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Oath Keepers
August 23, 2023
Ella Sherman
Secret Service Agents Were in Contact With Far-Right Oath Keepers
A new report reveals members of the Secret Service were in communication with the group’s radical leader, Stewart Rhodes.
June 27, 2023
Michael Tomasky
FBI Knew Proud Boys Were Prepping to “Kill People,” Did Nothing
A new Senate report savages the FBI and DHS for ignoring pre–January 6 intel.
May 25, 2023
Tori Otten
Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced to 18 Years for January 6 Seditious Conspiracy
“These defendants were prepared to fight. Not for their country, but against it.”
December 23, 2022
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Maya Wiley
Now Let’s Prosecute Donald Trump for His Crimes
The January 6 committee’s damning final report makes clear that the former president sought to steal the 2020 election by force. Will Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice take the baton?
December 6, 2022
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Mallory McMorrow
The Work of Democracy Is Not Only a Group Endeavor
It’s also an individual one.
November 29, 2022
Prem Thakker
Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy in January 6 Case
The charges show the Justice Department’s ability hold the January 6 insurrectionists accountable.
April 15, 2022
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Trump, Putin, and the Politics of Domination
How strongmen use personality cults and alternate realities to stay in power
February 4, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
January 6 Recap: Finally Scratching the Surface on How Far Trump Was Willing to Go
Bombshell memos, high-level testimony, piles of documents. It adds up to a heap of trouble for the former president.
September 15, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America
The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis.
August 31, 2020
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Casey Michel
The “Oath Keepers” Are Today’s Blackshirts
In the Obama era, they resisted “presidential tyranny.” Now they want to help Trump crack American skulls in the streets.
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