Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 MAGA attack at the U.S. Capitol, we published a list of times President Donald Trump made a public effort last year to rewrite and reframe the 2021 event. Well, apparently, the White House also commemorated the date by publishing its own release […]
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To Commemorate The 5th Anniversary Of Jan. 6, Here’s All The Times Trump Tried To Rewrite Its History
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Five years ago today, a massive mob of MAGA Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol, broke through barricades, brutally assaulted police officers, scaled walls, broke into and vandalized the offices of government officials, and threatened the very lives of legislators, all in an attempt to stop the certification of votes in […]
Read MoreJan. 6: Trump And Friends Are Still Smearing The People’s House 5 Years Later
Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Jan. 5, 2021, millions of Georgians did something extraordinary. We elected Reverend Raphael Warnock, the state’s first Black U.S. senator, and Jon Ossoff, the state’s first Jewish senator. Together, those victories flipped control of the U.S. Senate and marked a generational shift in American politics. Ossoff’s election also […]
Read More5 Years After Jan. 6: What Did America Actually Learn?
Capitol attack facts remain, but language used to describe it has softened, minimizing the violence. Over 100 police officers injured, but their service is increasingly dismissed by political leaders. DOJ under Trump has taken steps to erase accountability, including deleting criminal records and hiring rioter as advisor. Source: The Washington Post / Getty Jan. 6, […]
Read MoreBrian Cole: Justice Department Memo Reveals Why Pipe Bombs Were Placed Outside DNC And RNC
Source: Tom Williams / Getty The man accused of placing pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) the night before the Capitol Riot has told investigators that he did it because someone needed to “speak up” for the people who believed the 2020 election was stolen. According to […]
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FBI Arrests Potential Suspect In Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Case
Source: Andrew Leyden / Getty One of the enduring mysteries of the nightmare that was Jan. 6, 2021, is who planted the pipe bombs that were found throughout Washington, D.C., on the evening before the Capitol Riot. After a nearly five-year-long investigation, the FBI has finally arrested a suspect in the case. According to AP, […]
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Pardoned Capitol Rioter Threatened To Kill Hakeem Jeffries
Source: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Over the last month, the Trump administration has repeatedly used the death of Charlie Kirk to frame political violence as being exclusively perpetrated by those on the left. The DOJ even deleted a report from its website that overwhelmingly attributed political violence to far-right extremists. This narrative completely ignores the […]
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Trump Forgets Who Was President On Jan. 6, Claims Agents With The ‘Biden FBI’ Were Sent To Infiltrate
Source: YOAN VALAT / Getty Donald Trump is truly the stupid man’s president. In fact, for many of us, it’s the most frustrating thing about him. Trump isn’t some silver-tongued mastermind of a politician. He hasn’t had such a dominating impact on the Republican Party and MAGA America because he’s some brilliant idealist and innovator; […]
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A Former Jan. 6 Defendant Who Urged Rioters To ‘Kill’ Cops Is Now A Justice Department Senior Advisor. Surprised?
Source: The Washington Post / Getty I’ve written before about how President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, and what the event represents. The reason he wasted no time in his second term before he unilaterally pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, the reason […]
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New Study Shows White Republicans Still Support Trump After Jan. 6 Because Of White Grievance…Also, Water Is Wet
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty A recent study found that white Republicans who continued to support President Donald Trump after he instigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot did so out of racial resentment and a feeling that white people are now on the losing end of systemic racism. Now, I know what you’re thinking: of […]
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