News | Politics & Elections GOP’s Kinzinger Tells CNN “Nobody Actually Believes the Election Was Stolen” “Nobody actually believes the election was stolen … but a lot of them are happy to go out and say it was,” he said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Companies Resuming Political Spending After January 6 Include Olympic Sponsors Among the Olympic sponsors who made commitments to halt donations, about half appear to have held their promise. By Maggie Hicks , OpenSecrets July 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Former Oregon GOP Rep. Pleads Guilty to Letting Violent Mob Into State Capitol Video footage shows former Rep. Mike Nearman opening the door for the far right mob, who then clashed with police. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Jim Jordan Admits on Fox News That He Spoke to Trump on January 6 The admission by the Trump-allied congressman could result in his being subpoenaed by the commission to testify. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 28, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Republican Reaction to 1/6 Hearing Was an Explosion of Denial The unreality of all this denial serves to underscore the broader surrealist landscape we find ourselves in. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections DOJ Says It Won’t Defend Mo Brooks as Inciting Violence Isn’t an Official Duty Brooks's actions that day were campaign related and outside the scope of his duties as a congressman, the DOJ said. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Having Failed to Sabotage Jan 6 Inquiry, McCarthy Is Blaming Pelosi for the Riot "Every single lie uttered by the Republicans this morning has been debunked time and again," Pelosi's office responded. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 27, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections First 1/6 Hearing Reveals What We Already Know: It Was a GOP Riot The opening day of the 1/6 committee was a harrowing recounting of the Trump-fueled violence of the day. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 27, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Cheney and Kinzinger Are Bad — But I Hope They Bring the Fire on 1/6 Committee If Pelosi is wise, she will have Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger ask all the dagger questions during these hearings. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 26, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The Big Lie Promises to Be a Centerpiece of the GOP’s 2022 Election Strategy The last thing Republicans want to be talking about in that campaign is the trainwreck of January 6. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon July 26, 2021 Truthout