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Pro-Trump 'intellectuals' exposed for pushing violent insurrection ahead of January 6 riot
January 25, 2021
A group of nationalist "intellectuals" supportive of former President Donald Trump are being exposed for supporting violent insurrections before the deadly January 6th pro-Trump riots at the United States Capitol building.
Christian Vanderbrouk, a conservative commentator who previously worked in the George W. Bush White House, has written a piece for The Bulwark in which he shows how some of the most high-brow Trump supporters stoked the flames of violence that culminated in the Capitol insurrection.
<p> Claremont Institute fellow and Boston University professor emeritus Angelo Codevilla, for instance, argued that pro-Trump conservatives would have to give police "lively reasons to fear you" and encouraged them to form armed vigilante groups to protect themselves from a potentially tyrannical Biden administration.</p><p>Former Trump national security spokesman Michael Anton, meanwhile, suggested that Biden's victory would lead to a righteous "rebellion" among Trump supporters.</p><p>"One half the country -- or to be more precise, the class that rules in the interests of (at most) half the country -- will surmise that it can rule by fiat," he wrote. "The other half will conclude that they are subjects. Whether that conclusion resigns the latter to apathy or stirs them to rebellion is the question that will determine the course of our politics going forward."</p><p>And former CNN journalist Chuck de Caro wrote at the pro-Trump American Greatness website that it was time for Trump voters to follow the example of the McMinn County War of 1946 in which World War II veterans led an armed revolt against corrupt local officials in Tennessee.</p><p>"Much like the thinking of many Trump voters around the country today, the GIs realized that something more than the normal parliamentary response was in order," he wrote. "So while today's Trump voters are, as yet, armed only with their smartphones as they try to ascertain the legitimacy of Tuesday's vote, the McMinn County GIs decided to seize the ballot boxes and count the votes . . . the hard way."</p>
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QAnon followers newest conspiracy theory has them planning a Trump inauguration on March 4th: report
January 25, 2021
Donald Trump's QAnon fans are not giving up hope that he will be reinstalled in the White House this year, with a new theory that has them planning on celebrating his inauguration on March 4th.
According to a report from Vice, the latest theory being passed around by right-wing extremists is based upon writings from members of the fringe "sovereign citizen" movement and a unique interpretation of American history.
<p>As the Vice report notes, "Sovereign citizens believe that a law enacted in 1871 secretly turned the U.S. into a corporation and did away with the American government of the founding fathers. The group also believes that President Franklin D. Roosevelt sold U.S. citizens out in 1933 when he ended the gold standard and replaced it by offering citizens as collateral to a group of shadowy foreign investors."</p><p>With that in mind, QAnon supporters are making common cause with the sovereign citizens -- a new development -- and focusing on the 1871 conspiracy theory to reassert their claim that Donald Trump is still president.</p><p>"Over the weekend, QAnon groups on Gab and Telegram, where most QAnon supporters have found a home since they were kicked off Twitter and Parler was de-platformed, commenters have been sharing documents describing the 1871 act, claiming it proves that Trump will be sworn in on March 4," the report states. "The source for this date is the fact that 1933 was also the year when inaugurations were changed from March 4 to Jan. 20 — to shorten the lame-duck period of outgoing presidents. QAnon followers believe that Trump will become the president of the original republic, and not the corporation that they believe the 1871 act created."</p><p>The belief that Trump might bolster the hopes of the QAnon followers who have been despondent that President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-2650036600/" target="_self">wasn't arrested on January 20th</a>. </p><p>A deeper explanation of this latest theory -- and its genesis -- can be found below:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="aeb39b85c51f9b4fe3cbdede5608593c" id="bb847"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353441197365329923"><div style="margin:1em 0">This fixation on 1871 is tied to the Sovereign Citizens' hatred for the 14th Amendment.
This amendment, not coinc… https://t.co/m0Ge6Mye8x</div> — Travis View (@Travis View)<a href="https://twitter.com/travis_view/statuses/1353441197365329923">1611520501.0</a></blockquote></div>
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‘Tainted’ Mark Meadows could end up working at the Trump Org because no one else wants him: report
January 25, 2021
According to a report from Politico on the ongoing issues former Donald Trump administration officials are having in finding gainful employment, add former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to the list of those with limited prospects.
Meadows, who resigned his seat in the House to work for Trump, was the last of the president's White House chiefs of staff and now finds himself on the outs in Washington, D.C., where former lawmakers often slide into lobbyist jobs.
<p>As Politico reports, "Tainted by Trump's reputation, several Trump aides described an increasingly bleak job market with virtually no chance of landing jobs in corporate America and some even having seen promising leads disappear after the rampage at the U.S. Capitol," before adding, "It's not just the lower- and mid-level staffers getting pinched.<strong> </strong>Two people familiar with his thinking said Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who spent seven years in the House of Representatives before joining the White House, was even considering a position at the Trump Organization because of a lack of options."</p><p>Meadows floundered in his final months overseeing the president, with fellow White House staffers at one time calling him "<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/zero-help-to-us-white-house-staff-furious-with-mark-meadows-for-revealing-trumps-health-issues/" target="_blank">zero help</a>" during the coronavirus health crisis.</p>
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