NYTimes: The American Abyss
The American Abyss https://nyti.ms/35nixPu
Brilliant.
The shame of Texas — Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton and the Seditious Sixteen.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-The-shame-of-Texas-Ted-Cruz-Ken-15857427.php
Sen. Josh Hawley becomes public enemy No. 1 on Capitol Hill
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-josh-hawley-becomes-public-enemy-no-1-capitol-hill-n1253470
How Matt Gaetz spread a falsehood about antifa infiltrating the mob that attacked Congress
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/01/07/how-matt-gaetz-spread-a-falsehood-about-antifa-infiltrating-the-mob-that-attacked-congress/
White House appointee & former Rep Matt Gaetz staffer Darren Beattie is a white supremacist. While Nazis were storming the Capitol, Darren was telling Black people to “take a knee to MAGA” and “learn their proper place in society.”
Republicans appointed this guy to a commission in charge of overseeing Holocaust sites for a term that goes through 2023. He was previously fired from the White House for giving a speech to neo-Nazis.
Every word of this.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347586354952232960.html
Jesus.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions/
“This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.”
The extensive video evidence from yesterday’s mayhem gives rise to a plethora of potential criminal charges against a large number of suspects.
What federal criminal statutes could apply?
Here's the Lawfare blog to answer the questions:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/heres-how-capitol-mob-violated-federal-criminal-law
A West Virginia state lawmaker was part of the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol today. Derrick Evans posted a video of himself and other rioters rushing into the U.S. Capitol after they breached the security perimeter.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/derrick-evans-lawmaker-rioter-capitol-455655
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