On January 6, a violent mob of Pro-Trump supporters and far right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol as members of Congress were meeting to accept the 2020 Presidential Election results. In the days following, national media have attempted to make sense of the events for you, members of the public. […]
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During last month’s presidential debate, President Trump encouraged his supporters to, “go to the polls and watch very closely.” His call to action was followed by claims that voter fraud was already occurring this election cycle, citing alleged examples in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that were debunked within days by […]
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Appalachians are no strangers to conspiracy theories, from the Mothman (which is very real and definitely not a conspiracy) to musings on what exactly the government is up to at their Blue Ridge Mountain bunker at Raven Rock in Pennsylvania. But what began as a series of mysterious messages on […]
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On Saturday, two gun-toting political groups planned to square off in downtown Louisville. NFAC, which stands for the Not F**king Around Coalition, had announced their plan to hold a march through the city earlier this month. Multiple 111%er militias took to social media to call on their members and like-minded […]
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The plan, according to a Facebook post, was to meet in the East Preston School parking lot at noon. The school district superintendent had given the organizers permission to park there, as long as the protest itself stayed on the sidewalk. At 11:59 a.m., the parking lot was empty. Across […]
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It’s been a month since protests, rallies and marches erupted in the streets of American cities and Appalachian communities to demand an end to police brutality and reforms to our criminal justice system. Not long after the demonstrations began, authorities began to use the term “outside agitators” to explain how […]
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