The next insurrection

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Judd Legum
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1. As the Senate debates Trump's responsibility for the events of Jan 6, a relatively new group is organizing the next insurrection

And this one could be more sophisticated, efficient & violent

At the center of the scheme is a familiar name: Ammon Bundy

The next insurrection
The January 6 siege of the United States Capitol was not an isolated incident. It is the latest in a series of attacks by violent extremists seeking to undermine federal and state governments. Now, a...
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1. As the Senate debates Trump's responsibility for the events of Jan 6, a relatively new group is organizing the next insurrection

And this one could be more sophisticated, efficient & violent

At the center of the scheme is a familiar name: Ammon Bundy

The next insurrection
The January 6 siege of the United States Capitol was not an isolated incident. It is the latest in a series of attacks by violent extremists seeking to undermine federal and state governments. Now, a …
https://popular.info/p/the-next-insurrection

2. Bundy, who occupied a federal wildlife refuge by force in 2016, has created a new org called People's Rights

People's Rights wants to enable people to "call a militia like they’d call an Uber and stage a protest within minutes."

3. The rapidly growing group, which Bundy says now has 50K members, aims to be able to "dispatch 10 protesters to a scene in 10 minutes, 100 in 100 minutes and 1,000 in 1,000 minutes."

4. In August, Bundy and other members of his group used force to enter a closed portion of the Idaho Capitol.

The events foreshadowed what would happen at the U.S. Capitol on January 6

5. Bundy did not travel to DC on January 6 but encouraged his members to do so and urged them to use it as a recruiting opportunity for People's Rights.

He told them to download fliers and pass them out.

"Don't wear a mask. Stand for freedom," he said.

6. Experts believe Bundy's 2016 seize of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was a "dress rehearsal" for the January 6 riot.

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7. Long before January 6, Trump was involved in validating Bundy's tactics.

Bundy said he took over the refuge to protest the prosecution of Dwight and Steven Hammond, who were "sentenced to prison for setting fires on federal lands."

8. In 2018, Trump pardoned the Hammonds, which resulted in their release from federal prison.

In so doing, Trump was essentially siding with Bundy who argued their prosecution was unjust.

9. Bundy himself was found NOT GUILTY by a jury of charges related to his armed occupation of the refuge.

So it's really no surprise that a violent mob thought they could get away with attacking the U.S. Capitol.

They filmed themselves doing it.

The next insurrection
The January 6 siege of the United States Capitol was not an isolated incident. It is the latest in a series of attacks by violent extremists seeking to undermine federal and state governments. Now, a …
https://popular.info/p/the-next-insurrection
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[dalton99a]

1. "Black people were 'better off as slaves'"

This extremist mindset has made the group a magnet for the far right. In November 2020, IREHR found that “state and area People’s Rights leaders have been members of at least 31 different Militia-type Facebook groups.” IREHR reported that over 750 members of People’s Rights Facebook groups were also members “of one or more of 203 different militia-type Facebook groups.” (Since the report’s publication, most of these Facebook pages have been taken down.)

Before creating People’s Rights, Bundy had ties to some of the most prominent far-right extremist groups –– including the Oath Keepers, a group with roots in white supremacy and whose leader was charged with coordinating the January 6 insurrection. In 2016, the Oath Keepers was one of several paramilitary groups that helped Bundy seize the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Bundy's group at the refuge also included white supremacists.

While People’s Rights claims to be colorblind, the group’s state and assistant leaders have openly expressed racist views. Several leaders, as the IREHR notes, are fiercely opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement. In July 2020, however, Bundy shared that he was joining a Black Lives Matter rally. Yet, in that same speech, he equated wearing masks to slavery and defended his father’s infamous 2014 comment that perhaps Black people were “better off as slaves.”

[sfstaxprep]

2. We Deserve It

When it occurs, I won't be too surprised. Shocked, once again, perhaps, but Not Surprised.

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. brings new meaning

to the term "Flash Mob."