#Rioters

Celeste Ng

pronounced_ing

From my lane, I sincerely want to acknowledge the journalists who had to describe the bizarro events of yesterday in actual sentences. Like: ““Former Attorney General William Barr, who was

(((M Goldfarb)))

MGEmancipation

"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things.Some shall be pardoned, and some

Susan Simpson

TheViewFromLL2

The president — who has spent months conflating "protesters" and "rioters" — says if there are "riots" after he declares victory on election night, "we'll go in" and "put them

Dr. Joanne Freeman

jbf1755

The events of January 6 were an advertisement of threats:Of rising militant violenceOf people spurning democracyOf rising extremism in the Republican PartyOf racism in law enforcement (what would have happened

Jay Fivekiller

JayFiveK

Thread: One of the things we're neglecting in our discussions about Antifa is something I call the "Shitbird Factor". Meaning, a substantial minority, if not majority, of the rioters and

Sarah Ferris

sarahnferris

Unplugging for a few days. But first, how we got here:Day 1. Hill chaos turns deadly after rioters storm Capitolhttp://politi.co/3soPwwq The day Trump broke the GOP http://politi.co/2XGUxlS The Siege of

jacobian

jacobian

Just to give folks who aren't in the field an idea what we're talking about:- we must assume that foreign agents were among the rioters- snooping devices can be implanted

Branko Marcetic

BMarchetich

It's incredibly easy to imagine a scenario, maybe as early as 2024, when a GOP-controlled Congress can and does try to abrogate an election result in earnest, and people embark

Igor Bobic

igorbobic

One month since the attack and I’m still learning harrowing details about the day. So much has happened since and the news moves so fast, it’s been difficult to focus

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

In 2000, the Republican Party orchestrated a violent riot in Florida to keep votes from being counted. It worked.While not *very* concerned, I'm at least *somewhat* concerned that Trump is

Governor Phil Scott

GovPhilScott

This is a very disturbing time for our nation. What we are seeing today at the U.S. Capitol is not a peaceful protest – it is an unacceptable attack on

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin

bethsawin

Every day I understand more about why, for almost 50 years, my field has been shouting “there are limits to growth” and not getting through in a way that leads

tsar becket adams

BecketAdams

"the police just let the rioters in!" "Make no mistake: If the protesters were black, they would have been tear-gassed, battered, and perhaps shot.” this “the cops allowed this to

Chris Bosley

ChrisBosley1

Okay, here we go. The rioters this afternoon & evening are extremists, seditionists, insurrectionists, & perhaps even terrorists. There should be mass arrests. There should be resignations. Perhaps there should

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

In September, @APStylebook (AP’s rules book for Journos) tweeted that “focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths

Andrew Neil

afneil

Reasons to be cheerful for America after last night's grim scenes from Capitol Hill.1. It was not an attempted coup or insurrection. It was a mob on the rampage, which

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