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Brazil’s awkward reminder for Americans: “presidential accountability” means more there than at home
RIO DE JANEIRO
Traveling outside the U.S. rarely allows a departure from talking about American politics, but since last January saw President Trump return to a level of power that he has already abused far more than he did in his disastrous first term, those conversations have been harder to escape.
And in this city and in this country, where Web Summit Rio took me for the fourth year in a row, those discussions were more awkward than in the rest of the world.
(I once again traveled to Brazil on my Irish passport because of the visa-free travel that allows, but my accent allowed no escape from this banter.)
Because while Brazil and the United States each saw a president attempt to overturn an electoral defeat by inciting followers to stage a violent insurrection at a national capital, the two countries have not responded to these self-coup attempts in the same way.
Less than three years after Jair Bolsonaro instigated the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court found him guilty of five criminal charges, sentenced him to more than 27 years’ imprisonment and banned him from running for public office until 2060.
That is what accountability looks like.
The U.S., meanwhile, has failed dismally to do the same with Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
First, too many Republicans in the Senate refused to convict him in his second impeachment trial, on the cop-out theory that courts would do the job. But then prosecutions started late–one doomed early by unforgivably sloppy misconduct–after which court after court lunged for reasons to give the disgraced former president second chances that few other defendants in America would get.
This pathetic exercise in institutional failure continued with the Supreme Court’s profoundly un-American decision in July 2024 that presidents are mostly above the law, and then voters finished botching the job by voting to send Trump back to the White House.
I couldn’t explain that to Brazilians any more than I could to citizens of any other nation. I can, however, imagine why their country would have responded so strongly to Bolsonaro’s assault on their democratic order: Brazil’s living memory includes more than two decades of a military dictatorship that many of Bolsonaro’s rioters wanted to see restored.
Too many American voters, meanwhile, could not be bothered to remember Trump’s attempted murder of democracy less than four years after it happened. We are not going to live that down anytime soon.
#Bolsonaro #Brasil #BrasiliaRiots #Brazil #CapitolInsurrection #insurrection #J6 #JairBolsonaro #Jan6 #Jan82023 #Rio #RioDeJaneiro #stormingOfTheCapitol #Trump #WebSummitRio -
Brazil’s awkward reminder for Americans: “presidential accountability” means more there than at home
RIO DE JANEIRO
Traveling outside the U.S. rarely allows a departure from talking about American politics, but since last January saw President Trump return to a level of power that he has already abused far more than he did in his disastrous first term, those conversations have been harder to escape.
And in this city and in this country, where Web Summit Rio took me for the fourth year in a row, those discussions were more awkward than in the rest of the world.
(I once again traveled to Brazil on my Irish passport because of the visa-free travel that allows, but my accent allowed no escape from this banter.)
Because while Brazil and the United States each saw a president attempt to overturn an electoral defeat by inciting followers to stage a violent insurrection at a national capital, the two countries have not responded to these self-coup attempts in the same way.
Less than three years after Jair Bolsonaro instigated the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court found him guilty of five criminal charges, sentenced him to more than 27 years’ imprisonment and banned him from running for public office until 2060.
That is what accountability looks like.
The U.S., meanwhile, has failed dismally to do the same with Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
First, too many Republicans in the Senate refused to convict him in his second impeachment trial, on the cop-out theory that courts would do the job. But then prosecutions started late–one doomed early by unforgivably sloppy misconduct–after which court after court lunged for reasons to give the disgraced former president second chances that few other defendants in America would get.
This pathetic exercise in institutional failure continued with the Supreme Court’s profoundly un-American decision in July 2024 that presidents are mostly above the law, and then voters finished botching the job by voting to send Trump back to the White House.
I couldn’t explain that to Brazilians any more than I could to citizens of any other nation. I can, however, imagine why their country would have responded so strongly to Bolsonaro’s assault on their democratic order: Brazil’s living memory includes more than two decades of a military dictatorship that many of Bolsonaro’s rioters wanted to see restored.
Too many American voters, meanwhile, could not be bothered to remember Trump’s attempted murder of democracy less than four years after it happened. We are not going to live that down anytime soon.
#Bolsonaro #Brasil #BrasiliaRiots #Brazil #CapitolInsurrection #insurrection #J6 #JairBolsonaro #Jan6 #Jan82023 #Rio #RioDeJaneiro #stormingOfTheCapitol #Trump #WebSummitRio -
Brazil’s awkward reminder for Americans: “presidential accountability” means more there than at home
RIO DE JANEIRO
Traveling outside the U.S. rarely allows a departure from talking about American politics, but since last January saw President Trump return to a level of power that he has already abused far more than he did in his disastrous first term, those conversations have been harder to escape.
And in this city and in this country, where Web Summit Rio took me for the fourth year in a row, those discussions were more awkward than in the rest of the world.
(I once again traveled to Brazil on my Irish passport because of the visa-free travel that allows, but my accent allowed no escape from this banter.)
Because while Brazil and the United States each saw a president attempt to overturn an electoral defeat by inciting followers to stage a violent insurrection at a national capital, the two countries have not responded to these self-coup attempts in the same way.
Less than three years after Jair Bolsonaro instigated the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court found him guilty of five criminal charges, sentenced him to more than 27 years’ imprisonment and banned him from running for public office until 2060.
That is what accountability looks like.
The U.S., meanwhile, has failed dismally to do the same with Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
First, too many Republicans in the Senate refused to convict him in his second impeachment trial, on the cop-out theory that courts would do the job. But then prosecutions started late–one doomed early by unforgivably sloppy misconduct–after which court after court lunged for reasons to give the disgraced former president second chances that few other defendants in America would get.
This pathetic exercise in institutional failure continued with the Supreme Court’s profoundly un-American decision in July 2024 that presidents are mostly above the law, and then voters finished botching the job by voting to send Trump back to the White House.
I couldn’t explain that to Brazilians any more than I could to citizens of any other nation. I can, however, imagine why their country would have responded so strongly to Bolsonaro’s assault on their democratic order: Brazil’s living memory includes more than two decades of a military dictatorship that many of Bolsonaro’s rioters wanted to see restored.
Too many American voters, meanwhile, could not be bothered to remember Trump’s attempted murder of democracy less than four years after it happened. We are not going to live that down anytime soon.
#Bolsonaro #Brasil #BrasiliaRiots #Brazil #CapitolInsurrection #insurrection #J6 #JairBolsonaro #Jan6 #Jan82023 #Rio #RioDeJaneiro #stormingOfTheCapitol #Trump #WebSummitRio -
Brazil’s awkward reminder for Americans: “presidential accountability” means more there than at home
RIO DE JANEIRO
Traveling outside the U.S. rarely allows a departure from talking about American politics, but since last January saw President Trump return to a level of power that he has already abused far more than he did in his disastrous first term, those conversations have been harder to escape.
And in this city and in this country, where Web Summit Rio took me for the fourth year in a row, those discussions were more awkward than in the rest of the world.
(I once again traveled to Brazil on my Irish passport because of the visa-free travel that allows, but my accent allowed no escape from this banter.)
Because while Brazil and the United States each saw a president attempt to overturn an electoral defeat by inciting followers to stage a violent insurrection at a national capital, the two countries have not responded to these self-coup attempts in the same way.
Less than three years after Jair Bolsonaro instigated the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court found him guilty of five criminal charges, sentenced him to more than 27 years’ imprisonment and banned him from running for public office until 2060.
That is what accountability looks like.
The U.S., meanwhile, has failed dismally to do the same with Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
First, too many Republicans in the Senate refused to convict him in his second impeachment trial, on the cop-out theory that courts would do the job. But then prosecutions started late–one doomed early by unforgivably sloppy misconduct–after which court after court lunged for reasons to give the disgraced former president second chances that few other defendants in America would get.
This pathetic exercise in institutional failure continued with the Supreme Court’s profoundly un-American decision in July 2024 that presidents are mostly above the law, and then voters finished botching the job by voting to send Trump back to the White House.
I couldn’t explain that to Brazilians any more than I could to citizens of any other nation. I can, however, imagine why their country would have responded so strongly to Bolsonaro’s assault on their democratic order: Brazil’s living memory includes more than two decades of a military dictatorship that many of Bolsonaro’s rioters wanted to see restored.
Too many American voters, meanwhile, could not be bothered to remember Trump’s attempted murder of democracy less than four years after it happened. We are not going to live that down anytime soon.
#Bolsonaro #Brasil #BrasiliaRiots #Brazil #CapitolInsurrection #insurrection #J6 #JairBolsonaro #Jan6 #Jan82023 #Rio #RioDeJaneiro #stormingOfTheCapitol #Trump #WebSummitRio -
Hunter Walker was in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, to cover outgoing President Donald Trump's rally. He writes for Talking Points Memo about his memories of the day. "January 6 was, for me, the moment we lost the plot. It was a milestone in the erosion of our core values. It left Trump’s violent authoritarian movement emboldened and able to continue onward. The gates were forced open."
#USNews #USPolitics #CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump
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Hunter Walker was in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, to cover outgoing President Donald Trump's rally. He writes for Talking Points Memo about his memories of the day. "January 6 was, for me, the moment we lost the plot. It was a milestone in the erosion of our core values. It left Trump’s violent authoritarian movement emboldened and able to continue onward. The gates were forced open."
#USNews #USPolitics #CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump
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Here are all of Trump's political enemies that have been charged or investigated (so far)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-political-enemies-investigated-charged
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Here are all of Trump's political enemies that have been charged or investigated (so far)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-political-enemies-investigated-charged
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Here are all of Trump's political enemies that have been charged or investigated (so far)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-political-enemies-investigated-charged
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Here are all of Trump's political enemies that have been charged or investigated (so far)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-political-enemies-investigated-charged
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Over the weekend, conservative outlet The Blaze released a story that claimed to identify the Jan. 6 attempted pipe bomber as a former Capitol Police officer who later joined the CIA. It was grist to the mill for right wingers who have long believed that the laying of the bombs was an inside job. But now, the story is falling apart. @TheBulwark explains the full story.
#CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #MAGA #GOP #TheBlaze #News #USNews
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Over the weekend, conservative outlet The Blaze released a story that claimed to identify the Jan. 6 attempted pipe bomber as a former Capitol Police officer who later joined the CIA. It was grist to the mill for right wingers who have long believed that the laying of the bombs was an inside job. But now, the story is falling apart. @TheBulwark explains the full story.
#CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #MAGA #GOP #TheBlaze #News #USNews
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Trump Claims He “Pardoned” His Fake Electors. He Doesn’t Have That Power.
Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned high-profile attorneys accused of joining in his plot to try to steal the 2020 election, along with dozens of so-called fake electors alleged to have played small roles in the effort. The pardons were announced by Ed Martin, the president’s pardon attorney, who posted a proclamation by the president outlining […]https://murica.website/2025/11/trump-claims-he-pardoned-his-fake-electors-he-doesnt-have-that-power/
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Two U.S. federal prosecutors have been put on leave after they filed a legal brief which used the words "mob of rioters" in reference to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White had filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Capitol rioter who was facing separate charges related to a June 2023 arrest near former President Barack Obama's home. Taranto is set to be sentenced on Thursday and the Justice Department plans to recommend he serve 27 months in prison.
#USLaw #USJusticeDepartment #CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #TrumpAdministration
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Two U.S. federal prosecutors have been put on leave after they filed a legal brief which used the words "mob of rioters" in reference to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White had filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Capitol rioter who was facing separate charges related to a June 2023 arrest near former President Barack Obama's home. Taranto is set to be sentenced on Thursday and the Justice Department plans to recommend he serve 27 months in prison.
#USLaw #USJusticeDepartment #CapitolRiot #CapitolInsurrection #TrumpAdministration
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Pardoned Insurrectionists Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Call for Civil War
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s assassination of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk, in the midst of more sober calls for mourning and moderation, many far-right influencers quickly began to call for revenge against the left—whom they blamed for Kirk’s death. They did so even though the shooter still has not been identified, nor their motivations […] -
Top Prosecutor Spoke at Event Attended by January 6 Seditionists Who Are Appealing Their Convictions
The Trump administration’s top prosecutor for Washington, DC, spoke last month at a Florida fundraiser, where he criticized the Justice Department’s prosecutions of people involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress. The speech was attended by numerous January 6 defendants, including former members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia who are still appealing […]
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The searchable database of all cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection has been removed from the Justice Department website and the perpetrators of the assault on the Capitol have been pardoned, their sentences commuted and their cases dismissed. For @ProPublica, Alec MacGillis examines the myriad problems with trying to make history vanish.
https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history
#Government #CapitolInsurrection #CapitolBuilding #TrumpAdministration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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The searchable database of all cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection has been removed from the Justice Department website and the perpetrators of the assault on the Capitol have been pardoned, their sentences commuted and their cases dismissed. For @ProPublica, Alec MacGillis examines the myriad problems with trying to make history vanish.
https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history
#Government #CapitolInsurrection #CapitolBuilding #TrumpAdministration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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De Niro, Dunn, and Fanone Keep Focus on January 6 Outside Manhattan Criminal Court
Actor Robert De Niro and former Capitol police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn came to a campaign news conference for President Joe Biden outside of Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, with the goal of refocusin
https://newsviews.online/2024/05/28/de-niro-dunn-and-fanone-keep-focus-on-january-6-outside-manhattan-criminal-court/
#NoFascistUSA #CapitolInsurrection #RobertDeNiro #TrumpTrial -
De Niro, Dunn, and Fanone Keep Focus on January 6 Outside Manhattan Criminal Court
Actor Robert De Niro and former Capitol police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn came to a campaign news conference for President Joe Biden outside of Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, with the goal of refocusin
https://newsviews.online/2024/05/28/de-niro-dunn-and-fanone-keep-focus-on-january-6-outside-manhattan-criminal-court/
#NoFascistUSA #CapitolInsurrection #RobertDeNiro #TrumpTrial -
‘#Antifa instigated the #violence’: #Republican #Judge grants #bail for alleged #whitesupremacist #charged in wake of #Trump's #CapitolInsurrection.
#Judge #CormacJCarney is set to retire next month.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #JudicialPartisanship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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‘#Antifa instigated the #violence’: #Republican #Judge grants #bail for alleged #whitesupremacist #charged in wake of #Trump's #CapitolInsurrection.
#Judge #CormacJCarney is set to retire next month.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #JudicialPartisanship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
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Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Announces Run for Congress
On Friday, the eve of the anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn launched a campaign in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, joining a crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Democratic Rep.
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/05/former-capitol-police-officer-harry-dunn-announces-run-for-congress/
#2024Election #CapitolInsurrection #Congress #HarryDunn #Maryland -
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Announces Run for Congress
On Friday, the eve of the anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn launched a campaign in Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, joining a crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Democratic Rep.
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/05/former-capitol-police-officer-harry-dunn-announces-run-for-congress/
#2024Election #CapitolInsurrection #Congress #HarryDunn #Maryland -
You'd think MAGA Mike and the Rethuglicans would want all the faces exposed so there's the greatest chance of identifying all the ANTIFA folk that carried out the riot and FBI agents that forced MAGA to join in.
Or maybe there weren't any?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/mike-johnson-january-6-blur-faces-footage
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You'd think MAGA Mike and the Rethuglicans would want all the faces exposed so there's the greatest chance of identifying all the ANTIFA folk that carried out the riot and FBI agents that forced MAGA to join in.
Or maybe there weren't any?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/mike-johnson-january-6-blur-faces-footage
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#Former #VicePresident #MikePence told #Jan6 #specialcounsel harrowing #details about #2020 #aftermath, #warnings to #Trump: #Sources
Pence is the top official known to have #spoken with #investigators.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #CapitolInsurrection
https://abcnews.go.com/US/pence-told-jan-6-special-counsel-harrowing-details/story?id=105183391
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#Former #VicePresident #MikePence told #Jan6 #specialcounsel harrowing #details about #2020 #aftermath, #warnings to #Trump: #Sources
Pence is the top official known to have #spoken with #investigators.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #CapitolInsurrection
https://abcnews.go.com/US/pence-told-jan-6-special-counsel-harrowing-details/story?id=105183391
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No #Coup-ers Allowed: #Trump’s #14thAmendment #Trial #Starts #Monday
The former #Insurrection #leader is about to go on #trial to determine his #right to #run for #president again.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #Denver #CapitolInsurrection
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zxpx/trump-jan-6-14th-amendment-trial
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No #Coup-ers Allowed: #Trump’s #14thAmendment #Trial #Starts #Monday
The former #Insurrection #leader is about to go on #trial to determine his #right to #run for #president again.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #Denver #CapitolInsurrection
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zxpx/trump-jan-6-14th-amendment-trial
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With Rep. #MikeJohnson, the #House Elected a #Fanatic As #Speaker
Not a single #Republican found it #objectionable to #vote for a guy was central to the white-shoe side of the #CapitolInsurrection.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45644476/mike-johnson-speaker-of-the-house/
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With Rep. #MikeJohnson, the #House Elected a #Fanatic As #Speaker
Not a single #Republican found it #objectionable to #vote for a guy was central to the white-shoe side of the #CapitolInsurrection.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45644476/mike-johnson-speaker-of-the-house/
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Capitol Police officer: Trump should have been arrested ‘on Jan. 7’
#CapitolPolice #TrumpArrest #January #CapitolInsurrection #LawEnforcement #Accountability #Politics #News
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Capitol Police officer: Trump should have been arrested ‘on Jan. 7’
#CapitolPolice #TrumpArrest #January #CapitolInsurrection #LawEnforcement #Accountability #Politics #News
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No barricades in Miami did they not learn anything from Jan 6th #CapitolInsurrection
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No barricades in Miami did they not learn anything from Jan 6th #CapitolInsurrection
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George Santos’ Lawyer Was Part of the January 6 Mob
#MotherJones #GeorgeSantosLawyer #JosephMurray #January6Mob #CapitolInsurrection #LawyerInvolvement #Politics #News
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George Santos’ Lawyer Was Part of the January 6 Mob
#MotherJones #GeorgeSantosLawyer #JosephMurray #January6Mob #CapitolInsurrection #LawyerInvolvement #Politics #News
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This week the state’s new GOP-dominated court made the very unusual decision to rehear recently-decided cases on controversial voting restrictions.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axj4m/north-carolina-supreme-court-gerrymandering-laws
#News #northcarolina #moorevharper #mikepence #January6 #capitolinsurrection #stormydaniels #DonaldTrump #Dominionvotingsystems #ChadWolf #TinaPeters -
This week the state’s new GOP-dominated court made the very unusual decision to rehear recently-decided cases on controversial voting restrictions.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axj4m/north-carolina-supreme-court-gerrymandering-laws
#News #northcarolina #moorevharper #mikepence #January6 #capitolinsurrection #stormydaniels #DonaldTrump #Dominionvotingsystems #ChadWolf #TinaPeters -
Christian Nationalism is America’s original purity culture, and it fueled the violence of the riots on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Despite the high theological language, Christian Nationalism is just white ethnonationalism with extra steps.
#ChrisrianNationalism #Ethnonationalism #ChristoFascists #Christofascism #Racism #StephenWolfe #JamesDobson #PurityCulture #RightWing #Conservative #MAGA #Christians #J6 #Jan6 #Jan6Capitol #CapitolInsurrection #January6thAttack
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Christian Nationalism is America’s original purity culture, and it fueled the violence of the riots on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Despite the high theological language, Christian Nationalism is just white ethnonationalism with extra steps.
#ChrisrianNationalism #Ethnonationalism #ChristoFascists #Christofascism #Racism #StephenWolfe #JamesDobson #PurityCulture #RightWing #Conservative #MAGA #Christians #J6 #Jan6 #Jan6Capitol #CapitolInsurrection #January6thAttack
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The 845-page final report from the #Jan6Committee focuses on the role of then-President Trump, instead of the thousands of people demonstrating on the streets and invading the capitol that day.
Here's a collection of 5 articles explaining the political and ideological symbols seen then:
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The 845-page final report from the #Jan6Committee focuses on the role of then-President Trump, instead of the thousands of people demonstrating on the streets and invading the capitol that day.
Here's a collection of 5 articles explaining the political and ideological symbols seen then:
