Crash Course: Malcolm Nance on the Trump insurgency: Jan. 6 was a "template to do it correctly next time"

Bestselling author and former intelligence officer: "We were within hours of a full-scale coup d'état" on Jan. 6. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci8zODM5VwNzcGNCCmLZVcnfYos7kaFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpi2VXJ32KLO5GhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Oathkeeper] Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Malcolm Nance on the Trump insurgency: Jan. 6 was a "template to do it correctly next time" The Republican-fascist movement's war on democracy is escalating. The events of Jan. 6 were not the end of that war, but the beginning of what will be a long conflict over the future of American democracy. To discuss that larger conflict and much more, Salon's Chauncey DeVega recently spoke with Malcolm Nance, a former senior chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, an intelligence analyst and a leading expert in counterterrorism studies. In this conversation, Nance warns that Donald Trump and the larger Republican-fascist movement constitute a phenomenon he calls TITUS (for "Trump Insurgency in the U.S."). In his view, TITUS will be the basis of an extended right-wing insurgency aimed at ending America's multiracial democracy. The Jan. 6 attack, he contends, was one element of a much larger strategy and in many ways a proof of concept and roadmap for the methods TITUS and the other anti-democratic forces will use in a sustained attack on America. Nance shares detailed thoughts on the events of Jan. 6, and speculates on some of the most disturbing questions that remain unanswered about that day. He suggests right-wing paramilitaries such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers would have become TITUS stormtroopers. Toward the end of this conversation, Nance outlines a scenario where TITUS and its allies launch a wave of terrorist attacks across the U.S. and the country spirals into a worsening cycle of political violence or perhaps even a second civil war. [Read Chauncey De Vega's full interview with Malcolm Nance.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMjUvbWFsY29sbS1uYW5jZS1vbi10aGUtaW5zdXJnZW5jeS1qYW4tNi13YXMtYS10ZW1wbGF0ZS10by1kby1pdC1jb3JyZWN0bHktbmV4dC10aW1lL1cDc3BjQgpi2VXJ32KLO5GhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [Cassidy-Hutchinson] Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Secret Service agents who tried to torpedo Hutchinson testimony lawyer up, refuse to testify: panel Two Secret Service agents — Tony Ornato and Bobby Engel — disputed through anonymous sources Hutchinson's testimony to the Jan. 6 committee that Donald Trump was so irate that he could not go with his supporters to the Capitol that he lunged at Engel and the steering wheel of his vehicle. The anonymous sources cited by reporters claimed that agents were willing to refute Hutchinson's testimony under oath. Now, not so much. "Some of the officers said that they would be coming and talking under oath," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a member of the committee. "They have not come in, and they recently retained private counsel, which is unusual but they have a right to do that." Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., one of the two Republicans on the panel, told ABC News on Sunday that "it is not our decision that they have not [testified] so far." Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the committee's vice-chair, told Fox News Sunday that "we have not had the kind of cooperation that we really need to have" from the Secret Service. 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So far, the opposite has been happening, and there's no reason to think things will change if or when Bannon sees the inside of a prison cell. During last Thursday's January 6 hearing, [the committee played a video that showed the aftermath](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMjEvZm9vdGFnZS1vZi1zZW5hdG9yLWpvc2gtaGF3bGV5LWZsZWVpbmctdGhlLWNhcGl0b2wtb24tamFuNi1nZXRzLWEtYmlnLXJlYWN0aW9uLWZyb20tdHdpdHRlci9XA3NwY0IKYtlVyd9iizuRoVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and his infamous raised fist encouragement of the January 6 insurrectionists. The video shows Hawley running for his life from the rioters after they breached the Capitol. The choice to play the video was largely received [by the press as gratuitous mockery of Hawley](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0R8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMjQvaGF3bGV5LXJvYXN0ZWQtYnktaG9tZXRvd24tcGFwZXItYWZ0ZXItcmlkaWN1bGUtZm9yLXJ1bm5pbmctb3V0LW9mLWNhcGl0b2wtb24tamFuNl9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgpi2VXJ32KLO5GhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), though most everyone agrees he deserves it. In truth, the committee was likely doing something both sly and profound with the video: Reminding both the public and, crucially Attorney General Merrick Garland, that if you peel back the bravado of authoritarian bullies like Hawley and Bannon, you'll find empty-headed cowardice. It underscores why it's important not to be intimidated by the braggadocio, but instead to take these folks head on. 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The school was hosting its white coat ceremony, an informal ritual that symbolizes the transition from student to healthcare professional. Students responded to the invite by walking out during her speech. Collier has made numerous anti-abortion remarks in the past. Back in May, she reportedly [wrote](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkwk5UP0RgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3dlZWsuY29tL21pY2hpZ2FuLW1lZGljYWwtc3R1ZGVudHMtd2Fsay1vdXQtc3BlZWNoLWFudGktYWJvcnRpb24tc3BlYWtlci0xNzI3NTI0VwNzcGNCCmLZVcnfYos7kaFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) that it was an expression of feminism to fight for "prenatal sisters" who had been subjected to "the violence in the act of abortion." "Holding on to a view of feminism where one fights for the rights of all women and girls, especially those who are most vulnerable. 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