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Judge scolds high-profile Missouri lawyer for ‘QAnon Shaman’ TV interview, reports say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge said a St. Louis-based lawyer representing the man known as the ”QAnon Shaman,” who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, violated federal rules in facilitating a “60 Minutes Plus” interview for his client, Politico reported. At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth asked attorney Al Watkins, who represents QAnon follower Jacob Chansley, how the interview happened as the Marshals Service requires numerous clearances for interviews of federal pretrial prisoners, according to Politico. The judge scolded Chansley and Watkins, questioning whether the attorney was...
The Kansas City Star
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Investigation finds communications between lawmakers, Capitol rioters
Cellphone records obtained in the federal investigation of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol show some members of Congress may have communicated directly with rioters before and during the mayhem, according to reports. Authorities have collected data from cellphone towers and have found evidence that lawmakers corresponded with supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed Congress on Jan. 6 in an attempt to overthrow final confirmation of Joe Biden’s election win. The same data also revealed that someone inside the Trump White House was in communication with a member of th...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Michael Ryan: Should he or shouldn't he? A potential Trump 2024 run is Republicans' urgent dilemma
For many of my Republican friends, Donald Trump is a guilty pleasure. They well know a steady diet of his chronically combative nature, like fatty food, is bad for them and the country. They wish with everything in them that he'd just be a little more presidential. But notwithstanding his boorishness, is the other side any less combative? Besides, many of the things he says and does are precisely what Republicans are thinking and wanting done. And like Trump's die-hard supporters, these Republicans disheartened and disappointed by Trump have to admit they see few other politicians, past or pre...
The Kansas City Star
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TCU basketball can’t overcome dreadful first half, falling 76-67 at No. 6 West Virginia
TCU basketball is reeling toward the finish line. The Horned Frogs suffered another loss to a ranked team as No. 6 West Virginia pulled away for a 76-67 victory on Thursday night at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. TCU (12-12, 5-10 Big 12) scored a season-low 18 points in the first half en route to dropping to 0-9 all-time in Morgantown. The Frogs are also now 0-8 vs. ranked opponents this season and have lost five of their last six. This is a team that opened the week as a possible NIT team. The silver lining for TCU was showing some life in the second half. The Frogs made it interesting by pullin...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Gov. Pedro Pierluisi: ‘Puerto Rico will be the first truly Hispanic state’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with White House officials and advocate for a new bill that charts a path toward statehood for the American territory. The push to make Puerto Rico the 51st state follows a referendum last year in which 52.5% of voters on the island said they are in favor of permanently joining the American union as a state. Though detractors worry the island would potentially lose some of its cultural identity, for Pierluisi that is not a concern. To the contrary, he says: “Puerto Rico will be the first tr...
Miami Herald
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Gov. Phil Murphy gave New Jersey progressives what he promised. Now they’ve got his back for reelection
Phil Murphy ran for New Jersey governor in 2017 with a long list of progressive promises: a tax on millionaires, a minimum wage hike, legal marijuana and more. Four years later, he’s mostly delivered. So as Murphy seeks reelection, he’s doing so with New Jersey’s liberals squarely in his corner and no Democratic challenger in sight. Some progressives cite disappointments during Murphy’s first term, like a controversial $15 billion state tax incentive program. But with the governor enjoying high approval ratings three months before the June primary, many are focused instead on down-ballot races...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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In Georgia, Fulton County leaders reject firing of elections director and appoint new elections chair
ATLANTA — The Fulton County Commission has rejected the firing of county elections director Richard Barron — sending him back to answer to a majority of an elections board that does not want him. And now, that elections board will have a new leader: Commissioners voted to appoint former Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan as a replacement for Chairwoman Mary Carole Cooney, who resigned this week due to a prolonged illness. The elections board manages policy, but the director runs day-to-day operations. While Barron's fate appears settled, commissioners continue to disagree on whether they or the ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Georgia Senate panel OKs bill limiting sports to gender identified at birth
ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate panel approved legislation that would require students to participate in high school sports according to the gender that appears on their birth certificate. Senate Bill 266 would ban schools from allowing transgender girls from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The Senate Education and Youth Committee approved the measure on a party-line vote of 5-3, with Republicans voting in favor of the bill. “I believe that God made man, took one look and said that I can do better than that, and made woman,” said state Sen. Marty Harbin, a Tyrone Repu...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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‘The Kindest Lie’: Chicago novelist Nancy Johnson talks class, redemption and race
CHICAGO – Debut author Nancy Johnson wanted to tell human interest stories when she was a broadcast news journalist years ago, but she recalls there were too few opportunities to do that. Now, the Chicago native has all the opportunity she can handle with her first book, “The Kindest Lie.” The novel tells the story of Ruth Tuttle, a Black engineer living in Bronzeville with her husband. The couple are celebrating the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama when a truth from Ruth’s youth is revealed: Before she went off to get an Ivy League education, she had a child that she gave up for ado...
Chicago Tribune
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Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens 'evaluating' US Senate run, criticizes incumbent Roy Blunt
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Gov. Eric Greitens is floating another political comeback. Greitens on Monday expressed interest in running for the U.S. Senate seat held by fellow Republican Roy Blunt and blasted the incumbent for failing to adequately back former President Donald Trump. Greitens, since resigning amid an avalanche of controversy in June 2018, toyed with a political comeback in 2020 before retreating as the candidate filing deadline for governor expired. So it wasn't clear Tuesday whether he would follow through with a campaign. But his entry would potentially split the Missouri G...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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