#Rioters

Katie Simpson

CBCKatie

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says "what happened yesterday was textbook terrorism,". She questions why security response was not nearly as strong as it was during BLM protests this summer.

Tom Elliott

tomselliott

BLM marches on Washington, attack White House, Trump is evacuated to secure facility.Media: So funny, Trump’s such a pussy!Pro-Trump rioters attack Capitol, sending lawmakers to secure facility. Media: My God,

McKenzie Sadeghi

SadeghiMckenzie

The fact check team at @USATODAY is debunking disinformation that is spreading about the US Capitol riot. Here’s a thread of some fact-checks so far: San Francisco pro-Trump rally photo

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

This all reminds me so much of the assassinations & clinic attacks in the 90s and 00s. Anti-abortion extremists carried them out. But TV anchors, talk radio hosts, and Republican

Mikael Thalen

MikaelThalen

Thread: The brick conspiracy, which alleges that piles of bricks are being left around the country for rioters, has returned for the election.I'm going to break down how I debunked

Jay Van Bavel

jayvanbavel

Research finds that feelings of victimhood can indeed be stoked by politicians, and are linked to support for Trump, his policy agenda, conspiracy theories & distrust.Importantly, people do not need

Balance of Power

BalancePowerUK

Onto the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, for the second impeachment vote against President Trump. Jim McGovern (D-MA): “I saw evil in [the rioters’] eyes. They’re domestic terrorists,

Stephen McIntyre

ClimateAudit

Interesting to read US State Dept recent criticism of Belarus elections. "prohibition of local independent observers at polling stations" - uh, tell that to Trump campaign in Philadelphia "detentions of

Ryan Mac 🙃

RMac18

At Facebook's all hands meeting happening right now, Mark Zuckerberg called yesterday's event's "an insurrection." He says he is appalled. He mentions that he is ashamed at how white rioters

alexgourevitch

alexgourevitch

@sethackerman's right. Complacency's fine in that enough laws exist, rioters arrested, and Trump's denounced his own on camera and promised (again) peaceful exit. I think the real complacency lies elsewhere:

James

214american

1) What's the source of the chaos surrounding "social justice" in America.I'll explain the situation in this thread. 2) It's cool to be viewed as a victim in American society.Groups

Robert Wiblin

robertwiblin

I think people are misunderstanding videos of Capitol Police seemingly letting the mob through.In some cases it looks like they're moving the mob from one contained area to another.In others

Peter Manseau

plmanseau

First they came for the White House Proclamation on the 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket and I did speak out because I was not the Seriously

Darren Samuelsohn

dsamuelsohn

NEW: After the violent and mostly White pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol last week, Black & brown people had to clean up the mess. Several told @Politicsinsider they were well

Alex Boutilier

alexboutilier

Our Quebec cabin rental has some interesting ideas about Canadian life. Weird that I have those same shorts though I believe the wedding (confirmation?) dress and a baseball bat is

Kay Kay Y 🏳️‍🌈✡☸

youmgquist

Did anyone else find out about the Tulsa Massacre from Bailey Sarian because history classes erased it and deemed it "unimportant" Literally 35 city blocks completely destroyed in the chaos

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