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This bizarre and ‘bloodthirsty’ pro-Trump religious group cheered on Jan. 6 rioters – then mysteriously shut down

This bizarre and ‘bloodthirsty’ pro-Trump religious group cheered on Jan. 6 rioters – then mysteriously shut down

A new Trump group claimed the name Jericho March as an unregistered trademark in late 2020 despite the term having been widely used for many years prior. The term “Jericho march” or “Jericho walk” has been used off and on over the last few decades by Christian groups protesting in support of social and political goals.

Robert M. Weaver, a onetime Trump administration nominee for director of the Indian Health Service, and Arina Grossu, a low-level Trump administration appointee in communications, spearheaded the name "takeover" for the pro-Trump group involved in the attempted coup of the U.S. Capitol.

“Just as the Israelites circled the walls of Jericho until the walls fell, so we use peaceful means of protest until truth, transparency and justice prevail,” Weaver stated in a Nov. 25, 2020 press release. “What’s at stake is the future of free and fair elections in our Republic. We seek true election reform to protect our American freedoms and the integrity of our election process. We believe that God has blessed America and will continue to bless her, if our people remain faithful to God’s call to holiness and repentance."...

'You don't look the other way': Merrick Garland put on the spot to go after Trump by former Solicitor General

'You don't look the other way': Merrick Garland put on the spot to go after Trump by former Solicitor General

Former President Donald Trump and his high-level cohorts have yet to be held accountable for the attempted coup of the United States government on Jan. 6, 2020 - and former U.S. Acting Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal is issuing a dire warning for investigators.

"To fail to investigate government officials, including the former president, who had to know that the attempt was to interfere with the counting of the vote, to say nothing of its potential for accompanying violence, is fantastically dangerous," Katyal wrote for The Atlantic.

"The whole point of criminal law is to provide societal condemnation of evil acts and to deter them in the future," Katyal continued. "If government leaders and their private army of advisers can get away with encouraging a mob to, in 2021, stop one of our nation’s most solemn functions, the counting of electoral votes, what is to stop them from trying again in any other year?"...

‘Wake-up call’: Lincoln Project releases first video in series that promises to depict America’s dystopian future if Trump wins

‘Wake-up call’: Lincoln Project releases first video in series that promises to depict America’s dystopian future if Trump wins

The anti-Republican group The Lincoln Project has released the first video in a new series of ads with the header, "Closer Than You Think," that promises to depict America in 2025 if the Republican Party achieves their anti-democratic, authoritarian goals. The first video was released one day before the anniversary of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.

"Set during dramatized periods in the near future, and delivered in the style of the authoritarian-friendly, right-wing media ecosystem, 'Closer Than You Think' is a grim window into tomorrow," Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson said in a statement.

READ MORE: FBI is investigating Lincoln Project co-founder over sexual harassment allegations...

This MAGA fan was actually an undercover reporter – and what she found at Trump rallies was ‘alarming’

This MAGA fan was actually an undercover reporter – and what she found at Trump rallies was ‘alarming’

Fever Dreams co-hosts Asawin Suebsaeng and Will Sommer welcomed guest Amanda Moore on the show to discuss the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol -- from the inside. Moore revealed she had been secretly recording conversations as an undercover operative during MAGA, QAnon and CPAC events. What she found was alarming.

Moore said her main takeaway from her time undercover was that “there’s a rise of right-wing populism among the under-30 crowd that's incredibly alarming to me… I really worry about it.. I really just can never stress enough, like the rise of like the younger populist fascists. And like I said, everybody, under 35, I met who was at the Capitol says, ‘We did it. That was us.’ And they accept it and they’re like, ‘It would’ve been cooler if we had gotten further.’ And, like, ‘The Founding Fathers would be proud of us.’”

The Daily Beast reported the "...increasingly popular far-right playbook for harassing hyperlocal and moderate GOP officials and their children—people who are ostensibly part of the same party—to pressure them out of positions overseeing elections or on school boards, in order to install more radical acolytes."...

A dire warning about America's future: Here's how Trump's Jan. 6 coup attempt was a success

A dire warning about America's future: Here's how Trump's Jan. 6 coup attempt was a success

As the anniversary of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots approach and a nation reflects, it's worth begging the question: could it be that the attempted coup was a test for something on a much larger scale to come? The attempted coup didn't actually "fail" - it lit the fuse on a party turned completely upside down and spiraling to find a new normal in the chaos.

"The most threatening aspect of January 6th was not the ferocious attack on the Capitol but the response of Republican officeholders thereafter. Even after the unleashing of medieval mob violence; even after the erection of a gallows; even after members had been forced to run for their lives; even after the deaths and injuries; even after all of that and more, 147 Republican members of Congress voted not to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the presidency," The Bulwark's Mona Charen wrote.

Charen offered a dire warning about the future of American democracy....