The Lesson of January 6: Tragedy Does Not Yield National Unity
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Trump Continues to Incite the Violent Extremist Movement of January 6
Trump supporters who breeched security and entered the US Capitol on January 6, 2021Brent Stirton/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One year after the harrowing assault on the US Capitol by thousands of Donald Trump supporters, the former president canceled a press…
The Jan. 6 Committee Is Investigating Rick Perry for a “Big Lie” Strategy Text Message
Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In June of 2015, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered the kind of speech that candidates for president generally have a difficult time walking back. Speaking to something called the Opportunity and Freedom PAC, he…
I Compared the New January 6 Texts to Mark Meadows’ Book. It’s Damning.
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Mark Meadows, call your publisher. It seems that Donald Trump’s final White House chief of staff left out some critical information in The Chief’s Chief, his new book chronicling his 10 months as Trump’s number-one…
An Election Conspiracy Theorist Responsible for Circulating Batshit Coup PowerPoint Spoke Several Times with Meadows and the Trump White House: Report
Mark MeadowsTom Williams/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Perhaps it should surprise no one that former President Donald Trump’s scrambling henchmen reviewed a literal, honest-to-god PowerPoint presentation with plans for a coup attempt in early January, as the president’s efforts to retain…
Just Shut Up and Testify Already, Mark Meadows
Pool/Abaca via Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, announced that his committee would move to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in…