Politics - Part 24

Progressives Push Back as Trump, Pentagon, and ICE ‘Hijack’ MLK’s Message
Progressives are pushing back against President Donald Trump and federal agencies including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Pentagon that attempted to co-opt Martin Luther King Jr.'s messages Monday, saying they are in fact perpetrators o ...[Read more]
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QAnon extremists discussed trying to infiltrate Biden inauguration by posing as National Guard members: FBI
Members of QAnon were among the far-right extremists who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. And according to an intelligence report the Washington Post has obtained, the FBI has been warning law enforcement agencies that QAnon membe ...[Read more]
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Linguists break down how Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis and Leah Cathryn Windsor, University of MemphisOn Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a series of speakers at the "Save America" rally at the Ellipse in Washington redouble ...[Read more]
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The History Of The FBI’s Secret ‘Enemies’ List
As J. Edgar Hoover became increasingly worried about communist threats against America, he instructed the bureau to conduct secret intelligence operations against anyone deemed "subversive." A new book, Enemies: A History of the FBI, details those and oth ...[Read more]
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US Capitol Riot of 6 January 2021 Featured News
Below is a featured news page for all Capitol Riot related news, taken from Realnews Today coverage as events unfolded: US Capitol Riot Featured News You can find all events, including the aftermath of US Capitol Riot of 6 January 2021, listed in ch ...[Read more]
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Senate Investigation Finds Obama Admin Knowingly Funded al-Qaeda Affiliate
Non-profit humanitarian agency World Vision United States improperly transacted with the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) in 2014 with approval from the Obama administration, sending government funds to an organization that had been sanctioned over its ties t ...[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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Sotomayor Says 13 People Executed During Trump Killing Spree ‘Deserved More From This Court’
"This is not justice," said the liberal Justice after the state murder of Dustin John Higgs as she excoriated the court's conservative majority for essentially rubber-stamping the administration's rushed death penalties. ...[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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New Analysis Shows US Police 3 Times More Likely to Use Violence Against Leftist Protesters Than Far-Right
Black Lives Matter, Indigenous, anti-war, and other progressive activists reacted with a complete lack of surprise to data reported by The Guardian on Thursday that shows U.S. police are three times more likely to use violence against left-wing and social ...[Read more]
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