secret service and lists of the Red and Green zones in DC because everything is really normal and good.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/map-secret-service-outlines-red-and-green-zone-restricted-areas-in-dc-ahead-of-inauguration-day/ar-BB1cPIv1

DC scanners and social media seem quiet thus far. Continue to stay safe and keep eyes out! Tips can be shared anonymously via @RUSTcontactbot

#signalboost

"Multiple lone actors have been arrested today, armed and presumably intending to engage in violence. Be on the lookout for more armed individuals."

If you’re local to DC and able to offer a hot meal to an unhoused neighbor, please do. Many meal and outreach programs are closed this week due to safety precautions, and we don’t have to wait for an org to come along to take actions that share some caring, solidarity, and kindness.

There have been reports of activists in different cities getting door knocks from the FBI. Some things to remember:

1. You have the right to remain silent.

2. They can and do lie to get people to talk.

3. Nothing you say will help you; anything you say could harm you.

4. You can ask for their business card and say your lawyer will be in touch.

5. You can contact the National Lawyers Guild Federal Defense hotline at 212-679-2811. Put the number in your cellphone. Post it on the inside of your front door.

Good morning! Telegram is deleting all the commonly used leftist channels probably as a way to appear balanced in the wake of the mass deleting of the far right Terrorgram pages. Don't worry, we'll make a new network. Maybe not on Telegrams, maybe on Magic or somewhere else. Keep your eyes and ears open. We Protect Us.

Since Telegram is deleting RUST and other non violent Leftist community rooms in what appears to be retaliation against the mass reporting of the far right "Terrorgram" channels, the admins will be working on create a new network on a more decentralized platform. Please follow the Twitter account @NetworkRust for updates.

#signalboost Capitol building is being evacuated, smoke seen.

Update on smoke seen in DC. related to a fire at a houseless encampment. Fire has been extinguished, but for anyone interested in helping out the houseless folks affected, check out this tweet.

https://twitter.com/coldbrewedtool/status/1351198187504205828?s=21

RUST STATUS UPDATE:

Many of the RUST channels that were down this morning, including this one, are coming back up. We assume this is because TOS reports were reviewed and found to be false but can’t know for sure. We also cannot guarantee against future shutdowns.

Please follow the Twitter account @NetworkRust in case of future channel disruption. That account will be used for updates and information as needed.

When I first started doing comms work, it was because paramilitary organizations killed over 1000 people in the nation annually. It was to provide a consolidation of information on an opensource platform. Now some RUST channels are being censored without explanation of what terms of service we broke.

All of our communications are Public. We dont use encrypted radio channels. We dont provide information that would be considered illegal. We only distribute what is legal. Just as you can film a police officer and national guard on live stream, you are legally allowed to disclose their location. Just like you can listen to public data like locations of police and terror attacks from public radio communications, you can legally distribute that data. There is no federal law broken by these communications and only some local/state governments prohibit the use of police radio to commit a crime which we are not doing.

We only are using it to disclose paramilitary mobilization Police, guard, and private militia, and state where their location, numbers, and tactics are so that people across the United States and Globally can stay safe from state and social violence. Only we can protect ourselves. There are more Americans killed by police and militia groups than Americans killed in foreign wars. We have arms races in our neighborhoods with police and RUST is a defense, not a terror attack. Remote Uprising Support Teams are civilian organized, and defend by reporting on mobilized groups actively so you know when to evacuate, shelter in place, or perform your direct action. When civilians are under attack, autonomous activists will always rise up to protect.

For those who would like to defend our work. @durovschat is the chat where telegrammers can talk to the admins of Telegram

Call for demonstrations against ICE this #J20 from crimethinc
https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1351263420742578179

#CloseTheCamps #EndFamilySeparation #AbolishICE

Mass arrests happening at a Black Trans Lives Matter in NYC. Follow https://news.1rj.ru/str/NYCRUST for updates