How State Capitals Are Bracing for Possible Violence Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
A Minnesota State Trooper stands guard on the steps of the Capitol building in Saint Paul on January 16, 2021. Tim Evans/NurPhoto/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Pro-Trump supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6 was something…
Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration, Extremists Trade Bomb Making Instructions and Tactics Guides
Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Ahead of an Inauguration that experts and federal officials have warned could culminate in violence, extremists are trading tactics in fringe online…
Lawmakers Who Attended the President’s Pre-Riot Rally Are Going to Feel Fundraising Pain
Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks to Trump supporters from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington.Bill Clark/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Before a mob stormed the Capitol on January 6, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks stood…
Long Before the Capitol Riot, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us the Dangers of Inflammatory Propaganda
A counter-protest by Students for Life, an anti-abortion group, in front of the Supreme Court. Stephen Zenner/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A week after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, we’re learning more and more…
On Telegram, White Nationalists are Trying to Radicalize Those Fleeing Parler
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Even before the riots on Capitol Hill, extremist researchers were worried. At last Wednesday’s rally, rank-and-file supporters of President Donald Trump planned to…
The Phrase “Storm the Capitol” Was Used 100,000 Times Online in the Month Leading Up to the Mob
The US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, was breached by thousands of protesters during a “Stop The Steal” rally in support of President Donald Trump on Wednesday. John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news…