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7 Jul, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was “mortally wounded” and his wife shot during an armed attack early this morning in Port-au-Prince, says the country’s prime minister, Claude Joseph (vía @Jacquiecharles) miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
Several sources tell the @MiamiHerald Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated and his wife also shot in the attack.

The assailants claimed to be US DEA agents, according to videos taken by people in the area miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
“Mr. Joseph said in a telephone interview that he was the one running the country at the moment.” nytimes.com/2021/07/07/wor…
Four people suspected of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse were killed by the police in a gun battle and two others were arrested, according to Haiti’s police chief nytimes.com/2021/07/07/wor…
Two South Florida men have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, per @MiamiHerald miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

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9 Jul
New w @wjhenn: What drove a Purple Heart recipient to leave his hard-won life - his wife, three young kids, business & Alabama community - to storm the Capitol on Jan 6?

Going beyond caricatures of the insurrectionists is important. We spent months on it.
time.com/6078530/army-v…
Different parts of the US processed Jan. 6 in completely parallel realities, underscoring how far Americans’ concepts of “patriotism” have diverged over the last generation.

I spent time in the hometown of one Oath Keeper charged in the conspiracy case ⬇️ time.com/6078530/army-v…
The view from Arab, Alabama, where most people told me James was a patriot.

“Everyone has the right to stand up for what they believe.“
"It could easily have been me. It could easily be any of us.”
“I quite frankly believe him to be an American hero." time.com/6078530/army-v… Image
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14 Apr
FBI Director Wray: "We understand QAnon to be more of a reference to a complex conspiracy theory or a set of conspiracy theories largely promoted online which has morphed into more of a movement" and emphasizes their focus is on where it crosses into a federal crime/violence
FBI Director Wray on QAnon: "the effects of Covid anxiety, social isolation, financial hardship, etc all exacerbate people's vulnerability to those theories and we are concerned about the potential that those things can lead to violence"
FBI Director Wray: “Social media has become, in many ways, the key amplifier to domestic violent extremism just as it has for malign foreign influence...The same things that attract people to it for good reasons are also capable of causing all kinds of harms."
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23 Feb
Much of today's Capitol security hearing is framing Jan. 6 as an "intelligence failure," which makes little sense. This was planned in plain sight for months, Trump's incitement was public - as we reported last month, it was just not taken seriously.
Ultimately, despite meticulous training and contingency plans for a host of scenarios from terrorist attacks to biohazards, the Capitol Police was unprepared when the threat arrived in the form of a mob of mostly white men carrying flags time.com/5927215/capito…
.@wjhenn and I wrote this on 01/05: "To Trump’s most fervent supporters (incl. militias and far-right extremists) Wednesday is seen as the day to mount a “final stand” to keep the President in power...touting the date as a decisive moment for his supporters to show their loyalty"
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20 Jan
Mood on QAnon forums right now ImageImageImageImage
Followers of QAnon feverishly believed today would be the long-awaited “Great Awakening” — a day when top Democrats, including most of the people on that platform, would be rounded up and arrested, all part of Trump's secret plan. It's not squaring with what they just watched. ImageImageImageImage
Incredible - the longtime admin of QAnon's online home, who propped up mass conspiracies for years, basically goes 'maybe the real Q was the friends we made along the way, ok well stay tuned for my next project!'
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7 Jan
New w/ @wjhenn: Pro-Trump groups openly boasted about plans to storm the Capitol for weeks (months)

Police & law enforcement didn't miss some big plot - they ignored the seriousness of the threat of domestic far-right extremists, as they've done for years time.com/5927215/capito…
Despite meticulous training and contingency plans for a host of scenarios from terrorist attacks to biohazards, the Capitol Police seemed to be unprepared when the threat arrived in the form of a mob of mostly white men carrying flags time.com/5927215/capito… Image
None of this should have come as a shock to law enforcement: crowds of often armed demonstrators, made up of many of the same right-wing groups who publicly planned the DC rallies, overcame police & stormed statehouses in Michigan, Idaho, etc this summer time.com/5927215/capito… ImageImage
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12 Nov 20
Meanwhile, in Miami

(Truly, this is worth your time) local10.com/news/local/202…
This report via @GlennaWPLG and her team, who found evidence to suggest three candidates in three Florida Senate district races "were shill candidates whose presence in the races were meant to syphon votes from Democratic candidates" local10.com/news/local/202…
Last month, @samanthajgross & @anaceballos_ reported how voters in three competitive FL Senate races were seeing a deluge of political mail ads advertising little-known, no-party candidates miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
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