Sunday, January 30, 2022

Terrorism related links 013022

 

Jan. 6 doesn't need to be embellished

https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1008118/jan-6-doesnt-need-to-be-embellished

 

The dangerous vigilantism that fueled Jan. 6

https://theweek.com/us/1008111/the-dangerous-vigilantism-that-fueled-jan-6

 

Americans are dangerously casual about war with Russia and China

https://theweek.com/foreign-policy/1008073/americans-are-dangerously-casual-about-war-with-russia-and-china

 

The Jan. 6 texts and the rot at the heart of Fox News

https://theweek.com/fox-news/1008069/the-jan-6-texts-and-the-rot-at-the-heart-of-fox-news

 

Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in Capitol riot

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066944829/matthew-greene-proud-boys-jan-6-capitol-pleads-guilty?fbclid=IwAR3jaSDEz9jzzIW24nXuw9PRtMKtApGHV0OP8LKhZiqEFbAdp8Cb5PrmuPU

 

The Case for Reparations for Afghanistan: The losers of wars often are made to pay for the damage and suffering they’ve caused. America should be no exception.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164863/case-reparations-afghanistan?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

https://www.juancole.com/2021/11/biden-issue-looms.html

 

Nuclear Talks: Iran thumbs nose at US, betting on China as new Superpower

https://www.juancole.com/2021/12/nuclear-betting-superpower.html

 

Those Nasty, Nasty Russians

https://www.laprogressive.com/nasty-russians/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=522d5b6557-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-522d5b6557-286987487&mc_cid=522d5b6557&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

Middle America: Welcoming Refugees.  It’s easier to scapegoat immigrants than it is to address huge, scary problems in a region where an encroaching climate catastrophe is filling the skies with smoke and a pandemic is spiking.

https://progressive.org/magazine/welcoming-refugees-conniff/

 

Trump is rapidly moving toward a confession about his high crimes against America

https://www.alternet.org/2021/12/trump-high-crimes/


The Lone Wolf in the Henhouse: A Department of Justice counterterrorism expert has deep ties to white supremacist groups.

https://progressive.org/magazine/lone-wolf-in-the-henhouse-christophi/

 

Though Obsessed with Donald Trump, the Media Was Blind to Brewing Threat of Violence

https://www.newsweek.com/though-obsessed-donald-trump-media-was-blind-brewing-threat-violence-1661305?utm_source=PushnamiMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=automatic&UTM=1640649634320&subscriberId=614e18a57aeb51cecbe1252e&fbclid=IwAR3vwq_wDA2VgrPCYrdeH-92aeGJxqX3eE1SuQN-hhPTvfmIqBw3KGPl7hg

 

Syria Reports Second Israeli Attack on Vital Port in a Month

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/28/syria-reports-second-israeli-attack-vital-port-month.html

 

MAGA rioter Jenna Ryan has reported to prison — and she could be in for 'a reality check’

https://www.rawstory.com/jenna-ryan-2656172626/?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1640770286&fbclid=IwAR0oRaWjuz1PdCDgR6TOIFz4CeZFodHnIx0cAmX76Rg-TPu3RMupnTGw6Q0

 

Proud Boys members must face Jan 6 charges, U.S. judge rules

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/proud-boys-members-must-face-jan-6-charges-us-judge-rules-2021-12-28/?fbclid=IwAR06NSTdahKcSDhEfvN8D6IhsMSY0RPrnWMLF-1iOTJBfwC65VTl43gQ5k4

 

Down the barrel of a gun: How Second Amendment activism can be a gateway to extremist ideologies

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/29/gun-rights-activism-extremism/6376362001/?gnt-cfr=1&fbclid=IwAR3N4__sbKzceO5-dBBMGm9hoGwMD8r4HWnwFBv6FPLMPdwzs9G5LpejFUo

 

When the Rioters Came for Us on January 6

https://newrepublic.com/article/164796/jamie-raskin-unthinkable-jan-6-rioters

 

CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE, DISARMAMENT & COMMON SECURITY: Peace & Planet Message to the 2022 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference and to the International Community

https://www.cpdcs.org/peace-planet-message-2022/

 

Nuke Free Europe

https://www.nukefreeeurope.eu/

 

Divestment is a tangible tactic to defund war.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/divest/

 

Sanity VS Doomsday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie25OV17y6g

 

CND legal opinion: increasing the UK’s nuclear arsenal

https://cnduk.org/cnd-legal-opinion-on-increasing-the-uks-nuclear-arsenal/

 

Jan. 6 Defendant Who Said She's 'Definitely Not Going To Jail' Sentenced To Prison: Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent who flew to D.C. on a private plane and livestreamed in the Capitol, got 60 days in prison.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenna-ryan-sentenced-capitol-attack-trump_n_6182bb4fe4b0c8666bd6f913?fbclid=IwAR1Z8hG4LlJjIX59h6bocJkBnisV8FIjrqSbCwtnW7293SP0nvLjqO3hKuI

 

January 6 Isn't Over for Me and Many Others Who Lived Through It

https://newrepublic.com/article/164893/january-6-commission-capitol-riot

 

Why DOJ is avoiding domestic terrorism sentences for Jan. 6 defendants: Some judges have debated whether the charges qualify as “crimes of terrorism,” but prosecutors have repeatedly pulled back by citing unspecified “facts and circumstances.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/04/doj-domestic-terrorism-sentences-jan-6-526407?fbclid=IwAR1KybOipSe-ckh5HkTUnJaTX_ZyyZ1tsLt0rCQlVfB35FuHqss5b8gYj1c

 

Lindsey Graham’s Response to Joe Biden’s January 6 Speech

https://newrepublic.com/article/164959/lindsey-grahams-response-joe-biden-january-6-speech

 

Blinken derides Russian claims of Ukraine aggression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrcdNpTfv0

 

Antony Blinken: No progress with a gun to Ukraine's head | WION | World News | English News Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6BuSEwAsGE

 

Biden Slams Trump As 'Defeated Former President' Who Spread Election Lies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxn1gd9yZc4

 

Blinken, Austin Hold US-Japan Security Talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khlYnc-loJ8

 

LIVE: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken expected to speak about Russia and Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgsnwWBRWng

 

Is a Civil War Ahead?  A year after the attack on the Capitol, America is suspended between democracy and autocracy.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/is-a-civil-war-ahead

 

Is the US really heading for a second civil war?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/is-the-us-really-heading-for-a-second-civil-war?fbclid=IwAR14N5bPD-xc1f2Ejp6neDbaCPGiGhmw2oQnbpgFXH69ZWEu_OXZDOFHaaI

 

The January 6th Criminal Case Against Donald Trump: It’s too early to say what investigators will find, but whether to prosecute the former President is becoming the defining issue of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s tenure.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-january-6th-criminal-case-against-donald-trump

 

Among the Insurrectionists: The Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent lengths to keep the President in power. A chronicle of an attack foretold.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists

 

Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege: Luke Mogelson followed Trump supporters as they forced their way into the Senate chamber.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/a-reporters-footage-from-inside-the-capitol-siege

 

When Will January 6th Be Over?  Donald Trump is fighting not only to impose his view of the past but to insure his political future.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/08/when-will-january-6th-be-over

 

What Should We Call the Sixth of January?  What began as a protest, rally, and march ended as something altogether different—a day of anarchy that challenges the terminology of history.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-should-we-call-the-sixth-of-january

 

The Russian Memory Project That Became an Enemy of the State: Two courts have ordered the shutdown of Memorial, a human-rights organization that documents the history of Soviet state terror.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-russian-memory-project-that-became-an-enemy-of-the-state

 

North Korea Claims Hypersonic Missile Test—INDOPACOM Says Otherwise

https://www.airforcemag.com/north-korea-claims-hypersonic-missile-test-indopacom-says-otherwise/

 

Most January 6 Defendants Are Getting Light Sentences

https://newrepublic.com/article/164966/january-6-defendants-sentences-light

 

If America Doesn’t Protect Ukraine, Then America Will ... Die?  That’s what some foreign policy pundits would have us believe, as Biden and Putin spar over Russia’s mounting threats to its neighbor.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164967/america-biden-protect-ukraine-russia

 

They "gave the Capitol rioters what they wanted": New ad targets complicit Republicans in Congress

The campaign targets lower-profile Republican Reps. Nicole Malliotakis, Mike Garcia, and Jefferson Van Drew

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/06/they-gave-the-capitol-rioters-what-they-wanted-new-ad-targets-complicit-in-congress/?fbclid=IwAR3hER7RjBAR1bHUVtbLdR1fwsk4JtXw2N3JrAnw2uk40APZxtkVjI2j2nU

 

International Center of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma

https://icmglt.org/

 

Jim Jordan's Rejection of the January 6 Committee Will Cause Damage Beyond this Investigation

https://newrepublic.com/article/164978/jim-jordan-january-6-committee

 

The End of America’s Kazakhstan Delusion: Long sold as an island of stability in a sea of chaos, the nation has collapsed into misrule, requiring swift action against its kleptocratic rulers

https://newrepublic.com/article/164987/kazakhstan-protest-nursultan-nazarbayev-kleptocracy

 

Oath Keepers leader arrested in Jan. 6 investigation: NBC's Pete Williams breaks down new charges filed in connection to January 6 insurrection.

https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/oath-keepers-leader-arrested-in-jan-6-investigation-130796613864?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR0gTeUNeBKcqOzlqaiQtVdsEBt4nReB6by-PJ36gil9N4aIHU17ENu3jlw

 

Insurrection One Year Later - Jan 12, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a8xSGDobeA

 

For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another: Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghanistan-taliban-2021/

 

A Key Reason Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t Facing Sedition Charges: They’re White.  Looking back at historical trials of sedition, a pattern emerges.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/january-6-sedition-charges-trump-white-supremacy-capitol/

 

He Was a Board Member of the Oath Keepers. Now He’s Holding State-Approved Trainings for Law Enforcement in Texas.   Richard Mack wants your sheriff to defy the government.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/oath-keepers-texas-richard-mack-profile-sheriff/

 

Violent online messages before Capitol riot went unshared by DHS, emails show

The department's intelligence office saw "significant chatter" in the 48 hours before Jan. 6 and concluded it was just hyperbole, according to internal emails shared with POLITICO.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/13/capitol-riot-online-messages-dhs-527027?fbclid=IwAR3qpF9fhyLSyt5jaLxVE0EU2Qkcv0E40vQJyVp-x5BQkLJWe4rfXfpt7n4

 

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason: Glenn Beck loves them. Tea Partiers court them. Congressmen listen to them. Meet the fast-growing “patriot” group that’s recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/02/oath-keepers/

 

Texas district attorney says AG Ken Paxton violated open records law, must release Jan. 6 records

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/589749-texas-district-attorney-says-ag-ken-paxton-violated-open-records-law

 

Stewart Rhodes’ Estranged Wife Calls Him a ‘Complete Sociopath’ a Day After Jan. 6 Arrest

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tasha-adams-stewart-rhodes-estranged-wife-calls-oath-keeper-a-complete-sociopath-after-jan-6-arrest

 

Former acting Defense secretary meets with Jan. 6 committee: Christopher Miller was the top official at the Pentagon during the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-acting-defense-secretary-meets-jan-6-committee-rcna12335?fbclid=IwAR20pMKE3AFJBWMWZe1ls4M6JZQnqkqdTs1XKU8O7nw2zRWZnVSwG3_9xiY

 

Synagogue hostage-taking suspect was British

https://theweek.com/crime/1009059/synagogue-hostage-taking-suspect-was-british

 

Biden’s Shameful Silence on Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen: The president vowed to end the war. But the U.S. keeps selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, which keeps using them to wreak misery in Yemen.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164998/bidens-saudi-arabia-war-yemen-shameful-silence

 

This is How Humanists International Helped My Family and I to Find Freedom    

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/winter-2022/up-front/this-is-how-humanists-international-helped-my-family-and-i-to-find-freedom

 

A Good Week for the January 6 Committee Means a Bad Week for Donald Trump: The first installment in our (hopefully) weekly update on what the committee did this week—and where it ought to head next week.

https://newrepublic.com/article/165095/january-6-committee-hearing-bad-week-donald-trump

 

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-russia-antony-blinken-d6425c531f277b9dfb099511999822f4?fbclid=IwAR1-l6heVqwlNJuIJ8V7wwqmjMbPcjVn9IGMmcTxWc10H-vIW5UxODnLZmc

 

Why Is Biden Compounding Trump’s Mistake on Iran?  The president’s fear of blowback has him slow-walking the Iran deal—while Tehran is getting closer to building a bomb.

https://newrepublic.com/article/165116/biden-compounding-trump-mistake-iran

 

Nuclear Colonialism in the Age of the Ban Treaty January 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHxzRJiX7A

 

A Message from Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDoMrYf8s4

 

Developing a Long-Term Strategy for Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States: Meeting 5, October 27-28, 2021

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-27-2021/developing-a-long-term-strategy-for-low-dose-radiation-research-in-the-united-states-meeting-5-october-27-28-2021

 

Joint Declaration between the Anishinabek Nation and the Iroquois Caucus on the transport and

abandonment of radioactive waste

http://www.ccnr.org/Joint_Declaration_pack.pdf

 

Nukewatch brings critical attention to the locations, movements, dangers, and the politics of nuclear weapons and radioactive wastes. Join our staff and volunteers in raising awareness and taking nonviolent action to address the nuclear dangers that threaten current and future generations.

https://nukewatchinfo.org/?mn=9F_KO_2109Nv_LOU2TQuCXUFXXe5j7Q4Kgx4.QFUe9Y8g5d55UwEE

 

Ukraine: The West’s worst fears.  As tensions over Ukraine reach a fever pitch, experts warn of heavy casualties, thousands of refugees, a fractured country — and an unstable Continent.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-consequences-invasion-europe/?fbclid=IwAR3IJIXETSlkJ-tIxxCUWjG12b4lRn5TuFQIsA_3gaGlUtAguksyrCLsmUM

 

How We Got From the Cold War to the Current Russian Standoff (and It’s Not All on Putin): Yes, the Russian leader is an authoritarian aggressor. But different decisions at key points by the U.S. might have made him less so.

https://newrepublic.com/article/165194/russia-ukraine-standoff-roots-cold-war

 

Washington’s “Havana Syndrome” Promoters Have a Lot to Answer For: The CIA’s abrupt turnabout on the issue of imaginary microwave ray guns left a lot of lawmakers without a favorite political prop.

https://newrepublic.com/article/165200/cia-havana-syndrome-reversal-russia

 

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison: Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/sheikh-jarrah-protest-prison/

 

Is the U.S. Provoking War with Russia?

https://www.laprogressive.com/is-the-u-s-provoking-war-with-russia/

 

Civil war over Trump? Not likely.  Regarding American politics, most of this loose talk about an impending civil war is just that: talk.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/7/22871049/trump-civil-war-election-lies-presidents-america-column-gene-lyons

 

Merrick Garland: ‘We will follow the facts wherever they lead.’ Promise?

http://populist.com/28.02.Polman.html

 

What a Sensible Ukraine Policy Would Look Like: Despite all the bellicose blather, the real security interests of Americans are clear. Ukraine is not among them.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-nato-biden/

 

Biden’s 4 Biggest Mideast Challenges in 2022

https://www.juancole.com/2022/01/biggest-mideast-challenges.html

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