January 6 insurrection

Trump’s roundabout confession to the crime

By Lindsay Beyerstein / February 7, 2022 /

Meanwhile, the GOP is rewriting that horrible day’s history.

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Federal prosecutors are now investigating fake Electoral College certificates, the latest clues that could lead to Trump

By Lindsay Beyerstein / January 28, 2022 /

Similarities in language and formatting between the fake certificates suggests a far-reaching conspiracy orchestrated at the national level. 

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The real Americans versus the ‘real Americans’

By John Stoehr / January 20, 2022 /

There can be only one right side.

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Who investigates the investigators?

By Richard Sudan / January 19, 2022 /

Did an FBI informant help stop a conspiracy to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer? Or did he help it along?

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Martin Luther King Jr would have understood that the line connecting Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump runs through Dixie

By John Stoehr / January 17, 2022 /

The American south as mini-Russia.

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Yes, it’s absurd, but fraudulent certificates are still fraudulent

By Lindsay Beyerstein / January 14, 2022 /

Coverage of the latest from the J6 committee lacks urgency.

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How gerrymandering paved the way for Trump — and his coups

By Jason Sattler / January 11, 2022 /

That “good news” you heard about gerrymandering? It isn’t.

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This is how the Republicans are whitewashing the J6 insurrection out of existence

By John Stoehr / January 7, 2022 /

And how the Big Lie became so easy to believe.

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Merrick Garland sees the big picture

By Lindsay Beyerstein / January 6, 2022 /

Let’s hope he stays true to his vision.

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The J6 coup failed because the clock ran out. The GOP now has plenty of time to get it right

By Magdi Semrau / January 6, 2022 /

From quiet proceduralism to violent insurrection and back again.

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