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The U.S. Capitol underwent a lockdown on Monday after reports of an “external security threat,” prompting evacuations and warnings sent to staff. Per NBC News, staff at the Capitol were sent a message to inform them of the developing situation. “All buildings within the Capitol Complex: External security threat, no entry or exit is permitted, […]
Sadly, the 2008 Coen Brothers crime comedy Burn After Reading wasn’t trending early Monday morning as a result of a random communal appreciation of the somewhat overlooked entry in the auteurial duo’s catalog. Instead, this increasingly tiresome existential trap known as Reality has birthed a troublingly Burn After Reading-esque story about one of the participants […]
A new video has emerged that shows even more of what transpired during the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. New Yorker correspondent Luke Mogelson, who was covering the Stop the Steal rally, took the footage. In the beginning, as the rioters storm the building, a person told police, “There’s a fucking million of us out […]
U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a Virginia man who attempted to get past a security checkpoint with fake inauguration credentials, a loaded firearm, and 500 rounds of ammo. According to CNN, Wesley Allen Beeler was taken into custody Friday night after he pulled up to a checkpoint near the Capitol building in Washington D.C. He allegedly provided […]
Tim Gionet, a far-right media figure known as “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested for his involvement in the U.S. Capitol siege. The Associated Press press reports FBI agents arrested Gionet in Houston on Saturday, just 10 days after a mob of Trump-supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. A Department of Justice criminal complaint states Gionet has been charged with […]
A Capitol police officer who was suspended after footage of him wearing a Make America Great Again hat went viral said he was wearing the pro-Donald Trump merch as part of a plan to help trapped members of the Capitol Police. Lt. Tarik Johnson’s fellow officers claim he used the hat to gain the trust of rioters, so […]
Washington D.C. police officers who attempted to hold back mobs of pro-Trump rioters, including one who was crushed by a door in a moment that has since gone viral, are speaking out about the experience. “They were calling us traitors, shouting at us, telling us to remember our oath, and eventually, they attacked us,” Officer Daniel […]
Retired firefighter/MAGA mob member Robert Sanford was filmed throwing a fire extinguisher at police during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, and now he’s facing federal charges. The 55-year-old was arrested on Thursday on four federal charges, including assaulting officers engaging in their official duties, civil disorder, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and knowingly enterting a […]
For Helena Duke, blood isn’t always thicker than water. Shortly after thousands of Trump supporters swarmed to Washington, D.C., last week, the 18-year-old Massachusetts woman identified her family members among the violent mob. Duke told Rolling Stone she had heard about the U.S. Capitol riots from a co-worker, but was unaware that her mother, Therese Duke, was among those who attended […]
Robert Keith Packer, the MAGA cult member who was photographed during the Capitol attack last week wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie, has been arrested. Packer was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities in Virginia on a D.C. warrant, per a report from CBS News citing a senior law enforcement official. The anti-Semite is now facing federal charges that include […]
