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Hate symbols and extremist groups at the US Capitol siege

Hate symbols and extremist groups at the US Capitol siege | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Symbols of hate groups and conspiracy theories abounded during the siege on the US Capitol on Wednesday.
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February 17, 2021 1:13 PM
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Pro-Trump activist claims GOP lawmakers helped him plan 'Stop the Steal' protest that turned into riot

Pro-Trump activist claims GOP lawmakers helped him plan 'Stop the Steal' protest that turned into riot | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
One of the organizers of last week's "Stop the Steal" protest -- which then spilled over into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol -- claims three Republican congressmen helped plan the whole thing.Right-wing activist Ali Alexander said he and the GOP lawmakers -- whom he identified as Reps. And
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February 17, 2021 12:31 PM
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'The arrest I was waiting for': Internet laughs as right-wing media executive's son busted in Capitol attack

'The arrest I was waiting for': Internet laughs as right-wing media executive's son busted in Capitol attack | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
On Tuesday, Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of a prominent right-wing media executive who runs the Media Research Center, was arrested for his role in the pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol in January.

Bozell was identified by law enforcement thanks in part to the work of internet sleuths, wh
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February 17, 2021 9:59 AM
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The Georgia home of Marjorie Taylor Greene has always been a hotbed of racism: report

The Georgia home of Marjorie Taylor Greene has always been a hotbed of racism: report | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
According to a report from the Daily Beast's Kali Holloway, the right-wing extremism and not-so-veiled racism of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) -- who is trying to pick up Donald Trump's mantle -- should come as no surprise if you look at her origins.By that, Holloway means Forsythe County,
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February 17, 2021 6:25 AM
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White Supremacists Protest Civil Rights March in Forsyth County

White Supremacists Protest Civil Rights March in Forsyth County | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) _ Marchers singing civil rights anthems paraded through driving rain and past a torrent of jeers Saturday to repeat their 1987 walk through Forsyth County, where blacks have been unwelcome for 80 years.
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February 15, 2021 11:50 AM
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BUSTED: Woman drove to White House with 'loaded gun' and a 'letter for Biden'

BUSTED: Woman drove to White House with 'loaded gun' and a 'letter for Biden' | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
TMZ and the DailyMail are both reporting that a woman has been arrested after approaching White House security telling them she had "a letter for President Joe Biden." In her car, however, she had a gun. The 66-year-old woman was arrested Saturday around 5:30 p.m. on the east side of the Whit
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February 15, 2021 10:46 AM
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Mother of Detained Girl Weeps as She Consoles Her Daughter

Mother of Detained Girl Weeps as She Consoles Her Daughter | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
The mother of the 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained in Texas wept as she tried consoling her daughter on the phone.
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February 15, 2021 10:04 AM
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New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters - CNNPolitics

New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters - CNNPolitics | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the US Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.
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February 15, 2021 9:02 AM
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OAN airs call for Trump to use the Insurrection Act to overturn the election

OAN airs call for Trump to use the Insurrection Act to overturn the election | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
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February 11, 2021 4:45 PM
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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election - The New York Times

77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election - The New York Times | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a fraud — a lie that unleashed a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.
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February 11, 2021 2:37 PM
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Kevin McCarthy's opponent says blatant racism is "definitely" a reason to take him down | Salon.com

Kevin McCarthy's opponent says blatant racism is "definitely" a reason to take him down | Salon.com | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
The House minority leader has become a total Trump sycophant. In California, Kim Mangone thinks she can beat him
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February 11, 2021 1:39 PM
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Jailed insurrectionist was retired FBI section chief

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February 11, 2021 12:46 PM
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Lincoln Project drops scathing new ad on Ted Cruz and other GOP senators amid Trump's impeachment trial

Lincoln Project drops scathing new ad on Ted Cruz and other GOP senators amid Trump's impeachment trial | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
In a new ad that was released this Wednesday, the anti-Trump Republican group Lincoln Project took aim at GOP senators who are looking to absolve former President Trump of accountability for his rhetoric in the run-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6., even as a murdered Capitol polic
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February 17, 2021 1:52 PM
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Sword-wielding Trump fan wearing MAGA hat attacks skater outside San Francisco roller-rink

Sword-wielding Trump fan wearing MAGA hat attacks skater outside San Francisco roller-rink | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Former president Donald Trump's most fervent followers remain convinced that he won an election he actually lost, and they're waiting for him to begin his campaign for the 2024 election.The twice-impeached one-term president issued a statement after his Senate acquittal promising he had "much t
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February 17, 2021 12:58 PM
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Ron Johnson says Capitol attack 'didn't seem like an armed insurrection'

Ron Johnson says Capitol attack 'didn't seem like an armed insurrection' | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in a new interview said he didn't think the Jan. 6 Capitol riot seemed like "an armed insurrection" and praised former President Trump's Senate impeachment trial attorneys following his acquittal. 
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February 17, 2021 10:35 AM
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QAnon-backing attorney Lin Wood doxes Georgia officials as he calls for help from his ‘Army of Patriots’

QAnon-backing attorney Lin Wood doxes Georgia officials as he calls for help from his ‘Army of Patriots’ | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
In response to Georgia officials who are deciding whether or not to disbar him, pro-Trump lawyer and disseminator of election conspiracy theories Lin Wood has urged his followers to dig up dirt on the officials, VICE reports. To help the effort, Wood published the officials' addresses on socia
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February 17, 2021 6:49 AM
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Klan-Marcher Confrontation Feared : Georgia County Bracing for Black-White Conflict

Klan-Marcher Confrontation Feared : Georgia County Bracing for Black-White Conflict | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Seventy-five years ago, the brutal rape of a teen-aged white girl, allegedly at the hands of three black youths, led to a reign of Ku Klux Klan terror and bloodshed that drove blacks by the hundreds out of this hilly, pine-studded county in rural northern Georgia.
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February 15, 2021 1:36 PM
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NYT reveals that Roger Stone's Oath Keeper bodyguards were part of Capitol riot

NYT reveals that Roger Stone's Oath Keeper bodyguards were part of Capitol riot | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
The New York Times is reporting that "At least six people who had provided security for Roger Stone entered the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 attack."In some epic journalism, the paper "combed through hundreds of videos and photos and drew on research from an online monitoring group called th
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February 15, 2021 11:08 AM
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Secret Service is asked to investigate Sen. Richard Burr after he suggests Clinton should be shot

Secret Service is asked to investigate Sen. Richard Burr after he suggests Clinton should be shot | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) has been reported to Secret Service after he was caught on tape this week joking that gun owners should think about shooting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. In an audio tape obtained by CNN, Burr said that "nothing made me feel better" than seeing Clinton'
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February 15, 2021 10:28 AM
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Nikki Haley’s Time for Choosing

Nikki Haley’s Time for Choosing | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
The 2024 hopeful can’t decide who she wants to be—the leader of the post-Trump GOP or a “friend” to the president who tried to sabotage democracy.
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February 15, 2021 9:43 AM
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Michael Flynn Re-emerges Pushing QAnon, Stolen 2020 Election Lies - The New York Times

Michael Flynn Re-emerges Pushing QAnon, Stolen 2020 Election Lies - The New York Times | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Recast by President Trump’s most ardent supporters as a MAGA martyr, Michael T. Flynn has embraced his role as the man who spent four years unjustly ensnared in the Russia investigation.
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February 15, 2021 8:06 AM
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Three GOP senators meet with Trump's lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation - CNNPolitics

Three GOP senators meet with Trump's lawyers on eve of impeachment defense presentation - CNNPolitics | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
A trio of Republican senators allied with former President Donald Trump met with his defense team Thursday evening, in the middle of an impeachment trial in which they will vote on whether to convict Trump and potentially bar him from holding public office again.
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February 11, 2021 2:54 PM
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Rep. Greene Rubs Crotch Of Trump Cutout In Bizarre Resurfaced Video

Rep. Greene Rubs Crotch Of Trump Cutout In Bizarre Resurfaced Video | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Another bizarre Marjorie Taylor Greene video has resurfaced and this time it features the Georgia Republican rubbing the crotch of a cardboard cutout of Donald Trump.
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February 11, 2021 2:13 PM
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Six Republican lawmakers were among Capitol rioters

Six Republican lawmakers were among Capitol rioters | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
Officials have shared that at least six Republican state legislators were among the rioters that stormed the U.S Capitol on
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February 11, 2021 1:05 PM
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Morning Joe compares Capitol riot to Hitler's infamous Nero Decree

Morning Joe compares Capitol riot to Hitler's infamous Nero Decree | THE OTHER EYEWITTNESS - news | Scoop.it
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough compared the U.S. Capitol insurrection to Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy German infrastructure out of spite at the end of World War II.The "Morning Joe" host has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump and the Nazi autocrat, but those usually center on Hitler's rise to power
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