Month: January 2021

Pro-Trump protesters rally in Toronto as riots break out at U.S. Capitol

By Becky Robertson, blogTO, January 6, 2021 – Shortly before armed Donald Trump supporters erupted into violent riots on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, supporters of the U.S. President living north of the border took to the streets of Toronto in the form of a convoy that made its way through the city honking and waving “Trump…
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Why the defunct South Vietnam flag was flown at the Capitol riot

By Claire Wang, NBC News, January 15, 2021 – Ensigns bearing Confederate and neo-Nazi imagery defined the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. But for Vietnamese Americans, it’s the sight of a defunct flag — representing a country that ceased to exist nearly a half-century ago — that brought up painful questions about identity,…
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