The FBI has called the January 6 riots at the Capitol domestic terrorism. Nevertheless, the agency stopped short of blaming a single group or ideology for the attack, since there were several different of each involved. The union backing the Capitol Police Department has revealed that many retirement-age officers are ready to put in their …

The Dutch parliament has become the first European government to label the treatment of Uighurs genocide. The move comes just days after the Chinese government has rejected the international outcry against their treatment of the Uighur people, which other countries are calling (or coming close to calling) genocide. China has invited the UN, but in …

The police chief for the U.S. Capitol has argued for additional law enforcement presence through Biden’s State of the Union, warning of far right-militia plots to blow the building up. Members of a far-right militia group called the Oath Keepers have been arrested for their role in the Capitol riots. The group prepared before the riots, …

Members of a far-right militia group called the Oath Keepers have been arrested for their role in the Capitol riots. The group prepared before the riots, including training in military-style tactics. Last week, five people linked with the jingoistic Proud Boys group were arrested on conspiracy charges for the the Capitol riots. Two Virginia police officers …

Facebook is facing mounting criticism over its ban of news in Australia. The company instituted the ban after Australia tried to force Facebook to pay for news content shared on the platform. This only the most recent instance of Facebook in trouble over throttling news access. In the weeks preceding the 2020 election, the operators …

A Chinese warship harassed Japanese fishing vessels, leading Japan to lodge a formal complaint. China’s tensions with the rest of the world have gotten much more strained across the board. China has banned BBC World broadcasts for its reporting on the genocidal treatment of Uighurs and the coronavirus. Earliest this week, the UK expelled Chinese journalists …

A new video of the QAnon Shaman appears to support the claim that the rioters were following Trump’s orders. Multiple Capitol rioters specifically wrote that they believed Donald Trump instructed them to riot, specifically referencing Trump’s words, “fight like hell.” Together, this evidence will harm Trump’s impeachment defense. According to a Marist Poll, half of …

After House Republicans refused to take action on Marjorie Taylor Greene, House Democrats forced a vote to strip her of all committee standings. House Democrats singled yesterday that they would strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments as Mitch McConnell distances mainstream GOP from her. All of this comes as Salon released a 2019 video of Greene …

The rioter who posted a video to social media saying she wanted “to shoot [Nancy Pelosi] in the friggin’ brain but we didn’t find her.” She also admits to breaking into the Capitol, using those very words: “we broke into the Capitol.” In other words, this ding-dong confessed to two crimes and then posted her …

Having grown tired of adding fuel to the bonfire that is American politics, Facebook has finally decided to do something useful and stop recommending political groups. The decision comes after an extremely tumultuous election, made worse by Facebook itself. In fact, things got so bad that Facebook  banned Trump from its platform for the final …

Garret Miller of Texas, one of the Capitol rioters, has been charged with threatening to assassinate progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The infamous “Zip Tie Guy,” meaning the guy who brought zip ties to the Capitol riots, had a stash of weapons at his home––including a sniper rifle. Among the other ding-dongs arrested:a 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman, …

The U.S. State Department has labeled China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, the harshest criticism of Beijing’s actions. Boris Johnson has announced that the British government will not call the Uighur situation in genocide. Last week, the United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has concluded, finally, that “crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide – are …