US designates Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism” Peoples Dispatch
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Padilla criticized the move and called it hypocritical and cynical
US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies ‘terrorists’ Grayzone
The US State Department designated Yemen’s Houthi movement — the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda — as a “terrorist” organization. Meanwhile Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda.
China hits back at U.S. move to lift communication restrictions on Taiwan
A small bureaucratic change at the Pentagon hints a major shift for US special-operations units Business Insider
Media Cry Wolf for Third Time on Afghan ‘Bounties’ FAIR
Despite stimulus help, fewer than 4 in 10 Americans could pay for an emergency $1,000 expense Yahoo
The Case Against $2,000 Checks Is Garbage David Sirota.
Koch financed coup attempt?
Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs Helped Plan January 6 Event, Lead Organizer Says Intercept (Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, a former far-right North Carolina congressman, was head of the Koch brothers-supported House “Freedom Caucus.” Koch backing of “Freedom Caucus” not mentioned in the article.)
Club for Growth and Koch nurtured Freedom Caucus Politico – from 2015
Mark Meadows mingles with Koch brothers, billionaire GOP donors Asheville, N.C., Citizen-Times – from 2017
Capitol siege was planned online. Trump supporters now planning the next one. Washington Post
Cops and military
Off-duty police, firefighters under investigation in connection with U.S. Capitol riot Reuters
Army moves to oust officer who made jokes on TikTok about Nazi concentration camps Washington Post
The Rioters Weren’t All “Blue Collar MAGA” — They Were CEOs, Lawyers, & Police Officers
Republican Attorneys General Urged Protestors to ‘Fight’
It is difficult, if not impossible, to estimate the size of the crowd that stormed Capitol Hill The Conversation
The United States: the Democracy That Never Was Resumen
Police attack demonstration commemorating Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin Peoples Dispatch
America Through Nazi Eyes Dissent
The most radical Nazis were the most aggressive champions of U.S. law. Where they found the U.S. example lacking, it was because they thought it was too harsh.
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