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Source: New York Times

12/19/2022

Task of January 6 Committee? Don't Let the Plot Get Memory-Holed

The compulsion to fit the past into a narrative about collective identity means that events like January 6 and the ugly truths about the scope and goals of the far right are likely to be consigned to the archives in a misguided attempt to "move on."