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Congressman Tim Ryan says that two Capitol Police officers have received temporary suspensions due to their actions during last week’s riot. One of those officers you may have actually seen at some point since Wednesday’s chaos, as he was at the center of a widely circulated clip that appeared to show him posing for a selfie: The other […]
House Majority Whip James Clyburn has said that the ease in which Wednesday’s rioters were able to access the U.S. Capitol makes it seem as if “something untoward may have been going on.” “I have an unmarked office—you got to know exactly where it is,” the South Carolina Democrat told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It’s where […]
Donald Trump has been stripped of yet another honorary degree in the wake of the Capitol riot Wednesday. After the president’s remarks incited a mob of loyalists to storm the legislature, Wagner College has rescinded the degree they issued to him in 2004. The college gave Trump the degree after he spoke to their graduating class […]
Authorities in Pinellas County, Florida arrested 36-year-old Adam Johnson on Friday. They believe Johnson to be the man seen carrying Nancy Pelosi’s lectern in a viral photo from the Capitol riot on Wednesday. After the photo began to spread, the Bradenton Herald identified Johnson as a resident of nearby Parrish, FL. According to the paper, he […]
Weirdo pop musician Ariel Pink has been dropped by his label after photos of him getting ready to attend the “Stop The Steal” rally went viral. Pink was caught at the rally in an Instagram post by Alex Lee Moyer, the documentarian behind the incel-exploring film TFW No GF. Moyer shared a photo of Pink and fellow indie […]
Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, is calling for the Liberal government to list the far-right, neo-fascist organization Proud Boys as a terrorist organization following the siege of the U.S. Capitol earlier this week. And in an attempt to get their attention, he’s asking Canadians to sign a petition saying that they agree. “Today, […]
A seven-foot fence is being put up around the U.S. Capitol following this week’s violent and ultimately fatal insurrection attempt from MAGA cult members. On Thursday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced that a seven-foot “non-scalable” fence would be erected around the property and will remain in place for “at least” 30 days. The fence, per a report […]
UPDATED 1/6, 7:05 p.m.: Twitter made the decision to delete an incendiary tweet from Trump that baselessly spewed his ludicrous claims of election fraud and rationalized the violence that has been occurring in his name. The company is also locking Trump’s account for the next 12 hours. The company also deleted Trump’s recently posted video message in […]
As all hell broke loose in the US Capitol this afternoon, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to encourage her father’s supporters to act peacefully, instead of turning to violence. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Ivanka referred to this group of rioters as “American Patriots,” and she was appropriately dragged for making such […]
A number of world leaders have issued statements addressing the unprecedented scene earlier today in Washington DC when hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on the day Congress was set to certify the 2020 presidential election results. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today’s events “disgraceful,” and stressed the importance of a “peaceful and […]
