By Glynn Wilson – Political courage was seriously absent in the United States Capitol on Saturday as only seven Republicans could find it in themselves to join 48 Democrats and two independents to find former president Donald Trump guilty of inciting a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021 as Congress affirmed the Electoral College votes…
Pennsylvania Lawyer Indicted For Threatening To Murder Members of the Senate – Staff Report – In a case of clear evidence that the right-wing, racist Trump insurrection against American Democracy is not over, a Conservative Pennsylvania lawyer has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening to murder members of the United…
Staff Report – A man from Lebanon Maine was arrested Thursday and appeared in U.S. District Court Friday on charges stemming from his assault on local law enforcement officers, as well as other crimes, during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the…
Staff Report – Another member of the Proud Boys, a nationalistic, chauvinist domestic terrorist organization, was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Ethan Nordean, aka Rufio Panman, 30,…
By Glynn Wilson – The New York Times is now reporting that the first “conspiracy” to obstruct Capitol Police and Congress charges have been filed against two members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys as of Friday night, according to federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…
By Glynn Wilson – Three individuals associated with the Oath Keepers, a radical right-wing paramilitary group focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement and first responders, were indicted Thursday in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct Congress in a violent insurrection on Jan. 6. Jessica Marie Watkins,…
By Glynn Wilson – In a break from the Trump years and a bit of a shock that should have come as no surprise, the new acting Secretary of Homeland Security David Pekoske ordered a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin to be issued on Wednesday, warning of a heightened threat of violence from right-wing, racist domestic…
By Glynn Wilson – It’s now been three weeks since the violent insurrection and attempted coup on the part of the Trump cabal to upend the peaceful transition of power in America and halt Congress on Jan. 6 from certifying the Electoral College votes for the clear winner of the election, President Joe Biden. This…
Staff Report – More charges and arrests are coming to light in the violent attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to press releases just out from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in spite of a report out from The Washington Post over the weekend that…
Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – It’s been two and a half weeks since the traumatic events in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 when a violent insurrection was staged at the United States Capitol building in an attempted coup to take over the government and overthrow democracy itself. While the insurrection was thwarted in…
Staff Report – The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has taken Jesus Rivera of Pensacola, Florida, into custody for his role in the riot and assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged Rivera with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or…
Staff Report – More and more participants in the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 are being investigated and arrested every day, and law enforcement officers are focusing on right-wing militia groups and Republicans for leading the unprecedented acts of sedition and coup attempt in the nation’s capital. Kentucky Man Arrested and Charged…
Staff Report – Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers were charged this week in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building…
By Glynn Wilson – House Speaker Nanci Pelosi didn’t waste any time in pursing a second article of impeachment against lame duck president Donald Trump after coming very close to being assassinated in the United State Capitol building last Wednesday by an armed and dangerous insurrectionist militia ordered to storm up Capitol Hill by a…
Evidence Suggests The Insurrection on Jan. 6 was Not a Spur of the Moment Accident: It was An Attempted Overthrow of American Democracy and Almost Succeeded Breaking News Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – There is no way that the failure of law enforcement and the military to protect the United States Capitol building on…
By Glynn Wilson – Two more men were charged in federal court in the District of Columbia on Monday in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Larry Rendell Brock, of Texas, was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in…
By Glynn Wilson – Thirteen rioters have been charged so far with crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after a rally and march led by outgoing President Donald J. Trump turned into an insurrection that led to violence and death like nothing ever seen on American soil. In addition to those who have…
By Glynn Wilson – The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in 48 of 50 states launched a major legal broadside across the bow of social media giant Facebook on Wednesday, escalating the battles in Washington and across the country against the largest technology companies in a way that “could remake the social media industry,”…
By Glynn Wilson – The Trump administration’s blatant disregard for protecting the environment has landed in court again. Attorneys general for Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, asserting the executive branch federal agency neglected to enforce a decade-old agreement to reduce water pollution…
By Glynn Wilson – Maryland Attorney has joined a multi-state lawsuit including 27 state and municipal plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s final rule curtailing requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that say federal agencies must review and assess the impact of their actions on the environment. The Trump administration’s “final rule” also limits…
