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Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser’s Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege

Jan. 30 2021 6 minutes read
Caroline Wren, a Trump fundraiser, is listed as a “VIP Advisor” in a National Park Service permit for the Jan. 6th rally at the Ellipse. Text messages and a planning memo show the title downplays the active role she played in organizing the event.

“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

Jan. 28 2021 9 minutes read
Chats from a private Telegram group obtained by ProPublica show how a suspect tied to the Jan. 6 insurrection tried to organize a self-styled militia. The hidden proliferation of such groups worries experts.

Can Biden fix the vaccine mess? An expert says yes

Art Shotwell Jan. 27 2021 6 minutes read

When President Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, he inherited the raging COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most difficult crises any incoming president has ever faced.

Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

Jan. 27 2021 3 minutes read
Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Police Blotter, January 16 - 22, 2021

Anacortes Police Jan. 26 2021 5 minutes read
Leading this week’s Police Blotter, a man entered a local store with no pants and left, after using a restroom, wearing pants.

Incitement to violence is rarely explicit – here are some techniques people use to breed hate

Art Shotwell Jan. 26 2021 5 minutes read
The United Nations reports the proliferation of dangerous speech online represents a “new era” in conflict.
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