Capitol Riot 
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SOURCE: The Hill
5/11/2023
Proud Boys' Convictions for Seditious Conspiracy Won't End the Far Right Threat
by Tom Mockaitis
Despite the conviction of leading organizers of the January 6 attack on the Capitol (which aimed at overturning Joe Biden's election), the extreme right will remain a threat, partly because of the flourishing of online channels for hate and partly because the Republican Party has framed the insurrection as legitimate political expression.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
1/29/2023
The Real Failures of January 6
by Karen J. Greenberg
Despite surface similarities, the attack on Brazil's government buildings earlier this month differed from January 6, 2021 in one key respect: the transfer of presidential power had already been accomplished. The contrast is sobering—for America.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
7/21/2022
The Dangerous Misunderstanding of America's History of Mob Action
by Stefan Lund
Contrary to the protestations of January 6th apologists, mob action in America has usually worked to suppress, rather than defend, democracy.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
6/10/2022
Simon Balto: January 6 Not an Anomaly in American History
"Americans need to understand that what the terrorists at the Capitol did that day wasn’t the anomaly people think it was within the long history of the United States."
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SOURCE: CNN
2/8/2022
NC Elections Board Affirms it has Power to Bar Rep. Cawthorn from Ballot over Jan. 6 Actions
Without stating whether such action would proceed, North Carolina's elections authority affirmed that it has the power to bar Rep. Madison Cawthorn from seeking reelection if his actions on January 6 are determined to amount to support for insurrection.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
1/30/2022
The Islamophobia of Domestic Security and the Capitol Insurrection
by Juan Cole
Perhaps if the FBI hadn't been spending the last 20 years spying on American Muslims the organizing of white Christian nationalists leading to to the January 6 assault on the Capitol would't have been an apparent surprise to the authorities.
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1/23/2022
Patrick Henry and the Defense of Democracy
by John A. Ragosta
Patrick Henry has become a hero of the Tea Party and the January 6 insurrectionists. But his famous demand for liberty or death doesn't capture his personal commitments to liberty under the rule of law and acceptance of the outcomes of elections.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
1/6/2022
Meacham, Goodwin: Threat to Democracy is Dire
“We have to retell the story of what happened on January 6, with all of the gaps filled in,” Goodwin said. “And I do believe that a line will be drawn.”
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1/9/2022
One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by the Capitol Steps
by Elise Lemire
On the first anniversary of the Capitol attack, and the 162nd of Longfellow's poetic canonization of the Boston patriot, Paul Revere's ride remains a contested and protean symbol for a nation in crisis.
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SOURCE: Uncivil Religion
1/6/2021
Braveheart: President Donald J. Trump
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Following the threads of religion and nationalism that form the unlikely comparison between Trump and Mel Gibson's (heavily mythologized) Scottish movie hero.
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SOURCE: Globe and Mail
1/2/2022
Should Canadians be Preparing for the Collapse of U.S. Democracy?
by Thomas Homer-Dixon
"The country is becoming increasingly ungovernable, and some experts believe it could descend into civil war. How should Canada prepare?"
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SOURCE: Vox
1/6/2022
Why Didn't January 6 Force Moderation on the Republicans?
"So there was a moment after January 6, where it seemed like the right was ready to disown Trump. They were ready to disown everybody who was involved in January 6. And for all kinds of reasons that was a very brief window that didn’t last."
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SOURCE: The Hill
1/6/2022
A Presidential Campaign Pledge Can Right Wrongs of an Infamous Day
by Nicholas Mosvick and Craig Bruce Smith
Following the examples of our first two presidents, 2024's candidates must pledge themselves to honor a peaceful transition of power.
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SOURCE: YouTube
1/5/2022
Kathleen Belew: Is Trump Laying Groundwork for a 2024 Coup?
Historian Kathleen Belew joins Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Moyers to discuss a new documentary, "Preserving Democracy."
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/6/2022
Militias Were Hiding in Plain Sight Before 1/6. They're Still a Threat
by Kathleen Belew
The January 6 attack on the Capitol and the election results was not a one-off coup attempt; it was a recruitment event for the militant far right which increasingly threatens democracy.
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1/6/2021
A Year Later: Our Tattered and Fragile Democracy
by James D. Zirin
American political institutions face a crisis: can they defend themselves against a growing movement that will deploy violence to achieve its goals, or will January 6 become the new normal?
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/10/2021
Worst Isn't Over for Political Violence in Rhetoric or Action
by Joanne Freeman
"Here’s the problem, and it’s foreboding: If a line is crossed, and the occasion passes unacknowledged, was there really a line?"
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/14/2021
D.C. Attorney General to Sue Proud Boys, Oath Keepers for Role in January 6 Assault
"The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., cites the modern version of an 1871 law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, which was enacted after the Civil War to safeguard government officials carrying out their duties and protect civil rights."
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SOURCE: The Guardian
11/28/2021
Joanne Freeman: Violent Rhetoric in Congress is Meant to Intimidate Enemies Into Silence
"I suppose that’s what we’re going to see now; the person who does that kind of bullying and that kind of threatening gets a good degree of support for it."
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
11/1/2021
Right-Wing Ideologues Turn Aggressors Into Victims
by Waitman Wade Beorn
"Allowing the right to weave pernicious counternarratives and to create saints from sinners will only embolden future Ashli Babbitts and spawn more violence. "
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