the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
falling out of step with so many public. we have covered this before. it s a huge deal as the republicans face the midterm defeats in ohio, kentucky and virginia. the party is still reeling from that, celebrations where republicans are usually supposed to win. democrats feel emboldened. so, abortion rights groups working in tandem want to seize on the momentum, and make new pushes to protect abortion access and freedom, in states as red as even nebraska. protect our rights is an effort to put abortion rights to a vote in nebraska. you know, we have seen time and teen again, especially with how just last week, you put abortion on the ballot, and voters will protect their rights. nebraska is no different. that was just last night. you see the echo of ohio going into this week, and potentially future elections. it s just a fact if we re following what voters and different people have said in different places, in every election since the supreme court overturned roe when
Was found along with personal effects, which gives the fbi some context that this is exactly where he lived. next steps, he ll appear at some point in federal court. likely because of the gravity of the charges, they ll ask for him to be detained pending trial. so that s the federal component of this. we still have the state component to this. and there s some illusions to this in the criminal complaint. he talks about other individuals at some point. so i think his plan was, according to the criminal complaint, to have individuals be summoned by pelosi because she was detained. we don t know who those people are. we don t know if they re politicians. he s had antitech, antivaccine, other sorts of ideology on social media. the detail is scarce. but that s to be expected when a