At the Races: What pushing for voting rights accomplished - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter. Roll Call · Dec 8, 2022
Race riot: Jan. 6 as white supremacy My research reveals clear links between white supremacist attitudes and support for the Jan. 6 insurrection Salon · Dec 8, 2022
'Blood everywhere': Man now lives in 'fear of being crushed' after forklift broke leg A company involved now faces sentencing for exposing the man to the risk of death or serious injury. The Canberra Times · Dec 8, 2022
Jan. 6 panel is planning to release its final report the week of Dec. 19 The panel is planning to release its final report and hold a "formal presentation," which could include a hearing, the week of Dec. 19. WEKU · Dec 8, 2022
Top TV '22: The Slap, congressional docudrama and royal loss What was the most shocking TV moment of 2022 The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Colbert on Herschel Walker: ‘self-aware cinderblock’ who ‘didn’t belong in the Senate’ Late-night hosts discuss the Georgia runoff election, Trump’s company convicted on 17 counts of tax fraud, and wage theft by large corporations The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2022
Jan. 6 House panel will recommend criminal prosecutions, chairman says WASHINGTON — A House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will recommend criminal prosecution for people, possibly including former President Donald Trump, over efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election outcome. Tribune News Service · Dec 6, 2022
January 6 officers and relatives snub top Republicans at gold medal ceremony Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy denounced as ‘two-faced’ by Brian Sicknick’s mother at Congressional Gold Medal event The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022
House January 6 panel to issue criminal referrals to DoJ as tensions heighten Targets and details of referrals in investigation of Capitol attack were not immediately clear but could follow two tracks The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022
Ex-town official gets 15 days for role in Jan. 6 riot A former Massachusetts town official seen on surveillance video marching through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for her role in the riot The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022
Francis Wilkinson: Raphael Warnock and Georgia’s long campaign Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia works out of the Russell Senate Office Building, the oldest and most imposing of the Capitol buildings housing senators and staff. Built on a granite base with marble and limestone facing, the Russell’s high-ceilinged, Beaux Arts corridors have the feeling of a Parisian boulevard —… Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022
Biden rebukes Trump for saying constitution should be ‘terminated’ Former president must be ‘universally condemned’ for comments, says White House The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2022
DOJ: Jan. 6 rioter tried to sell video from Capitol siege Prosecutors say Ronald Sandlin repeatedly tried to profit "from his criminal conduct" on Jan. 6, 2021. Axios · Dec 3, 2022
Legal settlement puts police agencies on notice about new use of deadly force restrictions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 law meant to reduce police shootings, law enforcement union leaders began telling officers that the new policy didn't really change much at all. Los Angeles Times · Dec 3, 2022
Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022 Halls of power(ball): New House members pick their offices via lottery WASHINGTON — As an aide for Rep.-elect Nick LaLota approached the box that held numbered buttons and her office fate in its wooden confines, she pulled out her phone to play Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a Lady.”
Reason · Dec 2, 2022 Election-Denying Republicans Were Big Losers in the 2022 Midterms And most of them quietly slunk away afterwards.
Roll Call · Dec 2, 2022 Halls of power(ball): New House members pick their offices via lottery Incoming members of Congress cheered and groaned Friday as they competed for prime office space at the Capitol.
Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022 Martin Schram: Police chiefs dial 911 — law-and-order pols need to answer Beneath the still-gleaming white dome, the Capitol’s new generation of promising leaders are jockeying for position, staking their turf, marking their hydrants, and swapping last-minute promises for next year’s power.
Reason · Dec 1, 2022 Judging From These Verdicts, Stewart Rhodes' Seditious Conspiracy Did Not Involve Attacking the Capitol The Oath Keepers leader was acquitted of two riot-related conspiracy counts but convicted of plotting to keep Donald Trump in office "by force."
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 Feds cite ‘disturbing’ past of California Jan. 6 defendant, fight his request to move trial SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are slamming efforts by a California man accused in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to have his charges dismissed, his past criminal history hidden from public view and to have his upcoming trial moved from Washington, D.C., to Sacramento.
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 He was Pelosi’s fiercest spokesperson. What’s next for Drew Hammill? WASHINGTON — Keeping up with Nancy Pelosi for 16 years hasn’t been easy, Drew Hammill says.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 1, 2022 Yes, they can? Springfield pays long-awaited tribute to Obama’s historic White House launch: ‘History doesn’t always move quickly’ The new historic marker stands outside the Old State Capitol, where then Sen. Barack Obama launched his presidential bid on a brutally cold February day in 2007 —but unlike Obama, Pritzker and the others who unveiled the marker on Wednesday made their remarks indoors.
Axios · Nov 30, 2022 McCarthy tells Jan. 6 committee to preserve its findings Republicans plan to hold hearings on Capitol security failures on Jan. 6.
Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022 Fresh off big Senate wins, Unite Here leader thinks even bigger “It was a graveyard before the union,” Malcom McCombs said as his Senate cafeteria colleagues nodded.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022 Sedition trial win bolsters Justice Dept. in Jan. 6 probe The seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those who schemed to subvert the 2020 election