from w nyc studios it's brian lair a daily politics podcast it's tuesday july twelfth

what will today's january sixth hearing bring to my mind a very important exercise in connecting the violent dots to

Trump as directly as they can without stretching the facts further than they'll go. And an explanation

of how organized some of the violent right-wing extremist groups in this country were and are,

that is, how much of an ongoing threat they pose to safety

and democracy. An article on Time Magazine's site today about armed groups like these since January 6th

is very interesting and chilling, really, and I want to read you a paragraph. It says over the last

year and a half, the groups have surfaced at protests against COVID-19 vaccines

and other government public health measures at state capitals.

They've disrupted school board and town council meetings

to protest mask mandates.

Recently, these groups have been more visible in public.

On June 9th, the same week,

the January 6th committee held its first public hearing, a proud boys group stormed a, quote,

drag queen story hour event at a local library in California shouting slurs and you're not safe here.

Over the July 4th weekend,

a group of men wearing Proud Boys emblems gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia,

while about 100 people associated with white supremacist

Patriot Front Group marched through Boston

carrying shields and flags with their insignia.

Anti-government militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys have

appeared at 27 abortion-related events as of July 1st, according to new data shared with time by

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