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A peaceful transfer of presidential power seems to be the normal, expected experience. For generations, we have watched as losing candidates respectfully attend the inauguration of their winning …
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The world has 3.96 active social media users, thirty-one percent of whom are within the ages of 18 to 24. Their constant feed of information from non-traditional news sources has drastically changed …
QAnon, a political conspiracy movement, has grown in popularity in recent years among political right extremists. According to the Grid investigative journalist Steve Riley--an expert on threats to …
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Burke is correct in claiming that the issues of far-right political beliefs have been an unfortunate constant in the United States for decades. Donald Trump’s presidency (and the use of the agencies …
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Signs from a Trump Rally; photo by Al Drago of the New York Times In early December of 2016, a gunman opened fire in a D.C. restaurant, under the belief that children were being held in its …
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