Tag: republican coup attempt

Republican History of Their Treason

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 12, 2021

Republicans are about as honest discussing the history of their January coup attempt as they are about discussing the history of the Civil War. Greg Sargent’s discussion of the Senate report on the January 6 coup attempt is quite damning. It’s sometimes said that history is written by the victors, but if Republicans get their […]

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Political Compromises and the Coup Attempt

By Erik Loomis

On March 2, 2021

I wanted to highlight this excellent essay by the historian of slavery and colleague of mine Marcus Nevius, talking about how the long history of refusal by politicians to confront the nation’s

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The Coup Attempt Was Launched By Highly Privileged People

By Erik Loomis

On February 1, 2021

At this point, we shouldn’t have to say that the people who can take time off from work and travel to Washington in order to overthrow a democratically elected government are not the Working Man

White Privilege in Action

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 24, 2021

Law enforcement is getting real hesitant to charge too many of the rioters who attempted to overthrow the lawfully elected American government. Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert to […]