Amanda Moore

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The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started

Feb 4, 2025 | theintercept.com | Amanda Moore

On Friday, Ed Martin, the interim head of the federal prosecutor’s office in Washington, fired around 30 government attorneys who had been hired to work on January 6 cases. In an email on Friday announcing the dismissals — one of a string of missives at all hours sent in the early days of the administration — Martin cited an attached memo from acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove offering up a legal justification for the firings.
A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan Club

Jan 23, 2025 | thenation.com | Amanda Moore

Politics / January 23, 2025 A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan ClubNeo-Nazis and other right-wing groups celebrated in Washington, DC, as they anticipated the Trump pardons and the release of their incarcerated allies. Ad Policy A person waves a Trump flag as family and friends of imprisoned participants of the January 6, 2021, riot on the US Capitol, wait outside the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds

Jan 19, 2025 | theintercept.com | Amanda Moore

To help plan the inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump’s team tapped a man who was on the board of a charity accused by the Ohio attorney general of pocketing money it claimed to be collecting for victims of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Patrick Lee, the deputy director public liaison for the inaugural committee, was a member of the board of the Ohio Clean Water Fund, an LLC formed in Ohio days after the train derailed in February 2023.
Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds

Jan 19, 2025 | flipboard.com | Amanda Moore

The first victims of Trump's hit listIt may seem counter-intuitive, given that most people think of dictators as bad guys themselves, but the simple reality is that without proclaiming …
A Christian Gun Cult Holds a Trump Festival

Oct 21, 2024 | thenation.com | Amanda Moore

October 21, 2024 A Christian Gun Cult Holds a Trump FestivalThe annual Rod of Iron Freedom Festival was as absurd as it was terrifying. Ad Policy The Rev. Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon poses for a portrait with his gold AR-15 at Moon’s home in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, on April 26, 2018. ( Bryan Anselm / Redux For The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Rev. Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon began the second day of the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival with a sermon.
More Than Anything Else, the Rally to Rescue the Republic Was Awkward

Oct 3, 2024 | thenation.com | Amanda Moore

Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
I Watched Groypers Descend on Detroit — Where They Were No Longer Pariahs Among Mainstream Republicans

Jul 18, 2024 | theintercept.com | Amanda Moore

Standing behind a podium on a rooftop bar in Detroit, Michigan, Nick Fuentes rushes to wrap up his speech before security shuts his party down. Fuentes, a Christian nationalist livestreamer best known for latching onto Kanye West’s pro-Hitler presidential campaign, looks out at the crowd. VIP guests of the neighboring Turning Point USA convention, officers of county GOPs, and members of Young Republican clubs pack the bar.
Me expulsaron del CPAC, pero los extremistas no

Feb 27, 2024 | espanol.news | Amanda Moore

Política / Desde el vestíbulo, vi a neonazis y otras figuras de extrema derecha entrar sin obstáculos en la Conferencia de Acción Política Conservadora. Política publicitarianortenacional hcenador, METROd.—El 23 de febrero, tercer día de la Conferencia de Acción Política Conservadora, Ryan Sánchez, que había sido expulsado del Cuerpo de Marines de Estados Unidos por su relación con los nacionalistas blancos, se acercó sigilosamente a mí en el Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center.
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t

Feb 27, 2024 | thenation.com | Amanda Moore

Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
Advocates for Negotiations to End the Ukraine War Need To Come Out of the Closet

Sep 5, 2023 | thenation.com | Jeet Heer |Adolph Reed Jr. |Spencer Ackerman |Amanda Moore

War is a great destroyer of audacious plans, with dreams of quick victory often turning into nightmarish quagmires. Vladimir Putin learned this harsh lesson soon after launching his criminal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian autocrat and many of his political allies expected the attack would be a romp. Their underlying premise was that Ukraine was not a real nation, just a Western-created house of cards waiting to be blown over by a strong show of force by the Russian army.