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This is how the Republicans are whitewashing the J6 insurrection out of existence

By John Stoehr / January 7, 2022 /

And how the Big Lie became so easy to believe.

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Merrick Garland sees the big picture

By Lindsay Beyerstein / January 6, 2022 /

Let’s hope he stays true to his vision.

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The J6 coup failed because the clock ran out. The GOP now has plenty of time to get it right

By Magdi Semrau / January 6, 2022 /

From quiet proceduralism to violent insurrection and back again.

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Lies are bad. A press corps enabling liars is worse

By John Stoehr / January 4, 2022 /

Propaganda works when reporters fear telling the truth.

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The United States government was caught spying on American journalists. Does anyone care?

By Richard Sudan / January 4, 2022 /

Increasing evidence of the apparatus of the state being levied against reporters should surely lead to outcry from sensible people.

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The insurrection never ended

By John Stoehr / January 3, 2022 /

The Republicans are reviving American apartheid.

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In politics, a lie is true if no one opposes it. That’s why Democrats struggle. They must create ‘an infrastructure of democracy’ 

By John Stoehr / December 22, 2021 /

There’s no alternative for people vulnerable to propaganda.

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When will President Joe Biden stop pissing on migrants?

By Richard Sudan / December 22, 2021 /

But the responsibility doesn’t just rest on the shoulders of the government. Americans need to demand it.

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Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup

By Lindsay Beyerstein / December 16, 2021 /

January 6 was one part of a coup attempt planned out in the open. Its procedural component was widely reported in the weeks beforehand.

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Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?

By John Stoehr / December 15, 2021 /

Three Fox hosts contacted Mark Meadows during the 1/6 insurrection. Jeremy Littau thinks that should change how the press does news.

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