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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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US Military Joint Chiefs statement condemning ‘sedition and insurrection’ at US Capitol
America's most senior general Mark Milley and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, issued a statement Tuesday condemning the violent invasion of the US Capitol last week and reminding service members o ...[Read more]
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On Telegram, the Paramilitary Far Right Looks to Radicalize New Recruits Ahead of Inauguration Day
Since the events last week, “Boogaloo Intel Drop,” a channel on the Telegram messaging app with more than 6,600 subscribers, including some self-described active-duty U.S. military personnel, has pushed its followers to usher in a new epoch of politic ...[Read more]
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Poll Shows 63% in US Believe Trump Incited Deadly Insurrection
According to a new national survey (pdf) conducted by Vox and Data for Progress, 63% of likely voters—including 81% of Democrats, 67% of Independents, and just 32% of Republicans—believe Trump is either "very much" or "somewhat" to blame for the right ...[Read more]
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Trump Can Be Indicted Under Federal, State and DC Laws for His Role in Jan. 6
The legal evidence is damning: Donald Trump should be held criminally liable for “seditious conspiracy” and “inciting insurrection” for his role in stoking the events of January 6, when an angry mob of Trump loyalists, incited by the president him ...[Read more]
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