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January 6
August 12, 2021
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Mary L. Trump
Donald’s Plot Against America
Now, he and his GOP enablers are peddling the Second Big Lie: that January 6 was just legitimate protest. It’s the crucial ingredient in convincing America to return them—and him—to power.
July 22, 2021
Alex Shephard
“Both Sides” Journalism Will Never Die
If January 6 couldn’t correct the Washington media’s worst tic, nothing can.
July 16, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Generals Won’t Save Democracy
Reporting revealing that top military officials were prepared to resign to defy Trump shouldn’t make us feel better about the the state of U.S. institutions.
July 12, 2021
Matt Ford
We Already Know Who Killed Ashli Babbitt
Trump and his sycophants are trying to turn the slain rioter into a martyr—an attempt to obscure their own responsibility for the January 6 insurrection.
June 16, 2021
Matt Ford
Republicans Are on the Brink of Embracing the Capitol Rioters
The party once freely condemned the would-be insurrectionists who attempted to waylay democracy. You’d hardly know it now.
June 7, 2021
Magazine
Alex Pareene
Why Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley Won’t Be Punished for Fomenting a Riot
The U.S. Senate is incapable of policing itself—and the two Republicans are too shameless to resign.
May 20, 2021
Matt Ford
The Republicans Would Like You to Please Forget That January 6 Ever Happened
Party leaders, taking their cues from Donald Trump, are trying to shove the violence he instigated into the memory hole.
January 7, 2021
Bob Moser
A War Photographer Embeds With the Capitol Hill Mob
Ron Haviv, who once covered a coup attempt in Panama, followed rioters through a broken window into the seat of his own nation’s legislative branch.
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