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Clarence Page: Smile, you’re on an FBI tip list! US Capitol rioters couldn’t resist taking selfies

Even now, deep into the age of Twitter and YouTube, I am bemused by the fact that the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 couldn’t resist shooting and posting so many photos and videos of themselves. But I’m glad they did.

Thanks to that bravado and some demented hunger for fame at any cost, federal investigators report they’ve received more than 140,000 tips and digital media, including an eye-popping

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