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GOP outsider offers Beltway donors 30-minute sitdowns - Roll Call

Republican Joe Kent, who won a Washington primary railing against the D.C. establishment, is seeking contributions from Capitol Hill insiders.

Roll Call

Dr Bandy Lee warned five years ago that Trump was dangerous. She’s more worried now

Psychiatrist Bandy Lee works with gang leaders and maximum security offenders. When Donald Trump ran for office, she noticed frightening similarities and warned the world. Much of her predictions have come - or are coming - true. Now, she’s worried about America’s ‘demise’, she tells Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

‘He stood his ground’: California state senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country’s strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year after a momentous tenure that made him a top target of the boisterous and burgeoning movement against vaccination mandates.

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Missouri GOP Gov. Parson Nixes Marijuana Special Session Yet This Cannabis Supporter Applauds, Here's Why

The legalization of recreational use of cannabis will not be a topic when Missouri lawmakers meet at the Capitol next week.

Benzinga

Oath Keepers founder fires attorneys and demands Jan 6 committee transcripts ahead of trial

Stewart Rhodes is charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with Capitol attack

The Independent UK

A Pa. Capitol rioter turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a ‘moron’ gets 9 months in prison

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania man who was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a “moron” for not believing Democrats had stolen the 2020 presidential election was sentenced to nine months in federal prison Tuesday for participating in the Capitol riot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Speakers at Pennsylvania Trump rally tied to January 6 rioters and neo-Nazi

Speakers both had relatives convicted in January 6 riots at Capitol

The Independent UK

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Biden says support for violence – not voting for Trump – is ‘threat to democracy’ after GOP accuses him of attacking voters

Biden says his remarks on Thursday were directed at supporters of violence and overturning elections, not at those who simply voted for his opponent

The Independent UK

House select panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify in effort to overturn election

The former Republican House speaker is believed to have repeatedly contacted White House aides about fake electors

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with former House speaker Newt Gingrich

The committee cited emails he sent about electors and ads pushing 2020 fraud claims.

Axios

Trump says he is financially supporting some Jan 6 suspects and plans to pardon them if re-elected

Trump’s offer of support at odds with his track record of refusing to help allies in legal peril

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers' lawyer arrested in connection with Jan. 6

A lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Are AI-powered ‘virtual rappers’ just a strange new form of blackface?

The fictional rapper FN Meka – designed by non-Black creators, with AI-created music – seems like the latest version of a minstrel show

The Guardian - US

Commentary: Look to authoritarian parties abroad to see where the GOP is headed

At critical junctures in their histories, political parties reassess their platforms, methods and the qualities and values they desire their politicians to embody. The Jan. 6 coup attempt that intended to keep President Donald Trump in office illegally was such a moment for the GOP, which ever since has been…

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Chicago Sun-Times

2nd Illinoisan in two days pleads guilty in connection with Capitol breach

Dawn Frankowski, 54, now faces up to six months behind bars.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian US’ Congressional Reporter, Hugo Lowell, Wins at the National Press Club Journalism Awards

The Guardian US’ Congressional reporter, Hugo Lowell, has won the National Press Club’s (NPC) Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism

Al Jazeera

US Capitol riot: Proud Boys ‘recruit’ sentenced to over 4 years

US authorities say Joshua Pruitt, 40, came into contact with Senator Chuck Schumer during January 6, 2021 riot.

The Guardian - US

Graham predicts ‘riots in streets’ if Trump is prosecuted over classified records

Republican South Carolina senator cites 'the ‘Clinton debacle’ and claims the FBI failed to investigate Hunter Biden

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The Independent UK

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

Chicago Sun-Times

Kinzinger on GOP abortion bans: ‘The crueler you are, the more likely you are to win a primary’

Kinzinger said Sunday he is open to backing “left wing” Democrats who believe in democracy over “anti-democracy”: Republicans.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones lawyer takes the Fifth during Sandy Hook hearing

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination during a civil court hearing in Connecticut over the possible improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims

The Independent UK

Eric Trump is scared of brother Don Jr, filmmaker reveals

‘Eric is probably least like his father but I say this only because Don Jr and Ivanka are very similar to their old man’

Los Angeles Times

AI rapper FN Meka dropped by Capitol Records following backlash over racial stereotypes

LOS ANGELES — Capitol Records has dropped AI rapper FN Meka, less than two weeks after it signed the computer-generated rap artist to its roster.

The Guardian - AU

Capitol Records drops ‘offensive’ AI rapper FN Meka after outcry over racial stereotyping

Label has apologised to ‘the Black community’ after signing an AI-generated rapper that used the N-word and was shown being beaten by police

Salon

Andrew Tate shows how fascists recruit

Young men’s dating woes attract them to online misogynists, who then convert them to authoritarianism

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