Right wing groups are going to liberal cities and staging these so called free speech rallies. These provocative street events attracts left his counter protestors, and there is conflict and violence in the streets. So they're evolving from acting as security guards for conservative speakers to now becoming provocatrs. And it sounds like intentionally courting conflict with liberal activists in those cities. It happens in the spring and summer of two thousand 17 over and over and over again.
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After a nearly yearlong investigation, the congressional committee examining the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will begin holding televised hearings on Thursday.
One focus of the hearings will be the Proud Boys. The trajectory of that group, which grew out of a drinking club in New York City for men who felt put upon by liberal culture, has now led to charges of trying to overthrow the United States government.
Guest: Alan Feuer, a reporter covering courts and criminal justice for The New York Times.
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