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Monday featured the opening statements in the confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who could be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans took aim at the judge, mostly on ideological issues that only tangentially related to Jackson.

The trial for Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin grew tense when Secret Service Inspector Lanelle Hawa was cross-examined by his lawyer Nick Smith.

Specifically, Smith focused on whether Pence was in a secure location at the time that his client was urging people to go into the Capitol on January 6th.

For the first time, the U.S. Secret Service confirmed the suspected details about where Vice President Mike Pence was during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Testifying in the trial of Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, Secret Service Inspector Lanelle Hawa told the court that Pence was taken to the loading dock on the east side of the Capitol on the Senate side. That was also where Alex Jones, Joe Biggs and the Oath Keepers were converging on the building.

Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows took part in Jan. 6 planning phone calls, according to one rally organizer who was working with Kylie Jane Kremer, who was heading up the Women for America First group that planned the rally and signed off on all of the permits.

According to Rolling Stone, Scott Johnson explained that the Trump team agreed that they would encourage the rally attendees to march to the Capitol but not ask them to directly. The goal, he explained, was to "make it look like they went down there on their own."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared to be leaving Montana on Sunday when he had a conflict with an airline employee, a video posted to Reddit said. Cruz was flying out of Bozeman International Airport when he was angered by something not identified in the video and police were called to intervene.

Raw Story reporter Bob Brigham confirmed that this is Bozeman airport. He also explained that there are frequently Republican fundraisers at the Yellowstone Club and Big Sky. It's nearing the weekend of Spring Break, so it's possible that flights were full or the weather stopped some flights out of the city.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with flu-like symptoms, according to ABC News.

The report explained that the 73-year-old judge fell ill and it grew serious. A release from the Supreme Court revealed that it was an infection, according to the tests run.

Dupont Circle is known for being the LGBTQ+ friendly neighborhood in Washington, D.C. While the city has largely become friendly to all LGBTQ+ members, it still remains the place for the Pride Parade, neighborhood gay bars and rainbow flags flying off of businesses.

It makes it one of the worst places that the so-called "Freedom Convoy" could use to stage their daily protests. After angering residents while they drove through northwest Washington, D.C. on Saturday, on Sunday they went to Dupont Circle.

According to Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump was threatening to blow up Russia one-and-a-half years ago.

In a discussion with Newsmax, where Giuliani hasn't been banned from appearing, the former New York City mayor falsely claimed that the United States was "energy independent" and that the U.S. didn't need oil or gas from Russia. The lowest point in 2020 when the U.S. was importing the least amount of Russian oil, there was still 10,850 barrels being brought in by Russia. That was in May 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

A report from BusinessInsider speculates the reason that Michigan, Oregon and upstate New York will be the place that civil war breaks out if it does happen in the future.

According to the report, the possibility that a civil war is coming is increasing as the far-right grows increasingly angry about their lessening power over the country. The first Jan. 6 trial began this month with many more to come. The trial also began for the men who attempted to kidnap and assassinate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A conservative pundit on Thursday claimed that tech billionaire Peter Thiel is seeking to disrupt the Republican Party.

The Bulwark's Tim Miller said in his assessment that Thiel is trying to help the extremist wing of the GOP take over the establishment by funding far-right candidates who believe in his own pet policies. The good news, Miller claimed, is that those candidates aren't doing well so far, even with Thiel's seemingly endless cash.

Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance made it clear last month that he doesn't "really care" about the invasion thousands of miles away in Europe. Now it appears voters don't much care about J.D. Vance.

Writing for the Bulwark, Jim Swift explained that the far-right candidate isn't doing well in his efforts to become the next famous Republican politician. As it turns out, he's only polling in third place in the race and he's been nixed from speaking at the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner.

Earlier this week, Eric Trump, son to former President Donald Trump, attacked President Joe Biden for allegedly doing nothing but sending blankets to Ukraine at a time when they need help.

"By the way, my father had a great relationship with Putin," said Eric in an interview with the Fox network. "All the while, he was sending thousands of javelin missiles to Ukraine. Isn't that really amazing? I mean, Biden has no relationship with Putin and he's literally sending blankets to Ukraine."