In the news today: Shortly after promising pardons against those who helped him mount an attempted insurrection and urging his supporters to take to the streets if any one of the (many) investigations against him turn out badly, Donald Trump issued a new statement that definitively acknowledged that his actions on Jan. 6 were intended to topple the U.S. government. Trump's call for mass protests against his prosecutors ratchets up the potential for domestic terrorism targeting those officials, and a Georgia district attorney targeted by Trump swiftly asked the FBI for additional security help.
Six Historically Black Colleges and Universities all received bomb threats this morning; the threats take place during a nationwide conservative campaign to ban books by Black authors and works that challenge white nationalist narratives.
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