US Politics
New details about January 6 riot reveal need for full-scale investigation
By Eric London
Jan. 11, 2021
New information in media reports shows that Trump’s January 6 fascistic insurrection had high level support from within the Republican...
Right-wing extremists vow to return to Washington for Joe Biden’s inauguration
"We will come in numbers that no standing army or police agency can match,” wrote a popular Parler user who frequently posts about QAnon
By...
The Pointless Putsch
by Nathaniel St. Clair*
January 8, 2021
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair
If the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and eventually overtook the Capitol,...
Why Impeach Trump at This Late Date? One Word, Says Bernie...
"It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government."
by Jessica Corbett,
Jan.8, 2021
Sen. Bernie...
Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of...
By Alex Newhouse
January 8, 2021
The attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 was shocking, but no one following right-wing activity on...
Army identifies more possible threats as at least 25 ‘domestic terrorism’...
10 Jan, 2021
Prosecutors have opened at least 25 domestic terrorism cases against people who participated in the US Capitol riot, and the army has...
Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath
From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian "solutions" are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed...
Democrat Rep. Schrader Apologizes for Comparing Trump’s Possible Impeachment to ‘Lynching’
by Kirill Kurevlev
Jan.10, 2021
Following the violent turn of events in Washington, DC, with the siege of the US Capitol amidst the electoral vote certification,...
With unilateral censorship of a sitting US president, Big Tech has...
By Helen Buyniski*
8 Jan, 2021
Big Tech’s moves to muscle President Donald Trump off social media have been heralded by some as victory. But a...
Riot on the Hill
By Mike Davis
07 January 2021
Yesterday’s ‘sacrileges’ in our temple of democracy – oh, poor defiled city on the hill, etc. – constituted an ‘insurrection’...