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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

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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

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 Guardian - US

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

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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

The Guardian - US

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.

ABC News

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

The Independent UK

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,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.

Axios

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Tribune News Service

Trump distortions before Capitol riot are a focus of House probe

WASHINGTON — The House investigation into last year’s Capitol insurrection will move its work into the public eye as soon as April, laying out for voters evidence that they say shows former President Donald Trump and his allies stoked the violence.

Salon

Fascist counterrevolution and "ethicide"

Jan. 6 was only one symptom of the brutal assault on morality, history and justice. It's time to fight back

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The Guardian - US

Bipartisan members on Capitol attack panel say they expect Giuliani to testify

Comments come after report that Trump ally is in talks about options, including in-person interview or submitting a deposition

Salon

Rep. Raskin on Trump: "Guilty as sin"

Maryland Democrat on his bestselling book, his unbearable personal loss and bringing Donald Trump to justice

The Guardian - US

Insurgency review: how Trump took over the Republican party

From 2016 to the Capitol riot, Jeremy Peters of the New York Times delivers a meticulously reported and extremely worrying tale of how and why the US came to this

Tribune News Service

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is peddling baseless conspiracy theory that FBI incited Jan. 6 Capitol riot

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz has been peddling a conspiracy theory for weeks suggesting that the FBI incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Independent UK

Virginia deputy attorney general resigns over praise for Capitol rioters

Monique Miles had referred to the rioters who stormed Capitol on 6 January 2021 as ‘patriots’

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending Feb. 11, 2022 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: This week the House of Representatives made a brief appearance, an albino squirrel was spotted, as was Angelina Jolie, while appropriators tried too find a way to keep the government funded

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Follow Mitch’s lead: McConnell shows some backbone, a rarity in the Republican Party

Properly translating the Republican National Committee’s Orwellian statement that the Jan. 6 Capitol marauders and rioters were “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped the Newspeak and said in plain English: “We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection…

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