#Insurrection

Rebecca Traister

rtraister

A short mad thread: Last night, I reported that @RepJayapal had tested positive for COVID after having been sequestered during the Capitol siege with Republican colleagues, some of whom refused

Tracy Jan

TracyJan

It's reassuring to overhear our son's 3rd gr teacher devote the a.m. to addressing the insurrection at the Capitol & patiently, painstakingly answering every last one of the children's many

Jane McManus

janesports

As a woman in journalism I’ve always wondered why the debate over free speech means people being able to say “I am going to rape and kill you.” We’ve been

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

The Capitol Attacks make clear that the US can't lead abroad if democracy is undermined at home.MLK taught that same lesson...we just didn't learn it.[THREAD] In particular, I am referring

Mark Greene

RemakingManhood

@SenTedCruz @HawleyMO and many others in the GOP made shit calculations about what would happen if they fomented sedition against a legitimate election. They really thought they could step in

Tacit Subtext

TSubtext

@clairecmc, “Psyc ops? Yikes. ‘Army commanders at Fort Bragg are investigating Capt. #EmilyRainey’s involvement. The psychological operations officer told AP she led 100 Moore Co. Citizens for Freedom who traveled

WarNuse

WarNuse

10 U.S. Code Chapter 13 - Insurrection§ 252 - Use Of Militia And Armed Forces To Enforce Federal Authority 10 U.S. Code Chapter 13 - Insurrection§ 253 - Interference With

Sebastian Stockman

substockman

One kind of ownership is to take care of, nurture, and protect the thing owned — like these people do with their speedboats.Another kind of ownership is to assert your

Ben Wikler

benwikler

Ron Johnson is THE most vulnerable GOP Senator up in 2022. After the insurrection, 60% of Wisconsinites said he should be replaced. But it'll take a massive effort to win.

Jennifer Mercieca

jenmercieca

I'm here for this >> House Democrats plan to focus impeachment trial on how rioters reacted to Trump’s remarkshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-trump-impeachment/2021/01/25/e747ec76-5f26-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story

ProfB

AntheaButler

Just a point about the @jackmjenkins and @JamesMartinSJ articles I just tweeted out.. both are worth reading and to think about a bigger point.. Evangelicals and Catholics are both in

emptywheel

emptywheel

Here's a ¶ from Greenwald's latest Sicknick trutherism. For him, violence appears to only "count" if 1) it intends the injuries sustained and 2) it results in death. Greenwald has

Dan Berger

dnbrgr

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but people in power don’t need excuses to target the Left. They do it all the time without the specter of rightwing

Janin Spoor

JaninSpoor

1/ A bit of perspective. Amid excuses made for the people involved in the armed insurrection last Wednesday, was one that struck a chord. The “these people are angry and

Rick Tyler-Still Right

rickwtyler

a) August 16, 1812b) April 25, 1846c) April 12, 1861d) July 30, 1916e) March 9, 1916f) July 21, 1918g) August 27, 1918h) December 7, 1941i) June 7, 1942j) February 26,

Always Antifascist

RoseCityAntifa

The Proud Boys deserve all the credit they get as partial instigators of the insurrection at the Capitol but their tactics are hardly new. In this zine we outline the

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