RNC protesters being arrested got pretty big headlines on all the news networks when it happened. Don't think you need to cite that, assuming your audience are NEWS website goers.
FBI being used to inappropriately investigate people who aren't in line with the party in power is not unusual. Really, watch your damned national and local news if you haven't seen stories about this.
The anti-flag thing is a stupid debate, real conservative republicans have been on the news debunking the idea of making the proper way of getting rid of a flag as stupid, and Scalia (SCOTUS, incase you didn't know), a conservative if you ever met one says it is free speech.
Every single thing this guy said has been covered by all the national news associations, not just idiot bloggers.
Asking for citations on such hugely public events which were covered by multiple news outlets just shows your own ignorance, and is not "+3 insightful"