#Insurrectionists

Cali Girl

CaliGirl424

And again you're missing the point. Having witnesses wasn't about trying to change GOP Senators minds but to show how trash they are, on record. Id have loved officer beaten

Matthew J. Peterson

docMJP

Republicans ought to utterly reject words like "insurrection" and "sedition" being thrown around carelessly to smear their fellow Americans. If they accept this escalation and broad application of language on

Swara Ahmed

spiderswarz

Ok. Short thread. I'm going to be open and vulnerable here: while my gut is telling me to refer to the white nationalist fascists and insurrectionists as "terrorists" as we

billbindc

BillBindc

Things we know: 1. Congress was left half defended.2. An attack was literally advertised beforehand.3. The incumbent directly encouraged the attack.4. When it occurred he was "enthusiastic".5. A "source close

Melissa (she/her)

LiteraryMouse

Was asked what sort of chatter I’m seeing now.By and large, I’m not.The insurrectionists were operating out in the open, with impunity.And judging by the response of the Capitol Police,

Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ)

benjancewicz

DC Bound. Just heard a loud explosion, smoke can be seen at the capital. More smoke and explosions, the third and fourth ones I’ve heard. Police are pushing people back

Michael Luo

michaelluo

NEW: Luke Mogelson’s remarkable video footage of the Capitol invasion, from breaching the first barricades to rummaging through desks on the Senate floor. Stunning, frightening, revolting.https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-report

Katherine Cross

Quinnae_Moon

As we're all trying to get through this week, I wanted to reflect a bit on fear. On the one hand you have people who are still condescendingly telling us

Robert Hernandez 😷

webjournalist

PSA: White journalists who were surprised about what happened at the Capitol are clearly bias and unable to cover the story. Read that again. Yes, correct. If editors can pull

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

.@NancyMace, GQP Congresswoman, either never listened to @AOC Instagram video or lied when she implied AOC lied. And like all GQPr's these days, she'll never apologize. AOC specifically said the

Hope Koumentakos

hopekoumentakos

Donald Trump is a fascist. His ideology is dangerous. This is not a case of something being taken too far by his most extreme supporters. From all that he has

Nikki Martinez

DrNikkiMartinez

I’m going to say something, and it’s along the line of when people used to get feels when I’d say “he has no friends” (oh your innocence...lol). Buckle and take

Wendell Pierce

WendellPierce

We are in a dangerous time in America. In less than 48 hours of armed insurrectionists storming the Capitol at the incitement of the President we are starting to have

Jen Bartel

heyjenbartel

I feel like I'm going insane. Trump incited a literal insurrection on our Capitol, the insurrectionists came with IEDs, weapons, and zip ties. They erected literal GALLOWS outside the building.

(((The Alex Nowrasteh)))

AlexNowrasteh

A common counter-theme is that the Capitol insurrectionists were punished more harshly than the BLM rioters, or at least criticized more. 1/ According to that narrative, BLM rioters ran roughshod

Casey Michel 🇰🇿

cjcmichel

NEW: A new president enters the White House following a failed, impeached president, amidst unprecedented racial reckoning, and battling white revanchists bent on insurrection.Here's what Ulysses S. Grant can teach

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