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Police Told to Hold Back on Capitol Riot Response, Report Finds

That failure conspired with other lapses inside the Capitol Police force to create a dangerous situation on Jan. 6, according to his account. The agency’s Civil Disturbance Unit, which specializes in handling large groups of protesters, was not allowed to use some of its most powerful tools and techniques against the crowd, on the orders […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 13, 2021, 10:17 pm
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Vaccine Slots Go Unused in Mississippi and Other States

When it comes to getting the coronavirus vaccine, Mississippi residents have an abundance of options. On Thursday, there were more than 73,000 slots to be had on the state’s scheduling website, up from 68,000 on Tuesday. In some ways, the growing glut of appointments in Mississippi is something to celebrate: It reflects the mounting supplies […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 9, 2021, 12:54 pm
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Boehner Blasts Trump, Saying He ‘Incited That Bloody Insurrection’

John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, issues a stinging denunciation in his new book of Donald J. Trump, saying that the former president “incited that bloody insurrection” by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and that the Republican Party has been taken over by “whack jobs.” The criticism from Mr. Boehner in […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 7, 2021, 4:00 am
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Capitol Rioters Face the Consequences of Their Selfie Sabotage

Mr. Biggs’s activities that day were chronicled at length by himself and others. His walk from the Washington Monument was filmed by Eddie Block, a Proud Boy on a motorized scooter who rolled behind and identified Mr. Biggs and others in his commentary. Mr. Biggs appeared repeatedly in photographs and recorded himself ascending the Capitol […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 6, 2021, 4:11 pm
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One Republican’s Lonely Fight Against a Flood of Disinformation

AFTON, Va. — Denver Riggleman stood virtually alone. It was Oct. 2, on the floor of the House of Representatives, and he rose as one of only two Republicans in the chamber to speak in favor of a resolution denouncing QAnon. Mr. Riggleman, a freshman congressman from Virginia, had his own personal experiences with fringe […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 3, 2021, 4:00 am
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Opinion | I Used to Think the Remedy for Bad Speech Was More Speech. Not Anymore.

I used to believe that the remedy for bad speech is more speech. Now that seems archaic. Just as the founders never envisioned how the right of a well-regulated militia to own slow-loading muskets could apply to mass murderers with bullet-spewing military-style semiautomatic rifles, they could not have foreseen speech so twisted to malevolent intent […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 2, 2021, 4:00 pm
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What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does

If election problems arise, a common occurrence, it is now more difficult to extend voting hours. Page 72: Poll hours at a precinct may be extended only by order of a judge of the superior court of the county in which the precinct is located upon good cause shown by clear and convincing evidence that […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 2, 2021, 4:00 am
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Opinion | Misinformation Isn’t Just on Facebook and Twitter

The plague of misinformation — false rumors about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, the ineffectiveness of face masks and the safety of 5G, to name a few examples — is usually blamed on social media. But false and damaging information isn’t just available online. It’s also abundant in broadcast media, and as politicians […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 29, 2021, 4:00 am
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A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil’s Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed Hospitals

The virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread aided by a highly contagious variant, political infighting and distrust of science. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The patients began arriving at hospitals in Porto Alegre far sicker and younger than before. Funeral homes were experiencing a steady uptick in business, while exhausted doctors […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 27, 2021, 4:00 am
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Lawmakers Grill Tech C.E.O.s on Capitol Riot, Getting Few Direct Answers

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers grilled the leaders of Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday about the connection between online disinformation and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, causing Twitter’s chief executive to publicly admit for the first time that his product had played a role in the events that left five people dead. When a […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 25, 2021, 5:56 pm
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Republicans Push for Greater Power Over How Elections Are Run

Jon Greenbaum, the chief counsel for the nonpartisan Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said Republicans were engaged in an “all-out effort to change the voting rules in lots of ways that would allow for greater opportunity for them to challenge the eligibility of electors,” and that the party would “add micromanagement by state […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 24, 2021, 5:24 pm
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Trump Endorses a Loyalist, Jody Hice, for Georgia Secretary of State

Former President Donald J. Trump on Monday took aim at a Georgia official he considers one of his biggest enemies: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who refused Mr. Trump’s pressure to overturn the state’s election results last year. By endorsing Jody Hice, a Republican congressman, in his bid to unseat Mr. Raffensperger, the former president […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 22, 2021, 4:12 pm

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