The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 44 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 44
The FBI Received Highly Specific Tips About Violence Set for Jan. 6—but Declined to Act
The billionaire who hates the wealth tax says 'there's no sympathy for billionaires,' and the ultrawealthy are being attacked 'for no reason'
Lindsey Graham told police to shoot 6 Jan rioters on the spot - report
Juan Williams: 'Parents' rights' is code for white race politics
Joe Manchin: who gave you authority to decide the fate of the planet?
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Campaign Gets The State She Represents Wrong | An FEC filing lists the Colorado lawmaker as a candidate for Congress in Utah.
Right-wing media and the pandemic: A toxic feedback loop that nurtured fascism | American ignorance and paranoia were already there. Then Trump, Fox News and the virus exploited them to the max
US President Joe Biden tests negative for COVID-19 following White House press secretary's positive result
Almost one in three of Republicans say violence may be necessary to ‘save’ US | Republicans
Treasury Secretary Yellen breaks with Biden and says Democrats should consider lifting debt limit without GOP help: 'I don't want to play chicken'
Facebook can’t be trusted to stop spread of extremism, experts tell Senate
Lauren Boebert’s own campaign gets her state wrong | The Representative’s state was listed as Utah not Colorado, in a recent filing
Utah lawmaker tried to obtain your personal info through voter registration rolls. Rep. Steve Christiansen tried to use his status as an elected official to obtain addresses, emails and more before he resigned.
Boebert and Gaetz under fire over ‘joke’ about blowing up Capitol metal detectors at rally
The Most Damning Jan 6th Revelation Yet
Treasury Secretary Yellen expresses openness to defusing debt ceiling without GOP votes
Roger Stone threatens to run against Ron DeSantis for not conducting election audit
The Only U.S. President to Be Impeached Twice Calls Biden 'Worst President in History'
Republican contender in Virginia avoids Trump’s campaign event for him
Sanders: I'm still working to get lower drug prices into bill
GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump
Marjorie Taylor Greene supports letter from a 'non-violent' Capitol rioter who was filmed attacking an officer and saying he punched his head five times
Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert 'fantasize' about blowing up Capitol metal detectors while stumping for a Florida Congressional hopeful
Psaki tests positive for Covid, last saw Biden Tuesday
Voter Suppression Isn’t Just a Problem Down South

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 44

Posted: 01 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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The FBI Received Highly Specific Tips About Violence Set for Jan. 6—but Declined to Act

Posted: 01 Nov 2021 05:18 AM PDT