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RIGHTWING EXTREMISM
January 6th anniversary

Five years after January 6th, dozens of pardoned insurrectionists have been arrested again

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The charges for former January 6th insurrectionists range from possession of child pornography to sexual assault, child molestation and aggravated kidnapping.
RIGHTWING EXTREMISM - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: This isn’t politics as usual. It’s a betrayal of veterans like me.

Over the past few months, I’ve watched headlines roll in with a pit in my stomach. Cuts to vital veterans’ services. Mass layoffs of VA staff.
NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin

The GOP-controlled NC Court of Appeals might have just made Jefferson Griffin the winner of a race he lost

Two Republican judges on the NC Court of Appeals just brought defeated state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin one step closer to overturning his loss.
RIGHTWING EXTREMISM - Cardinal & Pine

Conservative voices join the outcry against Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss

A Republican angering Democrats in a fight over voting rights is one thing. But a Republican causing several conservative voices to align with Democrats against them highlights just how unprecedented Griffin’s effort is.
RIGHTWING EXTREMISM - Cardinal & Pine

OPINION: Thom Tillis needs to show courage and reject some of Trump’s cabinet nominees

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Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel, a conspiracy theorist who has promised to use the FBI to pursue Trump's political opponents, as FBI director. It is a nomination that epitomizes far-right extremism, write Scott Peoples, a former Army veteran and member of the national group Veterans for Responsible Leadership.
Health

Why people are so concerned about Trump picking RFK Jr. to lead US public health

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Trump’s pick for health secretary wants to increase access to raw milk, remove fluoride from drinking water, and has said that vaccines cause autism and that WiFi causes cancer.