Category Archives: January 6

You Could See It Coming — CNN: Army ABANDONS anti-extremism effort

Anybody remember this story? RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOD Stand-Down to Address Extremism in the Ranks Feb. 5, 2021 Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III signed a memo directing commanding officers and supervisors at all levels to select a date within the next 60 days to conduct a one-day “stand-down” to discuss extremism in … Continue reading You Could See It Coming — CNN: Army ABANDONS anti-extremism effort

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From Politico: Under the Radar, Many DC cops are Coup-sympathizers, or Worse —Politico

   | CAPITAL CITY A D.C. Cop Allegedly Helped the Proud Boys. Why Hasn’t Liberal Washington Done More About It?[Excerpts]The alleged coziness between D.C. police and far-right extremists is shocking — unless you know anything about law enforcement. Michael Schaffer is a senior editor at POLITICO. His Capital City column runs weekly in POLITICO Magazine.The … Continue reading From Politico: Under the Radar, Many DC cops are Coup-sympathizers, or Worse —Politico

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Embracing the New Resegregationist Gospel in a Chapel Hill NC Church

Washington Post — April 8, 2023 Michael Emerson, professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, said that church racial inclusion efforts suffered under President Donald Trump, who often made incendiary comments about immigrants and Blacks. Many church leaders faced a dilemma, Emerson said: “Do I repudiate it and risk losing many of my White … Continue reading Embracing the New Resegregationist Gospel in a Chapel Hill NC Church

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Klan Rising: Are The Media (& the Law) Finally Going to Pay Attention? (And, How About Quakers?)

[NOTE: Kudos to the Post & Timothy Egan. The good news here is that when the Klan faced the Law for real, the law won. But in its bloody heyday, in the 1920s & after, it was repeatedly abetted by the connivance, corruption or cowardice of those charged with upholding it. The bad news also … Continue reading Klan Rising: Are The Media (& the Law) Finally Going to Pay Attention? (And, How About Quakers?)

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Cartoons for an “Unfunny” Time

It doesn’t seem there’s any way around it: so far, 2023 is a Big Bust as far as editorial cartoons go. We now have proof of that, at least in the form that counts for the educated classes, a statement by an elite college professor,

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