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quote, on an idyllic summer morning from a rooftop high above the highland park independence parade, a gunman aimed down at the floats and lawn chairs and strollers and opened fire. the high school marching band s members sprinted for their lives. bystanders scooped up young children and fled. in all six people were killed. some two dozen others were injured, either by rifle fire or in a stampede away from the scene. the victims range in age from 8 to 85. just hours ago, officials announced that a seventh person has lost their life. the deceased include a 76-year-old grandfather, named nicholas toledo. the new york times reports this about him. toledo did not want to attend the highland park fourth of july parade, but his disabilities required that he be around someone full-time, and the family wasn t going to skip the parade, even going so far as to position chairs for a choice viewing spot at midnight the night before. mr. toledo is sitting in his wheelchair along t ....
republican tried to ambush and hand fraudulent electors to mike pence on january 6th. those stories and reports are coming up. but after a hearing like today s we begin with something more fundamental than a legal breakdown, and more powerful, perhaps, than meticulously going through the evidence, though that also matters. right now we begin with this. what millions of americans saw and heard today from the top republican leader out of arizona in plain, serious, and stern testimony about the choices officials have to make, the tests that trump posed, tests that, by the way, many republicans have fail bid cowering to a would be autocrat by minimizing threats of violence and coups, by only speak out late, if at all. some have walked back from some of those public humiliations. others just live in them. but today s testimony by this republican here offers a view of what it looks like to stand up. i said, look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath ....