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Politico reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he called Rep. Paul Gosar after learning about an anime video the Arizona Republican posted last week that depicted violence against two prominent Democrats. After the call, Gosar put out a statement dismissing that the video was intended to encourage violence. The GOP leader wouldn’t say whether he directly urged Gosar to …

The Hill reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said the Jan. 6 Capitol riots were a result of former President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen, CNN reports. “I think everything that he was saying from election night forward incited people to that level of anger,” Christie told CNN in the “Being… Chris Christie” series, as …

“You know, I learned about this 20 minutes before I went on air. And quite frankly, I’ve got all this incredible news that needs to be covered, and I just — I really think that what’s happening to me and to Infowars. “I mean, I know it’s a symptom of the disease of globalism and the disease of corruption and …

CNBC reports: Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was released without bail Monday after surrendering to federal authorities in Washington, D.C., where he faces criminal charges after defying a subpoena from the lawmakers investigating the deadly Capitol invasion. Bannon will be subject to general supervision requirements as part of the conditions of his release, magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather said during Bannon’s …

The New York Times reports: A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory to the parents of eight people killed in a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., suing the far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media outlet for defamation. The judge in Connecticut ruled on Monday that because Mr. …

Forbes reports: Steve Bannon has hired one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, David Schoen, in his second impeachment trial to defend him in court, records show, as the ex-Trump advisor heads to court Monday after being indicted for contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House’s January 6 committee. Schoen, an accomplished criminal defense …

Politico Playbook reports: In August, former Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary Geary Ross sold their 10,000-square-foot home in Woodland-Normanstone for $13 million, according to D.C. tax records. It is the most expensive D.C. home sale of the last 12 months. The August deal was shrouded in mystery. The purchaser used an LLC called Salona Village Holdings …

CNN Business reports: Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to his account in a new book. Betrayal,” by ABC’s chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl, highlights Bartiromo’s damaging role as a promoter of reckless lies about the election. Bartiromo comes up several times in “Betrayal.” In mid-November, …

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Newsweek reports: A crowd at a church in Texas hosting a QAnon-linked event erupted in a “let’s go Brandon” chant that had been encouraged from the stage. Video has emerged showing the crowd at pastor and televangelists’ John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio singing the thinly veiled attack on President Joe Biden during the controversial “ReAwaken America” conference. Another …

“I’ve told them that to my knowledge no one in the West Wing had any advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on January 6 in terms of a breach in security. “Additionally, a number of things that took place actually would not go towards supporting that narrative. The fact of the matter is we’ve worked real hard to …

Forbes reports: “Live free or die” has given way to “shut up or else.” New Hampshire has set up a system for letting the public turn in public school teachers for violation of its new anti-divisive subject matter law, and Moms for Liberty have offered a cash reward to parents who use it. New Hampshire’s GOP-controlled legislature inserted its “anti” …

ABC News reports: In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed to Vice President Mike Pence’s top aide, on New Year’s Eve, a detailed plan for undoing President Joe Biden’s election victory, ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl reports. The memo, written by former President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis, …

Reuters reports: U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops this week are expected to revisit whether President Joe Biden’s support for abortion rights should disqualify him from receiving communion, an issue that has deepened rifts in the church since the Democrat took office. At a Nov. 15-18 conference in Baltimore, the bishops are scheduled to vote on a document clarifying the meaning of …

The Seattle Times reports:  State Sen. Doug Ericksen is stranded in El Salvador after testing positive for COVID-19 there, and he has sought help from fellow Republican lawmakers to send him monoclonal antibody treatments. Ericksen told KIRO radio he was “fighting a bad bout” with the virus. A fierce critic of Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency pandemic orders — including the …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge took prosecutors at their recommendation Friday in giving a two-month prison stint to a former Marine who filmed the Capitol insurrection on his GoPro and then refused to hand over his footage. Boyd Allen Camper told FBI agents that the GoPro was in a place that can’t be found — a description that drew …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: This entire year, the opposing media has labeled me a “terrorist”, an “insurrectionist”, a “violent rioter”, despite the fact that even the charges brought against me never reflected those things, let alone the fact that for anyone who knows me these accusations are absurd. If you are willing to write a letter on my …

Mediaite reports: The number of Republicans who believe that former President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” to the presidency this year has actually gone up by a third since last month — even as the end of the year draws closer. Respondents to the poll were asked “How likely or unlikely do you think it is that Donald Trump will …

Newsday reports: Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Friday that patrols are being stepped up around the local office of U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino after a retired Long Island Rail Road worker allegedly phoned in a threat to kill the congressman because of the elected official’s vote in favor of an infrastructure bill. Defendant Kenneth Gasper, 64, of Lake Ronkonkoma, …

ABC News reports: Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a conservative Republican firebrand, shook up next year’s congressional race on Thursday night when he announced he would run for a different congressional district — effectively pushing a more traditional state lawmaker who was expected to run out of the race. “North Carolinians don’t settle for the status quo. We defy it. We made …