By Glynn Wilson – In a break from the Trump years and a bit of a shock that should have come as no surprise, the new acting Secretary of Homeland Security David Pekoske ordered a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin to be issued on Wednesday, warning of a heightened threat of violence from right-wing, racist domestic…
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More Domestic Terrorists Arrested and Charged in U.S. Capitol Breach
Staff Report – More charges and arrests are coming to light in the violent attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to press releases just out from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in spite of a report out from The Washington Post over the weekend that…
FBI Jacksonville Arrests Pensacola Man Wanted in U.S. Capitol Siege
Staff Report – The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has taken Jesus Rivera of Pensacola, Florida, into custody for his role in the riot and assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged Rivera with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or…
Trump Departs Washington With No Fanfare, Joe Biden Sworn In as President Without Incident
By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the day broke, it was cold, grey and foreboding in Washington, D.C. on January, 20, 2021, as it was in Knoxville, Tennessee, when the cloud cloaked dawn came up over the Smoky Mountains. Somehow, someway, we survived one more final night with Rat…
More Rioters Charged in U.S. Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers were charged this week in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building…
Storming the Capitol Did Not Bring About Freedom – It Destroyed It
Two More Men Charged in Connection with Violent Events at the U.S. Capitol
By Glynn Wilson – Two more men were charged in federal court in the District of Columbia on Monday in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Larry Rendell Brock, of Texas, was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in…
Rioters Charged for Crimes Committed During the Trump Insurrection Rally and Violent Attack on U.S. Capitol
By Glynn Wilson – Thirteen rioters have been charged so far with crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after a rally and march led by outgoing President Donald J. Trump turned into an insurrection that led to violence and death like nothing ever seen on American soil. In addition to those who have…
The Statue of Robert E. Lee Has Finally Been Removed from the U.S. Capitol
As the story goes, for more than 100 years, the two statues chosen by the Virginia Legislature to represent the state in the Capitol were prominent citizens George Washington, and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. With all the controversy over glorifying Civll War figures, I wondered why Lee was still there. He is no more.
Trump Backs Off Promise To Release All Suppressed JFK Documents
By Andrew Kreig – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a chaotic chapter of government efforts to suppress research into the evidence regarding President Kennedy’s 1963 assassination, President Trump on Oct. 26 suddenly backed away from his promises this week to comply with a 1992 Congressional law and release all remaining documents related to the assassination. The…
The State of Government and Democracy in Trump’s America
A Few Options for Virginia to Replace the Statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol
The Big Picture By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – So far key politicians in Virginia have not learned the lesson of Charlottesville. There is no public evidence that Governor Terry McAuliffe, Senators Tim Kaine or Mark Warner have noticed that there is a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol,…
Senator Corey Booker Introduces the Idea of a Bill to Remove Robert E. Lee’s Statue from the U.S. Capitol
Why is Robert E. Lee’s Statue in the U.S. Capitol Not Yet the Subject of Controversy?
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thomas Jefferson’s home town of Charlottesville, Virginia has taken over the spotlight from New Orleans as the key battleground city in a new verbal civil war between activists on the left who want Confederate monuments removed from public property and neo-Nazi white nationalists who are fighting to preserve…