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Michelle Dawson believes she was fired from her job at Walmart in Battle Ground, Wash., over her politics. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Mason Trinca

June 21, 2021 at 11:02 am

Washington state extremist pays a price after unmasking by left VIEW

After a Washington state man was shown online harassing a journalist at a Trump rally, his address and phone number were made public. He and...

April 12, 2021 at 6:28 am

What do communities do when the police retreat? VIEW

MINNEAPOLIS - The alert flashed across every cellphone in the city when the first curfew after George Floyd's killing began. A text, in all caps,...

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January 31, 2021 at 5:30 am

Dozens of restaurants in Michigan defy virus restrictions VIEW

HOWELL, Mich. - It's a Monday morning and the Sunrise Family Diner is full. Retirees in jeans and plaid sit by the window, chatting over...

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January 10, 2021 at 12:36 pm

A small group of sleuths had been identifying right-wing extremists long before the attack on the Capitol

Before a mob of Trump supporters staged a riot in the U.S. Capitol and thousands of Americans became amateur detectives working to identify the culprits,...

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January 6, 2021 at 5:12 pm

Kid glove treatment of pro-Trump mob contrasts with strongarm police tactics against Black Lives Matter, activists say

Activists who spend much of 2020 protesting police brutality and racial inequality in policing were startled and frustrated Wednesday to see a white, pro-Trump mob...

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December 26, 2020 at 5:10 am

A Black man’s killing by the police exposes Ohio congregations’ bitterly opposing interpretations of faith and justice

ROSEDALE, Ohio - Rare is the law enforcement officer accused of an unjustified shooting whose accusers can point to even a single public statement made...

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October 5, 2020 at 9:58 am

Oath Keepers embrace 'purpose,' deny accusations of racism

The Southern Poverty Law Center describes them as far-right extremists with a radical anti-government ideology. The Oath Keepers say their former military and law enforcement...

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September 1, 2020 at 5:04 pm

Trump blames far-left politicians for violence in wake of police shooting on visit to Wisconsin

KENOSHA, Wis. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday inserted himself into a city already roiled by the police shooting of an unarmed Black man, using...

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August 31, 2020 at 5:44 pm

Trump to visit Kenosha, Wis., as local officials ask him to stay away

KENOSHA, Wis. - Jacob Blake's family planned a Sunday barbecue on the block where the 29-year-old was shot in the back seven times by a...

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August 30, 2020 at 5:10 pm

Trump praises supporters amid deadly clashes with social justice demonstrators

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday amplified his call for federal forces to help subdue protests in American cities, denouncing local Democratic leaders and...

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