Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump
Illustration: Angelica Anzona/Gizmodo
Moving into 2021 and forward, conservatives angry about “cancel culture,” censorship, shadowbans, or the attention of the FBI have a rich array of social destinations to choose from. We’ve prepped a travel guide for the unwitting observer who might be thinking of checking any of these conspicuous and lesser-known internet hellholes out whether it’s to keep an eye on what the far-right is up to or to tell you exactly why you shouldn’t be going to these places.
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Donald Trump and the Republican media ecosystem spent the last few years building an elaborate fantasy world for his supporters. They insisted, at every turn, that any unflattering portrayal of his unpopular administration was the product of a liberal media establishment staffed by socialist journalists and amplified by Silicon Valley tech companies angling to take him down.
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Top current and former law enforcement officials testifying Tuesday before a joint Senate hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol told lawmakers that evidence pointed to coordination and planning behind the mob of people that overwhelmed Capitol Police officers during the attack.
An effective investigation must not be swayed by the considerations which properly drive politically-elected officials or the limitations which necessarily constrain state and federal courts.
A Capitol Police officer said in a new interview that supporters of former President Trump shouted racial slurs at him and beat fellow officers with Blue Lives Matter flags during the deadly rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.