Today's Top Stories:
Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" protest organizers say they participated in "dozens" of planning meetings with members of Congress and White House staff
None of this is shocking. All of it is appalling.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Obama torches Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin at gubernatorial rally
"There are some things more important than getting elected, and maybe American democracy is one of those things."
Adam Schiff on Trump finally testifying for Jan. 6 Committee
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: About time.
Gov. DeSantis touts bonuses for unvaccinated police who relocate to Florida
The anti-science Republican is pushing legislation to provide $5,000 bonuses to police officers who relocate to Florida in order to avoid COVID-19 vaccine mandates elsewhere. Perfect.
Manchin reportedly agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan
Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package.
"Molecularly impossible": Fauci blasts Rand Paul for COVID lab theory
"You can ask any person of good faith who's a virologist, and they will tell you, absolutely clearly, that that would be molecularly impossible."
Disgraced former governor is recast as MAGA warrior in Senate bid
Eric Greitens resigned the governorship in 2018, midway through his first term, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman. Many Missouri Republicans view him as an opportunist who has shamelessly recast himself as a MAGA warrior to revive his political career.
Twitter suspends GOP Rep. Jim Banks for intentionally misgendering trans official
Banks, a staunch Trump supporter who backed his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tweeted from his official account last week: "The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man."
Donald Trump Jr. selling t-shirts mocking Alec Baldwin set shooting
Of course he is.
GOP state senator under fire for racist remarks
Oklahoma State Senator David Rader, a Republican, is under fire for referring to Asian American households as "yellow families" and called pushback to his use of the term an "Asian distraction."
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace dubs White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki "one of the best press secretaries ever"
He's not wrong.
Seriously?
Yes. Seriously.
Hope...
