January 6

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Everything Associated with January 6 Is a Performance

Televised government hearings are political theater: make Americans watch by assembling a star-studded cast

January 6, 2022 • by
January 6 was broadcast on live TV, bringing the performativity of Trump partisans to many Americans who had never experienced their theatrical quality. The costumes, the flags, the signage, and the face-paint compelled and stunned many viewers....

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Everything Associated with January 6 Is a Performance
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There’s Just One Reason to Oppose a Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the 1/6 Insurgency

Are the House Republicans afraid of what it will find?

May 19, 2021 • by
_____ Imagine if, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Republicans in the United States House of Representatives said let’s move on. The United States Congress need not investigate. Other agencies are already doing that work. There’s no sense in duplicating efforts. There’s no sense in being counterproductive. Anyway, ...
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There’s Just One Reason to Oppose a Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the 1/6 Insurgency
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Can Joe Biden Stay Above the Fray?

The President is quietly trying to rebuild the economy while Republicans tear each other apart

May 19, 2021 • by
_____ This week, President Joe Biden traveled to Dearborn, Michigan, to sell his $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. Visiting Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, he tested an electric version of the classic F-150 pickup and urged Americans to use the race to dominate the market in electric vehicles as a way ...
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Can Joe Biden Stay Above the Fray?
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We Still Need to Understand the Insurrection

As disinformation continues to disrupt political life, a Congressional commission could reveal and disable the perpetrators

April 29, 2021 • by
_____ More than 140 military leaders, former national security officials, and elected officials from both parties have asked Congress to establish a commission to investigate what led to the January 6 insurrection, when rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol. The commission would also study how to prevent a similar coup attempt in ...
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We Still Need to Understand the Insurrection
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The Case for Impeachment

As Donald Trump’s second trial begins, Representative Raskin warns the Senate that to not convict is to invite future presidents to do whatever they need to do to hold on to power

February 11, 2021 • by
The second impeachment trial for former president Donald J. Trump began on February 9, this time for incitement of insurrection against the American government. Still, the people who are really on trial are the 50 Republican senators judging Trump’s guilt. The impeachment trial, this time around, covered whether it is constitutional to ...
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The Case for Impeachment
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