Why the 'Let's Go, Brandon' chant, turned meme, can be heard on the floor of Congress
Scott Simon speaks with writer and researcher Hampton Stall about the conservative "Let's Go Brandon" meme and its coded messaging.
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Scott Simon speaks with writer and researcher Hampton Stall about the conservative "Let's Go Brandon" meme and its coded messaging.
America’s Extreme Domestic Terrorism Closing Thought–20May21 I seems that the incidents of domestic terrorism is getting worse by the week……apparently it is according to a newly released FBI report….. Of the 32 killings by extremists in five separate attacks in 2019 — the most lethal year for domestic extremist assaults since 1995 — 24 were committed by white supremacists, according to the report. Gamification” — in which attackers seek to “score” a high “kill count” — “inspired” some of the assaults in 2019, and will likely continue to be a factor in future a...
Decline of the USA, Rise of the Struggles? The USA, as the world’s leading capitalist nation, is economically, politically and morally bankrupt. Resistance is picking up steam at home: in 2018 and 2019 there were more strikes, and more large ones, than at any time in more than two decades. In 2020, there were only seven strikes with 1,000 or more participants, but the country witnessed the largest wave of protests in its history. [1] Rising unemployment and poor health care during the pandemic exacerbated the general level of immiseration. The people (15 to 26 million, according to polls) w...
collaboration. In October 2019, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland led a House subcommittee hearing on the effects of anti-government extremism on federal land management officials. The Government Accountability Office had recently documented more than 350 incidents of threats and assaults targeting land management employees between 2013 and 2017. As the watchdog group noted, even that data did not capture the full picture, in part because not all incidents are reported. Some officials told investigators they “consider receiving threats a normal part of their job.” Advertisement Haaland, then i...
Oath Keepers Founder Stood Outside While Members Committed Mayhem in US Capitol Capitol riot. Internet video screengrab WASHINGTON – On Jan. 4, Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers, an anti-government group, went online to summon his army of followers into action. In an urgent plea on the Oath Keepers website, Rhodes wrote that it is “CRITICAL” that “all patriots” travel to Washington on a “security mission” in support of then-President Donald Trump’s “fight to defeat the enemies foreign and domestic.” “We Oath Keepers are both honor-bound and eager to be there i...