Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.
Jason Van Tatenhove toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum the day before his testimony to the Jan. 6 committee
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Opinion The Jewish stake in Jan. 6 is bigger than you think
In a world when common sense gun laws and Roe v. Wade are overturned, do facts still matter?
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Culture Should we really call Mike Pence courageous — and what do we mean by courage anyway?
In light of Jan. 6, we should remember Voltaire’s contention that courage was a quality shared by the base and the great
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Fast Forward GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor makes new Nazi analogy, this time about the Jan. 6 attack
Doug Mastriano implied that he sees “parallels” between the Capitol riot and the 1933 Reichstag fire through which Hitler grabbed power
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Fast Forward Jan. 6 hearing revelation: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump said they privately accepted Donald Trump’s loss
Their statements reinforce a House committee's depiction of a president determined to hold onto power by whatever means possible
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Culture In the face of tragedy, Rep. Jamie Raskin is an optimist
Despite the gravity of the moment, Rep. Jamie Raskin seemed to be having a great time during Trump’s impeachment trial in early 2021. A former professor of constitutional law, Raskin appeared, at moments, to have forgotten that he wasn’t in the classroom, gesturing as he spoke impassionedly about the meaning of the Constitution. It seemed…
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Fast Forward ‘Camp Auschwitz’ rioter pleads guilty to illegally entering Capitol
Robert Keith Packer, the man who wore a sweatshirt mocking the Holocaust during the riot at the United States Capitol last January, pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally entering the building and protesting inside. Packer appeared by video in federal district court in Washington, D.C., for a brief hearing during which he acknowledged that he had…
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Culture How one far-right platform has weaponized antisemitism and Christian extremism to foment insurrection
In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Twitter deplatformed Trump for inciting violence and cracked down on other users. Amazon kicked conservative social media site Parler off of its servers for failing to police extremist conversation. And in the wake of the insurrection, membership of Gab, which has long been a home for far-right…
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