Phil Eiger Newmann, Capitol Offense, 2021
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The worst event since 9/11 happened this week. No, it wasn’t another terror attack, nor was it a natural catastrophe.
Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and . . . just kinda wandered around. Sure, they had to fight their way in and break through doors and windows to obtain their objective. Read more …
The Congress Has No Clothes: The Capitol Occupation & Post-Trumpian Populism
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The Boston Tea Party, when costumed LARPers began a revolution
As an American observing Wednesday’s “mostly peaceful” protest at the Capitol from abroad, I admit I was taken by surprise. Foreign acquaintances had been asking me for months if anything dramatic would happen in relation to the election. While I was sure that a Trump victory would have led to BLM and Antifa violence on a scale we had never seen before, I assured everyone that in the event of a Biden win, discontent would be limited to the “proper political channels” and social media Read more …