After Capitol Riot, Reddit Bans the Pro-Trump Community That’s Flouted Rules for Months
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA 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.On Friday, Reddit banned r/donaldtrump, its major online hub for grassroots Trump fans, for inciting violence and glorifying the armed attack his supporters carried out on Capitol Hill. …
The Mob at the Capitol Proves That Blue Lives Have Never Mattered to Trump Supporters
Michael Nigro/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 US Capitol Police officer is among the dead in the aftermath of the violent mob that seized the Capitol on Wednesday. Officer Brian Sicknick, who had been on…
“Those of Us Who Don’t Die Are Going to Quit”: A Crush of Patients, Dwindling Supplies and the Nurse Who Lost Hope
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.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox…
Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.
January 6, 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: Trump supporters stand on the U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol.Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/ZUMA 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.This story…
At Fox News, It’s Always About Scary Threats to White People
Isn’t this sweet?SMG via ZUMA 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.So here’s how things work on Fox News. This is from Laura Ingraham’s show a few minutes ago. First, she invites New York state senator George…
How Police Unions Responded to the Assault on the Capitol
Police clash with pro-Trump supporters outside the United States Capitol Wednesday. J.M. Giordano / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP 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.After a violent mob of Trump supporters broke into the US…