January 6 insurrection

The insurrection never ended

By John Stoehr / January 3, 2022 /

The Republicans are reviving American apartheid.

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

By Lindsay Beyerstein / December 16, 2021 /

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?

By John Stoehr / December 15, 2021 /

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

By John Stoehr / December 13, 2021 /

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

By Lindsay Beyerstein / December 9, 2021 /

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

By Rod Graham / December 1, 2021 /

It’s not what it used to be.

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John Eastman’s manual for state violence

By Lindsay Beyerstein / November 10, 2021 /

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

By Lindsay Beyerstein / October 26, 2021 /

But proceed with caution

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I’m not buying Adam Schiff’s bullshit. Neither should you

By John Stoehr / October 12, 2021 /

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

By Lindsay Beyerstein / October 6, 2021 /

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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