Congressional Donors Make It Rain After Capitol Riot

By Sam Brodey

“We’re in the unchartered territory of a perpetual campaign cycle that never ends,” said Kate Barton, director of campaign strategy for Grassroots Analytics.

By Roger Sollenberger

Rep. Matt Gaetz’s campaign is spending money on lawyers, a TV ad blitz, direct mail, and donations to local Florida Republicans.

By The Daily Beast

At this far-right Tulsa gathering of thousands, wearing masks was the ultimate faux pas and Lin Wood was at it again with the firing-squad talk.

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By Molly Jong-Fast

The dentist turned pol who might’ve helped plan the insurrection is loathed by fellow dentists and his own family, so of course Rep. Paul Gosar is a Republican in good standing.

By Michael Daly

The South Dakota governor had gotten her first vaccine shot, but wasn’t fully protected when she joined her fellow anti-masker.

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It felt like a stunning relief when Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for a murder caught on camera. Real relief will come when justice doesn’t feel like a surprise.

“I’ll be a cat in a lion’s den,” Leon Cooperman told The Daily Beast.

“Today we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain. A measure of justice isn’t the same as equal justice,” Vice President Kamala Harris said.

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 ‘AN INSULT’

On Tuesday afternoon, just as a guilty verdict was being handed down in the Derek Chauvin murder case, an officer shot 15-year-old Makiyah Bryant.

 OF COURSE

Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, were ridiculed in June of last year for brandishing guns at protesters near the couple’s mansion.

 EXTRA, EXTRA

Host Molly Jong-Fast plays a lightning round of 20 questions to celebrate the show’s major milestone.

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