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Vermont Legislator Resigns Over Racist Republican Texts  The New York Times Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat  Politico New York’s Young Republican chapter disbanded after racist and violent messages exposed in group chat  ABC7 New York The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse  The Atlantic Racist and Homophobic Texts From Young Republican Officials Prompt Backlash  The New York Times Source link

A Democratic North Carolina legislator faces charges for indecent liberties with a child. State Rep. Cecil Brockman faces two counts of a statutory sex offense and two counts of indecent liberties with a child in Guilford County, court records show. Brockman is being held at the Guilford County jail. He is expected to be in court Thursday at 2 p.m. …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are accusing one of their own of threatening to kill three of her colleagues, an allegation that the lawmaker has told local media stems from “poorly worded hyperbole.” Democratic leaders said in a statement Saturday that state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez made a comment about shooting three caucus members with whom she’d had disagreements. The …

Minnesota legislator to resign after conviction for burglary at stepmom’s home  The Washington Post Tolkkinen: Thumbs up for Detroit Lakes jury in Sen. Nicole Mitchell burglary case  Star Tribune Minnesota lawmaker to resign after being convicted of felony burglary  NBC News Sen. Nicole Mitchell says she lied to police during burglary arrest to allay stepmother’s paranoia  Minnesota Reformer Minnesota Lawmaker Convicted of Burglary Plans …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man indicted Tuesday on charges he fatally shot the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband, and wounded another lawmaker and his wife, confessed to the crimes in a rambling handwritten letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, but didn’t say why he targeted the couples, prosecutors said. Vance Boelter also wrote in the …