Part rally, part concert and part worship session, the gathering that brought thousands to the west steps of California’s Capitol building over Labor Day weekend flew in the face of pandemic-related mask and social distancing requirements, as seen in photos and video clips circulating online. Yet the “Let Us Worship” […]
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Saturday, April 03, 2021 *available from 8 am et 1. Car Rams Checkpoint, Killing Capitol Officer Gunfire erupted yesterday at the U.S. Capitol after a man rammed a car into police officers, killing one before being fatally shot. William “Billy” Evans was fatally struck at a checkpoint, becoming the fourth […]
This photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office shows Garret Miller (Dallas County Sheriff’s Office via AP) When federal authorities arrested a Capitol rioter who called for the deaths of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a Capitol Police officer, they knew they had their guy, because he was allegedly wearing […]
Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller (R), the husband of freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.), acknowledged Thursday that his pickup truck was parked in a restricted area outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, but he said the “Three Percenter” militia sticker on the back window doesn’t mean […]
Earlier this month, the Biden administration said it was alarmed to learn that the Trump administration had left it with no vaccine distribution plan whatsoever. “There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch,” a person familiar said at the time, with […]
If an armed mob broke into Ted Cruz’s house, forcing him to hide in a closet or bathroom for hours wondering if he was going to make it out alive, the odds are high to extremely high that he wouldn’t simply shrug his shoulders afterward and say to himself, Well, […]
During the January 6 assault on the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., rioters posted photographs and videos of their rampage on social media. The platforms they used ranged from mainstream sites such as Facebook to niche ones such as Parler—a social networking service popular with right-wing groups. Once they realized […]
On January 5, Pastor Brian Gibson stood on a platform in Washington, D.C., in front of about 8,000 cheering onlookers and proclaimed, “Tomorrow we’re going to have the greatest day together.” The following day, he listened to President Donald Trump give his infamous speech where he encouraged lawmakers not to […]
Jenna Ryan says it all began with an invitation from a “very cute guy” on Facebook: Would she join him on a private plane to the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C.? The decision was easy. Ryan, a Dallas-area real estate agent, is single, loves President Donald Trump and […]
A Trump supporter and rioter has openly bragged about storming the U.S. Capitol in a video recorded from his hotel room shortly after the insurrection which left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer. “I will not let the media make us out to seem like we went to […]
Hello International Insider readers, and welcome to 2021. Jake Kanter here with you to reflect on a week when the industry was well and truly woken from its Christmas slumber. Got a story you want to share? You can contact me on [email protected], or my DMs are open on Twitter. […]
Mark Hutt, a self-proclaimed conspiracy theorist and creator of the LGBTrump social pages, was present in the attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead, LGBTQ Nation has learned. Hutt is a Rochester, New York native that was arrested — not once, but twice — for defacing the Black […]
But it’s not really the case that Charlottesville inexorably led to what was seen at the Capitol this week. The two events were driven by the same tools and led to similar outcomes, but varied widely in both intent and scale. And, per one of the journalists who’s most closely […]
THE Air Force veteran fatally shot in the US Capitol riots was a Barack Obama voter before turning to Donald Trump over her hatred of Hillary Clinton, says a report. Ashli Babbitt, 35, raved about voting for Obama, calling him “our President” and saying that he had done “great things”, […]
A coalition of law enforcement agencies spearheaded by the FBI is hunting for anyone involved in Wednesday’s riots on Capitol Hill, and former special agents tell Fox News that advanced digital technology as well as traditional techniques will be used to find suspects. FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday the bureau has deployed its […]
Trump supporters were prepared for battle as they tried to block confirmation of Joe Biden’s election victory. 1843 reports from the scene Jan 7th 2021 by Linda Kinstler The mob finally began to filter out of the Capitol and disperse across the city at around 4pm. It was January 6th […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories, experts on far-right extremism said as they pored over images of Wednesday’s riot. Members of far-right groups, including the violent […]