Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist and judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Her forthcoming book is tentatively titled Against the Light: The Deep State Myth from the Illuminati to QAnon.

Lindsay Beyerstein

Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup

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Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup

January 6 was one part of a coup attempt planned out in the open. Its procedural component was widely reported in the weeks beforehand.

He was set to testify about a PowerPoint outlining step-by-step Trump’s failed coup. Then Mark Meadows chickened out

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He was set to testify about a PowerPoint outlining step-by-step Trump’s failed coup. Then Mark Meadows chickened out

He’s invoking privilege he doesn’t have.

The Republicans are taking their terror campaign to the next level

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The Republicans are taking their terror campaign to the next level

The Wisconsin GOP is mad about election officials following the law.

The inside game and the outside game: procedure plus a mob

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The inside game and the outside game: procedure plus a mob

John Eastman co-wrote the blueprint for how Donald Trump could use the military, the police and criminal gangs to hold onto power.

John Eastman’s manual for state violence

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John Eastman’s manual for state violence

War games often reveal more about the players than they do about the future, and this exercise is no exception.

'Let’s go, Brandon’ tells us violence isn’t the result of MAGA politics. It is MAGA politics

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'Let’s go, Brandon’ tells us violence isn’t the result of MAGA politics. It is MAGA politics

The GOP's cutesy catchphrase.

Rolling Stone adds to ProPublica report showing the Trump White House was warned about potential violence on January 6

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Rolling Stone adds to ProPublica report showing the Trump White House was warned about potential violence on January 6

But proceed with caution

New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself

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New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself

The City Council is taking down the memorial to him.

Death-threat squads harass voting administrators out of their jobs, clearing way for election theft. It’s a slow-motion coup

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Death-threat squads harass voting administrators out of their jobs, clearing way for election theft. It’s a slow-motion coup

“They’re playing the long game.”

After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections

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After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections

The right wing has cynically declared war on easy targets like teachers and nurses in the hopes they will quit out of fear or frustration.

The Republican campaign to rifle through the people’s ballots to sustain the Big Lie is a frontal assault on democracy

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The Republican campaign to rifle through the people’s ballots to sustain the Big Lie is a frontal assault on democracy

We cannot afford to let it spread any further.

The Durham indictment isn't about justice. It's about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message

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The Durham indictment isn't about justice. It's about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message

Snitches might get indicted.

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