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Parler’s website is back online with a brief message to ‘lovers and haters’
Parler's website suddenly reappeared online Sunday afternoon with a message from its CEO, John Matze: "Hello world, is this thing on?" The message, dated January 16, implies that the social network popular with members of the far right has found a new onl ...[Read more]
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Online far-right movements fracture in wake of Capitol riot over gullible QAnon believers
Online far-right movements are splintering in the wake of last week’s Capitol riot, as some radical anti-government movements show signs of disillusionment with the relatively hands-off approach of some QAnon conspiracy theorists amid warnings of future ...[Read more]
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QAnon’s Afterlife: A Holy Civil War – CounterPunch.org
The role of QAnon in the January 6 MAGAist insurrection is becoming clearer by the day. Most readers are familiar by now with its unofficial mascot, be-horned “supersoldier” (and perhaps future WWE Trump tag-team member) Q Shaman. In addition, at leas ...[Read more]
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Federal judge gently pats zip tie insurrectionist on the head, and sends him home
In an asinine display of credulousness, a Texas federal judge named Jeffrey Cureton decided that committed insurrectionist and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence Brock could spend the next few weeks at home drinking Coronas and watching Netflix... ...[Read more]
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‘Kill him with his own gun’: These officers reveal the horror of facing the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol
Michael Fanone, a member of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, was among the people who feared for his life when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. Fanone discussed coming face to face with that mob during ...[Read more]
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America Has Entered the Weimar Era: Walden Bello on How Neoliberalism Fueled Trump & Violent Right
Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with impeachment following the violent insurrection that killed five people at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The single article of impeachment against President Trump cites his incitement of insurrection and accuse ...[Read more]
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At Least 28 Cops Were Attendees at Pro-Trump Rally Preceding Attack on Capitol
At least 28 law enforcement officers from 12 states have been identified as attendees of the so-called “Save America” rally in support of Donald Trump that sparked the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, according to news reports that ...[Read more]
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Revealed: walkie-talkie app Zello hosted far-right groups who stormed Capitol
Audio and chat logs reveal that at least two insurrectionists who broke into the Capitol on 6 January used Zello, a social media walkie-talkie app that critics say has largely ignored a growing far-right user base. “We are in the main dome right now,� ...[Read more]
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Capitol Police Officers Said They Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Members Of Congress Helped Plan The Attack
After seeing one of their colleagues killed last Wednesday, Capitol Police officers are angry that Republican members of Congress refuse to submit to the security changes put in place since then, and say they wouldn’t even be surprised if some lawmakers ...[Read more]
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Trumper DC protester arrested with 11 Molotov cocktails, several guns had list of ‘good guys,’ ‘bad guys’: DOJ
Federal prosecutors submitted chilling new evidence in their case against Capitol siege suspect Lonnie Coffman on Tuesday, including a list the protester had in his possession naming "good guys" and "bad guys," including the names of a federal judge and a ...[Read more]
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Rioter wearing Camp Auschwitz T-shirt is arrested, according to law enforcement.
A man who was photographed wearing a T-shirt that read Camp Auschwitz€ while inside the Capitol last week was arrested in Newport News, Va., in connection to the riot. ...[Read more]
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