Extremists

Politico reports: McCarthy tried to give Greene options, according to a person familiar with their talk: She could denounce QAnon and apologize publicly for espousing hurtful conspiracy theories and endorsing violence on Democrats. She could remove herself from the panel to spare her colleagues a vote on the matter. Or, she could face removal from her own GOP peers. It …

The New York Daily News reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support on Facebook last year for using her assault rifle to “clean house” on Capitol Hill, the Daily News has discovered, adding to a tranche of disturbing social media posts for which the Georgia Republican is facing calls to be expelled from Congress. Greene, a first-term congresswoman with a …

The Hill reports: The defense attorney for an accused Capitol rioter plans to argue that her client was “inspired” by former President Trump, joining others who have cast blame for the assault on Trump over his rhetoric and actions after the November election. Emanuel Jackson, 20, of D.C., who prosecutors say was seen on video punching a police officer and …

The Associated Press reports: In a bipartisan vote last week, the Virginia Senate approved a measure rebuking Sen. Amanda Chase over a series of incendiary incidents during her tenure, including remarks in which she seemed to voice support for those who participated in storming the U.S. Capitol last month. The decision to pass the censure resolution followed a long debate …

The Daily Beast reports: One of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 is asking a federal court to let her leave the country so she can make the most of a Mexican vacation she booked prior to the insurrection. In a court filing on Monday, Jenny Cudd’s attorneys said their client “planned and prepaid for a weekend …

Salon reports: In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called on supporters to “flood the Capitol Building” in a protest against “tyrannical” leaders, telling them that Democratic lawmakers “should fear us” and that “we should feel like we will” use violence “if we have to.” “All of us together, …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Republican Party of Texas has fired a staffer after learning about a series of social media posts he made, including one that places him in a crowd of people steps outside the U.S. Capitol last month on the same day that a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the building. The staffer, field …

Media Matters has the transcript: Just how dangerous is this three-named congresswoman you probably have never heard of?  Well, so dangerous, that in the name of democracy, she must be expelled tonight from the Congress. That’s what they’re saying. No one is claiming voter fraud here. The member in question was elected just months ago at with 75% of the …

AlterNet reports: Beverly Hill salon owner Gina Bisignano, who made headlines late last year for anti-LGBTQ verbal attacks, was indicted on seven counts for her alleged role in disgraced former president Donald Trump’s January 6 attempted Capitol coup. At least five people died as a result of the insurrection. Among the charges listed on grand jury document are Aiding and …

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer for the Republican Party.” “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.’s airplane is not …

Albuquerque’s ABC News affiliate reports: Jailed Otero County Commissioner, Couy Griffin, will stay behind bars in Washington, D.C. Griffin was arrested last month and charged with the unlawful entry for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. had asked that Griffin be held without bail, arguing that he’s a flight risk and referring to …

The Idaho Statesman reports: A Nazi sympathizer and former Idaho resident faces a $9.9 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission after he plagued various parts of the country with racist, anti-Semitic and threatening robocalls. Scott D. Rhodes, 51, who moved to Libby, Montana, from Sandpoint, in North Idaho, in late 2018, spent much of that year recording vitriolic messages …

Media Matters has the transcript: I’ve been doing this so long, I just know what they’re going to do now. I just know. I mean, ask, how do you know? It’s called wisdom. It’s called knowledge. But as much knowledge as I have, I deferred my responsibility in my brain on the 6th, and I went and let Trump and …

Mediaite reports: The mother of a teacher killed in the Parkland school shooting is calling on Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to publicly disavow conspiracy theories she’s pushed in the past after talking directly with the Georgia representative. Linda Beigel Schulman spoke with CNN’s Brianna Keilar Monday about her recent conversation with Greene, having asked directly if she really believed that …

Politico reports: Top House Democrats are moving to force Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off multiple committees this week — with or without Kevin McCarthy’s help. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has delivered an ultimatum to McCarthy: Either Republicans move on their own to strip Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments within 72 hours, or Democrats will bring the issue to …

Gizmodo reports: As police struggled futilely to fend off a wave of rioters outside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, Joel Valdez, an aide to Congressman Matt Gaetz, made his way to the rooftop of his boss’s office building across the street on Independence Ave. Surveying the mob as it surrounded the complex, he captured a five-second video with …

NPR reports: In the week from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12, about 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in Colorado, according to a CPR News analysis. There was no comparable effect with any other party. CPR News was able to contact dozens of them by tracking changes in the state’s voter file. The number of people changing parties spiked immediately …

Law & Crime reports: They had his number. Federal authorities identified an Ohio man as a Capitol invader by merely looking at the name and number on the jacket his wearing while storming the Capitol and kicking in a window. As a result, Troy Faulkner, 39, now faces several federal charges. The FBI said that it saw Faulkner on a …

CNN reports: They were there to “Stop the Steal” and to keep the President they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting. To determine who voted in November, CNN obtained voting records for more than 80 of the initial arrestees. Among …

NBC News reports: The mother of one of the victims of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, said she spoke to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after the freshman lawmaker was hit with widespread backlash last week for outlandish comments she made on social media, including one suggesting the shooting was a “false flag.” According to Linda Beigel Schulman, whose son, …