The trial in Charlottesville sounds like an open spigot of hate. Defendants say the n-word, admire Hitler & traffic in racist pseudoscience.

“This is the Star Wars bar scene of extremism in that courtroom,” said @orensegal “and they know who’s watching.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/… @orensegal In one chilling example, "Crying Nazi" Chris Cantwell badgered one plaintiff, a Black man, to name his friends in public proceedings that hundreds of people are listening to each day.

“I have to name them?”

“Yes, you have to,” the judge said.

Here's what happened next:

I'm back at the federal courthouse today for the second day of jury selection for the Sines v Kessler trial. Here's my thread from yesterday⬇️

https://twitter.com/esilverman11/status/1452618534782214146

Proceedings have begun.

W. Edward ReBrook IV, a lawyer representing Jeff Schoep, former commander of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, has been admitted to the emergency room. James Kolenich will take over the defense

A civil trial begins today in a federal courtroom in Charlottesville, where a jury will decide whether the organizing of the Unite the Right rally weekend was a conspiracy to engage in racially motivated violence.

On today’s front page w/ @HannahAllam: washingtonpost.com/national-secur… I’m at the federal courthouse in Charlottesville for the Sines v Kessler trial. Jury selection is expected to begin today. Here’s what else you need to know washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…

White supremacists are returning to Charlottesville. But this time, they’re on trial.

Read our overview on how suing two dozen white supremacists and hate groups means that virtually everything about the trial is unusual. Story w/ @HannahAllam washingtonpost.com/national-secur… Nine plaintiffs allege physical harm, emotional distress during the deadly Unite the Right rally, where a torch-carrying mob chanting “Jews will not replace us!” awakened the country to a resurgence of far-right extremism. The defendants include notorious racists.

Climate protesters are marching to the Capitol for the final day of the People vs Fossil Fuels protest.

Indigenous people have been leading all week in calling for Biden to stop approving fossil fuel projects and to declare a national climate emergency. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/… Meet Love Hopkins, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who traveled to DC from North Dakota to join climate protesters.

She’s 11.

“We’re just little kids, we shouldn’t have to do this. We shouldn’t have to go up and tell them what they’re doing right now is wrong.”

Climate protesters are now rallying outside the Department of the Interior. They’re trying to get inside but police are blocking the entrance. I can see a few Indigenous women through the doorway who are sitting on the floor inside the building and linking arms. Here’s the scene outside. A Park Police car recently pulled up. Climate protesters are in DC all week demanding Biden to stop approving fossil fuel projects & declare a national climate emergency. Read how Indigenous people are leading this fight washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…

Climate protesters are marching to the White House again today, demanding Biden stop approving fossil fuel projects.

This is day 2 of the five days of “People vs Fossil Fuels” protests. Read our story on yesterday’s events here: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/… Police have blocked off Pennsylvania Ave from protesters today after more than 150 people failed to disperse from the street yesterday.

There’s a horse parked at the corner near 15th St & dogs barked from a Park Police car. But a portion of the street is open for the protest