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Disgusted by Jan. 6, John Williams set out on a two-year undercover operation. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One member predicts: “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”
People held at Homan Square describe being hit and bound for hours in an intentionally overheated room.
Once seen as a symbol of protection against the spread of a deadly virus, masks are now being blamed for emboldening some people to commit acts of violence amid a rise in clashes at protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
On Capitol Hill today there are more fascist and far-right sympathizers than at any time since the interwar period.
New York University is creating a dangerous precedent that can be used to squash campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza.
A startling expose from Fred Trump III has drawn disturbing comparisons between former President Donald Trump and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, particularly concerning Trump's callous comments suggesting disabled Americans "should just die."
The norms you want to protect are already gone. The ends don't justify the means, but they do define them. Tips on living in a fascist nation in a time of rising fascist power.
Is it loneliness or abandonment?
"Arendt described loneliness not as a physical or emotional state but as a state of mind, Hill says. It’s an inability to question our beliefs or adjust our thinking to reflect our own experience and the experience of others — a kind of mental isolation and rigidity that one can observe, for instance, in today’s social media pile-ons and pressures for ideological conformity. “Arendt says that wherever people desire simple solutions to complex problems, totalitarianism will always be a threat,” Hill says."
I need a hug.