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Robin Abcarian: Trump was worried about his legacy? Shouldn't have tried to overthrow the election

Hope Hicks, once an influential aide to former President Donald Trump, told the House Jan. 6 committee that she was concerned her boss' efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election would damage his legacy.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

Liz Cheney sits with Democratic colleagues ahead of Zelensky address to Congress

Cheney has been critical of Trump and the support he received from her Republican colleagues

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

Hopes dim for quick omnibus spending passage amid Title 42 dispute

WASHINGTON — Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the massive fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022

The 2022 Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida Senate campaigns raised over $500 million. Where did that money come from?

Most of the money raised in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida came from outside the state. Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock raised more money than any other federal candidate in the 2022 midterm elections.

USAFacts · Dec 21, 2022

Kari Lake lawyers pull Hobbs subpoena

Lake bragged Hobbs would not be able to "duck out" of testifying" and that she "will have to take the stand"

Salon · Dec 21, 2022

MTG to Boebert, Gaetz: "Stop lying"

Greene called fellow MAGA GOPers "selfish," "foolish," and "reckless" for trying to sabotage Kevin McCarthy

Salon · Dec 21, 2022

Jan. 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on insurrection

An 800-page report set to be released by House investigators will conclude that then-President Donald Trump criminally plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat and “provoked his supporters to violence” at the Capitol with false claims of voter fraud

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

J6 report ignores "extremist ideologies"

Is the Jan. 6 committee going to tell the full story about the Capitol riot?

Salon · Dec 21, 2022

$70 Million for Salmon, $3 Million for Bee-Friendly Highways, and More Absurdities in the Omnibus Spending Bill

Plus: An attempt to criminalize porn, D.C. hopes making tourism more expensive will boost tourism, and more…

Reason · Dec 21, 2022

More than 1,000 election winners completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey this year

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 21, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Dec 21, 2022