The Washington Post recently reported on the Sedition Caucus of the Republican Party that regularly uses violent eliminationist rhetoric towards their political opponents and openly advocates for civil war. House MAGA squad seeks to expand by boosting challengers to fellow Republicans: The defiant far-right [fascist] acolytes of former president Donald Trump in the House Republican … Read more
The far right has for decades engaged in civil war cosplay with Neo-Confederate “lost cause” and white supremacist organizations, and so-called “patriot” private militias and “sagebrush rebellions.” They call themselves patriots while fantasizing about waging a civil war against the U.S. government. The far right right crossed over from cosplay to actually acting on their … Read more
Earlier this year, I pointed out that Donald Trump is stealing a page from the Nazi propaganda playbook in trying to make Ashli Babbitt, a domestic terrorist killed while trying to storm House chamber on January 6, into a martyr for his Big Lie MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection: Heather Digby Parton points out that the Hitler … Read more
Philip Bump of the Washington Post reports, The worrisome pro-Capitol-riot activism isn’t a rally. It’s in right-wing media. (excerpt): The government has spent months trying to track down those involved in the January 6 insurrection, arresting them and — usually — then releasing them until trial. A Guardian analysis in May found that 70 percent … Read more
Back in the 1970s I was traveling in Richmond, Virginia, and encountered Monument Avenue for the first time. I remember saying to a friend I was traveling with, “What’s up with all of these statutes to Confederate traitors?” (This was a bold move at that time. I could have been lynched by any Klan members … Read more