The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held its first hearing Thursday night. Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss its fact-based and substantive approach to investigating what happened at the Capitol riots, and whether the Republican Party will hold former President Donald Trump accountable. Then our panel turns to the question of political violence in America: Is our political rhetoric out of control? Our hosts then cover how the California primaries are off to an interesting start with progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s recall on Tuesday.

Show Notes:

-The Dispatch: “Primetime Hearing Focuses on the Plan Behind January 6”

-TMD: “January 6 Revisited”

-Uphill: “January 6 Through the Images and Words of Those Who Lived It”

-The Dispatch: “What Chesa Boudin’s Recall Says About Criminal Justice Reform”

-The Atlantic: “How San Francisco Became a Failed City”

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