Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Says He’s a Political Prisoner. Republicans Are Listening.
Whether to pardon January 6 convicts will be the most revealing question of the Republican primary.
Mike Giglio
Mike Giglio is a journalist focused on war, terrorism, and national security, as well as probing this divided American moment. He has reported from countries around the world and embedded extensively with local forces to cover the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. His investigative work led to the dismantling of an ISIS oil smuggling network, aided the prosecution of traffickers in conflict antiquities, and caused the U.S. government to admit responsibility for three dozen civilian casualties. He is the author of “Shatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for the Caliphate,” and his work has appeared in Newsweek, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, The Intercept, and the New Yorker, as well as on the radio program This American Life. He is a two-time finalist for the Livingston Award, a winner of the Arthur F. Burns Prize, and a 2022 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America.
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What It Means for Trump's Campaign to Start in Waco
Holding his first rally near the site of an infamous federal raid could be seen as “a coded message to those on the extreme.”
How Jan. 6 Brought Frontier Violence to the Heart of U.S. Power
The rioters had the aspect of barbarians ready to sack the Capitol. So who was manning the gates?
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Has Made His Worst Fears Come True
To Donald Trump, Rhodes says, the Oath Keepers are “nothing. Cannon fodder.”
The 9/11 Wars
The Forever Wars Are Coming Home
If the people on the other side are extremists and terrorists, the sins of your own side can almost always be rationalized.
Some Right-Wing Troops Find Themselves Targeted by Their Own War Machine
“Would I consider myself fair game? The honest answer would be yeah, I guess I would.”
What's Next for the Militias?
The Capitol riot has forced a reckoning inside America’s militant groups.
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A Mob Attacked the Capitol for Trump. Now What?
Wednesday's riot was the next blind step toward an outcome no one wants, driven by people who can’t understand their own endgame.