by jpitney | Jul 18, 2023 | Biden, International Relations, Republican
John LeBoutillier at The Messenger: Much of today’s Republican Party was birthed in another radical element 30 years ago, this time on the Far Right. Waco, Ruby Ridge and Oklahoma City culminated in the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Donald Trump embraced...
by jpitney | Jul 15, 2021 | Congress, Crime, Insurrection
From GWU: Today’s Numbers The number of federal cases against individuals involved in the Capitol Hill Siege stands at 537. According to our latest analysis of the cases: The average age of individuals was 39-years-old. Individuals came from 43 states and the...
by jpitney | Jun 10, 2021 | Congress, Insurrection
Two Senate Committees — Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and Rules & Administration — issued a joint report on security failures on January 6. Major findings: The federal Intelligence Community—led by FBI and DHS—did not issue a threat...
by jpitney | Feb 13, 2021 | Congress
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy, Polarization, Religion
David French: On January 15, Hunter Baker, the dean of arts and sciences at Union University—a Baptist college not far from me in Jackson, Tennessee—did something exceedingly rare in our highly polarized time. He published an apology. In an essay in Public Discourse,...
