On Tuesday, two top leaders of the Oath Keepers were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The riot was an attempt to overturn the 2020 election in favor of former President Donald Trump. Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and top lieutenant Kelly Meggs were found guilty of …
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Elon Musk quietly deletes meme featuring prominent white nationalist Capitol rioter
Elon Musk quickly tweeted then deleted a photograph on Monday of notorious white nationalist Anthime “Baked Alaska” Gionet. The image, which showed Gionet saluting a McDonald’s flag at half-mast, was promoted by the Twitter CEO to his more than 119 million followers. Twitter users immediately began pointing out the image’s origins while questioning why Musk …
A Shockingly Small Number Of People Attended The Latest Pro-Trump Capitol Rally
Getty Image If you think it’s shocking that too few people are going to see Billy Eichner’s Bros, then wait till you hear about the latest pro-Trump rally at the Capitol. As per The Daily Beast, a group of MAGA heads once again congregated at the site of the Jan. 6 riot, but looked more …
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‘Not someone admitting to a federal crime in the comment section’: Conservative dating app could be helping FBI investigate Capitol rioters
Conservative dating app the Right Stuff launched on Friday. The Peter Thiel-backed app founded by a man who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration is already having problems. As one reviewer noted, a particularly glaring issue is that it might actually be a useful tool for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents investigating the …
A Pro-Trump Jan. 6 ‘Truth Rally’ At The Capitol Flopped So Hard It Was Upstaged By A Nearby Festival
Getty Image It was supposed to be the “biggest J6 event to date,” claimed the far-right blog The Gateway Pundit, far bigger than the one that flopped this time last year. Over a year-and-a-half after violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building — and amidst a giant Department of Justice investigation — masses were expected …
Thomas Webster, The Ex-NYPD Officer Who Charged The Capitol, Gets 10 Years In Prison
An ex-NYPD cop who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, making it the longest punishment to be handed down in connection with the riots so far. “What you did that day, it is hard to really put into words,” Judge Amit P. Mehta told Thomas Webster …
Accused Capitol rioter, militia member believed cops who briefed armed right-wingers before Jan. 6 would keep him out of jail
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced the arrests of five members of a former Republican congressional candidate’s militia. The arrests are associated with the Capitol riot. According to prosecutors, one of the men charged told an acquaintance that he’d never get arrested because of their cozy relationship with the cops. “Flagler county sherrifs [sic] is on …
AI Rapper FN Meka Was Dropped From Capitol Records After Fans Called Out Its Racist Overtones
Capitol Records Just a few weeks after it was announced that Capitol Records had signed an artificial intelligence rapper named FN Meka, the label dropped the project after hip-hop fans called out the decision online, according to longtime New York Times music reporter Joe Coscarelli. In a statement, Capitol Music Group wrote, “CMG has severed …
Man Crashes Car, Shoots Self Near Capitol
A man crashed his car into a vehicle barricade near the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, early Sunday morning, then killed himself, authorities said. Capitol Police said the crash took place just after 4 a.m. at the barricade at East Capitol and Second streets. As the man got out of the car, it became engulfed …
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Democrats From Josh Hawley’s Home State Are Throwing A 5K Race In Honor Of His Humiliating Capitol Dash
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images There have been a lot of shocking and disturbing revelations during the Jan. 6 hearings, incriminating both former president Donald Trump and his many cronies. But one of them was both humiliating and damning. Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who was seen fist-bumping Trump supporters before the riot, was caught on video …
‘Faster than Forrest Gump’: Video of Josh Hawley fleeing Capitol rioters after riling them up gets memed
Newly released security camera footage of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) running away from rioters in Capitol building on Jan. 6 has led to an influx of memes across social media. The video was shown on Thursday during the latest hearing from the Jan. 6 Committee, which noted that Hawley had riled up protesters earlier in …
Descendents Share A Statement After A Former Oath Keeper Wears Their Shirt At A Capitol Riot Hearing
Getty Image Whereas some musicians were not too worried about being associated with the Capitol riots that took place on January 6 of last year, others don’t even want to be mentioned in the same sentence. This is especially true of the punk band Descendents. As it happens, a Descendents t-shirt was worn by one …