Crash Course: Kari Lake goes out with a whimper: She couldn't galvanize Trump's Jan. 6 army

Katie Hobbs was certified as Arizona's next governor, as Kari Lake's mini-Trump act fizzles out in MAGA frustration Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvN3o4cWgyc21xMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Kari Lake goes out with a whimper: She couldn't galvanize Trump's Jan. 6 army In the end, the Big Lie 2.0 went out with a whimper, instead of the bang Donald Trump and his acolytes were clearly anticipating. For months, Trump-loyal Republican candidates for state and local offices — often those hand-picked by Trump himself — recycled his false claims that a secret cabal of Democrats had secretly created a system to "steal" elections from Republicans. Not only did MAGA superfans like Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake argue that Joe Biden had somehow stolen the 2020 from Trump, they repeatedly suggested that, should they lose in 2022, that should be presumed illegitimate as well. There was plenty of cause for worry that all these conspiracy theories were building toward some kind of Jan. 6 redux, especially as several of these candidates had direct ties to the original assault on the Capitol. Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, wasn't just at the Capitol that day, but [literally paid for charter buses](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcmtpbWF5aGs2YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to send Trump supporters to the rally that turned into an insurrection. Tim Michels, the Wisconsin Republican running against incumbent Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, [promised](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveWlqNWo4Z25wZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that "Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor." Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate for secretary of state in Arizona, was also in D.C. on Jan. 6 and his attorney was [deeply involved in the "fake elector" plot](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOG96MnAybjN0YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Trump hoped he could use to steal the 2020 election. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMHV4dWF0OW9yNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images) QAnon claims Kirstie Alley was murdered due to anti-vax views On Monday, news of the death of [Kirstie Alley](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva3d2dmVkbmttNS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) was confirmed by her children, True and Lillie Parker. According to her children, the actor, 71, died due to "cancer, only recently discovered," as they wrote in a [statement.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNWMxZ3RvcjNiZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Yet as [Vice](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmEyNmQxanc5ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) reports, "within minutes of Alley's death being announced," far-right [conspiracy groups](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2Z4Zmt5a3F2OC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) had used social media platforms to spread misinformation about her death. [Vice](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZHdxb3VoZmEyYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) wrote, "On the QAnon message board the Great Awakening, members concluded that the sudden nature of Alley's death was a clear sign that her death was part of a global plot to silence critics of the COVID vaccines." [Read the rest from Alison Stine.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY284eDZleDhwOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Cindy Ord/Getty Images) - In [Olivia Harrison](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMG5zMndjNml5Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)'s elegant "Came the Lightening," poems on her life, and husband George Harrison - New batch of classified materials discovered in [Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGxlMGo3b3M4ZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)'s storage unit in Florida - [Bill Cosby](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb3V2MnZrdng5di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) faces new sexual assault lawsuit by two "Cosby Show" actors, among others - [Dolly Parton](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbG1vZ3RkcWQ3bC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) proves that nothing says Christmas like a magical country mama - Get festive during your grocery trip and pick up the [8 best Holiday snacks at Aldi](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdTI2YXEzZ2w0Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Financial conflict of interest": Dems probe whether [Kushner](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMnY2MzB0c3prMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) influenced policy to enrich himself - “Distancing herself”: [Ivanka](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNnNvd2gza2c1ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) gets “special exemption” from court-ordered monitor overseeing Trumps - [Kitchen therapy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc24yanR4M3licS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): Here's how cooking at home can help your mental health - [Herschel Walker](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbHJlbWd0aGJsaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)'s son celebrates his defeat: Trump "demanded" he run when family "begged" him not to - From gingerbread coffee to instant cold brew, here are the [6 best coffees to grab from Trader Joe's](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvN2VqdWM1YWkyei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - “This likely spells the end”: Experts say [Trump Org verdict](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvemZ2cm1qN3d0ci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) “increases the odds” of Trump indictment - A new day? [Voters stood up for democracy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZjhsbHFoYWRtdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — and now we have the data - [Warnock wins in Georgia](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb3N6d29jZTEzcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — Democrats will have 51-seat Senate majority If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvamw3bHZpeGNkMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! Trump's worst day yet? Herschel loses and his company's guilty of tax fraud On Tuesday night, Donald Trump added one last name to his 2022 loss column and it's one that's close to his heart. Former football hero Herschel Walker has been a Trump ally since long before he entered politics, so the ex-president has to take it personally that his handpicked candidate decisively lost his bid for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Raphael Warnock. But then, this is just the latest in a long list of Trump-endorsed losers in statewide races this cycle. Whatever he may claim, [his record in such races is 2-14](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdW5xYzlkbjI1aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). In truth, Trump did sound a bit upset. His response to the news on his Twitter-substitute social media platform Truth Social was simply this: "OUR COUNTRY IS IN BIG TROUBLE. WHAT A MESS!" He might just as easily have been talking about himself. Bad as the runoff election results in Georgia were for Donald Trump, that was nothing compared to the [big news](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOWJrYzk5d2FyNS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) out of Manhattan earlier in the day. That was where a jury found the Trump Organization, the family business founded by his paternal grandmother and his father in 1927, guilty on a range of criminal charges, including tax fraud, conspiracy and falsifying business records. [Read the rest from Heather Digby Parton.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaTk4cnk4bGY4ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) - "Retail theft at Walmart may lead to raised prices and store closures, CEO says," [ABC](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY2NndmJkYnJiYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Legislator behind Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law is accused of Covid-relief fraud," [NBC](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYTZ0dWJxMjJrZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Jennifer Lawrence Slammed for Saying She Was First Female Action Lead," [Newsweek](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNnJjMWc0dTF0eC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Investigators are zeroing in on two possible motives centered around extremist behavior in NC power stations attacks, sources say," [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvajV2cmcxaDUyei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) An extinction-level asteroid that could someday hit Earth was found hiding near Venus Those who have driven a car are surely familiar with the idea of blind spots — the areas around you where you can't easily see, and thus, are uniquely vulnerable to threats. That principle applies to asteroid hunting just as easily. As [telescope technology continues to advance](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNnpyY3U0ZDgxZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), astronomers have used their scopes to peer into those nearby areas of our solar system that are normally difficult to observe. This brings us to the recent telescopic observations at the [Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaHl3bG56cDdoNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in Chile. As the scientists there [published in September](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdHVzbWlkOXJ3aC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in The Astronomical Journal, there are three near-Earth asteroids (or NEAs) hiding within the glare of the sun, and which apparently had not been previously noticed. These particular asteroids are lurking between the orbits of Earth and its closest neighbor in the direction of the Sun, Venus. One of them is the largest potentially hazardous NEA spotted in eight years. [Read the rest from Matthew Rozsa.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveGl5aW9wcjZzcC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBtb3lmY3hxbG1XA3NwY0IKY5DT0ZFj6fCTlVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/dottedhippo) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmOQ09GRY-nwk5VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2022 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 [Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]](~/AASU4wA~/RgRldFbSP0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgpjkNPRkWPp8JOVUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)