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GOP "tough on crime? Give me a break

Going back to Watergate, "law and order" Republicans often turn out to be criminals who think they're above the law

Salon · Jun 9, 2022

Biden pushing to lower ocean shipping costs, fight inflation

President Joe Biden is launched a renewed push to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

What to know about the public January 6 committee hearings

House panel investigating the Capitol attack will hold six public hearings where it will unveil new evidence against Trump

The Guardian - US · Jun 9, 2022

What to expect as the Jan. 6 committee hearings begin today

WASHINGTON — Hearings detailing the largest-scale investigation in congressional history begin Thursday, as the House Jan. 6 select committee works to explain how former President Donald Trump's false claims that the election was stolen boiled over to a riot in which more than a thousand Americans overwhelmed police and stormed…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 9, 2022

Super Moustache: how a Venezuelan cartoon turned into a political campaigner

“Stupid idiots! Can’t you overthrow him? He’s just a bus driver!” rages a blonde, coiffed character from inside a White House-style building located “somewhere on planet Earth”. The cartoon villain looks like a cross between Donald Trump and The Incredibles antagonist Syndrome. He’s shrieking in Spanish, with a heavy US…

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

America begins rationing COVID resources

The U.S. is raiding its COVID piggybank to ensure new vaccines and treatments remain available to Americans.

Axios · Jun 9, 2022

Can the Jan. 6 hearings save America?

History will judge these hearings by the result: Will Trump and his minions finally face some kind of justice?

Salon · Jun 9, 2022

The Jan. 6 committee's Trump targets

The committee is keenly interested in how Trump's tweets shaped extremist groups' actions before and on Jan. 6.

Axios · Jun 9, 2022

U.S. Capitol riot hearing shows Trump allies, daughter rejected fraud claims

The congressional committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat presented testimony on Thursday showing that close allies - even his daughter - rejected his false claims of voting fraud.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

5 key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings

It's been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.

WEKU · Jun 9, 2022