Trump Hangs Up on NPR. David Byrne's American Utopia. Michigan AG Refers Fake Electors to Feds. The Landlord’s Worst Nightmare Could Protect Millions of New Yorkers. Jordan Klepper Runs Into Matt Gaetz.
Seth takes a closer look at former President Trump abruptly ending an NPR interview after getting fact-checked on his 2020 election lies.
Business leaders like JP Morgan and Irénée du Pont were accused of plotting to install a fascist dictator. If the plotters had been held accountable in the 1930s, the forces behind the 6 January coup attempt might never have flourished now.
The Civil Rights Movement did have its shortcomings, it did not fail because we successfully carried the torch a significant distance down Freedom Road. Now, we hand off to the next generation, and all the generations of freedom fighters to come.
A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.
A year after the attack on the Capitol, the country is suspended between democracy and autocracy. That sense of uncertainty radically heightens the likelihood of episodic bloodletting in America, and even the risk of civil war.
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Though there have been over 700 charges in the probe, most of these charges have been low-level and most rioters who have been convicted have received no jail time at all. Will the probe expand to include the leaders?
Republicans are busy undermining the next election. Giving up on democracy isn’t an option. We must fight back. ‘The temptation to seize power will surely tantalize a political party that seems openly hostile to the very premises of democracy.’
As lawmakers weigh how to safeguard the certification of elections from a future Jan. 6 attack, they’re facing one huge constitutional roadblock.
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