BLM Protest, June 1 Pro-Trump protest, Jan. 6 pic.twitter.com/ONw5LKlgQU
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 6, 2021
the police opened the fucking gates. pic.twitter.com/HyDURXfoaB
— katie (@cevansavenger) January 6, 2021
and it’s the impunity, i should say, that sent the whole thing toppling. once white vigilantes realized they would never pay for the violence, there was no reason to ever stop.
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 7, 2021
Vision emerges of police moving barricades to allow rioters into US Capitol, taking selfies
Cop Seen Taking A Selfie With Rioter Who Stormed The Capitol
Kid glove treatment of pro-Trump mob contrasts with strong-arm police tactics against Black Lives Matter, activists say Washington Post
Protest response: Capitol vs. Standing Rock Indian Country Today
New Lawmaker Slammed for Saying ‘Hitler Was Right’
West Virginia Lawmaker Among Mob Storming Capitol
State capitals under siege by pro-Trump mobs TheHill
This Violent Insurrection Is What Trump Wanted
Remove Trump Tonight The Atlantic
As so often with Trump, he has indicated the plan in advance: Use the Insurrection Act to somehow interfere with the transition of power. He could try it this very day.
Ex-Joint Chiefs Chair Says Trump Isn’t Done
Some Cabinet Members Discussing 25th Amendment
Manufacturers Ask Pence to Invoke 25th Amendment
If you know anything about NAM and their role in establishing "true Americanism," you'll understand the MF irony in this. https://t.co/uZDqpj962r
— Dr. CBS (@blackleftaf) January 6, 2021
Pence Mobilized National Guard at Capitol, Not Trump
Giuliani to Senator: ‘Try to Just Slow it Down’
The president’s lawyer tries to block the count of the Electoral College votes.
Unruly mob on D.C. flight adds new security task for flight crews
Earlier on Trump coup attempt
Fox News: ‘Peaceful’ MAGA Mob Storming Capitol Is ‘Huge Victory’
Ivanka Trump Calls Violent Mob ‘American Patriots’
Giuliani Says Republicans Who Won’t Shred Democracy For Trump Should Leave Party
This Is a Coup The Atlantic
‘This is a coup attempt’: Lawmakers with military experience condemn the right-wing protests and compare it to Iraq deployments Business Insider
Global news outlets are calling pro-Trump protesters storming the US Capitol a ‘coup de force’ Business Insider
This is a coup. Trump’s been leading the country toward this for 5 years. Business Insider
A pipe bomb was reportedly found at RNC headquarters and destroyed by authorities, and a suspicious package arrived at DNC headquarters Business Insider
The monarchist Iranian flag, the Confederate flag, the Israeli flag, and a sign that says "No lockdown, no marxists, no masks, no vaxx" pic.twitter.com/M6ZpqDktfZ
— Laleh Khalili (@LalehKhalili) January 6, 2021
It took 159 years, but a mob marching behind a confederate flag has stormed the US Capitol. They are doing so on @realDonaldTrump’s express orders. pic.twitter.com/Q9MnbT0emZ
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 6, 2021
Black maintenance staff, who were likely forced to hide during insurrection, are cleaning up the mess of a white mob that hung a noose outside the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/YTIJuzDmnA
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) January 7, 2021
The Corporations Funding the End of Democracy New Republic
Giuliani Proposes ‘Trial by Combat’ Political Wire
Video Shows NYPD Officer Kneeling On Man’s Neck During Arrest In Queens Gothamist
“Fascism is an expression of the decay & disintegration of the capitalist economy & a symptom of the bourgeois state’s dissolution. … Fascism is rooted, indeed, in the dissolution of the capitalist economy and the bourgeois state. ” – Clara Zetkin
At the attempted coup today in Washington, USA. Marx would laugh at the ridiculousness of this putsch and caution that after tragedy and farce comes emancipation, and that a badly drawn sign is not going to stop the inevitable. pic.twitter.com/wOQ83ddqFP
— Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) January 7, 2021
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