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Topic: Capitol Insurrection

The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of Confederate values with the far right politics of today. (SAUL LOEB / Getty Images)

157-year-old pardon still impacts today

CK Smith
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Photo courtesy of HBO)

John Oliver slams "bigot" Mike Johnson

Joy Saha
The Proud Boys outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

January 6 was planned in broad daylight

Rita Katz
Thousands of people gather at the White House to protest President Donald Trumps ban on people from seven Muslim majority countries entering the United States in Washington, USA on January 29, 2017. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Islamophobia and the insurrection

Juan Cole - TomDispatch.com
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Twitter will never truly be rid of Trump

Brett Bachman
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Television host Rachel Maddow arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Department on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Maddow: Why isn't this the headline?

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Richard Barnett, a supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Jailed capitol rioter screams at judge

Sky Palma - Raw Story
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans are fleeing the GOP

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
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