<p>Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump<br>—</p><p>Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
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<p>Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. </p><p>He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/4gF50W0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/4gF50W0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/militia/" rel="tag">#Militia</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>After Jan. 6, 2021, ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.</p><p>Revisit the collection: <a href="https://propub.li/4a4RqZA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/4a4RqZA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/capitolattack/" rel="tag">#CapitolAttack</a></p>
<p>Remember this, whatever they tell you…</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/orangeclown/" rel="tag">#orangeclown</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/cheneyliz/" rel="tag">#CheneyLiz</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/orangehitler/" rel="tag">#OrangeHitler</a>'s justification for <a href="/tags/pardoning/" rel="tag">#pardoning</a> the <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/terrorists/" rel="tag">#terrorists</a> *may* not meet the standard of justifiable reasons to <a href="/tags/pardon/" rel="tag">#pardon</a> someone ("egregious miscarriage of justice") and could very well be challenged in the courts.</p><p>So says one of the judges who convicted them.<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-excoriates-trump-for-pardoning-january-6-poor-losers-as-debacle-grows-230037573510" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-excoriates-trump-for-pardoning-january-6-poor-losers-as-debacle-grows-230037573510"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/wa</span><span class="invisible">tch/judge-excoriates-trump-for-pardoning-january-6-poor-losers-as-debacle-grows-230037573510</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/theorangemenace/" rel="tag">#TheOrangeMenace</a> Hall of Fame:</p><p>I've Maxed out my number of Pinned Posts, so I've created a single archive of the "<a href="/tags/bestoftheworst/" rel="tag">#BestOfTheWorst</a>" of this $#!+show (akin to my <a href="/tags/weirdgop/" rel="tag">#WeirdGOP</a> archive) since <a href="/tags/mafiadon/" rel="tag">#MafiaDon</a> retook the presidency, which I will update continually.</p><p>First up: <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a> PD accidentally released a man awaiting trial for attempting to SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR ONLINE because he was a <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/terrorist/" rel="tag">#terrorist</a> pardoned by <a href="/tags/traitortrump/" rel="tag">#TraitorTrump</a>. <a href="/tags/andrewtaake/" rel="tag">#AndrewTaake</a></p>
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<p>Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jan</span><span class="invisible">uary-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup and weaken the FBI’s independence.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jan</span><span class="invisible">-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/terror/" rel="tag">#Terror</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops</p><p><a href="/tags/insurrectionists/" rel="tag">#Insurrectionists</a> beat <a href="/tags/cops/" rel="tag">#cops</a> w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a>, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrisy/" rel="tag">#hypocrisy</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rollingstone.com/politics/</span><span class="invisible">politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/va/" rel="tag">#VA</a> <a href="/tags/icu/" rel="tag">#icu</a> <a href="/tags/nurse/" rel="tag">#nurse</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> being shot in the back <a href="/tags/pointblank/" rel="tag">#pointblank</a> by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#cbp</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> in a street <a href="/tags/execution/" rel="tag">#execution</a> by <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#Criminal</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/deathsquad/" rel="tag">#deathsquad</a> because <a href="/tags/krasnov/" rel="tag">#krasnov</a> the <a href="/tags/madking/" rel="tag">#MadKing</a> has directed his <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#jan6</a> <a href="/tags/secretpolice/" rel="tag">#secretpolice</a> to distract the <a href="/tags/murican/" rel="tag">#murican</a> populace from the release and delay of the <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a>, fomenting a <a href="/tags/civilwar/" rel="tag">#civilwar</a> and justifying the enactment of the <a href="/tags/insurrectionact/" rel="tag">#InsurrectionAct</a>. <br><a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/federalagents/" rel="tag">#FederalAgents</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/domesticterrorists/" rel="tag">#DomesticTerrorists</a></p>
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<p>See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters.</p><p>We've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/parler</span><span class="invisible">-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/ejantoni/" rel="tag">#EJAntoni</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/capitolriot/" rel="tag">#CapitolRiot</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a></p>
<p>I Must Come Clean: I Have <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Derangement Syndrome—And Here’s Why <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-c</span><span class="invisible">lean-i-have-trump-derangement</span></a> </p><p>"You may get TDS if you have a strong dislike for adjudicated rapists, <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> insurrectionists, <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> -suckling seditionists, and golden-showering onanists. TDS is inflamed just by encountering un-sweater’d, White Bill Cosby the Convicted Felon, or seeing him make the Oval Office look like it was decorated by Pizarro.</p><p>It must be TDS to despise the worst “human” shuffling his cankles in <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a>. A vile, venal, fragile, flabby, narcissistic, lazy-ass, selfish, sociopathic, soul-holed, gauche, gaudy, perpetually dumbf*ked man, woman, person, camera old coot, who looks like someone piled a burnt-ochre-colored watermelon on top of a jello-gelatin factory spill"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>Our most-read story of 2025:</p><p>Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address.</p><p>Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ap3</span><span class="invisible">-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>After the events of Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users during the riot at the Capitol.</p><p>Then we created an interactive database that lets you sort through the footage.</p><p>See the full collection here: <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/parler</span><span class="invisible">-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/archive/" rel="tag">#Archive</a></p>
<p>"Trump's airbrushed version of Jan 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself. "</p><p>NPR does a great job sharing details -</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-10</span><span class="invisible">2891/jan-6-archive</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NPR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NPR</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#jan6</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/liberty/" rel="tag">#liberty</a> <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#washingtondc</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/ruleoflaw/" rel="tag">#ruleoflaw</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a></p>
<p>Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.</p><p>Trump has largely abandoned that process.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/pardons/" rel="tag">#Pardons</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a></p>