Fri, Jan 22 2021

Guardsmen said they were not given a clear reason why they were asked to vacate the buildings. National Guard soldier head to the east front of the U.S. Capitol. | Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images Thousands of National Guardsmen were forced to…

As a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lawmakers and aides hid wherever they could, waiting for military and police to arrive. But many of those who stormed the Capitol were military veterans themselves, who had once sworn to…

In a newly uncovered exchange, Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2018 agreed with a Facebook commenter who claimed that 9/11 “was done by our own gov[ernment]” and that “none of the school shootings were real or done by the ones who…

WASHINGTON ― New security measures outside the U.S. House chamber prevented a Republican lawmaker from bringing a gun onto the House floor Thursday. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), who has repeatedly flouted the magnetometers that were installed…

The Washington Post – Greg Sargent – Jan 21, 8:06 AM

President Biden declared in his inaugural address that our prospects for much-needed “unity” are threatened by various political forces. Among them, he said, are racism, nativism, political extremism, white supremacy, and domestic…