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From the Bundys to the Rotunda: How allowing far-right terrorism to fester led to the Capitol riot
Arun Gupta
The path to Trump’s coup might have been avoided if the government had taken the threat seriously
A second civil war: One year after Trump’s violent insurrection, how worried should we be?
Amanda Marcotte
Trump and the GOP both want to steal the 2024 election — they just disagree on whether violence helps or hurts them
Brian Sicknick’s partner: Lindsey Graham was “very disrespectful” in meeting with Jan. 6 officers
Igor Derysh
Sen. Graham looked out the window, tapped his fingers as an officer recounted Jan. 6 attack, says Sandra Garza
Our professional diagnosis: Joe Biden is normal; the “Insurrection Caucus” isn’t
Seth D. Norrholm, Alan D. Blotcky
The "Let's go Brandon" crowd claims Biden is impaired. As mental health professionals, we see no evidence of that
Support for conspiracy theories, armed rebellion isn’t new: We just didn’t believe it till now
Amanda J. Crawford
In 2013, 29% of Americans said armed rebellion might be necessary to "protect" liberty — and journalists scoffed
Republicans suddenly favor small election reforms after Manchin opens door to filibuster change
Matthew Chapman
After months of resistance, Republicans are now signing a different tune
“The View” calls Jan. 6 Capitol attack deniers “people who live in this fantasyland”
Joy Saha
Meanwhile, co-host Whoopi Goldberg was conspicuously absent after having contracted COVID
Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro says 100 House members were “ready” to carry out election coup
Jon Skolnik
Coup plot called "a well thought-out plan based on sound, constitutional law and existing legislative precedent"
Republican voters don’t actually “believe” the Big Lie about January 6 — they’re in on the con
Amanda Marcotte
Don't take what Republicans say to pollsters at face value — they are happy to lie in service of the fascist cause
Are we normalizing the “death of democracy” by talking about it so much? Definitely not
Kirk Swearingen
Republicans have been building this fascist insurrection for years — it's not "alarmist" to sound the alarm now
Matt Gaetz’s no good — but not so horrible — 2021. What’s next?
Jon Skolnik
Matt Gaetz still faces no child sex trafficking charges – and he might never
Was Trump just the “warm-up act”? Canadian scholar warns of “right-wing dictatorship”
Jake Johnson
Canadian scholar of violent conflict says U.S. "flashing with warning signals"; democracy could collapse by 2025
Networks, do not air Trump’s Big Lie event
Jessica Corbett
Media Watchdogs Warn Networks Against Uncritical Airing of 'Big Lie' Trump Event
Trump’s Texas “audit” falls apart: “Forensic” probe finds no substantial evidence of voter fraud
Jon Skolnik
Failing Trump: Texas Republicans fail to find any evidence of outcome-altering fraud
Democrats need not despair: 6 reasons to be hopeful about the 2022 midterms
Amanda Marcotte
It's midterm season and Democrats are in despair. Cheer up: Here are six reasons to be optimistic in the new year
It’s time for Democrats to remind Republicans: The GOP is very much in the minority
Heather Digby Parton
The country isn't polarized — at least not on this one issue
Meet the scariest Republican candidates of 2022: It wasn’t easy to pick ’em
Igor Derysh
The next wave of Republican freshmen could be the worst yet – and could pose a legitimate threat to democracy
Twitter permanently bans Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account for spreading COVID misinformation
Brett Bachman
The decision comes just one year after former President Donald Trump was banned from the platform
Mussolini seized full power 97 years ago: Does Donald Trump long to follow suit?
Matthew Rozsa
Il Duce undermined democracy for years before appointing himself dictator; the parallels are ... uncomfortable
How Unite the Right paved the way for Jan. 6 — and helped launch some of riot’s biggest players
Jordan Green
The ideas that galvanized the Unite the Right rally are no longer considered too radioactive for right-wing media
Ted Cruz confuses Washington state with Western Australia in attack on “power drunk” Democrats
Igor Derysh
Bewildered Texas senator rapidly deleted tweet accusing “authoritarian” Democrats of being “kill-joys”
With fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let’s Netflix and chill
Chauncey DeVega
As the threat of authoritarian takeover grows, most Americans have lost interest. They'll have nobody else to blame
Trump’s MAGA movement suffered in 2021 — but has big comeback plans for 2022
Heather Digby Parton
MAGA is still kicking and it's more powerful than ever within the Republican Party
A year of dubious characters and dark drama: Salon’s best News & Politics stories of 2021
Andrew O'Hehir
Maybe you think you just dreamed Mike Lindell and Lauren Boebert: You didn't. And they were the fun parts of 2021
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