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Trump lawyers contacted a top Pa. Republican every day during 2020 pressure campaign, Jan. 6 committee says

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler received daily phone calls from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and saw protests outside his house amid a pressure campaign to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, he told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republican governor urges US Senate to act on gun violence

Vermont’s moderate Republican governor is urging the nation's senators to work together to address gun violence

The Independent UK

Trump team didn't have the evidence and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

There were a number of eye-opening findings in the Jan. 6 committee's fourth hearing that showed the depth and breadth of Trump and his allies' pressure on local and state officials.

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EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with 'RINO hunting' video

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours

The Independent UK

Top court: Kansas Constitution allows partisan redistricting

Kansas’ highest court has declared that the state constitution does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering

The Independent UK

Wisconsin's Johnson under heat for fake elector revelation

Evidence revealed at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection shows that an aide for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told former Vice President Mike Pence’s staff that the Republican from Wisconsin wanted to hand-deliver fake elector votes from Wisconsin and Michigan

The Independent UK

Trump attacks Republican who ignored him

"Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers is the latest [Republican in name only] to play along"

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State officials received scores of calls from Giuliani, other Trump allies after 2020 election

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies engaged in a monthslong campaign to pressure state election officials in key swing states to help overturn the results of the 2020 election, leading to widespread threats and harassment, according to new testimony at Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing.

Los Angeles Times

Effort urges 1/6 panel lawyer to run Missouri US Senate seat

Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats

The Independent UK

Day 4: The most pivotal Jan. 6 hearing

Tuesday's January 6 hearing wasn't just about Trump's failed coup, but how he may succeed next time

Salon

‘I will not break my oath’: Arizona Assembly speaker details Trump’s pressure to overturn results

WASHINGTON — Republican state legislators and elected officials detailed Tuesday the intense pressure they faced from President Trump and his lawyers to subvert the will of voters and to persuade lawmakers to submit false slates of electors backing him to Congress.

Los Angeles Times

Key results from Tuesday's elections in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia

Virginia's primaries picked challengers to two vulnerable Democrats while Alabama and Georgia held runoff elections.

Roll Call

Texas mayors ask for special session on guns, mental health

DALLAS — More than a dozen mayors representing Texas’ biggest cities — including liberals and conservatives alike — asked Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday to call a special session and usher in legislation that would address guns and mental health.

Tribune News Service

Jan 6 panel: Text messages show GOP Sen. Ron Johnson's office sought to hand-deliver fake electors to Pence

"Do not give that to him," Pence's legislative aide said.

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The Independent UK

Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform

Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas Republicans turn up the crazy

In their newly approved draft party platform, the Lone Star State GOP threaten to secede. And more.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Greitens says violent video about hunting people was meant to be humorous

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hit the conservative talk radio circuit Tuesday, arguing that a campaign video showing him storming a house with soldiers in search of “Republicans in name only” was intended to be a humorous metaphor.

Roll Call

'We'll have catastrophe': Jan. 6 committee warns Trump-led threat to elections is ongoing - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 committee chair warned Donald Trump-backed elections threats remain as a top Arizona Republican defied the former president.

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The Independent UK

AOC shares messages from former Republicans who crossed the aisle

‘I needed an abortion and realized my (former) party is off-base with reality’

The Independent UK

US Senate race promises to be fight for nonpartisan voters

Nevada's U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt is shaping up as one of the country's most competitive

Ballotpedia

Virginia attorney general raised $7.4 million in 2021 election

According to campaign finance reports filed with the Virginia Department of Elections, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares raised $7.4 million and spent $6.9 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 1, 2021. Miyares ranked fourth in state-level donations in the 2021 election cycle.

Tribune News Service

As police condemn ad, Greitens says ‘normal’ people know RINO-hunting ad is metaphor

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Tuesday an ad released by his U.S. Senate campaign depicting him, shotgun in hand, hunting “RINOS” (Republicans in name only) was a metaphor that every “normal person” understood.

Chicago Tribune

Suburban Chicago man running for Congress was convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman

A Lemont, Illinois, man running to be the Republican nominee in the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District spent nearly six years in prison after being convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman following the South Side Irish Parade, records show.

Tribune News Service

Crypto-linked super PACs boost spending on primary races

WASHINGTON — Super PACs with ties to the cryptocurrency industry have spent at least $31.2 million in primary races ahead of this year’s midterms, with most of the money coming from a handful of executives at just one company.

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Four candidates running in the Republican primary for governor of Maryland

Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022. Incumbent Governor Larry Hogan (R) was term-limited and could not run for re-election. As of June 2022, Dan Cox and Kelly Schulz led the primary field in endorsements and media attention.

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