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The insurrection never ended
The Republicans are reviving American apartheid.
January 6 insurrection
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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.
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Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?
Three Fox hosts contacted Mark Meadows during the 1/6 insurrection. Jeremy Littau thinks that should change how the press does news.
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Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt
But perhaps the biggest news was that the vote was televised.
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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.
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Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: What we talk about when we talk about white supremacy
It’s not what it used to be.
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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.
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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
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I’m not buying Adam Schiff’s bullshit. Neither should you
Why is the congressman taking advantage of ignorance?
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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.
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Why isn’t the full force of the US government being brought down on the Proud Boys? Democracy and freedom demand it
The FBI has the means, but not the will.
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The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing
Roger Stone and Trump operatives like to think of themselves as being in control. A new Reuters report paints a very different picture.