News broke earlier this week that The Department of Homeland Security was in the process of preparing for large scale civil unrest around election time. DHS submitted a rushed solicitation to the Federal Business Opportunities website for the procurement of riot gear equipment.

The brief explained the need for the equipment by stating:

“the objective of this effort is to procure riot gear to prepare for the 2012 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, the 2013 Presidential Inauguration and other future similar activities.

Over the last couple of months the Obama administration has been secretly ramping up its preparedness efforts in anticipation of large-scale civil unrest. We have documented numerous examples of how the federal government was preparing like,

Buckle up folks, it looks like we might be in for a bumpy ride!