Tag: insurrection
The Jan. 6 insurrection showed us the limits of polarization
Polarization looms large in many diagnoses of America’s current political struggles. Some researchers warn of an approaching “tipping point” of irreversible polarization.
Watchdog says insurrectionist lawmakers, including Trump, should be barred from public...
"We are urging [election officials] to make clear that insurrectionists such as President Trump are barred from ever again holding public office."
Climate deniers backed violence and spread pro-insurrection messages before, during, and...
As the mass radicalization wave surged, some individual opponents of climate action may have been swept along by its broad rightward push, propelling them closer to endorsing political violence.
‘I don’t trust the people above me’: Riot squad cops open...
Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.
Congress could use an arcane section of the 14th Amendment to...
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was created to tackle a different problem related to the Civil War: insurrection.
Why corporate power over American politics was laid bare after the...
Don’t be fooled that corporations’ motives are moral.
Hundreds of 2021 ‘insurrectionists’ may get off while 700 peaceful Pentagon...
What a difference a half century makes (not!)...
We need to prepare for ongoing insurrectionary violence and address its...
Toxic polarization, in which the other side is seen as a monolithic enemy and an existential threat, is dangerous and cripples our ability to solve serious problems.
‘What the hell happened?’: Bowman introduces COUP Act to investigate pro-Trump...
The bill seeks to "establish an investigation into any further ties between Capitol Police and white supremacy, insurrectionism, or fascism."
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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.