#Capitol rioter assaulted cops with fire extinguisher: feds

#Capitol rioter assaulted cops with fire extinguisher: feds

“#Capitol rioter assaulted cops with fire extinguisher: feds” A Florida man who allegedly assaulted police with a fire extinguisher during the deadly Capitol riot was arrested on Wednesday, authorities said. Robert Scott Palmer, 53, appeared in a federal court in Tampa on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, civil disorder and being in a restricted…

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#Capitol Police officer suspended for anti-Semitic document

#Capitol Police officer suspended for anti-Semitic document

“#Capitol Police officer suspended for anti-Semitic document” A US Capitol Police officer was suspended on Monday after an anti-Semitic document was found near his work area, the department said. A congressional aide spotted a printed copy of the “The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion” Sunday at a checkpoint inside an entrance…

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#Capitol rioters ‘love this country’ but BLM sparks fear

#Capitol rioters ‘love this country’ but BLM sparks fear

“#Capitol rioters ‘love this country’ but BLM sparks fear” GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin drew fire Saturday for saying that Trump-supporting Capitol Hill rioters don’t scare him — but Black Lives Matter protesters do. “I never felt threatened [during the Jan. 6 incursion], because I didn’t,” Johnson said Thursday on talk radio’s “The Joe…

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#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

“#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary” Culture critic: Instagram’s Empty ReligionsThe “nones” — the 22 percent of millennials without a specific religion — have “found a different kind of clergy,” Leigh Stein reports at The New York Times: Instagram “personal-growth influencers.” Millennials’ “new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization,…

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#Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban

#Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban

“#Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban” Twitter filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming the Republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the riot at the US Capitol. Days after the deadly January insurrection, Paxton announced an investigation into Twitter…

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