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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out her story of hiding from intruders during the January Capitol riot on a recent in-depth Instagram Live session. The right-wing media pushback was swift and unsurprising, both making fun of AOC for sharing that she feared for her life and questioning her version of events. The latest attack on her account is […]
The incarcerated “QAnon Shaman” will finally get his organic food. According to Politco, a federal judge has ordered a Washington, D.C., jail to provide an organic diet for Jacob Chansley, one of the Trump supporters who has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The order came just hours after Chansley’s attorney, Albert Watkins, filed an […]
Criticism is stacking up in connection with 20-year-old Emanual Jackson, a participant in the violent Capitol riot earlier this month who’s now said to have been denied bail. Jackson, who is Black, turned himself in to the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. on Jan. 18 and confirmed that he was seen in footage from the riot […]
Weeks before the Capitol riot and attempted coup on Jan. 6, Texas teen Jackson Reffitt reported his father to the FBI because he was concerned about “something big” his dad was scheming up. “He would always tell me that he’s going to do something big,” Reffitt, who is 18, told the New York Times. “I assumed he […]
Prince Harry is well aware that social media is a powerful tool—one that can be utilized for both good and evil. In a recent Q&A with Fast Company, the 36-year-old Duke of Sussex spoke about the dangers of online misinformation, and how hate-fueled conspiracy theories played a role in the deadly U.S. Capitol riots. Harry, who has publicly […]
A man who admitted to participating in the U.S. Capitol riots is accused of trying to flee the country and commit suicide shortly after the insurrection. As reported by CNBC, Jeffrey Sabol—a 51-year-old geophysicist from Colorado—told authorities he was “in a fit of rage” on the day the of deadly siege when he was allegedly filmed assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Footage […]
A Connecticut man has been apprehended after a viral video showed him assaulting an officer with a riot shield during the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. NPR reports that Patrick Edward McCaughey III was arrested on Tuesday and charged with assaulting an officer, civil disorder, entering restricted grounds, and disorderly conduct. The Department of […]
The Capitol riots were made up of a wide swath of conservative and far-right true believers. As more and more names of those involved have come out, we’ve seen Donald Trump die-hards, QAnon zealots, small business conservatives, and anti-government militiamen. The people storming the Capitol ranged from zip-tie carrying coup larpers looking to take hostages to […]
Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who’s both a Republican and a rotting-in-public hurdle for progressive policies, is placing the blame for the violent (and ultimately fatal) attack on the Capitol earlier this month on Trump‘s shoulders. Speaking from the Senate floor on Tuesday, just one day ahead of the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, […]
A Texas man who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol took an unsurprisingly terrible approach to try preventing family members from snitching on his participation. According to court documents, Guy Reffitt threatened to shoot his daughter and son if they told the authorities. Reffitt allegedly leveled the threat while arguing with his kids […]
