#Insurrectionists

PastryPlate

PastryPlate

One thing about these protests and riots that keeps me asking, “where’s the money coming from?” I’ve spent a fair amount of time and treasure the past ten years or

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

I have seen a rumor floating around that Ginni Thomas funded 80 buses to transport insurrectionists to D.C. on Wednesday. This rumor does not come from my reporting, and it

Jacob T. Levy

jtlevy

There were a lot of people who intended to be Littlefinger and use chaos as a ladder. It didn’t really work for any of them, did it? Some criminals like

RETIRED MASTER CHIEF⚓️

CMCRET

1/Let’s play “What If.” What if the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election results were under investigation for distributing child pornography. First, we must assume that they aren’t

Rep. Don Beyer

RepDonBeyer

You plainly spread false conspiracy theories for political expediency to divert blame. You and your colleagues bellowed lies in the place where terrorists inspired by an endless stream of lies

Joe

DempseyTwo

Ummm....do we have an Alabama problem? I think we have an Alabama problem. Trying to make sense of the Capitol Siege of the 6th, I whiteboarded the day. Highlights in

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

Anna Meier

AnnaMeierPS

I study white supremacy in institutions and the perpetuation of white supremacist violence. Here is a thread of terms other white scholars have suggested I use instead of white supremacy.

Galway Curiousblue

iamcuriousblue

Note on comparisons betw/ the Capitol insurrection and previous Antifa riots. It's entirely possible to acknowlege the political importance and unprecedentedness of this event WITHOUT minimizing the loss of life

Chris

18zChaoticGood

Make no mistakeTHIS WAS A COUP ATTEMPTThe ENTIRE Federal Government except ONE man was in the Capitol building at the time of breachRioters had flex cuffsSecurity for the Capitol was

Stacey Lynn

iamstaceylynn

Riley June has me thinking about the last time I got called for jury duty. There was a lot wrong with the Jackson County, MO questioning process, but one part

Martin Austermuhle

maustermuhle

Some interesting historical context to yesterday: Back in 1783, Congress had to flee from Philadelphia after a group of angry soldiers protested outside Independence Hall, where Congress then gathered, over

Dr. William Horne

wihorne

The post-insurrection testimony of William Pitt Kellogg has been haunting me lately. He survived several coups as governor of LA during Reconstruction & gave a sobering assessment of their causes.

MUSTAPHA. O. Roy.

MrKunleRoy_

These people here had a zoom meeting with a proscribed terrorist, Nnamdi Kanu, and yet the related security agencies are doing nothing to it.The FG seems to embolden these criminals

Matthew Wilcoxen+

mattwilcoxen

The accusation has been leveled that (white) Christian leaders' criticism of, and outrage over, the Trump riot/coup is hypocritical if they did not make equally strong criticisms of the vandalism

Ben & Jerry's

benandjerrys

Yesterday was not a protest—it was a riot to uphold white supremacy. (1/8) It was allowed to happen. The mostly white insurrectionists roamed freely and without consequence through the heart

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