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[Video description: TikTok user o.g.u.n.xx holding their phone up to a mirror and speaking. The words they say are captioned in the video. They say, “Regarding the news today, I don’t see a lot of people making this connection, so I’m gonna make this connection. This is not the first coup to happen in America. The first successful coup in America was the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection, in which a biracial government was overthrown by white supremacists. 60-250 Black citizens were murdered and over 100 Black politicians were removed from their offices. In the aftermath, over 100,000 Black registered voters fled North Carolina. They will not teach you this in school. When I look at the attempted coup taking place right now, especially on the day where we just elected our first Black senator from Georgia, all I can see a nation that has failed to deal with white supremacy and antiblackness at its core. I’ve been sitting around all day watching people on the news say, ‘This is crazy. This is America. This shouldn’t be happening.’ Yeah this is Amerikkka [note: spelled with three K’s instead of a C]. That’s why it’s happening.”

when i was in college and interning at the senate i remember we went on lockdown for what felt like half a day because a staffer brought in a cordless drill and it resembled a gun on the security x-rays. they had to like, disassemble the drill and confirm it wasn’t a threat.