Six Quick Links for Sunday Noonish

"One of the indigestible facts of this country is that most of its terrorism and nearly all its mass shootings are committed by mostly conservative-leaning white men...earnestly committed to their white supremacist-misogynist identity politics." [lithub.com]

"The damage is done. These companies missed the chance to change course years ago. There is no separating Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube from what happened on Wednesday." [garbageday.email]

Trump incited people to storm the Capitol Building and then purposefully delayed deploying the National Guard to deal with the situation. This is a clear abuse of power and a heinous criminal act against the US government. [twitter.com]

This Capitol Police officer baited the mob invading the Capitol into following him away from the Senate chamber, which was secured only a minute or two later. (Read the linked thread and WP article too.) [twitter.com]

The terrorist incursion of the Capitol: "Only later did it become clear that lawmakers feared for their lives; that some of the attackers were hunting for congressional leaders; that there could have been a massacre." [cnn.com]

Among the terrorists who stormed the Capitol on 1/6 were those who were equipped for mayhem – possibly to take hostages, kidnap high value targets, or even take lives. “We’d better not forget what they almost managed to do.” [slate.com]

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