January 6 Commission

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• 4/12/2022
  

  On "Smoking Guns"—Yesterday and Today (and Tomorrow?)

  by Jim Zirin

  As text messages between Donald Jr. and Mark Meadows surface, it seems the last roadblock to a prosecution of Donald Trump over January 6 is a lack of will, not a lack of evidence.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/13/2022
  

  History's Guidance to the January 6 Committee

  by Stephen A. West

  The 1872 report of the Congressional Ku Klux Klan Committee offers lessons for the January 6 Commission: expect partisans to weaponize the report, and don't trust "the judgment of history" to clear up doubts about culpability. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/2/2022
  

  Jan. 6 Commission: Trump Allies Engaged in Potential Criminal Conspiracy to Block Certification

  "The court filing is the strongest assertion yet from the committee that it believes Trump and some of his allies potentially committed crimes during the effort to overturn Biden’s victory and by falsely stating repeatedly that the election was stolen."

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• 1/6/2021
  

  We Almost Lost Our Democracy – and Still Could: A Conversation with Congressman Adam Schiff

  by Robin Lindley

  "There's no division in our purpose. We're all united in wanting to get to the truth and expose the truth to the American people and then legislate in a way that protects our country going forward."

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• SOURCE: Uncivil Religion
  1/4/2022
  

  Uncivil Religion: A Collaborative Effort to Understand January 6, 2021

  Historians including Kristin Du Mez and Matthew Gabriele contribute to a new collaborative project analyzing the flood of digital imagery associated with the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and the election results. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  12/16/2021
  

  The US Keeps Failing the January 6 Test

  by Nicole Hemmer

  Between Republican obfuscation and Democratic indifference, "it is fair to say that American democracy is in a far more tenuous position today than it was during the January 6 insurrection."

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  11/10/2021
  

  Framing Political Violence as Patriotism is Even More Dangerous Than it Sounds

  by Jeremy Best

  The Republican Party has agreed to label the Capitol rioters of January 6 as patriots resisting a dubious (if not stolen) election result. This is a step toward endorsing more political violence and endangering democratic government.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/10/2021
  

  White Supremacists Attacked Democracy and Have Thus Far Faced No Consequences

  by Carol Anderson

  Threatening to demolish the structure of government to preserve white supremacy is a time-honored American tradition, as is escaping consequences for doing so.

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• 7/27/2021
  

  The House January 6th Commission Begins Hearings

  The hearings began with the testimony of beseiged Capitol Police. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  

  The Story of January 6 Will be Told

  by Julian Zelizer

  Republican obstructionism makes it likely that the full story of the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the election certification will be told in popular culture. 

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• SOURCE: Substack
  6/4/2021
  

  9/11 and 1/6: How an American Nightmare Becomes Real

  by Timothy Snyder

  A historian and analyst of democratic collapse describes a slow-moving nightmare unfolding to ensure minoritarian rule. Will Americans, and their elected representatives, wake up in time? 

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• 6/6/2021
  

  The New Meaning of "The Loyal Opposition"

  by Glenn C. Altschuler

  The concept of a loyal opposition depends on the deference of non-governing parties to the authority of democratic institutions and the normative framework in which they operate. That deference seems to be collapsing. 

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• 6/6/2021
  

  Whataboutism Didn't Get Nixon Off the Hook. It Shouldn't Stop Investigation of the Capitol Riots

  by James Robenalt

  There's a long and ignominious tradition of playing "whatabout" to thwart investigations into official misconduct, so it's no surprise the move was part of Republicans' rejection of a January 6 commission. 

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• SOURCE: Substack
  6/3/2021
  

  We Don't Need a Commission to Study January 6

  by Claire Potter

  The Republicans' success in blocking a January 6 Commission is a disturbing sign of political extremism in one party, but there's no reason to believe that such a commission would have solved the problems underlying the insurrection.