Save America Research Articles

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures—Preservation Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures—Preservation Grants (DOI)

Radicalized Trump Supporters: Construing, Identity Fusion, and Hypothetical and Actual Extremism

In May 2021, four months after the fatal insurrection of the “Save America” rally at Capitol Hill, 420 supporters of Donald Trump participated in an online study. Although it was not possible to recruit specifically for those involved, a subsample reported being present and active in the insurrection (n = 38), with several involved in the storming of the Capitol Building (n = 28). Individuals’ construing was examined through the repertory grid technique, combined with measures of fusion to the group and willingness to undertake hypothetical extreme pro-group actions. Relatively low cognitive complexity was observed in those actually or hypothetically willing to be involved in the most extreme actions, suggesting that they were the least able to adapt to the world around them. A more positive and meaningful view of the self was developed on becoming a Trump supporter, and fellow Trump supporters were construed more positively than anti-Trump activists. Repertory grid and fusion scores were associated with both actual and hypothetical extreme action. Findings assist in the advancement of understanding why some individuals undertake extreme acts on behalf of a political leader, whilst others do not. With political environments becoming increasingly polarized around the globe, such knowledge is vital.

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Preservation Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Preservation Grants (DOI)

A warrant for violence? An analysis of Donald Trump's speech before the US Capitol attack.

On January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump's speech during a 'Save America' rally was followed by mass violence, with Trump's supporters storming the U.S. Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. In its wake, there was a great deal of debate around whether the speech contained direct instructions for the subsequent violence. In this paper, we use a social identity perspective on leadership (and more specifically, on toxic leadership) to analyse the speech and see how its overall argument relates to violence. We show that Trump's argument rests on the populist distinction between the American people and elites. He moralises these groups as good and evil respectively and proposes that the very existence of America is under threat if the election result stands. On this basis he proposes that all true Americans are obligated to act in order prevent Biden's certification and to ensure that the good prevails over evil. While Trump does not explicitly say what such action entails, he also removes normative and moral impediments to extreme action. In this way, taken as a whole, Trump's speech enables rather than demands violence and ultimately it provides a warrant for the violence that ensued.

Donald J. Trump’s Protest Response: Rhetorical Language of His Speech at the “Save America” Rally

Language is deliberately utilized by politicians. Admittedly, it can perform a purposive function: to achieve the politicians’ goals crucially in attempt to gain people’s support. This study is interested in the current political context in the U.S. In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Donald J. Trump lost in his second election. He, therefore, delivers his response of objection at the “Save America” rally in Washington, D.C. This study is targeted to explore a political speech from the defeated candidate perspective. Recently, rhetorical language in political discourse has been commonly analysed. However, this study contributes to an analysis of rhetorical strategy used in an informal, implicit, and pursuing to protest speech by Trump. This study is designed by a descriptive qualitative approach. The data is the speech text of Trump’s speech on 6th January 2021. Technique of data collection undertakes observation of the speech and the transcript, categorization, and coding. The grand theories include Teun van Dijk’s discourse theory (1980) and Reisigl political speech’s schemes (2008). The results indicate that repetition has become Trump’s most potent strategy in his protest speech. Seemingly, he prefers to utilize the devices that are beneficial for him to emphasize something good about Us and emphasize something bad about Them. This is crucial for him since from the defeated side, it can impress the Republicans to support his objection. Nonetheless, Trump’s capability to persuade the Republicans has caused an impulse, anarchic and illegal movement, which is contrary to their ideal vision to the country.

Gaming Protest

This article mobilises critical theory concerning the “gaming” of political systems and investigates how that theory corresponds to the contemporary moment when, supported by the ease of communication and organisation that social media offers, protest has become a ubiquitous part of the debate and performance of political systems - at least, in countries where protest is not violently quashed or outlawed. By proposing that right wing economic elites and political outliers have begun to mobilise protest to disrupt the stability and authority of de jure power while simultaneously consolidating their de facto power, this article makes the case that a “gaming” of protest is increasingly in effect within populist political orthodoxies. Drawing on the Trump administration’s ‘Save America’ rally, which immediately preceded the US Capitol riot of 6 January 2021, this example of gamed protest highlights how the symbolic power of protest can be activated to exacerbate perceived threats to entrenched national narratives such as “the American Dream”, while further elevating the sense that the economic elites who encouraged this protest are somehow disenfranchised. Although operating within siloed spheres and echo chambers, such acts still pose dangerous real world consequences as well as increase disillusionment within political economies.

We Hold These Distruths to be Self-Evident: How Legal History Could Save America from Itself

This paper explores the threat of disinformation to American society. Focusing on social and cable news media as the primary disseminators of disinformation, it examines how the very design and nature of these two mediums promote and stimulate the intentional and viral spread of wholly inaccurate information as well as the significant and tangible negative consequences experienced across American society as a result. The paper subsequently proposes a legal solution to this dilemma in the form of a repeal of Section 230 paired with a reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. The background, history, and effect of each are thoroughly discussed, and the prevailing legal and policy arguments against their respective repeal and reinstatement are considered and countered in concluding that the proposed solution would, to some degree, likely promote a more civil and informed American society better equipped to confront modern challenges.

A Thomistic Just Rebellion Analysis of the U.S. Capitol Insurrection

AbstractOn January 6th, 2021 following a ‘Save America’ rally held by President Donald Trump, supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol with the aim to stop Congress’ verification of election results certifying President elect Joe Biden. The subsequent press coverage on this tragedy provided a variety of labels for the violence: insurrection, rebellion, riot, protest, etc. To understand what type of act this was, I utilize Thomas Aquinas distinction of ‘sedition’ and ‘rebellion’ as a conceptual model. I argue that the attack on the Capitol was a form of political sedition, which Aquinas held to be an immoral and unjustified attack on proper political authority. In connection with this claim, I discuss Aquinas’ political theory and his criteria of a justified armed rebellion against political tyranny as a way to understand the events at the U.S. Capitol and to help us think clearer about legitimate and illegitimate civilian political violence in the future.

EVALUASI PERSPEKTIF POLITIK TRUMP PADA “SAVE AMERICA RALLY”

(Title: The Evaluation of Trump’s Political Perspectives at The “Save America Rally”). This paper explores Trump speech in online media CBC news entitled “Live Coverage: Protesters Swarm Capitol, Abruptly Halting Electoral Vote Count” in the point of view of discourse analysis. This research belongs to qualitative research. The method used to analyze is distributional and referential method. It analyzed Trump ideology’s Perspectives through structure manifested by Emotive words, phrases, sentences from his speech, specifically it explored from critical discourse analysis conducted by Teun A .Van Dijk. It resulted and indicated that Trump conveyed his political will by protesting the result of the ballots. He said there was fraud in the middle of the election. In fact, instead of protesting the election, he also conveyed the autocritics towards the government (himself). Key Words: speech, Trumps, critical discourse analysis, ideology

EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND NOTHING TRUE: NOTES ON THE CAPITOL INSURRECTION

On 6 January 2021, an overwhelmingly white, Christian mob stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC as part of a rally to ‘Save America’. Moving beyond media reports and the analyses of popular pundits, the authors provide an ethnographic outline of some of the complexities and contradictions on display that day. Thinking with Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Ladurie, Ursula LeGuin and others, these notes frame the rally preceding the attack on the Capitol in terms of historical narrative, carnival aesthetics and Christian symbolisms of salvation. The rally and attempted insurrection displayed multiple social and symbolic inversions, combining yearnings for order and stability with parody, playful optimism and violent threat. Unlike many other pre‐Lenten carnivals, here it was never entirely clear which social order was being overturned and which was being reinstated, one result of the deeply divided world views that currently characterize much of the US population.

Capitol Offense: Is Donald Trump Guilty of Inciting a Riot at the Capitol?

On January 6, 2021, President Trump’s incendiary speech at the Save America Rally was immediately followed by a riot on the Capitol Building. In the aftermath Trump was banned from Twitter and impeached a second time. Some are even calling for criminal prosecution for Trump’s role inciting the Capitol riot. This Article examines the likely outcome of such criminal proceedings using the applicable Brandenburg three-prong test. The Article further addresses a number of unique factors that would affect the application of the Brandenburg test: (1) the results of a 2018 civil case against Trump for incitement, (2) the objectively false nature of Trump’s speech, (3) Trump’s response to the Capitol riot, (4) Trump’s position of authority and the loyalty of his ardent followers, and (5) the court’s likely hesitancy to punish a President for political speech.

Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data

We develop a novel approach for estimating spatially dispersed community-level participation in mass protest. This methodology is used to investigate factors associated with participation in the ‘March to Save America’ event in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. This study combines granular location data from more than 40 million mobile devices with novel measures of community-level voting patterns, the location of organized hate groups, and the entire georeferenced digital archive of the social media platform Parler. We find evidence that partisanship, socio-political isolation, proximity to chapters of the Proud Boys organization, and the local activity on Parler are robustly associated with protest participation. Our research fills a prominent gap in the study of collective action: identifying and studying communities involved in mass-scale events that escalate into violent insurrection.

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Collection Grants (DOI)

Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Preservation Grants (DOI)

Federal Grants & ContractsVolume 45, Issue 2 p. 5-5 Grants Alerts Historic Preservation Fund—Save America's Treasures Preservation Grants (DOI) First published: 14 December 2020 https://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31458Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume45, Issue217 December 2020Pages 5-5 RelatedInformation

The Save America's Pastime Act and Its Implications for the Future of Minor-League Baseball

Buried deep within the 2,232-page omnibus federal spending bill passed by Congress in March 2, was an obscure, half-page provision entitled the “Save America’s Pastime Act” (SAPA). The SAPA was inserted into the spending bill at the last minute at the behest of Major League Baseball (MLB), following several years—and several million dollars—worth of lobbying efforts. MLB pursued the legislation to insulate its minor-league pay practices from legal challenge after they had become the subject of a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the league’s teams failed to pay minor-league players in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum-wage and overtime provisions. The SAPA helps shield MLB from these claims by creating a new statutory exemption largely excluding most professional baseball players from the protections of the FLSA. This article provides the first substantive analysis of the SAPA. Specifically, it asserts that although initial assessments concluded that the provision would shield MLB from any future liability for its minor-league pay practices, a closer reading of the statute reveals that it contains several potential ambiguities that could arguably give rise to unanticipated liability for the league. Nevertheless, the article asserts that the SAPA significantly reduces the odds that MLB will be forced to substantially change its minor-league pay practices in the future. At the same time, the article also evaluates the broader implications of the SAPA for federal minimum-wage and maximum-hour law generally.

Woven Wonders and Saving Basketry at the Arizona State Museum

Advances in conservation employed at the Arizona State Museum have expanded the research options for over 35,000 ethnographic and archaeological perishable objects since 2012. The Woven Wonders basketry conservation project has provided increased access to the collection, instituted new conservation treatment technique, initiated new research topics, provided advanced educational opportunities, instigated new forms of collaborative conservation, and reduced material loss from items in the collection. The Woven Wonders project was funded with a Save America's Treasure grant, two Institute of Museum and Library Services grants, one Preservation Training Grant, two Kress Foundation grants, and numerous private donations. The project has resulted in a state-of-the-art visible storage vault with an adjacent interpretive gallery that is home to the Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art.

How the Federal Housing Administration Tried to Save America’s Cities, 1934–1960

How the Federal Housing Administration Tried to Save America’s Cities, 1934–1960

Remaking Friends: How Progressive Friends Changed Quakerism and Helped Save America by Chuck Fager, and: Angels of Progress: A Documentary History of the Progressive Friends: Radical Quakers in a Turbulent America ed. by Chuck Fager (review)

Remaking Friends: How Progressive Friends Changed Quakerism and Helped Save America by Chuck Fager, and: Angels of Progress: A Documentary History of the Progressive Friends: Radical Quakers in a Turbulent America ed. by Chuck Fager (review)