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Meta’s decision on Donald Trump is looming. Will he return to Facebook?

The ex-president was banned after the Capitol riots in 2021. Will his return rile social media’s ‘cauldron of extremism’?

The Guardian - US

2 failed populist coups: Compare and contrast

Pundits are making much of the similarities between the attempted coup in Washington by Trump supporters two years ago and the one by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia on Jan 8, but they are missing the biggest one. These debacles were the most incompetent and half-hearted attempts to seize power illegally…

Bangkok Post

MTG theorizes Babbitt's J6 intentions

"Videos on J6 show Ashli hitting another man as she tried to stop people from going in," Greene said on Twitter

Salon

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Editorial: Brazil’s insurrection was etched with America’s Jan. 6 template

Discerning the inspiration for a moment of infamy can be ridiculously simple. The audacious attack by supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro on government buildings in the capital looked every bit as chaotic and destructive as the infamous Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught on the U.S. Capitol. The toxic mix…

Chicago Tribune

Jurors in the Proud Boys trial hear the start of the seditious conspiracy case

Prosecutors say five defendants "took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants' lawyers tell jurors their clients didn't plan the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WEKU

Proud Boys vowed ‘any means necessary’ to keep Trump in power, jury told

WASHINGTON — Leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys dubbed “Lords of War” agreed to “use any means necessary” in their violent 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which they hoped would prevent Joe Biden from becoming president, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Enrique Tarrio’s attorney blames Trump for ‘unleashing the mob’ on January 6 at Proud Boys sedition trial

Longtime leader of far-right gang and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy for Capitol assault

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EXPLAINER: The seditious conspiracy charges in Jan. 6 trial

The former national chairman of the Proud Boys and four associates are standing trial on seditious conspiracy charges in the attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Proud Boys sedition trial to open 2 years after Jan. 6 riot

Federal prosecutors are expected to outline their case on Thursday against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants, who are charged with seditious conspiracy in one of the most consequential cases to emerge from the Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Kellyanne Conway told Jan 6 committee that Trump only fears one person

After the riot, Ms Conway appeared on Bill Maher’s show, expressing disappointment that Mr Trump did not act sooner and calling the rioters “marauders”

The Independent UK

Proud Boys 'took aim' at U.S. democracy, prosecutor tells Jan. 6 trial

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused leaders of the far-right Proud Boys group of plotting an assault on American democracy as one of the most high-profile trials to stem from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack got underway.

Reuters

Proud Boys trial – live: Attorneys for Enrique Tarrio begin opening arguments in high-profile sedition trial

Five members of nationalist gang charged with seditious conspiracy for roles in January 6 attack

The Independent UK

As the share of white Texans continues to shrink, the Legislature remains mostly white and male

In the 2023 legislative session that convened Tuesday, 70% of lawmakers are men. More than half of the Senate and House members are white, and nearly half are white men.

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: Brazil's version of Jan. 6 was driven by some of the same MAGA instigators

The defeated president had spent months falsely crying election fraud. His allies in right-wing media relentlessly spread conspiracy theories, hammering at the nation’s confidence in its own democracy. It came to a head one day in early January, as thousands of the president’s supporters stormed the seat of government, trampling…

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Los Angeles Times

Still wrestling with Jan. 6 fallout, US contends with Bolsonaro’s Florida stay after Brazil riots

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is struggling to contend with the Florida stay of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who many blame for violent riots this week in Brazil’s capital.

The Independent UK

Far-right troll Baked Alaska sentenced to 60 days in prison for role in Jan 6 riots

Anthime Gionet livestreamed himself storming the Capitol and berating law enforcement officers during mob’s assault

The Independent UK

Capitol riot far-right internet personality gets 60 days

A far-right internet personality who streamed live video while he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two months of imprisonment for joining the mob’s attack on the building

McClatchy Washington Bureau

High stakes for Justice Department as Jan. 6 Proud Boys sedition trial gets under way

WASHINGTON — The trial of Enrique Tarrio and other members of the Proud Boys, a militant group that allegedly took part in organizing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is set to begin in earnest this week with the start of opening statements.

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The Independent UK

Jury chosen to hear Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial

A jury has been chosen for the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members of the far-right extremist group

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: GOP insurrectionists mount a new attack on the Capitol by stalling House speaker election

Two years after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, some of the same far-right Republican members of Congress who refused to certify the lawful election of President Joe Biden are waging a new attack on democracy by throwing the U.S. House into chaos.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising

Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021

The Independent UK

Brazil and Jan. 6 in US: Parallel attacks, but not identical

The scenes of supporters of Brazil's defeated president Jair Bolsonaro breaking into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country’s democracy brought back memories of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Guardian - US

‘They were in ecstasy’: how Bolsonaro mob’s orgy of violence rocked Brasília

Far-right rioters say they came to overthrow President Lula in attack that echoed January 6 assault on US Capitol

Chicago Sun-Times

Mother of Ashli Babbitt arrested at demonstration marking anniversary of Capitol attack

Micki Witthoeft, 58, was accused of traffic violations, Capitol Police said in an emailed statement. She was released Friday afternoon and given a citation to appear in court at a later date, police said.

The Independent UK

Trump claims Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt was shot by a ‘lunatic’ for ‘no reason’

Remarks came on anniversary of January 6

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