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A scene from last week's violent mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
An agency memo states that "if Congress attempts to remove POTUS via the 25th Amendment, a huge uprising will occur."

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House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) walks in a hallway at the U.S. Capitol January 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection and we know his supporters are already planning more attacks. Every moment he spends in office he puts our nation at greater danger."


Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and members of the House Freedom Caucus conduct a news conference outside the Capitol on Thursday, December 3, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Their complicity endangers America, erodes our democracy, and it must end."


Then-Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D-Mo.) spoke during a news conference with other Democrat members of Congress to push President-elect Joe Biden to appoint a corporate-free Cabinet and administration outside of the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This is sedition," said the freshman Democrat. "We must hold these Republicans accountable for their role in this insurrection."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"History shows that legislation going after 'domestic terrorism' will primarily be used to target Black organizers, Muslim communities, immigrant communities."


Former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) speaks before Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders takes the stage for a town hall discussion about health care on July 25, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The Ohio Democrat and former Bernie Sanders campaign advisor "has stood with our progressive movement since day one," said Alexandra Rojas.


Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas; center, fist-bumping) and Josh Hawley (Mo., directly behind Cruz) are being urged to resign for their role in inciting the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. last week. (Photo: Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Hawley and Cruz directly incited the January 6th insurrection, repeating dangerous and unsubstantiated statements regarding the election and abetting the lawless behavior of President Trump."


For several years, critics of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp have dressed in orange jumpsuits at demonstrations calling for its immediate closure. (Photo: Amnesty International)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Biden must reaffirm his commitment to closure and take the necessary action to accomplish it before we have to mark the 20th anniversary next year," says the Center for Constitutional Rights.


Girls collect water from a well in Hajjah province, north Yemen on December 11, 2020. As a result of the U.S. State Department's decision, Oxfam noted, "humanitarian aid, goods, and personnel will be blocked from entering northern Yemen, where 70% of the population lives." (Photo: Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua via Getty)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Oxfam called the designation "a counter-productive and dangerous policy that will put innocent lives at risk."


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If another head of state came in and ordered an attack on the United States Congress, would we say that that should not be prosecuted?" the New York Democrat said Sunday.

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Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

by Jonathan Rich
The first reason for this crisis is that the US political system is not a "democracy" at all, but rather an oligarchy run by the unchecked power of corporate bribery.


Equipment of media crews damaged during clashes after the US President Donald Trumps supporters breached the US Capitol security in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
Unless all who participated in or abetted the attempted overthrow of the United States government are held accountable, it will happen again. Next time it may succeed.


As Covid-19 grew ever worse while 2020 ended, the stock market reached heights that hadn’t been seen before. Ever. (Photo: Scott Beale on Flickr)

by Nomi Prins
As Covid-19 grew ever worse while 2020 ended, the stock market reached heights that hadn’t been seen before. Ever.


Given the growing sense of shame and disaffection in the ranks of the GOP, Trump should expect a full Senate trial in his second impeachment, in sharp contrast to the perfunctory acquittal he received in his first impeachment. (Photo: Library of Congress)

by Bill Blum
The punishment would fit the crime, and he’d be stripped of unwarranted perks.


A couple react as they go through their destroyed mobile home following the passing of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on August 27, 2020. -Hurricane Laura tore off roofs and shredded buildings in the southern US state of Louisiana as it slammed into the coast early on August 27 killing at least one person, with shaken residents emerging to survey the damage. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

by Bill Quigley
As 2020 ended some people were still living in tents.


A protester sits in the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Pro-Trump protesters have entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
Over 140 Republican congressmen and 8 senators joined the attempt to overturn the election even after the mob tried to kill or kidnap them.

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