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Part of the crisis of America is rooted in its myth of exceptionalism — which does not account for racial slavery and indigenous dispossession, war and conquest as part of its history

  The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result.   “We came up with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th,” leaders of the Stop the Steal movement wrote on Dec. 23. They called their Wednesday demonstration the Wild Protest, a name t...

Trump admits loss as Democrats push long-shot removal President Trump acknowledged his loss for the first time in a video posted Thursday night. The clarion calls Thursday to remove Donald J. Trump from office drowned out a quieter reality: Even some prominent Democrats who deem Trump grossly unfit, including Connecticut’s two U.S. senators, are skeptical of being able to force him from the White House before noon on Jan. 20. And that was before Trump acted Thursday night to undercut the grow...

NationofChange Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed. This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of viol...

Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement was caught flat-footed January 8, 2021 12:30PM (UTC) Members of the National Guard and the Washington D.C. police keep a small group of demonstrators away from the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nations capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Bidens E...

to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result. “We came up with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th,” leaders of the Stop the Steal movement wrote on Dec. 23. They called their Wednesd...

Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.

Trump supporters rioting at the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo credit: Sebastian Portillo/Shutterstock.com This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Do...

Despite advance warning, law enforcement did not contain Capitol rioters on Wednesday, in stark contrast to police response to Black Lives Matter protests.

January 7, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC - NOV. 14, 2020: "Voter Fraud" rally marches to Supreme Court in support of Donald Trump, who refused to concede election ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They ...