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Capitol Police force has made a third of post-Jan. 6 recommended changes, watchdog testifies

WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force has not made the majority of his post-Jan. 6 recommendations, the department’s inspector general told a House committee Thursday. More training and intelligence gathering to anticipate and protect against threats to Congress are among the most pressing needs, he said.

Los Angeles Times

Crest Hill couple apologizes for role in Capitol breach, say they’ve sought ‘greater awareness’ of world

Prosecutors are expected to file their own memo recommending a sentence for the Schuberts, but they had not done so as of Thursday morning. The couple pleaded guilty in December to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

Chicago Sun-Times

Capitol Police made a third of post-Jan. 6 recommended changes, watchdog to testify

WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force has not made the majority of his post-Jan. 6 recommendations, the department’s inspector general is expected to tell a House committee Thursday, and still needs more training and intelligence gathering to anticipate and protect against threats to Congress.

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First Black woman and DC’s second statue get close to Capitol placement

WASHINGTON — In a building where change can come slowly, the statues are no exception. But at least two new marble and bronze faces will arrive at the Capitol this year — one a Black woman replacing a Confederate general, and the other a big planner bringing a small victory…

Tribune News Service

First Thing: House select committee may subpoena Ivanka Trump

Move would mark a dramatic escalation in the Capitol attack inquiry. Plus, the tech billionaires trying to reverse ageing

The Guardian - UK

Capitol rioter punished with reading

Edward Hemenway's community service for participating in the Jan. 6 riots was a long lesson in civics

Salon

US Capitol attack panel discusses subpoena for Ivanka Trump

House select committee is considering best way to get evidence from ex-president’s daughter about his efforts to cling to power

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House expresses urgent need for White House records on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — The House told a federal appeals court Monday that there is an urgent need to get White House records related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, because they will shape a select committee’s investigation and potential legislation to ward off “future attacks on democracy” in upcoming…

Tribune News Service

‘I’m so irresponsible. Yesterday it felt amazing’: Illinois woman from Brazil arrested in US Capitol breach

CHICAGO — A west suburban woman was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging she illegally entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot more than a year ago, then texted with a friend the next day who told her, “Don’t be sad. Be prepared. We are all f-----.”

Chicago Tribune

Brazilian citizen from Indian Head Park charged in Capitol breach

Leticia Vilhena Ferreira is the 26th known Illinoisan to be charged in the Capitol breach. Prosecutors earlier this year charged Anthony Carollo of Lockport, Cody Vollan of Flossmoor, Jeremiah Carollo of Glen Carbon and Christopher and Tina Logsdon of Sesser.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex Jones’s security guard targeted by Capitol riot committee

Controversial radio host and conspiracy theorist claims committee’s move was aimed at less financially-sound target

The Independent UK

COVID a wildcard as Biden prepares for State of the Union

President Joe Biden is hoping to use his upcoming State of the Union address as a chance to nudge the pandemic into the nation’s rear-view mirror

The Independent UK

Josh Hawley defends January 6 fist-pump merch: ‘It is not a pro-riot mug’

‘At the time that we were out there, folks were gathered peacefully to protest, and they have a right to do that’

The Independent UK

Indiana Rep. Banks facing 'insurrection' ballot challenge

An Indiana congressman who was rejected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the top Republican for the committee investigating last year’s U.S. Capitol insurrection is fending off an effort to remove his name from this year’s election ballot

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Texas sues Biden administration to stop mask mandates on planes – as it happened

State attorney general challenges CDC mask rules on transport – follow all the day’s politics news

The Independent UK

Capitol riot committee subpoenas Trump campaign officials and state lawmakers involved in sham elector plot

The panel is looking into efforts to encourage submission of fake electoral college certificates to the National Archives

The Guardian - US

Capitol attack investigators target Trump circle over fake elector ploy

Committee to examine coordination behind brazen effort to submit false electoral certificates in states won by Joe Biden

ABC News

Dear White Staffers is lifting the lid on the reality of life as a congressional staffer working on Capitol Hill

A viral Instagram account that started as a feed of political memes is now lifting the lid on a lack of diversity and allegations of exploitation and abuse among staffers at Capitol Hill.

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The Independent UK

Protests at state capitols call for election conspiracists to be banned from ballots

Supporters want Trump, other GOP loyalists banned from running in 2022, 2024

The Independent UK

Report: Conspiracy theorists fuel bump in extremist killings

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of killings by domestic extremists rose last year in the United States

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: It's past time to create a federal no-fly list for misbehaving passengers

Even in an era in which some politicians defend the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol and side with parents who disrupt school board meetings, surely the whole political spectrum can get together on the issue of belligerent airline passengers who literally endanger lives with in-flight meltdowns induced by anti-mask sentiment,…

Axios

GOP calls for Capitol to reopen

The Capitol has been largely closed to the public since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, with no clear, public timeline for reopening.

The Independent UK

Stewart Rhodes was a conspiracy theorist in search of a cause. He found one on January 6

Stewart Rhodes cycled through ideologies and conspiracies before he become obsessed with Donald Trump, writes Richard Hall. He will soon face charges of organising one of the most serious attempts to overthrow the government in modern history

Salon

Bundys led to whiny truckers and Jan 6

The GOP's embrace of the Bundy occupation opened the door for January 6 and the Ottawa trucker tantrum

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Grand opening – RINOs R Us

The folks who run the stately, yet sedate, white colonial just a block from the Capitol have revealed that they now need to make one little style tweak to get their grand old party headquarters up to date.

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